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Developing water and sanitation services in refugee settings from emergency to sustainability – the case of Zaatari Camp in Jordan
No full textAs of the beginning of 2017, more than four years after opening, Zaatari refugee camp in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan hosts around 80,000 Syrian refugees. Zaatari is one of the largest refugee camps in the world, in one of the most water scarce countries. Since its establishment, drinking water has been trucked to communal facilities. Wastewater has been trucked from these facilities and from self-constructed storages next to households. To improve future sustainability in equitable water and sanitation access, public health conditions, environmental conservation and operational costs, household connected water and sewage networks are implemented. This shift from emergency to sustainable phase benefitted from adaptation of urban infrastructure methods. Maximising such investment requires stakeholder and project management, throughout design and implementation, for quality control of all processes and outputs, asset management and administrative strategies. A shift is necessary from a humanitarian approach toward a structured master planning vision. The planning urban utility perspective is essential for ensuring operational sustainability in the conception of water and sanitation systems in Zaatari refugee camp.</jats:p
Bibliographie Hilarion G. Petzold 1958 – 2009 mit Anhang als Einführung
No full textDieses Archiv enthält die Gesamtbibliographie der Werke des Autors nebst einiger Texte „Über H. G. Petzold“ im Schlussteil der Bibliographie sowie einen Anhang mit einer Einführung in die Architektur des Werkes in seinem wissenslogischen Aufbau als Ausarbeitung seines „Tree of Science Modells“ (2007).This archive contains the complete bibliography of the author and some texts about H. G. Petzold, moreover an epilogue with an introduction to the architecture of the works in its epistemological structure and composition and as an elaborations of Petzold’s „Tree of Science Modell (2007).https://www.fpi-publikation.de/polyloge/01-2009-petzold-h-g-gesamtbibliographie-h-g-petzold-1958-2009-updating-november2009/peerReviewedpublishedVersio
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
No full textWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
Fibro-osseous pseudotumor of the thenar eminence: A rare aggressive but benign tumor
No full textFibro-osseous pseudotumor is a rare benign lesion that is characterized by fibroblastic proliferation with foci of osseous differentiation. The tumor commonly involves the digits and is usually mistaken for malignancy because of its aggressive nature thus resulting in surgical over treatment. We report a patient with fibro-osseous pseudotumor that involved the thenar eminence and was managed successfully by local resection from the surrounding structures with no residual loss of function. Copyright © 2009 by Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.ACKERMAN LV, 1958, J BONE JOINT SURG AM, V40, P279; CARPENTE.EB, 1967, J BONE JOINT SURG AM, VA 49, P527; Coleman RA, 2005, J HAND SURG-BRIT EUR, V30B, P504, DOI 10.1016-j.jhsb.2005.05.005; DUPREE WB, 1986, CANCER, V58, P2103, DOI 10.1002-1097-0142(19861101)58:92103::AID-CNCR28205809233.0.CO;2-C; FRANCHI A, 1994, J HAND SURG-AM, V19A, P290, DOI 10.1016-0363-5023(94)90022-1; HENARD DC, 1984, J HAND SURG-AM, V9A, P343; Jeffreys T E, 1966, J Bone Joint Surg Br, V48, P488; Jensen ML, 1998, AM J SURG PATHOL, V22, P588, DOI 10.1097-00000478-199805000-00010; KWITTKEN J, 1969, AM J CLIN PATHOL, V51, P251; MCCARTHY EF, 1976, J BONE JOINT SURG AM, V58, P714; MENESES MF, 1993, AM J SURG PATHOL, V17, P691, DOI 10.1097-00000478-199307000-00006; Nishio Jun, 2002, J Orthop Sci, V7, P410, DOI 10.1007-s007760200070; NORA FE, 1983, AM J SURG PATHOL, V7, P245, DOI 10.1097-00000478-198304000-00003; OLAZABAL A, 1986, J HAND SURG-AM, V11A, P56; PATEL MR, 1986, J HAND SURG-AM, V11A, P66; Prevel CD, 1996, ANN PLAS SURG, V36, P321, DOI 10.1097-00000637-199603000-00017; ROSENBERG AE, 2002, PATHOLOGY GENETICS T, P52; SCHUTTE HE, 1990, RADIOLOGY, V176, P149; Tang JB, 1996, J HAND SURG-AM, V21A, P714, DOI 10.1016-S0363-5023(96)80036-01
Factor V HR2 haplotype: A risk factor for venous thromboembolism in individuals with absence of Factor V Leiden
No full textVenous thromboembolism (VTE), including deep venous thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE), occurs secondary to a number of hereditary and acquired disorders of hemostasis. A recently recognized polymorphism in Factor V (FV) gene H1299R (also named HR2) has been reported to be a possible risk factor for the development of VTE. The aim of this study is to evaluate the role of HR2 polymorphism in VTE in a group of Lebanese patients. Seventy-three VTE patients and 125 healthy subjects were examined for HR2. The average ages for the patients and controls were 45.0±19.1 years and 35.4±18.6 years, respectively. Sixty patients (82.2percent) had DVT, eight patients (11percent) had PE, and five patients (6.8percent) had both. There was significant association between FV Leiden and VTE (p0.001). HR2 haplotype had a prevalence of 16.4percent in patients. VTE patients with normal FV were 2.7 times more likely to have the HR2 haplotype as compared to controls with normal FV (p=0.036, 95percent CI=1.04-7.06). We conclude that the FV HR2 haplotype significantly affects the risk of VTE in subjects with normal FV. This finding entails that screening for the HR2 haplotype should be done in VTE patients with normal FV Leiden results. © Springer-Verlag 2008.Alhenc-Gelas M, 1999, THROMB HAEMOSTASIS, V81, P193; Benson JM, 2001, THROMB HAEMOSTASIS, V86, P1188; Bernardi F, 1997, BLOOD, V90, P1552; BERTINA RM, 1995, THROMB HAEMOSTASIS, V74, P449; BERTINA RM, 1994, NATURE, V369, P64, DOI 10.1038-369064a0; Castaman G, 2003, HAEMATOLOGICA, V88, P1182; Castaman G, 1997, BRIT J HAEMATOL, V99, P257, DOI 10.1046-j.1365-2141.1997.3993213.x; Castoldi E, 2000, THROMB HAEMOSTASIS, V83, P362; DeStefano V, 1996, BLOOD, V87, P3531; Faioni EM, 1999, BLOOD, V94, P3062; Faioni EM, 2004, HAEMATOLOGICA, V89, P195; Jadaon MM, 2005, J THROMB HAEMOST, V3, P1467, DOI 10.1111-j.1538-7836.2005.01326.x; Kniffin W. D. Jr., 1994, Archives of Internal Medicine, V154, P861, DOI 10.1001-archinte.154.8.861; Koeleman BPC, 1997, SEMIN HEMATOL, V34, P256; Kostka H, 2003, BLOOD COAGUL FIBRIN, V14, P49, DOI 10.1097-01.mbc.0000046197.72384.42; Luddington R, 2000, THROMB HAEMOSTASIS, V83, P204; Lunghi B, 1996, THROMB HAEMOSTASIS, V75, P45; Margaglione M, 2002, THROMB HAEMOSTASIS, V87, P32; Pymar HC, 2001, SEMIN REPROD MED, V19, P305, DOI 10.1055-s-2001-18638; ROSING J, 1980, J BIOL CHEM, V255, P274; Simioni P, 2006, SEMIN THROMB HEMOST, V32, P700, DOI 10.1055-s-2006-951298; White RH, 2003, CIRCULATION S1, V107, pI4; Zaatari GS, 2006, PATHOLOGY, V38, P442, DOI 10.1080-0031302060092293476
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3346: Samuel G. Freedman, author, 2013
No full textPhotograph of author Samuel G. Freedman, at NT Daily Slash meeting in the Mayborn School of Journalism at UNT
The Right to Strike under the United States Constitution: Theory, Practice, and Possible Implications for Canada
No full textAnswering critics of the Canadian Supreme Court's judgment in B.C. Health, the author argues that the Court laid the foundation for a principled and durable doctrine protecting constitutional labour rights, one that goes directly to the heart of the matter — the inequality of workers’ power in the employment relation. In the author’s view, two paths could lead from B.C. Health to the recognition of Charter protec- tion for a right to strike: one that treats the right as an accessory to col- lective bargaining, and one that upholds the right directly on the basis of the Charter values of equality and participation. The author supports the latter approach, contending that constitutional rights should be defined in relation to fundamental values, in a way that is not contingent on time-bound or fact-sensitive assessments about the role of strikes within a particular collective bargaining regime. Although a Charter right to strike may involve the courts in difficult choices about when to defer to legislative policy decisions, and courts may lack the institutional capac- ity to deal effectively with labour law issues, the author points out that judges can look to ILO standards for expert guidance. Noting that the U.S. experience in this area might be of considerable use to Canadians, the author concludes by providing an overview of American case law concerning a constitutional right to strike.Peer reviewe
A Provisional Past: Towards an Understanding of the Historiographic in the Art of Akram Zaatari
No full textFull text is available to authenticated members of The University of Auckland only.The work of Beirut-based contemporary interdisciplinary artist Akram Zaatari often provokes questions about the fallibility of so-called ‘evidence,’ the destructive nature of war and the power structures governing historical preservation. The purpose of this thesis is to examine how Zaatari’s artworks problematise superficial interpretations of history by questioning the closure of absolute meaning. During the course of my investigation I will draw upon the historiographical theories of Michel Foucault and Paul Ricoeur to re-examine the interrelationship between historical documents and artworks, and analyse a selection of work from Zaatari’s extensive oeuvre including a collection of cassette tapes tagged “the bombing of Beirut,” an installation of identification photographs arranged according to seemingly-arbitrary logic, and a documentary film that records the testimonies of three Lebanese detainees in Israel. It is ultimately my contention that such artworks clear space for a speculative and affective engagement with historical documents and that, in so doing, Zaatari’s practice participates in a new kind of history-making unburdened by overly literal attempts to (re)construct the past
G-Rank: Unsupervised Continuous Learn-to-Rank for Edge Devices in a P2P Network
No full textRanking algorithms in traditional search engines are powered by enormous training data sets that are meticulously engineered and curated by a centralized entity. Decentralized peer-to-peer (p2p) networks such as torrenting applications and Web3 protocols deliberately eschew centralized databases and computational architectures when designing services and features. As such, robust search-and-rank algorithms designed for such domains must be engineered specifically for decentralized networks, and must be lightweight enough to operate on consumer-grade personal devices such as a smartphone or laptop computer. We introduce G-Rank, an unsupervised ranking algorithm designed exclusively for decentralized networks. We demonstrate that accurate, relevant ranking results can be achieved in fully decentralized networks without any centralized data aggregation, feature engineering, or model training. Furthermore, we show that such results are obtainable with minimal data preprocessing and computational overhead, and can still return highly relevant results even when a user’s device is disconnected from the network. G-Rank is highly modular in design, is not limited to categorical data, and can be implemented in a variety of domains with minimal modification. The results herein show that unsupervised ranking models designed for decentralized p2p networks are not only viable, but worthy of further research.https://github.com/awrgold/G-RankComputer Scienc
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