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Effects of Mangosteen Peel Phenolic Compounds on Tilapia Skin Collagen-Based Mineralized Scaffold Properties
(2022-09-16)
A proper valorization of biological waste sources for an effective conversion into composites for tissue engineering is discussed in this study. Hence, the collagen and the phenolic compound applied in this investigation were extracted from waste sources, respectively, fish industry rejects and the peels of the mangosteen fruit. Porous scaffolds were prepared by combining both components at different compositions and mineralized at different temperatures to evaluate the modifications in the biomimetic formation of ...
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Das Wohlbefinden von Kindern als elterliches Konstrukt
(2022-07-03)
Der Beitrag beschäftigt sich mit der Perspektive von Eltern auf das Wohlbefinden ihrer Kinder unter dem Eindruck der pandemiebedingten Schließungen von Kindertageseinrichtungen. Auf Basis qualitativ-rekonstruktiver Analysen kann gezeigt werden, wie sich die Wahrnehmungen der eigenen und der kindlichen Handlungsmächtigkeit bedingen. In Verbindung mit der Verfügbarkeit des Zugangs zur sog. Notbetreuung beeinflusst dieses Verhältnis das Belastungserleben.
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Multi-Task Autoencoders and Transfer Learning for Day-Ahead Wind and Photovoltaic Power Forecasts
(2022-10-30)
Integrating new renewable energy resources requires robust and reliable forecasts to ensure a stable electrical grid and avoid blackouts. Sophisticated representation learning techniques, such as autoencoders, play an essential role, as they allow for the extraction of latent features to forecast the expected generated wind and photovoltaic power for the next seconds up to days. Thereby, autoencoders reduce the required training time and the time spent in manual feature engineering and often improve the forecast ...
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Spatial patterns of urbanising landscapes in the North Indian Punjab show features predicted by fractal theory
(2022-02-02)
Understanding and governing human settlement patterns is a major challenge of the urban age. While rural settlements emerge as parts of agricultural landscapes, cities typically evolve in economically strategic locations, and over time form hierarchical systems of cities. Purposeful planning and the collective, self-organized behavior of the inhabitants interact in the development of regional settlement patterns. Since self-organizing systems often produce fractal patterns in nature, this study combines approaches ...
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Biodynamic compost effects on soil parameters in a 27-year long-term field experiment
(2022-10-27)
Background
Soil samples were taken after 27 years from a long-term field experiment to study the effects of composted pure cattle farmyard manure (FYM) and two FYM treatments with biodynamic preparations on soil chemical and microbiological properties.
Methods
Soil organic carbon (SOC), total nitrogen, basal respiration, fungal ergosterol, microbial biomass C (MBC) and nitrogen (MBN) were analyzed in a 6-field crop rotation system, conducted as a randomized block design with six replicates. The multi-substrate-induced ...
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Mean girls, queen bees and iron maidens? Female leadership and accusations of workplace bullying
(2022-10-11)
We examined whether female leaders would be evaluated less favorably compared to male leaders regarding workplace bullying. Previous research has demonstrated that women violating prescriptive gender norms of communality experience backlash, and that female leaders are stereotyped of having a communality deficit. Building on that, we hypothesized (1) more moral outrage against and (2) more intentions to punish a female leader compared to a male leader. We further hypothesized (3) the accusations of ...
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The combined application of nitrogen and biochar reduced microbial carbon limitation in irrigated soils of West African urban horticulture
(2022-07-16)
Background:
Intensive wastewater irrigated urban horticulture in sub-Saharan West Africa receives high nutrient inputs, which lead to large gaseous and leaching losses. The addition of biochar to the usually sandy soils may reduce these losses and improve the habitat conditions for soil microorganisms. Two similar experiments focused on crop yields and nutrient balances have been carried out over a 2-year period in semi-arid Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, and in sub-humid Tamale, Ghana, representing to some extent ...
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Lanthanide Complexes (Ln=La, Nd, Dy) of Octaethyl propane-1,1,3,3-tetrayltetrakis(phosphonate): Multidentate Binding Competing with Monodentate DMSO Complexes
(2022-12-09)
The preparation of lanthanide nitrate complexes [Ln(NO₃)₃{L}]ₙ (Ln³+=La, Nd, Dy) supported by the octaethyl propane-1,1,3,3-tetrayltetrakis(phosphonate) (L) chelate ligand platform is presented. Re-crystallization of these compounds from DMSO/THF led to a complete replacement of the multidentate phosphonate ester ligand and the formation of exclusively DMSO-supported lanthanide nitrate species [Ln(NO₃)₃(DMSO)₄]. The relative basicity of a model phosphonate ester vs. DMSO is explored with theoretical means, pointing ...
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Family as a redistributive principle of welfare states: An international comparison
(2022-08-03)
Redistribution is one of the main characteristics of the welfare state, and welfare state research has dealt intensely with various facets of it. The main focus in analysing redistribution is on the redistributive logics of welfare states in terms of work-related rights. Family as a major principle of welfare state redistribution, though, has hardly been included in these welfare state analyses. It has mainly been addressed by analysing outcome data or by analysing care as the most relevant characteristic of the ...
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Far-Right Local Governments and Civil Society: Findings from France and Italy
(2022-03-02)
The rise of far-right parties across Europe and their entrance into government at the local, if not regional or national, levels pose challenges for established civil society actors. This article draws on early findings from an ongoing research project in order to present two case studies of far-right local governments in small industrial towns in France and Italy: Hayange and Sant’Agata Bolognese. Keying in on these local administrations’ approaches to civil society and drawing on semi-structured interviews with ...