cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Digital foam index for evaluating fly ash air entrainer interactions
Creators: name: Baral, Aniruddha
name: Roesler, Jeffery R.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Medicine
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Ecology
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Real-time evaluation of fly ash and air-entrainer (AEA) interaction was performed by acquiring and analyzing videos of the evolving foam layer in cement-fly ash-water mixtures using the foam index test. This modified foam index test or digital foam index, defines two fundamental parameters linked to foam generation and stability, and thus can be used to improve concrete air-entrainment for freeze-thaw durability. The AEA dosage required to produce a metastable foam is defined as foam stability dosage, whereas the incremental AEA dosage beyond the foam stability dosage to achieve a foam layer covering the entire container surface is termed foam efficiency dosage, and the summation of these dosages is the traditional foam index. The foam stability and efficiency dosages are independent parameters as a vinsol resin-based AEA had a higher foam efficiency dosage but a lower foam stability dosage than a sulfonate–based AEA.
Significance of the Paleocene olistostrome-turbidite belt (Abant Formation) along the Intra-Pontide Suture, northern Turkey
Creators: name: Okay, Aral I.
name: Altıner, Demir
name: Özcan, Ercan
name: Hakyemez, Aynur
Publisher: name: Geological Society of London
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 3705
subject: Geology
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences

description: Supplementary Figures S10–S13.
Digital qualifizieren
Creators: name: Bornschein, Mathias
name: Schachtner, Joachim
name: Tappenbeck, Inka
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2021

description: Was müssen Forschende können, um gut gerüstet zu sein für das Forschen im digitalen Zeitalter? Damit beschäftigt sich eine Arbeitsgruppe der Initiative "Digitale Information" von Universitäten und außeruniversitären Forschungseinrichtungen. Quelle: https://www.duz.de/
Supplementary document for On the performance of a tunable grating-based high sensitivity unidirectional plasmonic sensor - 5089105.pdf
Creators: name: González-Colsa, Javier
name: Serrera, Guillermo
name: Saiz, Jose
name: Gonzalez, Francisco
name: Moreno, Fernando
name: Albella, Pablo
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Nanophotonics

description: Integrated reflectivity for the full set of duty cycles (r=0,1 to r=0.9).
Screening of mangrove endophytic fungi for bioactive compounds
Creators: name: Onn, May Ling
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Endophytic fungi are an underexplored group of microorganisms as only a few plants have been studied with regards to this community. They live inside the tissues of other organisms, such as mangrove plants that provide protection to them and in return endophytic fungi support their hosts by fighting off pathogens through the production of antimicrobial compounds. These bioactive compounds are secondary metabolites which are often produced as waste- or by-products. Besides, endophytic fungi also help the host plant in adapting to (extreme) environments, for example by removing harmful heavy metals. In Malaysia, mangrove forests continue to be threatened by heavy metal pollution, resulting from industrial waste water pollution and urbanization.The presence of heavy metals can lead to severe damage as they are bioaccumulative and toxic. In the present study, endophytic fungi isolated frommangrove plants were characterized and assessed for their antimicrobial, cytotoxicity activity and heavy metal biosorption potential. Twelve endophytic fungi were isolated and identified (using molecular methods) to belong to 7 families: Penicillium, Curvularia, Diaporthe, Aspergillus, Guignardia, Neosartorya and Eupenicillium. Antimicrobial activities of these 12 fungal endophytes were tested against gram positive bacteria (Bacillus subtilis and Staphylococcus aureus among others), gram negative bacteria (Escherichia coli among others), yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) and fungi (Candida albicans and Aspergillus niger). Two strains; Isolate 7 and Isolate 13 (related to Guignardia sp. and Neosartoya sp., respectively) showed strong antimicrobial (and antifungal) activity which was indicated by the formation of clear zone of inhibition, whereas the rest showed no activity. Compounds were isolated from the extracts of both isolates and screened using HPLC. Whereas for cytotoxicity assay, two strains; Isolate 3 and Isolate 9 (related to Diaporthe sp. and Eupenicillium sp., respectively) displayed toxicity against the matured brine shrimps at concentrations of 500 ppm after 24 hours incubation. For heavy metal biosorption, Isolate 2, which is closely related to Curvularia sp., is the most efficient in removing Cu, up to 25mg Cu/g biomass (using dead biomass). On the other hand, Isolate 8 and Isolate 13 (both related to Neosartorya sp.) are the most efficient in removing zinc (also using dead biomass), with a removal of up to 24 mg Zn/g biomass.The findings clearly indicate the potential of mangrove endophytic fungi to be used for drug development and also in wastewater bioremediation.
El rapto de Europa. Orígenes filosófico-polticos del fascismo español. El caso Ledesma Ramos
El rapto de Europa. Orígenes filosófico-polticos del fascismo español. El caso Ledesma Ramos
Creators: name: Soto Carrasco, David
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna
Year: 2011

description: El rapto de Europa. Orígenes filosófico-polticos del fascismo español. El caso Ledesma Ramos
Rivaroxaban and apixaban induce clotting factor Xa fibrinolytic activity
Creators: name: Carter, Rolinda Louise Raphaelle
name: Talbot, Kimberly K.
name: Hur, Woosuk Steve
name: Meixner, S. C.
name: Van Der Gugten, Jessica G.
name: Holmes, Daniel T.
name: Côté, Hélène C. F.
name: Kast Rup, C. J.
name: Lee, Agnes Y. Y.
name: Pryzdial, E. L. G
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2019

description: Background: When bound to an anionic phospholipid-containing membrane, activated clotting factor X (FXa) is sequentially cleaved by plasmin from the intact form, FXaα, to FXaβ and then to Xa33/13. Tissue-type plasminogen activator (t-PA) produces plasmin and is the initiator of fibrinolysis. Both FXaβ and Xa33/13 enhance t-PA-mediated plasminogen activation. Although stable in experiments using purified proteins, Xa33/13 rapidly loses t-PA cofactor function in plasma. Bypassing this inhibition, covalent modification of the FXaβ active site prevents Xa33/13 formation by plasmin, and the persistent FXaβ enhances plasma fibrinolysis. As the direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) rivaroxaban and apixaban bind to the FXa active site, we hypothesized that they similarly modulate FXa fibrinolytic function. Methods: DOAC effects on fibrinolysis and the t-PA cofactor function of FXa were studied in patient plasma, normal pooled plasma and purified protein experiments by the use of light scattering, chromogenic assays, and immunoblots. Results: The plasma of patients taking rivaroxaban showed enhanced fibrinolysis correlating with FXaβ. In normal pooled plasma, the addition of rivaroxaban or apixaban also shortened fibrinolysis times. This was related to the cleavage product, FXaβ, which increased plasmin production by t-PA. It was confirmed that these results were not caused by DOACs affecting activated FXIII-mediated fibrin crosslinking, clot ultrastructure and thrombin-activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor activation in plasma. Conclusion: The current study suggests a previously unknown effect of DOACs on FXa in addition to their well-documented anticoagulant role. By enabling the t-PA cofactor function of FXaβ in plasma, DOACs also enhance fibrinolysis. This effect may broaden their therapeutic indications.
The effect of phospholipids on apoB conformation and stability in reconstituted low density lipoproteins.
Creators: name: Chauhan, Vinita.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1997
Subjects: subject: Biology, Molecular.

description: This thesis is concerned with the mechanism that underlies the apparent atherogenic capacity of low density lipoproteins (LDL). This work provides a means for determining the effects of LDL phospholipids on the conformation of the protein moiety of LDL, apolipoprotein B (apoB). Reconstituted LDL (rLpB) particles were prepared from apoB and palmitoyloleoyl phosphatidylcholine (POPC). Intact apoB was isolated from native LDL retained $\sim$70% of the triglyceride (TG) from LDL. Aqueous soluble apoB-TG complexes exhibited a significantly reduced amphipathic $\alpha$-helical content (17%) and net negative charge ($-$2.9 mV) as compared to LDL-bound apoB (49% and $-$6 mV). Reconstitution of apoB-TG with phospholipid was accomplished through spontaneous complexation with POPC vesicles. apoB-TG was able to rapidly (10 min.) solubilize POPC at temperatures ranging from 4 to 24$\sp\circ$C. Electrophoresis on 4-15% gradient acrylamide gels showed the rLpB particles to be homogeneous and to exhibit a single discrete band. Inclusion of 300 molecules of POPC significantly increased the $\alpha$-helical content of apoB to 34% and the net negative charge to $-$4.9 mV. Phospholipidation of apoB also significantly decreased the effectiveness of GdnHCl in unfolding the apoprotein. Similar observations were seen with native LDL. The immunoreactivity of rLpB was assessed using various monoclonal antibodies. apoB-TG was immunoreactive with antibodies 1D1, 2D8, 3F5, 4G3 and 5E11. The inclusion of 300 molecules of POPC significantly increased the immunoreactivity of the conformation-specific antibodies 2D8 (p 0.001) and 4G3 (p 0.01) but had no major effect on the epitope accessibility or affinity of the other monoclonal antibodies studied. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Modelling of solutes in ferritic reactor pressure vessel steels
Creators: name: Whiting, Thomas M.
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2020

description: The lifetime of a steel reactor pressure vessel (RPV) is dictated by its toughness which is gradually reduced during operation due to the elevated temperature and high energy neutron flux leading to the formation of nanoscale defects in the form of matrix damage and solute-vacancy clusters composed primarily of Cu, Mn, Ni and Si. However, the mechanics governing clustering in the Fe-Cu-Mn-Ni-Si system are not currently well understood, and so kinetic Monte Carlo (KMC) methods parameterised by density functional theory (DFT) are often employed to model the time evolution of clusters. To build on existing DFT studies of the binding enthalpies of solute pairs, the binding enthalpies of triplet clusters of Mn, Ni, Cu, Si, and vacancies in \textit{bcc} Fe were explicitly calculated using 128 atom DFT supercells to show that the presence of vacancies, Si, or Cu stabilizes cluster formation and clusters exclusively containing Mn and/or Ni are not energetically stable. Comparisons of triplet binding enthalpies approximated as a sum of defect pair interactions with DFT calculated triplet binding enthalpies revealed that the three-body term can account for as much as 0.3 eV, especially for clusters containing vacancies, and should be considered significant in cluster formation. DFT calculations of Cu, Mn, Ni, Si, vacancies and dumbbells in a strained \textit{bcc} Fe lattice were performed. Experimental observations of Cu-Mn-Ni-Si clusters close to dislocation loops are attributed to the more favourable binding enthalpy of first nearest neighbour (1nn) solute-vacancy pairs (0.19 -- 0.34 eV) and the reduced vacancy formation enthalpy (1.13 eV) in regions of compressive strain. SIA-driven migration of Mn to regions of tensile strain associated with dislocation loops will also occur due to the favourable binding enthalpy of Mn-Fe dumbbells and reduced dumbbell formation enthalpy ($\sim2.5$ eV) in regions of tensile strain. Shear strain and hydrostatic strain acting on second nearest neighbour (2nn) defects were not found to have a significant effect on solute enthalpies. Regression analysis of the relationship between hydrostatic strains and point defects showed that determination of point defect enthalpies for arbitrary volumetric strain within the imposed strain limits of $-5\%
Kennzahlen und Indikatoren für die Beurteilung der Ressourceneffizienz von Rechenzentren und Prüfung der praktischen Anwendbarkeit
Creators: name: Schödwell, Björn
name: Zarnekow, Rüdiger
name: Gröger, Jens
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Green IT
subject: Ressourceneffizenz
subject: Rechenzentren
subject: Green-IT
subject: Klima | Energie
subject: Abfall | Ressourcen

description: Um die Energieeffizienz eines Rechenzentrums beurteilen zu können, gab es bisher nur die Möglichkeit, das Verhältnis des Energiebedarfs von Versorgungstechnik und der Informationstechnik (IT) zu ermitteln. Vor diesem Hintergrund hat das Umweltbundesamt eine Forschungsarbeit in Auftrag gegeben, die einen ganzheitlichen Ansatz verfolgen soll. Ein Konsortium unter der Leitung des Business Engineering Institute St. Gallen hat eine Berechnungsmethode (⁠KPI4DCE⁠) entwickelt, mit der es nun erstmalig möglich ist, die Energie- und Ressourceneffizienz eines Rechenzentrums zu ermitteln. Die Berechnungsmethode bezieht dabei den gesamten Lebenszyklus der zum Einsatz kommenden IT und der technischen Versorgungsstruktur mit ein.
Supplementary document for On the performance of a tunable grating-based high sensitivity unidirectional plasmonic sensor - 5089105.pdf
Creators: name: González-Colsa, Javier
name: Serrera, Guillermo
name: Saiz, Jose
name: Gonzalez, Francisco
name: Moreno, Fernando
name: Albella, Pablo
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Nanophotonics

description: Integrated reflectivity for the full set of duty cycles (r=0,1 to r=0.9).
Note a margine del convegno: Per ripensare lo sviluppo capitalistico, oltre la modernità e l'anti-modernità
Creators: name: Grappi, Giorgio
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna
Year: 2011

description: Note a margine del convegno: Per ripensare lo sviluppo capitalistico, oltre la modernità e l'anti-modernità
Scientism and philosophy.
Creators: name: Charlebois, Lise.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: Sociology, Theory and Methods.

description: The charge of scientism is appearing more frequently in recent academic journals, and in many contexts. It has been levelled against the founders of American sociology, who thought that sociology should model itself after the natural sciences. The developers of "systems theory" in political science are also accused of scientism because they want to apply the "theoretical and manipulative achievements and the mechanistic assumptions and procedures of the 'hard' physical sciences" to the traditional concerns of political science. Scientism is thought to involve the question of whether or not "the social and physical sciences are to be seen as similar on epistemological and methodological grounds". It is also thought to involve the mistaken idea that recourse to experimental method is always applicable and infallible. Again, scientism has been linked to evolutionary biology, structuralism, capitalism, modernity, and analytic philosophy. Those accused of being scientistic include Karl Marx, Sigmund Freud and W. O. Quine. Hilary Putnam has called scientism one of the most dangerous contemporary intellectual tendencies, and Peter Strawson says that the aim of philosophy is to abjure scientism. Conceptions of scientism differ among philosophers. In the following three chapters I will present three philosophical views on scientism and suggestions as to how it can be overcome. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Investigation of software tester responsibilities, personality and performance
Creators: name: Kanij, Tanjila
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Software testing is an integral part of software development, yet this discipline lacks enough research attention. This research was conducted to outline the unit tasks of software testing, to find what factors are influential to the performance in this role, to devise a way to assess performance in this role and to find significant differences in personality between software testers and others. The findings of the research will benefit organizations to design software testing roles and to recruit appropriate person. The young IT graduates can also obtain knowledge of software testing roles and can select appropriate IT career for themselves.
School of Nursing, (ABSUTH), Aba 2024/2025 IS OUT CALL O8125777035, O8125777035 DR MRS ALICE OGUNSOLA ON HOW TO APPLY AND REGISTER ONLINE.ALSO 2024-2025 Post Basic Nursing Form, Post Basic Midwifery FORM, Perioperative Nursing FORM, Internship And Housemanship FORM IS STILL ONGOING DIAL O8125777035 FOR ASSISTANCE ON HOW TO PURCHASE THE FORM AND MAKE ONLINE REGISTRATION,FOR ADMISSION PURPOSE INTO THE SCHOOL. PAYMENT OF SCHOOL FEES IS OPEN FOR ALL ADMITTED CANDIDATE WHOSE NAMES ARE OUT FOR THE FIRST BATCH.
Creators: name: Admin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description:  

School of Nursing, (ABSUTH), Aba 2024/2025 IS OUT CALL O8125777035, O8125777035 DR MRS ALICE OGUNSOLA ON HOW TO APPLY AND REGISTER ONLINE.ALSO 2024-2025 Post Basic Nursing Form, Post Basic Midwifery FORM, Perioperative Nursing FORM, Internship And Housemanship FORM IS STILL ONGOING DIAL O8125777035 FOR ASSISTANCE ON HOW TO PURCHASE THE FORM AND MAKE ONLINE REGISTRATION,FOR ADMISSION PURPOSE INTO THE SCHOOL. PAYMENT OF SCHOOL FEES IS OPEN FOR ALL ADMITTED CANDIDATE WHOSE NAMES ARE OUT FOR THE FIRST BATCH.
Effects of Different Signalling Pathways on Regulation of 'GLK' GARP Transcription Factors in 'Arabidopsis thaliana'
Creators: name: Ponomareva, Ekaterina
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: Golden2-like
GLK1
GLK2
transcription factors
photosynthesis
gene expression

description: GLK1 and GLK2 transcription factors have been suggested to be involved in the regulation of chloroplast development, organic nitrogen signaling, disease resistance and circadian rhythmicity (Waters et al. 2009; Gutiérrez et al. 2008; Savitch et al. 2007; Sprott et al. 2010). This implies that multiple factors may play roles in regulation of GLK genes. In the present study, transcriptional regulation of GLK1 and GLK2 in Arabidopsis by various endogenous and environmental stimuli was investigated with the objective of elucidating the primary signalling pathway affecting expression of these two genes. Collectively, results of GLK1 and GLK2 expression in response to the experimental treatments of Arabidopsis point to the regulation of the two genes by changes in photosynthetic metabolism and reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels, and by organic nitrogen signalling. Changes in ROS levels and organic nitrogen signalling may also affect the two genes indirectly by interfering with or altering photosynthetic metabolism.
Comparative grammar and the relationship between syntax and morphology: The status of N-N compounds and complex predicates in the non-native Spanish of French and English speakers.
Creators: name: Valenzuela, Elena L.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1999
Subjects: subject: Language, Linguistics.

description: In this study we investigate the status of N-N compounds and resultative constructions in the L2 Spanish of native French and native English speakers in light of the "compounding parameter" (Snyder 1995). This parameter states that a language allows the production of complex predicates if it permits the marking of open-class items to be marked (+affixal). While the parameter has been proposed for L1 acquisition, in the present study we analyze L2 acquisition data in order to explore first, whether or not a parametric relationship between these constructions indeed exists, second, to what extent the L1 plays a role in L2 acquisition, and finally, ultimate attainment. The data provided evidence for transfer from the L1 for the English subjects. They also showed that ultimate attainment was native-like only in the case of the N-N compounds. The results did not provide evidence supporting a parametric relationship between N-N compounds and resultatives.
Folic acid, but not folate, regulates different stages of neurogenesis in the ventral hippocampus of adult female rats
Creators: name: Qiu, Wansu
name: Gobinath, Aarthi R.
name: Wen, Yanhua
name: Austin, Jehannine
name: Galea, Liisa A. M.
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2020

description: Folate is an important regulator of hippocampal neurogenesis, and folic acid is needed prenatally to reduce the risk of neural tube defects in utero. Both high levels of folic acid and low levels of folate can be harmful to health, as low levels of folate have been linked to several diseases while high folic acid supplements can mask a vitamin B12 deficiency. Depressed patients exhibit folate deficiencies, lower levels of hippocampal neurogenesis, elevated levels of homocysteine, and elevated levels of the stress hormone, cortisol, which may be inter-related. Here, we are interested in whether different doses of natural folate or synthetic folic acid diets can influence neurogenesis in the hippocampus, levels of plasma homocysteine, and serum corticosterone in adult female rats. Adult female Sprague-Dawley rats underwent dietary interventions for 29 days. Animals were randomly assigned to six different dietary groups: folate deficient + succinylsulfathiazole (SST), low 5-methyltetrahydrofolate (5-MTHF), low 5-MTHF + (SST), high 5-MTHF + SST, low folic acid, and high folic acid. SST was added to a subset of the 5 MTHF diets to eliminate folic acid production in the gut. Before and after dietary treatment, blood samples were collected for corticosterone and homocysteine analysis, and brain tissue was collected for neurogenesis analysis. High folic acid and low 5-MTHF without SST increased the number of immature neurons (doublecortin-expressing cells) within the ventral hippocampus compared to folate deficient controls. Low 5-MTHF without SST significantly increased the number of immature neurons compared to low and high 5-MTHF + SST, indicating that SST interfered with elevations in neurogenesis. Low folic acid and high 5-MTHF+SST reduced plasma homocysteine levels compared to controls, but there was no significant effect of diet on serum corticosterone levels. Low folic acid and high 5-MTHF+SST reduced the number of mature new neurons in the ventral hippocampus (BrdU/NeuN-positive cells) compared to folate deficient controls. Overall folic acid dose-dependently influenced neurogenesis with low levels decreasing but high levels increasing neurogenesis in the ventral hippocampus, suggesting this region, which is important for regulating stress, is particularly sensitive to folic acid in diets. Furthermore, the addition of SST negated the effects of 5-MTHF to increase neurogenesis in the ventral hippocampus.
Supplementary document for MCVD based GRIN-axicon for generation of scalable Bessel-Gauss beams - 5090446.pdf
Creators: name: Quemener, Mireille
name: Grégoire, Nicolas
name: Morency, Steeve
name: Cote, Daniel
name: Thibault, Simon
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: FWHM of the BG beam and more information about GRIN G1, G2 and G3
Event-related potential evidence of consciousness during wakefulness, sleep onset, and sleep.
Creators: name: Côté, Kimberly Ann.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1999
Subjects: subject: Psychology, Cognitive.

description: Event-related potentials (ERPs) were recorded during sleep onset and various stages of sleep. A late component of the ERP, P300, is elicited when subjects detect a rare "target" stimulus. It is usually not elicited when subjects fail to detect the stimulus. The presence of P300 has therefore been used to index the extent to which the sleeper is aware of their external environment. During the transition to sleep, subjects were asked to detect a rare 2000 Hz target occurring among a train of 1000 Hz standards. A parietal maximum P300 was apparent in wakefulness, and remained large to detected targets in stage 1 sleep. It was however attenuated at frontal sites in stage 1. There were few detections in stage 2 and P300 was not evident. ERPs were then recorded within sleep. Very loud stimuli were employed since loud deviants will elicit an obligatory P300 response in waking-ignore conditions. In Experiment 2, 90 dB SPL tone pips were delivered on 5% of trials and 70 dB SPL tones on remaining trials. A large parieto-central positive wave was recorded in REM sleep. In non-REM sleep, a later and more occipital positivity was observed. It remained unclear whether the REM P300 was due to the rareness or the loudness of the deviant. In Experiment 3, various intensities (0, 60, 80, 100 dB SPL) were therefore delivered at equal probability (p = .25). A parietal maximum P300 was again recorded in REM following the 100 dB tone, but was not apparent following the lower intensities. A frontal P300 was not apparent following the loud stimulus. In Experiment 4, pitch- and intensity-deviants were investigated during sleep and wakefulness (attend and ignore conditions). In three separate groups, the rare stimulus was delivered on either 20%, 10% or 5% of trials. The pitch-deviant did not elicit P300 in any condition. In the waking-ignore condition, the intensity-deviant elicited a parietal maximum P300 that extended into the frontal region. A large REM-specific P300 was apparent at parietal sites following the intensity-deviant when stimuli were delivered on 5% of trials, but was not apparent at frontal sites. These studies illustrate that P300 can be recorded during sleep onset and during REM sleep. Only stimuli which are sufficiently intrusive and rare will elicit the parietal P300 in REM. While subjects may be able to detect stimulus deviance in stage 1 and REM, the frontal contribution to consciousness may be absent.
Bose-Einstein condensation in a magnetic lattice
Creators: name: Kurumthodathu Surendran, Prince
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This thesis reports the realization of Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC) of 87Rb F=1 atoms in multiple sites of a one-dimensional 10 μm-periods magnetic lattice. The magnetic microtraps are created by a perpendicularly magnetized, multi-layered structure of TbGdFeCo film integrated on to an atom chip, together with uniform bias magnetic fields. Clear signatures for the onset of quantum degeneracy in multiple sites of the the magnetic lattice are provided by in-situ site-resolved radio-frequency spectroscopy
Journal of Undergraduate Research, Volume 1, Issue 1, Fall 2002
Creators: name: Egan, Catharine
name: Niemic, Christopher P.
name: Boorboor, Sahand
name: Tonzetich, Zachary J.
name: Meyer, Sara C.
name: Volz, Erik
name: Smith, Jonathan H.
Publisher: name: University of Rochester
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 3101
subject: Biochemistry and cell biology
classificationCode: 4410
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
classificationCode: 52
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
classificationCode: 3405
subject: Organic chemistry
classificationCode: 500203
subject: History and philosophy of medicine
classificationCode: 470526
subject: Other literatures in English

description: Volume 1, Issue 1 of the Journal of Undergraduate Research, published in Fall of 2002.Editor-in-chief: Prabhjot "Jot" DhadiallaArticle list:Introduction by Dr. Debrework Zewdie. Faculty interview with Dr. Jennifer Williams Brown, Department of MusicA Cycle of Identity: W.D. Snograss’ pseudonym S.S. Gardons by Catherine Egan, advised by William Lavigne.Studies of Emotion: A Theoretical and Emperical (sic) Review of Psychophysiological Studies of Emotion by Christopher P. Niemic, advised by Kirk Warren Brown, Ph.D.Integrating the Incompatible: The Rise of the Incorporated Immune System by Sahand Boorboor, advised by Theodore Brown, Ph.D.Organic Light Emitting Diodes: Developing Chemicals to Light the Future by Zachary T. Tonzetich, advised by Richard Eisenberg, Ph.D.Explanations Matter: The Interplay Between Family Instability, Parental Communication Patterns, and Preschool Children’s Family Representations by Sara C. Meyer, advised Patrick Davies, Ph.D.Utechka Umov: The History, Implications, and Solutions concerning Russia’s Post–Soviet Brain Drain by Erik Volz advised, by John Givens, Ph.D.Protein Folding Explored: An Analysis of OspA Central β-­Sheet Mutants by Jonathan H. Smith, advised by Shohei Koide, Ph.D.
Mercosur et les stratégies nationales du Brésil et de l'Argentine.
Creators: name: Racine, Danielle.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: Political Science, International Law and Relations.

description: Le phénomène de régionalisation de l'économie monde à accentué la concentration des ressources économiques chez les pays industrialisés. Dans le contexte de la fondation de grands blocs économiques, dont l'Aléna, l'Asie pacifique et la Communauté européenne, les pays en voie de développement se retrouvent marginalisés. Certains ont adopté des stratégies favorisant leur insertion ces marchés afin de se faire une place favorable sur les marchés mondiaux. Cette thèse propose de déterminer les choix stratégiques de deux pays en voie de développement, dont le Brésil et l'Argentine, membres du sous-groupe Mercosur, face aux possibilités d'insertion aux marchés de l'Amérique de Nord. Une analyse comparative du niveau de réformes économiques adoptées par chacun et de leurs stratégies nationales a pour objectif de déterminer s'ils recherchent l'insertion à l'Aléna ou bien de renforcer le sous-groupe. D'un côté, le niveau de réformes économiques adoptées déterminera les opportunités disponibles aux pays. D'un autre côté, les stratégies nationales indiqueront les choix que poursuivent les pays. Selon l'hypothèse, un pays qui adopte des réformes économiques prononcées aura l'opportunité de s'intégrer au bloc unilatéralement. Un pays qui adopte des réformes économiques moins prononcées recherche plutôt le renforcement du sous-groupe. En fin de compte, les choix stratégiques déterminent la voie qu'adopteront les pays, par rapport aux opportunités disponibles.
The role of perceptions of early experiences and current marital context in men's depressive symptomatology.
Creators: name: Oliver, Luis E.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Psychology, Social.

description: Recent years have shown a marked growth in the literature examining the interpersonal context of depression. One area about which relatively little is known, however, concerns the relational correlates of depression in men. The present study examined the relationship between men's recollections of childhood experiences, their perceptions of their current marital relationship, and self-reported depressive symptomatology. A community sample of men completed the following self-report measures: (1) the Beck Depression Inventory; (2) the Parental Acceptance-Rejection Questionnaire; (3) the Conflict-Tactics Scale (modified version); (4) the Revised Adult Attachment Scale; (5) the Level of Expressed Emotion scale (tolerance subscale). Analyses showed that self-reported childhood parental rejection, childhood physical abuse, insecure adult attachment and spousal intolerance were all positively correlated with self-reported depressive symptoms at the zero-order level. There was no evidence of moderating relationships between childhood and adulthood variables in predicting depressive symptoms. Path analysis supported the mediating hypothesis that reported maternal rejection in childhood contributes to reported attachment difficulties in adulthood, which are subsequently related to reported depression levels. In contrast, reported paternal rejection was found to be directly associated with reported depressive symptoms in adulthood. The findings underscore the importance of the interpersonal context in understanding men's emotional functioning.
An ultracold molecular beam for measuring the electric dipole moment of the electron
Creators: name: Trigatzis, Michael Alexander
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2020

description: That the universe contains a disproportionate amount of matter compared to antimatter cannot be explained by the standard model of particle physics; this is because it contains too little charge-parity (CP) symmetry violation. Low energy experiments with atoms and molecules can be extremely sensitive probes for many types of new physics. An active area of research is the search for electric dipole moments (EDMs) of fundamental particles or nuclei; a nonzero EDM would be evidence for new sources of CP violation. Ytterbium monofluoride (YbF) molecules in a supersonic beam are currently being used to measure the electric dipole moment of the electron (eEDM). This thesis presents progress towards a new, more sensitive eEDM experiment that will use a slower YbF beam source and transverse laser cooling to collimate this beam. We have demonstrated laser cooling of YbF in one transverse dimension to less than 100 μK, which is below the Doppler cooling limit. This was done using a Sisyphus-type mechanism called magnetic field induced laser cooling. We also demonstrate polarisation gradient cooling of YbF. After rebuilding and upgrading much of the experiment, we cooled the beam in both transverse dimensions. By scanning experimental parameters, we have gained insight into the cooling mechanisms, and the optimum conditions for laser cooling. We placed an upper limit of a few mK on the transverse temperature of the molecules, although I argue that the true temperature must be very much lower. The number of ultracold molecules was carefully quantified and found to be 2.0(4)x10^5 per pulse. These experiments lay the foundations for an eEDM sensitivity improvement by up to a factor of 100.
Supplementary document for MCVD based GRIN-axicon for generation of scalable Bessel-Gauss beams - 5090446.pdf
Creators: name: Quemener, Mireille
name: Grégoire, Nicolas
name: Morency, Steeve
name: Cote, Daniel
name: Thibault, Simon
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: FWHM of the BG beam and more information about GRIN G1, G2 and G3
Crohn’s-like disease in a patient exposed to anti-Interleukin-17 blockade (Ixekizumab) for the treatment of chronic plaque psoriasis: a case report
Creators: name: Smith, Matthew K
name: Pai, Jay
name: Panaccione, Remo
name: Beck, Paul
name: Ferraz, Jose G
name: Jijon, Humberto
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2019

description: Background: Plaque psoriasis and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are both chronic immune-mediated inflammatory diseases with an overlapping genetic profile and have been linked in epidemiological studies. Psoriasis and IBD share similar components in their inflammatory pathways and animal and human studies have suggested a potential role for targeting interleukin (IL)-17 with novel antibody therapies in the treatment of these diseases. These studies, while promising for psoriasis, have been associated with deterioration in patients with IBD. Post-hoc analyses of clinical trials involving Ixekizumab revealed adverse outcomes in a small cluster of patients with IBD, prompting recommendations to monitor this population with the use of this drug. Case presentation: Forty-two year old Caucasian male with treatment-refractory chronic plaque psoriasis who developed new onset diarrheal illness and rectal bleeding following a 12 week induction period with Ixekizumab (anti-IL-17 neutralizing antibody). Colonoscopy revealed severe ulceration throughout the ascending and transcending colon. Histopathology, combined with endoscopic findings, led to a diagnosis of Crohn’s-like colitis. The patient’s anti-IL-17 medication was discontinued and endoscopic remission was induced with the use of corticosteroids, escalated anti-TNF therapy and eventually anti IL-12/23 neutralizing antibody (ustekinumab). Conclusion: Murine studies implicate IL-17 and the downstream effects of its inhibition, in the breakdown of the gut epithelial layer, the disruption of normal host immune responses and the propagation of intestinal inflammation. The increasing use of IL-17 inhibitors has led to reports of exacerbation and potential development of inflammatory bowel disease. While clinical trials have revealed clusters of new inflammatory bowel disease cases amongst psoriasis patients using an IL-17 inhibitor, there remains a lack of evidence to suggest a causal relationship. This is the first case report of de-novo severe Crohn’s-like IBD in association with the use of Ixekizumab requiring rescue with escalated dosing of anti-TNF therapy and highlights the importance of close monitoring in patients being treated with IL-17 inhibitors, especially in those patients with known risk factors for inflammatory bowel disease.
Alcoholism treatment digest (Release No. 60, June 15, 1962)
Creators: name: Keller, Mark
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1962

description: The Alcoholism Treatment Digest was a subscription-based publication prepared for special clients by the editorial department of the Quarterly Journal of Studies on Alcohol / Journal of Studies on Alcohol from 1950 to 1973 with Mark Keller as editor. It was published in February, April, June, October, and December, summarizing scholarly content on four topics, available to republish with attribution. Some of the reviews were simultaneously published in the "Connecticut Review on Alcoholism" under the identical subtitle "Alcoholism Treatment Digest" every other month. The authors of the reviews were first noted in 1964, in the June issue.Contents, Release No. 601.Trials of New Drugs for Alcoholics2.Foster Homes for Alcoholic Mental Patients3.The A. A. "Rescue Fantasy" as Model for Group Therapy4. Motivating the Alcoholic to Come for Treatment
Alcoholism treatment digest (Release No. 61, October 15, 1962)
Creators: name: Keller, Mark
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1962

description: The Alcoholism Treatment Digest was a subscription-based publication prepared for special clients by the editorial department of the Quarterly Journal of Studies on Alcohol / Journal of Studies on Alcohol from 1950 to 1973 with Mark Keller as editor. It was published in February, April, June, October, and December, summarizing scholarly content on four topics, available to republish with attribution. Some of the reviews were simultaneously published in the "Connecticut Review on Alcoholism" under the identical subtitle "Alcoholism Treatment Digest" every other month. The authors of the reviews were first noted in 1964, in the June issue.Contents, Release No. 611. Amino Acids: A New Treatment of Delirium Tremens2.In-Patient Versus Out-Patient Treatment for Alcoholics 3.Zieve's Syndrome in Alcoholics4.Prolonged Group Therapy of Alcoholism
Metamodelling-based reliability and life analysis of engineering structures with the boundary element method
Creators: name: Morse, Llewellyn Anthony
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2020

description: Every engineering parameter has uncertainty in its value. However, taking this into account when analysing the reliability or the remaining life of engineering structures can be computationally expensive. This is especially true for aircraft structures, which can have complex geometries and loading conditions. To improve the efficiency of these analyses and therefore enable them to be more readily applied to more complex structures, novel Boundary Element Method (BEM) formulations have been developed for the first time and are presented in this thesis. These formulations enable the safety of complex structures to be more readily determined; potentially improving safety, reducing weight, fuel consumption, and carbon emissions from aviation. To further improve efficiency, new metamodelling-based formulations with the BEM, making use of techniques such as Kriging and multi-fidelity modelling, have been developed. Based on the results of several numerical examples, including aircraft stiffened panels, the developed formulations proved very effective when used with reliability analysis methods such as Monte Carlo Simulation (MCS), the First-Order Reliability Method (FORM), and the Second-Order Reliability Method (SORM), as well as with life analysis methods such as the Equivalent Initial Flaw Size (EIFS) method. The newly developed BEM formulations for reliability analysis required 3-5 times less runtime than existing methods while demonstrating very small differences in accuracy of only 1-3\%. In addition, EIFS was determined within only 10\% error using the data from only 50 simulated inspections. The use of metamodelling was also very effective. The metamodels were up to 61,000 times faster than the BEM models used to train them but provided levels of error typically much less than 1\%. Results suggest that these newly developed BEM formulations have the capability to efficiently analyse, with confidence and in the presence of significant operational and manufacturing uncertainties, the reliability and remaining life of complex engineering structures.
Exact matrix product solutions in the Heisenberg picture of an open quantum spin chain
Creators: name: Clark, S. R.
name: Prior, J.
name: Hartmann, M. J.
name: Jaksch, D.
name: Plenio, Martin B.
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: DDC 530 / Physics
subject: Dynamics
subject: Dynamik

description: n recent work, Hartmann et al (2009 Phys. Rev. Lett. 102 057202) demonstrated that the classical simulation of the dynamics of open 1D quantum systems with matrix product algorithms can often be dramatically improved by performing time evolution in the Heisenberg picture. For a closed system this was exemplified by an exact matrix product operator (MPO) solution of the time-evolved creation operator of a quadratic fermi chain with a matrix dimension of just two. In this work, we show that this exact solution can be significantly generalized to include the case of an open quadratic fermi chain subjected to master equation evolution with Lindblad operators that are linear in the fermionic operators. Remarkably even in this open system the time evolution of operators continues to be described by MPOs with the same fixed dimension as that required by the solution of a coherent quadratic fermi chain for all times. Through the use of matrix product algorithms the dynamical behaviour of operators in this non-equilibrium open quantum system can be computed with a cost that is linear in the system size. We present some simple numerical examples that highlight how useful this might be for the more detailed study of open system dynamics. Given that Heisenberg picture simulations have been demonstrated to offer significant accuracy improvements for other open systems that are not exactly solvable, our work also provides further insight into how and why this advantage arises.
Behavioural test-retest reliability of two affective cognitive tasks: the emotional stroop (ES) and the international affective picture system (IAPS)
Creators: name: Kemp, A. H.
name: Eide, P.
name: Stough, C.
name: Silberstein, Richard
name: Nathan, P. J.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Abstract not available.
Individual differences in intelligence: Event-related potentials recorded concurrently with reaction time tasks.
Creators: name: McGarry-Roberts, Patricia.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1993
Subjects: subject: Psychology, Clinical.

description: Event-related potentials (ERPs) and reaction time (RT) were recorded concurrently during the performance of six simple cognitive tasks for subjects (N = 30) who varied in mental ability as assessed by the Multidimensional Aptitude Battery (MAB). Results showing negative relationships between reaction time measures and mental ability were consistent with previous findings (Vernon, 1983). For the first stimulus in paired stimuli tasks, both P300 amplitude and latency were affected by task difficulty. Mental ability group differences were noted for P300 amplitude only. For the target stimulus, P300 latency increased with increasing task difficulty in the same manner as reaction time and it was inversely related to mental ability, in particular for the more difficult tasks. P300 amplitude varied between tasks, but was not related to mental ability. First unrotated factors were extracted from the intercorrelations of each variable. Results showed that each factor accounted for considerable variance. Correlations between factor scores revealed significant negative relationships between intelligence and P300 measures and between RT and P300 amplitude. Five predictor variables produced a multiple correlation of.583 with IQ. Results suggest that P300 latency and reaction time may assess respectively the stimulus evaluation time and response production time components of cognitive information processing that vary inversely with general intelligence.
title: Metabolites of the fragrance 2-(4-tert-butylbenzyl)propionaldehyde (lysmeral) in urine of children and adolescents in Germany - Human biomonitoring results of the German Environmental Survey 2014-2017 (GerES V)
title: Metabolites of the fragrance 2-(4-tert-butylbenzyl)propionaldehyde (lysmeral) in urine of children and adolescents in Germany - Human biomonitoring results of the German Environmental Survey 2014-2017 (GerES V)
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Fiedler, Nina
name: Kolossa-Gehring, Marike
name: Murawski, Aline
name: Rucic, Enrico
name: Schmied-Tobies, Maria Irene Hilde
name: Schwedler, Gerda
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2020
Subjects: Endokriner Disruptor
Exposition

description: The synthetic fragrance 2-(4-tert-butylbenzyl)propionaldehyde, also known as lysmeral, butylphenyl methylpropional, lilial, or lily aldehyde, is widely used in cosmetics, personal care products, laundry detergents, and air fresheners. It is classified as suspected to be harmful to fertility and possibly endocrine disrupting. Its maximum concentration in cosmetics is limited. First-morning void urine samples (N = 2133) were analysed for several metabolites of lysmeral (Chemical Abstract Service (CAS) No.: 80-54-6). Samples were collected in the population-representative German Environmental Survey for Children and Adolescents 2014-2017 (GerES V) from German residents aged 3-17 years. Four main metabolites tert-butylbenzoic acid, lysmerol, lysmerylic acid, and hydroxy-lysmerylic acid were found in quantifiable amounts in 100%, 99%, 40%, and 23% of the samples, respectively, with geometric mean concentrations of 10.21 my g/L (8.658 my g/gcrea) for tert-butylbenzoic acid, 1.528 my g/L (1.296 my g/gcrea) for lysmerol, and below the limit of quantification of 0.2 my g/L and 0.4 my g/L for lysmerylic acid and hydroxy-lysmerylic acid, respectively. Girls had higher urinary concentrations of lysmeral metabolites than boys. Usage of fragrances, fabric softener, and personal care products, especially perfume, was positively associated with urinary concentrations of lysmeral metabolites. Source identification builds a basis to derive proposals for reduction of exposure. These results can also provide the foundation for developing reference values for urinary metabolite concentrations of lysmeral in children and adolescents in Germany that will facilitate recognising future exposure trends. © 2020 The Author(s).