cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
The Scope of Nursing Practice Decision-making Framework: A Picture of Practice in Aged Care
Creators: name: Hingst, Magdalene
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2011
Subjects: scope of practice
decision-making framework
residential aged care

description: The introduction of the Scope of Nursing Decision Making Framework by the Queensland Nursing Council in 1998 was cutting-edge reform in confirming the role of the Australian nurse. The Scope of Practice Framework, now called the Decision Making Framework, is a decision-making tool designed to assist nurses with decisions about scope of practice, delegation, assessment of competence and supervision. The application of the Framework by nurses in the aged care environment in Queensland is largely unknown. This study evaluated the implementation of the Framework in daily practice by nurse managers, registered and enrolled nurses working in residential aged care in Queensland. The methodological approach for this study was evaluation research. This approach is often aligned with organisational or community research that aims to inform policy development. Fifteen (15) nurses were recruited from two residential aged care facilities located in different regions of South East Queensland and their views were explored through focus groups and semi-structured interviews. Further insight into participants' perspectives was gained through direct observation and documents were sought in order to achieve triangulation. Transcripts from focus groups and interviews and observational data were converted to word documents and thematically analysed to identify data-rich concepts and themes. Data were managed and analysed with the assistance of Nvivo 8 and documents were subjected to content analysis.
Computational Model of Human Memory
Creators: name: Hempinstall, Susan
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: Philosophy of Mind
Philosophy of Memory
Computational Model
Extended Mind Hypothesis
Clark and Chalmers
MIlkowski
Russell
Process flow

description: Theories of Extended Mind have evolved in waves to reach the present state of disagreement with regard to whether or not external artefacts become part of the mind when used for memory purposes. A four-step approach has been used to address and resolve this disagreement. First, a new component for models of mind which provides a saliency function is provided. This saliency function corresponds to computational elements found necessary in large mainframe computer systems for handling rich data environments. Second, there is introduced a Computational Model of Memory containing the new component which models the operation of human memory. The Computational Model of Memory contains four interoperative elements including the new component, short-term memory, long-term memory, and a cross-reference associator. Third, the work of Marcin Milkowski is drawn upon to obtain a general method of assessing a computational model’s well-formedness, and the method is applied to prove the adequacy of the Computational Model of Memory. According to Milkowski’s schema, the model satisfies most criteria for a well-formed computational model, including in particular a separation between conceptual elements of the model, and constitutive elements of the model, which while explicitly related, are required to subsist at separate logical conceptual levels. Fourth, the Computational Model of Memory is applied to outstanding arguments in Extended Mind to clarify and resolve several of these arguments. The model serves to highlight where the nature of the disagreement depends upon a category error of reference, and further resolves a key disagreement by demonstrating that the mind may treat external artefacts as an alternative realizable constitutive element of short-term and long-term memory.
Self-perceptions as a vulnerability to obsessive-compulsive disorder: Investigation into self-ambivalence and a self-worth contingent upon high moral standards
Creators: name: Ahern, Claire
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Using a cognitive framework, this study examined self-perceptions as a vulnerability to obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Specifically, Guidano and Liotti’s (1983) model of self-ambivalence and the notion of self-worth contingent upon moral standards were investigated as possible mechanisms to explain how individuals come to notice their unwanted intrusions. Additionally, this study examined specifically if intrusions with moral themes related to self-perceptions. All analyses controlled for the influence of depression. The sample comprised first year undergraduate psychology students; 95 females (M = 22.49 years, SD = 7.96) and 25 males (M = 21.64 years, SD = 7.26). Participants were administered a semi-structured interview and self-report questionnaires. Results indicated that ambivalence about meeting personal moral standards was a particular vulnerability to experiencing obsessive-compulsive (OC) phenomena. There was no support for a model of intrusions with moral themes being associated with self-perceptions independent of depression. The importance of depression was highlighted, directions for future research discussed and implications of the findings explored.
Bachelard et les philosophies de l’Orient
Creators: name: Mezaguer, Sarah
Publisher: name: Università degli  Studi di Milano
Year: 2012

description: Although deeply rooted in its time, Bachelard's work dedicated to the Poetic allows many links with the religions of the Far East. Imaginary’s partition into a feminine side and a masculine side, first of all, is a reminiscence of the Yin and Yang of Taoism. But other concepts, such as the “sentiment cosmique” (cosmic feeling) – the sense of being one with the cosmos activated at the end of certain dreams, stimulated by the contact with certain elements – allow a parallel with the Buddhist’s Nirvana and the unity sought in the Tao. Is it necessary to interpret these similarities in terms of inspiration that Bachelard would have drawn from the most famous authors of oriental literature, since he was a reader as eclectic as bulimic, or should we see in this interpretation of the world, at least partially similar with the one of the great sages of the East, a very personal rediscover, inherent to his method, the phenomenology?
description: Altre Modernità, 2012: Bachelard e la plasticità della materia
SHECARE: Shared Haptic Environment on the Cloud for Arm Rehabilitation Exercises
Creators: name: Hoda, Mohamad
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: Exergames
Stroke Rehabilitation
Virtual Reality
Haptic
Cloud Compting
Dynamic Time Warping
Auto Regressive Integrated Moving Average

description: It is well known that home exercise is as good as rehab center. Unfortunately, passive devices such as dumbbells, elastic bands, stress balls and tubing that have been widely used for home-based arm rehabilitation do not provide therapists with the information needed to monitor the patient’s progress, identify any impairment, and suggest treatments. Moreover, the lack of interactivity of these devices turns the rehabilitation exercises into a boring, unpleasant task. In this thesis, we introduce a family of home-based post-stroke rehabilitation systems aimed at solving the aforementioned problems. We call such applications: “Shared Haptic Environment on the Cloud for Arm Rehabilitation Exercises (SHECARE)”. The systems combine recent rehabilitation approaches with efficient, yet affordable skeleton tracking input technologies, and multimodal interactive computer environment. In addition, the systems provide a real-time feedback to the stroke patients, summarize the feedback after each session, and predict the overall recovery progress. Moreover, these systems show a new style of home-based rehabilitation approach that motivate the patients by engaging the whole family and friends in the rehabilitation process and allow the therapists to remotely assess the progress of the patients and adjust the training strategy accordingly. Two mathematical models have been presented in this thesis. The first model is developed to find the relationship between upper extremity kinematics and the associated forces/strength. The second model is used to evaluate the medical condition of the stroke patients and predict their recovery progress depending on their performance history. The objective assessments, clinical tests, and the subjective assessments, usability studies have shown the feasibility of the proposed systems for rehabilitation in stroke patients with upper limb motor dysfunction.
Towards a Generative Theory of Emotion, Meaning, and Expression in Musical Performance
Creators: name: DeGraaf, Leanne
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2015
Subjects: emotion
meaning
expression
communicative content
gesture
sound image

description: The purpose of this thesis is to assess theories of emotion, meaning, and expression in music from the perspective of the performer. While a significant body of research is devoted to theories about such matters—to which I will refer collectively as “theories of communicative content”—there is a general lack of attention paid to how such theories apply in actual music performance. In other words, these theories tend to avoid explicating not only how music conveys such content in acts of performance, but also how performers, through such acts, imbue music with communicative content. I seek to address this oversight because the process of applying communicative content in performance, indeed, the very process of performing itself, may offer insight into the mechanisms involved for making music meaningful and expressive. To that end, I will investigate evidence from actual musical practice and from actual music practitioners. The thesis will consider current research on expression, meaning, and emotion in music, propose a new model that derives from performance itself, and assess old and new models alike through case-study interviews with professional-level performers. By bringing the performer’s voice into the discussion, this thesis aims to formulate a model that not only gives an accurate account of how music becomes meaningful in performance, but also provides musicians with clearly defined methods for how to make music in ways that are emotionally charged and meaningfully expressive.
Supplementary document for Quantum analysis of luminescence of exciton in meso-cavity - 5242408.pdf
Creators: name: Belonovski, Alexey
name: Morozov, Konstantin
name: Girshova, Elizaveta
name: Pozina, Galia
name: Kaliteevskii, M A
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: In this supplementary appendix, we present additional information on the diagonalization of the Hamiltonian of the system, the derivation of the system of nonlinear differential equations, and some information on numerical methods. We also consider t
Electrosensory-based Search Strategies In Weakly Electric Fish
Creators: name: Rochman, Rebecca
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2015
Subjects: Weakly electric fish
Exploration
Wall-following

description: Effective exploration of the environment is a critical aspect of adaptive behaviour, enabling animals to identify food sources, potential mates, refuge locations, and other important resources. The particular strategies used during exploratory behaviours depend on a variety of factors including context, personality traits and natural ecology. Weakly electric fish rely specifically on a short-range electric sense to search and locate objects in their environment in low-light conditions. However, little is known about the exploratory strategies used. We characterized the exploratory movements of two species of weakly electric fish, Apteronotus leptorhynchus and Apteronotus albifrons, in a laboratory setting. Our results suggest that there are behavioural differences between species in their exploratory strategies. Apteronotus albifrons spent more time in the open, travelled at a slower speed when out in the open, and had a higher total feeding time. Interestingly, Apteronotus leptorhynchus had a higher total displacement and preference for wall-following. A subsequent study on the behavioural function of wall-following in the two species suggested that wall-following is used for exploration in weakly electric fish, rather than for protection, and is not an artifact of restricted movement and tank shape.
Bachelard, une anthropologie de l’homme intégral
Creators: name: Wunenburger, Jean-Jacques
Publisher: name: Università degli  Studi di Milano
Year: 2012

description: Bachelard displays throughout his epistemological and esthetical work a particular anthropology. However this anthropology has never been systemically structured in a book but has been only fragmented in his analyses on the formation and transformation of concepts and images. The bachelardian man has a complex nature that mobilises every dimension of the subject: his body and his mind but also his affectivity, his will and his imagination. It is this image of an integral man that we will try to appropriate in this paper.
description: Altre Modernità, 2012: Bachelard e la plasticità della materia
Verzeichnisse [Bd. 21, H. 1-3 / 1977]
Creators: name: Redaktion, Die
Publisher: name: Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz
Year: 2018

description: Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz, Bd. 21, Nr. 1 (1977): Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz
Le stress chez les policières et policiers : qu'en est-il lorsque le conjoint(e) occupe la même profession? : étude exploratoire.
Creators: name: Lamarche, Éric.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: Psychology, Industrial.

description: Si la littérature abonde en ce qui a trait au stress professionnel et même au stress policier, il y a très peu d'études en ce qui concerne les particularités de la gestion du stress par des conjoints occupant la même profession, et elles se comptent sur les doigts quand il est question des couples policiers. Cette situation de couple policier n'est pourtant pas une réalité marginale dans la mesure où l'on sait que la moitié des policières ont un conjoint dans la profession. Le peu de littérature mis à notre disposition nous a dès lors encouragé à rencontrer les couples policiers sur le terrain afin de voir comment ils définissaient et géraient leur «stress». Cette gestion se faisait-elle à deux? Une profession similaire pouvait-elle aider la gestion de ce «stress»? Si la littérature était timide par rapport à notre travail empirique, elle n'en permit pas moins de reprendre certaines typologies jugées après coup très fécondes sur la gestion du stress en couple policier, certes, mais aussi sur les sources de stress liées à des logiques de productivité, des logiques organisationnelles ou encore à des contraintes administratives. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
The longitudinal impact of suicide prevention gatekeeper training in a general community population
Creators: name: Holmes, Glenn
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2023
Subjects: suicide prevention
gatekeeper
gatekeeper training
suicide
Safetalk
longitudinal
Public health
Clinical and health psychology

description: Suicide consistently ranks among the top 20 leading causes of death worldwide. Suicides are preventable in principle, and suicide as a leading cause of death globally is cause for concern. The practice of educating individuals (known as ‘gatekeepers’ [GK]) within the general community with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to identify an at-risk individual and provide support has been shown as an effective suicide prevention method. Despite this, there are concerns over the long-term effectiveness of learning outcomes, the generalisability of previous research findings, the effectiveness of online training delivery, and the translation of gatekeeper training (GKT) outcomes into GK intervention behaviours. The objective of this research was threefold: 1) to estimate the longitudinal effectiveness of GKT in a general community sample; 2) to analyse the effectiveness of online GKT in comparison to in-person GKT, and; 3) to investigate the relationship between GKT outcome measures and GK intervention behaviour.
Supplementary document for Quantum analysis of luminescence of exciton in meso-cavity - 5242408.pdf
Creators: name: Belonovski, Alexey
name: Morozov, Konstantin
name: Girshova, Elizaveta
name: Pozina, Galia
name: Kaliteevskii, M A
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: In this supplementary appendix, we present additional information on the diagonalization of the Hamiltonian of the system, the derivation of the system of nonlinear differential equations, and some information on numerical methods. We also consider t
Abkürzungsschlüssel [Bd. 21, H. 1-3 / 1977]
Creators: name: Redaktion, Die
Publisher: name: Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz
Year: 2018

description: Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz, Bd. 21, Nr. 1 (1977): Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz
The Tomb of Mario Nari for the SS. Annunziata in Florence: The Sculptor Bartolomeo Ammannati until 1544
Creators: name: Davis, Charles
Publisher: name: Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz
Year: 2018

description: -
description: Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz, Bd. 21, Nr. 1 (1977): Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz
Active learning in optics and photonics: experiences in Africa
Creators: name: Alarcon, Minella C.
name: Arthurs, Eugine
name: Ben Lakhdar, Zohra
name: Culaba, Ivan B.
name: Lakshminarayanan, Vasudevan
name: Maquiling, Joel T.
name: Mazzolini, Alexander
name: Niemela, J.
name: Sokoloff, David R.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Widespread physics education research has shown that most introductory physics students have difficulty learning essential optics concepts - even in the best of traditional courses, and that well-designed active learning approaches can remedy this problem. This mini-workshop and the associated poster session will provide direct experience with methods for promoting students' active involvement in the learning process in lecture and laboratory. Participants will have hands-on experience with activities from RealTime Physics labs and Interactive Lecture Demonstrations - a learning strategy for large (and small) lectures, including specially designed Optics Magic Tricks. The poster will provide more details on these highly effective curricula.
The significance of the 1989 United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child for child care services in Australia
Creators: name: Muller, Elizabeth
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2009
Subjects: the Convention
child care
children
early childhood

description: The number of families accessing child care in Australia has rapidly increased over the past two decades. The demand for child care services, and the growing acceptance of children being cared for outside the family home, reflects changes in Australia's social and economic conditions. This research project utilises the 1989 United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, to inform the conceptualisation of this study. The study investigates how young children's rights (0-5 years) are being represented in long day care services in Australia, by current policy, procedures and practices. The project is a case study of four long day care services owned and operated by Willow City Council in Melbourne, Victoria, and draws solely on the data collected in that municipality. The region of Willow encompasses one of the most geographically, culturally and linguistically diverse populations of Melbourne. The data presented in this thesis provides a written description of the actual practices of child care staff within their daily programs and identifies how they conceptualise and represent the rights of the young children in their care. The findings of this project consider and discuss policies, procedures and practices, which reflect children's rights and identifies those, that need to be amended to further represent the interests of young children. The results of this study, while limited to one geographical area, could prove meaningful and relevant to long day care services across Australia, particully to those in culturally and linguistically diverse areas. This study is also significant as it contributes towards the literature surrounding child care and is the first study in Australia to utilise the 1989 United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child as a framework to examine the representation of young children's rights in child care services.
Mercury in yellow perch (perca falvescens) from Lake St. Francis and nearby tributaries of the St. Lawrence River.
Creators: name: Larivière, Émilie C.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Biology, Ecology.

description: Mercury accumulation in fish is a substantial problem in northern temperate regions. Highly variable levels of mercury have been measured in fish from the St. Lawrence River. Here, I used stable isotopes of carbon (delta13C) as tracers of energy source to distinguish food webs of Lake St. Francis (a section of the St. Lawrence River near Cornwall, Ontario) from those of surrounding tributaries and coastal wetlands. I investigated the role of stable isotopes of nitrogen (delta15N) as estimates of trophic position, and I compared mercury accumulation in yellow perch ( Perca flavescens) from Lake St. Francis and the tributaries and coastal wetlands nearby. Since wetlands and tributaries were thought to be the major sites of methylmercury production, I predicted that fish feeding in tributaries would be more contaminated with mercury than fish of the same size or trophic level that are deriving energy from Lake St. Francis. Several components of the food webs of Lake St. Francis and its tributaries and coastal wetlands were sampled for mercury and/or stable isotope analyses (dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC), particulate organic matter (POM), zooplankton, benthic invertebrates, and yellow perch). (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
L'insertion des pays en développement dans les blocs comme approche de développement face au nouveau contexte : le cas des pays Andins.
Creators: name: Biko Recxon, Kabuasa.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1999
Subjects: subject: Political Science, General.

description: Les structures sur lesquelles reposaient les rapports internationaux connaissent une mutation sans précédente depuis une vingtaine d'années. Les conséquences sont telles, d'une part, que l'économie et ses corollaires se régionalisent. D'autre part, l'intégration régionale traditionnelle et le multilatéralisme, comme processus d'échange harmonieux entre les États, semblent désuets. Dans ces conditions, l'insertion des pays en voie de développement dans les blocs des riches apparaît comme une des réponses face à la problématique du sous-développement. Pourtant, l'expérience des pays andins face à l'ALENA et le MERCOSUR, deux blocs que compte le continent américain est éloquente. Elle démontre que l'insertion des pays pauvres dans les économies puissantes, comme moyen de participer à l'économie mondialisée, est encore à inventer, à construire, à concrétiser.
The Level of Service Inventory-Ontario Revision: Risk/need assessment and recidivism.
Creators: name: Girard, Lina.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1999
Subjects: subject: Psychology, Social.

description: The current research represents the first longitudinal study using the LSI-OR, which is a modified version of the LSI-VI, on a sample of 630 adult male offenders, namely, 454 inmates and 176 probationers. Subjects were administered the LSI-OR at intake, pretreatment, or for the purposes of internal programming and were followed for an average of 2.6 years. Any recidivism was defined as any reconviction for a new offence. Overall, the findings support the use of the LSI-OR as the risk/needs measure for institutional, community offenders as well as special offender groups, including females and young offenders. From a variety of psychometric analyses, the LSI-OR demonstrated more than adequate reliability estimates that were superior to those reported for the LSI-VI and the PCL-R. Adult male offenders from the institutional sample were more likely to recidivate both generally (61.9% vs 35.2%) and violently (27.1% vs 16.5%) compared to adult males who were under community supervision. Institutional offenders were also known to reoffend sooner than their community counterparts as demonstrated through survival analyses. The General Risk/Need Factor section which samples the major risk/need predictors correlated with general recidivism very significantly ( r = .39). The largest association with general recidivism was produced by the Criminal History subscale (r = .40). Special offender groups, namely, a mentally disordered, domestic violence, and sex offender group, were identified from LSI-OR items, and were subjected to several analyses. The General Risk/Need Factor total score and the Specific Risk/Need Factor section total scores differentiated recidivists and nonrecidivists for the special offender groups. Several stepwise multiple regression analyses were examined using the General Risk/Need Factor and the Specific Risk/Need Factor subscales, the LSI-OR Factors, and all the sections of the LSI-OR as the independent variables in separate analyses. Recidivism as the dependent measure was used as a dichotomous and continuous variable. The recidivism factors were also used in the regressions. The general pattern of predictors for general recidivism included criminal history, procriminal attitudes, and companions for the combined sample with a multiple R of .43. For the prediction of violent recidivism, the Antisocial Pattern and the History subscale contributed uniquely to the regression equation for the combined sample with a multiple R of .39. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Anxiety as Identity: The Presence of Ontological Insecurity within the American War on Terror
Creators: name: Cherry-Smith, Benjamin
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2020
Subjects: war on terror
ontological security
United States of America
anxiety

description: In the field of International Relations, Ontological Security Theory (OST) is currently grappling with two internal debates: 1) what form does the State take as an ontological security seeking actor, and 2) how does the state experience ontological insecurity through fear and anxiety? These debates are centred around the field's broader structure-agency debate and the role of the State within this literature. When OST was initially outlined in 1991 by Anthony Giddens, it focused solely on the individual, not the State. This thesis will draw from Ronald Laing's Theory of Ontological Insecurity and the broader field of International Relations. The thesis argues that the State takes the form of a social actor, which is granted legitimacy through individuals ceding their agency. The position of the State as a social actor is reinforced through the rules, norms, and structures that are put in place, effectively creating a 'false-Self system' – the overarching social structure the actor operates within. Laing's work offers a way to engage with how states themselves as actors can experience anxiety—stemming from one of three sources: implosion, engulfment, or petrification. These sources of anxiety offer a set of categories which, while not undermining the subjective nature of anxiety, adds analytical clarity to understanding the 'Anxious State.'
description: This articulation of the 'Anxious State' and OST is evident in the United States' (US) response in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and its framing of the War on Terror (WoT). The terrorist attacks by al Qaeda represented a fear event which, in turn, motivated the ontological insecurity for the US. In seeking to regain ontological security and capitalise on the nature of these terrorist attacks (which were unconventional, non-state actors targeting civilians), President George W. Bush launched the US-led WoT and engaged in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars. A discourse analysis of President Bush's speeches, press releases, and remarks from the time between the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the launch of the second Iraq War, shows that the US justified its actions with the use of language designed to evoke fear and anxiety. President Bush contrasted the actions of the US and its allies as “good” compared with the "evil" terrorists, to leverage the political desire to confront these terrorists and to steer the international system towards acting on behalf of US interests.
Supplementary document for Thermal effect of InP/InAs nanowire lasers integrated on different optical platforms - 5242888.pdf
Creators: name: Takiguchi, Masato
name: Zhang, Guoqiang
name: Frandsen, Evans
name: Sumikura, Hisashi
name: Tsuchizawa, Tai
name: Sasaki, Satoshi
name: Shinya, Akihiko
name: Oguri, Katsuya
name: Gotoh, Hideki
name: Notomi, Masaya
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: S1. EDS mapping; S2. PL measurement setup; S3. PL measurement at 10-kHz repetition frequency; S4. Comparisons of lasing properties before and after atomic layer deposition; S5. Manipulation of a nanowire with a microgripper; S6. Simulation model; S7.
Le soleil derrière le vitrail du meurtrier: l’étude des éléments envoûtants dans l’Emploi du temps de Michel Butor
Creators: name: Kotowska, Joanna
Publisher: name: Università degli  Studi di Milano
Year: 2012

description: Le soleil derrière le vitrail du meurtrier: l’étude des éléments envoûtants dans l’Emploi du temps de Michel Butor
description: Altre Modernità, 2012: Bachelard e la plasticità della materia
Forensic Analysis of Human DNA from Samples Contaminated with Biological Weapons Agents
Creators: name: Timbers, Jason
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011
Subjects: DNA extraction
Biological Weapons
Bioterrorism
Forensic analysis

description: The use of biological agents as potential weapons has been a concern of security agencies for many years. Security agencies require alternative field protocols for handling forensic samples that could be contaminated with biological weapons. In this study, manual and automated DNA extractions were compared for the ability to remove biological agents and for their effectiveness and consistency when samples were contaminated with bacteria, spores or toxins. Purified DNA was evaluated for the absence of the agents, and for the effects of the process on the isolated human DNA. Results demonstrated that incubation of samples in a cell lysis solution eliminated bacteria and toxins, but an additional 0.22 µm filtration step was necessary to successfully remove bacterial spores. Blood and buccal swab samples exposed to some bacteria showed DNA loss and/or degradation. The automated extraction procedure would be preferable over the manual protocol to isolate human DNA contaminated with biological weapons.
Institutions advising entrepreneurs: a case study of the Gisborne aquaculture cluster
Creators: name: Johnstone, Bruce A.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This paper is based on the writer's doctoral research which studies a cluster of entrepreneurs involved in the emerging industry of land based recirculating system aquaculture in the Gisborne Region (pop. 45,000) on New Zealand's East Coast. It asked how effective the institutions that contribute to New Zealand's Growth and Innovation Framework are in supporting those entrepreneurs. In particular this research explored the relationships between the entrepreneurs and those institutions involved in enterprise development, offering advisory services or that regulate the activities of the entrepreneurs. It sought to understand how these various institutions have affected the development of this loosely linked cluster of entrepreneurial ventures.
Exploring Antenatal Education: An Interpretive Description
Creators: name: Downer, Terri
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2019
Subjects: antenatal education
health literacy
interpretive description
midwife
prenatal
childbirth
woman centred care
continuity of care

description: Antenatal education has been normalised in Australian maternity services and is currently delivered within antenatal care services or as formal standalone educational experience for women and their partner or support person. Antenatal education has evolved little over the years. Despite many changes in childbirth and parenting practices, this education still hopes to prepare women for birth and achieve optimal physical health during pregnancy. Despite these developments and the value placed on antenatal education, little is known about the way in which antenatal education activities are developed, implemented or evaluated. The aim of the research was to explore the key factors that influence pedagogy and practice of antenatal education in a range of contexts; and to examine to what extent current antenatal education provides meaningful and effective learning experiences from the perspectives of both the educators and the consumers (class participants). A research methodology of Interpretive Description guided this research study. The methodology produced a qualitative description of experiences from a sample of antenatal educators and consumers of antenatal education. Data were collected through individual in-depth interviews with antenatal educators and antenatal class participants. Perspectives and experiences of 18 participants were explored in a total of 25 interviews. In addition to the interviews, educators were asked to discuss an example of a learning activity or learning material that they had used during their class. The researcher included other processes to enhance reflexivity, including learning materials that antenatal educators brought to the interview to discuss, and field notes taken directly after each interview. Interpretive Description was used to gain insight into participants' perceptions and experiences. It provided the researcher with an opportunity to generate knowledge about antenatal education practice and understand the experiences of the participants involved in the study.
Examining the Impact of Knowledge Mobilization Strategies to Inform Urban Stakeholders on Accessibility: A Mixed-Methods study
Creators: name: Labbé, Delphine
name: Mahmood, Atiya
name: Miller, William C.
name: Mortenson, W. Ben
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2020

description: Urban areas offer many opportunities for people with disabilities, but limited accessibility may prevent their full engagement in society. It has been recommended that the experience-based perspective of people with disabilities should be an integral part of the discussion on urban accessibility, complementing other stakeholder expertise to facilitate the design of more inclusive environments. The goals of this mixed-method study were to develop knowledge mobilization (KM) strategies to share experience-based findings on accessibility and evaluate their impact for various urban stakeholders. Using a participatory approach, various KM strategies were developed including videos, a photo exhibit and an interactive game. These strategies were evaluated based on various impact indicators such as reach, usefulness, partnerships and practice changes, using quantitative and qualitative methods. The findings suggested that the KM strategies were effective in raising the awareness of various urban stakeholders and providing information and guidance to urban planning practices related to accessibility.
Urbanisation and kangaroos: investigating and managing decline in urban-zone eastern grey kangaroo populations (Macropus giganteus) in south east Queensland
Creators: name: Brunton, Elizabeth
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2018
Subjects: urban wildlife
ecology
wildlife conservation
kangaroo

description: Urbanisation is a known threat to biodiversity globally, yet the full impacts of urbanisation on wildlife are still poorly understood. The processes of urbanisation that may influence wildlife are complex and broadly include: habitat loss and fragmentation; expansion of infrastructure; increases in invasive species; and increased contact with humans. Large terrestrial mammals are thought to be particularly vulnerable to processes of urbanisation however few studies have directly examined the impacts of urban landscapes on large mammals. This thesis considers the impact of urbanisation on a common large mammal species, the eastern grey kangaroo (Macropus giganteus). Furthermore, it investigates the complexities of kangaroo interactions with urban landscapes, and explores potential mechanisms of decline with a view to understanding the response of kangaroo populations to urban environments. This research utilises a cross-disciplinary approach to gain a holistic understanding of impacts on eastern grey kangaroo populations, across multiple spatial and temporal scales. An analytical approach is applied to data sourced from community wisdom, historical records, and in-situ field studies, using a variety of methods including: community surveys; GPS collaring; GIS analyses; and physiological indicators.
Evaluating the donor: enterprise relationship in a not-for-profit social entrepreneurship venture
Creators: name: Mosek, Linda
name: Gillin, Murray
name: Katzenstein, Liora
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This research encompasses an exciting journey in social entrepreneurship. Based on a comprehensive study of a not-for-profit business enterprise dependent on social capital, the three phase model of entrepreneurship (Greve and Salaff 2003) was employed to recognize comparative stages for developing social trust, an important indicator of social capital. Data from historically documented day to day diary records and in-depth interviews were examined and evaluated by 'N.Vivo' content analysis, with the purpose of achieving profitability in the 'third sector' . Results demonstrated the influence of social trust on sustainability and entrepreneurial growth; with specific emphasis on the donor - enterprise alliance, a dominant control factor.
The Experience of People with Dementia and their Caregivers During Acute Hospitalization
Creators: name: Lemay, Genevieve
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: Dementia
Caregivers
Acute Hospital
Patient Experience

description: Background: Due to the growing number of individuals suffering from dementia, many will require acute hospital care as other indirectly related conditions appear throughout the course of the disorder. Significant concerns have been raised about the provision of quality care. Understanding their experiences is essential. Method: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with caregivers and people with dementia after acute hospitalization. Data was analyzed using qualitative content analysis. Results: Twenty-nine participants experienced hospitalization and commented primarily on the negative experience. Despite the importance of caregiver involvement, and evidence of caregiver burden, they commented they were rarely included in care plans and lacked support. Continuity of care was said to be affected by absent communication amongst health care team members. The acute hospital process and environment was perceived as not supportive of dementia person-centred care principles, with reports of poor staff knowledge and recognition of the disorder. Conclusion: Reports of acute care hospital experiences of people with dementia and their caregivers provide insights for potential gaps in care delivery.
Futurism and Experimentation in Italian Theater in the Late 20th Century
Creators: name: Bentoglio, Alberto
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2012

description: This paper aims to understand whether and to which extent the Futurism theory of theatre and its practices have influenced the Italian contemporary scene. Common opinion still has it that Futurism has left little to no legacy in the Italian theatre, and we cannot properly speak of neo-futurism or of an active Futurist avant-garde. Nonetheless, taking a closer look at some of most significant figures in Italian experimental theatre (for example, Ivrea Manifesto’s project, Carmelo Bene, Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio) this paper aims to underline the many elements that trace back to Futurist’s theatre, suggesting the need to re-read futurist artistic experiences – at least in the field of performing arts – as constructive practices aimed at the building of a new kind of theatre.
description: Itinera, N° 3 (2012)
Supplementary document for Ultraviolet Dual Comb Spectroscopy: A Roadmap - 5243232.pdf
Creators: name: Bernhardt, Birgitta
name: Schuster, Vittoria
name: Liu, Chang
name: Rothhardt, Jan
name: Limpert, Jens
name: Klas, Robert
name: Dominguez, Pablo
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Nonlinear Optics and Spectroscopy

description: Supplemental
An integrated study of women-specific cancers and infertility rate using genomics and bioinformatics
Creators: name: Bhyan, Salma
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Cancer
subject: Genomics
subject: Bioinformatics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Bioinformatics and computational biology

description: Cancers and infertility are the major diseases causing significant impact on women’s physical and mental health. Every year, the number of women affected by these diseases is increasing. Breast, ovarian, endometrial and cervical cancers are the primary women cancers, which contribute significantly to the deaths of millions of women worldwide. In addition, female infertility, also known as endometriosis, is a major cause of mental health problems in women, as around 30% of infertility is because of a problem with the woman. Therefore, these diseases are creating an ever-increasing burden. As these diseases are specific to women or related to gynaecology, exploration of common genetic mechanisms can be useful for their efficient management. Over the years, numerous clinical studies had been undertaken on these women-specific diseases and showed symptomological association between infertility and cancers. Yet, the genetic relationship among women-specific cancers and infertility is still unclear. This thesis study used an integrated investigation (bioinformatic and genomic) to identify and explain the common genetic mechanisms across women cancers and associated infertility.
description: Initially (Chapter 2), we explored the potential common molecular mechanisms in four women-specific cancers by integrating four comprehensive literature-based databases comprising a total of 460 endometrial, 2,068 ovarian, 2,308 breast and 537 cervical cancer-implicated genes. Overall, 52 genes were identified that are common in all four types of women cancers and these genes could be defined into potential functional roles associated with endogenous hormonal regulation pathways.
Στρατηγική επικοινωνία ελληνικών τραπεζών: Μελέτη περίπτωσης Τράπεζα Πειραιώς Α.Ε.
Creators: name: Κόλια, Μάρθα Μάρκου
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2024
Subjects: Τράπεζα Πειραιώς
Επικοινωνία, Στρατηγική
Ψηφιακός μετασχηματισμός
Piraeus Bank
Communication, Strategy
Digital transformation

description: Οι τράπεζες σήμερα έχουν κάνει σημαντικές αλλαγές μέσα από μία συνεχώς προχωρημένη διαδικασία ψηφιοποίησης, μεταβάλλοντας τις προσωπικές επαφές και τη στρατηγική που ακολουθούσαν μέχρι σήμερα. Αυτό το είδος αλλαγής επηρεάζει τις τράπεζες να επαναξιολογήσουν τις επικοινωνιακές τους πολιτικές για να αντιμετωπίσουν τις αναδυόμενες προκλήσεις και ευκαιρίες και να μεταβάλλουν περαιτέρω τη στρατηγική και το όραμα τους. Στον τομέα του ψηφιακού μετασχηματισμού, σήμερα χρησιμοποιούνται καινοτόμα συστήματα για την ενίσχυση της ικανοποίησης των χρηστών και τον εξορθολογισμό των επιχειρηματικών λειτουργιών, αυτοματοποιώντας τις προκειμένου ο τελικός χρήστης να μείνει περισσότερο ικανοποιημένος όπως θα φανεί και από τη διερεύνηση της Τράπεζας Πειραιώς σε αυτή τη διπλωματική εργασία. Τα ψηφιακά κανάλια όπως και οι ιστότοποι, οι εφαρμογές για κινητά και οι πλατφόρμες μέσων κοινωνικής δικτύωσης λειτουργούν πλέον υπέρ του χρήστη αλλά και διαδραματίζουν κρίσιμο ρόλο στην υποστήριξη των χρηματοπιστωτικών ιδρυμάτων.
description: Banks today have made significant changes through an ever-advancing digitization process, changing the personal contacts and strategy they followed until now. This kind of change influences banks to re-evaluate their communication policies to address emerging challenges and opportunities and further alter their strategy and vision. In the field of digital transformation, today innovative systems are used to enhance user satisfaction and streamline business operations, automating them in order to make the end user more satisfied as will be seen from the investigation of Piraeus Bank in this thesis. Digital channels such as websites, mobile apps and social media platforms now work in favor of the user but also play a critical role in supporting financial institutions.
On the numerical solution of delay differential equations.
Creators: name: Karoui, Abderrazek.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1992
Subjects: subject: Mathematics.

description: A numerical method for the treatment of non-vanishing lag state dependent delay differential equations is developed in this work. This method is based on a (5,6) Runge-Kutta formula pair. The delayed term is approximated by a three-point Hermite polynomial. In order to obtain a highly accurate numerical scheme, special attention is given to the characterization and the localization of the derivative jump discontinuities of the solution. Some real-life problems are used to test the new method and compare it with existing ones.