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title: Metabolites of 4-methylbenzylidene camphor (4-MBC), butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT), and tris(2-ethylhexyl) trimellitate (TOTM) in urine of children and adolescents in Germany - human biomonitoring results of the German Environmental Survey GerES V (2014-2017)
title: Metabolites of 4-methylbenzylidene camphor (4-MBC), butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT), and tris(2-ethylhexyl) trimellitate (TOTM) in urine of children and adolescents in Germany - human biomonitoring results of the German Environmental Survey GerES V (2014-2017)
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Daniels, Anja
name: Kolossa-Gehring, Marike
name: Murawski, Aline
name: Rucic, Enrico
name: Schmied-Tobies, Maria Irene Hilde
name: Schwedler, Gerda
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2021
Subjects: Antioxidationsmittel
Exposition
Endokrin wirksame Substanz

description: The UV filter 4-methylbenzylidene camphor (4-MBC), used in cosmetics, the antioxidant butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT), used inter alia as a food additive and in cosmetics, and the plasticizer tris(2-ethylhexyl) trimellitate (TOTM), used mainly in medical devices as substitute for di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), are suspected to have endocrine disrupting effects. Human biomonitoring methods that allow for assessing the internal exposure of the general population to these substances were recently developed in a German cooperation to enhance the use of human biomonitoring. First-morning void urine samples from 3- to 17-year-old children and adolescents living in Germany were analysed for metabolites of 4-MBC (N = 447), BHT (N = 2091), and TOTM (N = 431) in the population-representative German Environmental Survey on Children and Adolescents 2014-2017 (GerES V). 4-MBC metabolites were found in quantifiable amounts only in single cases and exposure levels remained well below health-based guidance values. In contrast, ubiquitous exposure to BHT became evident with a geometric mean (GM) urinary concentration of the metabolite BHT acid of 2.346 (my)g/L (1.989 (my)g/gcreatinine) and a maximum concentration of 248 (my)g/L (269 (my)g/gcrea). The highest GM concentration was found in young children aged 3-5 years, yet no specific sources of exposure could be identified. Also, TOTM metabolites were found in quantifiable amounts only in very few samples. None of these findings could be related to previous hospital treatment or exposure via house dust. The presented results will be the basis to derive reference values for exposure of children and adolescents in Germany to BHT and will facilitate to identify changing exposure levels in the general population. © 2020 The Author(s).
Study of semiconductor detectors for scanning electron microscope.
Creators: name: Ramana, Pappu Venkata.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1966
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Electronics and Electrical.

description: This thesis is concerned with semiconductor radiation detectors for the detection of back-scattered and secondary electrons in a scanning electron microscopes. The work consists of analysing, both theoretically and experimentally, Si p-n junction cells and Au-Si thin film contacts as regards their current gain when irradiated by electrons having energies in the range 4 to 8 Kev. The current gain, in both photovoltaic and photodiode modes is obtained and was of the order of 1000. This device virtually acts as a high gain amplifier with an electron beam as its input.
Innovative techniques - best available techniques in selected sectors
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: bat
subject: LCP
subject: large combustion plants
subject: gasturbines
subject: LED
subject: emissionscontrol
subject: emissions
subject: state of the art of science and technology
subject: Wirtschaft | Konsum
subject: Luft
subject: Economy | Consumption
subject: Air

description: This report was created to aid the revision process of the BAT reference document "Large Combustion Plants" (LCP). It includes the summary of the national data collection of 50 LCPs in Germany. In addition to this, a first evaluation was carried out. Directions on how to use and interpret the presented data are given in chapter 2 and 5. To cover the topics of load flexibility and start-up/shutdown sequences, an additional chapter is included in this report. In this, the load-dependent emissions of power plants are presented, using the example of a hard coal-fired plant and anatural gas-fired CCGT plant. Furthermore, a draft for a biomass chapter is given, which could be implemented in the future BAT reference document.Quelle: http://www.umweltbundesamt.de
description: This report was created to aid the revision process of the BAT reference document "Large Combustion Plants" (LCP). It includes the summary of the national data collection of 50 LCPs in Germany. In addition to this, a first evaluation was carried out. Directions on how to use and interpret the presented data are given in chapter 2 and 5. To cover the topics of load flexibility and start-up/shutdown sequences, an additional chapter is included in this report. In this, the load-dependent emissions of power plants are presented, using the example of a hard coal-fired plant and anatural gas-fired CCGT plant. Furthermore, a draft for a biomass chapter is given, which could be implemented in the future BAT reference document.
Ecosystem services and cultural values as building blocks for ‘The good life’. A case study in the community of Røst, Lofoten Islands, Norway
Creators: name: Kaltenborn, Bjørn P.
name: Linnell, John D. C.
name: Baggethun, Erik Gómez
name: Lindhjem, Henrik
name: Thomassen, Jørn
name: Chan, Kai Ming Adam, 1975-
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2023

description: We examined the contribution of natural capital and social capital through the notion of cultural ecosystem services to shaping human well-being in the fishing community of Røst in the Lofoten Islands in Northern Norway. Through ethnographic observations, in-depth interviews, and a participatory scenario workshop we develop four narratives centering on the links of nature and ecosystem services. Benefits derived from ecosystem services are fundamental building blocks in the local vision of ‘the good life’ and emerge from a combination of satisfied preferences and struggle, hardships, and capabilities inflicted by a demanding environment and challenging work conditions. Beyond a certain level of meeting basic needs and provisioning of essential public services, simplicity in life and local control over resources and surroundings was preferred over a multitude of other opportunities and services. Well-being was strongly linked to maintenance of identity through traditional practices for harvesting of natural resources, nurturing of skills, social cohesion, and acting meaningfully in one’s local environment. In a relational perspective, cultural ecosystem services are constituted and given meaning through interaction with nature. The main policy implication is that contributions of natural and social capital to well-being proved to be hard to meaningfully separate.
3356827.pdf
Creators: name: Münzberg, Julian
name: Vetter, Andreas
name: Beutel, Fabian
name: Hartmann, Wladislaw
name: Ferrari, Simone
name: Pernice, Wolfram
name: Rockstuhl, Carsten
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2018
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplementary Material
Representations of War and Culture in Sri Lankan Cinema: An Analysis of Selected Anti-war Films and Their Audience Interpretations
Creators: name: Ganegoda, Ganegoda Arachchilage Pushpika Kumari
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This research explores how three anti-war films, produced in Sri Lanka during the war period, represent Sri Lankan culture and war; how various stakeholder groups interpret those representations; how these films contribute to Third Cinema and Postcolonial Cinema. This research is significant since its findings add to the broader existing literature on Sri Lankan films and specifically to the scholarly literature on censored political films of Sri Lanka and elsewhere. Moreover, participation in and reading this research empowers audiences, informing them that alternative views create a media and political culture that encourages critical thinking and free expression.
Exploration des syles de résolution de conflits chez les jeunes du secondaire ayant des troubles de comportement.
Creators: name: Dolgos, Sandra.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: Education, Special.

description: Eighty-seven high school students completed a modified version of the Organizational Communication Conflict Instrument: 38 students had behavioral problems and 49 didn't. Result indicate that all these students use significantly more control strategies than solution-orientation or non-confrontation strategies to resolve conflicts with their peers. T-tests identified several significant differences ($\alpha$ = 0.05): (1) boys with behavioral problems use significantly less non-confrontation strategies than boys without behavioral problems; (2) girls with behavioral problems use significantly less solution-orientation strategies than girls without behavioral problems; (3) boys with behavioral problems use significantly more solution-orientation strategies than girls with behavioral problems. Furthermore, although only significant at $\alpha$ = 0.07, boys with behavioral problems belonging to non-nuclear families use control strategies more than boys from nuclear families. These findings show however that all high school students could benefit from conflict resolution programs.
On the existence and the consequences of automatically activated motivation.
Creators: name: Séguin Lévesque, Chantal.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: Psychology, Experimental.

description: In recent years, social psychological processes, such as attitudes, and goals, have been shown to be in part automatic (Bargh, 1997). The purpose of the present thesis was to apply the concept of automaticity to intrinsic and extrinsic motivation (Deci & Ryan, 1985, 1987, 1991). The present thesis is composed of two articles. The first article comprises two studies designed to verify if intrinsic and extrinsic motivation could be in part regulated by automatic nonconscious processes. Using the Scramble Sentence procedure (Srull & Wyer, 1979), we automatically activated either an intrinsic or an extrinsic motivation in an initial task. Then, participants were asked to work on a subsequent task presented as unrelated to the initial task. Results of these two studies showed that, participants primed in the initial experiment with an intrinsic motivation were more motivated, performed better, were more interested, and perceived more choice while working on the subsequent task than participants primed with an extrinsic motivation. The findings of the first article supported the hypothesis that intrinsic and extrinsic motivation can be in part regulated by automatic processes. The second article is also composed of two studies that examined the interplay of chronically accessible and temporary primed intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. In the first study of the second article, a measure designed to assess individuals' chronically accessible academic motivational orientations was developed. In the second study, the hypothesis about the motivational resilience of intrinsic and extrinsic chronics to nonconsciously primed motivation was specifically tested. Results showed that the level of motivation, perceptions, and behavior of individuals without a chronically accessible motivational orientation were affected by a temporary primed motivation. In contrast, intrinsic and extrinsic chronics spontaneously resisted the influence of a primed competing motivation. All these effects took place without individuals' conscious guidance or awareness. The susceptibility of nonchronics to the nonconsciously primed motivation in combination with the absence of susceptibility of chronics supported the existence of a motivational resilience regulated by automatic processes. The implications of the findings of the present thesis will be discussed in relation to Self-Determination Theory and the study of motivation in general.
Combination therapy analysis of ezetimibe and statins in Chinese patients with acute coronary syndrome and type 2 diabetes
Creators: name: Li, Lulu
name: Zhang, Minli
name: Su, Fuxiang
name: Li, Yang
name: Shen, Yali
name: Shen, Jie
name: Zhang, Daqing
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Background Dyslipidemia management situation in Chinese patients with high risk and very high risk has been demonstrated very low, despite the wide use of statins. The effects and safety of the combined treatment of ezetimibe (EZ) and statins in Chinese patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) remain unknown. Methods Chinese Patients with ACS and T2DM were divided into the statins group (n = 40) and the combination group of EZ and statins (n = 44). In order to evaluate the clinical effects on lipids- lowering, systemic inflammation response and clinical safety, the follow-up of all patients was carried out at day 7th and 30th after treatment. Results The level of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) in combination group and statins group was 1.87 ± 0.42 and 2.18 ± 0.58 mmol/L at day 7th, 1.51 ± 0.29 and 1.94 ± 0.49 mmol/L at day 30th, respectively. The control rates of LDL-C level in the combination group and the statins group were 77% and 45% at day 30th, respectively. There was no significant improvement on high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) level during follow-up. The triglyceride (TG) levels were significantly reduced in both groups, while no obvious difference was observed between two groups. No significant difference on serum high- sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) level between two groups was observed. Moreover, we did not observe any significant correlation between serum lipids levels and serum hs-CRP level during follow-up. The liver dysfunction and muscle related side effects (MRSE), creatine kinase (CK) and myopathy were not observed in both groups. Conclusion Our study demonstrated that it is feasible to initiate combination therapy during acute phase for Chinese patients with ACS and T2DM, which can bring more significant effect on LDL-C-lowering and improve the control rate of LDL-C level with good safety.
High fidelity fluid-structure turbulence modeling using an immersed-body method
Creators: name: Yang, Pan
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2018

description: There is an increasing need for turbulence models with fluid-structure interaction (FSI) in many industrial and environmental high Reynolds number flows. Since the complicated structure boundaries move in turbulent flows, it is quite challenging to numerically apply boundary conditions on these moving fluid-structure interfaces. To achieve accurate and reliable results from numerical FSI simulations in turbulent flows, a high fidelity fluid-structure turbulence model is developed using an immersed-body method in this thesis. It does this by coupling a finite element multiphase fluid model and a combined finite-discrete element solid model via a novel thin shell mesh surrounding solid surfaces. The FSI turbulence model presented has four novelties. Firstly, an unsteady Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (URANS) k−ε turbulence model is coupled with an immersed-body method to model FSI by using this thin shell mesh. Secondly, to reduce the computational cost, a log-law wall function is used within this thin shell to resolve the flow near the boundary layer. Thirdly, in order to improve the accuracy of the wall function, a novel shell mesh external-surface intersection approach is introduced to identify sharp solid-fluid interfaces. Fourthly, the model has been extended to simulate highly compressible gas coupled with fracturing solids. This model has been validated by various test cases and results are in good agreement with both experimental and numerical data in published literature. This model is capable to simulate the aerodynamic and hydrodynamic details of fluids and the stress, vibration, deformation and motion of structures simultaneously. Finally, this model has been applied to several industrial applications including a floating structure being moved around by complex hydrodynamic flows involving wave breaking; a blasting engineering simulation with shock waves, fracture propagation, gas-solid interaction and flying fragments; fluid dynamics, flow-induced vibrations, flow-induced fractures of a full-scale vertical axis turbine. Some useful conclusions, e.g. how to model them, how to make them stable and how to predict when they will break, are obtained by this FSI model when applying it to the above applications.
Molecular analysis of leukaemia genomes during malignant transformation and leukaemia progression
Creators: name: May, Philippa Charlotte
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2017

description: This thesis details a tripartite approach to understanding genetic and epigenetic modifications in human leukaemia. First, an in vitro mouse model of precursor B-cell leukaemia was established by retroviral transduction of primary B-cell precursors with the oncogenes BCR-ABL1 or MYC. The model was used to study DNA damage incurred during the initial phase of oncogene activation i.e. oncogenic stress. Analysis of γH2AX (a mark of DNA damage) and the H3K27 acetylation histone modification (a mark of active enhancers and promoters) by chromatin immunoprecipitation sequencing (ChIP-seq) and mRNA expression (RNA-seq) were combined to establish that lineage specific transcription predisposes lineage specific genes to DNA damage. This was functionally validated with a lineage-switch model and technically validated using FISH. Second, the same cells were maintained during their recovery from the period of acute oncogenic stress until stably transformed. Re-analysis of the transformed populations using the same H3K27Ac ChIP-seq and RNA-seq techniques showed that the stable transformation of these cells is paralleled by activation of a subset of intergenic enhancers which induce an aberrant transcriptome enriched for cell activation and metabolic pathways. Finally, the techniques used in these in vitro experiments and the knowledge of oncogenic enhancers gained from them were then applied to the clinical setting. EVI1, a key haematopoietic transcription factor that regulates differentiation, is aberrantly expressed in a subset of myeloid leukaemia where it is universally associated with a poor prognosis. A patient sample biobank was established and suitable samples were filtered using a combination of RT-qPCR and FISH. Thus, H3K27AC ChIP-seq and newly optimised chromosome conformation capture sequencing (3C-seq or 4C) was used to understand the epigenetic interactions which result in aberrant expression. This has revealed several interactions between the EVI1 promoter with up- and down-stream intergenic regions which must be further investigated.
Personalised antimicrobial management in secondary care
Creators: name: Rawson, Timothy Miles
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2018

description: Background: The growing threat of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) requires innovative methods to promote the sustainable effectiveness of antimicrobial agents. Hypothesis: This thesis aimed to explore the hypothesis that personalised decision support interventions have the utility to enhance antimicrobial management across secondary care. Methods: Different research methods were used to investigate this hypothesis. Individual physician decision making was mapped and patient experiences of engagement with decision making explored using semi-structured interviews. Cross-specialty engagement with antimicrobial management was investigated through cross-sectional analysis of conference abstracts and educational training curricula. Artificial intelligence tools were developed to explore their ability to predict the likelihood of infection and provide individualised prescribing recommendations using routine patient data. Dynamic, individualised dose optimisation was explored through: (i) development of a microneedle based, electrochemical biosensor for minimally invasive monitoring of beta-lactams; and (ii) pharmacokinetic (PK)-pharmacodynamic (PD) modelling of a new PK-PD index using C-Reactive protein (CRP) to predict the pharmacodynamics of vancomycin. Ethics approval was granted for all aspects of work explored within this thesis. Results: Mapping of individual physician decision making during infection management demonstrated several areas where personalised, technological interventions could enhance antimicrobial management. At specialty level, non-infection specialties have little engagement with antimicrobial management. The importance of engaging surgical specialties, who have relatively high rates of antimicrobial usage and healthcare associated infections, was observed. An individualised information leaflet, co-designed with patients, to provide personalised infection information to in-patients receiving antibiotics significantly improved knowledge and reported engagement with decision making. Artificial intelligence was able to enhance the prediction of infection and the prescribing of antimicrobials using routinely available clinical data. Real-time, continuous penicillin monitoring was demonstrated using a microneedle based electrochemical sensor in-vivo. A new PK-PD index, using C-Reactive Protein, was able to predict individual patient response to vancomycin therapy at 96-120 hours of therapy. Conclusion: Through co-design and the application of specific technologies it is possible to provide personalised antimicrobial management within secondary care.
3365375.pdf
Creators: name: Hallett, Dominic
name: Foster, Andrew
name: Hurst, David
name: Royall, Ben
name: Kok, Pieter
name: Clarke, Edmund
name: Itskevich, Igor
name: Fox, A. Mark
name: Skolnick, Maurice
name: Wilson, Luke
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplemental Document
title: Checklisten für die Untersuchung und Beurteilung des Zustandes von Anlagen mit wassergefährdenden Stoffen und Zubereitungen in der Zellulose- und Papierindustrie
title: Zellulose- und Papierindustrie: Checkliste Nr. ZT. 2: Holzaufber.
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Winkelmann-Oei, Gerhard
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Papierindustrie
subject: Zellstoffindustrie
subject: Gewässerschutz
subject: Wasserverunreinigung
subject: Risikomanagement
subject: Leitfaden
subject: Zelluloseindustrie
subject: Zellstoffproduktion
subject: Wasserverschmutzung
subject: Wasserschadstoffe
subject: Checkliste
subject: Chemikalien
subject: Chemicals

description: Diese branchenspezifischen Checklisten bilden einen Leitfaden für die Untersuchung und Beurteilung des Zustandes von Anlagen mit wassergefährdenden Stoffen und Zubereitungen in der Zellulose- und Papierindustrie. Dabei bieten sie eine Übersicht über die verschiedenen Handlungsfelder sowie einen nach Produktionsbereichen aufgeteilten Bereich um potentielle Risikoquellen und Modernisierungsziele zu identifizieren. Quelle: Bericht
description: Diese branchenspezifischen Checklisten bilden einen Leitfaden für die Untersuchung und Beurteilung des Zustandes von Anlagen mit wassergefährdenden Stoffen und Zubereitungen in der Zellulose- und Papierindustrie. Dabei bieten sie eine Übersicht über die verschiedenen Handlungsfelder sowie einen nach Produktionsbereichen aufgeteilten Bereich um potentielle Risikoquellen und Modernisierungsziele zu identifizieren.
Drugs to avoid
Creators: name: Therapeutics Initiative (University Of British Columbia)
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2023

description: Therapeutics Letter 108 is based on Prescrire’s “Drugs to avoid: 2017 update”, which provided a rigorous assessment of the harm-benefit balance of drugs and indications. This fifth annual review of drugs to avoid includes all medicines examined by Prescrire between 2010 and 2017 and authorized in the European Union. It identifies 91 drugs that are more harmful than beneficial. Prescrire is one of a small number of drug bulletins in the world, which reports on prescription drugs and is completely independent of industry influence. This Letter includes drugs on the Prescrire list that are currently available in Canada, with tables providing indications, a summary of the reasons to avoid, and Prescrire’s suggestions for better alternatives.
Canadian interprovincial jurisdiction-taking and judgment-enforcing post-Morguard...a comparative perspective.
Creators: name: Coakeley, Simon.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1993
Subjects: subject: Law.

description: Part I reviews the development of the Canadian common-law approach prior to the Court's decision in Morguard. This is contrasted with the droit civil approach, both under the current Civil Code of Lower Canada and under the proposed Civil Code of Quebec. It then reviews the Court's decision in Morguard and indicates some of the questions that the Court's decision did not resolve. As the Court took notice how three other "federal" systems--the United States, the European Community and Australia--deal with these issues, these systems are reviewed in Part II to see how they have addressed jurisdiction-taking and judgment-enforcing. A discussion of these "federal" systems demonstrates that it is more important to clarify jurisdiction-taking rules than it is to to clarify judgment-enforcing rules because it is only those judgements which meet the terms of the jurisdiction-taking criteria, whatever those criteria may be, that are entitled to enforcement or full faith and credit. Unfortunately, the jurisdiction-taking criteria of Morguard are not particularly detailed. In the spirit of Morguard, the Uniform Law Conference has proposed the adoption of a Uniform Enforcement of Canadian Judgments Act. Unfortunately the proposed legislation focuses on judgment-enforcing, rather than on jurisdiction-taking, and is open to criticism on other grounds. Under these circumstances this paper recommends that Canada adopt a system broadly based on the Australian cross-vesting scheme. For various reasons, a Canadian scheme should be limited to making provision for the transfer of matters from the courts of one province to the courts of another (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
A multilevel superelement substructuring for boxlike caisson analysis.
Creators: name: Hesari, Saeed Aroni.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1994
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Civil.

description: A multilevel superelement substructuring approach for linear-static analysis of rectangular boxlike caissons is developed. The structure is considered as an assemblage of superelements in three substructural levels. These are panel, layer, and caisson superelements. Each superelement substructure is derived by applying the principle of static condensation. Rectangular 9-node flat shell elements, which are composed of membrane stress and Mindlin plate bending elements, are assembled together to make the stiffness and load matrices of each panel substructure. Every panel substructure is condensed to a panel superelement. Then all of them in a layer are assembled together and condensed to layer superelement. Finally, the later superelement(s) are assembled and condensed to yield to caisson superelement. After the assembling process, equilibrium equations are solved for the caisson superelement. Then a multilevel recovery process, with an inverse sequence of assembling one, gives the internal degrees of freedom for caisson, layer, and panel superelements, respectively. Finding all displacements, one can finally compute internal forces for every individual flat shell element. This special purpose superelement substructure method provides considerable efficiency in practical analysis and design of boxlike caissons. Based on this approach, a computer program is developed which takes the most advantage from the repetition of similar individual elements and panels. Several numerical examples are solved indicating good agreement with other analytical or numerical methods and proper convergency for design purposes.
3365375.pdf
Creators: name: Hallett, Dominic
name: Foster, Andrew
name: Hurst, David
name: Royall, Ben
name: Kok, Pieter
name: Clarke, Edmund
name: Itskevich, Igor
name: Fox, A. Mark
name: Skolnick, Maurice
name: Wilson, Luke
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2018
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplemental Document
Tentative de définition de l'acte de lire à l'aide d'une confrontation Piaget Dechant
Creators: name: Dubé, Gérard-Adéodat
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1974
Subjects: subject: Speech Communication.
subject: Education, Educational Psychology.
subject: Psychology, Developmental.

description: Abstract not available.
An iron-57 Moessbauer spectroscopy study of the effects of different equilibration temperatures and oxygen fugacity buffers on the iron(2+) and iron(3+) site populations in synthetic annite mica.
Creators: name: Mercier, Patrick H. J.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: Physics, Condensed Matter.

description: Ideal annite has structural formula $\rm\{K\sp{+}\}\lbrack Fe\sbsp{3}{2+}\rbrack \langle Al\sp{3+}Si\sbsp{3}{4+}\rangle O\sbsp {2}(OH\sp{-})\sb2$ where $\{\ \},$ () and $\langle\rangle$ represent the interlayer, octahedral, and tetrahedral sites, respectively. Simple crystal chemical considerations suggest that ideal annite should exist as do other end-members having Fe replaced by Mg, Ni, Co, etc. However, due to structural constraints involving long range layer misfit and short range bond matching, ideal annite is never synthesized. Instead, the constraints are satisfied by both non-destructive partial oxydation (via H-loss) of the Fe$\sp{2+}$ and $\rm Fe\sp{3+}-Al\sp{3+}$ exchange. Consequently, real annite must actually contain small fractions of both (Fe$\sp{3+}\rbrack$ and $\rm\langle Fe\sp{3+}\rangle$ with an associated amount of hydrogen deficiency. The observed stoichiometry of real annite (assuming no octahedral vacancies) is: $$\eqalign{\{K\sp{+}\}\lbrack Fe\sbsp{1-x-y}{2+}Fe\sbsp{x}{3+}Al\sbsp{y}{3+}\rbrack\sb3 \langle & Al\sbsp{1-3y}{3+}Fe\sbsp{3y}{3+}Si\sbsp{3}{4+} \rangle\cr & O\sbsp{10+3x+3y}{2-} (OH\sp{-})\sb{2-3x-3y}\cr}$$where $x={{\lbrack Fe\sp{3+}\rbrack}\over{Fe\sb{tot}}}$ and $y={{\langle Fe\sp{3+}\rangle}\over {Fe\sb{tot}}}.$ We measured Fe$\sp{3+}$ (x and y) and Fe$\sp{2+}$ site populations in nine annite samples synthesized using the C-CH$\sb4$ and Ni-NiO buffers, and various equilibration temperatures. We obtained site population measurements with precisions of 0.2-1% of Fe$\sb{tot},$ whereas the generally accepted limit is 1-5% of Fe$\sb{tot}.$ By using temperatures over the entire stability range for annite, we have traced the evolution of $\rm\lbrack Fe\sp{3+}\rbrack$ and $\langle\rm Fe\sp{3+}\rangle$ site populations and have obtained an experimental lower bound on ${{Fe\sp{3+}}\over{Fe\sb{tot}}}.$ Temperature is seen to have a systematic effect that is understood in terms of differential thermal expansion between the octahedral and tetrahedral layers. To explain this effect, we propose a structural misfit model for annite mica that gives definite predictions on the $\rm\lbrack Fe\sp{3+}\rbrack$ and $\langle Fe\sp{3+}\rangle$ site populations and includes a cation size dependant octahedral flattening and the effect of octahedral/tetrahedral sheet differential thermal expansion. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Activation of methane on supported metal catalysts.
Creators: name: Brimacombe, Lyn M.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1991
Subjects: subject: Chemistry, Inorganic.

description: In order to obtain more information required for the catalytic conversion of methane, the interaction of methane and ethylene with various supported metal catalysts was investigated. The metals used were Ni, Fe, Co, Mo, Ru, Rh, Pd, Re, Ir, and Pt, all supported on $\rm Al\sb2O\sb3.$ Silica supported nickel was also used. The technique of temperature programmed reaction was mainly used. This method gives temperatures at which the adsorption and/or the reaction of a gas starts to occur. The present results showed wide differences in the interaction of methane or ethylene with each catalyst. The isothermal reaction of methane was also carried out in order to further investigate the behaviour of the CH$\sb{\rm n}$ species which were formed upon the chemisorption of methane. As a process for converting methane to higher hydrocarbons, the catalytic coupling of methane with ethylene (CH$\sb4$ + $\rm C\sb2H\sb4\to C\sb3H\sb8$) was examined by using the catalysts listed above. At 250 and 350$\sp\circ$C, no propane was produced on any of the catalysts, except for alumina supported platinum. A trace of propane was found in this case for the reaction at 250$\sp\circ$C. The results were discussed based on the interaction of the reactants with these metals as revealed by the temperature programmed reactions.
Buscando el origen de los ancestros de los dos individuos de ascendencia asiático oriental enterrados en la Italia romana
Creators: name: Helminen Soto, Petteri A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Vagnari
migración
interconectividad
antigüedad
historia
Italia
Poblaciones protosiberianas
Siberia
Antigua Roma
globalización antigua
rutas de la seda
haplogrupo D

description: En un estudio de ADN mitocondrial de 2010 se informó sobre el hallazgo de restos óseos de una mujer de los primeros siglos de nuestra era con ascendencia asiática oriental en el sur de Italia. Posteriormente, otro análisis de ADN localizó los restos óseos de un hombre con la misma ascendencia. Ambos fueron hallados en el cementerio adyacente al vicus de Vagnari, en la región de Apulia. En este estudio se precisa, dentro de lo posible, la etiqueta de ascendencia "asiática oriental" que aplicaron a los dos individuos en los estudios de ADN, situando el origen de los ancestros maternos de los dos sujetos entre los pueblos protosiberianos y de las estepas eurasiáticas orientales.
3362656.pdf
Creators: name: McNeur, Joshua
name: Kozák, Martin
name: Schönenberger, Norbert
name: Leedle, Kenneth
name: Deng, Huiyang
name: Ceballos, Andrew
name: Hoogland, Heinar
name: Ruehl, Axel
name: Hartl, Ingmar
name: Holzwarth, Ronald
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2018
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Updated Supplementary Text file with modified Figure S1
A Temporal study of PFOS and its precursors in human plasma from two German cities in 1982-2009
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2013

description: A total of 420 human plasma from two cities (Halle and Münster, Germany) collected between 1982 and 2009, were analyzed for a suite of PFSAs (C4, C6, C8, C10) and selected PFOS precursors (MeFOSAA, EtFOSAA, FOSAA, di-SAmPAP). Among these target analytes, only di-SAmPAP was used in consumer products. PFSAs (C6 and C8), MeFOSAA, EtFOSAA, and FOSAA were detected in over 95% of the samples (<0.0011 - 116.0 ng/mL), PFDS was detected in approximately 40% of the samples (<0.005 - 0.0998 ng/mL), and SAmPAP was detected in 17% of the samples (<0.005 - 0.0137 ng/mL). Significant positive correlations were found between PFOS and PFHxS, MeFOSAA, EtFOSAA, and FOSAA. Temporal trends of decreasing concentration were identified for PFOS, MeFOSAA, EtFOSAA, and FOSAA, but not for PFHxS. Di-SAmPAP, a common food-contact paper surfactant and expected PFOS precursor, was detected infrequently (25% in samples prior to 2000) in samples before 2006. Population halving times of PFOS, MeFOSAA, EtFOSAA, and FOSAA were estimated. The observed reduction of these chemicals over time in human plasma is presumably related to the phase-out of POSF-based products beginning in 2000. The detection of di-SAmPAP in human sera is significant because this chemical is expected to be metabolized or degraded to PFOS in humans and the environment. Our detection of di-SAmPAP is the first confirmation of human exposure to this commercially available product which is a plausible source of PFOS in humans.
Quelle: http://www.umweltprobenbank.de/
Vapour-liquid equilibria for argon-methane system.
Creators: name: Maitra, Kalyan Kumar.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1966
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Chemical.

description: An apparatus for the determination of vapour-liquid equilibrium data at low temperatures was built and employed. The vapour-liquid equilibrium data for the argon-methane system were obtained at three isothermal conditions, namely, at 122.66, 132.52 and 143.16°K. The experimental equilibrium data were correlated with two constant Redlich-Kister equations. The liquid phase fugacity coefficients for pure methane were calculated from the experimental data. An attempt was made using the theory of interaction and cavitation to predict Henry's law constants.
title: UV-Filter in Sonnenschutzmitteln - Bewertung hormonähnlicher Eigenschaften und möglicher Gefahren für die Umwelt
title: UV-Filter in Sonnenschutzmitteln - Bewertung hormonähnlicher Eigenschaften und möglicher Gefahren für die Umwelt
titleType: AlternativeTitle
title: UV f ilter substances in cosmetics - Evaluation of their endocrine properties and resulting environmental hazards
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Arning, Jürgen
name: Germer, Sabine
name: Hassold, Enken
name: Kaßner, Franziska
name: Schalles, Simone
name: Schulze, Jona
name: Stock, Frauke
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2020

description: UV-Filtersubstanzen in Sonnencremes und anderen Kosmetika sind unverzichtbar, um die Bevölkerung und Erwerbstätige vor den schädlichen Effekten durch ein Übermaß an UV-Strahlung bei Aktivitäten im Freien zu schützen. Die Kehrseite der Medaille ist, dass es in Bezug auf einige der weit verbreiteten UV-Filter eine zunehmende Besorgnis gibt, dass diese Stoffe als endokrine Disruptoren in der Umwelt wirken können. Dieser Artikel beschreibt daher, warum endokrine Stoffe in der mwelt problematisch sind und zeigt anhand aktueller Beispiele, wie diese Substanzen innerhalb der EU identifiziert und reguliert werden können. Abschließend werden für Verbraucherinnen und Verbraucher Tipps gegeben, wie ein Eintrag von UV-Filtern aus Sonnencreme und Kosmetika in die Umwelt durch einfache Maßnahmen verringert und so der Zielkonflikt zwischen bestmöglichem Gesundheits- und Umweltschutz entschärft werden kann. In: UMID : Umwelt und Mensch - Informationsdienst ; Umwelt & Gesundheit, Umweltmedizin, Verbraucherschutz / Boden- und Lufthygiene (Berlin) Institut für Wasser-. - (2020), Heft 2, Seite 17
description: UV filter substances in sunscreen and other cosmetics are necessary to protect people and workers against the harmful health effects of an excess of UV radiation during outdoor activities. However, there is an increasing concern that some commonly used UV filter substances may act as endocrine disrupting chemicals in the environment. This article provides an overview of the problems endocrine active substances can cause in the environment, describes, using recent examples, how such substances are identified and regulated and finally it gives some recommendations on how consumers can act to reduce the environmental impact of UV filter substances emanating from cosmetics. In: UMID : Umwelt und Mensch - Informationsdienst ; Umwelt & Gesundheit, Umweltmedizin, Verbraucherschutz / Boden- und Lufthygiene (Berlin) Institut für Wasser-. - (2020), Heft 2, Seite 17
Backward binding as a psych effect
Creators: name: Temme, Anne
name: Verhoeven, Elisabeth
Publisher: name: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: psych verbs
subject: backward binding
subject: acceptability
subject: pronominal binding
subject: agentivity
subject: genericity
subject: 410 Linguistik

description: Bound anaphors inside subjects challenge the c-command requirement for binding. At least in some languages, experiencer-object verbs such as worry or please are reported to license this type of backward dependence. In many cases, the underlying facts are based on unstable intuitions potentially influenced by intervening factors, such as accidental coreference and binding illusions. This article reports the results of an experiment on backward binding with accusative and dative experiencer-object verbs in German; in this experiment, crucial sources of variation are controlled. The results show that verb class (experiencer-object vs. agentive) has a significant effect on variable binding, both for dative and for accusative verbs. This result cannot be accounted for through accidental coreference and is not reducible to effects of sentence aspect, the latter being correlated with the distinction between experiencer-object and agentive verbs. These findings are evidence for backward binding as a genuine psych effect in German.
Le discours sur la mondialisation face à la démocratie : une analyse idéologique.
Creators: name: Temimi, Nabil.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Political Science, International Law and Relations.

description: Cette recherche aborde la problématique du discours sur la mondialisation par rapport à la démocratie. Nous cherchons à savoir quelle est la nature de ce discours? (e.g., idéologique, philosophique, scientifique). Le discours sur la mondialisation est divisé entre deux camps: les pro-mondialisateurs et les anti-mondialisateurs. Les deux discours prétendent qu'ils favorisent la démocratie, or cette dernière ne peut soutenir deux discours opposés. Nous faisons une analyse de deux textes, chacun représentatif d'un camp, pour résoudre le paradoxe et pour identifier la nature et le contenu des deux discours en opposition.
Social Evaluation of Intentional, Truly Accidental, and Negligently Accidental Helpers and Harmers by 10-month-old Infants
Creators: name: Woo, Brandon M.
name: Steckler, Conor M.
name: Le, Doan T.
name: Hamlin, J. Kiley
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2018

description: Whereas adults largely base their evaluations of others’ actions on others’ intentions, a host of research in developmental psychology suggests that younger children privilege outcome over intention, leading them to condemn accidental harm. To date, this question has been examined only with children capable of language production. In the current studies, we utilized a non-linguistic puppet show paradigm to examine the evaluation of intentional and accidental acts of helping or harming in 10-month-old infants. In Experiment 1 (n=64), infants preferred intentional over accidental helpers but accidental over intentional harmers, suggesting that by this age infants incorporate information about others’ intentions into their social evaluations. In Experiment 2 (n=64), infants did not distinguish “negligently” accidental from intentional helpers or harmers, suggestive that infants may find negligent accidents somewhat intentional. In Experiment 3 (n=64), we found that infants preferred truly accidental over negligently accidental harmers, but did not reliably distinguish negligently accidental from truly accidental helpers, consistent with past work with adults and children suggestive that humans are particularly sensitive to negligently accidental harm. Together, these results imply that infants engage in intention-based social evaluation of those who help and harm accidentally, so long as those accidents do not stem from negligence.
Wife battering policies, programs and definitions: A social constructionist analysis.
Creators: name: McLean, Craig.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1997
Subjects: subject: History, Canadian.

description: This thesis examines the social definition process of the social problem of wife battering in Canada from 1970 to 1990. The primary component of the thesis is an examination of the development of various conceptual frameworks. The issue of wife battering would not have evolved as a social problem had it not been for the raised political consciousness of feminism and other social movements. The early efforts of the battered women's movement to gain recognition soon entered a stage characterized by co-optation, professionalism, and bureaucracy. Government and nongovernment officials, activists and academics played an ambivalent role in shaping the public definition of wife battering. On one hand these agencies and officials would occasionally provide financial support, legitimation, and credibility for the movement. On the other hand, these agencies and officials would compete against the movement for funding and for control of the social policy agenda. Literature on the battered women's movements in the United States of America and Great Britain are examined. An attempt was made to document and assess the various positions and perspectives of the various interest groups who were involved in the social construction of wife battering as a major social policy area. A number of divergent perspectives of frameworks were identified: the victims' position, the family violence perspective, the spousal abuse, wife battering and wife assault approaches. The social constructionist framework highlighted the existence of policy shifts and trends related to wife battering in Canada. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Sustainability transitions: Now for the long term
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: Amt für Amtliche Veröff. der Europ. Gemeinschaften
Year: 2016

description: This report was developed in cooperation with the European Environment Information and Observation Network (Eionet) ̶ a partnership network of the EEA and its member and cooperating countries involving more than 1 000 experts and 350 national institutions across Europe. Drawing on evidence collected from across the network, the report represents an initial attempt to explore what the concepts of sustainability transitions and transformations mean in practice, and how the EEA and Eionet can help develop the knowledge needed to support systemic change in Europe. Case studies are used to explain and illustrate key concepts and to give a sense of what activities are already under way at local levels. The report concludes with reflections from the EEA's Scientific Committee and Executive Director, which provide further insights into the new knowledge needs and the potential role of the EEA and Eionet in responding to them. Quelle: http://www.eea.europa.eu
CitieS-Health Barcelona Data Dictionary Survey Results
Creators: name: Gignac, Florence
name: Paz Errandonea, Lucía
name: Toran, Raül
name: Righi, Valeria
name: Ortiz, Rodney
name: Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark
name: Creus, Javier
name: Basagaña, Xavier
name: Balestrini, Mara
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Citizen science
Participatory research
Online survey
Environmental health
Epidemiology
Air pollution
Research agenda
Perceptions
Concerns

description: This is the data dictionary of the CitieS-Health Barcelona online survey results dataset: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3886598  