cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Has there been a European Public Discourse on the Euro Crisis?
title: A Systematic Content Analysis of Newspaper Editorials on the Euro Crisis in Germany and Spain
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Drewski, Daniel
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 300 Sozialwissenschaften::300 Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie

description: According to some observers, the Euro crisis could have provoked a broad politicization of European affairs and the emergence of a European-wide public discourse, paving the way for a democratic deepening of the EU. In this paper, I test whether there has been a common public discourse on the Euro crisis beyond national borders through a systematic content analysis of editorials in center-left and center-right quality newspapers in Germany (Euro zone core) and Spain (Euro zone periphery). Based on the research literature, I formulate three indicators for such a European public discourse: (1) the same issues have to be discussed at the same time across the member states of the EU; (2) their interpretations should differ according to the ideology of the discussant instead of his/her nationality; and (3) opinions should differ according to the ideology of the discussant instead of his/her nationality. My analysis shows that the public discourses on the Euro crisis have not met these requirements. I found significant differences between Germany and Spain, while cross-cutting ideological differences did not play a significant role. I conclude that there has not been a European public discourse on the Euro crisis.
EMPA-REG OUTCOME Trial : What does it mean?
Creators: name: Therapeutics Initiative (University Of British Columbia)
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2023

description: Therapeutics Letter 107 explores the findings of the EMP-REG trial. Conclusions: The EMPA-REG OUTCOME Trial tested the addition of empagliflozin to a ‘standard of care’ for T2DM whose impact on clinically important outcomes is currently unknown. It is uncertain whether the reduction in mortality and serious adverse events in the EMPA-REG OUTCOME Trial is attributable to empagliflozin or to less use of other glucose-lowering therapies. The results of this trial are not applicable to people with T2DM in other clinical settings. Until there is a body of evidence informed by large, independently conducted comparative effectiveness trials of different therapeutic strategies, we will not know the optimal treatment of T2DM at various stages of the diagnosis.
Thanik Lertcharnrit photo at Princess Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre, Bangkok, Thailand
Creators: name: Lertcharnrit, Thanik
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2021
Subjects: Archaeology

description: WSU Alumnus Thanik Lertcharnrit speaking at the Princess Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre, Bangkok, Thailand. Dr. Lertcharnrit later earned his MA and PhD degrees at Washington State University, with William Lipe as his advisor. Dr. Lertcharnrit is currently a Professor at Silpakorn and was interviewed in the Pioneers project which tracked historical data on leaders in Cultural Resource Management Archaeology with connections to WSU. For more information about the Pioneers project, led by WSU Professors Shannon Tushingham and William Lipe, see: https://labs.wsu.edu/tushingham-lab/wsu-pioneers-in-crm-project/. For more information about Dr. Lertcharnrit’s interview and Wikipedia research by WSU undergraduate student Alec Bowder, see: https://doi.org/10.7273/000000021
Fallstudie Swiss TS Technical Service AG
Creators: name: Wölfle, Ralf
Publisher: name: Hanser
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Case Study
subject: Corporate Performance Management
subject: 330 - Wirtschaft
subject: 005 - Computer Programmierung, Programme und Daten

description: Swiss TS ist ein Prüfinstitut, das Geräteprüfungen, technische Gutachten, Zertifizierungen und dgl. für Unternehmen aus vielen Branchen durchführt. Bei diesen Arbeiten handelt es sich um komplexe, wissensbasierte Dienstleistungen. Deren Ausführung unterliegt einerseits Gesetzen, Richtlinien, Vorschriften und Normen, andererseits muss sie kundengerecht und im Wettbewerb mit anderen Anbietern wirtschaftlich erbracht werden. Am Beispiel eines ausgewählten Prozesses für Hersteller von Druckgeräten wird in dieser Fallstudie gezeigt, wie das Unternehmen den Dienstleistungsprozess IT-unterstützt optimiert hat und wie das Management die Transparenz, Kontrolle und Dokumentierbarkeit über alle Geschäftsvorfälle sicherstellt.
Fallstudie Swissbit
Creators: name: Sigrist, Barbara
Publisher: name: Hanser
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Case Study
subject: Corporate Performance Management
subject: Success Factors
subject: 330 - Wirtschaft
subject: 005 - Computer Programmierung, Programme und Daten

description: Die Fallstudie Swissbit beschreibt die durchgängig effizienzorientierte Gestaltung der Financial Supply Chain eines Schweizer KMUs, das sich damit für die laufenden Veränderungen im Markt sowie den Kosten- und Zeitdruck rüstet. Die Fallstudie konzentriert sich in einem ersten Schritt auf die analytisch-betriebswirtschaftliche Ebene des Financial Supply Chain Management. In einem zweiten Schritt werden die projektspezifischen Ziele und Umsetzungsschritte beleuchtet. Im Vordergrund dieses ERP-Migrationsprojekts steht die unternehmensübergreifende digitale Abbildung der gesamten Geschäftsprozesse.
A spectral analysis of nonequiprobable signalling.
Creators: name: Altintepe, Hakan.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1991
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Electronics and Electrical.

description: In this thesis, a review of the fundamentals of the shaping codes and trellis shaping methods is provided. This analysis begins with a consideration of the spectral properties of memoryless modulation producing nonequiprobable signalling. Then, spectral properties of two examples of signals from shaping codes and sixteen examples of trellis shaping are numerically analyzed. It was found that the statistics of the signal points affect the power spectrum of the coded output signal. Yet, if certain symmetry rules are obeyed in design of the transmission system, such that a 90$\sp\circ$ rotational symmetric constellation (180$\sp\circ$ symmetric for QAM signalling) is combined with any linear error correcting code, the power spectrum of the output signal sequence can be made invariant to the changes in the statistics of the signal points. These symmetry rules relate to the geometrical symmetry of the signal points. These symmetry rules relate to the geometrical symmetry of the signal constellation and to the linearity of the codes used in communications system. Consequently, it has been verified that shaping gain can be achieved by nonequiprobable signalling without an expansion in the transmission bandwidth. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Don't Leave the Regulator Alone in the Commons: How Fishing Cooperatives Can Help Ameliorate Inefficiencies
Creators: name: Munoz-Garcia, Felix
name: Espinola-Arredondo, Ana
name: Rosas-Munoz, Juan
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Common-pool resource
artisanal organization
flexible policy
inflexible policy
inefficiencies
Regulation

description: This paper examines a common-pool resource where quotas and Önes are set by a regula- tor, an artisanal organization (cooperative), or both. We analyze the interaction between the policies of both regulatory agencies under a áexible policy regime, where quotas and Önes can be revised across periods, and under an ináexible policy regime, where they cannot. We show that ine¢ ciencies arise in the ináexible regime, but they are eliminated when the two agencies coexist. We then extend our model to a setting where regulator and artisanal organization have misaligned preferences, demonstrating that both agencies are still preferable when the stock regenerates rapidly, but a single agency is preferable otherwise.
Factors associated with dentists’ intent to stay at current community health center long-term
Creators: name: Castelaz, McAllister
Publisher: name: University of Iowa
Year: 2026

description: Disparities in access to dental care persist in the United States. Community health centers (CHCs) are a part of the dental safety net that provides care to those who face significant access barriers. Increasing reports of dentist burnout and declining interest in public health careers raise concerns regarding clinician shortages in CHCs. The purpose of this research project is to identify factors related to dentists’ intent to continue working in their current CHC long-term.
description: The data source was a 2021 workforce survey conducted by the National Network for Oral Health Access (NNOHA). This online survey was distributed to NNOHA listerserv subscribers, NNOHA members, as well as promoted during the 2021 Annual NNOHA Conference. The study sample included dentists currently employed in a CHC. The dependent variable was dentists’ intent to stay at their current CHC long-term, which was categorized as more than seven years or less than or equal to seven years. A set of 48 independent variables of interest were categorized into four domains: organizational aspects, individual perceptions, individual motivators, and individual characteristics. Descriptive and bivariate analyses were performed, and a final multivariable model was developed.
description: The final study sample included 248 dentists. In the final multivariable model, dentists in a leadership position had 3.7 times the odds of intending to stay at their current CHC compared to staff dentists. Additionally, dentists with a high level of professional autonomy had over 2.5 times the odds to intend to stay compared to those who reported low to moderate level of professional autonomy. While not statistically significant, dentists who reported good or excellent support of the dental team during the COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated a positive association with intent to stay compared to those who had less than good support, and those who did not consider a change in employment due to COVID-19 demonstrated a positive association with the intention to stay compared to those who did consider a change.
description: Dentists’ autonomy and role were significantly associated with intent to stay at their community health centers. However, length of time in clinical practice was not found to be significantly associated with intent to stay. Additionally, factors often associated with recruiting mechanisms, such as identifying individuals interested in providing care in a community-based environment, loan repayment opportunities, or benefits packages were not associated with an intent to stay at their health center long-term. Understanding the difference between recruitment strategies and retention strategies is important for health centers as the work to fulfill their organizational mission to provide equitable access to dental care in their communities.
A critical review of the symmetric punching shear of reinforced concrete flat slabs.
Creators: name: Grira, Mongi.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1990
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Civil.

description: An experimental investigation on model slabs and on a 1/3 scale composite bridge deck showed that the ultimate punching shear load depends on the shape of the loaded area, the compressive strength of concrete, the flexural reinforcement ratio and on the arrangement of steel bars. Punching failure follows the formation of an inclined failure surface from the edge of the loaded area to the opposite slab face running through the effective depth at a mean angle of 22 to 30 degrees. A study of the application of the yield line theory proves that flexure theory alone is not recommended to treat local failure because of the violent and nonductile nature of punching shear failure. An explanation of the application of the strut and tie model to symmetric punching shear is given to provide a base for future experimental programs and the development of this approach. The mechanism of symmetric punching of slabs without shear reinforcement is described based on observations from tests. An empirical equation to determine the ultimate punching load of flat slabs is proposed. It is concluded that the proposed equation can predict the ultimate punching shear loads of flat slabs with confidence similar to Kinnunen and Nylander's model. Present North American codes should be updated to express the state of present day knowledge, particularly with the inclusion of the influence of the flexural reinforcement. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
title: National Identification
title: a multidimensional Scale Based on a Three-Country Study
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Scheve, Christian Von
name: Kozłowska, Marta
name: Ismer, Sven
name: Beyer, Manuela
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: 300 Sozialwissenschaften
subject: 300 Sozialwissenschaften::320 Politikwissenschaft

description: We develop and test a multidimensional scale measuring national identification. Drawing on the extant literature on nations and national identity, we propose national identification as an understanding of how individuals subjectively and dynamically relate to different characteristics of nations that we operationalize as the dimensions of symbolic, civic, and solidary identification. We discuss the development of a number of questionnaire items representing each of these dimensions and report results of various validity and reliability tests using data from three surveys we conducted in England, Germany, and Poland. Results in general confirm the three-dimensional structure of the overall construct while at the same time suggesting country-specific adaptations to the scale.
Das Internet wird die KMU weiter dynamisieren
Creators: name: Dettling, Walter
Publisher: name: Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz FHNW
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: E-Business
subject: 330 - Wirtschaft
subject: 005 - Computer Programmierung, Programme und Daten

description: Die Interneteuphorie ist zwar verflogen, die KMU investieren aber trotzdem weiter in diesen Bereich. In der Schweiz benutzen über 80% der Unternehmen bereits das Internet. Laut einer Studie der FHBB wollen viele in den nächsten Jahren auch in einen eigenen E-Shop investieren. Um mit den zukünftigen Entwicklungen Schritt halten zu können, ist es für KMU unabdingbar, sich mit realistischen Budgets in diesem Bereich zu engagieren.
Being and belonging: Stories of second-generation Serbian migrants in Germany and Australia
Creators: name: Randjelovic, Ivana
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This thesis deals with a second-generation Serbian migrants in two different policy settings, Germany and Australia. The term second-generation migrant in the context of this research refers to people whose parents left former Yugoslavia in the 1960s and 1970s as economic migrants and have settled in the afore mentioned countries. The main difference between these two cohorts is in the starkly different policies for managing diversity in Germany and Australia. Thesis argues that these policies shaped and influenced this second-generation migrants' identification and sense of belonging.
Monopole antennas for microwave catheter ablation of the myocardium.
Creators: name: Blais, Angeline.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1997
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Electronics and Electrical.

description: We investigate monopole antennas at 2.45 GHz for microwave ablation of the myocardium. Three geometries are considered: open-tip, dielectric-tip, and metal-tip. Their performance is compared using a theoretical model of the antenna radiation in lossy media. The model is implemented using the Galerkin Finite Element Method in the frequency domain. Calculations are made for the magnetic field, the reflection coefficient, and the power deposition pattern of the antennas immersed in normal saline. The theoretical results are confirmed using experimental measurements of the reflection coefficient and temperature profiles of several prototypes. The temperature profile measurements are made using a phantom tissue with properties similar to those of normal saline. There is good agreement between the experimental and numerical results. The antenna characteristics suggest that the metal-tip monopole best fulfills the requirements of catheter ablation. It has the advantage of having uniform heating along the length of the antenna and an exposed metallic part useful to record electrocardiograms. The computer model is then used to compare metal-tip monopoles of different dimensions and to determine design trade-offs.
Fallstudie SCOTT Sports SA: Internationaler Vertrieb mit SAP-Branchenlösung
Creators: name: Wölfle, Ralf
name: Schubert, Petra
Publisher: name: Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz FHNW
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Business Software
subject: E-Business
subject: 330 - Wirtschaft
subject: 005 - Computer Programmierung, Programme und Daten

description: SCOTT Sports hat seinen internationalen Vertrieb mit einer SAP-Branchenlösung für die Bekleidungsbranche stark optimiert. In dem global tätigen Unternehmen mit Niederlassungen in vielen Ländern arbeiten alle Mitarbeitenden nach den gleichen Prozessen auf demselben zentralen IT-System. Zunehmend werden auch die Kunden, ausschliesslich Wiederverkäufer und Distributoren, an das System herangeführt und lernen die Vorteile der auf einer E-Commerce-Plattform bereitgestellten Self Services kennen. Diese bestehen vor allem in der grösseren Transparenz in Bezug auf die Verfügbarkeit der gesuchten Produkte. Die Wertschöpfungskette als Ganzes profitiert davon, dass Vor-Saison-Bestellungen früher vorliegen und die Warenverfügbarkeit besser auf den tatsächlichen Bedarf abgestimmt ist. Ausserdem ist die Effizienz für alle Beteiligten gestiegen, da die integrierten Prozesse auf allen Stufen zu Zeiteinsparungen führen.
Reporting of sex and gender in randomized controlled trials in Canada: a cross-sectional methods study
Creators: name: Welch, V.
name: Doull, M.
name: Yoganathan, M.
name: Jull, J.
name: Boscoe, M.
name: Coen, S. E
name: Marshall, Z.
name: Pardo, J. P
name: Pederson, A.
name: Petkovic, J.
name: Puil, L.
name: Quinlan, L.
name: Shea, B.
name: Rader, T.
name: Runnels, V.
name: Tudiver, S.
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2017

description: Background: Accurate reporting on sex and gender in health research is integral to ensuring that health interventions are safe and effective. In Canada and internationally, governments, research organizations, journal editors, and health agencies have called for more inclusive research, provision of sex-disaggregated data, and the integration of sex and gender analysis throughout the research process. Sex and gender analysis is generally defined as an approach for considering how and why different subpopulations (e.g., of diverse genders, ages, and social locations) may experience health conditions and interventions in different or similar ways. The objective of this study was to assess the extent and nature of reporting about sex and/or gender, including whether sex and gender analysis (SGA) was carried out in a sample of Canadian randomized controlled trials (RCTs) with human participants. Methods: We searched MEDLINE from 01 January 2013 to 23 July 2014 using a validated filter for identification of RCTs, combined with terms related to Canada. Two reviewers screened the search results to identify the first 100 RCTs that were either identified in the trial publication as funded by a Canadian organization or which had a first or last author based in Canada. Data were independently extracted by two people from 10% of the RCTs during an initial training period; once agreement was reached on this sample, the remainder of the data extraction was completed by one person and verified by a second. Results: The search yielded 1433 records. We screened 256 records to identify 100 RCTs which met our eligibility criteria. The median sample size of the RCTs was 107 participants (range 12–6085). While 98% of studies described the demographic composition of their participants by sex, only 6% conducted a subgroup analysis across sex and 4% reported sex-disaggregated data. No article defined “sex” and/or “gender.” No publication carried out a comprehensive sex and gender analysis. Conclusions: Findings highlight poor uptake of sex and gender considerations in the Canadian RCT context and underscore the need for better articulated guidance on sex and gender analysis to improve reporting of evidence, inform policy development, and guide future research.
From Mass Customization to Collaborative Customer Co-Design
Creators: name: Piller, Frank
name: Schubert, Petra
name: Koch, Michael
name: Möslein, Kathrin
Publisher: name: Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz FHNW
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Virtual Communities
subject: Personalisierung
subject: 330 - Wirtschaft
subject: 005 - Computer Programmierung, Programme und Daten

description: Using electronic media for interaction with customers enables enterprises to integrate customer activity and knowledge about customers resulting in a high-quality relationship thus turning buying processes more efficient. In this paper we review the basics of personalization - how it works, where it can be used (the applications) and what makes it work (the enablers). Our discussion is structured around the four steps of the customer profile life cycle: modelling customer profiles, data input, data processing, and information output.
Speech feature estimation under the presence of noise with switching Kalman Filter methods
Creators: name: Deng, Jianping
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Electronics and Electrical.

description: The performance degradation of a speech recognizer in the presence of additive noise is one of the major problems that still remain unsolved in the application of speech recognition technology. This thesis develops speech enhancement schemes where a noisy speech signal is processed in the feature extraction stage. Since the most popular speech features for speech recognition are Mel-Frequency Cepstral Coefficients (MFCC), vectors of Mel-scaled log-spectrum coefficients or cepstrum coefficients are enhanced. Three different speech feature enhancement schemes based on switching linear dynamic models (SLDMs) are proposed. The switching linear dynamic model describes the nonlinear and non-stationary time trajectory of speech features by switching among a set of linear dynamic models over time. With the resulting SLDMs as a speech model and a model for noise, speech and noise can be tracked jointly by means of switching Kalman filtering, which involves a weighted sum of filters operating interactively in parallel. Since the distortion caused by additive ambient noises is highly non-linear in the feature domain, the Extended Kalman Filter algorithm (EKF) and the Unscented Kalman Filter algorithm (UKF) have been used to deal with the nonlinear distortion caused by noise in the feature domain. Comprehensive experiments have been carried out to evaluate the proposed schemes with commonly used databases. The simulation results are presented and compared with other model-based feature enhancement systems in the literature in terms of speech recognition accuracy. Compared with the best results based on the Aurora2 database that we could find in the literature, our approach offers a similar performance (85.96% vs. 86.72%) when the EKF is used in our proposed method, resulting in a smaller complexity. When the UKF is used with our method, our approach achieves a better performance (89.60% vs. 86.72%).
Boundaries, rhythms, and signs: An exploration of brokering a built environment
Creators: name: Coddington, Alicen Joy
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The buildings we inhabit and the thresholds that we cross between spaces within buildings are formed by preconceived notions and expectations of and for the built environment. Our expectations include how we wish to work, learn, and connect with our socio-spatial surroundings. This thesis makes two significant contributions to knowledge of our perceptions of the built environment. Firstly, through the exploration of working and learning environments within the structure of higher educations, this thesis extends current discourse regarding the boundaries, rhythms, and signs of built environments that explicitly and implicitly communicate inhabitation. Secondly, it is demonstrated that working and learning built environments are brokers of numerous and diverse ‘landscapes of practice’ which are continuously (re)defined, (re)analysed, and (re)negotiated by the individuals who inhabit these built environments.
Fallstudie buch.ch
Creators: name: Alioski, Adrian
Publisher: name: Hanser
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Business Software
subject: Case Study
subject: 330 - Wirtschaft
subject: 005 - Computer Programmierung, Programme und Daten

description: Die buch.ch AG, eine Tochter der buch.de internetstores AG, vertreibt Bücher, CDs, DVDs, Software und Computerspiele über das Internet. Die Konkurrenz ist nur einen Klick entfernt und sie erfüllt wie buch.ch die hohen Anforderungen an Performance und Verfügbarkeit der Systeme im Online-Handel. buch.ch hat früh die Notwendigkeit erkannt, sich von der Konkurrenz zu differenzieren und setzt bereits erfolgreich diverse Massnahmen zur Kundenbindung ein. buch.de betreibt eine Web-2.0-Community-Plattform mit dem Namen Alexandria. Erste Erfahrungen aus Deutschland liegen vor. Alexandria bietet den Kunden die Möglichkeit, ihre persönlichen Bibliotheken abzubilden, Meinungen zu Büchern bekanntzumachen und ihre Bücher mit Tags (Schlagwörtern) zu indexieren. Leser können sich so bei der Suche nach neuem Lesestoff an den Bewertungen und Klassifizierungen anderer Leser orientieren.
Kritik des neuen Kultes der Minderheitensprachen
Creators: name: Gerhards, Jürgen
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: 300 Sozialwissenschaften::320 Politikwissenschaft
subject: 400 Sprache::400 Sprache

description: Die Geschichte der Minderheitensprachen in den letzten 200 Jahren ist vielerorts eine Geschichte ihrer Unterdrückung. Im Kontext der Entstehung von Nationalstaaten wurden und werden bis heute die Sprachen der Minderheiten vielfach benachteiligt, zum Teil verboten und ihre Sprecher auf unterschiedliche Art und Weise unter‐drückt. Mit Beginn der 1970er Jahre findet aber eine Umkehr in der Interpretation des Status der Minderheitensprachen statt, die verbunden ist mit einer Stärkung der Rechte der Minderheiten auf internationaler und nationaler Ebene. Eine Allianz von Juristen, Linguisten, Anthropologen, Sozialwissenschaftlern, sozialen Bewegungen und verschiedenen internationalen Organisationen war erfolgreich, die Idee des Schutzes der Minderheitensprachen vielerorts zur hegemonialen Idee werden zu las‐sen. So legitim es einerseits ist, gesellschaftlichen Gruppen, die eine eigene Sprache sprechen, das Recht zur sprachlichen Selbstbestimmung einzuräumen und sie vor der Verfolgung ihrer Sprache zu schützen, so übertrieben scheinen andererseits man‐che Forderungen zu sein, die den Schutz der Minderheitensprachen in den Status ei‐nes neuen Kults erheben. Die folgenden Überlegungen unterziehen die Argumente und Deutungsmuster, die den Kult der Minderheitensprachen begründen, einer kri‐tischen Prüfung. Zuvor geht der Blick zurück, um das Verhältnis von Nationalstaats‐entstehung und Minderheitenpolitik kurz zu skizzieren (Kapitel I). Im nächsten Schritt werden die rechtlichen Regelungen und deren diskursive Legitimation, die dem Kult der Minderheitensprachen zu Grunde liegen, dargestellt (Kapitel II), um dann im dritten Schritt die Plausibilität der Argumente zu diskutieren (Kapitel III).
description: The history of language minorities in the last 200 years has been quite often the history of their marginalisation and suppression. However, since the beginning of the 1970s the status of minority languages has changed dramatically. Minority language speakers have gained recognition and their rights have been strengthened both nationally and internationally. The article critically examines the arguments which have been brought forward to establish the new cult of minority languages. In a first step we will go back in time and describe how the emergence of nation states and the suppression of minority languages went hand in hand. Against this backdrop we will describe how the status of minority languages has changed in last 40 years; we will reconstruct the juridical rules and their discursive legitimation which form the basis of a new cult of minority languages. Finally, we will discuss the plausibility of the arguments which legitimize the new cult of minority languages.
Impacts of waterpower management on select fish in the Ottawa River, Canada, with an emphasis on lake sturgeon
Creators: name: Haxton, Tim
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Biology, Ecology.
subject: Biology, Limnology.

description: The impacts of waterpower management on select fish in the Ottawa River are examined in this study and are presented in four manuscripts: (1) a systematic review of published literature on water power management; (2) examining potential causes of variation in lake sturgeon abundance among river reaches; (3) community structure and abundance among water management regimes; and (4) evaluating the predictive power of a lake sturgeon habitat suitability model at multiple scales. (1) Three meta-analyses were completed: (i) macroinvertebrate abundance is lower in zones or areas that have been dewatered due to water fluctuations or low flows (overall effect size -1.64 (-2.51/-0.77; 95% CI)); (ii) a hypolimnetic draw reduces the abundance of aquatic communities (overall effect size -0.84 (-1.38/-0.33; 95% CI)) and macroinvertebrates (overall effect size -0.73 (-1.24/-0.22; 95% CI)) downstream of a dam; (iii) altered flows has a negative effect on the abundance fluvial specialists (-0.42 (-0.81/-0.02; 95% CI) but does not affect habitat generalists (overall effect size -0.14 (-0.61/0.32; 95% CI)). (2) Three main stressors were examined to explain variation in lake sturgeon abundance among river reaches: contaminants, commercial harvest and water power management. Results were consistent with water power management impeding lake sturgeon recovery: abundance was significantly greater in unimpounded river reaches; growth rates were significantly greater in impounded reaches suggesting food was not limiting; and size/age structure in managed reaches was skewed to larger, older fish suggesting recruitment was impaired. (3) Variation in community structure and abundance was assessed for 11 fish species among three water management regimes: winter reservoirs, run-of-the-river and unimpounded. Littoral zone benthivores were significantly lower in abundance in winter reservoirs whereas species that are planktivorous for portions of their life were significantly greater. Lake sturgeon was the only fast water spawning species affected in run-of-the-river reaches. (4) The predictive power of a lake sturgeon habitat suitability model was assessed by paired net sets in good (habitat suitability index (HSI)>0.6) and poor (HSI<0.3) habitat. Lake sturgeon catch-per-unit-effort (CUE) was significantly greater for adults and juveniles in good habitat however, predictive power of the model was low (r2 < 0.18). Standard index netting lake sturgeon CUE corresponded with overall foraging component which suggests the model is a good predictor of sturgeon abundance at multiple scales.
Extreme gas fractions in clumpy, turbulent disk galaxies at z ∼ 0.1
Creators: name: Fisher, Deanne
name: Glazebrook, Karl
name: Bolatto, Alberto
name: Obreschkow, Danail
name: Cooper, Erin Mentuch
name: Wisnioski, Emily
name: Bassett, Robert
name: Abraham, Roberto G.
name: Damjanov, Ivana
name: Green, Andy
name: McGregor, Peter
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 510103
subject: Cosmology and extragalactic astronomy

description: In this Letter, we report the discovery of CO fluxes, suggesting very high gas fractions in three disk galaxies seen in the nearby universe (z ~ 0.1). These galaxies were investigated as part of the DYnamics of Newly Assembled Massive Objects (DYNAMO) survey. High-resolution Hubble Space Telescope imaging of these objects reveals the presence of large star forming clumps in the bodies of the galaxies, while spatially resolved spectroscopy of redshifted Hα reveals the presence of high dispersion rotating disks. The internal dynamical state of these galaxies resembles that of disk systems seen at much higher redshifts (1 < z < 3). Using CO(1-0) observations made with the Plateau de Bure Interferometer, we find gas fractions of 20%-30% and depletion times of t dep ~ 0.5 Gyr (assuming a Milky-Way-like αCO). These properties are unlike those expected for low-redshift galaxies of comparable specific star formation rate, but they are normal for their high-z counterparts. DYNAMO galaxies break the degeneracy between gas fraction and redshift, and we show that the depletion time per specific star formation rate for galaxies is closely tied to gas fraction, independent of redshift. We also show that the gas dynamics of two of our local targets corresponds to those expected from unstable disks, again resembling the dynamics of high-z disks. These results provide evidence that DYNAMO galaxies are local analogs to the clumpy, turbulent disks, which are often found at high redshift.
Is this Apartheid? Aboriginal reserves and self-government in Canada 1960-1982.
Creators: name: Fairweather, Joan G.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1994
Subjects: subject: History, Canadian.

description: South Africa's notorious apartheid policy has become an easily identifiable analogy for countries where indigenous populations have been dispossessed of their land and their traditional social structures destroyed. The question "Is this apartheid?" challenges the historical validity of parallels drawn between Canada's native policies and apartheid. The "civilizing" missions of European intruders on the shores of what were to become Canada and South Africa followed distinctive paths in their relationship with indigenous populations. While slavery and wars of conquest paved the way for racial conflict in Southern Africa, mutual cooperation epitomized aboriginal relations in colonial Canada. While reserves in Canada were designed to prepare indigenous people for assimilation into the dominant society, South African reserves became reservoirs of cheap African labour under the National Party's apartheid government which came to power in 1948. The years 1960-1982 marked a critical period in the history of both Canada and South Africa. First Nations communities renewed assertions of aboriginal land rights and self-government. Unlike native Canadians, who asserted their aboriginal and treaty rights within the democratic and constitutional structures of Canada, African resistance repudiated the legitimacy of the apartheid government and fought for the fundamental right of all South Africans to democracy and for an integrated, non-racial state. Three core characteristics of apartheid (the lack of labour rights, the lack of democratic rights and the lack of freedom of association) provide the criteria in addressing the question "Is this apartheid?" The conclusions are clear: while Canada's First Nations have been seriously disadvantaged by paternalism, assimilationist policies and injustice, they have not experienced apartheid. Government policies and aboriginal problems are not addressed by equating Canada with apartheid South Africa. They are Canadian problems with Canadian solutions. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Magic Interaction Design: Training people to use non-natural and hyper-natural interaction with VR games
Creators: name: Tran, Phuong Hoan
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This study looks at the literature in interaction design incorporating virtual reality and explores the existing design principles and techniques available for incorporating virtual reality. The purpose of this project is to design a set of interactive games to familiarise and train people using `magic' interaction in virtual reality. `Magic' interactions comprise non-natural or hyper-natural interactions to enhance users' engagement in the virtual environment. This thesis contributes knowledge to interaction design in VR by exploring how 3D interaction techniques in VR can be learned in an effective way.
Resilience in Children Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence: A Maternal Perspective
Creators: name: Fogarty, Alison
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Intimate partner violence is associate with significant disruptions to children's emotional behavioural development. This thesis utilises a mixed methods design to explore resilience in children exposed to intimate partner violence. Drawing on a secondary data analysis of a large, longitudinal study of first time mothers and qualitative interview with mothers, results highlighted the important protective role which mothers often play. Specifically, mothers’ physical and mental health were identified as key protective factors for children exposed to intimate partner violence, underscoring the importance of accessible psychological and physical health services for women and children following experiences of intimate partner violence.
Transnationales Bildungskapital und soziale Ungleichheit
Creators: name: Gerhards, Jürgen
name: Hans, Silke
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: 300 Sozialwissenschaften::370 Bildung und Erziehung::370 Bildung und Erziehung

description: Im Kontext von Globalisierungsprozessen werden Fertigkeiten wie Fremdsprachenkenntnisse und interkulturelle Kompetenzen, die hier zusammenfassend als transnationales Bildungskapital bezeichnet werden, immer wichtiger. Es gibt verschiedene Wege, transnationales Bildungskapital zu erwerben. Ein Auslandsaufenthalt noch während der Schulzeit ist eine wohl sehr effektive Variante. Die Analyse des klassenspezifischen Zugangs zu transnationalem Kapital ist dabei weitgehend unerforscht. Im Rückgriff auf die bildungssoziologische Literatur und vor allem auf die Arbeiten von Pierre Bourdieu entwickeln wir ein Set von Hypothesen und prüfen diese mit Hilfe einer Sekundäranalyse der Daten des Sozio‐oekonomischen Panels (SOEP). Die bivariaten Befunde zeigen zunächst, dass die Wahrscheinlichkeit eines Auslandsaufenthaltes von a) der Kapitalausstattung und dem Bildungsinvestitionsverhalten des Elternhauses, b) vom kulturellen Kapital und dem Engagement des Kindes, c) der Gelegenheitsstruktur in Form des Schultypus einerseits und von vermittelten Institutionen andererseits sowie schließlich d) von familiären Konflikten bestimmt wird. Die multivariaten Analysen zeigen, dass dem Besuch des Gymnasiums eine entscheidende Filterfunktion zukommt. Die Wahrscheinlichkeit, durch einen schulischen Auslandsaufenthalt transnationales Kapital zu erwerben, wird darüber hinaus in bedeutendem Umfang von der materiellen Ausstattung des Elternhauses bestimmt.
description: Due to globalization processes foreign language proficiency and intercultural skills – competencies which are defined as transnational educational capital – have become increasingly important. Although there are different ways of acquiring transnational educational capital, studying abroad at an early age is probably one of the most efficient ways. Until now the analysis of class specific access to transnational capital is largely unexplored. Going back to the literature on social class and education and particularly to the work of Pierre Bourdieu, we develop a set of hypotheses and test them using data from the Socio‐Economic Panel Study (SOEP). Bivariate results show that the probability of studying abroad is influenced by a) the material, social and cultural capital of the child’s parents and their investment in education, b) the cultural capital of the child and his or her engagement, c) the opportunity structure in the form of school type and institutions who organize school exchanges and d) finally by conflicts between parents and the child. Multivariate analyzes show that being enrolled at a Gymnasium plays an important filtering role. In addition, the probability of acquiring transnational educational capital is determined to a considerable extent by the parents’ material capital.
El esoterismo como propuesta identitaria en la novela "Regina 2 de octubre no se olvida"
Creators: name: Barajas-Garrido, Bernardo
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Language, Modern.
subject: Literature, Latin American.

description: The present work intends to give a look inside the novel: Regina. 2 de octubre no se olvida, written in 1987 by the Mexican author Antonio Velasco Pina. The novel is an esoteric reinterpretation of the massacre that occurred in Mexico in 1968 when the Mexican government killed many students in a manifestation that was taking place at the Plaza de las Tres Culturas situated in Tlatelolco. The thesis is centered on the esoteric aspect of the novel as a new identity proposal for the Mexican society. To show this, our research includes the theory of construction of identity by opposites. We based this part on the studies done by Daniel Mato and Jorge Larrain. In the same line of thought the present research intends to show that identity is not a steady aspect of human life, but rather a continual construction and deconstruction of it. To show this, we are comparing the novel and what we believe is a new identity proposal with other works about Mexican identity such as the writings of authors like Octavio Paz, Jose Vasconcelos, Roger Bartra, Carlos Monsivais and others.
Investigating the influence of Epstein-Barr virus on the p53 pathway in nasopharyngeal carcinoma
Creators: name: Lee, Boon Kiat
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The research is to study on the effect of Epstein-Barr virus affecting p53, tumour suppressor gene and its downstream targets in nasopharyngeal carcinoma. The outcome of this study showed that the presence of virus does not necessary cause cancer and p53 is not necessarily mutated in virus-infected premalignant cells. This study would benefit further research on different target genes that causes nasopharyngeal carcinoma and explore the possibility of designing drugs for treating nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
Transnationales linguistisches Kapital der Bürger und der Prozess der europäischen Integration
Creators: name: Gerhards, Jürgen
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: 300 Sozialwissenschaften

description: Der politische Prozess der europäischen Integration hat entscheidend zu einer Europäisierung der Gesellschaften Europas beigetragen. Ob dieser systemische Prozess der Europäisierung von einer lebensweltlichen Europäisierung im Sinne einer Zunahme der Kommunikation zwischen den Bürgern verschiedener Mitgliedsländer begleitet wird, hängt entscheidend von der Mehrsprachigkeit der Bürger ab. In welchem Maße die Bürger der 27 Länder mehrsprachig sind und wie man die Unterschiede in der Ausstattung mit transnationalem, linguistischem Kapital erklären kann, ist das Thema des Artikels. In einem ersten Schritt werde ich die Sprachpolitik der Europäischen Union beschreiben. Diese ist durch zwei Merkmale gekennzeichnet: Die Akzeptanz der sprachlichen Heterogenität der Europäischen Union und der Verzicht auf eine Politik der sprachlichen Homogenisierung einerseits und die Förderung der Mehrsprachigkeit der Bürger Europas zur Verbesserung der Integration Europas andererseits. Im zweiten Schritt analysiere ich auf der Basis einer Auswertung einer Eurobarometerbefragung, über welches transnationale linguistische Kapital die Bürger Europas verfügen, das sie in die Lage versetzt, am Europäisierungsprozess zu partizipieren. Die Ergebnisse werden zeigen, dass die Kompetenzen der Mehrsprachigkeit zwischen den Ländern und innerhalb der Länder sehr unterschiedlich verteilt sind, es ähnlich wie bei anderen Kapitalien eine Ungleichheit in der Kapitalausstattung der Bürger gibt. Im dritten Schritt gehe ich der Frage nach, wie man diese Ungleichheit erklären kann. Dazu werden zuerst einige Hypothesen formuliert, die dann durch eine multivariate Analyse überprüft werden. Die Mehrsprachigkeit der Bürger kann durch folgende Faktoren relativ gut erklärt werden: den Grad der Modernität und die Größe eines Landes, in dem jemand lebt, die Verfügung über institutionalisiertes kulturelles Kapital und durch die Klassenlage des Befragten. Dieser Befund bestätigt andere Ergebnisse, die gezeigt haben, dass es vor allem die oberen Schichten sind, die vom Prozess der systemischen europäischen Integration profitieren, weil sie in der Lage sind, daran zu partizipieren.
Online Communities in the Digital Economy
Creators: name: Lechner, Ulrike
name: Nonnecke, Blair
name: Schubert, Petra
Publisher: name: Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz FHNW
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: E-Business
subject: Virtual Communities
subject: 330 - Wirtschaft
subject: 005 - Computer Programmierung, Programme und Daten

description: Some years ago, Online Communities were considered one of the most promising innovations resulting from the Internet revolution. Community building and communitydevelopment were proclaimed as key success factors for the digital enterprise. As a result, Internet ventures tried to artificially build and foster Online Communities indifferent forms ? as part of online shops, portal sites or B2B platforms, or as design, relationship or gaming communities. At the same time research was mainlyrelated to topics such as how to build a community and how to gain critical mass and market shares as soon as possible.
Contribution de l'information tactile à la stabilité posturale chez la population âgée
Creators: name: Mireault, Annie-Claude
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Gerontology.
subject: Health Sciences, Rehabilitation and Therapy.
subject: Health Sciences, Recreation.

description: Cette étude visait à comparer l'habileté de sujets, jeunes (n = 25) et âgés (n = 35), à utiliser le toucher léger pour la stabilisation posturale. Les oscillations du centre de pression plantaire (CPP) étaient mesurées sur des plates-formes de force (AMTI) dans diverses conditions sensorielles (vision, toucher et support). L'acuité tactile sur la pulpe de l'index a aussi été estimée. Les résultats ont montré que le toucher léger contribuait significativement à atténuer les fluctuations du CPP dans les deux groupes. Les sujets âgés ont toutefois déployé des forces de contact plus élevées pour se stabiliser. La plupart des personnes âgées présentaient un déclin de l'acuité tactile. L'augmentation des forces de contact serait liée au déclin sensoriel avec le vieillissement de sorte que des forces plus élevées sont nécessaires pour détecter les oscillations corporelles à partir du toucher léger.