cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Classical and Quantum Dynamics of Twisted Light
Creators: name: Bouchard, Frédéric
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: Twisted light

description: This thesis encompasses a body of experimental work on the dynamics of twisted light. We first deal with the generation and reconstruction of twisted light for applications in classical and quantum physics, respectively. In the first case, we present a novel device that has the ability to generate twisted light in a manner that is completely wavelength-independent. Such a device may find applications in various fields of classical physics, ranging from nano to astronomical imaging. In the second work, we study the dynamics of twisted light in the case of laser-induced radial birefringence. This is done by studying the optical features resulting from elastic properties of silver-doped glass. In the last work on generation of twisted light, we present a nano-scale twisted light generator having the capacity to generate an optical mode with a controllable number of twists. In the context of quantum communication and quantum computations, this device has a great potential due to its small size and integrability. In the second part of the thesis, we study the propagation of twisted light both at the classical and quantum regime. In the first case, we observe exotic group velocities of light pulses in vacuum due to the twisting of its wavefront. In the second case, we study the effect of quantum decoherence of twisted light due to the coupling of photonic internal degrees of freedom. We present a technique to recover the lost coherence, which we name recoherence, by a practical unitary transformation.
An Ordered Absence
Creators: name: Skahan, Justine
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: Painting
Visual arts
Drawing
Fine arts

description: In the exhibition An Ordered Absence, artist Justine Skahan establishes relationships between various types of imagery. The exhibition consists of paintings and drawings. The subject matter is a combination of architecture, hair, women, elements of the landscape, and domestic animals. The work was developed starting from an interest in the urban and suburban built environment, and is in part an exploration of how gender affects the experience of it.
title: Ανάπλαση του παραλιακού μετώπου του Αιγίου-Μπαλκόνι στον κορινθιακό κόλπο
title: Regeneration of the coastal front of the city of Aigio-balcony in the Corinthian gulf
Creators: name: Σκαρτσιλα Ερασμια
name: Πετρου Ανδρονικη-Φαιδρα
Publisher: name: Technical University of Crete
Year: 2020

description: Το Αίγιο είναι μία παράκτια πόλη της Βόρειας Πελοποννήσου και αποτελεί της δεύτερη μεγαλύτερη πόλη της Αχαίας. Το παραλιακό μέτωπο της πόλης του Αιγίου είναι μία μεγάλη μακρόστενη περιοχή μήκους περίπου δύο χιλιομέτρων, αρκετά διαχωρισμένη και απομόνωμένη από την πόλη εξαιτίας του μεγάλου πρανούς που υπάρχει στα νότια της περιοχής  ύψους 60μ. Πρόκειται για μία περίπτωση προβληματικού μετώπου, με έλλειψη ποικιλίας χρήσεων και δημόσιων χώρων, πλήθος αναξιοποίητων βιομηχανικών κτιρίων καθώς και ελάχιστες διαμήκεις συνδέσεις από το ανατολικό στο δυτικό άκρο.
Η παρούσα εργασία ανάπλασης του κεντρικού μέρους του παραλιακού μετώπου , έχει ως κύριο στόχο την αναδιαμόρφωση της περιοχής αποβλέποντας στην καλύτερη, πρακτικότερη και ατμοσφαιρικότερη σύνδεση της περιοχής με την πόλη. Η επέμβαση μας βασίζεται στην αναβίωση του ιστορικού και βιομηχανικού χαρακτήρα της περιοχής, με γνώμονα την ανάδειξη των σταφιδαποθηκών της περιοχής καθώς και την αξιοποίηση του ιδιαίτερου φυσικού τοπίου για την δημιουργία εναλλαγών μεταξύ τεχνητού και φυσικού στοιχείου.

description: Aigio is a coastal city in the Northern Peloponnese and is the second largest city in Achaia. The coastal front of the city of Aigio is a large elongated area about two kilometers long, quite separated and isolated from the city due to the large slope that exists in the south of the area of 60m. This is a case of a problematic front, with a lack of variety of uses and public spaces, a large number of unused industrial buildings as well as weak connections from the east to the west end.
The present work of regeneration of the central part of the coastal front, has as main goal the remodeling of the area aiming at the better, more practical and atmospheric connection of the area with the city. Our intervention is based on the revival of the historical and industrial character of the area, with the aim of highlighting the raisin warehouses of the area as well as the utilization of the special natural landscape to create alternations between artificial and natural element
Additional file 2 of A scoping review of machine learning models to predict risk of falls in elders, without using sensor data
Creators: name: Capodici, Angelo
name: Fanconi, Claudio
name: Curtin, Catherine
name: Shapiro, Alessandro
name: Noci, Francesca
name: Giannoni, Alberto
name: Hernandez-Boussard, Tina
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Supplementary Material 2. Supplemental Material S2: Variable summaries
The awarding of honours in Australian engineering programs: is diversity desired?
Creators: name: Buzwell, Simone
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: An honours degree is an important step on the pathway to research and is likely to improve employment opportunities. Accordingly, the awarding of the final honours grade can have significant consequences which can potentially determine students' likelihood of continuing on a research trajectory and gaining desired employment. In addition, the awarding of grades for honours may impact on: the reputation of a university; the disjunction, or conjunction, with other universities; the advantaging, or disadvantaging, of students when applying for post graduate scholarships and employment; students' satisfaction ratings, which in Australia, will impact on the university's Learning and Teaching Performance Fund [L.T.P.F.] ranking; and the ability to attract and retain quality research students, which will in turn influence the university's Research Quality Framework [RQF] rating. For the current paper, every university in Australia was contacted. Of the universities that responded, the manner in which they award engineering honours was examined in an attempt to determine consistencies between universities. It was quickly apparent that the programs varied on eight domains and there was substantial diversity. While Engineers Australia indicated that diversity was acceptable, they also felt that enhanced consistency may be preferable. In an attempt to identify patterns in the manner in which honours is awarded in Australia it was noted that a greater proportion of universities utilise percentages rather than a Grade Point Average [GPA] (only very slightly more), weight their honours percentage, use all years to determine the honours score, award an H1 at 80%, an H2A at 70-9%, and an H2B at 60-9%, with a pass degree being awarded below 60 and above 50 percent. For those who use the GPA method, the most common pattern is to award an H1 at 6+, while there is very little consistency at the second-class honours level. Five universities use a GPA, or course average, and a project mark to assess the grade. Most universities do not utilise the H3 grade. Overall, the most common model for awarding of engineering honours grades is: an H1 at 80%, an H2A at 70%, and an H2B at 60%, with no utilisation of the H3 option. This method is utilised by five universities. Of these five universities, four weight their honours scores, albeit all in different ways. In addition, the universities tend to vary on the years included in the calculation. The current paper explicates the diversity that exists between the Bachelors of Engineering honours degrees in Australian universities and considers if this multiplicity is desired, or if it impedes the reputation of the profession of engineering.
Cell-specific characterization of the placental methylome
Creators: name: Yuan, Victor
name: Hui, Desmond
name: Yin, Yifan
name: Peñaherrera, Maria S.
name: Beristain, Alexander G.
name: Robinson, Wendy P.
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2021

description: Background: DNA methylation (DNAm) profiling has emerged as a powerful tool for characterizing the placental methylome. However, previous studies have focused primarily on whole placental tissue, which is a mixture of epigenetically distinct cell populations. Here, we present the first methylome-wide analysis of first trimester (n = 9) and term (n = 19) human placental samples of four cell populations: trophoblasts, Hofbauer cells, endothelial cells, and stromal cells, using the Illumina EPIC methylation array, which quantifies DNAm at > 850,000 CpGs. Results: The most distinct DNAm profiles were those of placental trophoblasts, which are central to many pregnancy-essential functions, and Hofbauer cells, which are a rare fetal-derived macrophage population. Cell-specific DNAm occurs at functionally-relevant genes, including genes associated with placental development and preeclampsia. Known placental-specific methylation marks, such as those associated with genomic imprinting, repetitive element hypomethylation, and placental partially methylated domains, were found to be more pronounced in trophoblasts and often absent in Hofbauer cells. Lastly, we characterize the cell composition and cell-specific DNAm dynamics across gestation. Conclusions: Our results provide a comprehensive analysis of DNAm in human placental cell types from first trimester and term pregnancies. This data will serve as a useful DNAm reference for future placental studies, and we provide access to this data via download from GEO (GSE159526), through interactive exploration from the web browser (https://robinsonlab.shinyapps.io/Placental_Methylome_Browser/), and through the R package planet, which allows estimation of cell composition directly from placental DNAm data.
Euophrys pseudogambosa Strand 1915
Creators: name: Prószyński, Jerzy
name: Lissner, Jørgen
name: Schäfer, Michael
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Salticidae
Euophrys
Euophrys pseudogambosa

description: Euophrys pseudogambosa Strand, 1915  (Figs 4E, 11 M-N, 18A-C)
 Euophrys pseudogambosa Strand, 1915c: 168 (Dmf).
 Euophrys pseudogambosa Logunov, 1996 c: 55, f. 1-7 (mf).
 Euophrys pseudogambosa Logunov, 1997 a: 351, f. 39-41 (m).
 Euophrys pseudogambosa Prószyński, 2003: 51, f. 171-173, 177-181, 186-189, 102-193 (mf).
 Remarks. Color macrophotographs and drawings disclose diversity of Israeli E. pseudogambosa, indicating possibly separate species status. Live E. pseudogambosa A from Givat Ram, studied in 1988 by Prószyński (Figs 18A), had ventral surfaces of femora I-II red, abdomen dorsally blackish brown, characters changing 8 * in alcohol speedily, in a few minutes, from black to light dotted black (Fig. 18A), beginning right from the moment of spider dying in alcohol. Photograph of E. pseudogambosa B (Fig. 18C) by Amir Weinstein of specimen observed in the Haifa area show femora I-II entirely black (which confirms drawing of leg I by Logunov (Fig. 18B)). The diversity in this species in Israel corroborates observations of diversity in many other species, being presumably result of rapid proliferation of Salticidae in warm climate of that geographical area. Unfortunately such observations are rarely documented, due to rarity, as yet, of macrophotographic documentation.
 Euophrys semiglabrata (Simon, 1868) is studied in a parallel paper (Prószyński, Noordam, Oger & Schäfer (2018 – in press)) and transferred to a new genus of its own.
 8 The first author watched unusually rapid change of dorsal pattern in Euophrys pseudogambosa immediately after submerging it in ethyl alcohol during preservation - there appeared streams of liquid, floating beneath transparent tegument, carrying a crowd of minute black globules, deposited later into different pattern of dots and lines, characteristic of Euophrys - but in fact artifacts. This is different from gradual bleaching of colors in other preserved Salticidae, a process lasting years.
description: Published as part of Prószyński, Jerzy, Lissner, Jørgen & Schäfer, Michael, 2018, Taxonomic survey of the genera Euophrys, Pseudeuophrys and Talavera, with description of Euochin gen. n. (Araneae: Salticidae) and with proposals of a new research protocol *, pp. 26-74 in Ecologica Montenegrina 18 on page 44, DOI: 10.37828/em.2018.18.4, http://zenodo.org/record/13360279
Additional file 3 of A scoping review of machine learning models to predict risk of falls in elders, without using sensor data
Creators: name: Capodici, Angelo
name: Fanconi, Claudio
name: Curtin, Catherine
name: Shapiro, Alessandro
name: Noci, Francesca
name: Giannoni, Alberto
name: Hernandez-Boussard, Tina
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Supplementary Material 3. Supplemental Material S3: All variables used and the highest performing used in the included studies
Having a voice and saving lives: a qualitative survey on employment impacts of people with lived experience of drug use working in harm reduction
Creators: name: Austin, Tamar
name: Boyd, Jade
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2021

description: Background: Ongoing legal and social discrimination, and stigmatization of people with lived experience of drug use (PWLE) continues to contribute to overdose-related deaths in Canada. The involvement of PWLE working in harm reduction services has proven effective in decreasing drug-related harms among PWLE; however, there exist unintended negative impacts. PWLE working in harm reduction services risk overextending themselves beyond employment parameters (e.g., emotional labor) with few systems in place (e.g., employment advocacy) for support. While meaningful participation of PWLE in harm reduction programs is critical to addressing the overdose crisis, their labor in Canada’s overdose response commands further investigation and recognition. This paper examines some of the benefits and negative aspects of working in harm reduction among PWLE. Methods: Fifty qualitative surveys were completed by PWLE working in harm reduction services from across Canada at the National 2018 Stimulus conference held in Edmonton, Alberta. The surveys focused on the benefits and negatives of ‘peer’ employment and recommendations for organizational transformation through short answer written sections. Surveys were analyzed thematically using NVivo, informed by critical perspectives on substance use, with attention to key re-occurring themes on employment equity. Results: While participants described multiple benefits of working in harm reduction services, such as the valuing of their expertise by fellow ‘peers,’ growing skill sets, countering stigma, and preventing overdose deaths, issues of workplace equity were significantly identified. Stigma, tokenism, workplace discrimination, including power and pay inequities, as well as lack of worker compensation and benefits were identified as key factors persisting in the everyday experiences of participants. Conclusion: Continued exposure to stigma, workplace discrimination, and/or power imbalances, combined with the impact of high stakes employment (e.g., dealing with overdose deaths), can have significant consequences for PWLE working in harm reduction, including burn out. Policy recommendations include large-scale structural changes that address inequities of hierarchical ‘peer’ employment for PWLE, including increased leadership roles for diverse PWLE, pay equity and benefits, unionization, as well as more supportive working environments attentive to the intersecting social-structural factors (poverty, criminalization, racism, gendered violence) impacting the everyday lives of PWLE working in harm reduction.
Additional file 1 of Which food date label brings us the most excellent opportunity to reduce food waste? Evidence from a quasi-natural intervention experiment in urban China
Creators: name: Cheng, Shujun
name: Lu, Yang
name: Ren, Yanjun
name: Jiang, Zhide
name: Zhao, Minjuan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health

description: Additional file 1
Heroism or just a croc?
Creators: name: Tumarkin, Maria
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Whether we like it or not, contemporary ideas of courage are not really forged in philosophical explorations and debates. The media, politics, and of course popular culture take the lead in defining what courage is and what it is not. Dominated by discussions of heroes and heroism, the public sphere is not particularly interested in complex, contradictory and non-telegenic forms of courage. When Steve Irwin died in September 2006, speared in the heart by a stingray, he was instantly heralded as a hero by the Australian and international media. Exactly the same language was used to describe the aftermath of two of Australia's worst recent tragedies - the 1996 Port Arthur massacre and the Bali bombings of 2002. The same sentiments and expressions, word for word. This easy slippage between descriptions of two major national tragedies and the accidental death of a celebrity betrayed not only the absolute debasement of the modern language of heroism, but a broader collective impasse about the meaning of both heroism and courage.
Interview with Lowell Euhus
Creators: name: Oregon Medical Association
Publisher: name: Oregon Medical Association
Year: 0
Subjects: Reinschmidt, Julian S., 1925-1998
Area Health Education Centers
Malpractice
Rural Health Services
Hospitals, Rural
Air Ambulances
Women in medicine
Enterprise, Oregon
Wallowa County, Oregon

description: Lowell Euhus was a family medicine physician who served in Enterprise, Oregon, a community in Wallowa County, for over three decades. A 1968 alumnus of Oregon Health & Science University, Euhus witnessed and influenced significant shifts in medical practice and healthcare delivery throughout his career. He was instrumental in tackling rural healthcare challenges in Oregon by supporting Area Health Education Centers, which significantly advanced rural healthcare in Oregon. His exceptional contributions earned him the Oregon Family Physician of the Year in 1994. In this interview, Euhus reflects on changes in technology, the role of women in medicine, malpractice issues, and the challenges of staffing rural hospitals. He also shared personal stories about his patients.
Additional file 1 of Impact of microbiological molecular methodologies on adaptive sampling using nanopore sequencing in metagenomic studies
Creators: name: Herbert, Josephine
name: Thompson, Stanley
name: Beckett, Angela H.
name: Robson, Samuel C.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics

description: Supplementary material 1
Le genre au tribunal : l'hermaphrodisme devant la justice de la France d'Ancien Régime
Creators: name: Laflamme, Mathieu
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: Hermaphrodisme
Hermaphrodite
Histoire de la justice
Histoire du corps
Histoire du genre
Identités genrées
France d'Ancien Régime

description: Cette étude se penche sur les discours des professionnels du droit de la France d’Ancien Régime sur l’hermaphrodisme pour cerner les réactions du système de justice face aux défis que représentait l’hermaphrodisme et ainsi circonscrire les constructions des définitions du masculin et du féminin. Nos recherches démontrent que les juristes de cette période ne pouvaient tolérer que des êtres puissent vivre sur la frontière étanche séparant juridiquement et socialement le féminin du masculin. Le système judiciaire, gardien du dimorphisme genré traditionnel de la société, se devait impérativement d’attribuer un genre juridique à tout individu ne cadrant pas avec l’idéal dichotomique de la France d’Ancien Régime. Par l’étude des six procédures pénales contre de prétendus hermaphrodites de cette période, nous démontrons que les experts juridiques de la France d’Ancien Régime établirent deux modèles distincts d’attribution d’un genre juridique à des individus à l’anatomie et au comportement ne cadrant pas avec les normes genrées de la période. Dans une première phase (1601 1661), les magistrats attribuaient un genre juridique selon l’apparence extérieure des parties génitales de l’individu. Dans une deuxième période (1686 1765), ces mêmes autorités attribuaient un genre juridique selon la fonctionnalité des organes génitaux et surtout, selon les capacités reproductrices théoriques de l’individu. Cette thèse expose aussi que les juristes français du XVIIIe siècle, suivant la jurisprudence développée par les magistrats du siècle précédent, ont criminalisé indirectement l’hermaphrodisme au moyen de crimes et délits inscrits dans les ordonnances du royaume en l’absence d’une législation royale sur la question. Cette étude offre une nouvelle compréhension de l’organisation sociale de la France d’Ancien Régime sous le prisme d’une histoire de la justice et du genre en illustrant les définitions de la masculinité et de la féminité dans les discours juridiques de professionnels du droit confrontés à l’hermaphrodisme et à l’ambiguïté anatomique.
Improving the Delivery and Replication of Oncolytic Viruses
Creators: name: Roy, Dominic
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: cancer
oncolytic virus
delivery
RNAi

description: The optimal route for clinical delivery of oncolytic viruses (OVs) is thought to be intravenous (IV) injection; however, the immune system is armed with several highly efficient mechanisms to remove pathogens from the circulatory system. To overcome the challenges in trying to deliver OVs IV, cell carriers have been investigated to determine their suitability as delivery vehicles for systemic administration of OVs. Here we demonstrate the utility of a Drosophila melanogaster cell platform for the production and in vivo delivery of multi-gene biotherapeutic systems. We show that cultured Drosophila S2 cell carriers can stably propagate OV therapeutics that are highly cytotoxic for mammalian cancer cells without adverse effects on insect cell viability or cellular gene expression. Drosophila cell carriers administered systemically to immunocompetent animals trafficked to tumours to deliver multiple biotherapeutics with little apparent off-target tissue homing or toxicity, resulting in a therapeutic effect. S2 cells provide a genetically tractable platform supporting the integration of complex, multi-gene biotherapies while avoiding many of the barriers to systemic administration of mammalian cell carriers. Once OVs are delivered to tumour beds, they initiate replication in tumour cells, which often possess defects in antiviral pathways and are thus susceptible to infection. However, not all tumours have defects in their antiviral defenses and thus virus replication in these tumours is rather limited. Identifying and modulating host factors that regulate virus replication in OV-resistant cancer cells, but not normal cells, could lead to increased replication in these tumours and potentially improve therapeutic outcomes. We therefore conducted an RNA interference screen using Sindbis virus (SINV) in order to identify host factors that modulate OV replication in tumour cells. Specifically, serial passage of a SINV- artificial microRNA (amiRNA) library in a tumour cell line followed by deep sequencing of ii the selected virus populations led to the identification of several amiRNA sequences that were enriched. Furthermore, the identified amiRNA sequences increased the replication of various OVs both in vitro and in vivo, ultimately resulting in an enhanced therapeutic effect. Overall, the work presented here highlights strategies in which both the systemic delivery and tumour-specific replication of OVs can be improved.
Weakening Investigation of Reservoir Rock by Coupled Uniaxial Compression, Computed Tomography and Digital Image Correlation Methods: A Case Study
Creators: name: Shen, Peiwu
name: Tang, Huiming
name: Zhang, Bocheng
name: Ning, Yibing
name: Su, Xuexue
name: Sun, Sixuan
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2021

description: Cyclic wetting and drying treatment is commonly used to accelerate the weakening process of reservoir rock. The weakening is reflected in strength variation and structure variation, while the latter receives less attention. Based on a series of cyclic wetting and drying tests, this study tentatively applied the uniaxial compressive test, computed tomography (CT) test and digital image correlation (DIC) test to investigate the weakening of slate in a reservoir area. Test results show that the weakening is mainly reflected in the reduction of compressive strength, followed by the decrease of ability to resist cracking and elastic deformation. The weakening seems more likely to be caused by structure variation rather than composition change. Two failure modes, e.g., splitting and splitting-tension, are concluded based on the crack paths: the splitting failure mode occurs in the highly weathered samples and the splitting-tension failure mode appears in the low-weathered samples. The transition zones of deformation are inside samples. The nephogram maps quantify the continuous deformation and correspond to the aforementioned structure variation process. This study offers comprehensive methods to the weakening investigation of slate in reservoir area and may provide qualitative reference in the stability evaluation of related slate rock slope.
Additional file 1 of Giant angiomyofibroblastoma of the scrotum: a case report and review of the literature
Creators: name: Zhang, Lianglong
name: KaDee, Wufuer
name: Xu, Feng
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Cancer
subject: Computational Biology

description: Supplementary Material 1.
Spatial Analysis and Determinants of Asthma Health and Health Services Use Outcomes in Ontario
Creators: name: Ouedraogo, Alexandra
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: spatial analysis
asthma
health services use
bayesian

description: This thesis explores the spatial patterns and determinants of asthma prevalence and health services use (ICD-10 codes J45, J46) for the total population (all ages and both sexes combined) of the province of Ontario, Canada, between 2003 and 2013. Asthma is characterized by high health services use and reduced quality of life for asthma sufferers, representing a considerable burden on individuals, society and the health care system. While recent evidence suggests increasing asthma prevalence in Ontario, little research has been done to understand the identified spatial variability of this disease. Using population-based, ecological-level data and refined spatial analysis techniques, this research aims to explore the spatial patterns of asthma prevalence and health services use in Ontario, and examine the contribution of potential risk factors including air pollution, pollen, deprivation, physician supply and rurality. Results indicated considerable spatial variability in asthma outcomes across Ontario. Similar patterns were found between asthma prevalence and physician visits; clusters of high rates were generally found in southern urban/suburban areas, and clusters of low rates were mainly identified in most northern and southern rural areas. Conversely, clusters of high rates of ED visits and hospitalizations were found in most northern and southern rural areas, whereas clusters of low rates were found in south urban/suburban areas near Toronto. Findings from the spatial regression analysis indicated that while rurality was negatively associated with asthma prevalence and physician visits, it was positively associated with ED visits. Moreover, positive associations were also found between material deprivation and asthma prevalence and ED visits, and between NO2 and asthma physician visits. This research contributes to a better understanding of area characteristics that influence asthma disparities, which can help develop better, locally relevant public health strategies aimed at reducing the burden of asthma in Ontario. Further, it demonstrates the importance of using a population-based framework and spatial analysis approaches, which take into account the spatial nature of asthma morbidity and their determinants.
The Impact of Science Teachers' Metacognition on Their Planning Choice of Technology-mediated Inquiry-based Activities
Creators: name: Mohamed, M.Elfatih Ibrahim Mustafa
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: TPACK
Metacognition
Experiencing Inquiry Model
Teacher Education

description: This study investigated the conditions for developing science teachers’ Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK). It also explored the opportunities offered by two strategies to enhance science teachers’ ability to design technology-based inquiry activities for science learning: Experiencing Inquiry Model (EIM) and Metacognitive Scaffolding (MS). These strategies were adopted to support the processing necessary for developing teachers’ knowledge and for negotiating the integration of computer technology in science instruction. Situated Cognition Theory was used as a theoretical framework for learning, and TPACK was used as a conceptual framework for technology integration. 33 science teachers from four intermediate and high schools participated in the study. 17 and 16 teachers were conveniently assigned to EIM and MS, respectively. The study employed a mixed method of quantitative and qualitative evidence. As per the quantitative method, a quasi-experimental design that employed the 2 Teaching Strategy (EIM or MS) × 2 Time (pre- and post-intervention) of learning split-plot factorial design was applied in the study. Concurrently with the quantitative data collection, the qualitative evidence was collected from the researcher’s logbook, participants’ written documents, and interviews. The findings suggested that there were no significant differences between EIM and MS for developing the knowledge components embodied in TPACK. Nevertheless, the participants who learned through the MS strategy outperformed their counterparts in designing technology-based inquiry activities for science learning. The latter result suggested that teachers who received metacognitive scaffolding were more equipped to connect curriculum goals with technology and instruction.
Disordered Skeletal Muscle Oxidative Metabolism In Human Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes
Creators: name: Antoun, Ghadi
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: Obesity
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Skeletal Muscle
Muscle
Mitochondria
Metabolism
Bioenergetics

description: Obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) are both complex diseases with multifactorial etiologies. Together they affect over 640 million people worldwide and have a significant impact on the global healthcare system incurring costs of over 800 billion dollars. The overall goal of my doctoral research has been to elucidate metabolic predictors and underlying mechanisms in obesity and T2DM. Specifically, I have examined mechanisms contributing to disordered oxidative metabolism in skeletal muscle. My research included participants who were recruited from the Ottawa Hospital Weight Management Clinic in which they completed a clinically supervised meal-replacement and lifestyle intervention program. More so, my doctoral studies evaluated characteristics of muscle mitochondrial function in obesity and T2DM and revealed impaired mitochondrial respiration and electron transport chain supercomplex assembly in muscle from patients with T2DM. The first aim was to study the impact of T2DM on weight loss ability in a large population of obese patients participating in a standardized meal replacement and lifestyle modification program. As there is considerable variability in weight loss propensity, it was found that T2DM significantly deters weight loss although the effect is not large. Since skeletal muscle energetics are central in the development and progression of obesity and T2DM, the second and third aims were to study mitochondrial function in this tissue with the idea of uncovering molecular etiologies. The second aim found deficiencies in mitochondrial respiration in individuals with obesity and T2DM compared to individuals with obesity alone. Reductions in mitochondrial respiration were correlated with increasing levels of HbA1C and attributed to paucity in supercomplex formation in the mitochondrial inner membrane (MIM) of the electron transport chain (ETC). The third aim was to delineate differential fuel oxidation mechanisms and circulating protein biomarkers in obese diet-sensitive (ODS) and obese diet-resistant (ODR) participants following a high fat meal (HFM) challenge. Whole-body analyses were conducted in addition to measures in blood, adipose tissue, skeletal muscle and primary cells. Remarkable increases in oxidative capacity were measured post-HFM. In addition, impaired mitochondrial function was found in the ODR group despite lack of differences in mitochondrial content or the assembly of supercomplexes. Differences were also found in circulating acylcarnitines as well as expression of several proteins including Heat shock 70 kDa protein 1A/1B, Tyrosine-protein kinase Fgr, and Peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomerase D. Ultimately, a better understanding of mechanisms involved could lead to significant improvements in personalized medical approaches in obesity and T2DM.
Euophrys monadnock Emerton 1891
Creators: name: Prószyński, Jerzy
name: Lissner, Jørgen
name: Schäfer, Michael
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Salticidae
Euophrys
Euophrys monadnock

description: Euophrys monadnock Emerton, 1891  (Figs 12 B-C)
 A good species of Palaearctic origin. Logunov, Cutler & Marusik, (1993: 117), suggest its relationship with Siberian species E. flavoatra, which is possible but require additional research.
description: Published as part of Prószyński, Jerzy, Lissner, Jørgen & Schäfer, Michael, 2018, Taxonomic survey of the genera Euophrys, Pseudeuophrys and Talavera, with description of Euochin gen. n. (Araneae: Salticidae) and with proposals of a new research protocol *, pp. 26-74 in Ecologica Montenegrina 18 on page 43, DOI: 10.37828/em.2018.18.4, http://zenodo.org/record/13360279
Pseudeuophrys talassica
Creators: name: Prószyński, Jerzy
name: Lissner, Jørgen
name: Schäfer, Michael
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Salticidae
Pseudeuophrys
Pseudeuophrys talassica

description: Pseudeuophrys talassica (Logunov, 1997 (comb. n.)
 Pseudeuophrys talassica (Logunov, 1997) - embolar region and a shape of bulbus, as well as dorsal pattern differs significantly from that in Euophrys, resembling closely Pseudeuophrys (Figs 25F with 25E), therefore it seems reasonable to change that placement. That conclusion will be confirmed when macrophotographs of live male become available, and when internal structure of epigyne will be known, after collecting of matching female.
 Therefore:
 Euophrys talassica Logunov, 1997 = Pseudeuophrys talassica (Logunov, 1997) (comb. n.) (compare Figs 25F with 25E).
 SOURCES: A, B, C, F - ©Photo by Michael Schäfer https://kleinesganzgross.de/gallery.php., D, E. H - ©Photo by Jørgen Lissner. All ©copyrights are retained by the original authors and copyright holders, used by their courtesy.
 SOURCES: Copyright © & photo by Michael Schäfer https://kleinesganzgross.de/gallery.php. All ©copyrights are retained by the original authors and copyright holders, used by their courtesy
 SOURCES: A -A1, F - Logunov (1997). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 10: 348, f. 23-26,, B -B1, C-E, G - J. Prószyński., H - Alicata P., Cantarella T. 2000. Mem. Soc. entomol. ital. 78 (2): 491-492, f 1-6., I-K, N-P - ©P. J. van Helsdingen (2015) Nieuwsbrief SPINED 35: 11-13-, L -M -- ©Photo J. Lissner. All ©copyrights are retained by the original authors and copyright holders, used by their courtesy.
description: Published as part of Prószyński, Jerzy, Lissner, Jørgen & Schäfer, Michael, 2018, Taxonomic survey of the genera Euophrys, Pseudeuophrys and Talavera, with description of Euochin gen. n. (Araneae: Salticidae) and with proposals of a new research protocol *, pp. 26-74 in Ecologica Montenegrina 18 on pages 60-64, DOI: 10.37828/em.2018.18.4, http://zenodo.org/record/13360279
The past and future of local swimming pools
Creators: name: McShane, Ian
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This article examines both recent policy to rationalise the provision of local public swimming pools, and the controversy that some closure or redevelopment plans have generated. Focusing on Victoria, the article analyses the cultural and political history of municipal pools, challenging a current policy narrative of local authority failure by highlighting earlier civic and higher government initiatives for pool building. Physical infrastructure has been little studied by scholars in the humanities and social sciences. With much of Australia's post-World War Two infrastructure reaching the end of its effective life in the first few decades of this century, the story of local pools illuminates a policy challenge with major social, political and environmental implications.
Steroidogenesis in Peripheral and Transition Zones of Human Prostate Cancer Tissue
Creators: name: Deb, Subrata
name: Chin, Mei Yieng
name: Pham, Steven
name: Adomat, Hans
name: Hurtado-Coll, Antonio
name: Gleave, Martin E.
name: Tomlinson Guns, Emma S.
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2021

description: The peripheral zone (PZ) and transition zone (TZ) represent about 70% of the human prostate gland with each zone having differential ability to develop prostate cancer. Androgens and their receptor are the primary driving cause of prostate cancer growth and eventually castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC). De novo steroidogenesis has been identified as a key mechanism that develops during CRPC. Currently, there is very limited information available on human prostate tissue steroidogenesis. The purpose of the present study was to investigate steroid metabolism in human prostate cancer tissues with comparison between PZ and TZ. Human prostate cancer tumors were procured from the patients who underwent radical prostatectomy without any neoadjuvant therapy. Human prostate homogenates were used to quantify steroid levels intrinsically present in the tissues as well as formed after incubation with 2 µg/mL of 17-hydroxypregnenolone (17-OH-pregnenolone) or progesterone. A Waters Acquity ultraperformance liquid chromatography coupled to a Quattro Premier XE tandem quadrupole mass spectrometer using a C18 column was used to measure thirteen steroids from the classical and backdoor steroidogenesis pathways. The intrinsic prostate tissue steroid levels were similar between PZ and TZ with dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), dihydrotestosterone (DHT), pregnenolone and 17-OH-pregnenolone levels higher than the other steroids measured. Interestingly, 5-pregnan-3,20-dione, 5-pregnan-3-ol-20-one, and 5-pregnan-17-ol-3,20-dione formation was significantly higher in both the zones of prostate tissues, whereas, androstenedione, testosterone, DHT, and progesterone levels were significantly lower after 60 min incubation compared to the 0 min control incubations. The incubations with progesterone had a similar outcome with 5-pregnan-3,20-dione and 5-pregnan-3-ol-20-one levels were elevated and the levels of DHT were lower in both PZ and TZ tissues. The net changes in steroid formation after the incubation were more observable with 17-OH-pregnenolone than with progesterone. In our knowledge, this is the first report of comprehensive analyses of intrinsic prostate tissue steroids and precursor-driven steroid metabolism using a sensitive liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry assay. In summary, the PZ and TZ of human prostate exhibited similar steroidogenic ability with distinction in the manner each zone utilizes the steroid precursors to divert the activity towards backdoor pathway through a complex matrix of steroidogenic mechanisms.
A chip-integrated highly variable thermal flow rate sensor
Creators: name: Höra, Christian
name: Skadell, Mirjam M.
name: Pfeiffer, Simon A.
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2016

description: In this work, we present an approach for seamless integration of a highly variable flow rate sensor in chip based microfluidic devices. This novel, optically readable microfluidic calorimetric flow rate sensor is realized by a combination of an inkjet printed heating element with a fluorescent sensor layer inside microfluidic channels. This enables to read out flow rate induced variances in the temperature profile along the channels, which results in an unsurpassed wide working range of the microfluidic anemometer from the lower nl min-1 range up to several 100 Nano-l min-1. The system was thoroughly investigated and revealed high flexibility, stability, repeatability and sensitivity. Quelle: http://www.sciencedirect.com
Genome-Wide Expression and Alternative Splicing in Domesticated Sunflowers (Helianthus annuus L.) under Flooding Stress
Creators: name: Lee, Joon Seon
name: Gao, Lexuan
name: Guzman, Laura Melissa
name: Rieseberg, Loren H.
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2021

description: Approximately 10% of agricultural land is subject to periodic flooding, which reduces the growth, survivorship, and yield of most crops, reinforcing the need to understand and enhance flooding resistance in our crops. Here, we generated RNA-Seq data from leaf and root tissue of domesticated sunflower to explore differences in gene expression and alternative splicing (AS) between a resistant and susceptible cultivar under both flooding and control conditions and at three time points. Using a combination of mixed model and gene co-expression analyses, we were able to separate general responses of sunflower to flooding stress from those that contribute to the greater tolerance of the resistant line. Both cultivars responded to flooding stress by upregulating expression levels of known submergence responsive genes, such as alcohol dehydrogenases, and slowing metabolism-related activities. Differential AS reinforced expression differences, with reduced AS frequencies typically observed for genes with upregulated expression. Significant differences were found between the genotypes, including earlier and stronger upregulation of the alcohol fermentation pathway and a more rapid return to pre-flooding gene expression levels in the resistant genotype. Our results show how changes in the timing of gene expression following both the induction of flooding and release from flooding stress contribute to increased flooding tolerance.
Additional file 10 of Cellular senescence induced by cholesterol accumulation is mediated by lysosomal ABCA1 in APOE4 and AD
Creators: name: Wang, Shaowei
name: Li, Boyang
name: Li, Jie
name: Cai, Zhiheng
name: Hugo, Cristelle
name: Sun, Yi
name: Qian, Lu
name: TCW, Julia
name: Chui, Helena C.
name: Dikeman, Dante
name: Asante, Isaac
name: Louie, Stan G.
name: Bennett, David A.
name: Arvanitakis, Zoe
name: Remaley, Alan T.
name: Kerman, Bilal E.
name: Yassine, Hussein N.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: Cancer
subject: Mental Health
subject: Hematology

description: Supplementary Material 10
Euophrys nearctica Kaston 1938
Creators: name: Prószyński, Jerzy
name: Lissner, Jørgen
name: Schäfer, Michael
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Salticidae
Euophrys
Euophrys nearctica

description: Euophrys nearctica Kaston, 1938
SOURCE: Edwards (1980) Peckhamia 2(1): 12
 SOURCE: Kaston, B. J. (1938c). Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 33: 187, pl. 9, f. 25-26
description: Published as part of Prószyński, Jerzy, Lissner, Jørgen & Schäfer, Michael, 2018, Taxonomic survey of the genera Euophrys, Pseudeuophrys and Talavera, with description of Euochin gen. n. (Araneae: Salticidae) and with proposals of a new research protocol *, pp. 26-74 in Ecologica Montenegrina 18 on pages 71-72, DOI: 10.37828/em.2018.18.4, http://zenodo.org/record/13360279
Putting enterprise into action: building capacity for deep-scale entrepreneurship development in modernising 'third world' contexts
Creators: name: Mellalieu, Jeanne-Pierre
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The government of Botswana has set itself the challenge of developing an 'innovative and prosperous nation'. However, 'an over-dependence on diamonds, high unemployment levels, and unacceptably high levels of poverty and inequality - both in terms of assets and income - are persistent problems.' (Clover 2003) One approach to overcoming these problems is to create an abundance of 'grass roots' support for enterprising behaviour throughout the nation. Unfortunately, the principal focus of Botswana's current formal education system appears mainly to educate job-takers for the public sector and larger companies. For instance, accounting studies are the most popular programmes in the University of Botswana's Faculty of Business. The concept of 'entrepreneurship' as a career is typically seen as an undesirable career objective. Entrepreneurship in Botswana is associated with 'make do' subsistence trading activities in the informal economy, rather than as a personal quest for creating significant financial or social capital from scarce resources.
How deep should containers be for tree seedlings?
Creators: name: Nelson, Warrick
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1997

description: Current trends for container depth are towards a more squat shape. This shape clearly offers a reduced risk of root deformation during planting. There is no evidence to indicate a benefit under common plantation conditions from a very long root plug. A depth up to 2.2 times container depth and an overall depth generally less then 90mm is now commonly accepted.
description: Poster layout with images. Corangamite Farm Forestry Project Conference, Ballarat University, September 1997
Supplementary material of rumen and hindgut fermentation for Journal of Dairy Science.
Creators: name: Castillo-Lopez, Ezequias
name: Rivera-Chacon, Raul
name: Ricci, Sara
name: Reisinger, Nicole
name: Zebeli, Qendrim
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Gut fermentation, phytogenic feed additive, short-chain fatty acids, dairy cow

description: This file contains Tables and Figures of rumen and hindgut fermentation, which is the supplementary material of an article that the authors published in Journal of Dairy Science. 2022.
title: Rescue and Rearing Management Plan for Petaluma River Steelhead
titleType: AlternativeTitle
title: Endangered Species Act (ESA) Section 7(a)(2) Biological Opinion for the Issuance of an ESA Section 10(a)(1)(A) Scientific Research and Enhancement Permit associated with the Rescue and Rearing Management Plan for Petaluma River Steelhead
Creators: name: United States. National Marine Fisheries Service. West Coast Region
Publisher: name: United States. National Marine Fisheries Service. West Coast Region
Year: 2022

description: WCRO-2022-00382