cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Read-Aloud in Arab American Families' Homes
title: Knowledge Chain and Identity Maintenance
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Elkialani, Naeima O.
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2024
Subjects: Arab American children
funds of knowledge
identity
knowledge
read-aloud
scaffold

description: Read-aloud is a common literacy practice utilized at early childhood and elementary levels to foster children’s language and literacy skills. It is an effective way to promote children’s readiness for school due to its extensive advantages. Teachers provide Arab American
description: multilingual students (MLL) with books to read at home to enhance their reading abilities. However, teachers may lack sufficient understanding of the reading aloud practices and perceptions within Arab American households. This study investigates the practices surrounding the act of reading aloud to preschool and elementary children among Arab American households residing in the United States. The study employed a qualitative methodology, namely a case study design, to investigate the topic. The study used interviews, observation, and document analysis as research methodologies. The study revealed two findings pertaining to practices and perceptions of the read-aloud practice in Arab American households. The themes explored in this study are the reading aloud knowledge chain among Arab American families and identity maintenance through read-aloud. A key implication is that teachers of Arab American students and educators interested in family literacy practices in diverse households should provide adequate support to these families to foster lifelong bilingual readers.
Internal Otherness: Being Sephardi in White, Ashkenazi New England and in Broader American Jewish Society
Creators: name: Weinstein, Aviva Yael
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2023
Subjects: Sephardic Jews,
Sephardim
American society
Ladino
Racial history
USA, New England
Yiddish Language or Literature

description: My thesis aims to diversify the general understanding of Judaism in America today, with a particular focus on Jews of Sephardic heritage. There is a certain investment today in Judaism looking and practicing a typical way, one that often appears White and following “mainstream” American values. Being Sephardic does not always fit this category, as was evident through my many interviews. Yet it is easier to be Sephardic in some parts of America than others. My research focused on the internal “othering” of Sephardic Jews in a primarily white, mainstream, Yiddish and English-speaking Jewish American landscape today, with a particular fieldwork focus on the Sephardic communities of New England.
My research seeks to highlight a topic not academically understood or written about in much depth before, which is why it is so important today. Although Sephardim were some of the very first Jews to settle in the United States starting in the 1400s, most of them first settling in the New England and New Amsterdam (New York area, today) regions, the Sephardic population in New England has proven both successes and failures, has not seemingly grown much, and was soon surpassed by Ashkenazi immigrants of the 19th and 20th centuries. A goal of mine was to understand these issues by interviewing Sephardic Jews in the region, attending Sephardic institutional events nearby as a participant-observer, and learning more about the Jewish, religious, racial, and linguistic history of the area, with the underlying motive of better understanding the experience of otherness felt by Sephardic Jews across America today. With such a prominent beginning to American Jewry stemming from Sephardic immigrants across New England, I felt a particular need to focus my research on where these Sephardic Jewish settlers of New England went and why. By hearing the experiences of Sephardic Jews in the New England region today, I could better understand how Sephardic Jews feel that they fit into the general and Jewish landscape of mainstream America, if at all, and if this feeling is a cause for such a stagnant population of Sephardim in places like New England today
Fungicide Resistance and Misinformation: A Game Theoretic Approach
Creators: name: Pardini, Chelsea A.
name: Espinola-Arredondo, Ana
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2020
Subjects: Fungicide resistance, game theory, compensation mechanism, intertemporal
externality, misinformation
JEL Codes: C73, D21, H23, Q16 *

description: Fungicide resistance developed by pathogens that grapes are susceptible to is problematic for the industry today. We provide further insight into the strategic behavior of grape growers when their choices of fungicide levels generate a negative intertemporal production externality in the form of fungicide resistance. We find that when growers encounter this type of externality, the noncooperative fungicide level is higher than the socially optimal level. We examine a compensation mechanism designed to ameliorate fungicide resistance and find that it induces the socially optimal level; however, mis-information about the severity of the fungicide resistance generates distortions. The results suggest that the information available to growers about fungicide resistance is essential for its mitigation with the proposed compensation mechanism. In particular, we find that if the misinformed grower considers fungicide resistance to be relatively mild, then it is preferable that the misinformed grower has the compensating role.
D4.2 Lifecycle-aware citizen science templates
Creators: name: Gonzalez, Esteban
name: Corcho, Oscar
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Citizen science platforms
data management

description: This document describes the different templates that are going to be developed in ACTION for helping pilots to export/use external platforms. Also, a new tool to create Data Management Plan documents based on a questionnaire will be described. Finally, a mini guide has been included to help users to create a CS project using the external platforms Epicollect and Zooniverse.
Examining the Relationship Between ADHD, Mental Health, and Sex at Birth
Creators: name: Crean, Maggie
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2024
Subjects: ADHD
Mental health service use
Mental Health

description: The present study aimed to explore the relationship between Attention-Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), mental health, and mental health service utilization. Further, the disparities between biological sex and these factors were explored. Among a sample of 4,982 adolescents and young adults (age M = 17.4 years, SD = 2.25, range = 13-22 years) living in the U.S., significant differences were found in both mental health outcomes and mental health service use between those with and without an ADHD diagnosis. Moreover, sex differences among those with ADHD were also found for both mental health and service utilization. The interaction between an ADHD diagnosis, sex and service use was found to have a significant impact on mental health outcomes. An ADHD diagnosis was shown to correlate with worse mental health symptomatology, as well as less mental health service use. The overall interaction between an ADHD diagnosis, birth sex and mental health service utilization on mental health symptoms is significant. Implications of these findings are discussed.
Enzymatic Noncovalent Synthesis for Controlling Cellular Functions
Creators: name: HE, HONGJIAN
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Enzymatic noncovalent synthesis

description: Enzymatic reactions and supramolecular (i.e., noncovalent) interactions are two fundamental non-genetic attributes of life. Enzymatic noncovalent synthesis (ENS) refers a process that enzymatic reactions control intermolecular noncovalent interactions for spatial organization of higher-order molecular assemblies that exhibit emergent properties. Like enzymatic covalent synthesis (ECS), which enzyme catalyzes the formation of covalent bond to generate individual molecules, ENS is a unifying theme for understanding the functions and locations of molecular ensembles in cellular environments. The works in this thesis intends to provide representative examples to show that nature uses ENS, as a rule of life, to create the ensembles of biomacromolecules for emergent properties in a myriad of cellular functions and processes. The works in this thesis focus on ENS of man-made (or synthetic) molecules in cell-free conditions and in the context of cells by discussing intercellular and subcellular ENS for cell molecular imaging, cancer therapy, and other applications. This thesis aims to serve as an updated introduction for researchers who are interested in exploring noncovalent synthesis for developing molecular science and technologies to address the societal needs.
Correntropy-Based Pulse Rate Variability Analysis in Children with Sleep Disordered Breathing
Creators: name: Garde, Ainara
name: Dehkordi, Parastoo
name: Ansermino, John Mark
name: Dumont, G. (Guy), 1951-
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2019

description: Pulse rate variability (PRV), an alternative measure of heart rate variability (HRV), is altered during obstructive sleep apnea. Correntropy spectral density (CSD) is a novel spectral analysis that includes nonlinear information. We recruited 160 children and recorded SpO₂ and photoplethysmography (PPG), alongside standard polysomnography. PPG signals were divided into 1-min epochs and apnea/hypoapnea (A/H) epochs labeled. CSD was applied to the pulse-to-pulse interval time series (PPIs) and five features extracted: the total spectral power (TP: 0.01–0.6 Hz), the power in the very low frequency band (VLF: 0.01–0.04 Hz), the normalized power in the low and high frequency bands (LFn: 0.04–0.15 Hz, HFn: 0.15–0.6 Hz), and the LF/HF ratio. Nonlinearity was assessed with the surrogate data technique. Multivariate logistic regression models were developed for CSD and power spectral density (PSD) analysis to detect epochs with A/H events. The CSD-based features and model identified epochs with and without A/H events more accurately relative to PSD-based analysis (area under the curve (AUC) 0.72 vs. 0.67) due to the nonlinearity of the data. In conclusion, CSD-based PRV analysis provided enhanced performance in detecting A/H epochs, however, a combination with overnight SpO₂ analysis is suggested for optimal results.
Neural sensitivity to social reward and punishment anticipation in social anxiety disorder
Creators: name: Cremers, Henk R.
name: Veer, Ilya M.
name: Spinhoven, Philip
name: Rombouts, Serge A. R. B.
name: Roelofs, Karin
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: An imbalance in the neural motivational system may underlie Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD). This study examines social reward and punishment anticipation in SAD, predicting a valence-specific effect: increased striatal activity for punishment avoidance compared to obtaining a reward. Individuals with SAD (n = 20) and age, gender, and education case-matched controls (n = 20) participated in a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study. During fMRI scanning, participants performed a Social Incentive Delay (SID) task to measure the anticipation of social reward and punishment. The left putamen (part of the striatum) showed a valence-specific interaction with group after correcting for medication use and comorbidity. The control group showed a relatively stronger activation for reward vs. punishment trials, compared to the social anxiety group. However, post-hoc pairwise comparisons were not significant, indicating that the effect is driven by a relative difference. A connectivity analysis (Psychophysiological interaction) further revealed a general salience effect: SAD patients showed decreased putamen-ACC connectivity compared to controls for both reward and punishment trials. Together these results suggest that the usual motivational preference for social reward is absent in SAD. In addition, cortical control processes during social incentive anticipation may be disrupted in SAD. These results provide initial evidence for altered striatal involvement in both valence-specific and valence-nonspecific processing of social incentives, and stress the relevance of taking motivational processes into account when studying social anxiety.
Clients of prostitution: A sociological analysis
Creators: name: Howe, Miles
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Sociology, Individual and Family Studies.

description: The aim of this thesis is to examine the existing data surrounding clients of prostitution. The thesis begins by establishing a theoretical basis that addresses the issues of sexuality and desire. The aim of this theoretical framework is to demonstrate that sexual desire is a social construct that varies over time and culture. Using this framework, the thesis goes on to explore the existing academic studies that have studied clients of prostitution. The information contained within these studies, for the sake of ease of analysis, was divided into two categories, which form the next two chapters of the thesis. These are; demographic composition, and; motivation for purchase. Although this thesis could draw no definite conclusions surrounding the propensity of particular demographic groups of men to be more apt to purchase sex, numerous issues were raised that merit further study. These include; the influence of male hegemony upon the propensity to purchase sex; the interconnection of power and control with sexual desire; and the current lack of information surrounding links between particular motivations and particular demographic groups.
Women's perceptions of telephone nursing care within an antenatal home care program
Creators: name: Kaye, Debra Anne
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Health Sciences, Nursing.

description: Purpose/problem. Telephone nursing care (TNC) has replaced some home visits to increase efficiency of The Ottawa Hospital Antenatal Home Care Program (AHCP). There is limited published research addressing TNC in similar settings to guide program development. Therefore, chose an evaluation strategy to explore the clients' the researchers and organization perceptions of TNC. Objectives. (1) Perform a systematic literature review of TNC in the high risk antenatal population. (2) Profile high risk antenatal population receiving telephone nursing care. (3) Describe clients' perceptions of telephone nursing care. (4) Explore the feasibility of this methodology for continuous program evaluation and informing development and improvement. Method. A mixed methods approach was used. Two surveys and a semi-structured interview were completed by 13 participants. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and constant comparative analysis. Results. Sample was similar to the population in diagnosis, maternal and fetal outcomes. Anxiety scores were high and women identified the highest needs related to high risk pregnancy, psychological and information domains. Four main themes emerged: the experience of being at home, perceptions of the telephone care, perceived benefits, and perceived health systems issues.
Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts Modify the Response of Prostate Cancer Cells to Androgen and Anti-Androgens in Three-Dimensional Spheroid Culture
Creators: name: Eder, Theresa
name: Weber, Anja
name: Neuwirt, Hannes
name: Grünbacher, Georg
name: Ploner, Christian
name: Klocker, Helmut
name: Sampson, Natalie
name: Eder, Iris E.
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: prostate cancer
subject: three-dimensional epithelial–stromal spheroids
subject: cancer-associated fibroblasts
subject: anti-androgens
subject: E-cadherin
subject: Akt signaling
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Androgen receptor (AR) targeting remains the gold standard treatment for advanced prostate cancer (PCa); however, treatment resistance remains a major clinical problem. To study the therapeutic effects of clinically used anti- androgens we characterized herein a tissue-mimetic three-dimensional (3D) in vitro model whereby PCa cells were cultured alone or with PCa-associated fibroblasts (CAFs). Notably, the ratio of PCa cells to CAFs significantly increased in time in favor of the tumor cells within the spheroids strongly mimicking PCa in vivo. Despite this loss of CAFs, the stromal cells, which were not sensitive to androgen and even stimulated by the anti-androgens, significantly influenced the sensitivity of PCa cells to androgen and to the anti-androgens bicalutamide and enzalutamide. In particular, DuCaP cells lost sensitivity to enzalutamide when co-cultured with CAFs. In LAPC4/CAF and LNCaP/CAF co-culture spheroids the impact of the CAFs was less pronounced. In addition, 3D spheroids exhibited a significant increase in E-cadherin and substantial expression of vimentin in co-culture spheroids, whereas AR levels remained unchanged or even decreased. In LNCaP/CAF spheroids we further found increased Akt signaling that could be inhibited by the phosphatidyl-inositol 3 kinase (PI3K) inhibitor LY294002, thereby overcoming the anti-androgen resistance of the spheroids. Our data show that CAFs influence drug response of PCa cells with varying impact and further suggest this spheroid model is a valuable in vitro drug testing tool. View Full-Text
Free vibration studies of shear deformable plates by the traditional superposition and Superposition-Galerkin method.
Creators: name: Ding, Wei.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Mechanical.

description: In the first part of the present study, it is demonstrated that the traditional superposition method lends itself successfully to obtaining of eigenvalues and mode shapes for completely free shear deformable plates, namely, the thick isotropic plates and symmetric cross-ply laminated plates. The effect of transverse shear deformation is taken into account by means of the first order shear deformation relationship as developed by Mindlin. The governing differential equations are satisfied exactly throughout the plate domain and free edge boundary conditions are satisfied to any desired degree of accuracy. These appear to be the first accurate solutions to these important completely free plate vibration problems. Subsequently, a new modified Superposition-Galerkin method is developed for analyzing the free vibration problem of symmetric cross-ply plates with any combination of clamped and simply supported boundary conditions. It is shown that this new approach leads to vast simplification of computational procedures in comparison to the traditional superposition method. Nevertheless it is seen that excellent agreement is achieved when results obtained by the Galerkin-Superposition method are compared with those generated by previous researchers. It is expected that this new modified method will have application to various families of laminated plate vibration problems.
Connectedness properties of the space of closed subsets of a topological space.
Creators: name: Al-Buhaisi, Mahmoud H.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1977
Subjects: subject: Mathematics.

description: Given a topological space X we denote by F(X) the class of all closed subsets of X and by Fo(X) the class of all nonempty closed subsets of X. We place a topology on these sets called the topology of closed convergence tauc. In this thesis, we are mainly concerned with the connectedness properties of the spaces F(X) and Fo(X). Our work is divided into four chapters. In chapter I, we introduced a notion of convergence for a net of subsets and we proved some properties of the topological limits which are used throughout the thesis. We also defined the topology of closed convergence and proved that (F(X), tauc ) is compact and if X is locally compact then the topology of closed convergence induces the topological convergence of nets of sets, but if X is not locally compact, then there exists no topology on F(X) which induces the topological convergence of nets of sets. In chapter II, we proved that F and Fo are functors from the category of compact Hausdorff spaces to itself which preserve the homotopy relation, we show that F is not a functor if X is not compact; however Fwc (X) is a functor. In chapter III, we studied the connectedness properties of the spaces F(X) and Fo(X), and we proved that Fo(C) ≃ C if C is the Cantor space and Fo(X) is contractible if X is a finite connected simplicial complex. We also proved that if X is connected then Fo(X) is connected and if X is not compact, F(X) is connected. In Chapter IV, we studied the inverse limit space Finfinityo (X) and we proved that Fo( lim← Xlambda) ≃ lim← Fo (Xlambda) for a net of compact Hausdorff spaces and Fo(X) is contractible if X is contractible, we also proved the continuity of the two maps &phis; (X) : X→Fo (X) and F(X) : F2o (X) → Fo (X), and finally we proved that Fo( Finfinityo (X))≃ Finfinityo (X).
La Victoire du péril rose: Contextualizing Sociological Narratives and Wagnerian Aesthetics in Lili Boulanger’s Faust et Hélène
Creators: name: VanGyzen, Julie
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2014
Subjects: Lili Boulanger
Prix de Rome
Twentieth-Century France

description: On July 5th, 1913, the instructors of the Académie des Beau-Arts of France, the institutes responsible for the production of French artists, announced an unexpected and unprecedented victor of the distinguished Prix de Rome competition in composition. Nineteen-year-old Lili Boulanger was the new sound of French music. Never before had a woman composer won first place in the century old Prix de Rome due to the conservative political views shared by the Académie and the misogyny of the competition’s jury. This momentous event has been given much attention in the research of Boulanger’s Prix de Rome success through sociological perspective on France in 1913; a bourgeoning feminist atmosphere in the increasingly liberal government of France influenced the jury’s decision to award Boulanger the Premier Grand Prix. Contemporary English musicological scholarship has favored this socio-historical narrative over analysis the aesthetic character of her winning cantata, Faust et Hélène, thereby neglecting another significant facet to Boulanger’s win; her overt incorporation of motifs from Richard Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde. This thesis will contextualize Boulanger’s Faust et Hélène cantata within the existing sociological narrative as well as in terms of the impact of Wagner in the French musical aesthetic throughout the nineteenth century. These Wagnerian aesthetics will then be incorporated into an analysis of the opening prelude of Boulanger’s cantata to display how she modeled her composition to the musical environment of twentieth century France.
Surveillance of partially observable systems
Creators: name: Mir, Amir
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Engineering, System Science.

description: Surveillance of a partially observable system is complex. There are many systems that can be considered as partially observable due to their unknown or partially known structures or the nature of their unknown products and/or partially known results. The impacts of the consumption of genetically modified food (GM) are an example of a system that is only partially observable. The safety of genetically modified foods (GM) products has caused much controversy. Absence of sufficient and reliable information prevents neither certain confidence about the harmlessness of product consumption, nor any certain conclusion to merit a ban for fear of harm. The lack of any reliable or conclusive post-market observation and consumption effects information, make it difficult to establish a global protocol for such products. This paper introduces a model for the analysis of partially observable information from the surveillance of post-market consumption of systems such as genetically modified foods (GM) products. This model uses Markov Chains, paired with a Bayesian updating function to estimate the statistical impacts of surveillance observations and modified surveillance policies. A case study on population health status is used as an illustrative example, which is modeled to demonstrate the impact of policy interventions on simulated data. A cost decision analysis model is also applied to illustrate the impact of policy intervention costs. The model uses a first order Markov chain to estimate the period-over-period change in health status and a Bayesian updating procedure to estimate the population health status based on observations from post-market surveillance. The results show how observation samples can be used to provide information on system changes and improvements.
Intervention et prise en charge: Étude de cas d'un programme éducatif destiné à des travailleuses du sexe et des survivantes d'agression sexuelle Philippines
Creators: name: Chrétien, Amélie
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Women's Studies.
subject: Education, Adult and Continuing.

description: La thèse porte sur les initiatives d'un organisme non gouvernemental (ONG) de femmes aux Philippines destinées à des travailleuses du sexe et des survivantes d'agression sexuelle. Plus particulièrement, en se basant sur l'approche de la prise en charge issue des organisations locales et des écrits féministes des pays en voie de développement, cette étude se penche sur les facteurs du programme qui favorisent la prise en charge de ces femmes marginalisées et les éléments qui y font obstacle. Une intervention qui vise la prise en charge d'un groupe marginalisé s'inscrit dans le cadre de l'éducation non formelle. L'étude, qui marie les traditions de l'ethnographie et de l'étude de cas, s'est déroulée aux Philippines de la mi-novembre 2001 à la mi-février 2002 dans une maison d'hébergement d'un ONG national. Ving-neuf informatrices (directrice de l'organisme, intervenantes et participantes) ont pris part à la recherche. Pour recueillir les données, diverses méthodes ont été employées, soit la consultation de documents, les entretiens et échanges informels, l'observation participante et les récits de vie. L'analyse, fondée sur la théorie émergente, à enfin fait ressortir des thèmes qui ont permis de mieux comprendre les éléments qui facilitent ou entravent le processus de prise en charge des personnes à qui le programme s'adresse.
At the Intersection of DNA Damage and Starvation: Molecular Mechanisms of IraD, SspA, and DnaA Under Stress in E. coli
Creators: name: Sass, Thalia H
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: DNA damage
subject: E. coli
subject: IraD
subject: SspA
subject: Stringent Response
subject: DNA Replication
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: The faithful replication of DNA and mechanisms of repair are essential cellular functions. In the model bacterium, Escherichia coli the mechanisms that protect DNA and ensure accurate replication have shown to be conserved across species. In this work we detail an SOS-independent response to DNA damage that links the signals of DNA replication and nutrient starvation through the regulation of the gene iraD. The master regulator of DNA replication, DnaA and the Stringent Starvation Protein, SspA are transcription factors that modulate iraD expression. We look further into the molecular mechanisms by which SspA is sensing and responding to DNA damage during starvation and healthy growth conditions. SspA physically interacts with RNA transcription machinery to act as a transcriptional activator and modulate R-loop formation during RNA exit or transcription termination. Previous work established sspA∆ as a growth defect suppressor of holC∆, a replisome associated protein. Our work seeks to explain this suppression by sspA∆’s increased prevalence of R-loop structures that are advantageous for replication restart. HolC directs the replisome to sites of ssDNA through the interaction with SSB that coats ssDNA across from R-loop structures. Taken together, our work shows that SspA is a protein with diverse functionality in its response to starvation conditions, DNA damage, and DNA replication dynamics in E. coli.
Caractérisation de la ferrihydrite authigénique synthétisée sous différentes conditions et en présence ou absence de bactéries.
Creators: name: Thibault, Pierre-Jean.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Biogeochemistry.

description: 2-ligne ferrihydrite was synthesized under different conditions, then characterized by transmission electron microscopy, by X-ray diffraction and particularly by Mossbauer spectroscopy. Three synthesis media have been investigated: (1) in the presence of Bacillus subtilis bacteria, (2) in the presence of Bacillus licheniformis and (3) abiotic, at different concentrations of iron (1 x 10-3 M, 5 x 10-3 M and 1 x 10-4 M) and different pH, (6, 7, 8 and 9). We have also studied the effects: of two precursor salts in the synthesis (FeCl2·4H 2O and FeNO3·9H2O), of the drying method (wet, air-dried or freeze-dried) and of the aging of the samples. We have found that the presence of bacteria affects the crystallinity and creates structural disorder. At lower iron concentration, the biotic samples show some Fe2+. The concentration and aging variations show opposite trends between biotic and abiotic samples. The type of salt used has an important effect but the pH and the drying method have a much smaller one. The thesis comprises a literature review of the Mossbauer parameters of ferrihydrite.
title: Lucretia, Lost
title: Inversions of Livy’s Lucretia Narrative in Tacitus’ Annals
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Damiano, Emily
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2023
Subjects: Imperial Women
Julio-Claudian Dynasty
Livy
Lucretia
Roman Historiography
Tacitus

description: This thesis argues that, in the Annals, Tacitus writes the stories of three imperial women, Livilla, Messalina, and Poppaea Sabina, to echo Livy’s Lucretia narrative. The imperial women considered here play Lucretia’s role in these stories, but Tacitus has them differ from Lucretia in a very important way: all three willingly commit adultery just as Tacitus begins his references to Livy’s famous story. Tacitus’ echoes of Livy’s narrative are thus inversions, the three imperial women designed by him as in fact antitheses of Livy’s Lucretia. Tacitus does not merely intend by this comparison to mark the immoral characters of the three imperial women, however, because the consequences he attributes to their immorality are so dire, not only for themselves and their families, but also for all of Rome. By contrast, Livy writes that Lucretia earns long- lasting influence on the Roman imagination as a positive exemplum because she acts upon what he describes as her moral goodness and thereby inspires her compatriots to reassert their dignity and secure their freedom through the establishment of the republic, all identified as good things in Livy’s narrative. Tacitus’ three imperial women likewise possess tremendous influence over Rome as Julio-Claudian dynasts, but he writes that their use of their influence exclusively endangers the empire. The point of Tacitus’ inversions of Livy’s Lucretia narrative, then, is to highlight that the hereditary transference of power that so elevates the position of imperial women over Rome leads to disasters for the state. Tacitus thus ultimately reasserts Livy’s connection between moral goodness and qualities like dignity, freedom, and republican government, as Tacitus repeatedly describes these same qualities as threatened or disgraced in the inversions of Livy’s story that he includes as he describes the Julio-Claudian era in the Annals.
Leveraging AI for Workflow Enhancement in Technical Services: Case Studies from US and Hong Kong Libraries
Creators: name: Deng, Sai
name: Li, Mingyan
name: Suzhen, Chen
name: Li, Xiaoli
name: Zhu, Lihong
name: Jiang, Jing
name: Heng, Greta
name: Piascik, Jeanne
name: Chow, Ho Chi Eric
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2024
Subjects: Bibliographic data
Cataloging of Electronic Government Documents
ChatGPT
Cataloging with AI
Faceted Application of Subject Terminologies (FAST)
Generative AI
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH)
Linked library data
Metadata creation
Technical services
Artificial Intelligence or Cybernetics
Information Science or Systems
Library Science

description: Librarians worldwide are exploring the integration of Large Language Models (LLM), generative AI, and machine learning to enhance bibliographic data and technical service workflows. Recent research conducted by several US and Hong Kong librarians includes a survey on AI's role in metadata, implementing chatbots for subject assignments, using OpenAI for MARC records creation, and integrating linked data with AI. Ethical considerations of AI in metadata creation will also be addressed. These efforts signify a transformative shift in librarianship, highlighting AI's potential and challenges in enhancing resource description and discovery.
Remediation efficacy of the memory notebook for patients with memory dysfunction in multiple sclerosis
Creators: name: Langill, Michelle Anastasia
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2009
Subjects: Memory disorders -- Prevention

description: The current paper evaluated the effectiveness of an 8-week memory notebook treatment for multiple sclerosis (MS) patients with memory dysfunction. Fourteen participants who were diagnosed with MS and had either a score indicating mild-to-moderate impairment on an objective memory test (i.e., the CVLT-II or the BVMT) or a self-report of a decline in memory were randomly assigned to either the Memory Notebook group (MNG) or the Supportive Psychotherapy control group (CG). Both groups received 8 training sessions for 1.5 hours over 7 weeks; on the eighth week, one hour was dedicated to training and the remaining half hour was designated to follow-up paperwork. The primary outcome measures were between-groups comparison of pre-post change on the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) and the Everyday Memory Questionnaire (EMQ). In terms of secondary measures, a between-groups comparison of pre-mid-post change on the Retrospective Memory Task (5RMT) and the Prospective Memory Task (5RMT), and comparisons of pre-post change on the Functional Assessment of Multiple Sclerosis, Version 2 (FAMS-2), the State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS), the Zung Anxiety Scale (ZAS), the Modified Fatigue Impact Scale (MFIS), and the Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS). A greater improvement of depression symptoms was seen for the MNG than the CG. Non-significant changes were seen in clinically therapeutic directions on all other measures. This trial supports the efficacy of memory notebook training for distress reduction in MS.
The electrochemical behaviour of the nickel oxide electrode.
Creators: name: Bourgault, Pierre L.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1961

description: The nickel oxide electrode and its electrochemical properties have, for the most part, been ill characterized largely due to a lack of appreciation of the variable stoichiometry of the oxidized material and of the nature of the electrode processes occurring at the nickel oxide interface. In the present work a systematic attempt has been made to elucidate, using modern approaches in electrode kinetics: (a) the mechanism of oxygen evolution both on an odic polarization and open-circuit self-discharge; (b) the quantitative nature of the self-discharge process as an example of a mixed electrode reaction system analogous to corrosion; (c) the true thermodynamic reversible potentials of the nickel oxide electrode in a formal state of oxidation NiO 1.25 as a function of activities of KOH and water in the electrolyte. The measurement of true rates of self-discharge on open-circuit has necessitated the development of a new technique for the microvolumetric determination of oxygen evolution rates. Measurements have also been made of e.m.f. decay on open-circuit and these measurements in conjunction with true self-discharge rates obtained by microvolumetric techniques have permitted a critical examination of the significance of e.m.f. decay rates. It has been Shown that the simple theory previously proposed is inadequate to explain the open.-circuit e.m.f. behavior of the nickel oxide electrode. A general discussion of e.m.f. decay kinetics is given. Al
Fabrication of Circuits on Flexible Substrates Using Conductive SU-8 for Sensing Applications
Creators: name: Gerardo, Carlos D.
name: Cretu, Edmond
name: Rohling, Robert
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2019

description: This article describes a new low-cost rapid microfabrication technology for high-density interconnects and passive devices on flexible substrates for sensing applications. Silver nanoparticles with an average size of 80 nm were used to create a conductive SU-8 mixture with a concentration of wt 25%. The patterned structures after hard baking have a sheet resistance of 11.17 Ω /□. This conductive SU-8 was used to pattern planar inductors, capacitors and interconnection lines on flexible Kapton film. The conductive SU-8 structures were used as a seed layer for a subsequent electroplating process to increase the conductivity of the devices. Examples of inductors, resistor-capacitor (RC) and inductor-capacitor (LC) circuits, interconnection lines and a near-field communication (NFC) antenna are presented as a demonstration. As an example of high-resolution miniaturization, we fabricated microinductors having line widths of 5 μ m. Mechanical bending tests were successful down to a 5 mm radius. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first report of conductive SU-8 used to fabricate such planar devices and the first on flexible substrates. This is a proof of concept that this fabrication approach can be used as an alternative for microfabrication of planar passive devices on flexible substrates.
Dynamics and control of light weight flexible manipulators.
Creators: name: Jnifene, Amor.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Mechanical.

description: Current robot manipulators are controlled using methods that do not take into account the links and joints flexibility. Consequently, tasks are usually carried in a slow fashion. The objective of this research is to improve the performance of light weight flexible manipulators by developing dynamic models and control strategies that include the effects of the links flexibility. Toward achieving this objective, the dynamic model of a single link flexible manipulator has been developed. Two hermit cubic functions are used in conjunction with the deflection and the slope at the tip of the link in order to express the deflection at any point along the link. The model is used to simulate the response of the single link manipulator and its ability to follow various trajectories under collocated control. Even though collocated control such as the computed torque method leads to asymptotic stability in the case of rigid link manipulators, the end point of the single link flexible manipulator has shown sustained oscillations under this type of control. In order to improve the performance of the single link and reduce the tip deflection, dynamic stiffening has been added to the link by using the angular position of a point along the link as the controlled variable. This control method is referred to as the non collocated control. Simulations of the robot motion under non collocated control has shown a significant reduction in the position error of the end point. In order to increase the damping of the flexible link, a new approach referred to as the Computed Torque/Delayed Deflection (CTDD) has been used. The CTDD approach combines the non collocated control with a delayed deflection at the point being used for non collocation feedback. The fastest decay in the end point vibrations was obtained when the delay time is selected to be half the period of the lowest frequency in the system. The CTDD has been extended to the case of a two link flexible manipulator. Simulations results for the tracking performance of the two link flexible manipulator have been carried out using two paths: A straight line path and a four points path. The advantages of using the CTDD approach are outlined by comparing its performance to those of a collocated control (computed torque method) and the non collocated control.
Cyno-EBV, a cynomolgus monkey EBV-like virus, and its latent membrane protein 1 oncogene.
Creators: name: Faucher, Sylvie.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Biology, Microbiology.

description: Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and its oncogene, the latent membrane protein 1 (LMP1), are associated with many human malignancies. Likewise, EBV-like viruses have been associated with lymphomas in immunosuppressed cynomolgus monkeys. This study characterizes the biology of Cyno-EBV, a cynomolgus monkey EBV-like virus, including the structural proteins, antigenic relatedness to EBV and molecular and functional analysis of its LMP1 homologue. Cyno-EBV infection is ubiquitous in its host species. In vitro , Cyno-EBV immortalized cynomolgus monkey but not human B cells. The electrophoretic profile of Cyno-EBV structural proteins was almost identical to that of EBV proteins, and cynomolgus monkey and human sera showed reciprocal reactivities for several of these proteins, including the EBV receptor binding protein gp350. The coding region of the Cyno-EBV LMP1 gene was cloned and expressed. The sequence predicted a 588 amino acid (a.a.) protein with a 19 a.a. N-terminus, 6 transmembrane domains and a carboxy tail of 404 a.a. containing a 8-histidine cluster used as a natural protein tag in expression studies. Western blot analysis revealed a major polypeptide of 110 kDa. Cyno-EBV LMP1 contained series of repeats that shared no homology with other LMP1s. However, a proline-rich sequence GPXXPX6 found within the 11 a.a.-repeats of EBV LMP1 was conserved in a non-repeat region of Cyno-EBV LMP1 and contained two Janus kinase (JAK) binding motifs PXXPXP. Cyno-EBV LMP1 harbored 4 motifs PXQXT/S, predicted to interact with TRAFs, adapter proteins of the tumor necrosis factor receptor signaling pathway, which lead to activation of the nuclear factor kappaB (NFkappaB). Cyno-EBV LMP1 shared the same ability as EBV LMP1 to induce a NFkappaB driven reporter gene. An apparent increased toxicity of Cyno-EBV LMP1 for rodent Rat-1 cells impeded the establishment of LMP1 expressing cell lines whereas a reduced toxicity was observed for transiently expressing 293 cells when compared to EBV LMP1. Cyno-EBV is structurally and antigenically closely related to EBV. Cyno-EBV LMP1 harbored several features and motifs found in EBV LMP1. New conserved sequences were reported including a histidine cluster and a proline-rich sequence encompassing two Janus kinase binding motifs. The increased numbers of TRAF motifs found in Cyno-EBV LMP1 did not result in increased ability to activate NFkappaB in 293 cells and as for EBV LMP1, the protein appeared to have specific cell type toxicity.
The role of the community of practice in becoming a varsity athlete.
Creators: name: Galipeau, James L.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Education, Physical.

description: Sport teams have been studied in many different ways, however very little research has focused on how learning to become an athlete takes place in a team. Recent research in the fields of business and education have examined the learning process among naturally forming groups called "communities of practice" (Lave & Wenger, 1991). The notion of communities of practice constitutes the major element of Wenger's (1998b) social theory of learning. Some authors have described sport teams as a good example of a community of practice. Based on these comments, this study employed a qualitative methodology to look at the learning process that takes place through the interaction of the members of a team. Twenty-four female varsity athletes were interviewed regarding their participation in varsity level sports. The athletes were asked about their progression from being a newcomer (rookie) to their present status on the team. In particular, participants were asked how they learned to fit into the team and how they interacted with other players and the coach during this process. The results of the study are presented through two articles examining individual aspects of the athlete community of practice. Article #1 examines the role of tacit knowledge in becoming a varsity athlete. Article #2 looks at how newcomers to a varsity sports team move from the status of newcomer or legitimate peripheral participant, toward full participation (old-timer) in their community of practice.
Social Foundation of Luxury Good Obsession in South Korea
Creators: name: Kim, Youngseok
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2011
Subjects: Luxury Goods
South Korea

description: Many young people in Korea are addicted to luxury brands. This phenomenon often ruins their lives. By examining the causes of social, historical, and economical luxury obsession, the research aims to get a better understanding of people’s behavior. Severance of nobility culture in Korean history led to wealthy people’s indiscreet imitation of western culture. Without traditional and cultural heritage, Korea’s wealthy people only seek material display. In addition, various Korean traits such as social hierarchy, western-centrism, egalitarianism, narcissism, collectivism, competition, and love of authenticity account for the obsession trend. The introduction of credit cards and the nature of the luxury brand will also explain the love of luxury in Korea. Furthermore, the paper attempts to compare different generations and both groups’ attitudes to luxury commodity. Finding the sources of different forms of luxury consumption will provide greater comprehension of the current young generation’s attitude.
Digitizing Human Remains: The Impact of Displaying Human Remains in Augmented Reality
Creators: name: Aldwinckle-Povey, Joshua
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2023
Subjects: Museum Studies
Digitization

description: Museums globally are reckoning with the controversial elements of their collections, while also acknowledging the potential for technologies in their exhibitions and for public engagement. Outside of anatomical and scientific museums, it appears that no museums have engaged with the idea of human remains being visualized using technology – human remains themselves being a subject of conversation and controversy. This study uses one case study, the head of Governor Djehutynakht at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, to present Djehutynakht in augmented reality and gauges the opinions of a focus group to guide an overall ethical discussion about how museums might best begin to engage with the subject of digitizing human remains.