cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Design, fabrication, and analysis of foam composite structures with metal inserts
Creators: name: Ahmed, Ahsan Faraz
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Mechanical.

description: Metal or solid polymer anchors are employed as the load transfer components for foams and foam composites structures, when they are used as the structural element in design. The traditional method of fixation of these components is gluing and fastening, typically to the surface of the foam or composite. In this work, the anchors are in the form of inserts and are imbedded in the foam during the foaming process. Flexural testing was conducted on different metal foam configurations to establish typical interaction trends. The load-deflection response, mode of failure and fracture stresses of the structures are elucidated. Tests were conducted on the foam and foam composites with rectangular, cylindrical, and taper insert geometries with different lengths. Leaf inserts were designed and manufactured. Flexure testing was done on foam and sandwich composite structures with leaf inserts. A linear elastic fracture model was studied, and fracture toughness for the foam beam with inserts was calculated. Finite element analysis (FE) of the interactions between the inserts and the foam structures under different loads were carried out. The FE modeling results coincided with the experimental ones hence validating the model. FE simulations were also run with foams, and sandwich composite structures with close-outs.
Additional file 8 of Naturalisation in context: how nationality laws and procedures shape immigrants’ interest and ability to acquire nationality in six European countries
Creators: name: Huddleston, Thomas
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 8: Table A5. Residence duration, CITLAW and CITIMP based on year of arrival and mode of acquisition.
The Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights: Assessing impact on company behaviour in Colombia
Creators: name: Seguin, Kady
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Geography.

description: The debate over the use of legal regulation and voluntary initiatives for generating responsible business practices from companies operating abroad has raised concerns regarding the effectiveness of voluntary initiatives. A main argument against voluntary initiatives is that companies adopt them solely to boost corporate image, and that implementation has been limited. To provide insight into this debate, research was conducted on the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights (VPs), an initiative in the extractive sector that focuses on safeguarding human rights. The research involved three case studies on companies operating in Colombia, including BHP Billiton, Occidental Petroleum and Talisman Energy. The findings of this research indicate that overall the initiative has generated some improvement in the way that companies manage potential security and human rights risks, providing evidence that companies are not adopting voluntary initiatives solely for the purpose of boosting public relations.
Stability and flexibility: The Rush-Bagot Agreement and the progressive modernization of Canadian-American security relations
Creators: name: McManus, Patrick
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: History, Canadian.
subject: History, United States.
subject: Geography.
subject: Political Science, International Relations.

description: This dissertation examines the historical progression of the Rush-Bagot Agreement through the fundamental change versus transitory modernization debate that has emerged in North America as a result of the reorganization of continental security and defence since 2001. The Agreement, which was signed by Britain and the United States in 1817 and subsequently embraced by Canada upon its independence, has acted as a stable measure of the security and defence relationship on the continent throughout its entire history. It has persisted through nearly two centuries of industrialization, expansionism, war, and modernization, and remains relevant in governing security and defence relations on the Great Lakes. By tracing the development of this Agreement and relations on the Lakes through previous periods of continental and international discord, this paper suggests that the changes to continental security and defence since 2001 represent little more than the refurbishing of relations to address a new threat, and thus are consistent with past defence modernizations during periods of continental vulnerability.
Validation of an MRI-based method to assess patellofemoral joint contact areas in loaded knee flexion in vivo
Creators: name: McWalter, Emily Jane
name: O'Kane, Colm M
name: FitzPatrick, David P
name: Wilson, David R.
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2018

description: Purpose: To develop and validate short axial and sagittal MRI scans (<1min) to assess in vivo patellofemoral contact areas in loaded knee flexion. Materials and Methods: Contact area was assessed in four cadaver knee specimens from axial and sagittal scans using two contact area extraction techniques (‘delineation’ and ‘intersection’) and three calculation techniques (slice thickness multiplication, linear interpolation and spline interpolation). Error was expressed as the mean absolute and percentage difference from a dye staining-based reference standard. Intra-reader and intra-subject repeatability, expressed as the mean standard deviation, was determined. Results: Contact area assessments from the sagittal MRI scans using the delineation and slice thickness multiplication technique had the smallest error (47.7±38.1mm2 or 10.7%). The intra-reader repeatability from assessments using the sagittal scans was smaller than those using the axial scans when the delineation method was used (<9.4±4.3mm2 and <15.4±14.1mm2, respectively). The intra-subject repeatability of the assessment from the sagittal scan was less than 39.9±23.0mm2. Conclusion: This protocol yields assessments of contact area in less than 1 minute that have errors similar to those made using scans many times longer and can be used in series with kinematic scans to carry out simultaneous assessments in vivo to study patellofemoral joint disease.
Seamless mobility across next generation heterogeneous network
Creators: name: Dutt, Deepti
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Computer Science.

description: A vision of future wireless networks is the coexistence technologies used by existing wireless access networks. These networks will be bound together into a single network using Internet Protocol (IP) as the glue. In order to fulfill this vision, one has to address the challenge of supporting mobility across heterogeneous wireless networks. The issues of when and how the handovers are performed while moving from one network to another, affects the performance of the mobile services. While on the move, mobile users experience connectivity disturbances, particularly when they handoff between two access points that belong to the same wireless network and also when they change from one access technology to another. This dissertation addresses the issues of seamless mobility across heterogeneous network and has successfully presented a model to support mobility across homogeneous and heterogeneous environments by integrating two major mobility protocols (MIP and SIP). The functionality of the model was simulated and performance analysis undertaken using the tool OPNET.
Finite element analysis of orthopaedic plates and screws to reduce the effects of stress shielding
Creators: name: Haase, Kristina
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Biomedical.
subject: Engineering, Mechanical.

description: The biological adaptation of bone to changes in its environment is a continual process known as bone remodeling. Although it has been well observed that mechanical stimuli are required to initiate the bone remodeling response, the exact stimuli and mechanisms of this process remain unknown. When bone's normal level of mechanical stimuli is disrupted localized areas of bone experience changes in their rate of remodeling, (i.e. a rate of change in net bone mass and porosity). In the case of fracture healing with the use of fixation devices, a reduction in mechanical stimuli can lead to bone resorption. This phenomenon, known as stress shielding, is a common cause of failure in fracture fixation of long-bones. Using finite element models, this thesis studies the effects of implant geometry and material properties in relation to stress shielding, by examining bone-implant interactions of stress and also strain energy density distributions as possible mechanical stimuli.
Additional file 9 of Naturalisation in context: how nationality laws and procedures shape immigrants’ interest and ability to acquire nationality in six European countries
Creators: name: Huddleston, Thomas
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 9: Table A6. Logistic regressions with destination country nationality law and procedure.
Modeling the Formation of Transverse Weld during Billet-on-Billet Extrusion
Creators: name: Mahmoodkhani, Yahya
name: Wells, Mary
name: Parson, Nick
name: Jowett, Chris
name: Poole, W. J. (Warren J.)
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2019

description: A comprehensive mathematical model of the hot extrusion process for aluminum alloys has been developed and validated. The plasticity module was developed using a commercial finite element package, DEFORM-2D, a transient Lagrangian model which couples the thermal and deformation phenomena. Validation of the model against industrial data indicated that it gave excellent predictions of the pressure during extrusion. The finite element predictions of the velocity fields were post-processed to calculate the thickness of the surface cladding as one billet is fed in after another through the die (i.e., the transverse weld). The mathematical model was then used to assess the effect a change in feeder dimensions would have on the shape, thickness and extent of the transverse weld during extrusion. Experimental measurements for different combinations of billet materials show that the model is able to accurately predict the transverse weld shape as well as the clad surface layer to thicknesses of 50 µm. The transverse weld is significantly affected by the feeder geometry shape, but the effects of ram speed, billet material and temperature on the transverse weld dimensions are negligible.
Development of a cold-gas dynamic spraying system for parameter study of aluminium coatings
Creators: name: Mondoux, Julie
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Mechanical.

description: The objectives of this work were to develop a cold gas dynamic spraying set-up which sprayed aluminium powders with different microstructures, mainly conventional and nanocrystalline particles, and to determine which of the powders is most suitable for spraying. The development of the CGDS set-up included the numerical modeling of the supersonic gas flow; this lead to the design of the converging-diverging nozzle. Two sets of experiments were conducted to validate the model and design. The preliminary experiments were conducted using both conventional and nanocrystalline powders and the initial results showed that the nanocrystalline powders had a higher Vickers hardness. The nanocrystalline coatings were denser and adhered more evenly with the substrate. The second set of experimental work was conducted only with conventionally structured particles to determine the influence of three spraying parameters on the performance of the coating. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Transcriptional regulation of tryptophan hydroxylase-2
Creators: name: Remes Lenicov, Federico
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Biology, Neuroscience.

description: Dysregulation of serotonergic neurotransmission is a contributing cause of numerous pathologies. In the brain, the enzyme catalyzing the rate-limiting step in serotonin biosynthesis and thus controlling serotonin levels is tryptophan hydroxylase-2 (TPH2). The objective of this project is to study the regulation of TPH2 transcription by characterizing its promoter region. Study of the 5' flanking region of the human TPH2 gene by means of reporter gene assays resulted in the finding of a core promoter and a repressing element between positions -179 and -88 relative to the transcription start site. In addition, the TPH2 promoter could be activated by Ca++ mobilization in a cell-line model of serotonergic neurons, but not in other cell lines. In agreement, Ca++ mobilization in this model also induced endogenous transcription of TPH2. This work is the first one to identify the promoter region of the TPH2 gene and to report its activity-dependent regulation of transcription.
Rousseau et le débat écologique contemporain.
Creators: name: Bossé, Lyne.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: Philosophy.

description: La presente these tisse un lien entre la tradition philosophique humaniste du XVIIIe siecle de Rousseau, la relation qu'entretiennent aujourd'hui les humains avec leur milieu naturel et consequemment les discours varies composant le debat ecologique actuel. Cette recherche verifie d'abord l'interpretation du philosophe Luc Ferry qui affirme que Rousseau introduit dans la pensee moderne une conception anti-nature de l'humanisme. Il semble que Rousseau ait un lien avec les environnementalistes modernes beaucoup plus complexe que celui decrit par Ferry. L'analyse des propos tenus par Rousseau, Ferry et certains environnementalistes contemporains tels Murray Bookchin et Michel Serres menera a un eclaircissement du debat ecologique actuel ct determinera quels rapports culture-nature sont vehicules aujourd'hui par les diverses philosophies de l'ecologie. Cette analyse contribuera aussi determiner si une autre forme d'humanisme, autre que celle proposee par Ferry, est effectivement possible actuellement, dans un environnement qui semble voguer de plus en plus a la derive.
An investigation of the robustness of the Type I error rate of the t, M-W-W, Welch and Welch on ranks tests applied to reaction time populations with unequal variances.
Creators: name: Mycio-Mommers, Luba.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: Education, Tests and Measurements.

description: This thesis investigates the robustness of the Type I error rate of the t test, the t test on ranks (Mann-Whitney-Wilcoxon), the Welch test and the Welch test on ranks applied to reaction time populations with unequal variances. Reaction time is often encountered as a dependent variable in educational and behavioural research. Reaction time data are typically skewed and are commonly modelled on a family of distributions known as the ex-Gaussian. A Monte Carlo study compared the robustness of type I error rates of the four tests under study under 36 conditions wherein four factors were observed: total sample size ($N=24$ and 72), ratio of sample sizes ($n\sb1:n\sb2$ = 1:1, 1:2, and 1:3); ratio of population variances (var1:var2 = 1:1, 1:2, 1:4, and 1:9), and negative and positive conditions. In each condition, 5,000 scores were generated from Miller's (1988) most skewed distribution that represented a boundary condition of reaction time data. The results indicated that the t test was the preferred option under all simulated conditions, except the negative condition. Furthermore, under the negative condition, all four tests produced liberal Type I errors.
Auto-tuning mechanisms for vision-based food inspection systems
Creators: name: Chetima, Mai Moussa
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Electronics and Electrical.

description: Machine vision solutions are becoming a standard for quality inspection in several manufacturing industries. In the processed-food industry where the appearance attributes of the product are essential to customer's satisfaction, visual inspection can be reliably achieved with machine vision. But such systems often involve the extraction of a larger number of features than those actually needed to ensure proper quality control, making the process less efficient and difficult to tune. This work experiments with several machine learning techniques in order to automate the initial tuning of a real-time vision-based food inspection system or to improve its performance. The impact of feature selection techniques on machine learning is also assessed. Identifying and removing as much irrelevant and redundant information as possible for a given learning scheme reduces the dimensionality of the data and allows classification algorithms to operate faster. In some cases, accuracy on classification can even be improved. The effect of filter-based and wrapper-based feature selectors is experimentally evaluated on different bakery products to identify the best performing approaches when combined with three fundamentally different machine learning strategies.
Identification and classification of JIGR1, a novel MADF-containing gene essential for Drosophila development
Creators: name: Huang, Lunde
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Biology, Molecular.

description: The Drosophila melanogaster model system is capable of providing valuable insight to neurodegenerative disease research. The Drosophila jing zinc finger transcription factor plays an essential role in CNS and tracheal cell differentiation. It is important to identify and characterize jing interactors to better understand its molecular mechanism. The JIGR1 gene was previously identified as a genetic modifier of jing and contains a MADF DNA-binding domain. The MADF domain is found in a large and diverse family with weak sequence homology. JIGR1 was found to genetically interact with other jing-interactors to maintain photoreceptor survival. JIGR1 is predominantly localized to the nuclei and is ubiquitously present throughout all stages of embryogenesis, particularly in the CNS and PNS, suggesting a role in fundamental cellular processes. Proper regulation of JIGR1 dosage is important, as its over-expression is associated with defects in the CNS and tracheal development. By characterizing JIGR1 and having a better concept of jing, with a homolog found in vertebrates, a better understanding of the complex vertebrate developmental pathways is gained.
Characterization of the interaction of human DNA-dependent RNA polymerases and transcription factors with RNA from the hepatitis delta virus: Novel perspectives in HDV biology
Creators: name: Greco-Stewart, Valerie Suzanne
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Chemistry, Biochemistry.

description: Hepatitis delta virus (HDV) is a unique pathogen comprised solely of a single-stranded RNA molecule of ∼1,700 nucleotides. It contains only one open-reading frame and lacks the polymerase necessary for its replication. RNAP II has been implicated in HDV RNA synthesis, although the involvement of additional host polymerases has also been suggested. The present study establishes the interaction of HDV RNA with RNAP II both in cells replicating HDV and in nuclear extracts. Binding of RNAP II to HDV RNA occurs at both terminal stem-loop domains of the HDV genome and antigenome. Mutations that eliminate the secondary structure or alter the primary sequence of these domains result in abrogation of the RNA-RNAP II interaction. Sequence analyses of these regions from 81 HDV isolates show maintenance of the rod structure, conservation of a CUG triplet, and a strong purine/pyrimidine polarization, indicating that these features are necessary for RNAP II recognition. Similar experiments demonstrate that RNAP I and RNAP III binding also occurs at these terminal stem-loop domains. RNAP I, RNAP II, and RNAP III each form independent complexes on HDV RNA that contain TBP, a subunit common to all polymerases. TBP also interacts with HDV RNA in infected cells, suggesting that RNAP binding to HDV RNA occurs through this shared subunit. To complement these studies, UV-crosslinking of nuclear extract containing HDV RNA was performed and mass spectrometry of the resultant RNPs led to the identification of the multifunctional protein PSF as an HDV-interacting protein. This interaction was confirmed by EMSA and co-immunoprecipitation experiments and binding was localized to both terminal domains of both polarities of HDV RNA. RNA affinity chromatography demonstrated that PSF and RNAP II are present on HDV RNA simultaneously and that HDV-RNAP II interaction is abolished in the presence of PSF-binding competitive RNAs, suggesting that PSF acts as a transcription factor that facilitates the recruitment of RNAP II to the HDV template. These data provide insight into both HDV biology and RNA promoter recognition by RNAPs, establishing a solid foundation for future investigation into mechanisms of HDV replication and alternate template utilization by DNA-dependent RNA polymerases.
La Monte Young, Terry Riley, Steve Reich, and Philip Glass: The evolution of minimalism and audience response
Creators: name: Force, Kristin Alicia
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Music.

description: Minimalism was a period in music throughout the postmodern twentieth century initiated by the compositions of La Monte Young (1935-- ), followed by those of Terry Riley (1935--), developed by Steve Reich (1936-- ), and evolved by Philip Glass (1937-- ). Minimalist music was influenced by the non-Western music of India, created by the constant repetition of musical patterns to generate a hypnotic state on the listener through stasis. The size of the minimalist audience has continually increased from the New York City loft-based performances of La Monte Young to the opera house performances of Philip Glass. The composer's goals for an audience, his musical adaptation, and the effect of stasis contribute to the differences in audience size. These three factors are examined through each composer's biography, early and late compositions, and concert reviews of the premieres. The techniques utilized by each composer have become more effective in the creation of stasis from the compositions of Young to Glass. The biographies of the four minimalists, their compositions, and the premieres serve as an excellent source in the examination of the connection between the composer and the audience.
Fluctuations des fronts glaciaires dans le sud de la Passe d'Akshayuk, parc National d'Auyuittuq, Nunavut
Creators: name: Mercier, Geneviève
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Physical Geography.

description: This thesis discusses the actual and modern ice margin fluctuations of valley and cirque glaciers in South Akshayuk Pass, Auyuittuq National Park (Baffin Island, NU). The fluctuation of the ice margins of the Tete de Cirque, Glacier 12, Windy Lake, Niflheim and Glacier 20A glaciers were analysed using geometrically rectified aerial photographs taken between 1948 and 1977. IKONOS and LANDSAT 7 ETM+ satellite imagery covering the 1977 to 2003 period were also used. The results indicate a mean annual ice margin retreat of 8.9 m per year during the 1948 to 2003 period. Compared to south and west-facing glaciers, the ones facing north are characterize by a smaller annual retreat rate. Ice margin fluctuations since the Little Ice Age were evaluated using lichenometric measurements of Rhizocarpon geographicum found on the moraines of the Turnweather, Tete de Cirques, Glacier 12, Windy Lake, Niflheim, Glacier 20A and Sivingavuk glaciers. Moraine ages were determined by measuring the 10 largest-diameter R. geographicum thalli in the sampling area (100 m2) and converting these measurements to ages using the regional growth curve of R. geographicum . The maximum extent of the ice margins of the valley and cirques glaciers was reached between AD 800 to 1860, mainly between 1840 and 1860 at the end of the Little Ice Age period. Size-frequency distribution, an analysis of variance, and multiple comparisons showed that some moraines were subjected to local environmental variations, which affected the growth of R. geographicum, with subsequent implications in the interpretation of the lichenometric ages of the moraines and the ice margin fluctuations.
Feature selection and evaluation for genre classification of symbolically encoded classical music with the aid of machine learning
Creators: name: Frederico, Gustavo Cesar De Souza
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Computer Science.

description: This work defines useful features for the classification of symbolically encoded music into 14 classical genres namely chorale, symphony, etude, fugue, prelude, contrafactum, sonata, mazurka, motet, sonatina, waltze, concerto, Gregorian chant and scherzo. Features are based on Music Theory and grouped into seven categories: distances in the harmonic mobius strip, distances on the line of fifths, scale, rhythmic syncopation and meter, polyphony measurements, duration and instrumentation. Features are extracted and ranked combining 5 filter-based methods. Six Machine Learning algorithms are defined for classification: three Support Vector Machines, one Bayesian network, the C4.5 and random forests. Using nested cross-validation for training and testing and considering all the features, the Bayesian network classifier yields 84.10% empirical accuracy. The FEATUROMETRE process measures the usefulness of the feature subsets in an approach similar to wrapper methods, conveying relevant information to domain experts. Another experiment measures the usefulness and accuracy of features individually and by category using FEATUROMETRE. Grouping the music pieces by their period, the measured accuracy with the random forest classifier in the second experiment reaches 89.81%.
Role of PKC-mediated phosphorylation on p53 localization and function in neuroblastoma
Creators: name: Nguyen, Loan Thi Kim
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Biology, Cell.

description: Neuroblastoma (NB) is the most common solid tumour in paediatrics, arising from primitive neural crest cells. The tumour suppressor protein, p53 is inactivated in NB through aberrant cytoplasmic localization, thus contributing to its tumourigenicity and multidrug resistance. Regulation of the p53 response pathway occurs through phosphorylation, however there may be dysregulation of p53 as NB contains abnormally high expression of PKCs. We investigated the role of PKC-mediated phosphorylation as a mechanism responsible for the p53 cytoplasmic sequestration in NB cell lines, [MR-32 and SHSY5Y. A pharmacological approach utilizing protein kinase inhibitors including H7, Bisindolyamide I (BisI), and Go6976 were tested on their ability to relocalize p53 and reintroduce function. All the inhibitors were able to relocalize p53, however, only the general kinase and PKC inhibitors H7 and BisI, respectively were able to induce a decrease in cell proliferation and cell cycle accumulation as demonstrated by flow cytometric analysis. The conventional PKC isoform inhibitor Go6976 had no effect on p53 function albeit able to relocalize p53. To further substantiate the effects with H7 and BisI as being p53-dependant, increased expression of Bax and p21 proteins served as a hallmark of p53 function. Antibody-mediated inhibition of PKC allowed us to identify the PKC isozymes involved in p53 regulation. Inhibition of PKCalpha resulted in accumulation and nuclear relocalization of p53. Furthermore substantiating p53 as a PKC substrate in vivo, serine residue phosphorylation of p53 decreased upon PKCalpha inhibition. We found that two independent PKC phosphorylation events and isoforms are responsible for regulation of p53 relocalization and activation. Specifically for NB, PKC inhibition can initiate and active the p53 response pathway. Electrospray ionization was used to monitor p53 peptide phosphorylation in vitro . Spectra revealed that phosphorylation variants ranging from mono- to tri-phosphorylated peptides can be detected. Thus, ESI was verified as an effective method of monitoring in vitro phosphorylation of p53 peptides.
Mama Alto pays homage to Sarah Vaughan at the Melbourne Fringe
Creators: name: Tunstall, Elizabeth Dori
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: In their 2014 Melbourne Fringe Festival performance Mama Alto and her musical director Tiffani Walton pay tribute to Sarah Vaughan, one of the great ladies of American song. Mama Alto charmed her audience through her witty banter with Ms. Walton, open flirtation with everyone, and especially, her voice.
Experimental Biomechanical Assessment of Plate Stabilizers for Treatment of Pectus Excavatum
Creators: name: Kajzer, Anita
name: Kajzer, Wojciech
name: Gzik-Zroska, Bożena
name: Wolański, Wojciech
name: Janicka, Irena
name: Dzielicki, Józef
Publisher: name: Institute of Machine Design and Operation, Wrocław University of Technology, Wrocław
Year: 2013
Subjects: biomechanical characteristics, metallic biomaterials, plate stabilizers, pectus excavatum

description: Acta of Bioengineering and Biomechanics; 03/2013; ISSN 1509-409X
Sécurité collective ou le mythe du maintien de la paix?: L'impact de l'opinion publique sur le processus décisionnel du gouvernement canadien lors des engagements internationaux: 1954--1993
Creators: name: Perron, Eric
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: History, Canadian.
subject: Political Science, International Law and Relations.

description: Cette thèse porte sur l'influence de l'opinion publique sur la décision des différents gouvernements canadiens de participer, de demeurer ou de quitter un engagement international dans trois cas: les deux commissions internationales au Viêtnam de 1954 à 1973; l'Opération des Nations Unies au Congo de 1960 à 1964; l'Opération des Nations Unies à Chypre de 1964 à 1993. Dans ces trois cas, l'étude évalue l'impact de l'opinion publique sur les arguments justifiant ces opérations. Les arguments du gouvernement, des médias de masse et des partis de l'opposition à la Chambre des communes sont comparés et catégorises en trois groupes: une argumentation utilisant la sécurite collective, le mythe du maintien de la paix ou bien demandant le retrait. L'opinion publique a influencé la rhétorique du gouvernement durant ces trois engagements internationaux. Dans le cas du Viêtnam, la rhétorique du mythe fut utilisée par le gouvernement fédéral pour répondre aux critiques venant des Canadiens. Le mythe étant répandu dans l'opinion publique réagissant à la guerre américaine. Une situation similaire se produit au Congo lorsque le gouvernement Diefenbaker défendit le bilan de son gouvernement au mois de juillet et au 1960 en utilisant un discours du mythe. Le discours gouvernemental changea une fois la mission amorcée pour se servir des arguments de sécurité collective. La situation de Chypre offre une perspective différente vu la longue durée de la mission. Pourtant, les arguments de sécurité collective dominèrent dans les journaux jusqu'aux années 1980. Les partis de l'opposition se servaient plutôt de la fierté nationale, teintée des valeurs du mythe, pour justifier cette mission. Le discours du gouvernement changea à travers le temps, passant de la sécurité collective durant les années 1960 jusqu'au mythe et la menace de retrait durant les années 1970 et 1980.
Mock-up in hip arthroplasty pre-operative planning
Creators: name: Zanetti, Elisabetta M.
name: Bignardi, Cristina
Publisher: name: Institute of Machine Design and Operation, Wrocław University of Technology, Wrocław
Year: 2013
Subjects: hip stem, primary stability, finite element method, bone-implant interface

description: Acta of Bioengineering and Biomechanics; 03/2013; ISSN 1509-409X
Implementation and application of a GCOSMO solvation model within DeFT and a hybrid DeFTMopac Monte Carlo algorithm
Creators: name: Osborne, Sebastien
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Chemistry, Physical.

description: A Generalized COnductor-Like Solvation MOdel (GCOSMO) was implemented within our own Density Functional Theory software, DeFT, combined with a Solvent Interaction Potential (SIP) algorithm to assign the atomic radii. The SIP radii were tested against a set of fixed radii from the literature. We concluded that the SIP radii outperform the fixed radii. We successfully reproduced the solvation of glycine and the tautomerization of 2-hydroxypyridine/2-pyridone in solution with our GCOSMO/SIP approach. A hybrid DeFT/Mopac Monte Carlo (MC) algorithm was also implemented. The algorithm differs from purely ab initio MC by inserting a secondary semi-empirical MC chain between each ab initio configuration of the main chain. This leads to a reduction of the correlation between the configurations and a more efficient sampling of the potential energy surface. Two reactions were studied: the conrotatory ring opening of cyclobutene and the Diels-Alder reaction of ethylene and butadiene to form cyclohexene.
Tracking young talented swimmers: follow-up of performance and its biomechanical determinant factors
Creators: name: Morais, Jorge E.
name: Saavedra, Jose M
name: Costa, Mário J.
name: Silva, António J.
name: Marinho, Daniel A.
name: Barbosa, Tiago M.
Publisher: name: Institute of Machine Design and Operation, Wrocław University of Technology, Wrocław
Year: 2013
Subjects: prepubescent swimmers, longitudinal assessment, kinematics, drag force, anthropometrics, efficiency

description: Acta of Bioengineering and Biomechanics; 03/2013; ISSN 1509-409X
Perception of risk to health from environmental factors amongst the Mohawks of Akwesasne
Creators: name: Cole, Maxine A
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Health Sciences, Public Health.
subject: Sociology, Ethnic and Racial Studies.

description: A survey of perceptions of health risk was conducted on 297 randomly selected residents of Akwesasne, a Mohawk community of approximately 13,000 citizens, straddling the border between Canada and the United States. The survey was conducted to understand how residents of Akwesasne perceive different types of health risks, and how attitudes about such risks are formed. Survey questions focused on association to the words risk and health, ranking of health hazards present in the community, sources of information on health risks, confidence in organizations and agencies responsible for health risk management, and a series of questions on risk related attitudes and behaviours. The survey demonstrated higher perceptions of risk among older as compared to younger respondents, and among women as compared to men. The media represented the primary source of information on risk, followed by traditional healers, although traditional healers were perceived as being more credible than the media.
The Internet as an information source for translators.
Creators: name: Kelly, Krista.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: Language, Linguistics.

description: The purpose of this thesis is to examine the Internet as a source of information for translators. Specifically, its goal is to determine the usefulness and efficiency of the Internet as a means of providing some of the linguistic and domain knowledge required during the translation process. This thesis is divided into four chapters. In Chapter 1, I examine the unique set of factors that gives rise to translators' information needs, and, in particular, how translators' information needs differ from those of unilingual writers. Next, I examine some of the tools that translators have traditionally used to find various kinds of information, and I end this chapter by providing an overview of the trend toward the automation of translation tools. In Chapter 2, my focus turns to the Internet. I explore its history and current state, as well as the technological concepts that are at the heart of network communication. Next, I examine in detail several Internet tools, with a particular emphasis on how each them can be of use to translators. In Chapter 3, I carry out a practical exploration of the Internet, which involves actually translating three specialized texts, with the Internet being used as the sole source of information. I then assess the usefulness and efficiency of the Internet for the translation of the three texts. The results of this exploration indicate that the Internet's value can vary significantly from one type of text to another. Finally, in Chapter 4, I provide an overall assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of the Internet as a tool for translators, and I conclude this thesis by outlining some additional issues raised during the study.
Deeper understanding of mechanisms contributing to sepsis-induced myocardial dysfunction
Creators: name: Walley, Keith R. (Keith Robert)
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2016

description: The inflammatory response of sepsis results in organ dysfunction, including myocardial dysfunction. Myocardial dysfunction is particularly important in patients with severe septic shock who progress to a hypodynamic pre-terminal phase. Multiple aspects of this septic inflammatory response contribute to the pathogenesis of decreased ventricular contractility. Inflammatory cytokines released by inflammatory cells contribute as does nitric oxide released by vascular endothelium and by cardiomyocytes. Endotoxins and other pathogen molecules induce an intramyocardial inflammatory response by binding Toll-like receptors on cardiomyocytes that then signal via NF-κB. These processes alter cardiomyocyte depolarization and, therefore, contractility. The particular role of the cardiomyocyte sodium current has not been characterized. Now new information suggests that the septic inflammatory response impairs normal depolarization by altering the cardiomyocyte sodium current. This results in decreased ventricular contractility. This is important because new targets for therapeutic intervention can be considered and new approaches to evaluation of this problem can be contemplated.
Erroneous articulatory routines: A performance-based model of speech production.
Creators: name: Brannen, Kathleen.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: Language, Linguistics.

description: Young children who learn a second language (L2) are able to attain native pronunciation norms. However, L2 learners beyond childhood rarely rid themselves of foreign accent. Various hypotheses and models have been offered to explain such age-related differences. Few of these explanations have addressed the issue of perception/production asymmetries. Neufeld's research has demonstrated that some older learners evidence native-like knowledge of phonological distinctions at the perceptual level, while unable to reproduce these distinctions in output. This asymmetry led him to propose his performance-based Pre- and Post-articulatory Verification model. This model assumes that, although native-like phonological representations may exist in the learner's L2 system, last-second morphophonological and phonetic adjustment may not take place because of a developmentally induced shift in focus from low- to high-level linguistic processing, i.e. to content and form. This thesis elaborates upon Neufeld's ideas by centering on articulatory realization of phonetic specifications derived in the ultimate stage of sentence planning. It is suggested that, in order to meet real-time constraints, frequent and well-practiced articulatory sequences are eventually encoded as rapidly accessible routines. These routines are packaged instructions which translate phonetic representations into articulatory goals. This extension of Neufeld's model seeks to explain much of foreign accent in adolescent and adult L2 learners as the result of entrenched erroneous motor routines.
Beyond the prairies: The basis of Reform support in Ontario and its implications for the Canadian party system.
Creators: name: Scholtz, Christa.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: Canadian Studies.

description: The thesis explores three questions: On what basis were Ontario voters courted during the 1993 federal election by the Reform Party of Canada? What are the political, economic, and demographic predictors of Reform support in Ontario? What are the implications of Reform support in Ontario for the Canadian party system? The thesis proceeds to structure the exploration of these questions within three schools of thought: post-modernism, political party systems theory, and theories regarding the emergence of collective behaviour. The thesis explores these questions using a variety of methodologies, including re-examinations of electoral data in order to control for rural, sub-urban, and urban effects, demographic and economic data gathered from Statistics Canada, and a questionnaire completed by Reform Party candidates in the 1993 federal election. The thesis explores the effect of previous federal, provincial, and referendum voting patterns on Reform Party support. The thesis concludes that: (1) the Reform Party vote in Ontario is the vote of the ideologically-committed right wing, (2) the Party's support is concentrated in mid-sized urban Ontario and defies a rural description, (3) the support is that of the economically secure who are facing declining opportunities, (4) the politicization of citizen alienation through the themes of parliamentary reform and populism has been key in developing activism in Ontario, and fiscal conservatism is a solidifying agent of this conversion. The thesis explores the implications of the Reform Party's success in Ontario, particularly whether the party can escape the inherent difficulties between populism and parliamentary democracy. The thesis concludes with a discussion of whether the party is the harbinger of fundamental change in the Canadian political party system. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Signal shapes for multi-carrier communication systems
Creators: name: Kurt, Tolga
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Electronics and Electrical.

description: Signals transmitted over the wireless channels are affected by dispersion. In order to combat the dispersion, the signal shapes employed must decay very rapidly both in time and frequency. In this work, we introduce a novel method for orthonormalizing any given function by employing a two dimensional Fourier transform for any given integer lattice density. Then, by using this method, we propose pulse shapes that increase the capacity of multi-carrier pulse shapes significantly. In the literature, it is assumed that the best localized orthogonal signal, isotropic orthogonal transfer algorithm (IOTA) can be achieved by orthogonalizing the best localized nonorthogonal signal, namely the Gaussian signal. We show that by combining Hermite functions and orthogonalizing them, an orthogonal signal with better localization than the IOTA signal can be achieved. Multi-carrier schemes employing offset-quadrature-amplitude modulation employ lattice densities of 0.5 due to the Wilson expansions that are employed. In this dissertation, we extend the analysis to other density levels providing a trade-off between localization and capacity. We also provide a localized pulse shape for unit density lattices. By employing more than one Weyl-Heisenberg frames that are orthonormal both within the frame and in between the frames, the capacity of multi-carrier systems are increased. Different lattice diversity scenarios are investigated for capacity enhancement. It is shown that by employing this methodology, the capacity of a multi-carrier system can be doubled. Additionally, a system level comparison as well as the inter-operability of the novel pulse shapes are presented.
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Creators: name: Aubert, Eduardo Henrik
name: Brochard, Pierre
name: Aubert, Eduardo Henrik
name: Brochard, Pierre
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
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Subjects: subject: Laboratoire de médiévistique occidentale de Paris
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