cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
La représentation de l'architecture et de l'urbanisme dans "Les Rougon-Macquart" d'Émile Zola
Creators: name: Lagarde, Philippe
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Literature, Modern.
subject: Literature, Romance.

description: L'oeuvre d'Émile Zola, Les Rougon-Macquart, offre au lecteur une vaste critique du Second Empire et des réalisations effectuées sous l'empereur Napoléon III. Son proche collaborateur, le Baron Haussmann, est par extension une cible. Les transformations de Paris permettent l'émergence d'une nouvelle classe de bourgeois enrichis par les spéculations tandis qu'elles ébranlent le monde politique et refaçonnent la société parisienne. Zola, tout en rêvant à un monde meilleur, trouve de nombreux arguments qu'il met en avant pour dénoncer les irrégularités d'une ville qui n'a plus de place pour tous. Bien qu'une large part de l'entreprise romanesque soit consacrée à dénoncer les failles du régime napoléonien, une lecture attentive permet de mettre en évidence certains aspects des réalisations architecturales et urbanistiques appréciés par l'auteur. Trois romans attestent particulièrement ce phénomene: La Curée, Le Ventre de Paris et Au Bonheur des Dames. Cette thèse permettra de préciser la conception zolienne de l'architecture et de l'urbanisme du Second Empire.
Operant assessment of DMTP spatial working memory in mice
Creators: name: Teutsch, Jasper
name: Kätzel, Dennis
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Spatial working memory
subject: Delayed-matching-to-position
subject: Combined attention and memory (CAM) task
subject: DDC 150 / Psychology
subject: DDC 570 / Life sciences
subject: Short-term memory
subject: Spatial Memory
subject: Guanfacine
subject: Modafinil
subject: Psychotonikum

description: Working memory (WM) is required to bridge the time between the moment of sensory perception and the usage of the acquired information for subsequent actions. Its frequent and pharmacoresistent impairment in mental health disorders urges the development of rodent paradigms through back-translation of human WM tests, ideally avoiding the confounds of alternation-based assays. Here we show, that mice can acquire a delayedmatching- to-position (DMTP) operant spatial WM (SWM) paradigm that is akin to the combined attention and memory (CAM) task previously developed for rats, and that relies on a 5-choice wall [5-CSWM, 5-choice based operant testing of SWM (5-CSWM)]. Requiring ca. 3 months of daily training with a non-illuminated operant box in the default state, mice could attain a performance level of 70% choice accuracy with short (2 s) delays in the DMTP 5-CSWM task. Performance decreased with extended delays, as expected for WM processes. Modafinil (15 and 30 mg/kg) and guanfacine (0.3 and 1 mg/kg) showed no consistent efficacy in enhancing task performance. We also found, that mice did not improve beyond chance level, when trained in the DNMTP-version of the 5-CSWM. Our results outline the methodical possibility and constraints of assessing spatial WM in mice with an operant paradigm that provides high control over potentially confounding variables, such as cue-directed attention, motivation or mediating strategies like body-positioning.
The characterization of the cells involved in the mixed leukocyte reaction in the rabbit and its relation to allograft rejection.
Creators: name: Milthorp, Peter.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1979
Subjects: subject: Agriculture, Animal Pathology.

description: The rabbit mixed leukocyte reaction (MLR) was systematically investigated in terms of the properties of the stimulator and responder cells. It was demonstrated that culturing the cells in medium RPMI-1640, supplemented with complement inactivated rabbit serum (final concentration 2.5%), for five days at 37°C, in a humidified atmosphere of air:CO2 (95:5) provided the optimal condition for the blastogenic response (3H-thymidine incorporation) of cells in the MLR. The cells of the Peyer's patches and the mesenteric lymph nodes responded to the greatest extent in the MLR. Thymus and bone marrow cells cultured individually or in combination did not respond. The cells of the Peyer's patches, spleen and mesenteric lymph nodes were the most potent stimulating cells. There was no correlation between stimulating capacity and the percentage of stimulator cells bearing surface immunoglobulins. Whole body irradiation of normal adult rabbits with doses of 600R or more resulted in the consistent elimination of the MLR responder cell activity in the immediate post irradiation period (1 to 2 days). There was no evidence of any preferential recovery of MLR responder activity by cells in any of the different lymphoid organs. The cells of skin allografted rabbits, following rejection of the allografts, showed accelerated one-way MLR responses specific to stimulator cells from the allograft donors.
Taxoid synthesis: Ketene cycloadditions as a radical cyclization approach.
Creators: name: Kennedy, Isaac Ato.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1993
Subjects: subject: Chemistry, Organic.

description: Studies directed towards the synthesis of the taxane skeleton is described. The synthesis and cyclopropanation of 170 was attempted, and the preparation and base induced cyclization of gamma,delta-epoxyketone 187 and gamma,delta-epoxyester 198 examined. An unusual cycloaddition of ethyl vinyl ether to ketene carbonyls to form oxetanes was uncovered. The ketenes were generated from the cyclic diazoketones 210, 211 and 213 and the acyclic system 215. In all cases, with either Rh2(OAc)4, Pd(OAc) 2 or CuCl as catalyst, the oxetanes were the major products. Irradiation afforded the cyclobutanones 236, 237, 238 and 239, while triplet sensitized photolysis afforded both oxetane and cyclobutanone. Less electron rich olefins followed literature precedent for metal catalyzed decomposition to yield cyclopropanes. These features are consistent with a zwitterionic intermediate such as 247 (Scheme i illustrates these general features). The preparation of the key radical cyclization precursor 282 and related compounds, 289 and 305 containing the taxol A and C ring models from enone 202 and subsequent radical cyclization to the taxane skeleton 284a are also described.* *Please refer to dissertation for diagrams.
Chronic exposure to UVB radiation and 4-tert-octylphenol disrupts metamorphosis and the thyroid system of northern leopard frog (Rana pipiens) tadpoles
Creators: name: Croteau, Maxine Carmen
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Biology, Evolution and Development.
subject: Environmental Health.

description: Ultraviolet B radiation (UVBR) and chemical pollutants are environmental stressors that may affect amphibian populations. While adverse effects of UVBR and chemicals on amphibians are documented, few studies examined the effects of interactions between stressors on amphibian health. Gosner stage 25 Rana pipiers tadpoles were chronically exposed to environmentally relevant levels of UVBR (0.15-0.22 W/m2) and the estrogenic chemical 4-tert-octylphenol (OP) (0.01 nM or 10 nM) alone and in combination. Tadpoles exposed to UVBR and/or OP exhibited significantly delayed development at stage 29. Significantly fewer UVBR-treated tadpoles developed past stage 34 and metamorphosed. Effects of UVBR/OP on the thyroid system were assessed because it is the main regulator of amphibian metamorphosis. Stage 29 and 34 tadpoles were collected for gene expression analysis in tail and T3 (triiodothyronine) whole body levels (minus tail). Moreover, we examined whether pre-exposure to UVBR/OP affected the molecular and morphological responses of tadpoles to exogenous T3. OP increased the expression of several genes in tail and brain and/or their response to T3 (e.g., deiodinase 2), and the addition of UVBR can alter the effect of OP. Although UVBR had no observable effect on gene expression, developmentally delayed UVBR-treated stage 31 tadpoles exposed to T3 exhibited slowed tail resorption and accelerated hind limb development. UVBR and/or OP did not affect T3 levels of stage 29 and 34 tadpoles. However, a decrease and increase in deiodinase 2 and 3 (D2 and D3) mRNA levels, respectively, were observed in groups of tadpoles with slowed developmental rates at those stages. Since D2 activates and D3 inactivates thyroid hormones (TH), UVBR/OP mediated disruptions in development are likely caused by dysfunctions in the localized metabolism of THs. These results indicate that environmental levels of UVBR and/or OP can affect metamorphosis, potentially by disrupting the biological action of T3 and deiodinases in peripheral tissues, which could contribute to population declines.
Imagery rescripting: exploratory evaluation of a short intervention to reduce test anxiety in University students
Creators: name: Maier, Anna
name: Schaitz, Caroline
name: Kröner, Julia
name: Connemann, Bernhard J.
name: Sosic-Vasic, Zrinka
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: imagery rescripting
subject: mental images
subject: imagery
subject: short time intervention
subject: DDC 150 / Psychology
subject: Imagery (Psychology)
subject: Test anxiety
subject: Students
subject: Psychotherapy
subject: Prüfungsangst
subject: Student
subject: Kurzpsychotherapie

description: Background Test anxiety is common in university students. Demanding schedules may contribute to the relatively low utilization of professional counseling, when compared to other anxiety disorders. A possible solution could be a psychotherapeutic short-term intervention. The present exploratory study implemented a short-term psychotherapeutic treatment, consisting of two imagery rescripting (IR) sessions. The efficacy of IR techniques has already been demonstrated in the treatment of various anxiety disorders including test anxiety. Methods Nine students suffering from test anxiety (m = 3, f = 6) underwent two weekly applied sessions of IR. Outcome variables were examined one week prior to (t1), immediately after (t2) and three months after (t3) the intervention, using self-evaluation questionnaires on test anxiety (PAF), depressive symptoms (BDI II), life satisfaction (FLZ), general self-efficacy and study-specific self-efficacy (WIRKALL; WIRK_STUD), intrusiveness of mental images (IFES), and change and acceptance (VEV; ZUF; BFTB). Results There were no dropouts. According to results from ZUF and BFTB, the participants where highly satisfied with the intervention. PAF scores decreased significantly over time (t1 to t3), whereas WIRKALL scores (t1 to t3) and WIRK_STUD scores (t1 to t3 and t2 to t3) increased significantly. IFES scores decreased immediately after the intervention (t1 compared to t2) and further after the follow-up (t1 to t3). No changes in BDI-II scores were observed. Discussion The findings indicate a high acceptance and efficacy of the two-session IR-intervention. Limits are the lack of a control group, and the small sample size. Further evaluation in future controlled studies is needed.
Supplementary document for High-speed time-of-flight imaging - 4768398.pdf
Creators: name: Gyongy, Istvan
name: Hutchings, Sam
name: Halimi, Abderrahim
name: Tyler, Max
name: Chan, Susan
name: Zhu, Feng
name: McLaughlin, Stephen
name: Henderson, Robert
name: Leach, Jonathan
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Classical and Physical Optics

description: Supplemental Document in OSA style
Heteroplasmy and copy number in the common m.3243A>G mutation—a post-mortem genotype−phenotype analysis
Creators: name: Motlagh Scholle, Leila
name: Zierz, Stephan
name: Mawrin, Christian
name: Wickenhauser, Claudia
name: Lehmann Urban, Diana
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: MELAS-syndrome
subject: genotype–phenotype correlation
subject: mtDNA heteroplasmy
subject: m.3243A>G
subject: DDC 570 / Life sciences
subject: Mitochondrial DNA
subject: Mitochondriale DNS

description: Different mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutations have been identified to cause mitochondrial encephalopathy, lactate acidosis and stroke-like episodes (MELAS). The underlying genetic cause leading to an enormous clinical heterogeneity associated with m.3243A>G-related mitochondrial diseases is still poorly understood. Genotype–phenotype correlation (heteroplasmy levels and clinical symptoms) was analysed in 16 patients (15 literature cases and one unreported case) harbouring the m.3243A>G mutation. mtDNA copy numbers were correlated to heteroplasmy levels in 30 different post-mortem tissue samples, including 14 brain samples of a 46-year-old female. In the central nervous system, higher levels of heteroplasmy correlated significantly with lower mtDNA copy numbers. Skeletal muscle levels of heteroplasmy correlated significantly with kidney and liver. There was no significant difference of heteroplasmy levels between clinically affected and unaffected patients. In the patient presented, we found >75% heteroplasmy levels in all central nervous system samples, without harbouring a MELAS phenotype. This underlines previous suggestions, that really high levels in tissues do not automatically lead to a specific phenotype. Missing significant differences of heteroplasmy levels between clinically affected and unaffected patients underline recent suggestions that there are additional factors such as mtDNA copy number and nuclear factors that may also influence disease severity.
An information theoretic market index
Creators: name: M. Kamel, Masoud
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Engineering, System Science.

description: Nowadays, common indices act mainly as indicators of stock market performance and development. Since almost all of these indices are somehow a weighted average, thus, they are not able to answer the main question of investors, which is the likelihood that the status of a market changes or remains the same in next sessions. Therefore, by applying the principles of information theory we will try to suggest a new defined index as a new approach to stock market indicators. In this thesis, we suggest two different ways of market analysis; first, we consider a single stock option and second, we consider a family of stock options. In the first case, we mainly consider three type of information measures; entropy, entropy rate and relative entropy. In the second case, we consider two information measures; entropy rate and joint entropy. We also suggest several stochastic models as an estimate for stock price such as the Geometric Brownian motion model, with constant drift and volatility or with drift as a function of time, and Markov chain models. In addition, the analysis is carried by using models for the option price and the "rate of change" of the option price.
Priority queueing scheduling techniques for QoS management in Ethernet passive optical networks
Creators: name: Nouroozifar, Ali
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Electronics and Electrical.

description: With the vast availability of Ethernet in Local Area Networks (LAN) deployed globally and connecting LANs to Metropolitan Area Networks (MAN) and Wide Area Networks (WAN) via the current transport technologies (i.e., Synchronous Optical Network (SONET) in Americas and Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH) in the rest of the world), there exists a need to resolve bandwidth gap between access networks and transport networks. Ethernet Passive Optical Network is one of the potential solutions offering to solve the bottleneck issue of access networks and adaptability of carrying Ethernet frames from subscribers to service providers. This study reviews Ethernet Passive Optical Networks (EPON) and then proposes a Priority Queueing (PQ) Algorithm in order to offer differentiated service and Quality of Service (QoS) in EPON. The scope of this study aims to encompass in detail some of the most prominent features involved in the priority scheduling in Ethernet passive optical networks (EPONs). The main items presented in this study include a review of the current developments in the access networks, a detailed review of the passive optical networks (PONs, and analysis of scheduling in EPON. In addition, the simulation results are presented to verify and validate the proposed scheme. Special attention is also given to the delay and bandwidth requirements of the service disciplines. "No problem can stand the assault of sustained thinking."---VOLTAIRE
Risk adapted dose-intensified postoperative radiation therapy in prostate cancer patients using a simultaneous integrated boost technique applied with helical Tomotherapy
Creators: name: Beck, Marcus
name: Wust, Peter
name: Barelkowski, Tomasz
name: Kaul, David
name: Thieme, Alexander-Henry
name: Wecker, Sascha
name: Wlodarczyk, Waldemar
name: Budach, Volker
name: Ghadjar, Pirus
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Prostate cancer
subject: Radiation therapy
subject: Postoperative
subject: Salvage
subject: Boost
subject: Dose intensified
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Background Postoperative adjuvant radiation therapy (ART) in T3 and R1 prostate cancer as well as salvage radiation therapy (SRT) in case of postoperative biochemical failure (BF) are established treatments. Dose- intensified postoperative radiation therapy (RT) schemes have shown superior biochemical control accompanied by increased toxicity rates. In our study we evaluate a novel risk adapted dose-intensified postoperative RT scheme. Methods A consecutive series of prostate cancer patients receiving postoperative RT after radical prostatectomy using helical Tomotherapy between 04/2012 and 04/2015 was analyzed retrospectively. RT was administered using a simultaneous integrated boost (SIB) to the area at risk (37 fractions of 1.9 Gy, total dose: 70.3 Gy) being defined based on histopathological findings (T3/R1 region) and in few cases according to additional diagnostic imaging. The whole prostate bed was treated with a dose of 66.6 Gy (37 fractions of 1.8 Gy). Primary endpoints were acute and late genitourinary (GU) and gastrointestinal (GI) toxicities. Secondary endpoints included patient reported outcome as assessed by the International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS), the International Consultation on Incontinence questionnaire (ICIQ) and prostate cancer specific Quality of Life questionnaire QLQ-PR25, as well as rates of BF. Results A total of 69 patients were analyzed. Sixteen patients underwent ART and 53 patients SRT, respectively. The median follow-up was 20 months (range, 8–41 months). Seven (10.1%) and four (5.8%) patients experienced acute grade 2 GU and GI toxicity. Two patients (2.9%) had late grade 2 GU toxicity, whereas no late grade 2 GI nor any grade 3 acute or late GU or GI events were observed. When compared to the baseline IPSS scores (p = 1.0) and ICIQ scores (p = 0.87) were not significantly different at the end of follow-up. Patient reported Quality of life (QoL) showed also no significant difference. A total of seven patients (10.1%) experienced a biochemical recurrence with the 2-year biochemical progression-free survival (bPFS) being 91%. Conclusions Postoperative RT for prostate cancer patients with a risk adapted dose-intensified SIB using helical tomotherapy is feasible and associated with favorable acute and late GU and GI toxicity rates, no significant change of IPSS-, ICIQ scores and patient reported QoL and results in promising bPFS rates.
Uni Ulm intern - das Ulmer Universitätsmagazin, Nr. 343 (48. Jg.), Februar 2018
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Lehre und Lernen 4.0: Zwischen Tablet und Tafel
subject: Fernsehen schadet dem Kinderschlaf
subject: Basketballprofi und Student
subject: 40 Jahre Uni-Segelclub
subject: DDC 050 / General serial publications
subject: Universities; Germany; Ulm
subject: Universities and colleges; Germany
subject: Universität Ulm

description: uni ulm intern - das Ulmer Universitätsmagazin mit Themen aus Forschung, Lehre und vom Campus
description: uni ulm intern - Das Ulmer Universitätsmagazin, Heft Nr. 343 (48. Jahrgang), Februar 2018
Internet et démocratie : accès, contrôle et liberté d'expression.
Creators: name: Fournier, Luc A.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: Political Science, General.

description: This thesis consists in a presentation of results from an in-depth analysis of recent literature in the field of the relationship between the internet and democracy. Dominating themes are access and freedom of expression. However, how is it possible to control access and freedom of expression in a free and democratic society? If nothing is absolute in a free society, how then should control of the internet be achieved? This thesis proposes to study two possible answers: state control as seen through the 1996 Telecommunications Act (TA) in the United States or, the fostering of a form of legal pluralism already prevalent in cyberspace. Through the study of the 1996 TA, it was possible to discover a major division on the issue of control. Applying legal pluralism on the issue of controlling the internet manages to solidify a daily practice on the internet and attempts to provoke further debate.
Lipoatrophy Is Associated with an Increased Risk of Hashimoto's Thyroiditis and Coeliac Disease in Female Patients with Type 1 Diabetes
Creators: name: Salgin, Burak
name: Meissner, Thomas
name: Beyer, Peter
name: Haberland, Holger
name: Borkenstein, Martin
name: Fussenegger, Jörg
name: Brand, Ulrich
name: Hauffa, Berthold P.
name: Hungele, Andreas
name: Holl, Reinhard W.
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Type 1 diabetes
subject: Lipoatrophy
subject: Hashimoto’s thyroiditis
subject: Coeliac disease
subject: Diabetes Patienten-Verlaufsdokumentationssystem
subject: DDC 610 / Medicine & health
subject: Diabetes mellitus, Type 1
subject: Drug-related side effects and adverse reactions
subject: Hashimoto disease
subject: Celiac disease
subject: Diabetes mellitus Typ 1
subject: Berardinelli-Syndrom
subject: Hashimoto-Thyreoiditis

description: Background/Aims: Lipoatrophy (LA) is a rare, possibly under-recognised side effect of insulin treatment of unclear aetiology. The aim of this study was to describe the characteristics of patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D) who have LA and to explore the relationship between LA and other autoimmune diseases based on the hypothesis that additional autoimmune phenomena are more prevalent in T1D patients with LA. Methods: This was a cross-sectional observational study of T1D patients with LA in comparison to T1D patients without LA who are registered with the Diabetes Patienten-Verlaufsdokumentationssystem database of 241,650 patients in Germany and Austria. Results: Hashimoto's thyroiditis and coeliac disease were more prevalent in patients with LA (p < 0.001 for both). LA was associated with an increased risk of Hashimoto's thyroiditis and coeliac disease in female patients [odds ratio (OR) 2.5, p = 0.003, and OR 3.1, p = 0.02, respectively]. This relationship persisted after adjustment for current age, duration of diabetes and calendar year of treatment (OR 2.7, p = 0.002, and OR 3.5, p = 0.01, respectively). Conclusion: These findings support the hypothesis that an immune complex-mediated inflammatory process may be important in the development of LA. © In Copyright http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Book review: Making it through the waves
Creators: name: Given, Jock
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Jock Given reviews the book 'Reckless daughter: A Joni Mitchell anthology', edited by Barney Hoskyns, published by Constable, 2017. The three most durable giants among 1960s folk singer-songwriters had such different years in 2016. Bob Dylan received the Nobel Prize for literature. Leonard Cohen released an album and died. Joni Mitchell got this anthology of music journalism.
Supplementary document for High-speed Label-free Ultraviolet Photoacoustic Microscopy for Histology-like Imaging of Unprocessed Biological Tissues - 4769918.pdf
Creators: name: Li, Xiufeng
name: Kang, Lei
name: Zhang, Yan
name: Wong, Terence T. W.
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Line-scanning interval
α-Synuclein in parkinson's disease: pathogenic function and translation into animal models
Creators: name: Eschbach, Judith
name: Danzer, Karin M.
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: α-Synuclein
subject: Lewy bodies
subject: Parkinson’s disease
subject: Aggregates
subject: DDC 610 / Medicine & health
subject: Parkinson disease
subject: Lewy body disease
subject: alpha-Synuclein
subject: Parkinson-Krankheit
subject: Substantia nigra
subject: Synuclein

description: Parkinson's disease is a common neurodegenerative disease characterised by the loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta and the formation of α-synuclein aggregates found in Lewy bodies throughout the brain. Several α-synuclein transgenic mouse models have been generated, as well as viral-mediated overexpression of wild-type and mutated α-synuclein to mimic the disease and to delineate the pathogenic pathway of α-synuclein-mediated toxicity and neurodegeneration. In this review, we will recapitulate what we have learned about the function of α-synuclein and α-synuclein-mediated toxicity through studies of transgenic animal models, inducible animal models and viral-based models. � In Copyright http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ © In Copyright http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
The effects of a single relaxation hypnosis session on mental stress in chronically stressed individuals : an explorative experiment
Creators: name: Karrasch, Sarah
name: Bongartz, Walter
name: Behnke, Alexander
name: Matits, Lynn
name: Kolassa, Iris-Tatjana
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: depressive mood
subject: depressive Stimmung
subject: DDC 150 / Psychology
subject: Stress, Psychological
subject: Depressive disorder
subject: Anxiety
subject: Hypnosis
subject: Relaxation
subject: Stress
subject: Depressives Syndrom
subject: Angst
subject: Hypnose
subject: Entspannung

description: Abstract. Background: Chronically stressed people often suffer from anxiety and depressive mood. Hypnosis is a technique that can induce a relaxation response and reduce negative stress symptoms. Objective: This explorative study investigated the impact of a single relaxation hypnosis session on stress-related psychological symptoms. Method: 47 suggestible, stressed individuals (87 % female) were randomized to a hypnosis group (n = 23, 20-minute hypnosis) or a control group (n = 24, 20-minute scientific documentary). Before and after the intervention, we assessed perceived stress, negative affect, anxiety, and depressive mood. Results: After the hypnosis intervention, depressive mood (d = 0.36) and state anxiety (d = 1.00) decreased, while negative affect remained stable (d = 0.04). Perceived stress was reduced in both groups. Conclusion: A single relaxation hypnosis session decreased stress-related symptoms in chronically stressed individuals. Our results substantiated the stress-alleviating effects of hypnosis.
Characterisation of non-standard granular aggregates including marginal crushed rocks and recycled crushed concrete as constructible pavement materials
Creators: name: Haghighi, Hamed
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The proper selection of aggregates to construct workable granular base materials requires deep understanding of behaviour of the materials. As there is a growing demand to use the locally available materials, which do not necessarily meet the specifications, it is necessary to understand and evaluate the performance of the non-standard materials. In this research a performance-based test method was adopted and modified to investigate the performance of the investigated materials. In-depth analysis of the results confirmed the capability of this test method in providing the essential information which are critical to understand the behaviour of unknown materials in pavement designs.
Effects of Valproic Acid, a Histone Deacetylase Inhibitor, on improvement of Locomotor Function in Rat Spinal Cord Injury Based on Epigenetic Science
Creators: name: Alireza Abdanipour
name: Schluesener, Hermann J.
name: Taki Tiraihi
Publisher: name: the Pasteur Institute of Iran
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: Basic Sciences

description: Iranian Biomedical Journal (IBJ); ISSN 1028-852X
Non-24-Hour Sleep-Wake Disorder Revisited – A Case Study
Creators: name: Garbazza, Corrado
name: Bromundt, Vivien
name: Eckert, Anne
name: Brunner, Daniel P.
name: Meier, Fides
name: Hackethal, Sandra
name: Cajochen, Christian
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: non-24-hour sleep-wake disorder
subject: circadian rhythm sleep disorders
subject: bright light therapy
subject: melatonin
subject: Hodgkin’s lymphoma
subject: 100 Philosophie und Psychologie::150 Psychologie

description: The human sleep-wake cycle is governed by two major factors: a homeostatic hourglass process (process S), which rises linearly during the day, and a circadian process C, which determines the timing of sleep in a ~24-h rhythm in accordance to the external light–dark (LD) cycle. While both individual processes are fairly well characterized, the exact nature of their interaction remains unclear. The circadian rhythm is generated by the suprachiasmatic nucleus (“master clock”) of the anterior hypothalamus, through cell-autonomous feedback loops of DNA transcription and translation. While the phase length (tau) of the cycle is relatively stable and genetically determined, the phase of the clock is reset by external stimuli (“zeitgebers”), the most important being the LD cycle. Misalignments of the internal rhythm with the LD cycle can lead to various somatic complaints and to the development of circadian rhythm sleep disorders (CRSD). Non-24-hour sleep-wake disorders (N24HSWD) is a CRSD affecting up to 50% of totally blind patients and characterized by the inability to maintain a stable entrainment of the typically long circadian rhythm (tau > 24.5 h) to the LD cycle. The disease is rare in sighted individuals and the pathophysiology less well understood. Here, we present the case of a 40-year-old sighted male, who developed a misalignment of the internal clock with the external LD cycle following the treatment for Hodgkin’s lymphoma (ABVD regimen, four cycles and AVD regimen, four cycles). A thorough clinical assessment, including actigraphy, melatonin profiles and polysomnography led to the diagnosis of non-24-hour sleep-wake disorders (N24HSWD) with a free-running rhythm of tau = 25.27 h. A therapeutic intervention with bright light therapy (30 min, 10,000 lux) in the morning and melatonin administration (0.5–0.75 mg) in the evening failed to entrain the free-running rhythm, although a longer treatment duration and more intense therapy might have been successful. The sudden onset and close timely connection led us to hypothesize that the chemotherapy might have caused a mutation of the molecular clock components leading to the observed elongation of the circadian period.
D7.2 Data Management Plan v1
Creators: name: De Deurwaerder, Oberon
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: Data Management Plan as living document regarding the City-Move Project.

The City-Move project aims to collect and analyze data to evaluate the effectiveness of urban policies on physical activity (PA) behaviors in six partner cities: Antwerp, Bogotà, Kampala, Lima, Ljubljana, and Rotterdam. This data management plan outlines the approach for gathering and utilizing both primary and secondary data to inform policy makers and promote PA worldwide.
title: Anomalías en el Desarrollo Embriológico de la Aorta Torácica y Troncos Supraaórticos. Estudio de colaterales.
Creators: name: Awad Breval, Fadia
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Arteries / Aorta
subject: Education
subject: Vascular

description: Objetivo docente
Revisión del tema
Conclusiones
description: Objetivo docente:
El uso de las técnicas de imagen,
principalmente angio-TC y angio-RM,
han puesto de manifiesto las múltiples anomalías congénitas del arco aórtico y troncos supraaórticos,
principalmente en pacientes asintomáticos.
Pretendemos en esta...
Formalizing concepts for efficacy-aware business process modelling
Creators: name: Lohrmann, Matthias
name: Reichert, Manfred
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Business objectives and goals
subject: Business process design
subject: Business process modelling and analysis
subject: DDC 004 / Data processing & computer science
subject: Process engineering
subject: Reengineering (Management)
subject: Geschäftsmodell
subject: Prozessmanagement
subject: Prozessoptimierung

description: In business process design, business objective models can fulfill the role of formal requirement definitions. Matching process models against objective models would, for instance, enable sound comparison of implementation alternatives. For that purpose, objective models should be available independently of their concrete implementation in a business process. This issue is not addressed by common business process management concepts yet. Moreover, process models are currently not sufficiently expressive to determine business process efficacy in the sense of fulfilling a business objective. Therefore, this paper develops and integrates constructs required for efficacy-aware process modeling and apt to extend common modeling approaches. The concept is illustrated with a sample scenario. Overall, it serves as an enabler for progressive applications like automated process optimization.
title: Neoplasias de lengua. Aportaciones de la TC dinámica "sacar la lengua"
Creators: name: Crespo Martínez, Concepción
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: CT
subject: Head and neck

description: Objetivos
Material y método
Resultados
Conclusiones
description: Objetivos:
Valorar la utilidad del estudio TC dinámico “sacar la lengua” en el estadiaje de las neoplasias de...
title: Manifestaciones radiológicas del síndrome de Lemierre
Creators: name: Esteve Krauel, Pablo
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Ultrasound-Colour Doppler
subject: CT
subject: Thorax
subject: Head and neck

description: Objetivo docente
Revisión del tema
Conclusiones
description: Objetivo docente:
- El síndrome de Lemierre es una complicación rara de una faringitis con clínica típica de amigdalitis una semana antes,
aproximadamente,
de la instauración del cuadro.
Se acompaña de tromboflebitis de la vena yugular y metástasis...
Working conditions of healthcare workers and clients’ satisfaction with care: study protocol and baseline results of a cluster-randomised workplace intervention
Creators: name: Montano, Diego
name: Kuchenbaur, Marco
name: Geissler, Heinrich
name: Peter, Richard
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Work ability
subject: Work stress
subject: Effort-reward imbalance
subject: Organisational interventions
subject: Psychosocial load
subject: DDC 610 / Medicine & health
subject: Workplace; Psychology
subject: Occupational stress
subject: Health personnel
subject: Arbeitsplatz
subject: Stress
subject: Gesundheitsberufe

description: Background: In the present investigation the study protocol and the results at baseline of a workplace intervention are reported. It is hypothesised that the reduction of the physical and psychosocial workload of healthcare workers increases 1 their self-assessed physical and mental work ability, and 2. clients’ satisfaction with care. Methods: Two-arm, cluster-randomised trial. Outcome data on workers and clients are collected in questionnaires at baseline, and two follow-ups between 2019 and 2021. Participants of the interventions are healthcare workers of 11 healthcare providers in Germany. At baseline, the intervention arm comprised 22 clusters (n = 174 workers); the control arm, 47 clusters (n = 276). The intervention consists of interviews and workshops, in which employees propose measures aiming to reduce the physical and psychosocial load, and strengthen resources at work. The primary outcome is the workers’ physical and mental work ability. The secondary outcome is the clients’ satisfaction with care. Results: There was no evidence of substantial differences between trial arms at baseline concerning the outcomes. The design effect estimates for physical and mental work ability were 1.29 and 1.05, respectively. At the end of the trial, effect sizes of at least 0.30 and 0.27 at the 80% power and 5% significance levels can be attained. Conclusions: The results suggest that the implementation of the study design has been satisfactory. The intervention is expected to provide evidence of relatively small to medium-size effects of the intervention activities on the work ability of healthcare workers and the clients’ satisfaction with care. Trial registration: Registration trial DRKS00021138 on the German Registry of Clinical Studies (DRKS), retrospectively registered on 25 March, 2020.
Ultracold atom interferometry with pulses of variable duration
Creators: name: Ivannikov, Valentin
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: We offer interferometry models for thermal ensembles with one-body losses and the phenomenological inclusion of perturbations covering most of the thermal atom experiments. A possible extension to the many-body case is briefly discussed. The Ramsey pulses are assumed to have variable durations and the detuning during the pulses is distinguished from the detuning during evolution. Consequently, the pulses are not restricted to resonant operation and give more flexibility to optimize the interferometer to particular experimental conditions. On this basis another model is devised in which the contrast loss due to the unequal one-body population decays is canceled by the application of a nonstandard splitting pulse. For the importance of its practical implications, an analogous spin-echo model is also provided. The developed models are suitable for the analysis of atomic clocks and a broad range of sensing applications; they are particularly useful for trapped-atom interferometers.
title: Utilidad de añadir la citología líquida a la PAAF convencional en la estadificación axilar del carcinoma de mama mediante ecografía
Creators: name: Martín Pérez, Samuel
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Breast
subject: Ultrasound
subject: Puncture
subject: Metastases

description: Objetivos
Material y método
Resultados
Conclusiones
description: Objetivos:
Evaluar la utilidad de añadir la citología líquida (Cytolyt®) a la citología convencional en la estadificación axilar mediante PAAF guiada con ecografía en el carcinoma infiltrante de...
title: Otitis Externa Maligna: Una Visión Actual de un Tema Complejo
Creators: name: Alvarado Rosas, Jose Armando
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Head and neck
subject: Ear / Nose / Throat
subject: CT
subject: MR

description: Objetivo docente
Revisión del tema
Conclusiones
description: Objetivo docente:
Ilustrar los diferentes hallazgos en imagen de la otitis externa maligna,
como parte importante en su proceso...
title: Linfoma Pulmonar Primario: hallazgos radiológicos y correlación radio-patológica.
Creators: name: Mesa Alvarez, Alicia
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Thorax
subject: Oncology
subject: CT
subject: Conventional radiography
subject: Biopsy
subject: Neoplasia
subject: Haematologic diseases

description: Objetivo docente
Revisión del tema
Conclusiones
description: Objetivo docente:
- Ilustrar las formas de presentación del linfoma pulmonar primario (lpp). - Resaltar las características diferenciales con otros neoplasias pulmonares. - Establecer correlación histológica en cada caso...
title: Optimización de las técnicas de imagen en el diagnóstico y estadificación de los tumores renales. Revisión bibliográfica y sugerencia de guía clínica.
Creators: name: Pertusa Santos, Elena
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Neoplasia
subject: Kidney
subject: Oncology
subject: Abdomen

description: Objetivos
Material y método
Resultados
Conclusiones
description: Objetivos:
Revisar las guías clínicas de uso más extendido en nuestro medio sobre los tumores renales del adulto,
realizar un análisis crítico desde el punto de vista radiológico y sugerir qué técnicas de imagen y en qué orden deben realizarse para...
Sentencing alternatives for women: Options for a woman-centered justice model's sentencing component.
Creators: name: Evans, Jane S.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: Canadian Studies.

description: This thesis focuses on justice and women's groups perceptions regarding the possibility of a woman-centered justice model. Face-to-face interviews were conducted with eight representatives from Canadian justice and women's groups. The benefits and limitations of three justice models: community corrections, restorative justice, and transformative justice are discussed with relation to sentencing women in conflict with the law. The traditional criminal justice system and present justice models do not adequately address the needs of either women or men; therefore, fundamental changes to the system are needed. Although it is recognized that men would also benefit from a new approach to sentencing, only the possibility of a woman-centered justice model that looks at sentencing women is discussed. The justice and women's groups' respondents argue that non-carceral sentences should be used for all women who do not pose a threat of violence to themselves or the public. Another theme that emerged from these interviews was that a woman-centered justice model might be too narrow an approach to deal with the individualized needs of women. Therefore, a woman-centered justice model's sentencing component should be based on a transformative model which addresses the social, political, and economic realities of women as well as tailor its sentencing program to meet the specific needs of each sentenced woman. There was no consensus among the representatives regarding the nature of a proposed separate system for women. The author proposes that the present system be changed to allow for a woman-centered sentencing model which is based on transformative justice principles.
Context-specific interactions in literature-curated protein interaction databases
Creators: name: Stacey, R. G.
name: Skinnider, Michael A.
name: Chik, Jenny H. L.
name: Foster, Leonard J.
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2018

description: Background: Databases of literature-curated protein-protein interactions (PPIs) are often used to interpret high-throughput interactome mapping studies and estimate error rates. These databases combine interactions across thousands of published studies and experimental techniques. Because the tendency for two proteins to interact depends on the local conditions, this heterogeneity of conditions means that only a subset of database PPIs are interacting during any given experiment. A typical use of these databases as gold standards in interactome mapping projects, however, assumes that PPIs included in the database are indeed interacting under the experimental conditions of the study. Results: Using raw data from 20 co-fractionation experiments and six published interactomes, we demonstrate that this assumption is often false, with up to 55% of purported gold standard interactions showing no evidence of interaction, on average. We identify a subset of CORUM database complexes that do show consistent evidence of interaction in co-fractionation studies, and we use this subset as gold standards to dramatically improve interactome mapping as judged by the number of predicted interactions at a given error rate. Conclusions: We recommend using this CORUM subset as the gold standard set in future co-fractionation studies. More generally, we recommend using the subset of literature-curated PPIs that are specific to the experimental context whenever possible.
Factors influencing the effects of instructed human imagining behaviour on subsequent performance.
Creators: name: Bourgon, Guy André.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1994
Subjects: subject: Psychology, Clinical.

description: Numerous anecdotal reports from athletes and coaches suggest that performance of a physical skill can be improved by imaginal practising of that skill. Practising a skill in one's imagination has been called symbolic rehearsal, mental practice, mental rehearsal, conceptualizing practice, imaginal practice, covert rehearsal, and instructed human imagining behaviour (IHIB). For at least 50 years, researchers have attempted to empirically demonstrate the effects of instructed human imagining behaviour on subsequent performance. A review of the IHIB and related literature suggests (a) that although IHIB can influence skill performance, it may not always do so; (b) that the conceptual schemes involved in IHIB need careful development; and (c) that before IHIB can be used to effectively and systematically improve performance, we need to identify critical variables involved in IHIB. An alternative explanation of IHIB and its effects on subsequent performance based on radical behaviourism is described and examined. This conceptual scheme proposes that IHIB is similar to the overt behaviour and thus, shares similar controlling variables. Three experiments, investigated the effects of presenting task-specific auditory stimuli during IHIB procedures. The results suggest that task-specific auditory stimuli increase the similarity between IHIB and the target behaviour, and that it is this similarity that mediates the effects of IHIB on subsequent performance.
title: TC cardiaco. Más alla del estudio de las arterias coronarias.
Creators: name: Schröer, Volker
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Pathology
subject: Acute
subject: Normal variants
subject: Contrast agent-intravenous
subject: CT-Angiography
subject: Image manipulation / Reconstruction
subject: Cardiac
subject: Arteries / Aorta
subject: Anatomy

description: Objetivos
Material y método
Resultados
Conclusiones
description: Objetivos:
Con el desarrollo tecnológico de la TC en los últimos años,
hemos conseguido un gran avance en la imagen cardiaca,
sobre todo en el estudio morfológico de las arterias coronarias. El objetivo de este estudio es mostrar una revisión...
Resource-based view of information systems: Sustainable and transient competitive advantage perspectives
Creators: name: Gupta, Gaurav
name: Tan, Kevin Tee Liang
name: Ee, Yaw Seng
name: Phang, Cynthia Su Chen
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The resource-based view (RBV), or resource-based theory, is one of the oldest and most influential theories in the field of information systems. This paper contends that it is timely to revisit, reflect on, and reposition RBV to ensure its continued disciplinary relevance and progress. In doing so, this paper (i) provides a succinct and sharp evaluation of the conventional RBV of information systems that firms use to establish sustainable competitive advantage, and (ii) makes an original contribution by introducing a contemporary RBV of information systems that firms can use to establish transient competitive advantage. Both these contributions should advance the current and future understanding of information systems as (a) an internal firm resource, (b) a source of competitive advantage, and (c) a driver of firm performance.