cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
From kindergartners to kindergarten teachers: The compromise of a profession in late nineteenth-century Ontario
Creators: name: Aizenberg, Ada
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Education, Administration.
subject: Education, History of.
subject: Education, Elementary.

description: This thesis examines the professional status of women kindergartners in Ontario in the late nineteenth- early twentieth century, by exploring the origins of the Kindergarten and the transformations that occurred to this system as it integrated into the provincially-controlled public education system. The masculine nature of the professions in nineteenth century, together with the gendered ideology that made the care of young children women's work, is critical to understanding what happened to the kindergartners as they moved from women-run private institutions to male run institutions of education in Ontario. This thesis examines the position, training, and inspection, of kindergartners in the provincial education system of nineteenth-century Ontario, while at the same time analyzing the meaning that "profession" had, together with its gendered and class connotations, and how this influenced the status of the kindergartners. I argue that kindergartening was a specialized profession when it was first introduced to Ontario in the latter part of the nineteenth century, and that the entry into the already existing teaching hierarchy, with its gendered social relations, began a process of de-professionalization, as control over the training of the new kindergarten teachers, as well as the support provided thereafter, moved from the hands of expert, professional women kindergartners into the hands of male government officials at the Ministry of Education.
Supplementary document for Enhanced sensitivity of plasmonic optical fiber sensors by analyzing the distribution of the optical modes intensity - 4718341.pdf
Creators: name: vindas, karim
name: buhot, arnaud
name: Livache, Thierry
name: Garrigue, Patrick
name: Sojic, Neso
name: Leroy, loic
name: ENGEL, Elodie
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Photodetectors, Optical Sensors and Solar Cells

description: Global and enhanced view of the cleaved facet of the bundle.
Hard real-time motion planning for autonomous vehicles
Creators: name: Walker, Andrew B.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Motion planning is the problem of finding a continuous collision free path from an initial configuration (or state) to a goal. On board an autonomous vehicle, the capability to prevent collisions also depends on the sensing and control. Critically, motion planning is a necessary component for the safe operation of an autonomous vehicles. This work focuses on the problem of embedding a motion planner into a software system in which all tasks are required to satisfy hard deadlines. The key contribution of this work is to present a framework that can be used as a basis for incorporating approximately complete motion planning algorithms within a hard real-time system. This framework ensures that deadlines can be satisfied, with only mild constraints on other software. Two motion planning algorithms are presented as a verification of the framework, and are applied to solving dynamic motion planning problems related to the safe and efficient navigation of autonomous systems.
title: Estudio y clasificación de las hernias abdominales y sus complicaciones mediante TCMC.
Creators: name: Gomez Garcia, Estibaliz
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Hernia
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: CT
subject: Abdomen
subject: Anatomy

description: Objetivo docente
Revisión del tema
Conclusiones
description: Objetivo docente:
- Valorar la utilidad de la TC multicorte (TCMC) en la identificación de las hernias abdominales y sus complicaciones. - Revisar la clasificación de los diferentes tipos de hernias abdominales: de pared,
internas y...
Characterisation of a conserved motif found within the Dlx cis-regulatory element URE2 and its effect on mouse URE2-lacZ activity in transgenic mice
Creators: name: Lavoie, Monique V
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Biology, Genetics.

description: The Distal-less-like genes, commonly referred to as Dlx genes, encode homeodomain transcription factors essential for the establishment of GABAergic interneurons in the ventral forebrain as well as their migration to the cortex. The cis-regulatory element URE2 (enhancer) is located upstream of Dlx1 and is thought to regulate the transcription of Dlx1 and/or Dlx2. The objective of this study was to examine a short conserved sequence within the URE2 element, corresponding to nucleotides 699-719, and to evaluate its contribution to URE2 activity in transgenic mouse forebrain. My results showed that a mutant version of the URE2 element, in which nucleotides 699-719 were modified, was active in the cortex and the ventricular zone of forebrain of the transgenic mice produced with the mutant enhancer, where Dlx1/Dlx2 are not usually expressed. This indicated a loss of binding by a protein with a transcriptional repressor function. Previous analyses suggested that mURE2nt699-719 would be a good candidate for a REST repressor binding site. However, we were not able to observe any transcriptional regulation by REST in co-transfection experiments performed in cultured cells. This, as well as revised bioinformatical information, led us to identify four new candidates possibly using mURE2nt699-719 as a binding site, namely the Nuclear- Factor-1 proteins: NFIA, NFIB, NFIC and NFIX. These genes are associated with transcriptional regulation, being repressors and/or activators of gene expression in the brain. We showed that NFIC was able to utilize the mURE2nt699-719 sequence to reduce the luciferase reporter expression in neuronal cells, which would explain the loss of repression in our transgenic mice at embryonic days E11.5 and E13.5. These preliminary results also allowed us to suggest that a heterodimer between NFIC/NFIB and NFIC/NFIX binds to the mURE2699-719 sequence at embryonic day E15.5 and postnatal day 0 (P0) of the transgenic mice since the mutated enhancer's activity seems to indicate a loss of an activator at those stages. These results suggest that these factors could possibly be required for the regulation of the Dlx genes by URE2. These results will also help clarify the role of URE2 by identifying transcription factors that contribute to the genetic program involved in the cellular organization of the developing forebrain in vertebrates.
ACE2-EGFR-MAPK signaling contributes to SARS-CoV-2 infection
Creators: name: Engler, Melanie
name: Albers, Dan
name: Von Maltitz, Pascal
name: Groß, Rüdiger Martin
name: Münch, Jan
name: Cirstea, Ion Cristian
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Cell biology
subject: DDC 610 / Medicine & health
subject: SARS-CoV-2
subject: Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2
subject: ErbB receptors
subject: MAP kinase signaling system
subject: SARS-CoV-2
subject: ACE 2
subject: Epidermaler Wachstumsfaktor-Rezeptor
subject: Signaltransduktion

description: SARS-CoV-2 triggered the most severe pandemic of recent times. To enter into a host cell, SARS-CoV-2 binds to the angiotensinconverting enzyme 2 (ACE2). However, subsequent studies indicated that other cell membrane receptors may act as virus-binding partners. Among these receptors, the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) was hypothesized not only as a spike protein binder, but also to be activated in response to SARS-CoV-2. In our study, we aim at dissecting EGFR activation and its major downstream signaling pathway, the mitogen-activated signaling pathway (MAPK), in SARS-CoV-2 infection. Here, we demonstrate the activation of EGFR–MAPK signaling axis by the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein and we identify a yet unknown cross talk between ACE2 and EGFR that regulated ACE2 abundance and EGFR activation and subcellular localization, respectively. By inhibiting the EGFR-MAPK activation, we observe a reduced infection with either spikepseudotyped particles or authentic SARS-CoV-2, thus indicating that EGFR serves as a cofactor and the activation of EGFR-MAPK contributes to SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Supplementary document for Enhanced sensitivity of plasmonic optical fiber sensors by analyzing the distribution of the optical modes intensity - 4718341.pdf
Creators: name: vindas, karim
name: buhot, arnaud
name: Livache, Thierry
name: Garrigue, Patrick
name: Sojic, Neso
name: Leroy, loic
name: ENGEL, Elodie
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2020
Subjects: Photodetectors, Optical Sensors and Solar Cells

description: Global and enhanced view of the cleaved facet of the bundle.
Development and evaluation of a decision aid for patients considering treatment options for stage IV non-small cell lung cancer.
Creators: name: Fiset, Valerie.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: Health Sciences, Oncology.

description: A decision whether to receive chemotherapy for stage IV non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is one in which the benefits and risks of the treatment and the personal values of the patient must be considered. Objectives of the study were to develop and conduct a preliminary evaluation of a decision aid for patients making the decision about chemotherapy for stage IV NSCLC. In particular, this study: (1) evaluated the effect of the decision aid on the patient's comprehension of the treatment alternatives, benefits and risks; (2) evaluated the effect of the decision aid on the decisional conflict experienced by the patient; and (3) evaluated the decision aid's acceptability to patients and practitioners. The decision aid was developed by Valerie Fiset, Dr Annette O'Connor, Dr Bill Evans, Dr Jo Logan and Cathy DeGrasse. It includes information describing advanced lung cancer, its effects and what people may do to cope with those effects. As well, the decision aid describes supportive care, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy, discussing in detail the benefits and risks of chemotherapy. The last part of the decision aid is an exercise in values clarification, which helps the patient to think about what is most important to them in making the decision about chemotherapy. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
title: Diagnóstico por TCAR de las complicaciones pulmonares en el transplante de médula ósea.
Creators: name: González Sendra, Francisco Javier
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Transplantation
subject: Infection
subject: Haematologic diseases
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Complications
subject: CT-High Resolution
subject: Thorax
subject: Haematologic

description: Objetivo docente
Revisión del tema
Conclusiones
description: Objetivo docente:
El propósito de este póster educacional es ilustrar los tipos más comunes de complicaciones pulmonares que pueden ocurrir tras un trasplante de médula ósea .
Este procedimiento es potencialmente curativo en diferentes enfermedades...
Identity-based cryptographic schemes for large user communities
Creators: name: Nali, Deholo
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Computer Science.

description: Most currently deployed public-key cryptosystems are certificate-based (CBPK) cryptosystems. In large and distributed user communities, CBPK cryptosystems typically require encryptors to obtain the public-key certificate of each intended recipient, and signature verifiers to obtain the public-key certificate of each claimed signer. However, the management and distribution of public-key certificates are cumbersome in these communities. To address this issue, identity-based (ID-based) cryptosystems have been suggested as a possible alternative, because they enable the derivation of public keys from arbitrary string identifiers (such as email addresses, IP addresses, or privilege identifiers). This dissertation investigates the use of ID-based cryptography for large user communities. In particular, we present efficient and provably-secure (hierarchical) ID-based cryptographic schemes to support the following applications: (1) generation of decryption keys from non-repeatable (e.g. biometric) information; (2) authentication of the sender of encrypted information; (3) verification that a user belongs to a publicly known subset of a group, while the user remains anonymous to all but a designated party.
Exhaust emission measurements from a spark-ignition engine using fuels with different ethanol content for aircraft applications
Creators: name: Frank, Daniel
name: Neubauer, Grace
name: Bauer, Christiane
name: Kallo, Josef
name: Willich, Caroline
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: GASOLINE BLENDS
subject: DDC 540 / Chemistry & allied sciences
subject: Internal combustion engines
subject: Electric airplanes
subject: Hybrid airplanes
subject: Performance
subject: Combustion
subject: Verbrennungsmotor
subject: Verbrennung

description: To have more sustainable aviation, ways to reduce lead and gaseous emissions are important and currently large research topics. As further efficiency improvements for internal combustion engines (ICE) have reached a limit, and the research and development of certifiable full and hybrid electric aircrafts are still ongoing, it becomes increasingly important to investigate the use of alternatives to conventional fuels, such as bioethanol. In this study, a state-of-the-art turbocharged 104 kW flight piston engine (BRP Rotax 915 iS) was tested with fuels containing various amounts of ethanol to assess the influence on the engine’s performance and emissions. Emission and performance maps covering the full range of engine operation from 4500 to 5800 RPM and about 40 to 110 kW output power were obtained using the standard fuel AvGas 100 LL, its current alternative Super 98 E5, and higher ethanol content fuels Super 98 E10 and Super 95 E20. With 20% ethanol in the fuel blend, a general decrease in CO and unburned hydrocarbon (UHC) emissions and an increase in CO2 and NOx were observed compared to the other fuels. Differences in the performance and emissions of the engine were also observed with different manifold air temperatures (MAT).
Rêves de grossesse et du post-partum: Leurs caractéristiques et leur relation avec les symptômes dépressifs et anxieux
Creators: name: Sabourin, Catherine
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Psychology, Clinical.

description: Cette étude s'intéresse à la notion d'une continuité entre les expériences de l'éveil et du rêve, dans le contexte de la grossesse et du post-partum. Des recherches antérieures ont suggéré que les rêves de la grossesse refléteraient les préoccupations de l'éveil et pourraient meme faciliter le dépistage des femmes à risque de dépression lors du post-partum. La présente étude poursuit cette exploration avec des raffinements méthodologiques et un échantillon plus important. Les principaux objectifs sont de mieux cerner l'impact de la grossesse et du post-partum sur le contenu des rêves, ainsi que de clarifier la relation entre les rêves et les symptômes dépressifs et anxieux de l'éveil. Cent quarante-trois femmes enceintes agées entre 20 et 34 ans ont complété un journal de rêves et des questionnaires sur les symptômes dépressifs et anxieux de l'éveil et ce, à trois moments entre le deuxième trimestre et le mois suivant l'accouchement. Les données de comparaison de 125 femmes non enceintes ont quant à elles été extraites de la banque de rêves d'une étude normative sur les rêves des Canadiens. Les analyses statistiques ont démontré que plus de la moitié des rêves de la grossesse et du post-partum comprenaient des références à la grossesse et à la maternité, alors que ces éléments étaient très rares dans le groupe de comparaison. Par ailleurs, les rêves reflétaient les caractéristiques propres aux périodes prénatale et post-natale, avec plus de références à la grossesse dans la première période, et plus d'éléments associés à la maternité dans la seconde période. Contrairement à nos attentes, les femmes enceintes et les femmes non enceintes ne se sont pas distinguées quant au contenu négatif de leurs rêves. Finalement, les symptômes dépressifs étaient associés à un contenu négatif accru dans les rêves, tant durant la grossesse que lors du post-partum, alors qu'une telle relation n'a pas été clairement observée avec les symptômes anxieux. Ces résultats suggèrent que les expériences marquantes et chargées d'émotions sont propices à se transposer dans les rêves. À travers l'analyse de rêves, cette étude offre également un regard nouveau sur l'expérience psychologique de la grossesse et de la maternité.
Minority governments in Canada: A study of legislative politics
Creators: name: Gervais, Marc
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Canadian Studies.
subject: Political Science, General.

description: Despite their prevalence, the study of Canadian minority governments has been the object of few published studies. In particular, the issue of how governments that must rely on the support of one or more opposition parties in Parliament manage to remain in power (viability) and pass their legislative proposals (effectiveness) has not been thoroughly investigated. This study examines the parliamentary dynamics at play in these situations by applying a majority building framework grounded in and supported by three theoretical perspectives, namely the rational choice tradition, new institutionalism, and the role of party politics and party systems, to four minority governments that have occurred in the last 50 years or so: 1 Diefenbaker (1957-1958), 2- Pearson (1963-1965); 3- Clark (1979-1980); and, 4-Harper (2006-2008). The data on the specific circumstances that held during these minority governments has been gathered from archival records, from the recorded debates and votes in the House of Commons, from previous Canadian studies on minority government, from political autobiographies, and from third party accounts of the events at the time. The study finds that majority building is a function of primarily two interrelated variables: 1- bargaining power (interparty dynamics and intra-party cohesion) and 2- agenda control (House business, confidence tests, other institutional features). It also stresses the importance of government concessions as an effective means of achieving desired goals and outcomes. Furthermore, this study highlights the capacity and skill of individual parliamentary actors in the exercise of legislative politics generally and in manipulating institutional and party system levers specifically, as a contributing factor to their government's duration and legislative output. This study adds to the empirical knowledge of the minority experience in Canada and provides a conceptual framework to better understand legislative politics and its impact on the success of minority governments in Canada and elsewhere.
title: Atlas radiológico de la enfermedad de Crohn: RM-enterografía
Creators: name: Rodriguez Carnero, Pablo
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Abdomen
subject: Gastrointestinal tract
subject: MR
subject: Inflammation

description: Objetivo docente
Revisión del tema
Conclusiones
description: Objetivo docente:
Describir el papel de la enterografía mediante resonancia magnética (RM-enterografía) en pacientes con enfermedad de Crohn (EC),
detallar el protocolo de estudio que utilizamos y describir los hallazgos de imagen frecuentes e infrecuentes en...
Blunted ventral striatal responses to anticipated rewards foreshadow problematic drug use in novelty-seeking adolescents
Creators: name: Buechel, Christian
name: Peters, Jan
name: Banaschewski, Tobias
name: Bokde, Arun L. W.
name: Bromberg, Uli
name: Conrod, Patricia J.
name: Flor, Herta
name: Heinz, Andreas
name: Walter, Henrik
name: Gallinat, Juergen [U.V.M.]
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Predictive markers
subject: Reward
subject: Risk factors
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Novelty-seeking tendencies in adolescents may promote innovation as well as problematic impulsive behaviour, including drug abuse. Previous research has not clarified whether neural hyper- or hypo-responsiveness to anticipated rewards promotes vulnerability in these individuals. Here we use a longitudinal design to track 144 novelty-seeking adolescents at age 14 and 16 to determine whether neural activity in response to anticipated rewards predicts problematic drug use. We find that diminished BOLD activity in mesolimbic (ventral striatal and midbrain) and prefrontal cortical (dorsolateral prefrontal cortex) regions during reward anticipation at age 14 predicts problematic drug use at age 16. Lower psychometric conscientiousness and steeper discounting of future rewards at age 14 also predicts problematic drug use at age 16, but the neural responses independently predict more variance than psychometric measures. Together, these findings suggest that diminished neural responses to anticipated rewards in novelty-seeking adolescents may increase vulnerability to future problematic drug use.
Environmental hazard of selected TiO2 nanomaterials under consideration of relevant exposure scenarions
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: nanomaterials
subject: Nano-Titandioxid
subject: Chemikalien
subject: Chemicals

description: This project investigated the ecotoxicological hazard of two different sized TiO2 nanomaterials and one non-nano sized TiO2 reference material to organisms inhabiting different environmental compartments. Following standardized tests (OECD guidelines) were used to investigate the influence of these materials on several test organisms: Daphnia sp. acute immobilization test (Test No. 202), Fish embryo acute toxicity (FET) test (Test No. 236), Activated sludge, respiration inhibition test (Test No. 209), Earthworm, acute toxicity test (Test No. 207), Earthworm, reproduction test, (Test No. 222). Thereby, different organisms and effect levels (respiration, mobility, mortality, reproduction, embryonic development) were considered. Main focuses of the study were tests under relevant exposure scenarios. Therefore, Daphnia sp. acute immobilization tests and activated sludge tests were performed with solar radiation. Mixture experiments with nano-TiO2 and an organic contaminant were conducted with the acute and chronic earthworm and activated sludge respiration tests.
Quelle: www.umweltbundesamt.de

description: This project investigated the ecotoxicological hazard of two different sized TiO2 nanomaterials and one non-nano sized TiO2 reference material to organisms inhabiting different environmental compartments. Following standardized tests (⁠OECD⁠ guidelines) were used to investigate the influence of these materials on several test organisms:  Daphnia sp. acute immobilization test (Test No. 202), Fish embryo acute toxicity (FET) test (Test No. 236), Activated sludge, respiration inhibition test (Test No. 209), Earthworm, acute toxicity test (Test No. 207), Earthworm, reproduction test, (Test No. 222). Thereby, different organisms and effect levels (respiration, mobility, mortality, reproduction, embryonic development) were considered. Main focuses of the study were tests under relevant exposure scenarios. Therefore, Daphnia sp. acute immobilization tests and activated sludge tests were performed with solar radiation. Mixture experiments with nano-TiO2 and an organic contaminant were conducted with the acute and chronic earthworm and activated sludge respiration tests.
RCS measurements of a human hand for radar-based gesture recognition at E-band
Creators: name: Hügler, Philipp
name: Geiger, Martin
name: Waldschmidt, Christian
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: RCS
subject: DDC 620 / Engineering & allied operations
subject: Radar
subject: Radar cross sections
subject: Radar
subject: Radarstreuquerschnitt

description: This paper presents monostatic radar cross section (RCS) measurements of a human hand in the frequency range from 60GHz to 90 GHz. These values are important parameters for system designs in the emerging field of radar-based gesture recognition. The measurement procedure is described in detail and results of four gestures at three different distances are depicted and analysed.
HIV Cell-to-Cell Spread Results in Earlier Onset of Viral Gene Expression by Multiple Infections per Cell
Creators: name: Boulle, Mikael
name: Muller, Thorsten G.
name: Dahling, Sabrina
name: Ganga, Yashica
name: Jackson, Laurelle
name: Mahamed, Deeqa
name: Oom, Lance
name: Lustig, Gila
name: Neher, Richard A.
name: Sigal, Alex
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Cell-to-cell spread of HIV, a directed mode of viral transmission, has been observed to be more rapid than cell-free infection. However, a mechanism for earlier onset of viral gene expression in cell-to-cell spread was previously uncharacterized. Here we used time-lapse microscopy combined with automated image analysis to quantify the timing of the onset of HIV gene expression in a fluorescent reporter cell line, as well as single cell staining for infection over time in primary cells. We compared cell-to-cell spread of HIV to cell- free infection, and limited both types of transmission to a two-hour window to minimize differences due to virus transit time to the cell. The mean time to detectable onset of viral gene expression in cell-to-cell spread was accelerated by 19% in the reporter cell line and by 35% in peripheral blood mononuclear cells relative to cell-free HIV infection. Neither factors secreted by infected cells, nor contact with infected cells in the absence of transmission, detectably changed onset. We recapitulated the earlier onset by infecting with multiple cell-free viruses per cell. Surprisingly, the acceleration in onset of viral gene expression was not explained by cooperativity between infecting virions. Instead, more rapid onset was consistent with a model where the fastest expressing virus out of the infecting virus pool sets the time for infection independently of the other co-infecting viruses.
Subjektive Krankheitstheorien bei Kindern und Jugendlichen mit somatoformen Störungen oder Asthma bronchiale und ihren Eltern
Creators: name: Goldbeck, Lutz
name: Bundschuh, Silke
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Illness beliefs
subject: DDC 610 / Medicine & health
subject: Adolescent
subject: Asthma. In infancy and childhood
subject: Attitude to health
subject: Child
subject: Parents
subject: Somatoform disorders
subject: Bronchialasthma
subject: Funktionelle Störung
subject: Pathogenese

description: Objective: Illness beliefs of children and adolescents (age: 8 - 18 years) with somatoform disorders or asthma bronchiale and of their parents were compared. Methods: 25 patients of each diagnostic group and their parents participated independently in semi-structured interviews. The answers were categorized after qualitative content analyses. The frequencies of specific illness beliefs in each group were compared, coefficients of similarity between patients’ and their parents’ illness beliefs were calculated. Results: Illness beliefs are mostly multi-dimensional, but not consistent. We discriminated seven categories of causal attributions: genetic, mental, somatic, developmental, behavioural, social, and physical/environmental. Children and adolescents reported less complex attributions compared with their parents; moderate similarity between patients’ and their parents’ illness beliefs is demonstrated. Disease specific attributions were most prominent in the parental perspective, with a preference for psycho-social illness attributions in parents of patients with somatoform disorders and a preference for genetic, physical-external and somatic attributions in parents of patients with asthma. Patients with somatoform disorders considered significantly more often psycho-social illness causes, compared with patients in the asthma-group. Conclusion: Differential apriori assessment of patients’ and parents’ illness beliefs may contribute to effective cognitive-behavioural interventions.
Working Research Time Line, The Death Dinner and Performance Project: A Study of the Efficacy of Performance to Enhance Conversations Around Death and Dying
Creators: name: McCormick, Sheila
Publisher: name: University of Salford
Year: 2019
Subjects: classificationCode: 360403
subject: Drama, theatre and performance studies

description: Working Research Time Line, The Death Dinner and Performance Project: A Study of the Efficacy of Performance to Enhance Conversations Around Death and Dying project
Algorithms for dynamic capacity provisioning
Creators: name: Andrew, Lachlan L. H.
name: Lin, Minghong
name: Wierman, Adam
name: Liu, Zhenhua
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Data centre power consumption can be reduced by switching off servers during low load. However, excess switching is wasteful. This paper reviews online algorithms for optimizing this tradeoff, including the benefits of shifting load between geographically distant data centres. These algorithms can also adjust a link's number of parallel lightpaths.
title: La TCAR como medio imprescindible para evaluar las manifestaciones torácicas de la esclerodermia
Creators: name: García de Vicente, Ana
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Thorax
subject: CT-High Resolution
subject: Diagnostic procedure

description: Objetivo docente
Revisión del tema
Conclusiones
description: Objetivo docente:
Revisar las características generales de la esclerodermia. Describir los hallazgos radiológicos de esta enfermedad,
haciendo hincapié en sus manifestaciones torácicas,
y resaltar las especificaciones técnicas que requiere su estudio. Destacar...
The global burden of sepsis: barriers and potential solutions
Creators: name: Rudd, Kristina E
name: Kissoon, Niranjan
name: Limmathurotsakul, Direk
name: Bory, Sotharith
name: Mutahunga, Birungi
name: Seymour, Christopher W
name: Angus, Derek C
name: West, T. E
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2018

description: Sepsis is a major contributor to the global burden of disease. The majority of sepsis cases and deaths are estimated to occur in low and middle-income countries. Barriers to reducing the global burden of sepsis include difficulty quantifying attributable morbidity and mortality, low awareness, poverty and health inequity, and under-resourced and low-resilience public health and acute health care delivery systems. Important differences in the populations at risk, infecting pathogens, and clinical capacity to manage sepsis in high and low-resource settings necessitate context-specific approaches to this significant problem. We review these challenges and propose strategies to overcome them. These strategies include strengthening health systems, accurately identifying and quantifying sepsis cases, conducting inclusive research, establishing data-driven and context-specific management guidelines, promoting creative clinical interventions, and advocacy.
Supplementary document for Zerinke phase retrieval: a bridge between qualitative phase contrast and quantitative phase imaging by phase retrieval algorithms - 4718604.pdf
Creators: name: Hai, Nathaniel
name: Rosen, Joseph
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Reconstruction of 150 nm thickness USAF 1951 phase target using conventional Mach-Zehnder interferometer.
The actions/artifacts of historical agents as expressions of rational, purposive thought: R. G. Collingwood's own 'absolute presupposition'.
Creators: name: Juric, Adrian R.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1992
Subjects: subject: Philosophy.

description: The purpose of this thesis will be to defend R. G. Collingwood's claims about the existence, and the significance, of Absolute Presuppositions. This defense will fall into three main sections. In the first section, I will provide a detailed critical examination of the methods of metaphysical analysis prescribed by Collingwood for uncovering Absolute Presuppositions in the first place: the 'logic of question and answer'. In the second section, I will draw attention to what I take to be the main problem with the Essay on Metaphysics: the fact that this method of metaphysical analysis is never applied in any systematic, thoroughgoing way. In the third and final section of the thesis I will try and remedy this situation. I will do so by applying the method of analysis prescribed by Collingwood to his own historical inquires--specifically, those contained in Roman Britain. This application will produce two important results. (1) It will provide a much-needed demonstration of Collingwood's method in an applied setting. (2) It will reveal the operation of one of Collingwood's own absolute presuppositions, viz. the presupposition that the actions of historical agents and the artifacts left by them are expressions of rational, purposive thought. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
title: High Variability in Oral Glucose Tolerance among 1,128 Patients with Cystic Fibrosis
title: A Multicenter Screening Study
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Scheuing, Nicole
name: Holl, Reinhard W.
name: Dockter, Gerd
name: Hermann, Julia M.
name: Junge, Sibylle
name: Koerner-Rettberg, Silke Van
name: Ballmann, Manfred
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Background In cystic fibrosis, highly variable glucose tolerance is suspected. However, no study provided within-patient coefficients of variation. The main objective of this short report was to evaluate within-patient variability of oral glucose tolerance. Methods In total, 4,643 standardized oral glucose tolerance tests of 1,128 cystic fibrosis patients (median age at first test: 15.5 [11.5; 21.5] years, 48.8% females) were studied. Patients included were clinically stable, non-pregnant, and had at least two oral glucose tolerance tests, with no prior lung transplantation or systemic steroid therapy. Transition frequency from any one test to the subsequent test was analyzed and within-patient coefficients of variation were calculated for fasting and two hour blood glucose values. All statistical analysis was implemented with SAS 9.4. Results A diabetic glucose tolerance was confirmed in 41.2% by the subsequent test. A regression to normal glucose tolerance at the subsequent test was observed in 21.7% and to impaired fasting glucose, impaired glucose tolerance or both in 15.2%, 12.0% or 9.9%. The average within-patient coefficient of variation for fasting blood glucose was 11.1% and for two hour blood glucose 25.3%. Conclusion In the cystic fibrosis patients studied, a highly variable glucose tolerance was observed. Compared to the general population, variability of two hour blood glucose was 1.5 to 1.8-fold higher.
title: Impacto de la Tomografía Computarizada Multidetector en el diagnóstico y posterior tratamiento endovascular de los pseudoaneurismas en patología abdominal urgente.
Creators: name: Carnerero Herrera, Victoria
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Trauma
subject: Aneurysms
subject: Embolisation
subject: Arterial access
subject: Ultrasound-Colour Doppler
subject: CT
subject: Catheter arteriography
subject: Interventional vascular
subject: Arteries / Aorta

description: Objetivo docente
Revisión del tema
Conclusiones
description: Objetivo docente:
Nuestro objetivo es mostrar la importancia de la Tomografía Computarizada Multidetector (TCMD) en la detección precoz de aneurismas y pseudoaneurismas en Urgencias,
permitiendo establecer un precoz y adecuado manejo terapeútico.
Para ello...
Rupert and the right to know
Creators: name: Muller, Denis
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Two new books wrestle with the issue of why readers' trust in the media has plummeted, writes Denis Muller in his review of the books 'Rupert Murdoch: an investigation of political power' by David McKnight, published by Allen and Unwin, Sydney, 2012, and 'Why Americans hate the media and how it matters' by Jonathan M. Ladd, published by Princeton University Press, Princeton, 2012.
Supplementary document for Zerinke phase retrieval: a bridge between qualitative phase contrast and quantitative phase imaging by phase retrieval algorithms - 4718604.pdf
Creators: name: Hai, Nathaniel
name: Rosen, Joseph
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2020
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Reconstruction of 150 nm thickness USAF 1951 phase target using conventional Mach-Zehnder interferometer.
Music conservatories in Canada and the piano examination system for the preparatory student: A historical survey and comparative analysis
Creators: name: Babin, Ann
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Music.
subject: Education, Music.

description: For many 21st century Canadian music educators, students, and parents, the words conservatory and examination are inextricably linked. Generations of music students have participated in this examination process, the methods and results of which prompt ongoing debate. The lack of a comprehensive, comparative study of Canadian piano examination curriculum requirements is the problem this thesis undertakes to address. This is accomplished, first, by discussing the historical development of conservatories and their examination systems in Canada generally, and second, by analyzing nine different piano examination boards currently operating in various regions of the country. Syllabi, an important but often overlooked resource, have served as primary sources for details of past and present examination standards and practices. Details presented on charts and tables provide the basis for commentary on topics such as distribution of marks, repertoire, memory, ear, and sight-reading requirements, with emphasis on technique, a significant variable noted in each system.
title: Maltrato geriátrico, ¿cuándo pensar en ello?
Creators: name: Llano, Sarah
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Musculoskeletal bone
subject: Musculoskeletal soft tissue
subject: Neuroradiology brain
subject: CT
subject: MR
subject: Education
subject: Dementia

description: Objetivo docente
Revisión del tema
Conclusiones
description: Objetivo docente:
Concienciar a los radiólogos de la importancia de sospechar el abuso en los ancianos,
cuando aparezca algún factor de riesgo,
o incluso en ausencia de los mismos. Aunque no guiado por una fuerte evidencia,
una serie de hallazgos de imagen hacen...
SD-Benefits in Future Market Mechanisms under the UNFCCC
Creators: name: Dransfeld, Björn
name: Wehner, Stefan
name: Bagh, Tanushree
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: UNFCCC
subject: Klima | Energie

description: The research project identifies and evaluates the positions of relevant players and the issue of sustainable development in the debates on existing and future climate market mechanisms. Subsequently, it focuses on barriers for the integration of sustainable development benefits into market mechanisms and develops recommendations for possible solutions. Overall, it assesses nine different barriers according to certain criteria. Afterwards, it develops approaches and proposals for the integration of sustainable development aspects into the mechanisms. Complementary, the research project introduces a guidance document for development country negotiators. Quelle: Umweltbundesamt
description: The research project identifies and evaluates the positions of relevant players and the issue of sustainable development in the debates on existing and future climate market mechanisms. Subsequently, it focuses on barriers for the integration of sustainable development benefits into market mechanisms and develops recommendations for possible solutions. Overall, it assesses nine different barriers according to certain criteria. Afterwards, it develops approaches and proposals for the integration of sustainable development aspects into the mechanisms. Complementary, the research project introduces a guidance document for development country negotiators.
Burden of gluteal fibrosis and post-injection paralysis in the children of Kumi District in Uganda
Creators: name: Alves, Kristin
name: Penny, Norgrove
name: Ekure, John
name: Olupot, Robert
name: Kobusingye, Olive
name: Katz, Jeffrey N
name: Sabatini, Coleen S
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2018

description: Background: The purpose of this study was to estimate the prevalence of postinjection paralysis (PIP) and gluteal fibrosis (GF) among children treated in a rural Ugandan Hospital. Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study by reviewing the musculoskeletal clinic and community outreach logs for children (age < 18 yrs) diagnosed with either PIP or GF from Kumi Hospital in Kumi, Uganda between 2013 and 2015. We estimated the prevalence as a ratio of the number of children seen with each disorder over the total population of children seen for any musculoskeletal complaint in musculoskeletal clinic and total population of children seen for any medical complaint in the outreach clinic. Results: Of 1513 children seen in the musculoskeletal clinic, 331 (21.9% (95% CI 19.8–24.1%)) had PIP and another 258 (17.1% (95% CI 15.2–19.0%)) had GF as their diagnosis. Of 3339 children seen during outreach for any medical complaint, 283 (8.5% (95% CI 7.6–9.5%)) had PIP and another 1114 (33.4% (95% CI 31.8–35.0%)) had GF. Of patients with GF, 53.9% were male with a median age of 10 years (50% between 7 and 12 years old). Of patients with PIP, 56.7% were male with a median age of 5 years (50% between 2 and 8 years old). Conclusion: PIP and GF comprise over 30% of clinical visits for musculoskeletal conditions and 40% of outreach visits for any medical complaint in this area of Uganda. The high estimated prevalence in these populations suggest a critical need for research, treatment, and prevention.
Extracellular proteasome-osteopontin circuit regulates cell migration with implications in multiple sclerosis
Creators: name: Keller, Christin
name: Janek, Katharina
name: Niewienda, Agathe
name: Fenoglio, Chiara
name: Sorosina, Melissa
name: Cantello, Roberto
name: Kloetzel, Peter M.
name: Stumpf, Michael P. H.
name: Paul, Friedemann
name: Ruprecht, Klemens
name: Galimberti, Daniela
name: Boneschi, Filippo Martinelli
name: Comi, Cristoforo
name: Dianzani, Umberto
name: Mishto, Michele
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Chemokines
subject: Proteases
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Osteopontin is a pleiotropic cytokine that is involved in several diseases including multiple sclerosis. Secreted osteopontin is cleaved by few known proteases, modulating its pro-inflammatory activities. Here we show by in vitro experiments that secreted osteopontin can be processed by extracellular proteasomes, thereby producing fragments with novel chemotactic activity. Furthermore, osteopontin reduces the release of proteasomes in the extracellular space. The latter phenomenon seems to occur in vivo in multiple sclerosis, where it reflects the remission/relapse alternation. The extracellular proteasome-mediated inflammatory pathway may represent a general mechanism to control inflammation in inflammatory diseases.
Unlocking the geoblock: Australians embrace VPNs
Creators: name: Lobato, Ramon
name: Ewing, Scott
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: In recent months there have been many reports of Australians covertly signing up for the US streaming service Netflix, using fake postcodes and software workarounds to fool its geo-blocking system. One industry-commissioned study estimates that up to 200,000 Australians have subscribed to the service in this way. Geoblocking circumvention is by all accounts a common practice in Australian households - and an industry is emerging to meet the demand for borderless streaming.
Reliable and Energy Efficient Cluster-Based Wireless Sensor Networks
Creators: name: Hashmi, Shafiq Ullah
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Electronics and Electrical.

description: This thesis revolves around the Cluster-Head (CH) operations to provide an energy efficient and data reliable cluster-based Wireless Sensor Network (WSN). The tasks of the CH are very energy intensive and its role is vital in order to keep the network alive and provide maximum network coverage. It requires energy efficient protocols to extend the lifetime of the network and provide reliability to the clusters. To have an energy efficient cluster-based sensor network we propose a new paradigm for MAC layer protocols and provide a Dynamic Slot Assignment (DSA) scheme for TDMA-based MAC protocols in low activity sensor networks. In this scheme, based on the network activity, the connection is established between the cluster-head node and those sensor nodes which have data to send, and a TDMA slot is assigned to each of them dynamically. Then we present Dynamic TDMA Slot Scheduling (DTSS) scheme on top of the DSA scheme to improve the channel utilization and connection blocking probability with the introduction of some packet dropping probability. DTSS achieves this by enabling multi-slot assignment to the sensor nodes and slot-stealing from the less active sensor nodes. A Markov chain based mathematical model has been presented for both DSA and DTSS schemes for correlated connection arrival and we prove the viability and performance of the presented schemes numerically. Usually in the cluster-based WSNs, the CHs are rotated after a round to distribute the CH responsibility. The cluster stability collapses when the CH dies due to any reason. To provide cluster stability, this thesis proposes to have a Backup Cluster-Head (BCH) for those CHs which may not be able to continue for the whole round due to energy constraint. The BCH takes over the CH responsibility before it depletes and becomes the new CH, hence keeps the cluster stable. The performance has been evaluated based on the simulations. A Markov chain model is also presented to analyze the cluster reliability. We use non-homogeneous Markov process, along with Forward Chapman-Kolmogorov equations to illustrate the cluster monitoring period in a finite three state space model. We test the accuracy of the model. The results show that the presented model matches the behaviour of the cluster state transition and validates the simulation results and analysis.