cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Awareness and understanding of HIV non-disclosure case law among people living with HIV who use illicit drugs in a Canadian setting
Creators: name: Pattersen, Sophie
name: Kaida, Angela
name: Ogilvie, Gina
name: Hogg, Robert S.
name: Nicholson, Valerie
name: Dobrer, Sabina
name: Kerr, Thomas
name: Shoveller, Jean
name: Montaner, Julio
name: Milloy, M-J
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2018

description: Background—In 2012, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) ruled that people living with HIV (PLWH) could face criminal charges if they did not disclose their serostatus before sex posing a “realistic possibility” of HIV transmission. Condom-protected vaginal sex with a low (i.e., <1500 copies/mL) HIV viral load (VL) incurs no duty to disclose. Awareness and understanding of this ruling remain uncharacterized, particularly among marginalized PLWH. Methods—We used data from ACCESS, a community-recruited cohort of PLWH who use illicit drugs in Vancouver. The primary outcome was self-reported awareness of the 2012 SCC ruling, drawn from cross-sectional survey data. Participants aware of the ruling were asked how similar their understanding was to a provided definition. Sources of information from which participants learned about the ruling were determined. Multivariable logistic regression identified factors independently associated with ruling awareness. Results—Among 249 participants (39% female), median age was 50 (IQR: 44–55) and 80% had a suppressed HIV VL (<50 copies/mL). A minority (112, 45%) of participants reported ruling awareness, and 44 (18%) had a complete understanding of the legal obligation to disclose. Among those aware (n = 112), newspapers/media (46%) was the most frequent source from which participants learned about the ruling, with 51% of participants reporting that no healthcare providers had talked to them about the ruling. Ruling awareness was negatively associated with VL suppression (AOR:0.51, 95% CI:0.27,0.97) and positively associated with recent condomless sex vs. no sex (AOR:2.00, 95% CI:1.03,3.92).Conclusion—Most participants were not aware of the 2012 SCC ruling, which may place them at risk of prosecution. Discussions about disclosure and the law were lacking in healthcare settings. Advancing education about HIV disclosure and the law is a key priority. The role of healthcare providers in delivering information and support to PLWH in this legal climate should be further explored.
Understanding the Sibling Perspective: Dynamics of the DMD Family
Creators: name: Lisi, Alexandra
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2021
Subjects: Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Genetic Counseling
Sibling Perspective
Family
Medical Counseling

description: Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) is a progressive neuromuscular condition that primarily affects males. A diagnosis of DMD affects not only the diagnosed boy, but also the entire family. Due to the progressive nature of the condition and dire prognosis for the affected child, parents often shy away from this difficult conversation with their unaffected children and reported they are not given any tools to aid them through these conversations. Using semi structured interviews, this study asked adolescents and young adults who have a brother affected by DMD questions about their first conversation regarding their brother’s diagnosis and what information they wished they had been given. Five main themes were identified throughout all interviews: (1) Growing up with DMD, (2) A Desire to Know “Everything,” (3) Preference for a Medical Professional to Help Explain DMD, (4) Unchanging Feelings Toward Parents or Brother, (5) Coping Mechanisms. All participants reported that a parent was the first person to discuss the DMD diagnosis and felt as though knowing more information was best. Participants also claimed to have many of the same thoughts as parents and desired the ability to discuss their brother’s disorder with a medical professional. This study gives insight into how siblings prefer to learn about the DMD diagnosis, as well as how much information is adequate to disclose. It also demonstrates a need for medical professionals, like genetic counselors, to be involved and provides valuable insight to help parents facilitate these conversations with their unaffected children.
Comparative efficacy of Eucalyptus globulus (Labill) hydrodistilled essential oil and temephos as mosquito larvicide
Creators: name: Perumal Vivekanandhan
name: Ayyakkannu Usha-Raja-Nanthini
name: Gurusamy Valli
name: Muthugoundar Subramanian Shivakumar
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Pharmacology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry

description: In this study Eucalyptus globulus essential oil was tested on major mosquito species and toxicity was compared with temephos. Mortality was calculated after 24 h and 48 h post treatment. In 24 h treatment essential oil show strong larvicidal activity with LC50 and LC90 values were 30.198ppm, 103.389ppm for Anopheles stephensi, 13.578ppm, 106.755ppm for Aedes aegypti; and, 7.469ppm, 32.454ppm for Culex quinquefasciatus and 48 h post treatment LC50 and LC90 values were, 12.576, 49.380ppm for Anopheles stephensi, 7.926, 34.470ppm for Aedes aegypti and 4.408, 21.048ppm for Culex quinquefasciatus. Chemical composition of essential oil using GC-MS and FT-IR analysis shows the presence of 1,8-cineol, (71.7%); α-pinene, (9.14%) as a major compounds. Our findings suggest that essential oil from Eucalyptus globulus leaves can be used for control of mosquito larvae.
Structural Dynamics of SHP2 Activation utilizing IRS-1 and Paramagnetic Enhanced NMR Spectroscopy
Creators: name: Tartaglia, Julia
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biochemisty
Phosphatase
SHP2
Paramagnetic NMR
Residual Dipolar Coupling
Allosteric Activation
IRS-1
Structural Dynamic
Enzymology

description: SHP2 is a non-receptor protein tyrosine phosphatase involved in many cellular processes including growth, differentiation, and apoptosis. Regulation of SHP2 is mediated largely by controlling an intrinsic protein conformational equilibrium between closed, inactive and open, active states. While SHP2 activation is normally achieved by binding an allosteric ligand, mutagenic disruption of SHP2’s active/inactive equilibrium has been shown to result in numerous cancers and developmental pathologies. While the closed form of SHP2 is well understood, the process of activation remains obscure. Therefore, I aimed to visualize the open, active structure, along with its mechanism of activation in the presence and absence of an allosteric activator. Using a combination of X-ray crystallography, enzyme turnover experiments, and lanthanide-enhanced NMR spectroscopy, I found the regulatory domains sample two states within the open conformation, each specialized to either inactivate or activate SHP2. To buttress my findings, I obtained residual dipolar couplings of the SHP2 regulatory domains, which independently probed the conformational space sampled.\r Additionally, I studied the binding of SHP2 to a natural allosteric activator, bisphosphorylated IRS-1, to better understand the structural dynamics behind SHP2’s allosteric activation. Coupling enzymatic assays and NMR spectroscopy, I found the doubly phosphorylated tail of IRS-1 tightly binds and activates SHP2. Investigation at the atomic level through NMR revealed IRS-1 binding to SHP2’s regulatory domains induces a global conformational switch. Conclusively, IRS-1 binding promotes a global conformational change in SHP2 leading to a single, open structure.
Augustinians from Filipinas before 1700
Creators: name: Rodriguez, Felix I.
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Augustinians
indios
novices
mestizos
creoles
Filipinas

description: The Order of St. Augustine friars founded a novitiate in Manila a decade following their arrival in Filipinas in 1565. Prior to 1700, over a hundred novices would profess their vows at the Convento de San Pablo. They included men who were from Filipinas, with the rest coming from Spain, Mexico, Macao, Japan, India, and Ceylon. The backgrounds of Augustinians from Filipinas reflect the social change taking place in the first century or so of Spanish colonization. The paper will offer information about their identity and other biographical data drawn from the catalog of Augustinian missions written by Elviro Jorde Pérez, OSA, and published in Manila in 1901. The paper hopes to cast some light on the process of Christianization and the beginnings of a Filipino society during the early Spanish colonial period.
Contact Zones and Hybridization in the Military Vici of the Roman Empire
Creators: name: Previto, Matthew
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2028
Subjects: Roman Empire, military vici, imperialism, contact zone, hybridization

description: Despite their ubiquity across the frontiers of the Roman Empire, the military vici are some of the most understudied settlements in the Roman provinces. These sites, which sprang up outside walls of Roman auxilia forts, were established and populated by several different groups including camp followers, merchants, Roman officials, soldier’s families and locals. Such diversity led to intense socio-economic and cultural interaction as the inhabitants of the vici attempted to take advantage of their various relationships to the garrison. As a result, it was these settlements where Roman provincial society was created and recreated on the empire’s very edge. To best elucidate these processes, this thesis applies the theoretical framework of the contact zone to the material culture of the military vici. The contact zone is the spaces where different cultures, usually in asymmetrical power relationships, engage, grapple and negotiate with each other. The military vici were such spaces, and this intense cultural interaction resulted in cultural hybridization. This thesis focuses on the material culture of three military vici in particular; Housesteads, Mautern, and El-Lejjun. These three settlements, each from a different part of the empire, are compelling case studies in that they display the traits common the vici while also reflecting the influence of local traditions. Altogether, this thesis argues that the characterization of the military vici as contact zones allows for the perception of how various cultural processes resulted in the creation and recreation of provincial societies within the asymmetrical power relationships of the Roman Empire.
One woman's construction of self and meaning: A qualitative study of the life of Alice Koller based on her autobiographical texts: "An Unknown Woman" (1981) and "The Stations of Solitude" (1990)
Creators: name: Lichfield, Diane Marie Quilty
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1997
Subjects: subject: Biography.
subject: Literature, American.

description: Abstract not available.
Visite à domicile en physiothérapie : évidence en mode tout terrain
Creators: name: ABBOUDI, Cécile
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Physiotherapy
subject: Home-base
subject: kinesitherapie à domicile
subject: EBP

description: Le document présente l'exposé de la Dr Cécile Abboudi sur la pratique de la physiothérapie à domicile et l'approche Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) dans ce contexte. En janvier 2022, 3020 kinésithérapeutes exercent exclusivement à domicile en France, et l'EBP concerne également cette pratique. L'oratrice a cherché à explorer les enjeux de la pratique à domicile et l'application de l'EBP dans ce contexte, combinant un cadre théorique d'EBP et les composantes du soin (Care, Cure, Cura). Sa revue de littérature (12 articles) souligne l'importance d'une approche centrée sur le patient et les défis pour les physiothérapeutes en termes d'adaptation et de communication. Son enquête exploratoire auprès de 6 kinésithérapeutes à domicile exclusif révèle que la pratique articule le particulier et le général, avec une imprévisibilité des situations qui imposent aux soignants de mobiliser en permanence sa rationalité. Les kinésithérapeutes rapportent une charge émotionnelle liée au contexte thérapeutique complexe et à l'intimité du domicile, ainsi qu'un rôle social prépondérant et une collaboration interprofessionnelle plus présente qu'en cabinet. L'oratrice conclut en utilisant la métaphore de la course d'orientation tout-terrain pour illustrer le processus de construction d'un chemin avec le patient, en fonction du professionnel
Supporting Transparency and Compliance with InvenioRDM
Creators: name: Carson, Matthew B.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: InvenioRDM
FAIR Data
Open Science
Research Data Management
Open Repositories
Data Sharing Compliance
Generalist Repository Ecosystem Initiative (GREI)
OR2024

description: Presentation outlining how InvenioRDM can be used to support transparency, FAIR data, and compliance with data sharing policies.
Supporting Transparency and Compliance with InvenioRDM
Creators: name: Carson, Matthew B.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: InvenioRDM
FAIR Data
Open Science
Research Data Management
Open Repositories
Data Sharing Compliance
Generalist Repository Ecosystem Initiative (GREI)

description: Presentation outlining how InvenioRDM can be used to support transparency, FAIR data, and compliance with data sharing policies.
Game of knowledge: The modern interpretation of art.
Creators: name: Tingley, Edward.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: Fine Arts.

description: Summation. A specifically modern approach to the interpretation of art is distinguished, rooted in the insight that cognitivity in interpretation must be oriented by sensitivity to the subject-object paradigm. It is shown that specific modern theory of interpretation has become established in twentieth-century theory and practice. That theory is demonstrated to be a set of interpretative rules. The hidden dependence of those rules on specific conceptions of the nature of a work of art (qua hermeneutic entity) is revealed. Three such conceptions of the work of art that are basic to modern art history are articulated and critically examined by careful attention to actual works. Interpretation is shown to exceed the strictures of each model, with the specific consequence that the meaning of the work of art in modern times is systematically narrowed. Motives for that narrowing are discussed. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Recommendations for Genetic Counseling Alaska Native/American Indian People Based on Results from a Public Deliberation
Creators: name: Butler, Kylie Elise
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2023
Subjects: Alaska Native/American Indian
Genetic Counseling
Genetic Testing
Informed Consent

description: Recent initiatives by organizations such as the Southcentral Foundation (SCF) have investigated implementing genetic testing in primary care for the Alaska Native and American Indian (ANAI) people. There is little research however, examining the utility of genetic testing and the quality and effectiveness of the genetic counseling they receive. This study used a genetic counseling lens to analyze data from a public deliberation carried out in 2019 with 19 ANAI community members. Content analysis was used to review the transcripts from two days of discussion to identify themes related to views and preferences of community members regarding genetic testing and return of results to customer-owners. Three categories emerged from this analysis: previous experiences with healthcare, considerations regarding genetic testing, and the informed consent process, each with a number of individual themes. Based on our findings, we offer recommendations for genetic counselors and other healthcare professionals to consider when providing genetic counseling for ANAI people. Providers must; (1) know about and acknowledge the negative experiences that have led to the distrust felt by the community, (2) clearly communicate that clinical genetic testing is optional and does not look at ancestry, and (3) be aware of privacy and security concerns, as expressed during the deliberation, and create a robust informed consent process. Integration of this information will allow healthcare providers to provide culturally responsive care to individuals of the ANAI community.
Exploring the Patient Perspective of BMD and DMD Transition Planning
Creators: name: White, Kaitlyn
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2021
Subjects: Becker muscular dystrophy
Duchenne muscular dystrophy
genetic counseling
transition planning
Medical Counseling
Muscular Dystrophy

description: Advances in knowledge and medical treatment have worked to extend the lifespan for men affected by Becker and Duchenne muscular dystrophy (BMD and DMD). As these individuals continue to surpass life expectancies of the past, there is now a need for them to transfer care from pediatric to adult providers as well as prepare for this next phase of their lives. Despite the increasing occurrence of this, little is known about the transition process and experience from a patient’s perspective. This study sought to gather information about what the lived experience of transition planning is like for men affected by BMD and DMD. Participants were recruited through use of member registries of Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy (PPMD) and the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA), along with posts to BMD and DMD Facebook support groups. Participants were asked to complete an online survey designed to collect both quantitative and qualitative data regarding the transition planning process, transition experience, and disease impact on various aspects of life. A total of 62 responses were included in our analysis with 80.6% of respondents having a diagnosis of DMD and the remaining 19.4% being diagnosed with BMD. The majority of participants (75.8%) identified as white/Caucasian and were currently unemployed (74.2%). All males included in the study were between the ages of 18-25 years old with the mean age being 22 years old. Most (71%) respondents reported to have transitioned some aspect of their care from pediatric to adult providers, with the majority of these individuals (81.8%) doing so as result of aging out of their pediatric care. Participants largely agreed with positive statements regarding their transitions, suggesting that most were satisfied with both their new providers and many aspects of the transition process. However, deficits in this process were also acknowledged; namely a lack of additional services available in adult care, aside from those accessible during childhood, and participants’ desire to further discuss transition topics beyond simply changes in medical care. Open-ended responses revealed several emerging themes regarding how the transition process could be better, with some of these being improvements in: communication from providers, anticipatory guidance and planning with providers, and referrals to internal or outside resources. Our study thus demonstrates that, while a number of BMD/DMD patients have transitioned successfully to adulthood, they also have valuable input regarding how processes can be reformed. Moving forward, continued patient feedback regarding transition processes may provide healthcare providers with additional information on targeted areas in need of improvement and insight on ways to better implement changes to better serve this patient population.
L'identité culturelle des jeunes franco-américains de Berlin, au New Hampshire
Creators: name: Joly, Éric
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Geography.
subject: Sociology, Ethnic and Racial Studies.

description: This thesis examines the cultural identity of Franco-American teenagers living in Berlin, New Hampshire. Many questions lie at the core of the research: Do these adolescents speak French? If so, in which context do they speak it? How do they interpret their French roots? How do they identify themselves in regards to the Franco-American community? These questions are answered by closely looking at the roles played by language, culture and milieu in cultural identity. In November 2000, a questionnaire was distributed to 342 teenagers attending Berlin High School. Interviews of leaders of the Franco-American community were conducted to determine their views on Berlin's Franco-American youth. The teenagers revealed many interesting details about family members who speak French, the contexts in which French is spoken, their own attitudes towards the French language, their interest for the French culture, the key elements, in their view, that comprise Franco-American culture and the way they chose to identify themselves. The majority of the teenagers have "symbolic" Franco-American identities that are no longer rooted in the knowledge of the French language. Their parents represent Berlin's last generation who know and speak French. As a result, a cultural divide lies between the teenagers, of whom many speak only little French, and their parents, who identify much more with the French culture and of whom many still speak French.
Cross-lingual Temporal and Modal Dependency Parsing
Creators: name: Yao, Jiarui
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Event Factuality Prediction
Information Extraction
Temporal Relation Extraction
Natural Language Programming

description: The goal of Natural Language Understanding (NLU) is to develop systems that have the capability to understand the meaning of human language. Whether an event happened or not, and when did an event happen, are two important questions to ask in NLU. Event factuality prediction, and temporal relation extraction are the tasks that aim to answer those two questions in Natural Language Processing (NLP). To enable machine to understand the factuality and temporal information in texts, two components are needed: large-scale, high quality datasets annotated with machine understandable representations for event factuality and temporal relations, and systems that can take raw texts as input and extract factuality and temporal information with high accuracy. In this thesis, we address challenges from those two aspects.
description: We model the temporal relation extraction task as temporal dependency parsing, and model the event factuality prediction task as modal dependency parsing (TDP and MDP). Firstly, we propose a temporal annotation scheme called temporal dependency graphs which extend previous research on temporal dependency trees. We present the construction of a corpus of 500 Wikinews articles annotated with temporal dependency graphs (TDGs). We argue that temporal dependency graphs, built on previous research on narrative times and temporal anaphora, provide a representation scheme that achieves a good balance between completeness and practicality in temporal annotation. Next, we build a large data set annotated with modal dependency structures via crowdsourcing, and demonstrated the quality of this data set with a careful evaluation of each aspect of the annotation. Thirdly, we develop temporal and modal dependency parsers with a ranking architecture. The parsers extract events and conceivers (time expressions in TDP), and parse the dependency structures. To further improve the parsing accuracy, we build temporal and modal dependency parsers that are based on language model priming.
title: La Livia de Asido (Medina Sidonia, Cádiz) : identificación de la estatua en el Museo de Cádiz
Creators: name: Beltrán Fortes, José
name: Loza Azuaga, María Luisa
Publisher: name: Deutsches Archäologisches Institut
Year: 2015
Subjects: Medina Sidonia (Cádiz)
Asido
römische Skulptur
Livia
Porträt
weibliche Statue
Typus Formia
Medina Sidonia (Cádiz)Asido
Roman sculpture
portrait
female statue
type Formia

description: Madrider Mitteilungen, 56 (2015)
description: Im Jahr 1960 wurde in Medina Sidonia (Cádiz), zusammen mit den Porträtköpfen der Livia, des Germanicus und des Drusus Minor, eine weibliche Statue, die sogenannte römische Asido, entdeckt. Sie wurde daraufhin in das Magazin des Museums von Cádiz gebracht
description: In 1960, it was found in Medina Sidonia (Cádiz), the roman Asido, a female sculpture, with the portraits of Livia, Germanicus and Drusus Minor; deposited in the stores of the Museum of Cádiz, has remained unpublished until nowadays. This study allows to c
description: En 1960, junto a los retratos de Livia, Germánico y Druso Minor, se descubrió en Medina Sidonia (Cádiz), la Asido romana, una estaua femenina que, ingresada en los almacenes del Museo de Cádiz, ha permanecido inédita hasta ahora. Su estudio permite asegur
A prescription for hope: Educational and therapeutic collaboration during the rehabilitation of adolescents with acquired brain injury
Creators: name: Counsell, Heather
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Health Sciences, Rehabilitation and Therapy.
subject: Education, Educational Psychology.

description: In recent years there has been growing awareness of the unique challenges facing children recovering from an acquired brain injury (ABI). Within the literature, much has been written about the importance of a variety of therapeutic interventions throughout the rehabilitation process. However, the role of the teacher is rarely mentioned in the discussion of early-stage rehabilitation, despite the central role school plays in the lives of children. Using a case study methodology, this study investigates the benefits of extended educational and therapeutic collaboration, facilitated through the involvement of a hospital teacher. Three cases from a children's hospital are explored, beginning at the time of each child's accident, following through several months of intensive rehabilitation, and culminating in the eventual return to the community school. Through immersion and crystallization (Crabtree & Miller, 1999) the study identifies three meta-themes emerging from the transcribed voices of student, family, hospital and school, as participants describe the rehabilitation experience from their own perspective. Results are offered in a reader's theatre style presentation (Meyer, 2001) to emphasize these contrasting perspectives. The research offers compelling evidence that the early intervention of a rehabilitation school provides hope, normalization, motivation and a functional context for therapy for these individuals. Teamwork and communication between school, hospital and family is observed to be an effective method of establishing a baseline profile as individual rehabilitation goals are established. This teamwork approach supports teacher education and facilitates planning for success as the student returns to the community school. From the data, a socio-cultural model for paediatric rehabilitation is developed. This model provides a framework for much needed socialization and family advocacy, while addressing the need for ongoing support.
Minority Report: The Danger of Women in Islamic Terrorism and in ISIS
Creators: name: Brody, Kathryn
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2017
Subjects: ISIS
Islamic State
Women
Jihadism
Jihadist
Radicalization
Trajectory

description: This thesis is focused on the role of women in modern Islamic terrorism, especially their participation in the terrorist organization, the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, also known as ISIS. It argues that women are traditionally viewed in Western countries as not posing the same threat level as men in Islamic extremist organizations. When women actively support violent extremist acts, their actions are thought to be peripheral to the cause or a result of coercion. However, this thesis argues that women are in fact extremely important to the structure of radical Islamic organizations and should be given more attention by security authorities. Furthermore, I argue that the longstanding perception that women, and Muslim women in particular, are merely victims of male predatory behavior, may overlook personal agency in their decisions to participate. While we cannot overlook predatory recruitment techniques, these methods may also be employed by women who pressure others to support the cause. This thesis concludes that it is difficult to make sweeping statements without gathering more information on those women who choose to actively participate in terrorist actions. Gathering and evaluating in-depth data on these women would advance the field of Countering Violent Extremism (CVE), a field that is growing increasingly relevant in the early 21st century.
title: Una escultura de Fortuna hallada en la necrópolis de La Boatella (Valencia)
Creators: name: Arasa Gil, Ferrán
name: Jiménez Salvador, José Luis
Publisher: name: Deutsches Archäologisches Institut
Year: 2015
Subjects: La Boatella, necrópolis (Valencia)
Römische Skulptur
Fortuna
Valentia
Roman sculpture
Fortune

description: Madrider Mitteilungen, 56 (2015)
description: In diesem Artikel wird eine weibliche Statue aus weißem Marmor analysiert, die im Jahr 2007 während einer Ausgrabungskampagne in der römischen Nekropole La Boatella (Valencia) gefunden wurde. Die Statue ist in drei Fragmente zerbrochen. Diese wurden in ei
description: In this paper we analyze a female white marble sculpture recovered in 2007 in an excavation in the Roman necropolis of La Boatella (Valencia). It is split into three fragments found in a half-built pit with several funerary inscriptions and other architec
description: En este artículo analizamos una escultura femenina de mármol blanco recuperada en el año 2007 en una excavación realizada en la necrópolis romana de La Boatella (Valencia). Se encontró partida en tres fragmentos en un pozo a medio construir junto a varias
Mutagenicity and dioxin-like activity of biodiesel emissions
Creators: name: Gagnon, Melanie Line
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Biology, Molecular.
subject: Health Sciences, Toxicology.
subject: Energy.

description: Diesel emissions have been shown to elicit a variety of toxicological effects, and alternative fuels (i.e., biodiesel) are currently being assessed to determine their ability to reduce the risks of adverse health effects. Exhaust emissions were generated using ULSD and biodiesel blended fuels and extracts of diesel PM (i.e., filters and PUFs) were separated into polar aromatic and non-polar neutral compounds. Mutagenic activity was assessed using the Salmonella mutagenicity assay, and Ah-receptor agonism was assessed using the DRCALUX assay. Results indicate that organic extracts of diesel/biodiesel particles contain direct- and indirect-acting polar aromatic mutagens as well as polar and non-polar Ah-receptor agonists. The mutagenicity of direct-acting compounds decreases with increasing concentrations of biodiesel in the fuel; however, there is no change in the indirect-acting mutagenicity. Furthermore, the ability of polar and non-polar compounds to induce the Ah-receptor increases with increasing concentrations of biodiesel in the fuel. These results provide an initial framework for evaluating the toxicological hazards of biodiesel emissions.
It’s the End of the World : Re-Imagining Durkheim’s Suicide through the Case of the Zombie Apocalypse
Creators: name: Abrutyn, Seth
name: Mueller, Anna S.
name: Osborne, Melissa
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2018

description: How would you feel if you woke up to the end of the world? We use the case of the zombie apocalypse to explore why society matters to mental health and suicide. This essay introduces Durkheim’s ideas while also illustrating how sociologists use cases to construct or improve theory.
Belonging Canadians: Minority stereotypes and Korean-Canadian adolescents' discursive constructions of health and fitness
Creators: name: Kim, Kyoung-Yim
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Health Sciences, Public Health.

description: This thesis focuses on the ways in which Korean-Canadian youth construct their own understandings of health and fitness and introduce health and fitness practices into their daily lives. Grounded theory is used for an analysis of in-depth conversations with 9 Korean-Canadian adolescents. Results show how these young people appropriate elements of dominant Western health discourses to elaborate their own constructions of health and fitness. These constructions are racialized and gendered, and they speak of the importance of bodily shape and appearance. Furthermore, these constructions point to the high amount of school-related pressure and stress that seem to be part of the day-to-day lives of these adolescents. In that sense, health and fitness practices are very costly for Korean-Canadian adolescents in terms of money, time and self-discipline, but they are valuable to them as they are perceived as ways to successfully integrate Canadian culture, as ways to "belong."
Beyond survival sex: An exploratory study of the labour experiences of female street sex workers in Ottawa
Creators: name: Maloney, Emma
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Sociology, Criminology and Penology.

description: This thesis develops a new theoretical framework outside the research that assumes women engaging in the street sex trade are 'victims' or 'workers', and instead examines the possibility that elements of both categories may be present in their reality. Street sex work is considered as labour, while leaving room for the possibility of the existence of survival sex. This qualitative research consists of an exploratory study of the viability, utility and limitations of a labour framework for understanding and analyzing the experiences of adult female street sex workers interviewed in the Ottawa area. The findings reveal a number of characteristics unique to street sex work that challenge existing labour frameworks and direct us to rethink street sex work beyond employment. These characteristics are specifically related to the criminalized nature of the work and include, among other things, the reported violence perpetrated by police and clientele. Moreover, by deconstructing common stereotypes attributed to female street sex workers, we are able to normalize sex work and address issues of stigma. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Describe and estimate energy transfers in 3D-turbulent planetary atmospheres
Creators: name: Cabanes
name: Spiga
name: , Young
name: Espa
name: Galperin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Planetary turbulence
Zonal jets
Global Climate Modeling

description: This talk has been presented to the WITGAF conference in July 2019 with the abstract: Images of the giant planets, Jupiter, Saturn and other exoplanets, show highly turbulent storms and swirling clouds that are reflecting the strength of the energetic power enclosed in those planets. Yet, the energetic power of planetary turbulence is inaccessible to conventional tools that require a large amount of data and high resolution two-dimensional maps of the wind field. Here we show, using three independant approaches, that potential vorticity offers a straightforward and
 universal diagnostic to estimate the global energetic budget in planets. We rely on the conservation of the potential vorticity in stably stratified rotating system to define a length scale, denoted LM, that is the typical distance on which potential vorticity is mixed by planetary turbulence. LM increases with the energetic power of turbulence and can easily be estimated in planets from any instantaneous potential vorticity profile. Our findings lead to the first estimate of Saturn’s energetic power, showing that Saturn’s atmosphere is four times less energetic than the one
 of Jupiter, consistently with their respective distance to the sun.
Development of an adsorbent for carbon dioxide based on amine-impregnated porous supports
Creators: name: Franchi, Robert S
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Chemical.

description: Carbon dioxide is a ubiquitous species that has received much attention particularly because of its greenhouse gas effect. Whether because of environmental constraints or technical reasons, various industries are faced with the task of removing CO2 from gas mixtures containing a wide range of species in different concentrations. The most commonly employed technologies for this separation are gas-liquid absorption with aqueous solutions of alkanolamines and gas-solid adsorption with zeolites. To benefit from the advantages of each of these separation technologies, a porous solid support was impregnated with an alkanolamine to develop a high capacity, water tolerant adsorbent for CO2. During the course of the developmental study, several amines were considered for impregnation, and it was decided to use diethanolamine (DEA) for further studies. Supports that were examined were activated carbon, silica gel, MCM-41 and pore-expanded MCM-41 (PE-MCM-41) silicas. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Paired feed-forward excitation with delayed inhibition allows high frequency computations across brain regions
Creators: name: Cao, Alexandra Shan
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2023
Subjects: area 17
cross-area computing
feed-forward
LGN
striate cortex
timing
Neuroscience

description: The transmission of high-frequency temporal information across brain regions is critical to perception, but the mechanisms underlying such transmission remain unclear. Long-range projection patterns across brain areas are often comprised of paired feedforward excitation followed closely by delayed inhibition, including the thalamic triad synapse, thalamic projections to cortex, and projections within hippocampus. Previous studies have shown that these joint projections produce a shortened period of depolarization, sharpening the timing window over which the postsynaptic neuron can fire. Here we show that these projections can facilitate the transmission of high-frequency computations even at frequencies that are highly filtered by neuronal membranes. Further, they can coordinate computations across multiple brain areas, even amid ongoing local activity. We suggest that paired feedforward excitation and inhibition provides a hybrid signal – carrying both a value and a clock-like trigger – to allow circuits to be responsive to input whenever it arrives.
3-Dimensional pyramids for video compression.
Creators: name: Gandhi, Rakeshkumar Hasmukhlal.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1993
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Electronics and Electrical.

description: The larger memory and channel bandwidth requirements for digital video transmission and storage make it mandatory to use compression techniques. Representation of the video signal in a pyramid format not only compresses the signal but also makes it suitable for specific applications such as packet video based on asynchronous transmission mode (ATM) and compatible advanced television (ATV). In this thesis, we propose to employ a pyramid data structure for video compression. A review of video coding schemes is first presented, followed by a review of the various 2-dimensional (2D) and 3-dimensional (3D) pyramid data structures from the perspectives of data compression. The performance of different configurations of temporal/spatial pyramid data structures is then measured for video compression in terms of the first order entropy. Based on this study, we introduce an efficient 3D adaptive temporal/spatial pyramid which selects either the temporal or spatial contractions using the temporal and spatial prediction differences, respectively. We propose a video codec that combines the adaptive temporal/spatial pyramid and an intra-frame coding technique. Simulation results on CCITT standard video sequences indicate that the adaptive pyramid reduced the lossless bit rate by a factor of two. For video conferencing applications, excellent subjective quality as well as objective quality (PSNR value of 36.6 db) are obtained at a bit rate less than T1 rate (i.e. 1.544 Mbits/s). Promising results have been obtained for CCIR resolution (720 x 480), high detail sequences at a bit rate of 6 Mbits/s. Furthermore, smooth transition is achieved in the case of scene changes without sacrificing picture quality. Finally, the algorithm is well suited for constant bit rate and constant quality applications. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
title: Entre hombres y divinades menores : los genii cucullati de la ciudad romana de Clunia (Burgos)
Creators: name: Rodríguez Ceballos, Mariano
name: Salido Domínguez, Javier
Publisher: name: Deutsches Archäologisches Institut
Year: 2015
Subjects: Clunia (Peñalba de Castro, Burgos)
Römische Archäologie
Religion
Terrakotten
Statuetten
Clunia
tin­tinnabula
cucullati
Roman archaeology
religion
terracotta
figurines
tintinnabula

description: Madrider Mitteilungen, 56 (2015)
description: Während verschiedener archäologischer Maßnahmen, sowohl systematischen Grabungen als auch Notgrabungen, im Gebiet der römischen Stadt Clunia (Peñalba de Castro, Burgos) kam ein interessanter Befund von Terrakottastatuetten zutage, deren gemeinsames Charak
description: In different archaeological interventions, systematic as well as emergency ones, carried out up to knowing the Roman city of Clunia (Peñalba de Castro, Burgos, Spain), it has been located an interesting set of terracotta figurines. These ones show the car
description: En diferentes intervenciones arqueológicas, sistemáticas y de urgencia, realizadas hasta el momento en la ciudad romana de Clunia (Peñalba de Castro, Burgos), se ha localizado un interesante conjunto de figurillas de terracota que portan el característico
Pusulissus Bourgoin & Wang 2020
Creators: name: Constant, Jérôme
name: Pham, Hong Thai
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Issidae
Pusulissus

description: Genus Pusulissus Bourgoin & Wang, 2020
Pusulissus Bourgoin & Wang, 2020: 73.
Type species: P. phiaoacensis Bourgoin & Wang, 2020, by original designation.
Flatiforma Meng, Qin & Wang, 2020 in Zhang et al. 2020: 353. Type species: F. guizhouensis Meng, Qin & Wang, 2020, by original designation. Synonymized by Gnezdilov 2022: 47.
Pusulissus – Constant & Pham 2024: 51 (diagnosis, notes).
Diagnosis
The genus Pusulissus can be differentiated from all other genera of Parahiraciina by the following combination of characters:
(1) the elongate frons (at least 1.2 times as long in midline as wide) with median carina extending from dorsal margin almost to frontoclypeal suture and without a black tubercle in the middle of the disc;
(2) the tegmina distinctly widest in the basal ⅓, not subparallel nor regularly rounded;
(3) the vertex with anterior margin in dorsal view only very slightly angularly convex or straight;
(4) the anal tube of male dorsoventrally flattened and wide at midlength;
(5) the aedeagus rather simple, with a single pair of ventral processes curved anterodorsad.
Note
Two species of Pusulissus are currently known from Vietnam: P. phiaoacensis Bourgoin & Wang, 2020 from Cao Bang Province and P. quangninhensis Constant & Pham, 2024 from Quang Ninh Province. An additional record of the genus, from Vinh Phuc Province, was provided, based on an incomplete female specimen (Bourgoin & Wang 2020; Constant & Pham 2024).
Species included
Pusulissus bachmaensis sp. nov.
Pusulissus coronomensis Bourgoin & Wang, 2020 (China (Guangxi) – Bourgoin & Wang 2020) Pusulissus guizhouensis (Meng, Qin & Wang, 2020) (China (Guizhou) – Zhang et al. 2020)
Pusulissus menglaensis (Che, Zhang & Wang, 2020) (China (Yunnan) – Zhang et al. 2020)
Pusulissus phiaoacensis Bourgoin & Wang, 2020 (Vietnam (Cao Bang Province) – Bourgoin & Wang 2020)
Pusulissus quangninhensis Constant & Pham, 2024 (Vietnam (Quang Ninh Province) – Constant & Pham 2024)
Pusulissus ruiliensis (Che, Zhang & Wang, 2020) (China (Guangxi, Yunnan) – Zhang et al. 2020)
description: Published as part of Constant, Jérôme & Pham, Hong Thai, 2024, Issid planthoppers from Bach Ma and Phong Dien in Central Vietnam. I. Tribe Parahiraciini (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Issidae), pp. 1-64 in European Journal of Taxonomy 975 on pages 53-54, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.975.2769, http://zenodo.org/record/14508730
title: Process Improvement
title: A Temporary Fix or an Embedded Culture? How Hospitals Perceive and Sustain Continuous Improvement
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Bellin, Sharona
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2021
Subjects: Hospital Leadership
Continuous Improvement
Process Improvement
Hospital Management
Hospital Administration

description: Hospitals must embrace an embedded culture of continuous improvement, rather than use continuous improvement as a superficial fix. The diverse processes, complex quality standards, multiple hierarchies, and hundreds of employees make hospitals complex systems. Hospitals, unlike smaller healthcare organizations, provide various services given by different levels of employees. At the same time, many hospitals in the United States suffer from medical errors and inefficient practices. Through the complexities and culture of the hospital system, quality of delivered care is compromised. This thesis highlights the need for continuous process and quality improvement in hospitals. Data are drawn from work experience and a series of qualitative interviews which stress the importance of proper buy-in from leaders and empowerment of front-line staff. This thesis examines two hospital systems, with examples of an embedded culture of continuous improvement and of a temporary fix of improvement. Without a culture of continuous improvement and collaboration, quality of care is compromised. Therefore, hospitals must embrace an embedded culture of continuous improvement instead of superficial improvement efforts.
Ernesto Giménez Caballero y la vanguardia española.
Creators: name: Flageole, Monique.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1994
Subjects: subject: Literature, Romance.

description: Cette thèse a pour but de faire reconnaitre Ernesto Gimenez Caballero comme écrivain avant-gardiste. Sa présence et son dynamisme au sein de la communauté intellectuelle espagnole font qu'il est reconnu par ses contemporains en tant que personnalité importante dans les années '20. Bien que tous ses écrits et ses autres réalisations soient intimement reliés à la diffusion de la "modernité," cet écrivain de l'Avant-garde a été relégué aux oubliettes à cause de ses affiliations politiques dans les années 30. Je suis de l'avis que le fait qu'il se soit prononcé en faveur du régime franquiste ne devrait nullement oblitérer son oeuvre littéraire antérieure à 1930. L'objectif premier de ce travail est donc de démontrer qu'il a joué un rôle prépondérant pendant la deuxième décennie de notre siècle, et ce, non seulement en tant que promoteur des différents mouvements avant-gardiste, mais aussi en qualité d'écrivain. Les deux grandes influences qui ressortent de l'analyse des affiches littéraires sont le futurisme et le dadaïsme. Le dernier chapitre est consacré aux textes créatifs de Gimenez Caballero. On retrouve dans ses écrits les diverses caractéristiques des mouvements avant-gardistes des premières décennies de notre siècle. Les textes sont tirés de Yo, inspector de alcantarillas et Julepe de menta. La conclusion vise à redonner à Gimenez Caballero une place de choix au sein de la littérature d'Avant-garde espagnole des années '20. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)