cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Clothing children in English Canada, 1870 to 1930.
Creators: name: McCutcheon, Jo-Anne M.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: History, Canadian.

description: This thesis examines the changing representations of children and clothing by drawing upon textual, visual and material sources. Clothing is an important part of our identities and it may be argued that clothing helps to define who we are. Clothing is our second skin. On a social, economic and material level, it shields us from the natural environment. On a cultural level, it mediates relationships between the individual and the larger society by delving into constructions of gender, ritual and dress. This study explores the ways in which clothing illustrates social change in late nineteenth-and early twentieth-century Canada. This thesis provides an opportunity to examine changing representations of children and clothing by drawing upon a wide variety of sources and building upon previous studies. In examining constructions of gender and childhood, it focuses on the emergence of the 'new boy', using clothing as a point of entry into the history of masculinity and femininity. What also emerges is the importance of the mother/son relationship, as portrayed by the process of dressing children. Overtime, rituals associated with clothing children altered. This daily process required more clothing that clearly differentiated between boys' and girls' garments. An adapted material history study of clothing allows the unique opportunity to peel back the layers of meanings of clothing, photographs, images and representations, advertisements, advice columns, and mail-order catalogue descriptions. This research strategy also permits a re-appraisal of nineteenth and early twentieth-century images that have dominated our perception of children and gender. This study, exploring a diversity of textual and pictorial sources, such as newspapers and advertisements, trade literature, and department store catalogues, informed by material history questions and viewed from a Canadian perspective, helps to unravel the mysterious connections between 'new women' and 'new boys'.
Integrated Pest Management, 2023 Quarter 3 Newsletter
Creators: name: Washington State University Extension
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2023
Subjects: Pest Management

description: Included in this newsletter: Walsh and Moyer receive honors; Outreach in hop, mint, alfalfa seed; Western states IPM communicators meet; Field days in grapes, onions, potatoes, tree fruit; Codling moth pheromone trapping; EPA policy makers tour Washington potato fields; Volunteer wheat control crucial in grain IPM; Sweetpotato workshops for western Washington
The relation between DNA methylation patterns and serum cytokine levels in community-dwelling adults: a preliminary study
Creators: name: Verschoor, Chris P.
name: McEwen, Lisa M.
name: Kohli, Vikas
name: Wolfson, Christina
name: Bowdish, Dawn M.
name: Raina, Parminder
name: Kobor, Michael S. (Geneticist)
name: Balion, Cynthia
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2017

description: Background: The levels of circulating cytokines fluctuate with age, acute illness, and chronic disease, and are predictive of mortality; this is also true for patterns of DNA (CpG) methylation. Given that immune cells are particularly sensitive to changes in the concentration of cytokines in their microenvironment, we hypothesized that serum levels of TNF, IL-6, IL-8 and IL-10 would correlate with genome-wide alterations in the DNA methylation levels of blood leukocytes. To test this, we evaluated community-dwelling adults (n = 14; 48–78 years old) recruited to a pilot study for the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA), examining DNA methylation patterns in peripheral blood mononuclear cells using the Illumina HumanMethylation 450 K BeadChip. Results: We show that, apart from age, serum IL-10 levels exhibited the most substantial association to DNA methylation patterns, followed by TNF, IL-6 and IL-8. Furthermore, while the levels of these cytokines were higher in elderly adults, no associations with epigenetic accelerated aging, derived using the epigenetic clock, were observed. Conclusions: As a preliminary study with a small sample size, the conclusions drawn from this work must be viewed with caution; however, our observations are encouraging and certainly warrant more suitably powered studies of this relationship.
Experimental and numerical modelling of wave dissipation due to sea ice
Creators: name: Filippo, Nelli
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The increase in the average Earth temperature, also known as Global warming, has accelerated the retreat of Arctic sea ice cover and created large areas of open water, making new sailing routes available through Polar Regions. It is therefore important to investigate how ocean waves change when they interact with sea ice, in order to improve wave-forecasting models in ice-covered regions. Experimental and numerical tests are carried out in this thesis to evaluate wave reflection and transmission operated by ice floes.
A Modelling Study of Road Traffic Contributions to Ambient PM2.5 Concentrations in Lagos
Creators: name: Taiwo, Olumayowa Philip
Publisher: name: UH Research Archive
Year: 2019
Subjects: OSCAR
Dispersion
Lagos
Emission
Meteorology
Modelling
Traffic
Gaussian
SNAQ
Harmattan
Simulation
forecast

description: As the fastest growing city in Africa, Lagos experiences extremely high levels of air pollution. While there are many sources of air pollution in Lagos, road traffic has been widely reported as the most prominent. Due to a dearth of studies on modelling of pollutant dispersions from vehicular emissions, this study adapted the OSCAR System to model the contributions of road traffic to ambient concentrations of PM2.5 in the megacity. The model was evaluated by comparing its predicted PM2.5 concentrations with the observed concentrations in the study area. This comparison was carried out using a number of conventional statistical parameters: model bias, normalised mean square error, fractional bias, correlation coefficient (R) and factor of 2 analysis (F2). The evaluation showed aggregate R and F2 values of 0.66 and 0.80 respectively. This implies a good level of agreement between the measured and the predicted PM2.5 concentrations. For November 2018, the model predicted mean traffic increment of 28.1µg/m3 (37.2%) - 29.3 µg/m3 (38.2%) along the Mile 12 – Ikorodu road. However, the predicted increment around the Expressway (a busier road) was 36.5 µg/m3 (43.5%). The Ikorodu -Mile 12 road is a very important traffic corridor in the Lagos Metropolitan Area – being the pioneering route for the government’s Bus Rapid Transit scheme. A scenario analysis carried out in this study shows that under a fixed meteorological condition, traffic contributions (to ambient concentrations of PM2.5) would increase by a factor of 7 (from November 2010 to November 2018) near the Ikorodu road. Further, it reveals that cars are the highest emitters of PM2.5 along the Ikorodu road. Hence, the government’s “Non- Motorised Transport (NMT)” policy could enhance reduction of PM2.5 emission along the Ikorodu road.
title: Quels sont les effets d'un programme spécifique d'enseignement de la lecture-décodage sur les compétences d'élèves présentant une déficience intellectuelle dans la connaissance des correspondances graphèmes-phonèmes ainsi que dans la lecture de syllabes et mots ?
title: Quels sont les effets d'un programme spécifique d'enseignement de la lecture-décodage sur les compétences d'élèves présentant une déficience intellectuelle dans la connaissance des correspondances graphèmes-phonèmes ainsi que dans la lecture de syllabes et mots ?
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Jungo, Magali
name: Delacroix, Sébastien
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 0
Subjects: subject: décodage
subject: déficience intellectuelle
subject: enseignement explicite
subject: entraînement multi sensoriel
subject: lecture
subject: méthode phonique

description: Enseignant à des élèves présentant une déficience intellectuelle, nous avons pu constater que l’enseignement de la lecture nous posait des difficultés. Nous avons donc souhaité approfondir cette thématique d’abord théoriquement puis de manière pratique en ayant la chance de pouvoir tester un moyen d’enseignement conçu pour ce type de population. D’un point de vue théorique, la lecture est un acte complexe qui fait appel à de nombreuses compétences de l’apprenti-lecteur. Ceci peut expliquer le fait que les personnes présentant une déficience intellectuelle peinent généralement dans leur apprentissage de la lecture. Or celui-ci est fondamental dans la société actuelle où la culture de l’écrit est omniprésente. Il est donc primordial que toute personne puisse apprendre à lire afin de pouvoir s’épanouir pleinement. La littérature scientifique montre que cet apprentissage est possible sous certaines conditions (type d’enseignement, méthode utilisée, persévérance). D’un point de vue pratique, notre expérimentation s’est déroulée sur quatre mois avec cinq élèves présentant une déficience intellectuelle aux profils cognitifs différents. Elle a permis de mettre en évidence que des progrès ont été réalisés par les différents élèves ce qui nous encourage à poursuivre dans cette voie. En effet, élèves et enseignants ont montré beaucoup d’enthousiasme durant les différentes leçons. Ce mémoire présente des apports théoriques sur l’apprentissage de la lecture en général et en lien avec la déficience intellectuelle. Par ailleurs, des analyses de notre courte expérimentation pourront éventuellement donner des éléments pour des recherches plus longues sur ce moyen d’enseignement.
title: L'impression 3D au service des apprentissages
title: L'impression 3D au service des apprentissages
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Bou Eid, Michèle
name: Gérard, Johan
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 0
Subjects: subject: artefact
subject: apprentissage
subject: constructionnisme
subject: créativité
subject: impression 3D
subject: mathématiques

description: Lors de ces dernières années, les technologies de l’information et de la communication (TIC) ont connu un développement important. Cette recherche s’inscrit donc dans cette perspective : elle se propose de se centrer sur l’utilisation de l’imprimante 3D dans un contexte scolaire, dans le but d’améliorer les situations d’apprentissage, mais aussi de mieux préparer les élèves au monde numérique. La problématique suivante a été posée : comment les connaissances mathématiques sont-elles mobilisées, dans le cadre d’une démarche créative, pour résoudre une situation problème lors de l’utilisation d’un outil technologique d’impression 3D, avec des élèves à besoins éducatifs particuliers ? Pour répondre à cette question, une recherche qualitative de type étude de cas a été menée. Pour cela, une séquence pédagogique spécifique a été imaginée, demandant à un élève de créer un objet concret par le biais d’un logiciel de prototypage et d’une imprimante 3D. Concernant les résultats, plusieurs hypothèses ont pu être confirmées. Tout d’abord, l’élève apprend en faisant. En effet, l’utilisation de la technologie lui permet de résoudre la problématique de départ tout en lui offrant la possibilité d’être acteur de ses apprentissages. Les interventions de l’enseignant, tenant un rôle de tuteur, sont quant à elles bénéfiques. Par la suite, nous pouvons voir qu’il apprend en concevant, en planifiant ses actions tout en tenant compte de ses erreurs. L’élève s’inscrit ainsi dans une démarche créative en combinant différents facteurs cognitifs, conatifs et émotionnels. Pour finir, l’élève apprend grâce à l’outil technologique : le milieu -le logiciel lors de sa manipulation, ou l’objet lui-même lors des impressions intermédiaires- lui fournit des rétroactions et des visualisations lui permettant de progresser dans ses réalisations. Cette recherche permet de souligner la place grandissante et l’utilité des outils technologiques, et plus particulièrement l’imprimante 3D, dans les milieux scolaires et éducatifs. Ce développement récent et fulgurant promet des pistes de recherche, mais également des perspectives d’applications variées dans ce contexte.
tRNA: The operational RNA code and protein folding
Creators: name: Carter, Charlie
Publisher: name: Adjacent Digital Politics
Year: 2024

description:  tRNA: The operational RNA code and protein folding Charles W. Carter, Jr., from the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, relates molecular recognition used in genetic coding to structures of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases and their cognate tRNAs. Genetic coding is simultaneously widely understood and little appreciated. Widely understood because Marshall Nierenberg worked out the codon assignments within a decade or so of the double helical structure of DNA by Watson and Crick (1). Little appreciated because a code, as far as we know, is something Nature had never produced – a symbolic mapping of the physical chemistry of the 20 amino acid side chains. The Morse code is a widely appreciated example. Like inheritance, the genetic code is a property of biology.
'A gumtree is not a branch of an oak': Indigenising settler nationalism in 1930s Australia
Creators: name: Tout, Dan
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This dissertation examines three Australian nationalists of the interwar period: 'Inky' Stephensen, Rex Ingamells and Xavier Herbert, each of whom sought to establish settler Australia's national cultural independence through novel — and problematic — engagements with Indigenous tropes. The thesis proposes a reinterpretation of their efforts and of Australian settler nationalism in the 1930s and, in so doing, offers an original interpretation of Australian literary and political culture in the interwar period. These reflections are relevant to contemporary debates concerning the proper relationship between settlers and Indigenous peoples in Australia, and in particular the position of Indigenous peoples within the national community.
Social Justice within Higher Education: The Case of Brandeis University
Creators: name: Bastien, Floriesha Merre
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2024
Subjects: diversity, equity, and inclusion
marketing and communications
student attitudes
Brandeis University
Higher Education
Social Justice

description: The research asks the question, What role do American liberal arts institutions play in implementing social justice and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives? To answer this question, the project investigates how Brandeis University's undergraduate students and staff perceive and experience the university's mission of social justice. The study aims to compare the depictions of social justice by the Office of Communications, Marketing, and External Relations with the actual experiences of undergraduate students. The goal is to understand the relationship between the two.
 The researcher conducted interviews with both undergraduate students and staff from the Office of Communications, Marketing, and External Relations. The questions focused on daily life as a Brandeis student or staff member, perceptions of social justice and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), and the role of Brandeis' mission to social justice in shaping their experiences.
 The study found that most students feel that the institution still has progress to make in fulfilling its social justice mission. There are many observed disconnects within the community, including between students, students and faculty, students and administration, and faculty and administration, among others. Additionally, there appears to be a collision of missions and a difference in expectations versus reality within the mission and the marketing and communication content made for the institution.
 "Social Justice within Higher Education: The Case of Brandeis University" contributes to an understanding of the implementation of social justice initiatives within higher education institutions. By highlighting the perspectives of those directly involved in the university's mission, this research aims to inform future initiatives and policies related to diversity, equity, and inclusion on campus.
Genome Sequence Data in R using Biostrings (Swirl Lesson)
Creators: name: Furrow, Robert
Publisher: name: QUBES Educational Resources
Year: 2020

description: By the end of this lesson, students should be able to load FASTA files into R as DNAStringSets and use width() and alphabetFrequency(), combined with other functions like sum() and mean(), to evaluate genome assembly quality and nucleotide frequencies.
Present accounted for: Prosody and aspect in early African American English.
Creators: name: Walker, James A.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: Language, Linguistics.

description: This study reconstructs the present temporal reference system of Early African American English (AAE) by investigating the linguistic factors conditioning several variables within the domain of present temporal reference in three varieties argued to be representative of Early AAE. The first half concerns the variable contraction and deletion of the copula, studies of which have used the following grammatical category to ascribe a creole origin to AAE, while downplaying the equally significant subject-type constraint. Arguing that both effects are epiphenomena of constraints dictated by prosodic structure, I show that the complexity of the phonological phrase constrains both contraction and deletion across all three varieties. Thus, the early African Americans exploited a possibility inherent in the English language once contraction developed. The second half concerns verbal predication in the present temporal reference domain, previous studies of which have focussed only on the opposition between bare verbs and verbs marked with --s, ignoring other morphosyntactic constructions. Expanding the analysis to the entire present temporal reference system, I demonstrate that different expressions of the present themselves convey different aspects: the previously-noted finding that --s marks habitual aspect is confirmed, but zero also marks aspect, that of duration. The progressive is used most often with nonstative verbs, to denote durative aspect, while its much rarer use with statives appears to reflect an older stage in its "grammaticization". Thus, these findings largely comply with the literature on the history and use of the progressive in English. This reconstruction not only serves as further evidence in the history of the development of AAVE, it also demonstrates the utility of variationist analysis in resolving issues of system membership and genetic affiliation. Combining variationist analysis with current advances in linguistic theory, it provides linguistically meaningful explanations of the observed variability and places it within the context of the development of the English language.
title: Coming of Age on the Streets of Rio
Creators: name: Butler, Udi Mandel
Publisher: name: Goldsmiths, University of London
Year: 2003

description: This thesis focuses on the lives of children, adolescents and young adults who live or have lived on the streets of Rio de Janeiro. Fieldwork was conducted amongst these youngsters, and with workers in governmental and non-governmental agencies, asking why youngsters go to live on the street and why and how some eventually disengage from it. The thesis suggests that in their trajectories these youngsters experience and conceive of the city as a place of material, affective and symbolic resources with implications for their sense of self. Their ways of being in the city, are here contextualized within specific notions of risk which take into account the climate of fear, insecurity and scarcity of both the community of origin or the home and of the street. For many going to the street is narrated as a form of defiance against such conditions and as an aspiration for 'freedom'. The thesis explores how the 'freedom' of these youngsters is, both in the past and in the present, perceived as threatening by many segments of society, who come to regard these youngsters as not only at risk but also a risk. The view of youngsters on the street as a threat, has historically informed the genesis of the category of 'street children', this thesis traces the genealogy of this category in Brazil examining how it continues to affect the lives of those who live on the street. As well as being a source of stigma, the thesis also investigates how the category of 'street children' is defied, appropriated or else internalized in particular circumstances in the encounters between youngsters on the street with the rest of Rio's citizens. Also significant are the ways in which youngsters on the street aspire to the identity of being a citizen, of being just like anyone else. This thesis concerns itself not only with 'being' on the street but also with 'disengaging' from it, raising the question of what happens to these youngsters once they come of age, and as such fall outside the category of 'street children'. Significant in this is the network of institutions that provide services for youngsters and attempt to either remove them or persuade them to leave the street. Paulo Freire's pedagogy has had a great influence in this approach, offering a very different notion of 'freedom' or liberation from oppression to that articulated by youngsters on the street. The encounter between these two 'freedoms', this thesis reflects, provides insight into some of the reasons behind the failures and successes of these organizations and of individual youngsters to fulfill their desire to become a Brazilian citizen.
Growth Hormone Influence on the Morphology and Size of the Mouse Meibomian Gland
Creators: name: Liu, Yang
name: Knop, Erich
name: Knop, Nadja
name: Sullivan, David A.
name: List, Edward O.
name: Kopchick, John J.
name: Kam, Wendy R.
name: Ding, Juan
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Purpose. We hypothesize that growth hormone (GH) plays a significant role in the regulation of the meibomian gland. To test our hypothesis, we examined the influence of GH on mouse meibomian gland structure. Methods. We studied four groups of mice, including (1) bovine (b) GH transgenic mice with excess GH; (2) GH receptor (R) antagonist (A) transgenic mice with decreased GH; (3) GHR knockout (−/−) mice with no GH activity; and (4) wild type (WT) control mice. After mouse sacrifice, eyelids were processed for morphological and image analyses. Results. Our results show striking structural changes in the GH- deficient animals. Many of the GHR−/− and GHA meibomian glands featured hyperkeratinized and thickened ducts, acini inserting into duct walls, and poorly differentiated acini. In contrast, the morphology of WT and bGH meibomian glands appeared similar. The sizes of meibomian glands of bGH mice were significantly larger and those of GHA and GHR−/− mice were significantly smaller than glands of WT mice. Conclusions. Our findings support our hypothesis that the GH/IGF-1 axis plays a significant role in the control of the meibomian gland. In addition, our data show that GH modulates the morphology and size of this tissue.
Kinematisch kompatible Gelenkmechanismen für Exoskelette der unteren Extremitäten
Creators: name: Beil, Jonas
Publisher: name: Karlsruhe
Year: 2020
Subjects: Unterstützende Technologien
Gelenkmechanismen für Beinexoskelette
Bewegungsklassifikation

description: Ein augmentierendes Exoskelett wird bestenfalls erst vom Benutzer wahrgenommen, wenn es unterstützende Drehmomente auf die Gelenkachsen des Benutzers aufprägt. Die vorliegende Arbeit befasst sich deshalb mit der Entwicklung von kinematisch kompatiblen Gelenkmechanismen für Beinexoskelette und deren Evaluation über die Interaktionskräfte an der Mensch-Roboter-Schnittstelle. Basierend auf diesen Interaktionskräften wird zudem ein Ansatz zur Online-Klassifikation von 13 Bewegungstypen vorgestellt.
title: Tweeting the issues in the age of social media?
title: intermedia agenda setting between The New York Times and Twitter
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Kushin, Matthew James
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2010
Subjects: Electronic newspapers -- Influence

description: This dissertation examined the intermedia agenda setting relationship between the online publication of the New York Times (i.e., NYTimes.com) and Twitter. This relationship was examined within the context of the changing media environment. The news media industry is facing down questions about its ability to turn a profit and maintain significant audience share. Simultaneously, social media services such as Twitter are growing exponentially. To this end, this dissertation explored the relative influence of each media on the other in an age where some scholars are questioning the agenda setting role of traditional news media. The dissertation assesses the argument that social media, specifically Twitter, has a direct influence on the news media agenda. This dissertation tested several hypotheses which hold that there is bi-directional intermedia agenda setting between the New York Times and Twitter both over the course of a single day and between days. Two content analyses were conducted. Data were collected twice per day over the course of one week. One content analysis examined the content of the online publication of the New York Times. The second content analysis examined posts made to Twitter. Cross-lagged panels with the Rozelle-Campbell Baseline were used to assess the nature of the hypothesized relationship. Results of the cross-correlation showed a lack of intermedia agenda setting between the New York Times online publication and Twitter for both the within-day and between-day panels. Further, results showed a lack of intermedia agenda setting for specific issues examined: the economy, the military, national security, and terrorism. Results overall suggested that the nature of the relationship between the two media under study is one of subtle influence. These results raise additional issues about the agenda setting role of traditional news media extending this argument to the social media environment. Results also demonstrate that the news media agenda and social media agenda are often similar, questioning notions of audience fragmentation as a casualty of the news media s agenda setting ability. Results were discussed in terms of their implications for the field of agenda setting research, as well as limitations and directions for future research.
Ultrafast dynamics in cryptophyte light-harvesting complexes PC645 and PC612
Creators: name: Roozbeh, Ashkan
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Photosynthesis process starts with light harvesting, where special pigment - protein complexes absorb sunlight and transfer it in the form of electronic excitation to reaction centers with high efficiency (50-90 %). Some believe that the secret of cheap and efficient solar energy may be uncovered by studying the light-harvesting machinery, which have been optimized during millions of years of evolution through photosynthesis. Contributing in understanding the physical principles and interactions, which underlie the energy transfer process in the light-harvesting complexes PC645 and PC612 using different experimental approaches is the primary topic of this thesis.
Misfire of spark ignited lean mixture of propane-air in a constant volume vessel.
Creators: name: Bondok, Ali.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1993
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Mechanical.

description: Misfire occurs when operating an internal combustion engine with air fuel ratio near the lean limit. To extend the misfire limit, the combustion chamber is redesigned to promote turbulence and swirl. An experimental study has been conducted in a constant volume vessel to investigate the effects of the swirling flow, the spark location, the spark energy, the spark gap and the equivalence ratio on misfire. The relationship between spark location and misfire is investigated for the three following ignition locations: quarter radius from the wall, half radius from the wall and three quarter radius from the wall. The instantaneous velocities are measured using hot wire anemometer. Mixtures of propane and air with equivalence ratios between 0.5 and 0.64 have been tested. Misfire was determined using the pressure trace and by visually inspecting the flame through the quartz glass. The misfire probability decreases as the mean swirling velocity and turbulence intensity decay. Also the misfire probability decreases as the ignition point is nearer to the center even though the turbulence intensity is higher than that near the wall. It is postulated that the rate of growth of the flame area (flame stretching) is higher near the wall, therefore the lean misfire limit is richer.
Differential concentrations of immigrant groups in Ottawa-Hull: Social distance, socio-economic and family statuses of the traditional versus the non-traditional immigration.
Creators: name: Nieminen, Anna.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1993
Subjects: subject: Geography.

description: This study attempts to describe and explain the differential residential concentrations of new immigrant groups in Ottawa-Hull, and to compare these to the concentrations of pre-1967 immigrant groups. The study is limited to an examination of a selection of ethnic and immigrant groups as they are defined in the 1986 Census, the source of the data. An attempt is made to generalize on the results and to identify issues for future research. The results of this study of the differential residential concentrations of ethnic and immigrant groups in Ottawa-Hull indicate that family status, socio-economic status, recency of immigration and language facility are (in 1986) still important variables explaining residential concentration. The influence of each of these factors varies with the ethnic or immigrant group in question. Social distance based on race and visibility does not appear to be, as yet, the most important variable explaining residential concentration of the visible minority groups. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
A novel approach to investigating anticipatory responses to taste associated cues
Creators: name: Barash, Emma
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2023
Subjects: behavior
behavioral neuroscience
decision making
learning
memory
taste

description: Survival is inextricably tied to consumption decisions; toxic foods can lead toillness/death, while nutrient-rich foods promote good health. Thus, it is useful to associate cues
description: (e.g., the color of a fruit) with a post-consumption outcome (e.g., eating green, unripe fruit made
description: me sick) to guide approach-avoidance decisions. While cue-driven-association research is
description: common, little research focuses on the decision-making which follows food-cues and leads to
description: food consumption/avoidance. To address this gap, we have developed a novel version of a
description: classic go/no-go task, wherein a rat must trigger a cue and then decide whether to retrieve a
description: reward. This framework allows us to probe the anticipation of food advertised by cues in a
description: multisensory setting designed to separate behaviors elicited by cues from those related to
description: consumption. The task pairs audio-visual cues with palatable (sucrose) and aversive (quinine)
description: taste stimuli. We tested whether rats successfully learn cue-taste associations by determining if
description: they differentially respond to cues corresponding to more preferred tastes. Here, we show rats
description: tend to approach only palatable stimuli advertised by the cue, suggesting that cue-taste
description: association was learned. Furthermore, the occasional responses to cues advertising aversive taste
description: were long-latency compared to those advertising palatable taste, suggesting uncertainty about a
description: cue’s meaning may elicit more careful consideration in making the decision. In the future, this
description: paradigm will be expanded to include electrophysiological interrogation of neural representations
description: of anticipation, decision, and response in GC to understand the neural underpinnings of the
description: differential behavior for different palatability cues.
Travel motivation and behavior toward visiting a food tourism destination
Creators: name: Su, Ngoc Diep
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This thesis provides the understanding of food travel motivation and behavioral intentions of potential food tourists toward visiting a food tourism destination. By applying a quantitative research approach, the study found that food lovers are motivated by three intrinsic motives (taste of food, socialization and cultural experiences) and three extrinsic motives (core-food tourism appeals, traditional food appeals and local destination appeals). In addition, the behavioral intentions of food lovers toward their future food trips are directly influenced by attitude, perceived behavioral control and food involvement. This thesis makes a contribution to the managerial and professional society of hospitality and tourism.
The natural history of the future: The related importance of history and nature to the work of Richard Jefferies, William Morris, H. G. Wells, and Aldous Huxley.
Creators: name: West, Alan George H.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Literature, Modern.

description: Utopias and dystopias are forms of social criticism in which the author draws on an existing society to create a perfected (utopian) or exaggerated (dystopian) projection which is set in a different time and/or space from the original. As reactions to problematic, or potentially problematic, situations and developments, utopias and dystopias are always connected to change---they explicitly or implicitly present an argument for change, and/or they embody a response to it. This thesis focuses on four English authors who wrote utopias and/or dystopias between the latter part of the Nineteenth Century and the middle part of the Twentieth: Richard Jefferies, William Morris, H. G. Wells, and Aldous Huxley. In each case they not only responded to recent, endemic, or continuing change, but also implicitly or explicitly sought it. The narratives they wrote are founded in change and emerged during a time of flux. Jefferies responded to a declining rural culture, Morris to an expanding industrial culture, Wells to the material uncertainties evoked by evolution theory, and Huxley to the post-Darwin, post-War metaphysical incertitude which appeared to him to have decentred the culture. Each author also sought appropriate change to remedy the particular circumstances of which he was critical. This thesis looks at these authors, not simply in terms of their response to change, but in terms of their attitudes to the relatively enduring structures of nature and history. Nature, in its various manifestations, had different connotations for different authors. To Jefferies, nature---as local landscape and cosmic immensity, as ears of corn and universal life force---offered, amongst other things, an essential continuity that modern life was eroding. For Morris, nature offered inspiration and the possibility of a harmonious interrelationship with humanity once the restless era of capitalism had been succeeded by a restful future in communism. To Wells, both external and internal nature offered a dangerous unpredictability which must be controlled, while Huxley believed that humanity's struggle with the environment and consequent negative impact on it could be dissolved in the possibility of epiphanic fusion with the cosmos. Central to all their various conceptions of, and attitudes toward, nature, however, is the question of what are the shaping characteristics of humanity's relationship with nature. The unfolding of history, in the simple sense of time passing, was not synonymous with progress for these writers, and the perception that the temporal current was actually carrying society, or elements of it, toward regression and/or fragmentation inspired their remedial dystopian and utopian texts. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Sustainable Farming Quarterly, August 1994
Creators: name: Foster, Bryan
name: Rittmann, Stephanie
name: Granatstein, David
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 1994
Subjects: Agriculture

description: Harvest the wheat and chaff, but then use BOTH / Overcoming seep: Intensive management techniques bring land back into production / 'Leaf spot' mystifies plant pathologists / Fighting the wheat curl mite by eliminating green bridge / Practical guides to direct marketing and biological pest control
Exploring mobile learning implementation in an industry context from a Community of Practice perspective
Creators: name: Lac, Michelle
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Mobile learning (m-learning) is an emerging trend that deserves attention, offering substantial benefits to education and business. Using a Community of Practice (CoP) perspective this study explores the relationship challenges and difficulties organisations have in implementing m-learning initiatives. The exploratory nature of this study has provided many insights and contributions to the m-learning body of knowledge, CoP theory and m-learning practice. In particular, this study demonstrates that m-learning initiatives are socially complex and m-learning practitioners must build strong interpersonal connections with stakeholders to navigate the constraints imposed by the organisational context.
Neuronal Culture Microenvironments Determine Preferences in Bioenergetic Pathway Use
Creators: name: Snwoldt, Juliane
name: Bosche, Bert
name: Meisel, Andreas
name: Mergenthaler, Philipp
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: disease modeling
subject: energy metabolism
subject: glycolysis
subject: metabolic flux analysis
subject: neuronal energy metabolism
subject: neuronal survival
subject: oxidative phosphorylation
subject: cell culture microenvironment
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: In the brain, metabolic supply and demand is directly coupled to neuronal activation. Methods for culturing primary rodent brain cells have come of age and are geared toward sophisticated modeling of human brain physiology and pathology. However, the impact of the culture microenvironment on neuronal function is rarely considered. Therefore, we investigated the role of different neuronal culture supplements for neuronal survival and metabolic activity in a model of metabolic deprivation of neurons using oxygen deprivation, glucose deprivation, as well as live cell metabolic flux analysis. We demonstrate the impact of neuronal culture conditions on metabolic function and neuronal survival under conditions of metabolic stress. In particular, we find that the common neuronal cell culture supplement B27 protects neurons from cell death under hypoxic conditions and inhibits glycolysis. Furthermore, we present data that B27 as well as the alternative neuronal culture supplement N2 restrict neuronal glucose metabolism. On the contrary, we find that the more modern supplement GS21 promotes neuronal energy metabolism. Our data support the notion that careful control of the metabolic environment is an essential component in modeling brain function and the cellular and molecular pathophysiology of brain disease in culture.
Cortico-motor adaptations and proprioceptive acuity in patients with unilateral anterior cruciate ligament deficiency
Creators: name: Heroux, Martin
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Health Sciences, Rehabilitation and Therapy.

description: The purpose of this project was to study proprioceptive deficits and corticomotor adaptations in following ACL injuries. Methods. Ten participants with chronic ACL injuries and eight controls participated. Subjective function (KOS-ADLS) and quadriceps strength (MVC) were measured. Proprioceptive acuity was assessed with a weight discrimination task. Transcranial magnetic stimulation was used to assess four indices of cortico-motor excitability and the quadriceps H-reflex was measured. Results. On the injured side in the ACL group, KOS-ADLS, WC (p < 0.018) and proprioceptive acuity (p < 0.01) were reduced. RMT were lower on the injured side ( p = 0.019). H-reflex amplitude was smaller on the injured side (n = 5). The extent of quadriceps motor representation (input-output curve) was correlated (r2 = 0.523) with MVC values on the injured side. Discussion. Reduced proprioception may reflect an impaired capacity to process force signals centrally, whilst increased corticomotor excitability may reflect a greater voluntary control to ensure joint stability.
Effects of scaling of earthquake excitations on dynamic response of reinforced concrete frame buildings
Creators: name: Amiri-Hormozaki, Kambiz
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Civil.

description: The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of various scaling techniques of real accelerograms on the response of medium height moment-resisting reinforced concrete frame buildings. Detailed inelastic time-history analyses were conducted on three reinforced concrete frame buildings. Three scaling methods were used, i.e. (i) based on the spectral ordinate at the fundamental period of the building, (ii) based on the area under the spectral curve between the first and the second natural periods of vibration of the building (referred to as partial area), and (iii) based on the total area under the spectral curve throughout the whole period range (referred to as full area). Each scaling was conducted relative to the corresponding design spectrum (for Vancouver or Montreal) as prescribed in the 2005 edition of the National Building Code of Canada (NBCC 2005). The response parameters that were investigated in this evaluation study were the interstorey drifts, curvature ductility demands in the beams, and curvature ductility demands in the columns of the buildings. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
ANALYSIS OF RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME CASES IN NEWBORNS WITH CONGENITAL BRONCHIAL ANOMALIES
Creators: name: Shevketova, L.Sh.
name: Makhamov, N.Zh.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: In the neonatal period, respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) is a serious respiratory disorder that can occur due to various causes. Among these, congenital bronchial anomalies are considered complex pathologies. These anomalies involve issues within the congenital regions of the respiratory tract, including bronchomalacia, bronchostenosis, bronchogenic cysts, and atresia. The early diagnosis and treatment of congenital bronchial anomalies associated with respiratory distress syndrome in neonates are crucial for the survival of the infant.
Reward-based option competition in human dorsal stream and transition from stochastic exploration to exploitation in continuous space
Creators: name: Hallquist, Michael N.
name: Hwang, Kai
name: Dombrovski, Alexandre Y.
name: Luna, Beatriz
Publisher: name: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Year: 2024

description: Primates exploring and exploiting a continuous sensorimotor space rely on dynamic maps in the dorsal stream. Two complementary perspectives exist on how these maps encode rewards. Reinforcement learning models integrate rewards incrementally over time, efficiently resolving the exploration/exploitation dilemma. Working memory buffer models explain rapid plasticity of parietal maps but lack a plausible exploration/exploitation policy. The reinforcement learning model presented here unifies both accounts, enabling rapid, information-compressing map updates and efficient transition from exploration to exploitation. As predicted by our model, activity in human frontoparietal dorsal stream regions, but not in MT+, tracks the number of competing options, as preferred options are selectively maintained on the map, while spatiotemporally distant alternatives are compressed out. When valuable new options are uncovered, posterior β1/α oscillations desynchronize within 0.4 to 0.7 s, consistent with option encoding by competing β1-stabilized subpopulations. Together, outcomes matching locally cached reward representations rapidly update parietal maps, biasing choices toward often-sampled, rewarded options.
Microkinetic deactivation studies on nickel supported catalyst for dry reforming of methane
Creators: name: Fu, P. R. K.
name: Twaiq, F.
name: Chung, W. L.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: In recent decades, greenhouse gases (GHG) such as CO2 and CH4 have been on the rise affecting climate change. Consequently, researchers have been studying on chemical reactions that are able to consume and convert GHG into useful resources. Dry reforming of methane is a heterogeneous catalytic reaction that consumes greenhouse gases such as CO2 and CH4 to produce syngas, CO and H2, which later becomes an essential feedstock for Fischer-Tropsch process. Various researchers due to its affordability have studied nickel-based catalyst and it exhibits excellent performance in DRM reaction. However, coke formation is a major issue concerning catalyst deactivation during the dry reforming reaction. Therefore, thermodynamic study based on Gibbs energy minimization is conducted to identify the reaction routes that favour carbon deposition. In addition, the deactivation mechanism of coke formation together with microkinetic modelling of dry reforming of methane on nickel catalyst is being developed.
Le tabou et ses représentations littéraires: "Ma mère" de G Bataille, "Le Nécrophile" de G Wittkop et "Putain" de N Arcan
Creators: name: Delorme, Julie
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Literature, Canadian (French).

description: Le tabou opère comme une instance d'interdiction. Il frappe de prohibition toute activité susceptible de remettre en question des pratiques et des images que la société sacralise. Paradoxalement, la parole littéraire ouvre des espaces de représentation ou diverses formes de transgression sont dévoilées. L'objet principal de cette thèse est d'interroger les conditions qui rendent possible la représentation du tabou dans le cadre de la littérature francophone contemporaine. Comment représenter quelque chose qui par sa nature exige le secret, le non-dit, l'occulte pour se constituer? Dans l'impossibilité d'analyser toutes les figures de l'interdit, cette thèse privilégié les trois types suivants: l'inceste, la nécrophilie et la prostitution. L'analyse des textes de Ma mère de Georges Bataille (1967), du Nécrophile de Gabrielle Wittkop (1972) et de Putain de Nelly Arcan (2001) découvre les différentes stratégies d'écriture sous-jacentes à une représentation subversive du tabou en littérature.