cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
A floating-point analog-to-digital architecture for a wide range-dynamic acquisition system
Creators: name: Kharrat, Amine
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Electronics and Electrical.

description: In this thesis, the floating-point analog-to-digital conversion approach has been investigated for the implementation of a computer acquisition system for wide range-dynamic signals. The Floating-point A/D converters (FP-ADC) can dissociate the resolution from the wide range and thus an ADC with a moderate resolution can achieve a wide dynamic range. This dissertation studies the floating-point analog-to-digital converters and describes their characteristics and specifications. More specifically it analyses the sequential FP-ADC and improves the state of the art in conversion time as well as precision in floating-point analog-to-digital converters. It shows an implementation of the sequential FP-ADC on a daughter card which is connected to a Stratix Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) from Altera. The correctness of the design was verified by computer simulations while the functionality of the implemented FP-ADC on the manufactured 4-layer Printed Circuit Board (PCB) was tested on a test bench controlled by a PC.
Revisiting the Machiavellian Dove: The Life, Work and Ideas of Dr. Gen. Yehoshafat Harkabi
Creators: name: Klein, William G.
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2016
Subjects: Likud
Israel

description: What is the best, most sensible and fair way to move forward in the Israeli-Palestinian and, in general, Arab-Israeli conflict? How did the current circumstances of these conflicts come to be? To what extent are either or both of the parties to the conflicts responsible for the trajectory of the conflicts? The numerous written and recorded works of the late Dr. Gen. Yehoshafat Harkabi (1926-1994) provide important insight for addressing and answering these questions. A proud Zionist, as well as a prolific military and political theorist, Dr. Harkabi, over the course of his career, observed and critiqued social and political trends in both the Arab states and in his native Israel in the hope of ultimately bringing about peace between these belligerents. An examination of Dr. Harkabi’s works illustrates the evolution of his ideas and political positions over the course of his life, as well as the nuances in these positions. This examination, in turn, sheds light on the hazards posed to Israel and its environs by maximalist ideologies, both Arab and Jewish alike.
Ανέκδοτα υμνογραφικά κείμενα προς τιμήν του αγίου Ιωάννου του Ελεήμονος
Creators: name: STRATIGOPOULOS, Dimosthenis
Publisher: name: ΚΟΣΜΟΣ - Επιστημονικό Περιοδικό του Τμήματος Ποιμαντικής και Κοινωνικής Θεολογίας
Year: 2020
Subjects: Ιωάννης ελεήμων;Αλεξάνδρεια;Κύπρος;ανἐκδοτα υμνογραφικά κείμενα

description: ΚΟΣΜΟΣ - Επιστημονικό Περιοδικό του Τμήματος Ποιμαντικής και Κοινωνικής Θεολογίας, Vol 5 (2018)
The Unedited Canon on the Afterfeast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist by St. Theodore Studites
Creators: name: KAKLAMANOS, Dimosthenis A.
Publisher: name: ΚΟΣΜΟΣ - Επιστημονικό Περιοδικό του Τμήματος Ποιμαντικής και Κοινωνικής Θεολογίας
Year: 2020
Subjects: Theodore Stoudites;John the Baptist;Forerunner;Hymnography;Canons;Liturgical Poetry

description: ΚΟΣΜΟΣ - Επιστημονικό Περιοδικό του Τμήματος Ποιμαντικής και Κοινωνικής Θεολογίας, Vol 5 (2018)
Experimental investigation of wave-induced morphological changes of gravel beaches
Creators: name: Atladottir, Audur
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Civil.

description: Gravel beaches are widespread around the North-Atlantic Ocean shorelines and can also be found along the coastlines of New Zealand, Russia and the Pacific shore of USA. Over the past decades, researchers in coastal morphodynamics have placed their emphasis on studying sand beaches but gravel material is being used more frequently to nourish eroding sand beaches. The present thesis aims to advance the understanding of the behaviour of gravel beaches under wave attack. A two-dimensional physical model was developed for gravel beach applications. Regular and irregular waves were considered as well as two different initial beach slopes. An extensive analysis was performed on the time history of the waves, beach morphology, wave reflection and energy dissipation. Additional geotechnical analysis was also performed in order to identify the characteristics of the beach material. Wave height, wave period, wave duration and initial beach slope were all found to influence beach deformation and wave reflection pattern.
Investigation of Motor Adaptation to Mirror Visual Feedback
Creators: name: Khlestova, Elizaveta
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2015
Subjects: motor adaptation
internal models

description: The present study investigated motor adaptation of point-to-point reaching movements to mirror feedback in the sagittal plane. This is a novel paradigm that both displaces and inverts the visual feedback of the right hand, showing it as the left hand. This environment creates a conflict between proprioceptive (and somatosensory) and visual feedback through the direction of errors produced as the result of a movement. Somatosensory, proprioceptive, and visual feedback are used to update internal models of the body and the space surrounding it in order to generate motor commands for upcoming movements. The process of updating internal models has been proposed as an explanation for motor adaptation. The first goal of the study was to characterize learning of the mirror perturbation. The results showed that adaptation occurred within a single training session, however the accuracy of the reaches made in the final perturbation reaches never returned to baseline. The second goal of the study was to determine the effect of mirror feedback on adaptation to a velocity-dependent force applied to the hand by a robotic manipulandum. The results show that subjects were able to adapt to the perturbation generated by the force while receiving mirror feedback at the same rate as when they were given correct visual feedback. These results suggest that visual and proprioceptive feedback can be processed in parallel, which allows the internal models to adjust to the deviating force relying solely on proprioceptive and somatosensory feedback.
Detecting DIF in polytomous item responses.
Creators: name: Tian, Fang.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1999
Subjects: subject: Education, Tests and Measurements.

description: Use of polytomously scored items in educational tests is becoming increasingly common with new types of assessments such as performance assessment It is believed that performance assessment provides more equitable approaches to testing than traditional multiple-choice tests. However, some forms of performance assessment may be more likely than conventional tests to be influenced by construct-irrelevant factors, resulting in differential item functioning (DIF). Several methods have been proposed for DIF assessment with polytomous item responses, such as the Mantel procedure (Mantel, 1963), the generalized Mantel-Haenszel procedure (GMH) (Mantel & Haenszel, 1959), the polytomous extension of the standardization approach (STND) (Potenza & Dorans, 1995), the polytomous extension of SIBTEST (SIBTEST) (Chang, Mazzeo, & Roussos, 1996), and logistic discriminant function analysis (LDFA) (Miller & Spray, 1993). The purpose of this study was to investigate and compare the performance of the Mantel, GMH, STND, SIBTEST, and LDFA (LDFA-Uniform and LDFA-Nonuniform) procedures in detecting DIF with polytomous item responses under a variety of conditions. A simulation study was conducted to evaluate their Type I error and power in detecting DIF when the properties of the items were known. The factors considered were group ability distribution differences (three levels), test length (two levels), sample size (three levels), sample size ratio (two levels), item discrimination (null DIF, constant uniform DIF, and balanced uniform DIF) or item-discrimination parameter difference between reference and focal groups (nonuniform DIF) (three levels), and DIF conditions (four levels). Based on the findings of this study, all procedures had good and comparable Type I error control when groups were equal in ability or when groups had a small ability difference and item discrimination was not high or when groups had a large ability difference and item discrimination was low. Both LDFA-Nonuniform and GMH can be used to detect nonuniform DIF with LDFA-Nonuniform being more powerful when two groups had equal ability distributions and GMH being more powerful when two groups had different ability distributions. Finally, results from this study indicated that the LDFA procedure is preferable over the other procedures. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
MPEC 2025-J45 : 2025 JG1
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2025 JG1

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Preparing statistical consultants
Creators: name: Meyer, Denny
name: Earnest, Arul
name: McKenzie, Dean
name: Bhowmik, Jahar
name: Critchley, Christine
name: Hiller, Janet
name: Quinn, Steve
name: Grigo, Jennifer
name: Phillips, Brian
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Statistical consultants often play the role of collaborators on grants and tenders. This means that they need to be trained in much more than just statistics. In particular, statistical consultants need to have experience with the processes for grant and tender applications, collaboration and reporting. However, unlike other researchers, statistical consultants also have to work with many individual clients, and juggle numerous projects often from very different areas and disciplines. Thus statistical consultants need a diverse knowledge of statistical methodologies, software, data and disciplines or content areas. These complexities have been recognised in a new statistical consulting subject within Swinburne University’s post graduate MSc (Applied Statistics). This challenge has been met with a mix of lectures presented predominantly by applied statisticians specialising in a variety of important areas (such as health, social studies, psychology, marketing and management), routinely working with data from sources such as medical registries, patient databases, online open access databases, telephone interview data and government survey/census data. Assessments involved both playing the client and responding to a client’s brief, while the exam included a tender application. This paper describes this subject as well as the feedback received from a small class of mostly online students after the subject first being offered.
Exploration and visualization of large execution traces
Creators: name: Fu, Lianjiang
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Computer Science.

description: Trace analysis is one of major methods in dynamic analysis of reverse engineering. One step towards dealing with large traces is representing it using a schema developed in our laboratory called "Compact Trace Format", where the whole trace is converted from a tree structure to a graph representation and only distinct nodes exist in it. Various filtering algorithms can then be applied to this model, and as a result, some nodes that are of less interest to a user can be filtered out and only those that help in understanding will be displayed. In this thesis we have done three things: Firstly we implemented a tool based on the above approach. Secondly, as part of the tool we implemented a dynamic trace-loading scheme allowing a user to navigate through a large trace more rapidly. Instead of loading a whole tree for exploration, the loading algorithm only retrieves the part of the tree needed by the current display window. With this method, not only can the size explosion be conquered, but performance and responsiveness requirements can also be achieved. The third item achieved is to implement a special tree widget as part of the tool. This extends the UI of standard tree widgets, and is aimed to help users quickly navigate the trace and further aid them in understanding part of the system in which they are interested. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Perception is Reality: The Power of Subjective Age and its Effect on Physical, Psychological, and Cognitive Health
Creators: name: Murphy, Chandra L.
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2009
Subjects: subjective age
physical health
life satisfaction
cognition

description: This study examines the role of subjective age in physical health, life satisfaction, and cognitive functioning. Using a national, longitudinal sample (MIDUS [Midlife in the U.S.]), as well as a longitudinal subsample from the Boston area, data on felt age, perceived appearance age, and rater estimated age was used to predict health outcomes. Results showed that felt age is a significant predictor for the health outcomes, with those feeling younger than their actual age having the highest scores. Felt Age was more important than Look Age in predicting health. Those who felt young at both waves had the highest physical health; those who felt younger at Time 1 and older at Time 2 had the lowest level of life satisfaction. This study highlights the many facets of subjective age that are related to health and the importance of exploring longitudinal change in subjective age, especially to establish directionality.
title: FoxN3 knock-down alters spatio-temporal expression patterns of genes involved in cranial cartilage and muscle development in the African clawed-frog Xenopus laevis
Creators: name: Schmidt, Jennifer
name: Schuff, Maximilian
name: Naumann, Benjamin
name: Olsson, Lennart
Publisher: name: Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung
Year: 2020

description: What is the gene regulatory network underlying the morphogenesis of the vertebrate head skeleton? A good candidate to approach this question is the FoxN3 gene. Morpholino-mediated FoxN3 knock-down leads to a delay in cranial cartilage and muscle formation, to reduced size and to malformations of both cartilages and muscles in Xenopus laevis. Additionally, muscle fiber development and joint formation are incomplete. We used qRT-PCR and whole-mount in situ hybridization to analyse potential target genes of FoxN3. The spatio-temporal expressions of different cartilage, muscle, and joint markers as well as cell adhesion molecules are changed following FoxN3 knock-down. Expression of N-CAM and N-Cad is decreased throughout development and expression of genes important for cartilage formation (Sox9, Col2α1, Runx2) is delayed. Joint markers (Gdf5/6) and genes (Dlx5/6) important for regional specification are also down-regulated and bagpipe genes show decreased expression at consecutive stages. Expression levels of key myogenic genes (Myf5, MyoD, MHC) are at 30 – 40% of control expression. These results indicate that FoxN3 occupies a key position in the gene regulatory network maintaining normal development of cranial cartilages and muscles as well as jaw joint formation.
MPEC 2025-E59 : 2025 DN33
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2025 DN33

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
InvenioRDM @CERN
Creators: name: Ioannidis, Alex
name: Przerwa, Karolina
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: InvenioRDM
Open Source
Open Repositories
Collaborative Development
Data Migrations
OR2024

description: Presentation on the implementations of InvenioRDM at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN).
The effects of methylmercury ingestion on amphibian tadpoles
Creators: name: Gibson, Jennifer C. W
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Biology, Ecology.
subject: Agriculture, Fisheries and Aquaculture.

description: Methylmercury (MeHg) is a toxic heavy metal and a health threat to wildlife and humans, however nothing is known about its effects on amphibians. MeHg is produced from inorganic Hg in the aquatic environment, and bioaccumulates in the food chain. This exposes tadpoles to elevated levels of MeHg in their diet, and may pose a risk to development. Tadpoles of the North American species Bufo americanus and Rana pipiens as well as the African frog model species Xenopus tropicalis were subchronically exposed to dietary McHg ranging in concentration from 1ng/g to 1000 ng/g to determine LC50s and species sensitivity differences. A developmental differences study was also performed with B. americanus. The 33-day LC50 estimates indicate that Gosner stage 25 tadpoles of both B. americanus and R. pipiens were the most sensitive, and they exhibited a similar sensitivity to McHg toxicity. The X. tropicales LC50 estimate is significantly higher (p=0.05) than those calculated for B. americanus and R. pipiens Gosner stage 25, and the developmentally advanced B. americanus Gosner stage 27-30 LC50 estimate is also significantly higher (p=0.05) than the B. americanus Gosner stage 25 LC50. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Regulation of Spindle Checkpoint Protein Bfa1 by Mitotic Phosphorylation
Creators: name: Paulissen, Eric
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2014
Subjects: Mitotic Exit
Mitosis
Molecular Biology
Cell Cycle

description: In budding yeast, the timing of mitotic exit is tightly controlled by a canonical signaling cascade called the Mitotic Exit Network (MEN). MEN is activated by the GTPase Tem1, which is inhibited by a Bfa1-Bub2 GAP complex. It is known that the Polo-like kinase Cdc5 phosphorylates and inactivates Bfa1 to promote mitotic exit and cytokinesis, however, the mechanism that allows Bfa1 phosphorylation by Cdc5 specifically during late mitosis is not well understood. I made a specific hypothesis that mitotic Cdk is preventing Bfa1 phosphorylation by Cdc5 in metaphase to prevent precocious mitotic exit. We have identified six potential Cdk-dependent phosphorylation sites in Bfa1 and made an unphosphorylatable bfa1 mutant (bfa1-6A). In my experiments, the bfa1-6A mutant was not defective in mitotic arrest or exhibited dominant effects in mitotic exit in the conditions tested. I will discuss physiological relevance of possible roles of Cdk in Bfa1 regulations and future experiments.
title: The Soft Skills Divide: Comparing Student Perceptions on Gen X, Millennial, and Gen Z Teachers
Creators: name: Calderon, Ameer Benjamin B.
Publisher: name: Phetchaburi Rajabhat University
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2025
Subjects: Teacher Soft Skills
Teacher Generation
Student Perceptions

description: Interdisciplinary Research Review (IRR), 20, 2, 1–10
A multinuclear magnetic resonance study of the structures and dynamics of lanthanum(III) complexes in solution.
Creators: name: Chen, Zhigang.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1993
Subjects: subject: Chemistry, Physical.

description: The structural and dynamic behaviours of La(III) complexes in solution have been investigated by multinuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. In an acetonitrile solution of La(NO$\sb3)\sb3$ 6 H$\sb2$O, a combined $\sp{139}$La and $\sp $O NMR study revealed the existence of the following equilibrium: $\rm \{La(NO\sb3)\sb3(AN)\sb{x}\} + H\sb2O\rightleftharpoons\{La(NO\sb3)\sb3\ H\sb2O(AN)\sb{y}\}$. The NMR results have been quantitatively interpreted through this model. The detailed analysis of $\sp $O NMR spectra of H$\sb2$O allowed the indirect coupling constant between the $\sp $O of the coordinated water and $\sp{139}$La to be estimated. The main focus of the present work was given to the thermodynamic, structural, and dynamic studies of La(III) complexes with crown ethers in non-aqueous solutions. Stable 1:1 cation:crown ether complexes were formed between La(III) and 18C6, B15C5, and 15C5. During the course of the complexation, the crown ethers entered to the first coordination shell of La(III) by replacing the coordinated water and most probably the solvent (AN) molecules. In all the cases, the La(III) cations were coordinated by the oxygen atoms from three bidentate nitrate anions and from the crown ethers. Both cation and ligand exchanges are slow in the system $\rm La(NO\sb3)\sb3$ 6 H$\sb2$O - 18C6 - AN. The rate constant for the exchange is k = 0.15 s$\sp{-1}$ at 333 K. A dissociative exchange mechanism is one of the contributions to the La(III) exchange. This two-site exchange occurs only through a dissociative pathway, which is determined by the structures of the complexes. Since the ligand can not make contact with La(III) from both sides of the complexes, the dissociative mechanism must be the major contribution to the crown ether chemical exchange. An exchange process involving coordinated B15C5 and/or 15C5 was detected by $\sp1$H NMR spectra of the ligands. Detailed $\sp1$H NMR observations were made on the system involving 15C5. A model involving "inner" and "outer" proton exchange was postulated to account for the $\sp1$H NMR experimental data. The structures of La(III) complexes with crown ethers in solution and in the solid state were compared. It might be concluded that the structures of these complexes in solution are very similar to that in the solid state. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Dynamic analysis of bridges using the finite strip method.
Creators: name: Ali, Abdulkarim Hassan.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Civil.

description: The dynamic analysis of highway bridges is very complex because of the interaction between the moving vehicle load and the bridge response. Analytical methods such as beam theory and orthotropic plate theory are applicable only to simple structures and highly simplified moving vehicle load models. The beam theory is applicable only to long and narrow bridges since it neglects the effect of transverse flexibility of the bridge. The orthotropic plate theory is only applicable to slab bridges under simple vehicle load models as complex vehicle models render the differential equation of equilibrium difficult or impossible to solve. The finite element method is a very powerful and versatile technique which can be applied to deal with any specific configuration of bridge structure, supports and vehicle load models. However, the efficiency of the method needs to be improved because the finite element solutions usually require too much computer time, too large core storage and too much data input. In addition to these deficiencies, in order to simulate the local of the moving concentrated wheel loads the finite element mesh should be refined in both directions. The finite strip method has already proven to be the most efficient numerical technique for the static analysis of bridges. In fact the method is even more efficient for dynamic analysis of bridges. The structure can be divided into a number of finite strips. In each strip the displacement components at any point are expressed in terms of the displacement parameters of nodal lines by means of simple polynomials in the transverse direction and a continuously differentiable smooth series in the longitudinal direction. Thus, the number of dimensions of the analysis is reduced by one. The minimum number of degrees of freedom along a nodal line in the finite strip method is equal to twice times the number of terms used in the series and this is normally much less than that for finite element method, which requires a minimum of three times the number of nodes along the same line. Hence the size and the bandwidth of the matrices are greatly reduced, and consequently it can be handled by personal computers and solved in much shorter time. In this study the finite strip method is applied to dynamic analysis of simply supported single span slab bridges, slab-on girder bridges, box girder bridges and multi-span bridges by using various vehicle load models. Harmonic analysis of beams is covered in Chapter Two as an introduction for the finite strip method. A FORTRAN computer program capable of analyzing all the topics covered in this thesis is also developed.
Islamic Secularization in the West
Creators: name: Abu Rass, Rida
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2016
Subjects: Secularization
Orthodoxy
Reform
Rationalization
Islam
Judaism

description: This paper critically examines the prospect of an Islamic secularization in the Western context, ultimately arguing that religious orthodoxy in general is not likely to survive in a liberal democratic context. By examining the current economic, political, and social conditions of Muslims living in Western Europe and the United States, this paper will first argue that despite numerous obstacles, Muslims are generally willing and able to be active participants in a Western, liberal democratic context. Later, a theoretical foundation for secularization is presented, according to which the secularization process can be defined as loss of religious authority. This paper asserts that the loss of religious authority in the liberal democratic context is achieved through the rationalization process, which socially legitimizes non-religious alternatives. Lastly, it will be asserted that secularization is achievable in a religious context, using the advent of Reform Judaism as a historical example. Bearing this in mind, this paper argues that Islamic religious authority is likely to wane in the West, and that religious orthodoxy in general will struggle to survive in a liberal democratic, pluralistic context.
title: The Wired Workplace: Analyzing IoT's Role in Shaping the Future of Human Resource Management
Creators: name: Polwasit Lhakard
Publisher: name: Phetchaburi Rajabhat University
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2025
Subjects: Internet of Things (IoT)
Human Resource Management
Digital Transformation
Workforce Analytics
Smart HR

description: Interdisciplinary Research Review (IRR), 20, 2, 11-22
title:  L’insegnamento della storia e della cultura arabo-islamica nei percorsi certificativi di conoscenza della lingua araba
Creators: name: Romani, Francesca Romana
Publisher: name: RomaTrE-Press
Year: 2018

description: Il contributo affronta il ruolo dell’insegnamento della cultura arabo-islamica nell’ambito degli studi arabistici e la sua funzione potenziale in un ambito di certificazione. Le sezioni che lo compongono presentano una panoramica storica del rapporto fra studi arabistici e islamistici in Italia ed esaminano alcuni contributi recenti sul ruolo degli insegnamenti culturali per l’acquisizione delle competenze linguistiche. Il contributo discute poi la possibilità di un insegnamento linguistico che, contrariamente alla prassi corrente per le lingue occidentali, si sforzi di coniugare formazione linguistica e formazione culturale, valutandone i vantaggi che questo avrebbe nel caso dell’insegnamento della lingua araba ad apprendenti italofoni.
description: Didattica dell’arabo e certificazione linguistica: riflessioni e iniziative
Case authoring from text and historical experiences
Creators: name: Zaluski, Marvin
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Computer Science.

description: Knowledge management is the acquisition and distribution of knowledge within organizations. The knowledge acquisition bottleneck problem is an obstacle in implementing knowledge management system. This thesis describes a solution to this problem through a semi-automated approach that sorts through the mass of information that is available within the organization. Our tool was developed using state-of-the-art Case-Based Reasoning and Information Extraction technologies. More specifically, we developed a semi-automated case authoring method that creates a case-base in two steps. It begins by extracting knowledge from readily available resources such as technical documents and follows by complementing those cases using individual experiences in the organization. The case-base developed is a reflection of the knowledge encoded in the technical documentation and an authentication of the cases with real historical instances. Our case authoring approach is applied to the real world in the aerospace domain.
Supplementary document for Topological edge states of plasmonic dark mode in one-dimensional split-ring nanochains - 7369173.pdf
Creators: name: Shao, Qi
name: Xu, Yang
name: Wang, Lun
name: Ji, Boyu
name: Lang, Peng
name: Zhao, ZhenLong
name: Song, Xiaowei
name: Lin, Jingquan
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: supplementary information
title: Tree distribution and diversity along sidewalks in roads of Nakhon Ratchasima City Municipality, Thailand
Creators: name: Yaowaret Jantakat
Publisher: name: Phetchaburi Rajabhat University
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2025
Subjects: Street tree
Green city
Trees diversity
Geospatial too

description: Interdisciplinary Research Review (IRR), 20, 2, 23-33
IFAD10 IMPACT ASSESSMENT: An Overview
Creators: name: Savastano, Sara
name: Arslan, Aslihan
name: Balint, Tim
name: Rui Benfica, Rui
name: Cavatassi, Romina
name: Garbero, Alessandra
name: Mabiso, Athur
name: Paolantonio, Adriana
name: Songsermsawas, Tisorn
name: Winters, Paul
name: Savastano, Sara
name: Arslan, Aslihan
name: Balint, Tim
name: Rui Benfica, Rui
name: Cavatassi, Romina
name: Garbero, Alessandra
name: Mabiso, Athur
name: Paolantonio, Adriana
name: Songsermsawas, Tisorn
name: Winters, Paul
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Food Security and Poverty
subject: food security
subject: resilient livelihoods

description: As stated in its Strategic Framework 2016-2025, the overarching goal for the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is to invest in rural people to enable them to overcome poverty and achieve food security through remunerative, sustainable, and resilient livelihoods. IFAD pursues this goal through three closely interlinked and mutually reinforcing strategic objectives: (i) increasing rural people’s productive capacities; (ii) increasing rural people’s benefits from market participation; and (iii) strengthening the environmental sustainability and climate resilience of rural people’s economic activities. To hold itself accountable on progress made in achieving this goal and these three strategic objectives, IFAD has adopted a unique approach to reporting impact at the corporate level, building on rigorous project-level evaluations. This report provides the results of these efforts to assess the corporate impact of IFAD investments for the Tenth Replenishment of IFAD’s Resources (IFAD10) period of 2016-2018. Corporate impact is founded on the impact of individual IFAD-funded interventions. This report provides an overview of corporate impact estimates, which determine whether IFAD met its IFAD10 targets, as well as project-level results including lessons learned from the project-level analysis. The report includes the main results of the impact assessment of individual projects. Out of a total portfolio of 104 projects completed during the 2016-20181 replenishment period, 19 have been evaluated through 17 studies, spanning the five IFAD regions. Overall, the 17 impact assessments completed as part of IFAD10 show significant impacts on the lives of project beneficiaries relative to the corporate goal of greater economic mobility and its three supporting strategic objectives. In line with these findings, the results of the corporate impact assessment show that IFAD10 has exceeded its targets for its overall goal of fostering economic mobility and for two of the three strategic objectives.
The Impact of Effective Communication on the Quality of Parent-Child Interactions
Creators: name: Martz, Jennifer
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Communication
Communication Play Protocol
Turn Taking
Readability
Feedback
Early Intervention

description: At two years of age, nearly 13% of children in the United States have delays that would likely make them eligible for Early Intervention Program (EI) services (Rosenberg, Zhang, & Robinson, 2008). The proposed study seeks to examine whether the quality of written and spoken communication between parents and EI specialists is related to the quality of parent-child interactions during the delivery of such services. Quality of communication will be broken down into communication understandability, turn-taking, and the use of feedback and constructive language within conversations. Participants in this study will be limited to children under the age of three who are about to receive early intervention services for a speech delay, their parents and their early intervention service providers. The quality of parent-child interactions will be measured at the time of EI enrollment, prior to the start of services, and at six-month intervals for the duration of service delivery, using the Communication Play Protocol. It is hypothesized that effective methods of communication between the early intervention specialist and the parent will be related to higher quality interactions between the parents and their child.
Phytochemical investigation on Trichilia elegans A. Juss (Meliaceae)
Creators: name: de Melo Cazal, Cristiane
name: Matos, Andreia Pereira
name: Cunha, Gracielle Oliveira Sabbag
name: Nebo, Liliane
name: Vieira, Paulo Cezar
name: da Silva, Maria Fátima das Graças Fernandes
name: Fernandes, João Batista
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: A phytochemical investigation of the leaves and stems of Trichilia elegans A. Juss resulted in the isolation and purification of twenty compounds, including three steroids (1–3), two coumarins (4,5), eleven phenolic acid derivatives (6–16), one oxazol derivative (17) and three glycosylated flavonoids (18–20). The structures of these compounds were elucidated through NMR spectroscopy and comparison with literature data. This study represents the first report of the natural occurrence of glycosylated flavonoids in T. elegans and the first description of compounds (4–20) in this species.
Genetic analysis of traits associated with domestication in rainbow trout
Creators: name: Drew, Robert Edward
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2006
Subjects: Rainbow trout -- Genetics

description: Domestication is a complex process by which populations evolve in the presence of humans and in response to rearing in captivity. Several behavioral and physiological differences have been detected between wild and domesticated salmonid populations. In particular, reduced stress physiology has been documented in salmonids and other domesticated species. Negative impacts of chronic stress on growth, survival, and reproduction suggest that reduced responsiveness to stress may reflect an adaptation to captivity. Growth itself is an economically trait, under complex genetic and environment control, and is the focus of continued research. This dissertation examines the genetic factors underlying these two traits using rainbow trout clonal lines. In the analysis of stress physiology, stress hormone levels, in response to handling stress, were reduced in a heavily domesticated clonal line (Arlee) relative to another heavily domesticated line (OSU) and a less domestication line (Swanson). Analysis using doubled haploids derived from clonal lines with divergent stress responses (OSU and Arlee) revealed two QTL with opposing additive effects on stress cortisol levels, and no genetic link between stress physiology and growth rate in this cross. A more detailed analysis of juvenile growth was performed using doubled haploids derived from two clonal lines with divergent growth rates and domestication histories (OSU and Swanson). Body length, mass, and condition factor were measured at two time points (89 and 194 days postfertilization), and specific growth rate was calculated for the interval between these time points. Twenty-two QTL were detected in at least 14 locations on 11 linkage groups. Several QTL affecting different growth traits mapped to similar locations suggesting the presence of loci with pleiotropic effects or closely linked loci affecting different traits. The analysis also suggests possible genotype x environment and genotype x age interactions but this could not be reliably evaluated. Finally comparisons with QTL analyses of embryonic and adult growth in rainbow trout reveals that, in some case, the same linkage groups harbor QTL affecting growth at different levels. Our findings reveal that QTL analyses of traits associated with salmonid domestication can reveal complex genetic and environmental interactions.
Iterative least squares algorithms for digital filter design.
Creators: name: Rossi, Michel.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Electronics and Electrical.

description: In this thesis, we propose new algorithms to simplify and improve the design of IIR digital filters and M-band cosine modulated filter banks. These algorithms are based on the Iterative Least Squares (ILS) approach. We first review the various Iterative Reweighted Least Squares (IRLS) methods used to design Chebyshev and $L\sb{p}$ linear phase FIR filters. Then we focus on the ILS design of IIR filters and filter banks. For the design of Chebyshev IIR filters in the log magnitude sense, we propose a Remez-type IRLS algorithm. This novel approach accelerates significantly Kobayashi's and Lim's IRLS methods and simplifies the traditional rational Remez algorithm. For the design of M-band cosine modulated filter banks, we propose three new ILS algorithms. These algorithms are specific to the design of Pseudo Quadrature Mirror Filter (QMF) banks, Near Perfect Reconstruction (NPR) Pseudo QMF banks and Perfect Reconstruction (PR) QMF banks. They are fast convergent, simple to implement and flexible compared to traditional nonlinear optimization methods. Short MATLAB programs implementing the proposed algorithms are included.
The outcrop-scale manifestations of reactivation during multiple superimposed rifting and basin inversion events: the Devonian Orcadian Basin, N Scotland
Creators: name: A.M. Dichiarante
name: R.E. Holdsworth
name: E.D. Dempsey
name: K.J.W. McCaffrey
name: T.A.G. Utley
Publisher: name: Geological Society of London
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Geology
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences

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A study into the impact of feminism upon legal discourse in criminal justice policies on wife battering in Canada.
Creators: name: Goguen, Taunya Anne.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1999
Subjects: subject: Canadian Studies.

description: Feminist scholars have become aware of the risks of engaging law to address women's needs and concerns. In fact, several Canadian feminist writers (Currie, 1990; Snider, 1991) argue that the criminal justice system is not a reliable ally for feminists, and suggest that relying on it will not empower women, but will sustain institutions that perpetuate the status quo of political, economic and familial relations which subordinate women to men. The purpose of this study is to examine of the extent to which feminist discourses have been incorporated into justice policies and to demonstrate the power of feminism to re-define the legal response to male violence against women in intimate relations. Following Smart's (1989) work, Feminism and the Power of Law, it is hypothesized that feminist discourses will be marginalized in legal discourse. Manifest and latent content analysis are employed to determine the degree to which feminist discourses on wife battering have had an impact upon legal discourse injustice policies. The sample consists of thirteen policies published between 1986 and 1997 in provinces and territories across Canada. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Evolution of auto- and cross-regulatory elements of members of the distal-less-related family of homeobox-containing genes.
Creators: name: Zerucha, Ted.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1999
Subjects: subject: Biology, Molecular.

description: The Vertebrate Dlx gene family consists of at least three linked pairs of convergently transcribed genes. The linked Dlx genes demonstrate a striking degree of overlap in expression patterns during development that is coincident with their genomic organization and is relatively well conserved between teleost fish, such as the zebrafish, and mammals. Two explanations for this overlap of expression are that there are cross-regulatory interactions between the Dlx genes or, in the case of the paired Dlx genes, that they share cis-acting regulatory elements. To test this second hypothesis, we compared the homologous intergenic regions of the paired Dlx genes between mouse and zebrafish. We have identified elements in the intergenic regions of all the paired Dlx genes that are well conserved between zebrafish and mice and that may, at least partially, account for the overlap in expression patterns of their neighboring Dlx genes by acting as shared enhancer elements. At least two of these elements are able to direct specific expression in transgenic mice and, remarkably, also in analogous anatomical regions in transgenic flies. Two of the elements identified are also the sites of regulation by the Dlx proteins themselves. An additional site of regulatory interactions between members of the Dlx family has been identified in the region upstream of the zebrafish dlx4 gene which seems to be dependant on expression of dlx3 . These results indicate that interactions between members of the Dlx family are part of their normal function during development and that there has been some degree of conservation of the elements directing expression of the Dlx genes during metazoan evolution. These results also suggest a mechanism by which duplicated genes may be stabily maintained during evolution as well as a possible explanation for the maintenance of the Dlx genes as linked pairs in the genome.
Microfluidic Networks of the Compartmentalized Belousov-Zhabotinsky Reaction
Creators: name: Litschel, Thomas
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2016
Subjects: Belousov-Zhabotinsky Reaction
Chemical Oscillations
Coupling
PDMS
Microfluidics
Nonlinear Dynamics

description: The oscillating Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction provides an experimental system with which to study networks of coupled oscillators. We developed a method that allows for creating highly configurable coupled networks of Belousov-Zhabotinsky micro-oscillators. With novel microfluidic techniques we pattern custom planar arrays of nanoliter-scale wells into thin sheets of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS). Once loaded into these compartments and confined by glass the oscillatory Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction commences. The discrete oscillators are either inhibitorily coupled via diffusion through PDMS or excitatorily coupled via diffusion through thin channels connecting the wells. By varying geometrical parameters of the device’s design, we are able to alter the strength and quality of the chemical coupling between these oscillatory cells and create network of heterogeneously interacting oscillators. Exploiting our ability to design network topology and the nature of the inter-cell coupling we construct chemical circuits that achieve the complexity of the autonomous nervous system of a variety of organisms.
The disparity pyramid: An irregular pyramid approach for stereoscopic image analysis.
Creators: name: Elias, Rimon Zarif.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1999
Subjects: subject: Computer Science.

description: The disparity pyramid is a proposed solution for both problems of disparity estimation and object detection using a stereoscopic pair of images. This pyramid can be classified within the class of irregular pyramids. The hierarchy of the pyramid is achieved by successive calculations of a set of levels. These calculations are done over a disparity range to get the difference in intensities between the two images. A cell can survive at the next level if it has the minimum difference within its neighbourhood. This minimum difference plays the role of an indicator of how near this cell, in terms of intensity, to another cell in the other image. This means that the disparity pyramid takes into account the information of intensity of the images under consideration; in other words, it is a data-dependent structure. A cell is a root, if it cannot be linked to any of its neighbours because it is far enough from all cells in its neighbourhood. Unlike some other pyramids, and according to the input values and/or the distance between disparity vectors and/or number of objects contained in the scene, the top level of this pyramid may consist of more than one cell. Thus, in terms of geometry, its shape looks like an incomplete pyramid with a flat top level and irregular sides.
title: Identifying Australian snakes by color patterns
Creators: name: Farooq, Harith
name: Uetz, Peter
Publisher: name: Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung
Year: 2020

description: We investigated if Australian snakes can be identified by using their color, pattern, size and location. We coded these criteria for the 185 terrestrial snake species of Australia (excluding 37 species of sea snakes from our analysis). Uniformly brown snakes are most common, followed by banded and blotched species. Some highly variable species can have dozens of color patterns. For most localities these four criteria are sufficient to narrow down the number of possible species to fewer than 21 species and in most cases accurate identification is possible with a few photos for comparison. Given that most Australian snakes are venomous, accurately identifying snakes is also of medical importance. In addition to identifying snakes, colors and patterns provide useful data for phylogenetic and ecological studies.