cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Oxynoemacheilus banarescui
Creators: name: Freyhof, Jörg
name: Kaya, Cüneyt
name: Geiger, Matthias F.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Cypriniformes
Nemacheilidae
Oxynoemacheilus
Oxynoemacheilus banarescui

description: Oxynoemacheilus banarescui (Delmastro, 1982)
(Fig. 3)
Orthrias brandti banarescui Delmastro, 1982: 53, figs. 1–3 (type locality: Turkey: Devrekani creek near Devrekani, Kocaçay basin)
Material examined. FFR 15511, 4, 43–77 mm SL; Turkey: Kastamonu prov.: stream Devrekanı 8 km northeast of Devrekanı, 41.6275N 33.9224E.— FSJF 3119, 30, 31–67 mm SL; Turkey: Zonguldak prov.: Yenice River 15 km west of Yenice, 41.2325N 32.2041E.— FSJF 3122, 6, 64–78 mm SL; IUSHM 2018–1403, 10, 50–62 mm SL; Turkey: Karabük prov.: stream Davulga at 15 km north of Mengen, 41.0872N 32.0230E.— FSJF 3169, 19, 41–70 mm SL; Turkey: Kastamonu prov.: stream Devrekani at Kasaplar, 4 km north of Devrekani, 41.6224N 33.8526E.
Material used in molecular genetic analysis. FSJF DNA-1626; Turkey: Kastamonu prov.: stream Devrekani at Kasaplar, 4 km north of Devrekani, 41.6224N 33.8526E (GenBank accession: OK316781, OK316749).— FSJF DNA-1631; Turkey: Zonguldak prov.: Yenice River 15 km west of Yenice, 41.2325N 32.2041E (GenBank accession: OK316694, OK316657).
Distribution. Oxynoemacheilus banarescui is known from the Devrekani and Yenice/Filiyos drainages in the Anatolian Black Sea basin. See Fig. 2 for the distribution of this species.
Remarks. Oxynoemacheilus banarescui is distinguished from other species of the O. bergianus group by a minimum K2P distance of 2.9% to O. bergianus in the DNA barcode region and it is supported by PTP, mPTP and ASAP. We were not able to find a reliable, consistent external character to distinguish O. banarescui from any of the other species of the O. bergianus group.
Turan et al. (2019) published two sequences (GenBank accession number: MH469261, MH469262) of O. banarescui from the stream Devrekani, closely clustering with our sequences from the same drainage. But Turan et al. (2019) submitted three additional sequences (MH018854, MH018855, MH018856) to GenBank, which they omitted from the manuscript. Sungur (2020) downloaded all five sequences labelled as “ Oxynoemacheilus banarescui, Devrekani stream: Kızılırmak Basin” from GenBank. The Devrekani does not flow to the Kızılırmak.As Cüneyt Kaya is a co-author of the study of Turan et al. (2019) and the present study, it is now possible to clarify the reasons for this omission. Indeed, the sequences MH018854, MH018855, and MH018856 do not originate from fishes collected in the Kızılırmak or Devrekani drainages, but in the Büyük Melen (40.8358N 31.1100E) and it is therefore no surprise that they do not cluster with O. banarescui but with O. simavicus from the Büyük Melen in our molecular dataset (Fig. 1).
description: Published as part of Freyhof, Jörg, Kaya, Cüneyt & Geiger, Matthias F., 2022, A practical approach to revise the Oxynoemacheilus bergianus species group (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae), pp. 151-194 in Zootaxa 5128 (2) on pages 167-168, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5128.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/6479752
title: Detektierung und Konservierung infolge von Umwelteinflüssen hohlstehender Wandmalereien am Beispiel der national wertvollen mittelalterlichen Kirchen in Kühren und Bad Schmiedeberg
Creators: name: Franzen, Christoph
name: Löther, Thomas
name: Meinhardt-Degen, Jeannine
name: Weise, Stefan
Publisher: name: Institut für Diagnostik und Konservierung an Denkmalen in Sachsen und Sachsen-Anhalt e. V.
Year: 2007
Subjects: Conservation science

description: In dem Projekt wurden mit Hilfe aktiver Infrarotthermographie zerstörungsfreie Untersuchungen an immobilen, sensiblen Kunstgut durchgeführt. Aufbauend auf umfangreichen Laborstudien wurde ein Versuchsaufbau etabliert, der sich angepasst an die Fragestellung an mittelalterlichen Wandmalereien ohne Gefährdung für das hochrangige Kulturgut einsetzen lässt. Die Laborstudien umfassten die Untersuchung verschiedenster Aktivierungsmethoden, die Abgrenzung der Leistungsflächen der Aktivierungsstrahler, die Abschätzung von deren Temperatureintrag auf eine farblich gefasste Oberfläche, Infrarot-Untersuchungen an verschiedenen Pigmenten, Untersuchungen bei unterschiedlicher Oberflächen-Beschaffenheit und Untersuchungen an exakt definierten Hohlstellen.
Als günstigste Aktivierungsvariante wurde die Strahlungsaktivierung ermittelt. Die strombetriebenen Strahler müssen genau positioniert werden, um eine gleichmäßige Aktivierung der Untersuchungsfläche zu gewährleisten. In wenigen Metern Entfernung zur Wandmalerei rufen die eingesetzten 3000 W Strahler wenige K Temperaturveränderung hervor, die ausreicht, um hoch auflösend Informationen über Anomalien im Wandaufbau nachzuweisen. Die Temperaturdifferenzen um bis zu 6 K an den Wandoberflächen sind unschädlich für die Oberflächenfassungen. Es wurde die Abhängigkeit der Wärmeaufnahme einer Oberfläche vom eingesetzten Pigment nachvollzogen. An einem Probekörper im eingearbeiteten fest definierten Hohlstellen konnte gezeigt werden, dass die Erkennung der Hohlstellenlagen cm-genau erfolgen kann. Auch wenn der Randdefinition Grenzen gesetzt sind, ist die moderne Technik der konventionellen Klopfmethode (Perkussion) darin überlegen und zusätzlich absolut berührungsfrei.
An den zwei Fallbeispielen wurden exemplarisch das Ausmaß der Hohlstellen vor der Restaurierung bestimmt, mit Kartierungen der herkömmlichen Perkussionsuntersuchungen verglichen und nach der Restaurierung wieder mit aktiver IR untersucht
Einsatz der zerstörungsfreien Infrarotaufnahme-Technik in dem sehr sensiblen Bereich der Kunstgutuntersuchung ist sehr viel versprechend. Noch ist die Anwendung als aufwendig einzustufen.
Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide Ameliorates Experimental Acute Ileitis and Extra-Intestinal Sequelae
Creators: name: Heimesaat, Markus M.
name: Dunay, Ildiko R.
name: Schulze, Silvia
name: Fischer, André
name: Grundmann, Ursula
name: Alutis, Marie
name: Kühl, Anja A.
name: Tamas, Andrea
name: Toth, Gabor
name: Dunay, Miklos P.
name: Göbel, Ulf B.
name: Reglodi, Dora
name: Bereswill, Stefan
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Background The neuropeptide Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) plays pivotal roles in immunity and inflammation. So far, potential immune-modulatory properties of PACAP have not been investigated in experimental ileitis. Methodology/Principal Findings Mice were perorally infected with Toxoplasma (T.) gondii to induce acute ileitis (day 0) and treated daily with synthetic PACAP38 from day 1 to 6 post infection (p.i.; prophylaxis) or from day 4 to 6 p.i. (therapy). Whereas placebo-treated control mice suffered from acute ileitis at day 7 p.i. and succumbed to infection, intestinal immunopathology was ameliorated following PACAP prophylaxis. PACAP-treated mice exhibited increased abundance of small intestinal FOXP3+ cells, but lower numbers of ileal T lymphocytes, neutrophils, monocytes and macrophages, which was accompanied by less ileal expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines such as IL-23p19, IL-22, IFN-γ, and MCP-1. Furthermore, PACAP-treated mice displayed higher anti-inflammatory IL-4 concentrations in mesenteric lymph nodes and liver and higher systemic anti- inflammatory IL-10 levels in spleen and serum as compared to control animals at day 7 p.i. Remarkably, PACAP-mediated anti-inflammatory effects could also be observed in extra-intestinal compartments as indicated by reduced pro- inflammatory mediator levels in spleen (TNF-α, nitric oxide) and liver (TNF-α, IFN-γ, MCP-1, IL-6) and less severe histopathological sequelae in lungs and kidneys following prophylactic PACAP treatment. Strikingly, PACAP prolonged survival of T. gondii infected mice in a time-of-treatment dependent manner. Conclusion/Significance Synthetic PACAP ameliorates acute small intestinal inflammation and extra-intestinal sequelae by down-regulating Th1-type immunopathology, reducing oxidative stress and up-regulating anti-inflammatory cytokine responses. These findings provide novel potential treatment options of inflammatory bowel diseases.
The UV/optical spectra of the Type Ia supernova SN 2010jn: a bright supernova with outer layers rich in iron-group elements
Creators: name: Hachinger, S.
name: Mazzali, P. A.
name: Sullivan, M.
name: Ellis, R. S.
name: Maguire, K.
name: Gal-Yam, A.
name: Howell, D. A.
name: Nugent, P. E.
name: Baron, E.
name: Cooke, Jeff
name: Arcavi, I.
name: Bersier, D.
name: Dilday, B.
name: James, P. A.
name: Kasliwal, M. M.
name: Kulkarni, S. R.
name: Ofek, E. O.
name: Laher, R. R.
name: Parrent, J.
name: Surace, J.
name: Yaron, O.
name: Walker, E. S.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 510199
subject: Astronomical sciences not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 510999
subject: Space sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Radiative transfer studies of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) hold the promise of constraining both the density profile of the SN ejecta and its stratification by element abundance which, in turn, may discriminate between different explosion mechanisms and progenitor classes. Here we analyse the Type Ia SN 2010jn (PTF10ygu) in detail, presenting and evaluating near-ultraviolet (near-UV) spectra from the Hubble Space Telescope and ground-based optical spectra and light curves. SN 2010jn was discovered by the Palomar Transient Factory (PTF) 15 d before maximum light, allowing us to secure a time series of four near-UV spectra at epochs from −10.5 to +4.8 d relative to B-band maximum. The photospheric near-UV spectra are excellent diagnostics of the iron-group abundances in the outer layers of the ejecta, particularly those at very early times. Using the method of ‘Abundance Tomography’ we derive iron-group abundances in SN 2010jn with a precision better than in any previously studied SN Ia. Optimum fits to the data can be obtained if burned material is present even at high velocities, including significant mass fractions of iron-group elements. This is consistent with the slow decline rate (or high ‘stretch’) of the light curve of SN 2010jn, and consistent with the results of delayed-detonation models. Early-phase UV spectra and detailed time-dependent series of further SNe Ia offer a promising probe of the nature of the SN Ia mechanism.
Depth first search and position based routing in ad hoc and sensor wireless networks
Creators: name: Vukojevic, Bosko
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Electronics and Electrical.
subject: Computer Science.

description: Finding a solution to the routing problem in wireless ad hoc and sensor networks has proven to be a quite difficult. A number of position-based localized algorithms have demonstrated important features like guaranteed delivery, scalability, robustness, and energy conservation, just to name a few. This thesis proposes DFS, Depth First Search, routing algorithm. It is the first position-based localized algorithm that guarantees the delivery for (connected) ad hoc wireless networks modeled by arbitrary graphs, including inaccurate location information for a destination node. The DFS routing scheme is extended in order to provide QoS (quality of service) routing for wireless ad hoc networks. The goal of the DFS QoS is to minimize hop count, which resemble propagation delay requirement. Another contribution of the thesis is the introduction of a new set of localized routing algorithms. The best DFS routing candidate is integrated with recently proposed modification of power and cost-aware solutions, so called progress-based power algorithms. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
3603285.pdf
Creators: name: Yao, C
name: Jia, Zhixu
name: Li, Zhenrui
name: Jia, Shijie
name: Zhao, Zhipeng
name: Zhang, Lei
name: Feng, Yan
name: Qin, Guanshi
name: Ohishi, Yasutake
name: Qin, WP
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2018
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplement 1
Estimating risk factor attributable burden - challenges and potential solutions when using the comparative risk assessment methodology
Creators: name: Hilderink, Henk
name: Plaß, Dietrich
name: Lehtomäki, Heli
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biochemischer Sauerstoffbedarf
Vergleichende Risikobewertung
Volksgesundheit

description: Background Burden of disease analyses quantify population health and provide comprehensive overviews of the health status of countries or specific population groups. The comparative risk assessment (CRA) methodology is commonly used to estimate the share of the burden attributable to risk factors. The aim of this paper is to identify and address some selected important challenges associated with CRA, illustrated by examples, and to discuss ways to handle them. Further, the main challenges are addressed and finally, similarities and differences between CRA and health impact assessments (HIA) are discussed, as these concepts are sometimes referred to synonymously but have distinctly different applications. Results CRAs are very data demanding. One key element is the exposure-response relationship described e.g. by a mathematical function. Combining estimates to arrive at coherent functions is challenging due to the large variability in risk exposure definitions and data quality. Also, the uncertainty attached to this data is difficult to account for. Another key issue along the CRA-steps is to define a theoretical minimal risk exposure level for each risk factor. In some cases, this level is evident and self-explanatory (e.g., zero smoking), but often more difficult to define and justify (e.g., ideal consumption of whole grains). CRA combine all relevant information and allow to estimate population attributable fractions (PAFs) quantifying the proportion of disease burden attributable to exposure. Among many available formulae for PAFs, it is important to use the one that allows consistency between definitions, units of the exposure data, and the exposure response functions. When combined effects of different risk factors are of interest, the non-additive nature of PAFs and possible mediation effects need to be reflected. Further, as attributable burden is typically calculated based on current exposure and current health outcomes, the time dimensions of risk and outcomes may become inconsistent. Finally, the evidence of the association between exposure and outcome can be heterogeneous which needs to be considered when interpreting CRA results. Conclusions The methodological challenges make transparent reporting of input and process data in CRA a necessary prerequisite. The evidence for causality between included risk-outcome pairs has to be well established to inform public health practice. © The Author(s) 2022
Les Églises unie, anglicane et catholique et la communauté anglo-québécoise: portrait et enjeux contemporains
Creators: name: Wilkins-Laflamme, Sarah
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Religion, General.
subject: Sociology, Demography.

description: Using annual statistics from the United, Anglican and Catholic Churches as well as demographic data from Quebec and Canada, the present thesis details the results of a series of quantitative analyses concerning the evolution of church indicators since the 1970s within the English-speaking community of Quebec. Data regarding religious affiliation, church attendance, membership and rites of passage (baptisms, professions of faith, confirmations, marriages and funerals) are also the object of comparisons with similar statistics from the rest of Quebec and Canada in order to establish the particularities of Anglo-Quebecers in this matter. The entirety of the results show three main axes which distinguish tendencies of decline from those of relative stability: differences between denominations (Protestantism-Catholicism), between linguistic communities (Anglophone-Francophone) and between regions (East-West). Anglo-Quebecers resemble more often than not English Canada regarding religious indicator tendencies from the three Christian churches being studied. Declines, especially protestant, in the English-speaking community are sometimes lesser than those in Ontario and in the West, but greater than those in the Atlantic region. These results are interpreted according to a theoretical framework allowing for the existence of several stories of secularization, dialoging most notably with the sociological works of David Martin, Daniele Hervieu-Leger and Raymond Lemieux --- experts regarding the link between church and national community as well as religious identity. In summary, new data is detailed and interpreted in order to contribute, in a modest but pertinent way, to the field of Sociology of Religion in Quebec and in Canada. An in depth examination of the relationship between Anglo-Quebecers and their three main Christian churches also allows to distinguish in many regards this population from other Quebecois and Canadian ethno-linguistic communities.
title: To video, call, or text?
title: an experimental test of therapists' evaluations of telepsychology modalities
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Swancy, Adriana G.
Publisher: name: University of Iowa
Year: 2023
Subjects: telepsychology
telepsychology modalities
therapeutic processes
treatment expectations
treatment preferences
public abstract

description: Previous research has indicated that therapists report differential preferences across telepsychology modalities, but these studies are limited. This study seeks to further examine therapists’ bias as operationalized in the differential rating of evidence-based processes across three experimentally manipulated telepsychology modality conditions. 152 therapists were randomly assigned to one of three experimental conditions, wherein participants were presented with a standardized therapy session that was manipulated to represent either a phone-based session, video-based session, or text-based session and asked to rate the session on working alliance, empathy, and session quality. Contrary to our hypotheses, results of a one-way MANOVA found no statistically significant differences in participant ratings of these therapeutic processes across the phone, video, or text condition. Additionally, results of a one-way MANCOVA showed that there was no statistically significant difference in participant ratings of working alliance, empathy, and session quality across these telepsychology modalities when level of telepsychology experience was controlled. Given the recent rapid adoption and utilization of telepsychology these findings may have significant counseling and training implications.
Regularity estimates for the Navier-Stokes equations and a class of degenerate equations
Creators: name: Petentler, Bryanna
Publisher: name: University of Iowa
Year: 2023
Subjects: H\"older regularity
regularity
Sobolev regularity
Partial Differential Equations

description: In this project, we study the regularity of two different types of partial differential equations.
description: We investigate Holder regularity for the nonlinear Navier-Stokes equations up to a C3 boundary. We find suitable weak solutions are regular up to a set of Hausdorff dimension 1. We use a modified compactness method and monotonicity properties of harmonic functions.
description: We also investigate W1,p estimates for a class of degenerate partial differential equations of subelliptic type a where a is a positive real number. We use the method of compactness established by De Giorgi when studying the Plateau problem of minimal surfaces.
Twice Heard, Hardly Seen: The Self-Translator's (In)Visibility
Creators: name: Van Bolderen, Trish
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Language, General.

description: According to the most common definition, self-translation refers to a phenomenon in which author and translator are the same individual. Self-translation has been practiced for centuries, and research on the practice has increased noticeably over the past 15 years. Yet, two main observations can be made with respect to academic interest pertaining to this phenomenon: first of all, to date, there exists no critical review of research conducted specifically on this topic; secondly, although certain scholars have noted that self-translation seems to be overlooked within translation studies texts in which translation is discussed as a general concept, little data has been provided to substantiate the extent to which this might be so. Therefore, in this thesis, I seek to identify which aspects of self-translation have been studied by self-translation scholars as well as what evidence there might be of self-translation in publications on translation as a broader topic. This investigation also reveals that which has not been studied, allowing the reasons for and implications of these gaps to be addressed. Ultimately, this project sheds light on the under-representation---or "invisibility"---of the self-translator and of self-translation within Translation Studies. In the first chapter, I conduct an etat des lieux of research on self-translation specifically, noting which aspects of self-translation have tended to be discussed and which have tended to be neglected. The second chapter involves analyzing the tables of contents and indices of encyclopedic publications as well as the argumentation of theoretical texts in order to ascertain whether there is evidence to substantiate that self-translation is under-represented. In the conclusion, I propose various reasons for which self-translation constitutes an important area of investigation within Translation Studies. 1An aided, simultaneous self-translation from the French version, with assistance from Joanne Desroches.
Erratum: Near-infrared observations of type Ia supernovae: The best known standard candle for cosmology
Creators: name: Barone-Nugent, R. L.
name: Lidman, C.
name: Wyithe, J. S.B.
name: Mould, Jeremy
name: Howell, D. A.
name: Hook, I. M.
name: Sullivan, M.
name: Nugent, P. E.
name: Arcavi, I.
name: Cenko, S. B.
name: Cooke, Jeff
name: Gal-Yam, A.
name: Hsiao, E. Y.
name: Kasliwal, M. M.
name: Maguire, K.
name: Ofek, E.
name: Poznanski, D.
name: Xu, D.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 510103
subject: Cosmology and extragalactic astronomy

description: Corrects an error in Barone-Nugent, R. L. et. al. (2012). Near-infrared observations of Type Ia supernovae: the best known standard candle for cosmology. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 425(2), 1007-1012. For the original article see: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/232916
Novel imaging tools to study mucociliary transport in health and disease
Creators: name: Stewart, Carley
Publisher: name: University of Iowa
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biology
public abstract

description: The airway tree is a complex structure of branching tubes with a simple role of conducting air to the distal regions of the lungs for gas-exchange. With every breath, we inhale pathogenic particles and microbes. Yet, the lungs remain sterile due to several innate host defense mechanisms including mucociliary clearance (MCC) and mucociliary transport (MCT). Mucus secreted by epithelial cells traps particles and microbes and is transported out of the lungs by the action of cilia. Failure of this mechanism is implicated in the pathogenesis of many airway diseases including asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and cystic fibrosis (CF). Understanding this key host defense mechanism is hindered by the lack of adequate and sensitive assays to measure mucus clearance along the airway tree. Using dynamic positron emission tomography (PET) scan and dynamic computed tomography (CT) scans, we developed a novel assay and novel analysis tools to measure mucus clearance in the small airways and determine the patterns of mucus transport in the large airways. We used newborn CF pigs as our disease model because porcine respiratory anatomy and physiology resemble humans and CF pigs recapitulate the hallmarks of CF lung disease in humans. We further characterized the normal pattern of mucus transport in large airways and found that in CF this pattern is disrupted. In addition, we demonstrated defective mucus clearance in the small airways of CF pigs. These findings contribute to better understanding of the role of defects in MCT in the pathogenesis of CF and other airways diseases. In addition, we developed novel methods and a framework of analysis tools that can be easily translated to humans and other airway diseases.
Agglomerative and divisive hierarchical bayesian clustering with methods for longitudinal and time-to-event data
Creators: name: Burghardt, Elliot
Publisher: name: University of Iowa
Year: 2025
Subjects: cluster analysis
Dirichlet concentration parameter
Dirichlet distribution
finite mixture model
hierarchical clustering algorithms
longitudinal data analysis
public abstract

description: Cluster analysis is a common unsupervised learning method used to discover subgroups in datasets by uncovering hidden patterns in data. Clustering methods often require the number of clusters to be specified, are restricted to certain data types through explicit or implicit assumptions, and are incompatible with temporal data. This thesis presents model-based Bayesian hierarchical clustering methods developed to address these issues. For cross-sectional data, agglomerative and divisive algorithms are presented that return nested clustering configurations and provide principled guidance on the plausible number of clusters. These algorithms performed better than other commonly used cluster analysis methods on clustering benchmark data, with the divisive method having the best performance of all methods tested. In order to cluster progressions of a heterogeneous disease with a complex disease process, the divisive methods were expanded to cluster using multiple longitudinal and/or time-to-event variables. By clustering based on models for multivariate longitudinal trajectories and semi-parametric models for survival data, these methods address problems unique to clustering temporal data, including temporal dependencies, correlations between clustering variables, missing data, and censoring. Using these methods, subgroups in idiopathic Parkinson’s disease were identified by differing progression patterns.
A mean field method for disordered magnetic alloys with application to FCC iron-nickel.
Creators: name: Heron, Paula R. L.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1992
Subjects: subject: Physics, Condensed Matter.

description: We present a mean field model for the magnetism of random alloys. The reader is introduced to the philosophy of the mean field approach with an example of a simple ferromagnet. The special problem presented by random arrangement of alloy components on a lattice is discussed before we describe the technique we have developed. Our approach simplifies the treatment of these complicated systems by classifying sites according to the characteristics of their local environments. We apply this technique to both a fictional 1-D chain and to a real 3-D alloy series (fcc Fe-Ni). Fair success in modelling the complex magnetic behaviour characteristic of mixed exchange alloys (such as flattened magnetization curves, departure of the saturation moment from the Slater-Pauling curve, a complex phase diagram, and para-process susceptibility) is achieved.
A 6.5-GHz multibeam pulsar survey
Creators: name: Bates, S. D.
name: Johnston, S.
name: Lorimer, D. R.
name: Kramer, M.
name: Possenti, A.
name: Burgay, M.
name: Stappers, B.
name: Keith, M. J.
name: Lyne, A.
name: Bailes, Matthew
name: McLaughlin, M. A.
name: O'Brien, J. T.
name: Hobbs, G.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: A survey of the Galactic plane in the region −60 ◦ ≤ l ≤ 30 ◦ , |b| ≤ 0. ◦ 25 was carried out using the seven-beam Parkes methanol multibeam (MMB) receiver, which operates at a frequency of 6.5 GHz. Three pulsars were discovered and 16 previously known pulsars detected. In this paper we present two previously unpublished discoveries, both with extremely high dispersion measures, one of which is very close, in angular distance, to the Galactic Centre. The survey data also contain the ﬁrst known detection, at radio frequencies, of the radio magnetar PSR J1550−5418. Our survey observation was made 46 d prior to that previously published and places constraints on the beginning of pulsed radio emission from the source. The detection of only three previously undiscovered pulsars argues that there are few pulsars in the direction of the inner Galaxy whose ﬂux density spectrum is governed by a ﬂat power law. However, these pulsars would be likely to remain undetected at lower frequencies due to the large amount of scatter broadening which affects pulsars with high values of dispersion measure. Surveys with future telescopes at high observing frequencies will therefore play an important role in the discovery of pulsars at the Galactic Centre. By simulating pulsar surveys of the Galaxy with phase-1 Square Kilometer Array at frequencies of 1.4 and 10 GHz, we ﬁnd that high-frequency observations are the only way to discover and observe the Galactic-Centre pulsar population.
title: More than the sirtaki
title: Mikis Theodorakis’s score for Zorba the Greek (1964)
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Sidiropoulos, Christos
Publisher: name: University of Iowa
Year: 2023
Subjects: Sirtaki
Theodorakis Mikis
Zorba
Zorba the Greek
public abstract

description: The 1964 film Zorba the Greek is a landmark in Greek cinema and one of Greece's most successful cultural exports. The film follows an English writer, Basil, and his Greek employee, Zorba, as they attempt to reopen a mine on Crete. Mikis Theodorakis, the film’s composer, became known worldwide for his score and especially the music for Zorba’s dance, which accompanies the film’s most iconic scene and shaped international audiences’ perception of Greek culture. Zorba’s dance, which incorporated elements from a combination of Greek folk dances, came to be called the Sirtaki and is still frequently performed. Theodorakis's contributions to the film, however, are not limited to his music for Zorba’s dance.This study utilizes scholarship on Theodorakis, Zorba’s dance, and film music to explore more of the musical material in Zorba and contextualize this music within Theodorakis’s efforts as a film composer. Above all, the thesis examines how Theodorakis integrates Greek musical elements, such as traditional instruments and dances, as sonic markers of cultural identity while also adhering to the musical conventions of classical cinema. The film’s music underlines the main characters’ social positions and interactions, emphasizing the events that unfold during the film and musically preparing the Sirtaki through multiple repetitions of its music. The analysis identifies Theodorakis’s incorporation of Greek and Cretan musical elements in both diegetic and nondiegetic music, highlighting the score’s complexity and its engagement with Hollywood tropes. While the Sirtaki is the film’s highlight, the rest of its music still merits attention for a detailed understanding of Theodorakis’s score.
Effectiveness of active school transport interventions: a systematic review and update
Creators: name: Larouche, Richard
name: Mammen, George
name: Rowe, David A.
name: Faulkner, Guy E. J., 1970-
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2018

description: Background: Active school transport (AST) is a promising strategy to increase children’s physical activity. A systematic review published in 2011 found large heterogeneity in the effectiveness of interventions in increasing AST and highlighted several limitations of previous research. We provide a comprehensive update of that review. Methods: Replicating the search of the previous review, we screened the PubMed, Web of Science, Cochrane, Sport Discus and National Transportation Library databases for articles published between February 1, 2010 and October 15, 2016. To be eligible, studies had to focus on school-aged children and adolescents, include an intervention related to school travel, and report a measure of travel behaviors. We assessed quality of individual studies with the Effective Public Health Practice Project quality assessment tool, and overall quality of evidence with the Grades of Recommendation, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) approach. We calculated Cohen’s d as a measure of effect size. Results: Out of 6318 potentially relevant articles, 27 articles reporting 30 interventions met our inclusion criteria. Thirteen interventions resulted in an increase in AST, 8 found no changes, 4 reported inconsistent results, and 5 did not report inferential statistics. Cohen’s d ranged from −0.61 to 0.75, with most studies reporting “trivial-to-small” positive effect sizes. Three studies reported greater increases in AST over longer follow-up periods and two Safe Routes to School studies noted that multi-level interventions were more effective. Study quality was rated as weak for 27/30 interventions (due notably to lack of blinding of outcome assessors, unknown psychometric properties of measurement tools, and limited control for confounders), and overall quality of evidence was rated as low. Evaluations of implementation suggested that interventions were limited by insufficient follow-up duration, incomplete implementation of planned interventions, and limited access to resources for low-income communities. Conclusions: Interventions may increase AST among children; however, there was substantial heterogeneity across studies and quality of evidence remains low. Future studies should include longer follow-ups, use standardized outcome measures (to allow for meta-analyses), and examine potential moderators and mediators of travel behavior change to help refine current interventions. Trial registration Registered in PROSPERO: CRD42016033252
A Diet Mimicking Fasting Promotes Regeneration and Reduces Autoimmunity and Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms
Creators: name: Choi, In Young
name: Piccio, Laura
name: Childress, Patra
name: Bollman, Bryan
name: Ghosh, Arko
name: Brandhorst, Sebastian
name: Suarez, Jorge
name: Michalsen, Andreas
name: Cross, Anne H.
name: Morgan, Todd E.
name: Wei, Min
name: Paul, Friedemann
name: Bock, Markus
name: Longo, Valter D.
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Summary Dietary interventions have not been effective in the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS). Here, we show that periodic 3-day cycles of a fasting mimicking diet (FMD) are effective in ameliorating demyelination and symptoms in a murine experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) model. The FMD reduced clinical severity in all mice and completely reversed symptoms in 20% of animals. These improvements were associated with increased corticosterone levels and regulatory T (Treg) cell numbers and reduced levels of pro- inflammatory cytokines, TH1 and TH17 cells, and antigen-presenting cells (APCs). Moreover, the FMD promoted oligodendrocyte precursor cell regeneration and remyelination in axons in both EAE and cuprizone MS models, supporting its effects on both suppression of autoimmunity and remyelination. We also report preliminary data suggesting that an FMD or a chronic ketogenic diet are safe, feasible, and potentially effective in the treatment of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) patients (NCT01538355).
Galaxy And Mass Assembly: accurate panchromatic photometry from optical priors using lambdar
Creators: name: Wright, A. H.
name: Robotham, A. S. G.
name: Bourne, N.
name: Driver, S. P.
name: Dunne, L.
name: Maddox, S. J.
name: Alpaslan, M.
name: Andrews, S. K.
name: Bauer, A. E.
name: Bland-Hawthorn, J.
name: Brough, S.
name: Brown, M. J. I.
name: Clarke, C.
name: Cluver, Michelle
name: Davies, L. J. M.
name: Grootes, M. W.
name: Holwerda, B. W.
name: Hopkins, A. M.
name: Jarrett, T. H.
name: Kafle, P. R.
name: Lange, R.
name: Liske, J.
name: Loveday, J.
name: Moffett, A. J.
name: Norberg, P.
name: Popescu, C. C.
name: Smith, M.
name: Taylor, Edward
name: Tuffs, R. J.
name: Wang, L.
name: Wilkins, S. M.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: We present the Lambda Adaptive Multi-Band Deblending Algorithm in R (LAMBDAR), a novel code for calculating matched aperture photometry across images that are neither pixel- nor PSF-matched, using prior aperture definitions derived from high-resolution optical imaging. The development of this program is motivated by the desire for consistent photometry and uncertainties across large ranges of photometric imaging, for use in calculating spectral energy distributions. We describe the program, specifically key features required for robust determination of panchromatic photometry: propagation of apertures to images with arbitrary resolution, local background estimation, aperture normalization, uncertainty determination and propagation, and object deblending. Using simulated images, we demonstrate that the program is able to recover accurate photometric measurements in both high-resolution, low-confusion, and low-resolution, high-confusion, regimes. We apply the program to the 21-band photometric data set from the Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA) Panchromatic Data Release (PDR; Driver et al. 2016), which contains imaging spanning the far-UV to the far-IR. We compare photometry derived from LAMBDAR with that presented in Driver et al. (2016), finding broad agreement between the data sets. None the less, we demonstrate that the photometry from LAMBDAR is superior to that from the GAMA PDR, as determined by a reduction in the outlier rate and intrinsic scatter of colours in the LAMBDAR data set. We similarly find a decrease in the outlier rate of stellar masses and star formation rates using LAMBDAR photometry. Finally, we note an exceptional increase in the number of UV and mid-IR sources able to be constrained, which is accompanied by a significant increase in the mid-IR colour-colour parameter-space able to be explored.
3608099.pdf
Creators: name: Rivas, Daniel
name: Major, Balazs
name: Weidman, Matthew
name: Helml, Wolfram
name: Marcus, Gilad
name: Kienberger, Reinhard
name: Charalambidis, Dimitris
name: Tzallas, Paraskevas
name: Balogh, Emeric
name: Kovács, Katalin
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplementary Material
Théorie de l'agence : investissements en ressources humaines et performance financière.
Creators: name: Simeus, Marlène.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1997
Subjects: subject: Business Administration, Management.

description: Cette these procede a une analyse integree de differentes pratiques de ressources humaines afin de (a) verifier leur relation avec la performance financiere d'une organisation, (b) identifier les pratiques qui contribuent le plus a la performance financiere, (c) et si les couts d'agence sont lies aux pratiques de ressources humaines dans la prediction de la performance financiere. L'etude developpe une approche analytique innovatrice en ce sens qu'elle se base sur la theorie de l'agence pour expliquer la rentabilite des investissements dans les pratiques de dotation, de formation-developpement et de remuneration globale. Ainsi, l'approche avance l'hypothese que les investissements dans ces pratiques permettent de reduire les conflits d'interets entre le principal et son agent, donc les couts d'agence, et de fait ameliorer la performance financiere de l'organisation. L'echantillon a l'etude comporte 30 entreprises canadiennes dans le domaine de la haute technologie. Les resultats montrent que les pratiques ressources humaines sont positivement associees a la performance financiere de l'organisation et a la reduction de certains couts d'agence. Par contre, les resultats ne permettent pas de conclure que ces pratiques augmentent la performance financiere de la firme parce qu'elles reduisent les couts d'agence.
Enhanced hierarchical multiscale modeling for high-fidelity off-road mobility simulations
Creators: name: Chen, Guanchu
Publisher: name: University of Iowa
Year: 2025
Subjects: Artificial neural network
Multibody dynamics
Multiscale modeling
Off-road mobility simulation
Tire-soil interaction
public abstract

description: Accurate prediction of off-road vehicle mobility capability is critically important for operational planning and vehicle performance evaluation on complex deformable terrain. The unreliable prediction may result in a vehicle getting stuck in soft terrain and causing mission failure. High-fidelity off-road mobility simulations, however, pose critical challenges due to the computational complexity stemming from multiple scales involved in the granular terrain dynamics. Whereas single-scale discrete-element (DE) models have been utilized for modeling deformable terrain in high-fidelity off-road mobility simulations, very high computational costs are required due to the significant number of particles to describe complex granular terrain behavior. Therefore, in this thesis, a hierarchical multiscale terrain model is developed for off-road mobility simulations with scalable high-performance computing techniques, in which the macro-scale soil deformation is predicted by finite elements (FE) while the grain-scale granular material behavior is described by DE representative volume elements (RVE). Such a scale separation allows for decreasing the terrain model dimensionality. Furthermore, a data-driven neural network surrogate model for the DE RVE is developed and integrated into the hierarchical multiscale off-road mobility simulation framework to enable substantial computational speedup. The multiscale off-road mobility model is further enhanced to account for large terrain deformation with the material point method (MPM) as the upper-scale terrain model, eliminating mesh distortion problems of the upper-scale FE model. The predictive ability and computational performance of the proposed enhanced multiscale off-road mobility models are demonstrated, and these models are validated against the full-scale vehicle test data.
Assessing the quality of reporting in meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials.
Creators: name: Shea, Beverley Julia.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1999
Subjects: subject: Health Sciences, General.

description: Evidence-Based Health Care is becoming increasingly popular, and in some settings is influencing the direction of health-care policy. If Meta-analyses (MAs) are to continue to be useful, consideration must be given to how they are reported. This study was carried out to: (a) assess the quality of reporting and general characteristics of paper-based MAs published from 1977 to 1995; (b) assess over time; (c) compare with Cochrane Collaboration (i.e., electronically published) MAs. Paper-based MAs were randomly selected from a database of systematic reviews. Cochrane Collaboration MAs were randomly selected from the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Issue 3, 1996. Data were analyzed using univariate and multivariate approaches. One hundred and fifty-one MAs were reviewed. The overall mean quality score of MAs published in the 'Early Years' was 3.04 (95% Confidence Interval (CI) 2.53,3.56); 'Later Years' 3.35 (95% CI 2.83,3.87), and the Cochrane Library MAs 3.42 (95% CI 2.92,3.93). This study reveals that there has been a trend, over time, towards improvement in the reporting quality of paper-based published MAs and that the reporting quality of (Cochrane) electronically based MAs are no different from that of paper-based MAs.
On the connection between the metal-enriched intergalactic medium and galaxies: An OVI-galaxy cross-correlation study at z 1
Creators: name: Finn, Charles W.
name: Morris, Simon L.
name: Tejos, Nicolas
name: Crighton, Neil
name: Perry, Robert
name: Fumagalli, Michele
name: Bielby, Rich
name: Theuns, Tom
name: Schaye, Joop
name: Shanks, Tom
name: Liske, Jochen
name: Gunawardhana, Madusha L. P.
name: Bartle, Stephanie
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: We present new results on the auto- and cross-correlation functions of galaxies and OVI absorbers in a ~18 Gpc3 comoving volume at z < 1. We use a sample of 51 296 galaxies and 140 OVI absorbers in the column density range 13 ≲ log N ≲ 15 to measure twopoint correlation functions in the two dimensions transverse and orthogonal to the line of sight ξ (r⊥, r||). We furthermore infer the corresponding 'real-space' correlation functions, ξ (r), by projecting ξ (r⊥, r||) along r||, and assuming a power-law form, ξ (r) = (r/r0)-γ. Comparing the results from the absorber-galaxy cross-correlation function, ξ ag, the galaxy autocorrelation function, ξ gg, and the absorber autocorrelation function, ξ aa, we constrain the statistical connection between galaxies and the metal-enriched intergalactic medium as a function of star formation activity. We also compare these results to predictions from the EAGLE cosmological hydrodynamical simulation and find a reasonable agreement. We find that: (i) OVI absorbers show very little velocity dispersion with respect to galaxies on ~ Mpc scales, likely ≲100 km s-1; (ii)OVI absorbers are less clustered, and potentially more extended around galaxies than galaxies are around themselves; (iii) on ≳ 100 kpc scales, the likelihood of finding OVI absorbers around star-forming galaxies is similar to the likelihood of finding OVI absorbers around non-star-forming galaxies; and (iv) OVI absorbers are either not ubiquitous to galaxies in our sample, or their distribution around them is patchy on scales ≳ 100 kpc (or both), at least for the column densities at which most are currently detected.
3608099.pdf
Creators: name: Rivas, Daniel
name: Major, Balazs
name: Weidman, Matthew
name: Helml, Wolfram
name: Marcus, Gilad
name: Kienberger, Reinhard
name: Charalambidis, Dimitris
name: Tzallas, Paraskevas
name: Balogh, Emeric
name: Kovács, Katalin
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2018
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplementary Material
Synchronous collaboration in virtual environments: Architecture, design, and implementation.
Creators: name: Shirmohammadi, Shervin.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Electronics and Electrical.

description: In terms of the distribution of objects' update information is today's Collaborative Virtual Environments (CVE), the focus in most existing architectures is on the movement of avatars and vehicles, not on collaboration. In this thesis, a novel architecture for the support of closely-coupled collaborative tasks in CVEs is presented. This architecture consists of an application-layer model that represents higher-level collaborative actions of users, and a communication architecture called the Synchronous Collaboration Transport Protocol (SCTP) which is a sender-initiated interaction-based transport protocol for CVEs. In addition to theoretical analysis and simulation, proof of concept is provided by implementation of the INVENTIST1 prototype. The main goal of this research can be summarized as the design, justification, simulation, and implementation of an architecture that, in comparison to others, has higher efficiency for performing tightly-synchronous collaborative tasks in CVEs. 1INVENTIST: INception of Virtual ENvironments' TIghtly Synchronous Tasks.