cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Poetry in motion? Reality versus rhetoric in Australian children’s poetry
Creators: name: Carthew, Mark
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Poetry is a literary niche that generates passionate advocacy in both children’s and adult literature; yet it is the tenet of this paper that in Australia there is a disconnect between this advocacy and corresponding low levels of traditional print publishing, especially in relation to poetry for children and young adults. This apparent gap also leads me to ask a related question; how many young people truly connect with or have knowledge of the literary lore of poetry? Practitioners and lovers of poetry will no doubt concur with the view that the profile and value of both traditional and contemporary poetry from Australia and all countries and cultures is something worthy of being championed. In order to achieve effective sponsorship and valuing of the genre, however, I argue that we need to target funding for creators and publishers in ways that encourage publication, improve knowledge of poetry in schools and teacher education and stimulate poetry’s appeal in popular culture. It seems logical to suggest that if communities and individuals are to be encouraged to value poetry as adults, then encouraging the appreciation and enjoyment of poetry in the younger years is crucial. *Author’s Note: While the focus of this paper is on children’s poetry, many of the issues raised pertain equally to poetry in general as a genre.
Les dépôts coquilliers de Baie-Comeau (Québec, Canada) : Communautés d'invertébrés marins, compositions isotopiques, géochimiques et reconstructions paléo-environnementales
Creators: name: Bourgeois-Roy, Andréanne
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2015
Subjects: Invertébrés marins
Communautés d'invertébrés marins
Compositions isotopiques et géochimiques
Reconstructions paléo-environnementales

description: On retrouve dans la vallée de la rivière aux Anglais, dans la région de Baie-Comeau, sur la Haute-Côte-Nord du Saint-Laurent, d’importants dépôts coquilliers naturels holocènes. Datés de 10,4 à 9,6 ka BP (Bernatchez et al., 1999), ils ont été formés lors de la submersion par la mer de Goldthwait. Une étude détaillée des invertébrés marins composant un de ces dépôts ainsi que des analyses isotopiques (δ18O, δ13C) et géochimiques effectuées sur des coquilles de Mytilus edulis ont permis de décrire l’habitat dans lequel les invertébrés de ce dépôt ont vécu. La communauté marine identifiée et les compositions δ18O ont démontré que les espèces du dépôt ont vécu dans un milieu marin assez stable, froid, peu profond et de salinité supérieure à 20 ‰. Les compositions δ18O ont aussi démontré que la température moyenne annuelle de l’eau dans la mer de Goldthwait était environ 6 °C plus froide que celle de l’eau de l’estuaire maritime du Saint-Laurent moderne.
Supplementary document for Tin reduction from fluorine doped tin oxide for silicon nanowire-based solar energy harvesting and storage - 5410921.pdf
Creators: name: Halagacka, Lukas
name: Gelnarova, Zuzana
name: Al-Ghzaiwat, Mutaz
name: Ileana, Florea
name: Hornice, Jiri
name: Postava, Kamil
name: Foldyna, Martin
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplement1 - Demonstration of the developed model on sample from alternative manufacturer.
title: Siedlungsrückzug
title: Siedlungsrückzug : Recht und Planung im Kontext von Klima- und demografischem Wandel
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: Umweltbundesamt
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Siedlungsrückzug
subject: Raumplanungsrecht
subject: Bauplanungsrecht
subject: Gemeinderecht
subject: Umweltrecht
subject: Fachplanungsrecht
subject: Klimaänderung
subject: Resilienz
subject: Stadterneuerung
subject: Anpassung an den Klimawandel
subject: USA
subject: England
subject: Österreich
subject: Niederlande
subject: Europa
subject: Flächenrevitalisierung
subject: Kommunalrecht
subject: demografischer Wandel
subject: Klimawandel
subject: Stadtumbau
subject: Daseinsvorsorge
subject: Anschluss- und Benutzungszwang
subject: Nachhaltigkeit | Strategien | Internationales

description: Im Rahmen des Projektes wurde das Thema "Siedlungsrückzug" aus rechtlicher Sicht analysiert. Untersucht wurden Regelungen des Raumplanungs-, des Umwelt-, des Ordnungs- und des Zivilrechts. Die gesamte Analyse wurde auf die Anforderungen des Umweltschutzes an einen Siedlungsrückzug fokussiert. Die Studie hat gezeigt, dass Siedlungsrückzüge im Recht nicht unmittelbar adressiert werden. Im Gegenteil, das Raumordnungs-, Bau- und Fachplanungsrecht hält vorwiegend Instrumente zur Steuerung und Umsetzung von Siedlungs- und Infrastrukturwachstum bereit. Quelle: https://www.umweltbundesamt.de
description: Im Rahmen des Projektes wurde das Thema „Siedlungsrückzug“ aus rechtlicher Sicht analysiert. Untersucht wurden Regelungen des Raumplanungs-, des Umwelt-, des Ordnungs- und des Zivilrechts. Die gesamte Analyse wurde auf die Anforderungen des Umweltschutzes an einen Siedlungsrückzug fokussiert. Die Studie hat gezeigt, dass Siedlungsrückzüge im Recht nicht unmittelbar adressiert werden. Im Gegenteil, dasRaumordnungs-, Bau- und Fachplanungsrecht hält vorwiegend Instrumente zur Steuerung und Umsetzung von Siedlungs- und Infrastrukturwachstum bereit.
Mindful of Mindfulness-Based Therapy
Creators: name: Atzev, Boyan
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2017
Subjects: Mindfulness
Mindfulness therapy
MBSR

description: This thesis explores the transformation of the Buddhist technique of mindfulness as it is applied in psychotherapy. It is based on primarily on the experience of a Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) course as taught in Montreal in 2015, as well as some prior experiences of mindfulness meditation at the Palyul Center and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in Ottawa. Written as an auto-ethnography, the thesis provides an intimate first hand immersion experience into mindfulness meditation through a phenomenological approach in anthropology. The sociopolitical aspects of MBSR are also discussed through a related Deleuzo-Guattarian framework. The central argument of the thesis is that while effective in the management of stress MBSR fails to address deeper and more severe forms of suffering, stressing the management of emotions rather than their exploration. This fact coupled with the omission of the Buddhist concept of no-independent self and training in mindfulness results in MBSR being a territorializing force of self-surveillance and a social pacifier .The question emerging from this exploration brings us to revisit the role of ethics in the application mindfulness in therapy.
Hybrid Recommender System Towards User Satisfaction
Creators: name: Ul Haq, Raza
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2013
Subjects: Information retrieval
Reasoning based recommender systems
Recommender system interfaces

description: An individual’s ability to locate the information they desire grows more slowly than the rate at which new information becomes available. Customers are constantly confronted with situations in which they have many options to choose from and need assistance exploring or narrowing down the possibilities. Recommender systems are one tool to help bridge this gap. There are various mechanisms being employed to create recommender systems, but the most common systems fall into two main classes: content-based and collaborative filtering systems. Content-based recommender systems match the textual information of a particular product with the textual information representing the interests of a customer. Collaborative filtering systems use patterns in customer ratings to make recommendations. Both types of recommender systems require significant data resources in the form of a customer’s ratings and product features; hence they are not able to generate high quality recommendations. Hybrid mechanisms have been used by researchers to improve the performance of recommender systems where one can integrate more than one mechanism to overcome the drawbacks of an individual system. The hybrid approach proposed in this thesis is the integration of content and context-based with collaborative filtering, since these are the most successful and widely used mechanisms. This proposed approach will look into the integration of content and context data with rating data using a different mechanism that mainly focuses on boosting a customer’s trust in the recommender system. Researchers have been trying to improve system performance using hybrid approaches, but research is lacking on providing justifications for recommended products. Hence, the proposed approach will mainly focus on providing justifications for recommended products as this plays a crucial role in obtaining the satisfaction and trust of customers. A product’s features and a customer’s context attributes are used to provide justifications. In addition to this, the presentation mechanism needs to be very effective as it has been observed that customers trust more in a system when there are explanations on how the recommended products have been computed and presented. Finally, this proposed recommender system will allow the customer to interact with it in various ways to provide feedback on the recommendations and justifications. Overall, this integration will be very useful in achieving a stronger correlation between the customers and products. Experimental results clearly showed that the majority of the participants prefer to have recommendations with their justifications and they received valuable recommendations on which they could trust.
Mémoires et figures des "disparus" chiliens en période post-transitionnelle
Creators: name: Jean, Joannie
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2013
Subjects: Chili
Mémoire
Figures
Justice
Transmission intergénérationelle
Représentations du passé
Dictature

description: «Mémoires et figures des «disparus» chiliens en période post transitionnelle» porte sur les différents types de mémoires et de représentations du passé de la dictature chilienne (1973-1990) rencontrés chez les familles de « disparus » à Santiago, Chili. Ces « disparus » sont des personnes dont on a perdu la trace, et qu’on présume avoir été enlevées et exécutées par des agents de l’État, étant donné le contexte de leur disparition. Cette thèse examine aussi la question de la transmission de ces représentations auprès des enfants de « disparus » et des générations suivantes, ainsi qu’au sein de la société chilienne plus large, et ce, en fonction de l’agenda politique des proches de « disparus ». Finalement, elle étudie également les tensions qui se jouent entre ces mémoires et ces représentations familiales et les représentations publiques du passé dictatorial.
Bewertung des Risikos für Bodenorganismen unter realen Bedingungen
Creators: name: Toschki, Andreas
name: Hammers-Wirtz, Monika
name: Poßberg, Claudia
Publisher: name: Umweltbundesamt
Year: 2020
Subjects: Risikoanalyse
Exposition
Bodenorganismen

description: Zur Erfassung der Effekte von Pflanzenschutzmitteln (PPP) auf Bodenorganismen ist eine korrekte Berechnung der initialen Konzentration (PECsoil) von wesentlicher Bedeutung. Die PECsoil ist abhängig von der räumlichen und zeitlichen Verteilung der PPP, die durch physikochemische (Kow, Wasserlöslichkeit, Abbaubarkeit) und Bodenkennwerte (pH-Wert, organischer Gehalt, Bodenart etc.) mitbestimmt werden. Die potentiellen Effekte auf Bodenorganismen werden zudem durch räumliche und zeitliche Verteilung der Bodentiere als auch durch ihre spezifische Sensitivität gegenüber der Chemikalie bestimmt. Eine neue Herangehensweise zur Bestimmung von relevanten Umwelt-Konzentrationen in Abhängigkeit von der bevorzugten Aufenthaltstiefe der Organsimen wird zur Zeit diskutiert. Zu Überprüfung dieser Herangehensweise wurden zwei Outdoor Terrestrische Mesokosmos Studien (TME) durchgeführt, um das Verhalten der Pestizide im Boden über die Zeit zu untersuchen und gleichzeitig die Exposition und die Effekte auf Bodenorganismen zu messen. Zudem wurde eine Indoor TME-Studie unter Verwendung radioaktiv markierter Substanzen durchgeführt, um den Gehalt an nicht-extrahierbaren Rückständen zu ermitteln. Für die Studie [1] (outdoor) und [2] (indoor) wurden die beiden Insektizide Lindan (log Kow > 3) und Imidacloprid (log Kow < 1) mit unterschiedlichen physiko-chemischen Eigenschaften eingesetzt. Für die Studie [2] wurden die gleichen Stoffe mit radioaktiver Markierung verwendet. In Studie [3] (outdoor) wurde das Pestizid Carbendazim verwendet, welches bei bestimmten Konzentrationen regenwurmtoxisch ist. Die Ermittlung der statistischen Signifikanz der Effekte erfolgte mit Hilfe unterschiedlicher univariater und multivariater statistischer Methoden. Aus der gemeinsamen und zusammenführenden Betrachtung der gesamten Ergebnisse werden Handlungsempfehlungen für die Risikobewertung von Bodenorganismen abgeleitet. Quelle: Forschungsbericht
Untersuchung von speziellen Hemmnissen im Zusammenhang mit der Umweltbewertung in der Planung und Genehmigung der Windenergienutzung an Land und Erarbeitung von Lösungsansätzen
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Windenergie
subject: Artenschutz
subject: Planung
subject: Genehmigung
subject: Gebiet für Windenergieanlagen
subject: Energiegewinnung
subject: Erneuerbare Energie
subject: Klima | Energie
subject: Climate | Energy

description: Ziel des Vorhaben war es, die im Zusammenhang mit der angemessenen Berücksichtigung umweltplanerischer Anforderungen bestehender Hemmnisse auf regionaler, kommunaler und der Genehmigungsebene zu identifizieren und effiziente sowie problemadäquate/rechtssichere Lösungsansätze zur einzelfallgerechteren Berücksichtigung der Umweltauswirkungen auf allen Ebenen zu erarbeiten.
Quelle: www.umweltbundesamt.de

description: Ziel des Vorhaben war es, die im Zusammenhang mit der angemessenen Berücksichtigung umweltplanerischer Anforderungen bestehender Hemmnisse auf regionaler, kommunaler und der Genehmigungsebene zu identifizieren und effiziente sowie problemadäquate/rechtssichere Lösungsansätze zur einzelfallgerechteren Berücksichtigung der Umweltauswirkungen auf allen Ebenen zu erarbeiten.
A  Review on Usage of Probiotic in Treatment of Different Diseases
Creators: name: Patil HV*
name: Jain AS
name: Patil DR
name: Shaikh AZ
name: Shaikh SR
name: Dr. Pawar SP
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Abstract

Probiotic bacteria offer many health advantages in addition to basic nutritional value. They collaborate to keep the delicate balance. Balance between the immune system and the digestive system. When this equilibrium is upset, illness and inflammation occur. By remaining to the mucosa, healthy beneficial microflora competed with harmful bacteria to limit inflammation and excessive immune system stimulation. The growth of pathogenic bacteria is prevented, disease processes are changed, and broad inflammatory disorders are prevented in a healthy gastrointestinal tract with sufficient mucus production and optimal bacterial colonization. Prevents the overgrowth of pathogenic bacteria, modulates disease processes, and prevents widespread inflammatory disorders. The understanding of the function of probiotics in the maintenance of health and their importance in preventing disease serves to enhance the overall health of patients. With increasing understanding that beneficial microbes are required for health maintenance and disease prevention, probiotics may be commonly used as a therapeutic tool by health care practitioners in the not-too-distant future. This article presents a review of probiotics in health maintenance and disease prevention.

Keywords: Probiotic, Gut, Colon, Fuction, etc
The development and evaluation of an emotional intelligence and leadership training program in a culturally diverse population
Creators: name: Kalaboukas, Helen J.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Emotional Intelligence (EI) is a relatively new construct in psychology. It has been argued by some researchers that EI can be related to personal and societal wellbeing. The growing scientific and public interest in EI however, has raised inevitable controversy in the conceptualisation, assessment, and the development of the new construct. The purpose of this thesis is to empirically evaluate whether it is possible to improve EI through an Emotionally Intelligence and Leadership Training Program (EILTP) specifically developed for this thesis. In order to develop the EILTP a review of the literature was undertaken in the areas of EI and leadership as well as in the related constructs of personality and mental health. The conceptualisation, validity, and assessment of the construct of EI were also investigated, as well as the main approaches in the pedagogy of EI and leadership training. The evaluation of the EILTP was investigated using two studies with two heterogeneous samples. Study One involved 82 participants aged between 18 and 62, (Mean=41.23, SD=10.14) and Study Two involved 80 participants aged between 23 and 61 (Mean=39.46, SD=10.40). Participants’ performance was measured pre- and post-training by Genos EI, NEO FFI, DASS 21, and the Transformational Leadership Questionnaire. The findings indicated significant correlations between specific EI dimensions and participants’ years of employment and significant differences between EI dimensions and participants’ cultural background, suggesting that EI may be related to years of vocational experience and differences in culture. Therefore it was argued that EI may be learned and developed by social, vocational, and cultural influences. The evaluation of the EILTP revealed significant improvement on participants’ scores on specific EI dimensions in the Experimental group, following completion of the training program but not in the Control group. Interestingly, significant changes on specific facets of personality in addition to improvements on EI were also observed in the experimental group. As there was no overt training included in EILTP on personality, it was argued that by improving EI through an EI training program, participants’ performance on specific domains of personality may also change. The influences of culture on EI, personality, mental health, and leadership, within a culturally diverse sample were further explored. The limitations of this study and the implications on EI training programs were considered and directions for future research were identified. The findings in the two studies reported in this thesis contribute to the existing controversy about the conceptualisation of EI by addressing relevant issues in the discriminant and incremental validity of the construct.
Seismic Retrofit of Load Bearing Masonry Walls with Surface Bonded FRP Sheets
Creators: name: Arifuzzaman, Shah
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2013
Subjects: Masonry
CFRP
FRP
Seismic Retrofit
Surface Bonded FRP Sheet
Load Bearing Masonry

description: A large inventory of low rise masonry buildings in Canada and elsewhere in the world were built using unreinforced or partially reinforced load bearing wall. The majority of existing masonry structures is deficient in resisting seismic force demands specified in current building codes. Therefore, they pose significant risk to life safety and economic wellbeing of any major metropolitan centre. Because it is not economically feasible to replace the existing substandard buildings with new and improved structures, seismic retrofitting remains to be an economically viable option. The effectiveness of surface bonded carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) sheets in retrofitting low-rise load bearing masonry walls was investigated in the current research project. The retrofit technique included the enhancements in wall capacity in shear and flexure, as well as anchoring the walls to the supporting elements through appropriate anchorage systems. Both FRP fan type anchors and steel sheet anchors were investigated for elastic and inelastic wall response. One partially reinforced masonry (PRM) wall and one unreinforced masonry (URM) wall were built, instrumented and tested under simulated seismic loading to develop the retrofit technique. The walls were retrofitted with CFRP sheets applied only on one side to represent a frequently encountered constraint in practice. FRP fan anchors and stainless steel sheet anchors were used to connect the vertical FRP sheets to the wall foundation. The walls were tested under constant gravity load and incrementally increasing in-plane deformation reversals. The lateral load capacities of both walls were enhanced significantly. The steel sheet anchors also resulted in some ductility. In addition, some small-scale tests were performed to select appropriate anchor materials. It was concluded that ductile stainless steel sheet anchors would be the best option for brittle URM walls. Analytical research was conducted to assess the applicability of truss analogy to retrofitted walls. An analytical model was developed and load displacement relationships were generated for the two walls that were retrofitted. The analytical results were compared with those obtained experimentally, indicating good agreement in force resistance for use as a design tool.
title: Umwelterklärung 2020 des Umweltbundesamtes
title: Umwelterklärung 2020 des Umweltbundesamtes
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Sedello, Cornelia
Publisher: name: Umweltbundesamt
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Umwelterklärung [Umweltaudit]
subject: EMAS
subject: Umweltmanagement
subject: EMAS Umwelterklärung
subject: Umwelterklärung
subject: Eco-Management and Audit Scheme
subject: Das UBA

description: In seiner aktuellen Umwelterklärung stellt sich das UBA mit seinem Umweltmanagementsystem zum einen der gesamtgesellschaftlichen Herausforderung im Bereich des Klimaschutzes und zum anderen dem Ziel des Klimaschutzgesetzes, die Bundesverwaltung bis 2030 klimaneutral zu stellen. Hierzu muss das UBA alle notwendigen internen und externen fachlichen Akteure zusammenbringen, um realistische, aber auch ambitionierte und überprüfbare Zielstellungen und damit verbundene Maßnahmen zu definieren. Das UBA als größte und wichtigste Umweltbehörde in Bezug auf die Weiterentwicklung von Umweltstandards in den unterschiedlichsten Umweltbereichen in Deutschland trägt hier eine besondere Verantwortung. Quelle: www.umweltbundesamt.de
description: In seiner aktuellen Umwelterklärung stellt sich das ⁠UBA⁠ mit seinem Umweltmanagementsystem zum einen der gesamtgesellschaftlichen Herausforderung im Bereich des Klimaschutzes und zum anderen dem Ziel des Klimaschutzgesetzes, die Bundesverwaltung bis 2030 klimaneutral zu stellen. Hierzu muss das UBA alle notwendigen internen und externen fachlichen Akteure zusammenbringen, um realistische, aber auch ambitionierte und überprüfbare Zielstellungen und damit verbundene Maßnahmen zu definieren. Das UBA als größte und wichtigste Umweltbehörde in Bezug auf die Weiterentwicklung von Umweltstandards in den unterschiedlichsten Umweltbereichen in Deutschland trägt hier eine besondere Verantwortung.
The Invasion of the Home Front: Revisiting, Rewriting, and Replaying the First World War in Contemporary Canadian Plays
Creators: name: McHugh, Marissa
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2013
Subjects: theatre
drama
war
First World War
Canada
Canadian identity
home front
collective memory

description: The history of the Great War has been dominated by accounts that view the War as an international conflict between nations and soldiers that contributed to the consolidation of Canadian cultural and political independence and identity. In many cases, the War has assumed a foundational—even mythic—status as integral to the building of a mature state and people. Since the 1970s, however, there has been an efflorescence of Canadian plays that have problematized traditional representations of the War. Many of these plays are set on the home front and explore the ways in which the War, in the form of disease, disaster, and intra-communal in-fighting and suspicion, invaded Canadian home space. What they suggest is that the War was not simply launched against an external enemy but that the War invaded Canadian communities and households. This dissertation examines five of these plays: Kevin Kerr’s Unity (1918), Guy Vanderhaeghe’s Dancock’s Dance, Trina Davies’ Shatter, Jean Provencher and Gilles Lachance’s Québec, Printemps 1918, and Wendy Lill’s The Fighting Days, all of which were written and published after 1970. Ultimately, it demonstrates that these plays, by relocating the War to Canadian terrain, undertake an important and radical critique; they suggest that the understanding of the War should not be restricted to overseas conflicts or Canadian national self-definition but that it should be expanded to encompass a diversity of people and experiences in domestic and international settings. At the same time, this thesis recognizes these plays as part of an emergent, bourgeoning Canadian dramatic genre, one which attests to Canadians’ continued preoccupation with the War past.
Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering Miniaturized Microscope
Creators: name: Smith, Brett
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2013
Subjects: Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering
Nonlinear Microscopy
Medical and Biological Imaging
Multiphoton Processes
Optical electromechanical devices
Photonic Crystal Fibre

description: Microscopy techniques have been developed and refined over multiple decades, but innovation around single photon modalities has slowed. The advancement of the utility of information acquired, and minimum resolution available is seemingly reaching an asymptote. The fusion of light microscopy and well-studied nonlinear processes has broken through this barrier and enabled the collection of vast amounts of additional information beyond the topographical information relayed by traditional microscopes. Through nonlinear imaging modalities, chemical information can also be extracted from tissue. Nonlinear microscopy also can beat the resolution limit caused by diffraction, and offers up three-dimensional capabilities. The power of nonlinear imaging has been demonstrated by countless research groups, solidifying it as a major player in biomedical imaging. The value of a nonlinear imaging system could be enhanced if a reduction in size would permit the insertion into bodily cavities, as has been demonstrated by linear imaging endoscopes. The miniaturization of single photon imaging devices has led to significant advancements in diagnostics and treatment in the medical field. Much more information can be extracted from a patient if the tissue can be imaged in vivo, a capability that traditional, bulky, table top microscopes cannot offer. The development of new technologies in optics has enabled the miniaturization of many critical components of standard microscopes. It is possible to combine nonlinear techniques with these miniaturized elements into a portable, hand held microscope that can be applied to various facets of the biomedical field. The research demonstrated in this thesis is based on the selection, testing and assembly of several miniaturized optical components for use as a nonlinear imaging device. This thesis is the first demonstration of a fibre delivered, microelectromechanical systems mirror with miniaturized optics housed in a portable, hand held package. Specifically, it is designed for coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering, second harmonic generation, and two-photon excitation fluorescence imaging. Depending on the modality being exploited, different chemical information can be extracted from the sample being imaged. This miniaturized microscope can be applied to diagnostics and treatments of spinal cord diseases and injuries, atherosclerosis research, cancer tumour identification and a plethora of other biomedical applications. The device that will be revealed in the upcoming text is validated by demonstrating all designed-for nonlinear modalities, and later will be used to perform serialized imaging of myelin of a single specimen over time.
Modelling and simulation of fuzzy-PI control system for a variable speed wind power generator
Creators: name: Billah, Md. Maruf
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This research focuses on a newer type controller system modelling of a variable speed wind power generator. Compared to the traditional controllers, this can bring more accurate responses in terms of fault occurring condition. This outcome contributes to the better performance analysis in controlling of the variable speed wind generator. Simulation results along with the theoretical analysis, carried out in this research work, will aid the modelling of wind energy generator and its control system in a more efficient way. The initial laboratory setup is also another important aspect of this research which will facilitate further research in this field.
A Joint Dictionary-Based Single-Image Super-Resolution Model
Creators: name: Hu, Jun
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: super-resolution
single image
sparsity-based
dictionary

description: Image super-resolution technique mainly aims at restoring high-resolution image with satisfactory novel details. In recent years, leaning-based single-image super-resolution has been developed and proved to produce satisfactory results. With one or some dictionaries trained from a training set, learning-based super-resolution is able to establish a mapping relationship between low-resolution images and their corresponding high-resolution ones. Among all these algorithms, sparsity-based super-resolution has been proved with outstanding performance from extensive experiments. By utilizing compact dictionaries, this class of super-resolution algorithms can be efficient with lower computation complexity and has shown great potential for the practical applications. Our proposed model, which is known as Joint Dictionary-based Super-Resolution (JDSR) algorithm, is a new sparsity-based super-resolution approach. Based on the observation that the initial values of Non-locally Centralized Sparse Representation (NCSR) model will affect the final reconstruction, we change its initial values by using results of Zeyde's model. Besides, with the purpose of further improvement, we also add a gradient histogram preservation term in the sparse model of NCSR, and modify the reference histogram estimation by a simple edge detection based enhancement so that the estimated histogram will be closer to the ground truth. The experimental results illustrate that our method outperforms the state-of-the-art methods in terms of sharper edges, clearer textures and better novel details.
The Dissociation of Metalloporphyrin Anions
Creators: name: Guangliang, Chen
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2015
Subjects: Metalloporphyrin
RRKM Modeling
CID
Activation Energy

description: ESI-MS spectra of Ni(II), Co(III), Mg(III), and Fe(II) porphyrin solutions in methanol show porphyrin monomer species with different charge states, such as [Ni(II)TPPS+H]3-, [Co(III)TPPS]3-, [Mn(III)TPPS]3-, [Mn(III)TPPS+H]2-, [Fe(II)TPPS+H]3-, and [Fe(II)TPPS+2H]2- ions. Collision-induced dissociation (CID) of these monomer species produced primarily losses of neutral SO3 and SO2. The mechanisms, in which these dissociation pathways took place, were investigated by the means of DFT calculations of the corresponding dissociation of neutral and ionized benzenesulfonate (B3-LYP/6-31+G(2d, p) level) and porphyrin monomer (B3-LYP/6-31+G(2d, p)+LANL2DZ//PM7 level). RRKM fitting of the CID breakdown curves showed that the activation energies of the reactions that experience a loss of SO2 from [Co(III)TPPS]3- and [Mn(III)TPPS]3- were similar, but of a lower magnitude than those for a loss of SO3. On the other hand, for [Ni(II)TPPS+H]3- and [Fe(II)TPPS+2H]2-, the activation energies of the reaction leading to a loss of SO2 were also similar, but this time were larger than those leading to SO3 loss. These results are consistent with a mechanism by which the SO2 loss starts with -C6H4SO3-, while the SO3 loss has to begin with -C6H4SO3H. To lose this SO3, extra energy is required for [Co(III)TPPS]3- and [Mn(III)TPPS]3- in order for them to overcome the barrier of H transfer from the porphyrin ring to -SO3-, but this is irrelevant when it comes to [Ni(II)TPPS+H]3- and [Fe(II)TPPS+2H]2- since the C6H4SO3H moiety already exists. In addition, the reaction of [Fe(II)TPPS+H]3- losing H leads to a unique dissociation mechanism.
The main EU requirements for co-incineration
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2014

description: The relevant waste treatment processes have to fulfil requirements set by European and national legislation. With a focus on incineration and co-incineration of waste, the technical requirements are mainly set by the European Waste Incineration Directive and its amendment by the European Industrial Emission Directive (2010/75/EU - IED). The scope of the directive covers all installations for the incineration and co-incineration of waste. Exempted from the scope are incineration and co-incineration plants only treating the following wastes:Vegetable waste from agriculture and forestry;Vegetable...
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Intervention by international organizations in regime complexes
Creators: name: Margulis, Matias
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2023

description: This article identifies the existence of a previously unknown but important type of self-directed political behavior by International Organizations (IOs) that I term intervention. Intervention occurs when an IO secretariat acts with the intention of altering an anticipated decision at a partially-overlapping IO in a regime complex. Intervention is a distinct type of behavior by IOs that differs from either bureaucratic competition among IOs for mandates, resources and policy influence, or cooperation to achieve joint regulatory goals and enhance performance. I probe the plausibility of intervention through an analysis of three illustrative case studies in the regime complex for food security showing self-directed political actions by the secretariats of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), World Food Programme (WFP) and Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) directed at altering decision-making by states at the World Trade Organization (WTO). I identify three distinct intervention strategies – mobilizing states, public shaming and invoking alternative legal frameworks – in which IOs utilize their material, ideational and symbolic capabilities to influence decision-making not within their own institutions, but at other, overlapping organizations in a regime complex over which they have no direct control.
Synthesis of Azomethine Imines via Alkene Aminocarbonylation and their Derivatization into Pyrazolones
Creators: name: Lavergne, Kaitlyn
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2015
Subjects: Aminocarbonylation
Azomethine imine
Pyrazolones
Thioxo azomethine imines
Thiopyrazolones
Imino-isocyanates
Imino-isothiocyanates
Aminothiocarbonylation
Enol ethers

description: Nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compounds are very important to the pharmaceutical and agrochemical industries, among others. Over the past few years, the Beauchemin group has been exploring reactivity of N-substituted isocyanates and as part of this has developed a metal-free alkene aminocarbonylation process relying on imino-isocyanates to form azomethine imines. The azomethine imines formed are interesting since they contain a cyclic β-aminocarbonyl motif. Catalysis of this reaction using basic additives allowed milder reaction conditions with electron-rich C=C bonds such as enol ethers. Efforts have also been made towards the derivatization of these azomethine imines into useful products. It was discovered that upon reduction and aromatization of azomethine imines, pyrazolones could be obtained. This is providing a novel modular approach to these compounds, which have relevance in pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals. This reactivity was extended to include imino-isothiocyanates.
The Barriers to, and Incidence of, Islamic Banking and Finance in Canada
Creators: name: Tahmina, Tanita Noor
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2013
Subjects: Interest-free finance
Growth opportunities
External barriers
Awareness of Islamic finance
Canadian finance
Regulation
Management challenges
Canadian Muslim demographics
Change management in conventional financial industry
Islamic banking and finance
Exploratory study

description: The non-interest and profit-loss sharing schemes of Islamic finance (IF) are attracting increasing global attention. Despite exposure to the similar opportunities as other Western countries that have adopted the financial business model there is little evidence of Islamic finance windows operating in the conventional institutions in Canada. This thesis takes a qualitative approach to bring the issue forward in Canadian social science literature by exploring the perceived challenges to, and the potential of, the development of IF offerings with a focus on factors affecting the supply and management decisions in the industry. The study used an inductive approach with archival data and critical survey of literature to arrive at the hypotheses surrounding the challenges. These were tested deductively by semi-structured interviews and panel discussions both in Canada and the US on a sample of senior officials involved in both IF and conventional financial institutions. Using a thematic analysis the study arrived at findings supporting the hypotheses related to awareness, regulation, management intent and internal resources. In the external environment, factors affecting strategic decision on offering IF services are mainly due to regulation, lack of awareness, even among Muslim communities, or misgivings about Sha’riah authenticity. Internally, highly customized IT infrastructures, lack of funds and foreign investment make it unfeasible. Management interest when proposed with the concept is high but not in a top-down manner and there is an overall uncertainty avoidance culture and little proactivity with market research. Access to specific Sha’riah knowledge is not considered a hurdle anymore. It is apparent that investments in Sha’riah compliant stocks would be easiest to set up. Mortgage structures can be affected by the capital market structure, even if not tax structures. Knowledge on this can have implications for banks seeking to expand their investment portfolios and aid government policies.
Immune Dysfunction Associated with Hemodialysis Modalities
Creators: name: Slatculescu, Andreea M.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: Hemodialysis
Dialysis
Home Hemodialysis
Adaptive immunity
Monocyte-derived dendritic cells
T-lymphocytes
Serum cytokines
C reactive protein
co-stimulatory molecules
FITC-dextran endocytosis
Flow Cytometry
Cell proliferation

description: Infection is a leading cause of death in hemodialysis patients, partly due to dysfunctional immunity. Frequent dialysis therapy improves patient outcomes and quality of life. We hypothesize that extended home hemodialysis (EHHD) also improves immune function compared to conventional in-hospital hemodialysis (CHD); therefore, we designed a prospective matching-cohort clinical study to assess serum inflammatory markers and the functional capacity of monocyte-derived dendritic cells (MDDCs) and T-lymphocytes. Serum CRP was decreased in EHHD patients suggesting that extended dialysis may decrease inflammatory solute/cytokine levels. Compared to controls, MDDCs from hemodialysis patients had similar endocytic capacity, expression of co-stimulatory molecules, and T-cell activation capacity. However, CHD was associated with the highest expression of CD83 and CD40. Activated T-cells in CHD patients also produced significantly more immunosuppressive IL-10 compared to EHHD patients and controls. Therefore, EHHD may improve immune function by decreasing inflammation, MDDC pre-activation, and synthesis of immunosuppressive cytokines.
Mass Balance Model of Mercury for the St. Lawrence River, Cornwall, Ontario
Creators: name: Lessard, Charlotte
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: contaminants
mercury
mass balance models
St. Lawrence River
Cornwall

description: We have developed a regional mass balance model for the St. Lawrence River near Cornwall, Ontario that describes the fate and transport of mercury in three forms, elemental mercury (Hg0), divalent mercury (Hg2+), and methyl mercury (MeHg), in a five compartment environment (air, water, sediments, periphyton, and benthos). Our first objective was to construct a steady-state mass balance model to determine the dominant sources and sinks of mercury in this environment. Our second objective was to construct a dynamic mass balance model to predict and hindcast mercury concentrations in this environment. We compiled mercury concentrations, fluxes, and transformation rates from previous studies completed in this section of the river to develop the model in STELLA®. The inflow of mercury was the major source to this system, accounting for 0.42 mol month-1, or 95.5% of all mercury inputs, whereas outflow was 0.28 mol month-1, or 63.6% of all losses, and sediment deposition was 0.12 mol month-1, or 27.3% of all losses. The dynamic mass balance model provides estimated results that are consistent with measured data and predicts historical local industrial emissions to be approximately 400 kg year-1. Uncertainty estimates were greatest for advective fluxes in surface water, porewater, periphyton, and benthic invertebrates. This model is useful for predicting and hindcasting mercury concentrations in other aquatic environments because it contains the three main environmental compartments, all forms of mercury, and compartments (e.g. periphyton) not included in previous mercury multi-media models.
Centring LGBT2QIA+ Subjects in Knowledge Organization Systems
Creators: name: Bullard, Julia
name: Dierking, Amber
name: Grundner, Avi
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2020

description: This paper details two interdependent knowledge organization projects for an LGBT2QIA+ library. The authors, in the context of volunteer library work for an independent library, redesigned the classification system and subject cataloguing guidelines to centre LGBT2QIA+ subjects. We discuss the priorities of creating and maintaining knowledge organization systems for a historically marginalized community and address the challenge that queer subjectivity poses to the goals of knowledge organization. The classification system features a focus on identity and physically reorganizes the library space in a way that accounts for the multiple and overlapping labels that constitute the currently articulated boundaries of this community. The subject heading system focuses on making visible topics and elements of identity made invisible by universal systems and by the newly implemented classification system. We discuss how this project may inform knowledge organization for other marginalized subjects, particularly through process and documentation that prioritizes transparency and the acceptance of an unfinished endpoint for queer knowledge organization.
A Novel Remodulation Scheme for WDM PONs Using DPSK for Both Downstream and Upstream
Creators: name: Deb, Nebras
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: WDM PONs
Phase modulation
Optical Communications
Fiber Optic
Remodulation
DPSK
Backreflection

description: Wavelength Division Multiplexing Passive Optical Networks (WDM PONs) offer a great solution to satisfy the increasing demand of bandwidth. In addition, it offers a higher level of data security through virtual point to point connections. A great challenge in realizing cost-effective WDM PON is the need for a transmitter at each Optical Network Unit (ONU) with a dedicated wavelength, which overloads the total cost of the system, in addition to reducing the number of available wavelengths in the system. Remodulation scheme is an ultimate solution for these problems of WDM PONs as the downstream signal itself is remodulated with upstream data which saves the need for a laser source at the ONU side. In this thesis I propose and experimentally demonstrate a novel wavelength remodulation scheme for WDM PONs that employs Differential Phase Shift Keying (DPSK) for downstream and Return to Zero DPSK (RZ-DPSK) for upstream. The use of DPSK enhanced the system with improved receiver sensitivity and RZ-DPSK improved the tolerance toward chromatic dispersion. In addition, I investigate the Backreflection (BR) penalty resulting from beat noise of BRs with upstream signal in a bidirectional WDM PON system that uses remodulation and phase modulation as a modulation format. I experimentally demonstrate the optimal conditions to operate the system and minimize the BR penalty.
On realization of artifact-centric model for business processes
Creators: name: Ngamakeur, Kan
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: In fast-paced business market, business processes which are series of activities performed by various stakeholders are an essential element for an enterprise to ensure growth and most significantly, gain competitive advantages over its rival. To communicate business goals and perform business process reengineering, business process modeling is a significant activity for representing a business process in a comprehensive format. Currently, most existing standards for business process modeling and workflow are based on activity-centric approach. However, this approach cannot provide complete unified information of business processes since data is incorporated at a limited level. To address this issue, a new paradigm so called artifact-centric approach has been emerging. It provides many benefits to business process modeling areas. The approach focuses on business artifacts as key entities for modeling business processes. One of the challenges is workflow realization of artifact-centric model. Based on our observation, there is an existing approach for realizing artifact-centric process models. This approach is based on the conversion of artifact-centric model into a procedural model. The advantage of this realization approach is ease of implementation. However, the flexibility of an artifact-centric model is reduced since tasks or services are locked up by control flows. Moreover, the conceptual flow diagram may not preserve business logic defined in the ECA rules correctly. In this research, we aim to investigate approach for realizing the artifact-centric model without transforming the model. There are several challenges identified. To address challenges of this realization approach, we develop the executable model of artifact-centric business process. Then, we present the system so called artifact centric process system. Moreover, we present a technique to use XQuery to monitor and track a running process. A test case is used which shows that our system is able to execute and manage a business process correctly. Also, running processes can be monitored and tracked using a set of queries based on XQuery. Furthermore, we also extend the system to support the process execution across organizations. In order to support inter-organizational process, the notion of contract based on artifact-centric approach is introduced. Next, the extended system so called artifactcentric coordination system is developed based on the artifact centric process system. Then, a test case is used to test our system and it turns out that the system is able to execute and manage a business process across organization. Moreover, Monitoring and tracking information can be queried from a log file during the process execution.