cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
MPEC 2024-K120 : 2024 KV
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2024 KV

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
The development of a measure of emotional intelligence in pre-adolescent children
Creators: name: Lloyd, Jennifer Wynne
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The current dissertation developed a measure of pre-adolescent Ability Emotional Intelligence (EI) based on Mayer and Salovey's (1997) model, with items derived from the specific abilities outlined within the four branches. Specifically designed measures of EI in pre-adolescent children, such as the Swinburne University Emotional Intelligence Test - Early Years (SUEIT-EY) developed in this dissertation, are required for empirical investigation of the developmental progression of EI and to facilitate the development of theoretical models. Additionally, a measure of Ability EI in children may provide a means of assessing the variety of EI development programs that have proliferated since the popularisation of EI (Zeidner, Matthews, Roberts, & MacCann, 2003). Subsequent to initial development of the measure in a convenience sample of 222 male primary school students (aged 9-13 years, M = 10.87, SD = 0.99) the measure was administered to students of two schools across two years. The data was divided for use as a calibration sample (N = 476; 250 males, 226 females; aged 9-13 years, M = 10.83, SD = 0.97) for exploratory factor analysis and a validation sample (N = 566; 303 males, 263 females; aged 9-13 years, M = 10.93, SD = 1.00) for confirmation of model adjustment using confirmatory factor analysis. As hypothesised, the pre-adolescent respondents provided valid and reliable estimates of their own typical EI as measured by self-report and maximal EI as assessed by objective items. While results for the branch level scores were mixed, support was found for the hypothesised increase of measured EI with grade level and higher scores in females than males. In line with the purpose of the current dissertation in developing a measure of EI in pre-adolescent children, the prediction that the SUEIT-EY would reveal a structure in accordance with the four branch model of Mayer and Salovey (1997) was also supported. However, a two factor structure representing Experiential and Strategic EI was not supported by the data. It was concluded that while still in the early stages of development, the SUEIT-EY provides a valid and reliable measure of Ability EI that may be used for educational purposes and identification of children who may benefit from intervention to enhance their EI. Further development of the measure is needed for use in program evaluation.
От первого лица: медиевистические штудии в Тюменском университете
Creators: name: Еманов Александр Георгиевич
Publisher: name: Vox medii aevi
Year: 2018
Subjects: медиевистика; Тюменский университет; А. Г. Еманов; С. С. Пашин; С. В. Кондратьев; Материалы по археологии и истории античного и средневекового Крыма (МАИАСК).

description: В статье рассматривается развитие медиевистических исследований в Тюменском университете. Тридцать лет назад в Тюмени появились три выпускника Ленинградского университета. Это — Александр Еманов, Сергей Пашин и Сергей Кондратьев. А. Г. Еманов занимался историей итальянских колоний в Крыму в XIII–XV вв. С. С. Пашин исследовал судьбы Червонной Руси в составе Польско-Литовского королевства. С. В. Кондратьев изучал идейные истоки Английской революции. Они создали научные группы молодых историков-медиевистов, учредили профильные научные издания, организовали научные конференции по медиевистике. Профиль медиевистических штудий в Тюменском университете определяют интерес к отдельной личности и корпорациям, использование письменных и вещественных источников, вербальной и невербальной информации, применение информационных технологий в исследовании.
Двор Карла Смелого в Швейцарской кампании: финансовые документы. Часть II. Счет за апрель 1476 г.
Creators: name: Носова Екатерина Игоревна
Publisher: name: Vox medii aevi
Year: 2018
Subjects: Бургундское герцогство; Карл Смелый; Бургундские войны

description: Статья продолжает публикацию счетов двора Карла Смелого, начатую в предыдущем номере журнала (Vox medii aevi. 2017. Vol 1). В настоящем номере опубликован счет за апрель 1476 г.
Food Security in the Context of Paternal Incarceration: Family Impact Perspectives
Creators: name: Davison, Karen M.
name: D’Andreamatteo, Carla
name: Markham, Sabina
name: Holloway, Clifford
name: Marshall, Gillian
name: Smye, Victoria L.
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2019

description: Although research about the unintended consequences of paternal incarceration for family well-being has grown in recent years, there has been minimal exploration of food insecurity. Using qualitative methods, we aimed to understand the relationships between paternal incarceration and family food insecurity in Canada. An ethnographic study (24 months) was conducted that included naturalistic observation and in-depth interviews with formerly incarcerated fathers, their partners, and societal reintegration-focused stakeholders (n = 63). Interpretive thematic analysis based on family impact and intersectional theories, indicated that family food insecurity was elucidated by pre-incarceration, economic, social, health, and relationship factors; stigma and social/structural constraints; and intersections among individual, correctional system, community, and macro-level (i.e., economic, social, policy, physical contexts) factors. Participatory approaches and collaborative action among diverse stakeholders that include practitioners, policy makers, researchers, as well as health, social, and criminal justice agencies can guide best practices in creating supportive food environments for families impacted by adversities of incarceration. In particular, interventions aimed at prescriptive ethics, social justice, and meaningful rehabilitation show promise at mitigating the collateral consequences of incarceration-related food insecurity.
NMR identification of the binding surfaces involved in the Salmonella and Shigella Type III secretion tip‐translocon protein–protein interactions
Creators: name: De Guzman, Roberto N
name: McShan, Andrew C
name: Knight, Kevin M
name: Chatterjee, Srirupa
name: Kaur, Kawaljit
Publisher: name: Wiley
Year: 2016

description: The type III secretion system (T3SS) is essential for the pathogenesis of many bacteria including Salmonella and Shigella, which together are responsible for millions of deaths worldwide each year. The structural component of the T3SS consists of the needle apparatus, which is assembled in part by the protein-protein interaction between the tip and the translocon. The atomic detail of the interaction between the tip and the translocon proteins is currently unknown. Here, we used NMR methods to identify that the N-terminal domain of the Salmonella SipB translocon protein interacts with the SipD tip protein at a surface at the distal region of the tip formed by the mixed α/β domain and a portion of its coiled-coil domain. Likewise, the Shigella IpaB translocon protein and the IpaD tip protein interact with each other using similar surfaces identified for the Salmonella homologs. Furthermore, removal of the extreme N-terminal residues of the translocon protein, previously thought to be important for the interaction, had little change on the binding surface. Finally, mutations at the binding surface of SipD reduced invasion of Salmonella into human intestinal epithelial cells. Together, these results reveal the binding surfaces involved in the tip-translocon protein-protein interaction and advance our understanding of the assembly of the T3SS needle apparatus.
Ad fontes: тенденции в источниковедении последних десятилетий
Creators: name: ДОЛГОПОЛОВ ВАСИЛИЙ ГЕННАДЬЕВИЧ
Publisher: name: Vox medii aevi
Year: 2018
Subjects: антропологический поворот; источниковедение; материальность; междисциплинарность; цифровой поворот.

description: Девиз Ad fontes, вынесенный в заглавие нового номера Vox medii aevi, приобрел в исторической науке последних десятилетий новое звучание: исторический источник все чаще рассматривается не просто как «хранилище данных», но как специфический историко-культурный феномен, заслуживающий самостоятельного и комплексного изучения. Такая точка зрения предопределила интерес современных исследователей к ряду сюжетов, практическинеразрабатывавшихсяихпредшественниками,—к материальности источника, к фигурам авторов, заказчиков и читателей текстов, к формуляру, применяемому в документах, и так далее. Обогатившееся за счет развития междисциплинарных подходов и новых — прежде всего цифровых — методов обработки текстов источниковедение превращается, таким образом, из вспомогательной дисциплины в особый способ изучения социальной реальности, отраженной в отдельных памятниках.
title: Ökodesign & Energielabel
title: Ökodesign & Energielabel
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Quack, Dietlinde
name: Rödig, Lisa
name: Schischke, Karsten
Publisher: name: Umweltbundesamt
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Ökodesign
subject: Energieverbrauchsetikett
subject: Energieverbrauchskennzeichnung
subject: Energieverbrauchskennzeichnungsverordnung
subject: Ökodesign-Richtlinie
subject: Energielabel
subject: Energieeffiziente Produkte
subject: Klima | Energie
subject: Wirtschaft | Konsum

description: Die EU-weit geltende Ökodesign-Richtlinie und Energieverbrauchskennzeichnungs-Verordnung haben nicht nur Vorteile für die Umwelt, sondern auch für Verbraucher*innen: Elektrogeräte wie Waschmaschinen oder Fernseher dürfen nur noch auf den Markt, wenn sie bestimmte Mindestanforderungen erfüllen, etwa beim Energieverbrauch. Und durch das Energielabel können Verbraucher*innen auf einen Blick erkennen, wie energieeffizient ein Gerät ist. So können hohe Stromkosten vermieden und gleichzeitig klimaschädliche Treibhausgase eingespart werden. Diese Broschüre stellt beide Instrumente vor und zeigt, was Verbraucher*innen darüber hinaus noch tun können, um Energie und Ressourcen und damit auch Geld zu sparen. Quelle: www.umweltbundesamt.de
description: Die EU-weit geltende Ökodesign-Richtlinie und Energieverbrauchskennzeichnungs-Verordnung haben nicht nur Vorteile für die Umwelt, sondern auch für Verbraucher*innen: Elektrogeräte wie Waschmaschinen oder Fernseher dürfen nur noch auf den Markt, wenn sie bestimmte Mindestanforderungen erfüllen, etwa beim Energieverbrauch. Und durch das Energielabel können Verbraucher*innen auf einen Blick erkennen, wie energieeffizient ein Gerät ist. So können hohe Stromkosten vermieden und gleichzeitig klimaschädliche Treibhausgase eingespart werden. Diese Broschüre stellt beide Instrumente vor und zeigt, was Verbraucher*innen darüber hinaus noch tun können, um Energie und Ressourcen und damit auch Geld zu sparen.
title: CINDERELA N'RED — THE ORIGINALS
title: SAMPLER PILOT EPISODE
titleType: AlternativeTitle
title: EPISÓDIO 01 — "BELLE VIE: A ESTÉTICA DO PODER"
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Sandiego, Lissa
name: Wu, Dylan
Publisher: name: AstaraX Mind & Life — Foundational Release under Creative Commons License (BY-NC 4.0)
Year: 2025

description: EPISÓDIO 01 — “BELLE VIE: A ESTÉTICA DO PODER”Duração: 5 minutosBranding: D’ESTOPIM (by ASTARAX Mind & Life)Formato: Vlog + Musical (Glee/LaLaLand/Grease) + Encenação cinematográficaCenário: Clínica fictícia Belle Vie

LICENÇA: DE USO EXCLUSIVO DE LISSA SANDIEGO & ASTARAX MIND & LIFE by D´ESTOPIM
How Would Rural Hospitals Be Affected by Loss of the Affordable Care Act's Medicare Low‐Volume Hospital Adjustment?
Creators: name: Whitaker, Rebecca Garr
name: Holmes, G. Mark
name: Pink, George H.
Publisher: name: Wiley
Year: 2016

description: PURPOSE: The low-volume hospital (LVH) payment adjustment established in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 is scheduled to sunset on October 1, 2017. The purpose of this analysis was: (1) to estimate the effect of the ACA LVH adjustment on qualifying hospitals' profitability margins; and (2) to examine hospital and market characteristics of the hospitals that would be most adversely affected by the loss of the ACA LVH adjustment.
METHODS: 2004-2015 data from the Hospital Cost Report Information System, Hospital Market Service Area File and Nielsen-Claritas Pop-Facts file were used to estimate difference-in-difference regression models with hospital-level random effects in order to determine whether the ACA LVH adjustment improved qualifying rural hospitals' profitability margins. Recycled predictions estimated the effect of losing the ACA LVH adjustment on profitability margins. Bivariate analyses explored associations between the predicted profitability margins and hospital and market characteristics.
FINDINGS: The ACA LVH adjustment significantly improved Sole Community Hospitals' Medicare inpatient margins in the year they received the adjustment, and it had a large but statistically insignificant effect on the profitability margins of other rural hospitals. Hospitals that would be the most adversely affected by loss of the ACA LVH adjustment were more likely to be small, located in the South, and in high-poverty markets with higher proportions of black and uninsured individuals.
CONCLUSIONS: Elimination of the ACA LVH adjustment would have differential effects on subgroups of hospitals, and those located in markets serving historically underserved populations would be the most adversely affected.
'As soon as we got here we lost everything': the migration memories and religious lives of the old believers in Australia
Creators: name: Scherr, Stefanie
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The Old Believers are a Russian Orthodox migrant community that has been resettled in Australia during the 1950s and 1960s. Concerned with their migrant past and diasporic present, the Old Believers in Australia make meaning of their religious tradition, cultural heritage and migrant identities. This thesis explores the complexity of this meaning making process. A set of life history interviews reveals that the Old Believers continuously move in-between - between their imagination of a Russian homeland, memories of their former settlement in China and their present living in the Australian diaspora.
The freshmen weight gain: Is it more about body composition than weight?
Creators: name: Mifsud, Gabrielle
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Health Sciences, Recreation.

description: Objective. The purpose of the study was to examine predictors of change in body weight and composition among freshmen during an academic year. Research methods and procedure. Twenty-nine freshmen, 16 females (58.2+/-10.4 kg; BMI 21.2+/-2.9 kg/m2) and 13 males (74.6+/-11.9 kg; BMI 23.2+/-2.8 kg/m2) completed the study. Body weight and composition (DEXA), waist circumference (WC), energy intake (7-day food diary) and activity-related energy expenditure (accelerometry) were measured in September, December and March. The TFEQ and VO2peak were assessed at baseline. Results. Significant increases in body weight (1.9+/-2.0 kg, P<0.05), BMI (0.6+/-0.7 kg/m2, P<0.05), WC (2.7+/-3.0 cm, P<0.05), % body fat (BF) (3.1+/-2.3%, P<0.01) and fat mass (2.6+/-1.8 kg, P<0.01) were noted in males, especially over the 1 st semester. No significant changes were observed in females. Correlations with females and males pooled together showed that over the academic year, baseline % body fat was associated with changes in weight and %BF ( r=-0.53, P<0.01; r=-0.41, P<0.05, respectively). Baseline %BF predicted 27% (P<0.05) of the change in weight. Baseline alcohol intake was related with changes in WC (r=0.45, P<0.05) and %BF ( r=0.58, P<0.01). It explained 34% (P <0.01) and 17% (P<0.05) of the changes respectively. The change in weight and %BF were also associated with baseline VO2peak (r=0.51, P<0.01; r=0.48, P<0.01; respectively). Dietary restraint also effected the change in % body fat (r=-0.43, P<0.05). Discussion. Males, leaner freshmen, physically fit freshmen experienced greater increases in body weight, adiposity and abdominal fat. The best predictor of change in BF was baseline alcohol intake. Keywords. freshmen, weight gain, body composition, waist circumference, energy balance
Supplementary document for Breaking planar symmetries by single layered metasurface for realizing unique on-chip chiroptical effects - 4938821.pdf
Creators: name: Naeem, Taimoor
name: Sarwar, Ahsan
name: Zubair, Muhammad
name: Tauqeer, Tauseef
name: MEHMOOD, MUHAMMAD QASIM
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplementary Document
Проблема принятия желаемого за действительное в историографии и споры о некоторых социальных явлениях в раннесредневековой Англии и Скандинавии
Creators: name: СУХИНО-ХОМЕНКО ДЕНИС ВЛАДИМИРОВИЧ
Publisher: name: Vox medii aevi
Year: 2018
Subjects: барон; историография; Кнут Великий; рунические надписи; тэн.

description: Статья посвящена разбору отдельных историографических тенденций, связанных с конструированием самодостаточных объяснительных моделей для описания внутренне не связанных между собой сведений в первоисточниках. В качестве иллюстрации в центре исследования стоят три примера изучения раннесредневековой социальной группы тэнов (др. англ. / др. сканд. þegn) в историографии XX в. Отмечается, что главная проблема подобных моделей заключается в неосознанном когнитивном искажении (англ. confirmation bias) при работе с оригинальными текстами: предвзятом прочтении, игнорировании противоречащих фактов, недостаточном внимании к происхождению памятников. Обращаясь напрямую к первоисточникам и минуя сложившуюся историографическую традицию, автор стремится показать, что некоторые из подобных далеко идущих выводов страдали от недостатка эмпирических доказательств уже на момент публикации. При активном вовлечении наработок современной историографии предлагаемая критика высказывается не с позиций «послезнания», а исходя из принципа ad fontes. В статье предпринята попытка исследования бытования такого рода самодостаточных моделей в последующей историографии с указанием на его возможные причины и последствия. Автор выражает надежду, что подобное частное исследование может найти более широкое применение в современной медиевистике.
Designing real-time vision-based augmented reality environments for mobile applications.
Creators: name: Liu, Peiran.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Electronics and Electrical.

description: Augmented Reality (AR) is a variation of Virtual Reality (VR). It allows the user to see computer generated virtual objects aligned with or superimposed upon objects in the real world through the use of some kind of see-through head-mounted display. Human users of such system can interact with the virtual world and perceive information, such as character descriptions of physical objects and instructions for performing physical tasks, in form of annotations, speech instructions, images and 3D models, from input devices such as screens, microphones, or haptic devices. This thesis describes our work of building a wireless collaborative augmented reality system, which supports vision-based tracking, video-based 3D graphics, and a keyboard interface over wearable computers to interact with virtual objects. Our goal is to have all the mobile users who work in the same real world space share the predefined virtual space and interact with the virtual world in real time. Multi-player Games in AR domain and Collaborative Conferences are two typical applications. One of the most critical requirements for augmented reality applications is to recognize and locate real world objects with respect to the person's head position and orientation. In this thesis, we propose a new technique for identifying real world objects. The method utilizes a Binary Square Marker, which can identify a great number of real world objects with markers tagged on them by using computer vision techniques. The marker is a link between the real world and the virtual world. It can be detected by a CCD camera attached to a mobile device. The marker works to determine the 3D position and orientation of the object with the marker tagged on it, as well as its unique ID number. Our technique is based on the observation that given four vertices of a square marker region, the coordinates of the projection of every point on the marker can be computed as a linear combination of the coordinates of the projections of four vertices under the assumption of affine transformation.
Chapter 19 of the NAFTA and the Mexican juicio de amparo : When international law collides with the Mexican legal order.
Creators: name: Girard, Isabelle Marie-Lise.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Law.

description: This thesis analyzes the impact and consequences of Chapter 19 of the NAFTA on the Mexican legal order and more particularly on the constitutional remedy of the juicio de amparo. The thesis deals with four main issues: (1) a study of the specific elements of the domestic judicial review process in antidumping and countervailing duty cases in Mexico with an emphasis on the functions and applications of the juicio de amparo , seeking to demonstrate the importance of the juicio de amparo to the Mexican legal order and its application in the context of the Mexican foreign trade law regime; (2) a study of the specific elements of the review procedure of Chapter 19 of the NAFTA to show that the Parties1 intended to prohibit the application of domestic judicial review; (3) an analysis of the constitutional issues surrounding the establishment of a panel, to demonstrate that the doctrine of the exhaustion of local remedies does not apply to Chapter 19 of the NAFTA; and lastly (4) an analysis of the application of the juicio de amparo to the decisions of the binational panels and to the determinations on remand of the Mexican investigative authority. This thesis will show that binational panels are not authorities for the purposes of the juicio de amparo but that the juicio de amparo can apply to determinations, made pursuant to a remand for action of the panel, in certain circumstances. 1Parties pursuant to the North American Free Trade Agreement ("NAFTA") include Canada, Mexico and the United States.
Generalized semi-invariant distributions on p-adic spaces
Creators: name: Sun, Binyong
name: Hong, Jiuzu
Publisher: name: Springer Nature
Year: 2016

description: In this paper we investigate some methods on calculating the spaces of generalized semi-invariant distributions on p-adic spaces. Using homological methods, we give a criterion of automatic extension of (generalized) semi-invariant distributions. Based on the meromorphic continuations of Igusa zeta integrals, we give another criteria with purely algebraic geometric conditions, on the extension of generalized semi-invariant distributions.
Corporate social responsibility and business strategy: a case study of a Japanese firm shifting from environmentalism to strategic CSR
Creators: name: Perera, Chamila
name: Hewege, Chandana
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: After Milton Friedman's controversial claim that the social responsibility of a firm is to maximise profit within the legal framework, many scholars began to argue for altruism in corporate social responsibility (CSR). However, taking a middle approach between the two extremes of self- interest and altruism, the current trend is to locate CSR at the strategic level of the firm and to incorporate CSR as an integral part of the core business strategy and processes. It is believed that the sustainability of a firm and its CSR initiatives can be ensured through this approach. At the firm level in different national contexts, the processes and the specific actions that are needed to operationalise strategic CSR have not been adequately investigated and reported in the literature. Findings prove that CSR can be embedded in to the core business philosophy and strategy to enhance performance. The two-way flow of decision making between the strategic level and the functional level was critical for companywide CSR commitment. It is revealed that CSR is not an ‘added component’ but an integral part of the core business.
Послание английских епископов об иконопочитании 1560 года: текст, контекст и проблема атрибуции
Creators: name: ТАУБЕР ВЛАДИМИР АНДРЕЕВИЧ
Publisher: name: Vox medii aevi
Year: 2018
Subjects: английская Реформация; «елизаветинское религиозное урегулирование»; иконоборчество; иконопочитание; религиозная полемика.

description: В статье рассматривается малоизвестное послание английских епископов, направленное королеве Елизавете I Тюдор во время спора о распятии в Королевской капелле 1559–1560 гг. Это пространное письмо фактически представляет собой небольшой полемический трактат, посвященный вопросу иконопочитания. Его составители пытались убедить королеву в необходимости запретить изображения в английских церквях, мотивируя свою позицию тем, что их наличие противоречит второй заповеди, и подкрепляя свою точку зрения мнениями отцов церкви и историческими примерами. Послание отражает один из важных этапов формирования официальной точки зрения церкви Англии по вопросу об иконопочитании, непосредственно предшествующий ее оформлению в Книге гомилий 1563 г. Основываясь на анализе текста и его сравнении с другими источниками (в первую очередь, гомилией против идолопоклонства), автор предлагает свою атрибуцию и датировку этого памятника, а также рассматривает его историческую судьбу. Статья сопровождается переводом послания на русский язык.
An analysis of treatment programs for men who abuse their female partners.
Creators: name: Wylie, Jennifer.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: Social Work.

description: Treatment programs for men who abuse their female partners have emerged as a response to reduce woman abuse. Evaluation studies which have attempted to determine the effectiveness of such programs have been unable to make any sound conclusions due, in large part, to a number of methodological problems. In addition to such problems, programs for men, identified as following a specific theoretical model, often incorporate components and intervention strategies belonging to other models. This situation makes it difficult to determine which aspects of programs appear to have an influence over change in men's abusive behaviour. There is a need to examine which factors of group treatment are both productive and counter-productive. Through an analysis of sixteen evaluation studies of programs for men who abuse their female partner, this research sets out to respond to these issues in three ways. First, a description of consistent, independent measures across all evaluation studies will be provided. The information gathered will illustrate the differences among counselling programs which create challenges in determining which mode of treatment is working most effectively. Second, a review of the methodological problems present among evaluations studies will be carried out. Finally, this research will attempt to make general statements about which program elements appear to have an influence over reducing physical abuse. Suggestions for a more uniform, standardized form of evaluation are presented.
Design and implementation of a persistent multimedia object-oriented storage system.
Creators: name: Li, Jie.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Electronics and Electrical.

description: Multimedia information requires novel database architecture and models for its efficient storage, manipulation, retrieval, and playback. Multimedia database systems must provide facilities to model complex objects, manage the temporal relationships among different media and guarantee the synchronization as well as the continuity requirements during retrieval. In this thesis, we investigate the object-oriented database concepts and their ability to support multimedia applications and more specifically the support of real time audio/video media. A number of multimedia characteristics and requirements are analyzed and identified. Motivated by the challenge to meet the requirements, a Persistent Multimedia Object-oriented Storage System called MEDIASTORE is designed and implemented using an object-oriented database model for the management of multimedia document. A multimedia document architecture is used by MEDIASTORE to describe and model complex objects such as audio, video, image, and text. The temporal and spatial relationships between objects are also described in the document. A synchronized retrieval algorithm for playback of multimedia document is presented. The algorithm pays great attention to various unique synchronization requirements in retrieval and playback of multimedia documents. As part of an advanced multimedia OODBMS, MEDIASTORE is rich in features for the storage and manipulation of document. Amongst the features is its Graphical User Interface (GUI). The design and implementation of the GUI for MEDIASTORE is presented. Given the ever evolving nature of multimedia requirements and the time limit on this work, MEDIASTORE is far from perfect. Future trends and work are also presented.
Beamforming with microphone arrays for directional sources
Creators: name: Bouchard, Christian
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Electronics and Electrical.

description: Beamforming may be used to improve signal-to-noise ratio, reduce reverberation, cancel interference, or estimate source location. It is done with an array of sensors using a model of the arriving wavefront. Conventionally, a plane wave or point source model is used and this can cause decreased array gain or even total breakdown of beamforming when the source is directional. The directivity of some real world acoustic sources is reviewed in this work. Examples are shown where using a point source model leads to large performance penalties, such as when the array subtends a significant angle about the source. The performance penalty of using a point source model to beamform on the human talker is estimated using phase information available in the literature. An extension of beamforming applicable to directional sources with unknown directivity is presented. In the thesis, the proposed method is mostly intended for sound pickup of audio sources. The proposed beamforming method defines a set of "sub-beamformers", each designed to respond to a different spatial mode of the source. The outputs of the individual sub-beamformers are combined in a weighted sum to give an overall output of better quality than that of a conventional (point source) beamformer. It is shown that with appropriate weighting, the optimum array gain can be achieved In the case that the source happens to be a point source, the method reduces to conventional beamforming. Methods are demonstrated to estimate the weighted sum, based on the observed data. Simulation and experimentally measured results for a simple directional source and an array of 16 microphones show that the proposed beamforming method provides an array gain of about 11 dB while conventional beamforming, with a value of -4 dB, does not provide any useful gain. Simulation results for simple sources in the presence of diffuse noise, diffuse noise and reverberation, or diffuse noise and an interferer are also presented. The computational complexity of the proposed beamforming method is also compared to that of conventional beamforming.
Home advantage in the Australian football league
Creators: name: Clarke, Stephen
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The results of this study on home advantage in Australian rules football demonstrate that individual clubs have different home advantages. Traditional measures of home advantage as applied to whole competitions such as percentage of games won, and alternative measures such as average margin of victory for the home team, are calculated. Problems with these measures are discussed. Individual home advantages for each team are obtained using a linear model fitted to individual match margins; the resultant home advantages are analysed, and variations and possible causes or groupings of home advantage are proposed. It is shown that some models allowing different home advantages for different clubs are a significant improvement over previous models assuming a common home advantage. The results show a strong isolation effect, with non-Victorian teams having large home advantages, and lend support to the conclusion that crowd effects and ground familiarity are a major determinant of home advantage.
How Early Life Religious Exposure Relates to the Timing of First Birth
Creators: name: Davis, Shannon N
name: Pearce, Lisa D
Publisher: name: Wiley
Year: 2016

description: This paper examines intermediary processes explaining how religious socialization and involvement early in life are related to the timing of first births for women in the United States. The theory of conjunctural action forms the basis for hypotheses for how religious schema and materials operate to influence birth timing. Using the NLSY79 data and event history methods, the study finds evidence for expected family size, work-family gender ideology, educational attainment and enrollment, cohabitation, and age at marriage as mediators of associations between early life religious exposure (affiliation and attendance) and the timing of nonmaritally and maritally conceived first births. These findings corroborate other research identifying the long reach of religious socialization and involvement in youth, elucidate some of the pathways for these connections, and motivate further work to understand linkages between religion and family behaviors in the United States.
Supplementary document for Breaking planar symmetries by single layered metasurface for realizing unique on-chip chiroptical effects - 4938821.pdf
Creators: name: Naeem, Taimoor
name: Sarwar, Ahsan
name: Zubair, Muhammad
name: Tauqeer, Tauseef
name: MEHMOOD, MUHAMMAD QASIM
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2020
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplementary Document
Instance complexity
Creators: name: Ko, Ker-I
name: Orponen, Pekka
name: Schöning, Uwe
name: Watanabe, Osamu
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: DDC 004 / Data processing & computer science
subject: Computational complexity
subject: Komplexitätsklasse
subject: Komplexitätstheorie

description: We introduce a measure for the computational complexity of individual instances of a decision problern and study some of its properties. The inntance complexity of a string x with respect to a set A and time bound t, ic t(x : A), is defined as the size of the smallest special-case program for A that runs in time t, decides x correctly, and makes no mistakes on other strings ("don´t know" answers are permitted).
The Intervention Effect of SMS Delivery on Chinese Adolescent’s Physical Activity
Creators: name: Lau, Patrick W. C.
name: Pitkethly, Amanda J.
name: Leung, Beeto W. C.
name: Lau, Erica
name: Wang, Jing-Jing
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2019

description: To examine the effects of short messaging service (SMS) frequency and timing on the efficacy of an SMS-intervention for Hong Kong Chinese adolescents, sixty nine students aged between 12 and 16 (mean age 13.75 ± 0.90) were recruited from five schools in Hong Kong. Participants were randomly assigned into one of five groups: high-frequency + self-selected timing (HST), low-frequency + self-selected timing (LST), high-frequency + assigned timing (HAT), low-frequency + assigned timing (LAT) and the control group. The total duration of the intervention was four weeks. No significant intervention effects were detected in adolescent’s PA among the five groups (F = 1.14, p = 0.346). No significant differences were observed in the stage movement among the five groups (χ2 = 6.18, p = 0.627). No significant differences appeared in the exercise benefits, barriers and benefits/barriers differential scores. However, a growth trend in the exercise benefits score in the LST and HAT groups was found in contrast to the downswing in the control group. The exercise barriers score in the HST group showed the largest reduction after intervention. The benefits/barriers differential score in all the intervention groups increased, whereas it decreased in the control group. Although an increase is demonstrated in the high dosage SMS frequency and timing, no significant intervention effects were found among the five groups in PA behavior, stage of change and exercise benefits and barriers among Hong Kong Chinese adolescents.
"That's how people learn It's through the connection": Collaborative learning in an Aboriginal adult Literacy Centre
Creators: name: Hauer, Debra
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Education, Adult and Continuing.
subject: Education, Educational Psychology.
subject: Education, Reading.

description: Collaborative learning is an important component in adult literacy learning but has not been investigated among Aboriginal adults. The concepts of cognitive apprenticeship and guided participation informs the case study of an Aboriginal adult Literacy Centre. A metaphor of entering a house of literacy learning was used to describe how learners become a part of a community of literacy practice. An individual stands on the threshold with dreams for the future. He or she walks fully into the house by increasing participation in learning activities. Learning occurs through connections with others by sitting together at a round table. The literacy organization, the funding agency and the community act as floorboards in supporting the learners. The findings point to particular patterns of guided participation in Aboriginal settings, may broaden our understanding of social perspective of literacy and may contribute to our knowledge of learning in an urban Aboriginal setting.
Позднесредневековый шифр пропорциональной замены и методика его дешифровки (на примере неизученного испанского документа из архива СПбИИ РАН)
Creators: name: АСТАХОВ МАРАТ АНДРЕЕВИЧ
Publisher: name: Vox medii aevi
Year: 2018
Subjects: Арагонская Корона; криптография; методы дешифровки; средневековая дипломатия; средневековые шифры; шифр замены.

description: В статье представлен краткий обзор истории криптографии до начала раннего Нового времени. Особое внимание уделено распространенному в позднее Средневековье шифру пропорциональной замены, в котором каждая буква открытого текста в соответствии с частотой ее встречаемости заменялась несколькими символами тайнописи. На примере работы с обнаруженным в архиве Санкт-Петербургского института истории РАН зашифрованным письмом 1460 г. из королевской канцелярии Арагонской Короны выделены общие этапы дешифровки и даны практические рекомендации исследователям, занимающимся подобным материалом. После установления языка, на котором был составлен документ, пособия по криптографии обычно советуют провести анализ частоты встречаемости символов в тексте и сравнить с уже установленными данными распределения букв по тому или иному языку. Тем не менее автор данной статьи исходил из того, что шифр пропорциональной замены был изобретен именно для того, чтобы исказить частотные данные и усложнить взлом тайнописи, поэтому применил собственный, оригинальный метод. После проведения каталогизации символов, присвоения каждому из них отдельного номера и перенесения этих цифр в электронную таблицу стала видна «перспектива» текста, были определены устойчивые сочетания значков и слова-палиндромы, которые было возможно однозначно дешифровать. В конечном итоге, как бы разгадывая кроссворд без подсказок, автор дешифровал весь текст. Данный опыт может быть полезен всем, кто в своих исследованиях имеет дело со средневековыми криптографическими документами.
Две графические модели для анализа и сравнения картуляриев
Creators: name: ХУЛИО ЭСКАЛОНА МОНХЕ
name: КРИСТИНА ХУЛАР ПЕРЕС-АЛЬФАРО
name: АННА БЕЛЛЕТТИНИ
Publisher: name: Vox medii aevi
Year: 2018
Subjects: графические модели для визуализации данных; интеллектуальный анализ данных
KDD; компьютеризованный анализ картуляриев; модель «Последовательность/Дата»; модель «Последовательность/ Последовательность»; обнаружение знаний в базах данных; средневековые картулярии.

description: В данной статье представлены и рассмотрены два метода анализа картуляриев с использованием компьютерных технологий, которые в настоящее время разрабатываются в Институте истории Высшего совета по научным исследованиям Испании (IH-CSIC). Первая модель, «Последовательность/ Дата», ориентирована на интегральную визуализацию и анализ отдельного картулярия как проекта. Модель «Последовательность/Последовательность» применяется к парам картуляриев с хотя бы частично одинаковым содержанием и нацелена на выявление того, в какой степени в более позднем своде использовался материал более раннего. Наш метод основан на реляционной базе данных, которая хранит всю доступную информацию о картуляриях, и на определенном числе графиков, формирующих двухмерную сетку (сетки «Последовательность/Дата» или «Последовательность/Последовательность»), на которых можно отобразить дополнительные переменные. Данный метод использует традиционные кодикологические и палеографические методы анализа данных, но в то же время он является довольно инновационным, так как дает возможность визуализировать в наглядной форме весьма сложные феномены, которые трудно иначе уловить и тяжело проанализировать без использования компьютерных технологий.
The effect of carbohydrate ingestion type and timing on substrate utilization during low intensity shivering
Creators: name: Blondin, Denis
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Health Sciences, Nutrition.
subject: Biology, Physiology.

description: During cold exposure, carbohydrates (CHO) play a substantial role in providing substrate for shivering muscles. To date, little is known about the effects of CHO ingestion on substrate utilization in the cold. The purpose of this study was to determine the rate of exogenous glucose oxidation (RGox-exo) and quantify the rate of substrate utilization during low-intensity shivering when: (1) glucose is given from the onset (GO) or after 60 min (G60) or (2) ingesting glucose alone or in equal parts with fructose (GF60). Results showed that although CHO and lipid oxidation and their relative contribution to heat production increased during cold exposure when ingesting a CHO beverage, the timing and type of CHO ingested had no effect on overall substrate utilization. However, RGox-exo during cold exposure was significantly greater in the GO and GF60 condition relative to G60 (p<0.05) but no significant difference was found between the GO and GF60.
The role of customer value within the service quality, customer satisfaction and behavioural intentions relationships: an empirical examination in the Indonesian higher education sector
Creators: name: Roostika, Ratna
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: All countries in the world are now moving towards a knowledge-based economy. The performance of the higher education sector of any nation should be of great significance as it influences the nation's competitiveness. With respect to competitiveness, the issue of quality and satisfaction has heightened concerns among higher education circles in Indonesia. Nevertheless, both service quality and satisfaction constructs are not without critiques and questions on the roles that both constructs play. In general services, quality and satisfaction do not always relate to the economic returns. Customers do not always concerns on offerings with the highest quality. Many customers express high satisfaction ratings but still consider to spending elsewhere for different reasons. This has prompted calls for the introduction of a more dynamic construct called 'customer value' to better predict behavioural outcomes and assist competitive advantage. The research gap in this thesis is therefore an empirically testing the integrative model of service quality, customer satisfaction, customer value and behavioural intentions in the higher education sector. The proposed integrative model was empirically examined by collecting data from undergraduate students in the five Universities in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Exploratory Factor Analysis and Confirmatory Factor Analysis using Partial Least Squares were applied to test the measurement model and structural model proposed in this thesis. To the academic literature, the proposed model provides a comprehensive picture of the relationships among the key constructs (SQ, CS, CV and BI), and therefore allowing to see the relative impacts of subsequent consequential variables. The findings identified the determinants of service quality and customer value specific to higher education, as well as confirm the relationships proposed from the conceptual model. In particular, the findings showed the dominant role of customer value on behavioural intentions, compared to that exerted by service quality and customer satisfaction. Customer value also has a stronger influence on customer satisfaction than service quality. The inclusion of customer value has increased the predictive power in explaining behavioural intentions. The findings provide valuable guidelines for practitioners in this field by assisting them to better understand the determinants and the nature of their relationships, in relation to expected organisational outcomes and enhance competitive advantage of the university. The ultimate contribution of this study would assist universities to provide their best services according to the aspirations of university students at large.
«Испанская ярость» в гравюрах Франса Хогенберга (1535–1590): «кочующие» образы времен Восьмидесятилетней войны
Creators: name: ДЕМЧУК СТЕФАНИЯ АНДРЕЕВНА
Publisher: name: Vox medii aevi
Year: 2018
Subjects: другой; пропаганда; имагология; аллология; Восьмидесятилетняя война; испанская ярость; Франс Хогенберг.

description: Статья посвящена механизмам конструирования образов «Испанской ярости» в гравюрах времен Восьмидесятилетней войны. Исследование охватывает гравюры Франса Хогенберга, которые издавались в 1572– 1576-х гг. и были посвящены «кровавым баням» в Нардене, Зютфене, а также захвату и разграблению Антверпена, которое и получило название «Испанской ярости». На их примере проанализированы два параллельных явления: конструирование образа «Испанской ярости» самим Хогенбергом и копирование и заимствование отдельных элементов его работ в других гравюрах, более поздних, изданных как иллюстрации в «Истории испанской тирании в Нидерландах» и трактате «Истоки, начало и продолжение Нидерландских войн» П. Бора. Автор выделяет две основные темы серии: город в огне и пытки («тирания») испанских солдат. Город рассматривался как символ процветания Нидерландов и потому особенно большим риторическим потенциалом обладал его антитип — город разрушенный и разграбленный. Вторая тема, связанная с особенной жестокостью «безбожных» (gottlosen) испанцев, апеллировала к уже сложившемуся стереотипу испанской Инквизиции, введенной Карлом V в Нидерландах в 20-х гг. XVI в. Образы войны Хогенберг конструировал, используя средства визуальной риторики. Они не были прямым отражением реальности войны. В дальнейшем они конструировались и деконструировались в зависимости от запросов аудитории и целей автора, и стали одним из инструментов анти-испанской пропаганды Объединенных провинций в XVII веке.