cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Exploring the time trend of stress levels while using the crowdsensing mobile health platform, track your stress, and the influence of perceived stress reactivity: ecological momentary assessment pilot study
Creators: name: Pryss, Rüdiger
name: John, Dennis
name: Schlee, Winfried
name: Schlotz, Wolff
name: Schobel, Johannes
name: Kraft, Robin
name: Spiliopoulou, Myra
name: Langguth, Berthold
name: Reichert, Manfred
name: Cramond, Tess
name: Peters, Henning
name: Pieh, Christoph
name: Lahmann, Claas
name: Probst, Thomas
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: mHealth
subject: Psychological stress
subject: Crowdsensing
subject: Ecological momentary assessment
subject: Pilot study
subject: DDC 610 / Medicine & health
subject: Sensor networks
subject: Stress, Psychological
subject: Medical informatics applications
subject: Telemedicine
subject: Stress
subject: Gesundheitstelematik
subject: Smartphone

description: Background: The mobile phone app, TrackYourStress (TYS), is a new crowdsensing mobile health platform for ecological momentary assessments of perceived stress levels. Objective: In this pilot study, we aimed to investigate the time trend of stress levels while using TYS for the entire population being studied and whether the individuals’ perceived stress reactivity moderates stress level changes while using TYS. Methods: Using TYS, stress levels were measured repeatedly with the 4-item version of the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-4), and perceived stress reactivity was measured once with the Perceived Stress Reactivity Scale (PSRS). A total of 78 nonclinical participants, who provided 1 PSRS assessment and at least 4 repeated PSS-4 measurements, were included in this pilot study. Linear multilevel models were used to analyze the time trend of stress levels and interactions with perceived stress reactivity. Results: Across the whole sample, stress levels did not change while using TYS (P=.83). Except for one subscale of the PSRS, interindividual differences in perceived stress reactivity did not influence the trajectories of stress levels. However, participants with higher scores on the PSRS subscale reactivity to failure showed a stronger increase of stress levels while using TYS than participants with lower scores (P=.04). Conclusions: TYS tracks the stress levels in daily life, and most of the results showed that stress levels do not change while using TYS. Controlled trials are necessary to evaluate whether it is specifically TYS or any other influence that worsens the stress levels of participants with higher reactivity to failure.
S2PLOT: a straightforward library for advanced 3-dimensional scientific visualisation
Creators: name: Barnes, David G.
name: Fluke, Christopher
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: S2PLOT is a user-oriented programming library for generating and exploring 3-dimensional (3-d) scientific plots and diagrams. It provides a lightweight interface---inspired by the simple yet widely-used PGPLOT---to produce hardware-accelerated visualisations of point, line, image and volumetric data. S2PLOT provides C and FORTRAN interfaces, and supports monoscopic, stereoscopic and curved (eg. dome) display devices. PGPLOT-savvy astronomers can usually write their first S2PLOT program in less than ten minutes. In this paper, we introduce the latest S2PLOT version and highlight major new additions to the library, including volume rendering and isosurfacing of astronomical data. We describe a simple extension that enables the embedding of large-area FITS images directly into S2PLOT programs using standard World Coordinate Systems, and we introduce the Python interface to S2PLOT.
title: Estudio ecográfico de los tumores cutáneos malignos
Creators: name: Mendoza Arnau, Inmaculada
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Ultrasound-Colour Doppler
subject: Ultrasound
subject: Soft tissues / Skin
subject: Musculoskeletal soft tissue

description: Objetivo docente
Revisión del tema
Conclusiones
description: Objetivo docente:
1.Evaluar la utilidad de la ecografía para el diagnóstico y manejo de tumores cutáneos malignos. 2.Describir características ecográficas sugestivas de malignidad asi como su extensión en profundidad como paso previo para la planificación de...
Electrical and Power Engineering and Electromechanics (EPEE 2023). Odesa, Ukraine, June 15, 2023: proceedings. Odesa Military Academy, 2023. 45 p.
Creators: name: Bukaros, Andrew
name: Herega, Alexander
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 400899
subject: Electrical engineering not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 400799
subject: Control engineering, mechatronics and robotics not elsewhere classified

description: Electrical and Power Engineering and Electromechanics (EPEE 2023). Odesa, Ukraine, June 15, 2023: proceedings. Odesa Military Academy, 2023. 45 p.
title: Lesiones quísticas y pseudoquísticas pulmonares: lo que el radiólogo debe saber
Creators: name: Martinez Calvo, Alberto
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Lung
subject: Respiratory system
subject: Thorax
subject: Conventional radiography
subject: CT-High Resolution
subject: CT

description: Objetivo docente
Revisión del tema
Conclusiones
description: Objetivo docente:
- Definir las características del quiste pulmonar y establecer las diferencias con otras lesiones que pueden simularlo. - Describir la semiología de las distintas enfermedades que se manifiestan con lesiones quísticas y pseudoquísticas...
The effects of protease inhibitors on lymphocyte transformation.
Creators: name: Moreau, Pierre.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1977
Subjects: subject: Biology, Cell.

description: This work presents an investigation of the effects of various protease inhibitors but mainly soybean trypsin inhibitor (SBI) on transformation of human and mouse lymphocytes induced by a variety of agents. SBI was found to inhibit transformation of human lymphocytes induced by mitogens (leucoagglutinin, concanavalin A, NaIO4, phytohemagglutinin, pokeweed mitogen) or in the mixed lymphocyte reaction. Other protein protease inhibitors which were effective were lima bean trypsin inhibitor (LBI) and ovomucoid (OM). Synthetic protease inhibitors which were effective were N-tosyl-L-Lysine-chloromethyl-ketone (TLCK), tosyl-phenylalanyl-chloromethyl ketone (TPCK), N-tosyl-L-argine methyl ester (TAME), phenyl-methylsulfonylfluoride (PMSF) and epsilon-aminocaproic acid (EACA). Exposure of the cultures to the inhibitors did not affect the viability of the cells. SBI covalently cross-linked to sepharose beads also inhibited the MLR and mitogen stimulation. Kinetic studies, done with human and mouse cells, showed that the inhibitor acted early after the addition of the mitogen or the mixing of the allogenic cells in the MLR. The effect of the plasma and of other cell types present in the cultures on the degree of inhibition was also investigated. The data shown support the hypothesis that protease action at a cell surface is an essential early event common to all types of lymphocyte transformation.
title: Neumonía en el paciente inmunodeprimido
Creators: name: Elías Cabot, Esperanza
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Thorax
subject: Lung
subject: CT-High Resolution
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Infection

description: Objetivo docente
Revisión del tema
Conclusiones
description: Objetivo docente:
Conocer las infecciones pulmonares más frecuentes en pacientes inmunodeprimidos,
así como los patrones radiológicospulmonares asociados a las mismas en el TCAR,
que nos orienten hacia las posibles causas...
title: Abdomen agudo en mujeres en edad fertil. Manejo y patología.
Creators: name: Mullor Delgado, Luis Alberto
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Abscess
subject: Acute
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Education
subject: MR
subject: CT
subject: Ultrasound
subject: Pelvis
subject: Genital / Reproductive system female
subject: Abdomen

description: Objetivo docente
Revisión del tema
Conclusiones
description: Objetivo docente:
Revisión,
basada en nuestra experiencia,
de la patología abdominopélvica más frecuente en mujeres en edad fértil con dolor abdominal,
insistir en los puntos clave a la hora de realizar el diagnóstico diferencial y describir las ventajas e...
Assessment of seafood contamination under the marine strategy framework directive: contributions of the German environmental specimen bank
Creators: name: Fliedner, Annette
name: Rüdel, Heinz
name: Koschorreck, Jan
name: Knopf, Burkhard
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2018
Subjects: EG-Meeresstrategie-Rahmenrichtlinie
Umweltprobenbank
Miesmuschel
Aalmutter

description: Descriptor 9 (D9) of the European Union Marine Strategy Framework Directive refers to the compliance of contaminant levels in fish and other seafood of a defined marine region or subregion with human health threshold values. This requires georeferenced samples that are often difficult to obtain when relying on commercial fisheries or programs designed for monitoring human exposure. The present study examines whether georeferenced samples of blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) and eelpout (Zoarces viviparus) fillet of the German environmental specimen bank (ESB) can be used in this context. The suitability of the ESB samples, procedures, and analytical methods is evaluated with respect to D9 requirements. Based on ESB data for the D9 relevant contaminants Pb, Cd, Hg, â Ì4 PAHs, PCDD/Fs, dioxin-like (dl)-PCBs, and indicator non-dl-PCBs and the potentially relevant substances TBT, PFOS, PBDE, and HBCDD, the Good Environmental Status for D9 is assessed at the ESB sites in the North and Baltic Seas. The overall evaluation indicates that ESB samples are suitable for D9 assessment with the limitation that only coastal areas of the North and Baltic Seas are covered. Over a period of up to 30 years, concentrations of the D9 relevant contaminants were well below the maximum levels allowed for human consumption. © The Author(s) 2018
title: By-Pass Vascular Perifericos: Diagnostico por Imagen.
Creators: name: Pasinati, Giacomo
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Arteries / Aorta
subject: Extremities
subject: Interventional vascular
subject: Ultrasound-Colour Doppler
subject: CT-Angiography
subject: MR-Angiography
subject: Computer Applications-3D
subject: Prostheses

description: Objetivo docente
Revisión del tema
Conclusiones
description: Objetivo docente:
Presentación de los diversos tipos de by-pass en pacientes con patología vascular periferica y visualización en las distintaspruebas de imagen: ecografia,
angio-TC y angio-RM. Exponer los criterios clínico-radiolológicos de disfunción del...
Value creation in a virtual network organisation
Creators: name: Ho, Henry Wai Leong
name: Jarratt, Denise
name: Anver, Mohamed
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Global competition and rapid changes in industry structure are encouraging organisations to address needs for flexibility and real-time value creation and delivery (Achrol, 1997; Eggert and Ulaga, 2002). The objective of this paper is to develop a framework to guide the real-time creation and delivery of customer value in a virtual network organisation in the business-tobusiness sector (B2B). The proposed theoretical framework explains how superior customer value can be generated through the application of an Intelligent-Agent System (IAS) in which agents simultaneously represent customer focus, customer orientation and market orientation.
Electron spin resonance studies of 53Cr3+ and VO2+ ions in A1C13.6H2O.
Creators: name: Pack, Kenneth.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1975
Subjects: subject: Physics, Nuclear.

description: Electron spin resonance (ESR) studies are reported for Cr3+ and VO2+ in AlCl3.6H2O. Electron-nuclear double resonance (ENDOR) studies are reported for the isotope 53Cr 3+ in AlCl3.6H2O. All the microwave measurements were done at X-band microwave frequencies (∼ 9.4 GHZ). The VO2+ study was done at room temperature and it shows that these are two different orientations of the Al3+.6H2O complexes per unit cell. The VO2+.5H2O complexes associated with the two types of Al3+.6H2O complexes are rotated with respect to each other by an angle 33° +/- 3° in the plane perpendicular to the crystal c axis. The Cr3+ ESR measurements were done at four temperatures between room and liquid helium temperature, while the ENDOR of 53Cr3+ was done at liquid helium temperature. The Cr3+ studies show that the sign of the spin Hamiltonian zero-field splitting parameter D is negative, indicating that the Cr3+.6H2O magnetic complexes are trigonally compressed in AlCl3.6H2O. A comparison is made between the spin Hamiltonian parameter for 53Cr3+ impurities in several hydrated crystals and it is found that a purely static crystal field model does not satisfactorily explain the experimental results. When the VO2+. spin Hamiltonian parameters are also included in the comparison it is possible to make conclusions regarding the relative susceptibility of the various Al3+.6H2O complexes to distortion upon impurity doping. In particular it is concluded that the complexes in CsAl alum are more susceptible to distortion than are those in AlCl 3.6H2O.
Leitfaden zur umweltfreundlichen öffentlichen Beschaffung: Aufbereitete Tonerkartuschen und Tintenpatronen für Drucker, Kopierer und Multifunktionsgeräte
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: Umweltbundesamt
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Aufbereitete Tonerkartuschen und Tintenpatronen
subject: Druckerpatronen
subject: Wirtschaft | Konsum
subject: Gesundheit

description: Tintenpatronen und Tonerkartuschen für Drucker, Kopierer und Multifunktionsgeräte werden ersetzt, sobald die Farbgeber (Tinten und Toner) darin aufgebraucht sind. Ausgehend vom Nutzungsumfang der Geräte lässt sich auf ein erhebliches Abfallaufkommen von mehreren Millionen geleerter Module und Patronen in öffentlichen Einrichtungen pro Jahr schließen. Mit diesem Leitfaden werden Kartuschen und Patronen identifiziert, die aufgrund ihrer Wiederaufbereitung und erneuten Nutzung eine Reduktion der Abfallmenge ermöglicht und damit ein Beitrag zur Ressourcenschonung leistet. Ferner werden Anforderungen an die eingesetzten Materialien sowie die Farbgeber gestellt, die Gesundheitsgefahren im Gebrauch für Menschen reduzieren. Der Leitfaden basiert auf den Kriterien des Umweltzeichens Blauer Engel für Tonerkartuschen und Tintenpatronen (DE-UZ 177, Ausgabe Juli 2021). Quelle: www.umweltbundesamt.de
description: Tintenpatronen und Tonerkartuschen für Drucker, Kopierer und Multifunktionsgeräte werden ersetzt, sobald die Farbgeber (Tinten und Toner) darin aufgebraucht sind. Ausgehend vom Nutzungsumfang der Geräte lässt sich auf ein erhebliches Abfallaufkommen von mehreren Millionen geleerter Module und Patronen in öffentlichen Einrichtungen pro Jahr schließen.Mit diesem Leitfaden werden Kartuschen und Patronen identifiziert, die aufgrund ihrer Wiederaufbereitung und erneuten Nutzung eine Reduktion der Abfallmenge ermöglicht und damit ein Beitrag zur Ressourcenschonung leistet. Ferner werden Anforderungen an die eingesetzten Materialien sowie die Farbgeber gestellt, die Gesundheitsgefahren im Gebrauch für Menschen reduzieren.Der Leitfaden basiert auf den Kriterien des Umweltzeichens Blauer Engel für Tonerkartuschen und Tintenpatronen (DE-UZ 177, Ausgabe Juli 2021).
kiz Jahresbericht 2005
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Jahresbericht
subject: kiz
subject: DDC 020 / Library & information sciences
subject: Universities; Germany; Ulm
subject: Kommunikations- und Informationszentrum
subject: Universität Ulm

description: Rechenschaftsbericht des Kommunikations- und Informationszentrums (kiz) für das Jahr 2005
Mehr Nachhaltigkeit durch gekoppelte Infrastrukturen
Creators: name: Olfert, Alfred
name: Schiller, Georg
name: Schauser, Inke
name: Hölscher, Katharina
Publisher: name: Umweltbundesamt
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Kommunaler Klimaschutz
subject: Infrastrukturen
subject: Sektorkopplung
subject: Nachhaltigkeitstransformation
subject: Klima | Energie
subject: Nachhaltigkeit | Strategien | Internationales

description: Diese Handreichung soll Kommunen und Akteure auf kommunaler Ebene dabei unterstützen, zukunftsfähige und nachhaltige Konzepte für ihre Infrastrukturen zu finden. Infrastrukturen besitzen das Potenzial, einen erheblichen Beitrag zu Nachhaltigkeit einschließlich Ressourcenschonung und Klimaschutz zu leisten. Denn Bau, Betrieb und Nutzung von Infrastrukturen verursachen enorm hohe Verbräuche an Ressourcen und Energie. Innovative Infrastrukturkopplungen über Sektoren hinweg eröffnen Wege, bisher ungenutzte Synergiepotenziale zu erschließen. Die Broschüre lenkt den Blick auf unterschiedliche Nachhaltigkeitswirkungen, damit Kommunen gestärkt werden, Chancen von Infrastrukturkopplungen zu ergreifen und Herausforderungen gezielt anzugehen. Quelle: www.umweltbundesamt.de
description: Diese Handreichung soll Kommunen und Akteure auf kommunaler Ebene dabei unterstützen, zukunftsfähige und nachhaltige Konzepte für ihre Infrastrukturen zu finden. Infrastrukturen besitzen das Potenzial, einen erheblichen Beitrag zu ⁠Nachhaltigkeit⁠, einschließlich Ressourcenschonung und ⁠Klimaschutz⁠ zu leisten. Denn Bau, Betrieb und Nutzung von Infrastrukturen verursachen enorm hohe Verbräuche an Ressourcen und Energie. Innovative Infrastrukturkopplungen über Sektoren hinweg eröffnen Wege, bisher ungenutzte Synergiepotenziale zu erschließen. Die Broschüre lenkt den Blick auf unterschiedliche Nachhaltigkeitswirkungen, damit Kommunen gestärkt werden, Chancen von Infrastrukturkopplungen zu ergreifen und Herausforderungen gezielt anzugehen.
title: Diagnóstico diferencial de lesiones de partes blandas de características quísticas en ecografía y RNM.
Creators: name: Bermúdez López, Christian
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Musculoskeletal soft tissue
subject: Ultrasound
subject: MR
subject: Pathology

description: Objetivo docente
Revisión del tema
Conclusiones
description: Objetivo docente:
Ser capaces de diferenciar entre sí aquellas lesiones de partes blandas que presenten características quísticas o pseudoquísticas con la ayuda de la ecografía y la resonancia magnética como métodos de...
Les enjeux des antécédents sexuels en matière d'agression sexuelle au Canada : une question de justice pour les femmes.
Creators: name: Collin-Dunn, Chantal.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1993
Subjects: subject: Law.

description: A travers l'histoire des luttes feministes, le droit a ete un cheval de bataille privilegie par les groupes de femmes pour transformer les situations de domination et de subordination. Compte tenu du succes parfois limite de la revendication de droits legaux, les feministes constatent de plus en plus le caractere paradoxal du recours au droit pour defendre les interets des femmes et promouvoir une egalite veritable entre les sexes. D'une part la reconnaissance juridique de certains droits est essentielle a la lutte contre l'oppression des femmes; par contre, rien ne permet de croire que le droit soit le vehicule le plus efficace pour obtenir des changements sociaux concrets. Au contraire, on reconnai t de plus en plus que la revendication de droits legaux ne permet pas de mettre en cause la construction sociale des rapports entre les sexes et que le discours du droit, en fait, reconduit une certaine conception des rapports sociaux entre les sexes qui participe, dans une certaine mesure, au maintien des situations de domination et de subordination. Notre recherche poursuit ce questionnement feministe et porte sur les reformes apportees au droit criminal canadien en matiere d'infractions sexuelles en 1983. Plus specifiquement, nous avons choisi d'analyser l'impact revendications feministes sur l'evolution legislative et juridique de l'article 276 du Code criminel canadien, adopte lors de ces reformes, et par lequel le legislateur limitait l'admissibilite en preuve des antecedents sexuels des plaignantes lors des proces pour agression sexuelle.
Broadly applicable synthesis of heteroarylated dithieno[3,2-b:2′,3′-d]pyrroles for advanced organic materials - part 2: hole-transporting materials for perovskite solar cells
Creators: name: Almalki, Masaud
name: Lorenz, Christoph
name: Vogt, Astrid
name: Alanazi, Anwar Q.
name: Gao, Jing
name: Zakeeruddin, Shaik Mohammed
name: Bäuerle, Peter
name: Eickemeyer, Felix T.
name: Grätzel, Michael
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Organic materials
subject: Conjugated molecules
subject: Dithienopyrroles
subject: Hole-transport materials
subject: Optoelectronic properties
subject: Functional organic materials
subject: Perovskite solar cells
subject: Solarzelle; Perowskit

description: Functionalization of heteroarylated dithieno[3,2-b:2′,3′-d] pyrroles (DTPs) by triarylamines was elaborated to result in novel holetransport materials (HTMs) for perovskite solar cells. The new HTMs showed promising photovoltaic performance with efficiencies exceeding 18%. A thorough investigation of the electronic and optoelectronic properties revealed that the main efficiency loss mechanisms are not related to the pristine HTM materials but to the suboptimal interface passivation and HTM doping.We provide an optimization strategy for those device fabrication factors, which could render these new materials a potential replacement of current state-of-the-art HTMs.
Review of cold-induced urticaria characteristics, diagnosis and management in a Western Canadian allergy practice
Creators: name: Stepaniuk, Peter
name: Vostretsova, Kateryna
name: Kanani, Amin
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2018

description: Background: Cold-induced urticaria is a significant condition, especially among young females. Despite the morbidity of this disease, studies that fully characterize the disease are limited. Methods: We analyzed the characteristics of patients diagnosed with cold-induced urticaria at a community-based allergy practice in Vancouver, BC, Canada between 2003 and 2016. Detailed patient history, diagnostic measures and treatment were evaluated. Results: A total of 50 patients were found to have active cold-induced urticaria with a median age of 28.5 (range 2–67) years and 35 patients (70%) were female. 16 patients (32%) had co-occurring physical urticarias while 26 patients (52%) had secondary allergic diagnoses and 3 patients (6%) were thought to have a provoking factor. Of those with a clinical history of suspected cold-induced urticaria that were evaluated with ice cube testing, a positive test was obtained in 84.7% of patients. Treatment was largely with non-sedating antihistamines, with the majority of patients receiving this modality. Conclusions: Cold-induced urticaria is a complex disease with significant overlap with other chronic inducible urticarias and other allergic diseases. Diagnostic testing shows inconsistent results and the mainstay of treatment consists of non-sedating antihistamines, with other options available for those who do not respond.
title: Aplicaciones de la técnica BOLD en patología oncológica
Creators: name: Alcalá Mata, Lidia
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: MR
subject: Oncology
subject: MR-Functional imaging
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Neoplasia

description: Objetivo docente
Revisión del tema
Conclusiones
description: Objetivo docente:
Describir las bases físicas de la técnica de RM dependientes de los niveles de oxígeno sanguíneo (blood oxygen level dependent MRI -BOLD-) y sus aplicaciones actuales y posiblemente futuras en la medicina...
Cognitive load during training facilitates expert skilled performance in a complex spatiotemporal domain
Creators: name: Wise, Lisa
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This paper focuses on expert skilled performance of military pilots in the complex spatiotemporal domain of air combat. Fighter pilots operate fast jet aircraft capable of cruising speeds in excess of 1500 km/hr, and often fly in formations separated by less than the width of the aircraft. While operating at these very high speeds, they perform complex and coordinated aerobatic manoeuvres to achieve tactical advantage over enemy aircraft and to provide air supremacy in support of other force element groups (FEGs). It costs millions of dollars to train fighter pilots (e.g., see Doyle, 2003), and their operational aircraft cost orders of magnitude more that amount (e.g., Kopp, 2007), so there is a clear financial motivation for research interest into effective and efficient fighter pilot training. Fighter pilots are often portrayed as the elite of pilots (for a popular culture example, consider Tom Cruise's role in the 1986 movie 'Top Gun'). It is undeniable that fighter pilots need elite psychomotor and cognitive skills to succeed in their air combat training, specifically in the spatiotemporal domain of interest for this paper. It is more open to question as to whether some of the specific skills and training required for air combat are counterproductive for flying in crewed environments, on long-haul routine flights, or on lower performance aircraft (e.g., see Ganesh & Joseph, 2005, for a review of aircrew personality traits). Suffice to say that across the aviation domain, there are many flying roles all of which require a high degree of flying proficiency (in the form of expert skilled performance), and the highest degree of compression and complexity occurs within the spatiotemporal flying and decision-making domain of the air combat environment.
Liberation theology in the Roman Catholic Church in Latin America, 1968 to 1988: Conflicting concepts of social mission and their political context.
Creators: name: Williamson, Kenneth B.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1993
Subjects: subject: Religion, General.

description: In 1968, bishops representing all parts of the Roman Catholic Church in Latin America met in their Second General Conference to debate the "transformation of Latin America in the light of the Council". Among the diverse political influences affecting their conclusions, the demands for radical social change, coming mostly from a group of younger theologians and clergy, were significant. Those demands, soon embodied in what became known as "liberation theology", were based on the argument that there was a biblical and theological mandate for revolutionary transformation of society, to be achieved primarily by the elimination of capitalism, in favour of some type of purified socialism. Most leaders of the Church in Latin America, and the Vatican, found the most extreme of the liberation proposals to be unacceptable, both in relation to basic concepts of the role of the Church in social mission and in relation to the partisan political commitment proposed in Latin America. This thesis examines the ensuing conflict over concepts of social mission during the period 1968-1988, a particularly turbulent one for the Church, with a view to assessing the extent to which the liberation case, theologically and politically, can be accommodated within the social teaching of the Church. It concludes that, while the original political thrust of the movement in the 1970's remains unacceptable, the liberation theologians have made an important contribution to processes of democratization and social change, for example in the base communities, in the role of the laity and in the development of a feminist liberation movement in the Church. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Polyploids, genome halving and rearrangement phylogeny
Creators: name: Zheng, Chunfang
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Biology, Bioinformatics.

description: The basic rearrangement phylogeny methods require that the genomic content be the same in all the organisms being compared, and so are not applicable when one or more of the genomes being compared derive from ancestral whole genome doubling (WGD) events. In this thesis I developed algorithms for rearrangement phylogeny for sets of related genomes that include both descendants of WGD and unduplicated genomes. Furthermore I investigated the properties of these algorithms and validated them by applying them to real data. I defined varions possible local configurations of doubled and unduplicated genomes in a given phylogeny, each of which requires a different strategy for integrating genomic distance, halving and rearrangement median algorithms. The genome halving algorithm of El-Mabrouk and Sankoff efficiently reconstructs an ancestral pre-doubling genome from the chromosomal distribution of duplicate genes created by this event and remaining today in the descendant genome. However, this algorithm can produce many alternate optimal solutions. To reduce this non-uniqeness, hopefully to only one solution, I developed the guided genome halving algorithm. This rapidly and accurately constructs an optimal ancestor closest to one or more outgroups. As I refined this algorithm, I applied it to successively larger data sets, increasing in size over more than two orders of magnitude. Thus I constructed the ancestors of cereals, based on duplicate markers in maize and using rice and sorghum as outliers. I reconstructed genomes corresponding to the ancestral nodes of yeasts in the Saccharomyces complex, as well as the ancestor of poplar, based on grapevine and papaya as outgroups. I studied two cases involving two WGD descendants, one where the doubling precedes a speciation event and another where doubling occurs independently in both lineages initiated by a speciation event. I developed combinatorial algorithms permitting us to decide which of these options best explains the data. To take into account the massive loss of genes following ancestral genome doubling, I developed a method to incorporate the defective gene sets into consideration and evaluate the effects of these lost genes on the reconstruction of the ancestor.
Translation initiation in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)
Creators: name: Khalouei, Sam
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Biology, Virology.

description: Translation of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) mRNAs is entirely dependent on the host translation machinery. There are two prevailing hypotheses regarding the translation initiation mechanism in HIV-1; conventional cap-dependent ribosomal scanning mechanism (CDRSM) and cap-independent entry of the ribosome, usually through an internal ribosome entry site (IRES). The first mechanism makes use of the Kozak consensus sequence in locating the translation initiation codon, similar to the mechanism observed in human mRNAs. Therefore, a thorough understanding of the Kozak consensus and translation initiation in human would also shed light on the mechanism of translation initiation in HIV-1. The role of Kozak +4G site in translation initiation has been controversial, with the alternative hypothesis explaining the prevalence of +4G by invoking the observation that small amino acids, coded by G-starting codons, which are efficient for N-terminal methionine excision (NME), are preferred at the penultimate (second) position. Using two bioinformatics approaches we provide strong support for this alternative hypothesis and provide evidence contradicting the involvement of +4G in translation initiation. One of the predictions of the CDRSM hypothesis is a high conservation of Kozak consensus sequence in different HIV-1 sequences. Our results presented here validate this prediction. The CDRSM hypothesis also predicts that there should be a selective pressure against ATG usage in optimal context in the HIV-1 5'-UTR to avoid their erroneous detection by the scanning ribosome, whereas the IRES-dependent mechanism in the presence of stable secondary structures, predicts no such selective pressure because these ATGs would be embedded in the secondary structures. Here we demonstrate this selective pressure in the HIV-1 5'-UTR which further supports the CDRSM hypothesis. Finally, we present evidence for strong site conservation in the 5'-UTR of HIV-1 sequences, which not only point to as yet unknown mechanisms of translation initiation, but also provide a mean to separate HIV-1 and human mRNAs. This implies that it is theoretically possible to design HIV-1-specific translation inhibition drugs.
Journalists as investigators and 'quality media' reputation
Creators: name: Burns, Alex
name: Saunders, Barry
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The current 'future of journalism' debates focus on the crossover (or lack thereof) of mainstream journalism practices and citizen journalism, the 'democratisation' of journalism, and the 'crisis in innovation' around the 'death of newspapers'. This paper analyses a cohort of 20 investigative journalists to understand their skills sets, training and practices, notably where higher order research skills are adapted from intelligence, forensic accounting, computer programming, and law enforcement. We identify areas where different levels of infrastructure and support are necessary within media institutions, and suggest how investigative journalism enhances the reputation of 'quality media' outlets.
Gemini/GMOS spectra of globular clusters in the Virgo giant elliptical NGC 4649
Creators: name: Pierce, Michael
name: Bridges, Terry
name: Forbes, Duncan
name: Proctor, Robert
name: Beasley, Michael A.
name: Gebhardt, Karl
name: Faifer, Favio Raul
name: Forte, Juan Carlos
name: Zepf, Stephen E.
name: Sharpies, Ray
name: Hanes, David A.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: NGC 4649 (M60) is one of a handful of giant Virgo ellipticals. We have obtained Gemini/GMOS (Gemini North Multi-Object Spectrograph) spectra for 38 globular clusters (GCs) associated with this galaxy. Applying the multi-index x2 minimization technique of Proctor and Sansom with the single stellar population models of Thomas, Maraston and Korn, we derive ages, metallicities and α-element abundance ratios. We find several young (2-3 Gyr old) supersolar metallicity GCs, while the majority are old (>10 Gyr), spanning a range of metallicities from solar to [Z/H] = -2. At least two of these young GCs are at large projected radii of 17-20 kpc. The galaxy itself shows no obvious signs of a recent starburst, interaction or merger. A trend of decreasing α-element ratio with increasing metallicity is found.
Smoking guns and smouldering lips: 'The Big Sleep'
Creators: name: McFarlane, Brian
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Raymond Chandler, author of the 1939 novel 'The Big Sleep', famously claimed that his contemporary, Dashiell Hammett (author of The Maltese Falcon) had taken murder out of the vicar's rose garden and given it 'back to the kind of people who commit it for reasons, not just to provide a corpse'. He was having a dig at what he considered the genteel tradition of English detective fi ction, above all the province of female writers from the 1930s (Agatha Christie, Marjorie Allingham, etc).
Assessing the Regional Costs of Drought Using Time Series and the Synthetic Control Method in Australia
Creators: name: Fleming-Muñoza, David A.
name: Capon, Tim
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Climate Change
subject: Community/Rural/Urban Development
subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: Drought
subject: impact assessment
subject: synthetic control

description: Droughts can impose significant economic impacts to regional economies, yet quantifying their true costs remains a challenge. This study examines the economic impacts of the 2017–2020 drought in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, using time series analysis and the Synthetic Control Method (SCM). Our analysis highlights substantial economic losses at both the regional and agricultural levels. In the Tamworth region (a key agricultural region in NSW), value added (VA) stagnated post-2017, with cumulative losses of billions of dollars by 2035 in contrast to a good scenario unaffected by the drought. The SCM results reveal that the North West region experienced an 80% loss in cash per unit of labour, whereas the Central West and Riverina regions demonstrated greater resilience, recovering by 2022. These findings underscore the long-term economic effects of drought beyond the immediate rainfall deficit, with opportunity costs translating into lower growth prospects. The study provides critical insights for policymakers, emphasising the need for region-specific adaptation strategies that enhance resilience. By integrating forecasting and counterfactual analysis, this research offers a robust framework for assessing drought-related disruptions and informing targeted policy interventions to mitigate future economic shocks.
Covert relationship: American foreign policy, intelligence, and the Iran-Iraq War, 1980--1988
Creators: name: Gibson, Bryan
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: History, United States.
subject: Political Science, International Law and Relations.

description: Following the Iranian Revolution of 1979, Iraq invaded Iran resulting in a costly war from 1980 to 1988, which threatened American interests in the Persian Gulf. From the outset, the stated official American policy was strict neutrality, but this was not the case. The war had provided the United States with an opportunity to improve relations with Iraq, particularly alter Iran reversed the Iraqi invasion in the summer of 1982. Because the Reagan administration could not let Iraq collapse, the United States tilted heavily towards Iraq in defiance of its stated policy. Interestingly, the tilt towards Iraq did not stop the Reagan administration from secretly dealing with Iran in 1985. Consequently, the disclosure of these dealings resulted in the buildup of American naval forces in the region to protect the shipment of oil, and eventually the use of force to end the conflict in 1988.
Regulation of the X-linked Inhibitor of Apoptosis Protein (XIAP) expression through alternative non-coding regions
Creators: name: Riley, Alura
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Biology, Molecular.

description: The X-linked Inhibitor of Apoptosis Protein (XIAP) counters diverse apoptotic pathways through inhibition of caspases. The levels of XIAP protein can be increased translationally in response to pathophysiological stress, elevating the apoptotic threshold of cells. Here, I have characterized two XIAP mRNA isoforms, which differ only in their 5' untranslated regions. When global translation is attenuated during pathophysiological stress, the translation of one XIAP mRNA isoform is dramatically increased through the action of an Internal Ribosome Entry Site (IRES). In contrast, the second XIAP mRNA isoform supports cap-dependent translation of Xiap, but does not contain a functional IRES element. The physiological relevance and contribution of the XIAP mRNA variants to XIAP protein levels have been examined using RNA Interference, in conjunction with a cellular stress model. The distinct translational activities of these two transcripts under cellular stress suggest a model for a dual mode of XIAP regulation, which may be a common mechanism.
title: Umweltfreundlich mobil!
title: Umweltfreundlich mobil!
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Allekotte, Michel
name: Althaus, Hans-Jörg
name: Bergk, Fabian
Publisher: name: Umweltbundesamt
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Verkehrsmittel
subject: Verkehrsartenvergleich
subject: Verkehrsarten
subject: Verkehrsartenbilanzierung
subject: Verkehrsmittelvergleich
subject: Verkehr

description: In der umweltpolitischen Diskussion sind ökologische Verkehrsartenvergleiche stark nachgefragt und werden für unterschiedlichste Zwecke verwendet. Basierend auf der Studie "Ökologische Bewertung von Verkehrsarten" (UBA-Texte 156/2020) zeigt die Broschüre "Umweltfreundlich mobil!" überblicksartig und anschaulich die ökologischen Wirkungen der verschiedenen Verkehrsarten in Deutschland im Vergleich. Hierzu wurden alle relevanten Verkehrsträger (Straße, Schiene, Wasser und Luft) sowie die zugehörigen Verkehrsmittel hinsichtlich der Wirkungskategorien "Treibhausgasemissionen", "Luftschadstoffe", "Flächenbedarf" und "Umweltkosten" ausgewertet. Die Betrachtung erfolgt über den gesamten Lebensweg entlang der Abschnitte "Nutzung", "Energiebereitstellung", "Fahrzeugherstellung/-wartung/-entsorgung" sowie "Verkehrsinfrastrukturbau/-unterhalt/-betrieb". Quelle: Umweltbundesamt
description: In der umweltpolitischen Diskussion sind ökologische Verkehrsartenvergleiche stark nachgefragt und werden für unterschiedlichste Zwecke verwendet. Basierend auf der Studie „Ökologische Bewertung von Verkehrsarten“ (⁠UBA⁠-Texte 156/2020) zeigt die Broschüre „Umweltfreundlich mobil!“ überblicksartig und anschaulich die ökologischen Wirkungen der verschiedenen Verkehrsarten in Deutschland im Vergleich.Hierzu wurden alle relevanten Verkehrsträger (Straße, Schiene, Wasser und Luft) sowie die zugehörigen Verkehrsmittel hinsichtlich der Wirkungskategorien „Treibhausgasemissionen“, „Luftschadstoffe“, „Flächenbedarf“ und „Umweltkosten“ ausgewertet. Die Betrachtung erfolgt über den gesamten Lebensweg entlang der Abschnitte „Nutzung“, „Energiebereitstellung“, „Fahrzeugherstellung/-wartung/-entsorgung“ sowie „Verkehrsinfrastrukturbau/-unterhalt/-betrieb“.
Empfehlungen zur Reduzierung von Mikroverunreinigungen in den Gewässern
Creators: name: Ahting, Maren
name: Brauer, Frank
name: Duffek, Anja
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Spurenstoff
subject: EG-Wasserrahmenrichtlinie
subject: Abwasserbehandlung
subject: Mikroverunreinigung
subject: Belastung des Grundwassers
subject: Wasserrahmenrichtlinie
subject: EU-Wasserrahmenrichtlinie
subject: Wasser

description: Rückstände von Arznei- und Pflanzenschutzmitteln, Bioziden und anderen Chemikalien können schon in geringen Konzentrationen nachteilige Wirkungen in der Umwelt und auf die menschliche Gesundheit haben. Diese Mikroverunreinigungen werden nicht zuletzt dank verfeinerter Analyseverfahren zunehmend in unseren Gewässern nachgewiesen. Um zukünftige Gewässerbelastungen zu vermeiden, bedarf es vorsorgender Maßnahmen. Das ⁠UBA⁠ hat die Eintragspfade analysiert, kritische Stoffeigenschaften benannt und schlägt eine Kombination von Maßnahmen bei Herstellung, Verwendung und Abwasserbehandlung für einen umfassenden Gewässerschutz vor.>> Sollten Sie beim Download der PDF-Datei Probleme haben, versuchen Sie es bitte mit einem anderen Internetbrowser. <<
Changes in parents' perceived injury risk after a medically-attended injury to their child
Creators: name: Ishikawa, Takuro
name: Mâsse, Louise C.
name: Brussoni, Mariana
Publisher: name: Elsevier
Year: 2021

description: Unintentional injuries are a major cause of hospitalization and death for children worldwide. Since children who sustain a medically-attended injury are at higher risk of recurrence, it is crucial to generate knowledge that informs interventions to prevent re-incidence. This study examines when, in the year following a medically-attended injury, parents perceive the greatest risk of injury recurrence. Since perception of injury risk is associated with parental preventive behavior, this can inform decisions on the timing of parent-targeted interventions to prevent re-injury. Study participants were 186 English-fluent parents of children 0 to 16 years, presenting at the British Columbia Children's Hospital for an unintentional pediatric injury. Perceived risk of the same and of any injury recurring were elicited from parents, when they sought treatment at the hospital, as well as one, four, and twelve months later. Mixed-effects models were used to analyze changes in parents' responses. Analysis indicates that perceived risk of the same injury recurring did not change. However, perceived risk of any injury recurring increased from baseline to first follow-up, then decreased during the rest of the year. Overall, perceived risk of any injury was higher for parents whose child had a history of injuries.
Expression and suppression of prejudice: Investigating linguistic intergroup bias
Creators: name: Shulman, Jessica Leigh
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Language, Modern.
subject: Psychology, Social.
subject: Psychology, Clinical.

description: The role of language in the transmission of prejudice has received much theoretical attention, including the features of the linguistic intergroup bias (LIB) paradigm (Maass, Salvi, Arcuri, & Semin, 1989; 2000). The LIB model posits that a person's linguistic choices in describing others may reveal positive in-group and negative out-group biases (e.g., Maass, 1999). The following studies investigate specific intrapersonal and socio-contextual variables related to both the mitigation and maintenance of linguistic intergroup bias. The first study examines the acquisition of an out-group language and the subsequent development of out-group identity among minority Canadian Francophones as factors mitigating biased speech. Results reveal that second language (L2) confidence and out-group identification are both related to a decrease in negative out-group bias. However, these same factors appear to promote biased speech toward the in-group. This unexpected finding is understood in relation to the relative imbalance in social power between Francophone and Anglophone Canadians. A subsequent study expands upon these results, through investigation of the LIB in relation to relative group status. While some participants demonstrate a LIB effect, others show out-group favoritism, dubbed here as a reverse LIB effect. Moreover, minority-group members use linguistic bias differently than do majority-group members. These findings suggest that certain factors may in fact contribute to variations in the typical LIB effect. A final study explores the effect of an experimental manipulation of identity on the LIB. Among several revealing observations, analyses indicate that the priming of an inclusive, super-ordinate Canadian identity among minority group members has an effect on linguistic bias use. Results are discussed in the context of intergroup communication theory.
The Short Treatment Allocation Tool for Eating Disorders : current practices in assigning patients to level of care
Creators: name: Geller, Josie
name: Isserlin, Leanna
name: Seale, Emily
name: Iyar, Megumi M.
name: Coelho, Jennifer S.
name: Srikameswaran, Suja
name: Norris, Mark
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2019

description: The Short Treatment Allocation Tool for Eating Disorders (STATED) is a new evidence-based algorithm developed to match patients to the most clinically appropriate and cost-effective level of care (Geller et al., 2016). The objective of this research was to examine the extent to which current practices are in alignment with STATED recommendations. Method: Participants were 179 healthcare professionals providing care for youth and/or adults with eating disorders. They completed an online survey and rated the extent to which three patient dimensions (medical stability, symptom severity, and readiness) were used in assigning patients to each of five levels of care. Results: The majority of analyses testing a priori hypotheses based on the STATED were statistically significant (all p’s < .001), in the direction of STATED recommendations. However, a strict coding scheme evaluating the extent to which ratings were fully consistent with the STATED showed inconsistency rates ranging from 17 to 55% across the five levels of care, with the greatest inconsistencies involving the use of readiness information, and the lowest involving the use of medical stability information. Discussion: Although practices were generally aligned with the STATED recommendations, readiness information was used least consistently in assigning patients to level of care.