cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Methode zur Bewertung des klimagerechten Bauens am Beispiel vernakularer Wohnbauten der römischen Antike
Creators: name: Röseler, Holger
name: :Unav
Publisher: name: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Year: 2021
Subjects: Klimaanpassung
Bauphysik
Behaglichkeit
Architekturgeschichte
Simulation

description: Klimagerechtes Bauen gewinnt durch den Klimawandel und die Ressourcenverknappung immer mehr an Bedeutung. Traditionelle Wohngebäude werden oft als vorbildliche, klimagerechte Bauweisen beschrieben. Diese pauschale Bewertung erfolgt jedoch meist ohne Angabe einer Begründung oder objektiver Kriterien und wird aktuell kritisch diskutiert. Im Rahmen dieser Arbeit wird daher eine Methode entwickelt, um Wohngebäude im Kontext der zeitlichen und lokalen Randbedingungen hinsichtlich der klimagerechten Bauweise quantitativ zu bewerten. Hierfür werden zunächst adäquate Zielgrößen diskutiert und eine neue Größe eingeführt, um die thermische Behaglichkeit in einem Raum über einen definierten Zeitraum zu quantifizieren. Der methodische Ansatz zur Bewertung basiert auf Regressionsanalysen, die mittels der Ergebnisse hygrothermischer Simulationen zu einem Prognosemodell führen. Eine anschließende Klassifikation ordnet das Ergebnis ein. Die Anwendung der Methode erfolgt abschließend an ausgewählten vernakularen Wohngebäuden der römischen Antike, um die grundlegende Fragestellung zu diskutieren, ob diese Gebäude in Anbetracht der damaligen technischen Möglichkeiten klimagerecht waren.
Crustal Seismic Anisotropy and Structure from Textural and Seismic Investigations in the Cycladic Region, Greece
Creators: name: Cossette, Élise
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2015
Subjects: Seismic anisotropy
Crystallographic preferred orientation
Cyclades
Fault zone
Receiver functions
Numerical modelling

description: In the first article, the seismic properties for a suite of rocks along the West Cycladic Detachment System (Greece) are calculated, using Electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) measurements and the minerals’ elastic stiffness tensors. Muscovite and glaucophane well defined crystallographic preferred orientation increases the seismic anisotropy. Maximum Pwave velocities have the same orientation as the Miocene extension and maximum S-wave anisotropy is subhorizontal, parallel with mineral alignment, suggesting strong radial anisotropy with a slow subvertical axis of symmetry. In the second article, teleseismic receiver functions are calculated for an array of stations in the Cyclades and decomposed into back-azimuth harmonics to visualise the variations in structure and anisotropy across the array. Synthetic receiver functions are modeled using the first order structural observations of seismic discontinuities and EBSD data. They indicate 5% of anisotropy with slow symmetry axis in the upper crust, and demonstrate the importance of rock textural constraints in seismic velocity profile interpretation.
Understanding Parkinson's Disease: Mechanisms of Action of DJ-1
Creators: name: Rousseaux, Maxime
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: DJ-1
Parkinson's disease
ROS
Animal models

description: Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the most common movement neurodegenerative disease affecting approximately 1% of the population over 60. Though originally thought to be sporadic in nature, a genetic component is increasingly being linked to the disease. Of these genes, mutations in DJ-1 (PARK7) cause early onset autosomal recessive PD. Initial workup of the DJ-1 protein has suggested that it may act in the cell by combatting oxidative stress though the mechanism by which it does so is unclear. Thus, though much work has attempted to elucidate a function at the biochemical, cellular and organismal level, the overt physiological role of DJ-1 remains elusive. In this dissertation, we explore the mechanisms through which DJ-1 confers neuroprotection, particularly in the case of oxidative stress insult. We demonstrate that DJ-1 acts through the pro-survival protein AKT to accomplish its neuroprotective function. Moreover, we note that DJ-1 likely serves its role as an antioxidant through the NRF2 master antioxidant regulator pathway a pathway that is, itself, likely to be regulated by AKT. Together, our results demonstrate that neuroprotection by DJ-1 is done through a signaling pathway involving both AKT and NRF2 and that disruption of the former in PD likely results in abolishing this signaling pathway. Finally, to generate a better animal model of PD, we demonstrate that backcrossing DJ-1 null mice - which originally did not demonstrate any gross histopathological or behavioral phenotypes – display unilateral dopaminergic degeneration that progresses to bilateral degeneration with aging, a feature reminiscent of classical PD progression. Collectively, this thesis takes a two-sided approach to address the biochemical and physiological functions of DJ-1 within the cell and the mouse in hopes of elucidating mechanisms of neuronal death to devise better translational therapies.
Konzeptionierung des Recyclingprozesses von Leichtbaustoffen am Beispiel von Porenbeton
Creators: name: Stier, Christian
name: :Unav
Publisher: name: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Year: 2015
Subjects: Recycling
Porenbeton
Bauschutt
Zerkleinerung
Abbruchunternehmen
Abbruchverband
autoclaved aerated concrete
construction waste
demolition company
demolition associations
crushing

description: Die Menge an recyceltem Hochbauschutt stieg in Deutschland in den letzten Jahren immer weiter an. Dennoch gibt es nach wie vor Baustoffe, welche bislang nicht als Sekundärbaustoffe oder in neuen Produkten eingesetzt oder hierfür in Betracht gezogen werden. Dazu zählt auch Bauschutt aus Porenbeton. Die vorliegende Arbeit zeigt den Stand des Wissens zum Recycling von Porenbeton auf und legt Ergebnisse einer Befragung bei deutschen Abbruchunternehmen zu deren Umgang mit Porenbetonabfällen dar. Orientierende praktische Versuche sollen Erkenntnisse zu den mechanischen Eigenschaften des Materials liefern und die Grundlage für weitere praktische Untersuchungen bilden.
description: Over the past few years increasing quantities of construction waste from high-rise buildings have been recycled in Germany. However, some types of building material are still not reused as secondary building material or in new products. One such material is autoclaved aerated concrete. This thesis provides an overview of the state of knowledge on the recycling of autoclaved aerated concrete, and presents the results of a survey conducted concerning German demolition companies’ handling of autoclaved aerated concrete waste. Preliminary experiments offer insight into the mechanical features of the material and serve as a basis for further practical research.
Narrativa de drogas: una investigación transatlántica en la producción cultural de España, México y Colombia
Creators: name: Molina Lora, Luis Eduardo
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011
Subjects: Narrativa de drogas
literatura sobre drogas
cultura y drogas en Colombia
cultura y drogas en España
cultura y drogas en México
Transatlántico
Intermedialidad
Narcocorridos
Corridos prohibidos
Genealogías temáticas de la narrativa sobre drogas
Narrativas de la periferia en México
la nueva violencia en la literatura colombiana
Escenarios del universo narco
Representaciones narrativas del espacio narco
Narcos y estética kitsch
El personaje en la producción cultural sobre narcotráfico
Intermedialidad y reciclaje cultural
Asesora de imagen
La mula o el sujeto canguro
El drogodependiente
El asesor legal
El sicario
El arriero
La mujer silicona y la mujer trofeo
El hombre de letras
El policía
El amante de Janis Joplin
La reina del sur
Leopardo al sol
Bajarse al moro

description: This dissertation explores the theme of drugs in Spanish, Colombian and Mexican cultural production. A first part of this investigation consists of establishing the historical contexts of these cultural products within their respective country. In a second part, I theorize about the space that characterizes the drug narratives. A third part consists of analyzing the important recurrent characters in these narratives and, based on this analysis, developing a descriptive catalogue of archetypes.
An Application Framework for Monitoring Care Processes
Creators: name: Baarah, Aladdin
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: Application Framework
Architectural Pattern
Meta-model
Application Model
Healthcare
Wait time
service time
performance management
Care Process Monitoring
Business Process Management
Real-time Location Service
Business Intelligence
Software Methodology

description: Care process monitoring is important in healthcare domains to provide precise and detailed analytics on patients, providers, and resources participating in a care process and their status. These analytics are used to keep track of whether the quality of care goals set by healthcare organizations are satisfied and ensure that legislative and organizational guidelines are followed. The complexity of care process monitoring can vary depending on whether the care process takes place in a hospital or out in the community, and it can vary depending on the complexity of the information technology infrastructure that is in place to support the care process. A Care Process Monitoring Application (CPMA) is a software application which collects and integrates data from various sources while a care process is being provided, in order to provide performance reporting of metrics that are used to measure how well the performance goals and guidelines for the care process are being met. In our research, we have studied how CPMAs are built in order to improve the quality of their engineering. The significant challenge in this context is how to engineer a CPMA so that the engineering process is repeatable, produces a CPMA of consistent high quality, and requires less time, less effort and less complexity. This thesis proposes an application framework for care process monitoring that collects and integrates events from event sources, maintains the individual and aggregate states of the care process and populates a metrics data mart to support performance reporting. Our contributions are the following: a state-based application meta-model of care process monitoring, a care process monitoring architectural pattern, and finally, a behavior driven development methodology for CPMAs based on our meta-model and architectural pattern. Our results are validated through three different case studies in which we collaborated with two different health care organizations to build and deploy CPMAs for two different care processes (one hospital-based, the other community-based) in collaboration with healthcare clinicians and researchers.
New Multi-Objective Optimization Techniques and Their Application to Complex Chemical Engineering Problems
Creators: name: Vandervoort, Allan
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011
Subjects: Multi-Objective Optimization
Pareto Domain
PI Controller
Ethylene Oxide Reactor

description: In this study, two new Multi-Objective Optimization (MOO) techniques are developed. The two new techniques, the Objective-Based Gradient Algorithm (OBGA) and the Principal Component Grid Algorithm (PCGA), were developed with the goals of improving the accuracy and efficiency of the Pareto domain approximation relative to current MOO techniques. Both methods were compared to current MOO techniques using several test problems. It was found that both the OBGA and PCGA systematically produced a more accurate Pareto domain than current MOO techniques used for comparison, for all problems studied. The OBGA requires less computation time than the current MOO methods for relatively simple problems whereas for more complex objective functions, the computation time was larger. On the other hand, the efficiency of the PCGA was higher than the current MOO techniques for all problems tested. The new techniques were also applied to complex chemical engineering problems. The OBGA was applied to an industrial reactor producing ethylene oxide from ethylene. The optimization varied four of the reactor input parameters, and the selectivity, productivity and a safety factor related to the presence of oxygen in the reactor were maximized. From the optimization results, recommendations were made based on the ideal reactor operating conditions, and the control of key reactor parameters. The PCGA was applied to a PI controller model to develop new tuning methods based on the Pareto domain. The developed controller tuning methods were compared to several previously developed controller correlations. It was found that all previously developed controller correlations showed equal or worse performance than that based on the Pareto domain. The tuning methods were applied to a fourth order process and a process with a disturbance, and demonstrated excellent performance.
Molecular epidemiology of rotaviruses isolated from hospitalised children in Melbourne, Australia
Creators: name: Shah, Kiran
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Rotaviruses are the leading cause of severe gastroenteritis in children worldwide. The morbidity due to rotavirus related illness in developed countries is significant, and results in an estimated 610,000 childhood deaths annually. Until the mid 1990s, four major G serotypes (G1-G4) of rotavirus had been determined to circulate in Australian communities and around the world. Since then, the emergence of G9 rotaviruses has been reported worldwide, and with its unique ability to spread rapidly, many countries have reported the presence of this serotype. In Australia, serotype G9 strains were first isolated in 1997. A recent outbreak (in 2001) caused by serotype G9 rotavirus in Central Australia highlights the epidemiological importance of this serotype. The main aim of this thesis was to analyse the evolution of serotype G9 rotaviruses in Melbourne and characterise their antigenic and genetic properties. An epidemiological study conducted in this study in 2002 revealed a predominance of serotype G9 rotaviruses (58%) in rotavirus positive isolates obtained from hospitalised children. This thesis further explored the extent of genetic variation among serotype G9 rotaviruses collected over a longer period of six years (1997-2002) from children admitted to the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne. Six different antigenic groups of the VP7 protein among serotype G9 isolates were defined in this study. Genetic analysis of the VP7 gene showed that the Melbourne strains were closely related to each other, however, no conserved amino acid difference were found to correlate with the antigenic group. Genetic variation was observed in two of the non-structural proteins, NSP1 and NSP4, which were analysed in this study. Phylogenetic analysis indicated the existence of two clusters of NSP1 gene present in Melbourne serotype G9 strains. Strain R1 had an NSP1 gene that was closely related (96% sequence identity) to the serotype G1 strain, Wa, suggesting a possible gene reassortment between rotaviruses of different serotypes. Strain R1 also shared close identity with the NSP4 gene of the serotype G1 strain, Wa (95% sequence identity). Most interestingly, strain R24 exhibited significant variation to the rest of Melbourne isolates studied (73-78% sequence identity) and only 66%-78% sequence identity with other prototype NSP4 genes. These findings suggest that R24 may belong to a new NSP4 genotype. These findings contribute new information regarding the extent of genetic variation among non-structural proteins of serotype G9 rotaviruses.
La inscripción en el Registro de entidades religiosas. Comentario a la sentencia de la Audiencia Nacional (sala de lo contencioso-administrativo, sección 3), de 11 octubre 2007
Creators: name: Moreno Mozos, María Del Mar
Publisher: name: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale
Year: 2011

description: La sentenza è riportata per esteso in calce al commento.
description: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale, 2008: 14 gennaio
Challenges ahead for the next government of East Timor
Creators: name: Leach, Michael
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: While Jose Ramos-Horta’s emphatic victory in the runoff round of presidential elections offers new hope of political stability in East Timor, all eyes are on the more important parliamentary elections on June 30. The party or coalition commanding a majority in the 65-member assembly parliament will form government, and determine who fills the more powerful post of Prime Minister.
Qualche considerazione metodologica in fatto di storiografia ecclesiastica
Creators: name: Bellini, Piero
Publisher: name: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale
Year: 2011

description: SOMMARIO: 1. Considerazioni propedeutiche circa il dinamismo storico delle Religioni Positive – 2. Conseguenti  condizionamenti del relativo approccio storiografico – 3.  Concorso nel primo Cristianesimo di molteplici fattori mistici – 4. Conseguenti varietà espressive del primo Cristianesimo – 5. Concomitante complessa varietà di attestazioni scritturistiche – 6. Ricerche storiografiche di orientamento fideistico – 7. Tesi di riguardosa ortodossia – 8. Contrapporsi di tesi storiografiche di diverso orientamento fideistico – 9. Ricostruzioni storiografiche
fondate sul primato del “movimento cristiano principale” o sul rapporto dialettico “ortodossia-eterodossia” – 10. Note caratterizzatrici d’un approccio storiografico di tipo “curialistico” – 11. Critica d’un tal approccio storiografico – 12. Approccio
storiografico fondato sul “vissuto storico” – 13. Valore del Messaggio cristico siccome inteso dai suoi destinatari – 14. Vantaggi d’una tal impostazione storiografica.
description: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale, 2008: 21 gennaio
Gene Expression Changes from Exposure to Phthalates in Testicular Cells
Creators: name: Nguyen, Bryan
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: phthalates
mono-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate
gene expression
methylation
testicular germ cell tumours

description: Phthalates are industrial plasticizers with a wide range of applications. Di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) is one of the most highly produced and frequently studied phthalates. Its metabolite, mono-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (MEHP) is known as a testicular toxicant. The objective of this study was to examine expression of the genes of interest in testicular germ cells exposed to MEHP in a dose- and time-dependent manner at concentrations of 1µM, 10µM, and 100µM at 24, 48, 72 and 96hr time points. The genes consisted of Testisin, GSPT1, and MGMT genes which are a tumor suppressors, phase II xenobiotic metabolizing enzyme and DNA repair gene respectively. These genes were analyzed by Quantitative Real Time PCR (RT-PCR). The results revealed an overall down-regulation for each gene as the concentration and/or time increased. Testisin was the focus of the gene expression analysis. Testisin is epigenetically silenced in testicular germ cell tumors (TGCT) by DNA methylation at the 5’CpG island of the gene. To investigate if MEHP is capable of DNA hypermethylation, a co-exposure with 5-azacytidine (demethylating agent) was conducted. Compared with the 5-azacytidine treatment alone, there was a significant down-regulation of the Testisin gene in the co-exposure. This suggests that MEHP may down-regulate Testisin gene expression by DNA methylation. These findings provide evidence that MEHP can alter the expression of Testisin, GSTP1 and MGMT, genes that are associated in the risk of developing testicular germ cell tumors. In addition, results indicated that MEHP may cause DNA methylation leading to the down-regulation/silencing of genes such as Testisin.
Model Predictive Control with Stabilizing Prediction Horizon of Systems Described by Time-Discretized ODEs and DAEs
Creators: name: Morgenstern, Dimitri
name: :Unav
Publisher: name: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Year: 2024
Subjects: Model Predictive Control (MPC)
Receding Horizon Control (RHC)
Stabilizing Prediction Horizon
Differential-Algebraic Equations (DAEs)
Constraints

description: In this thesis, model predictive control (MPC) of linear time-invariant inhomogeneous explicit and implicit difference equations is considered. Closed-loop stability via a sufficiently long prediction horizon is addressed. A stabilizing prediction horizon can be determined via an optimization problem that is dependent on a comparison function sufficing a controllability condition. Methods for the determination of such a comparison function are developed. Here, quadratic level costs with symmetric state-input weighting matrices are considered. Methods for the inclusion of linear inequality state and input constraints are developed. Considering the comparison function, a maximal singular value is wanted to be minimal. A solution can be obtained by mainly computing an inverse or a QR decomposition. Methods for the systematic determination of a stabilizing prediction horizon are contributed. The existing theory is extended in, for example, the possibility to consider state and input constraints. The benefits of the developed methods are shown via two examples. It is shown how to implement MPC algorithms by transforming the optimal control problem into a quadratic program.
Poteri pubblici e laicità delle istituzioni: i giudici
Creators: name: Colaianni, Nicola
Publisher: name: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale
Year: 2011

description: Testo della relazione svolta al convegno organizzato dagli allievi del prof. Sergio Lariccia in Roma il 7 novembre 2007 su “Poteri pubblici e laicità delle istituzioni. Sessant’anni di esperienza costituzionale”, di prossima pubblicazione negli Atti relativi.SOMMARIO: 1. A Sergio Lariccia - 2. Come eravamo - 3. Gli anni ’50 e ’60: la notte fonda della laicità come eguaglianza - 4. La svolta divorzista: la laicità come distinzione degli ordini - 5. Il regressus degli anni ’70 - 6. In vista della revisione concordataria degli anni ’80 – 7. La risalita degli anni ’90: la laicità come non confessionalità - 8. P.M. e C.S.M.: la laicità nell’amministrazione della giustizia – 9. L’ultima giurisprudenza e le prospettive della laicità.
description: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale, 2008: 21 gennaio
L’evoluzione del diritto ecclesiastico nella giurisprudenza della Corte costituzionale
Creators: name: Vitali, Enrico
Publisher: name: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale
Year: 2011

description: Testo dell’intervento alla Tavola rotonda sul tema “Il diritto ecclesiastico e la formazione del diritto vivente nella giurisprudenza della Corte costituzionale” (Roma, 15 novembre 2007), svoltasi in occasione della presentazione del volume, a cura di R. Botta, Diritto ecclesiastico e Corte costituzionale, ed. ESI, Napoli, 2006, destinato alla pubblicazione sul prossimo numero de Il diritto ecclesiastico.SOMMARIO: 1. Tre grandi periodi – 2. L’ultimo triennio – 3. Verso un punto di equilibrio.
description: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale, 2008: 21 gennaio
Une théorie des universaux pour la psychologie.
Creators: name: Belisle, Denis.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1991
Subjects: subject: Philosophy.

description: This thesis reformulates the philosophical problem of universals in view of an appropriation by psychology and, as a solution, identifies a fundamental distinction between two types of one-to-many relationships: the local-global relationship and the particular-general relationship. The argument is developed in two sequences. First, the epistemological, ontological and historical importance of the problem of universals is outlined through an uncritical review of some classic philosophical writings, followed by an overview of certain relevant facts in physiology and psychology. The second sequence establishes a rudimentary ontology and presents a psychological theory of universals using the notion of depth as a source of examples. The central element of the proposed theory is the local-global/particular-general distinction: local-global characterizes situations where many (local) events have as a common and necessary consequence only one other (global) event, such as when parts belong to a whole; particular-general concerns situations where many (particular) events share a resemblance that collects them into a (general) group, such as when elements belong to a class. The local-global and the particular-general are very different relationships, yet they complement each other and universals are presented as ultimate results of interactions between these two relational modes of events. Finally, the thesis concludes that there is an absence of evidence concerning singularity, but nevertheless proposes three ways to maintain its plausibility.
Sponsors and the alliance activity of new technology-based firms
Creators: name: Colombo, Massimo
name: Grilli, Luca
name: Piva, Evila
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The aim of this paper is to identify empirically the characteristics that lead new technology-based firms (NTBFs) to establish collaborative agreements with other firms and research organizations. Since the seminal work by Teece (1986), the wish of firms to obtain access to complementary assets possessed by other firms that can be combined with their own assets so as to obtain synergistic gains has figured prominently among the motives of alliance formation. This argument is especially pertinent to NTBFs. In fact, these firms are often created with the aim of exploiting commercially an innovative technology; their distinctive technological capabilities relating to an innovative idea make them attractive as alliance partner. In addition, they generally lack the specialized complementary assets that are needed to exploit this idea commercially. Nevertheless, access by NTBFs to specialized complementary assets through alliances may encounter serious obstacles. On the one hand, the search for potential partners by managers of high-tech start-ups is a time consuming activity, with great opportunity costs. These costs are expected to decrease if entrepreneurs can rely on the social network of a 'sponsoring organization'. In this perspective, venture capital (VC)-backed companies and academic start-ups (ASU, that is companies formed by academic personnel and supported by public research institutions) enjoy an advantage with respect to other NTBFs. On the other hand, if the quality of the distinctive capabilities of a NTBF is unknown to potential partners, adverse selection problems similar to those that NTBFs experience in financial markets arise, hindering the establishment of the alliance. Therefore, the ability of NTBFs to credibly signal their quality and the certification effect of endorsement by a sponsoring institution, be it a VC firm, a public research institution, or a public administration providing subsidies to the R&D activity of the NTBF, play a key role in favoring alliance formation.
Bestimmung der Tiefe von vertikalen Rissen in stahlverstärktem Beton mithilfe von Ultraschall-Tomographiesystemen
Creators: name: Stiglmair, Patrick
name: :Unav
Publisher: name: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Year: 2021
Subjects: Fehlerdetektion
Betonbauteil
Ultraschalltomographie

description: Diese Arbeit befasst sich mit der Tiefenbestimmung von Oberflächenrissen in Betonbauteilen mithilfe der Ultraschalltomographen „A1040 Mira“ und „A1040 Mira 3D Pro“ von Acoustic Control Systems (ACS). Es wurden an vorgefertigten Probekörpern mit eingebrachten Rissen/Nuten Ultraschallprüfungen vorgenommen. Die Messungen erfolgten durch in einer Matrix angeordnete Trockenkontaktprüfköpfe, die niederfrequente Scherwellen aussenden. Die aufgenommenen Daten wurden mithilfe von in Python programmierten Algorithmen verarbeitet und verschiedenen Prüfhypothesen unterworfen, die bei Überlegungen zur Aufgabe der Bestimmung der Risstiefe entstanden sind. Ziel der Arbeit war es, eine geeignete, reproduzierbare Methode zu entwickeln, mit deren Hilfe man die Tiefe von Oberflächenrissen in Beton zuverlässig bestimmen kann. Eine solche Methode würde eine Lebensdauerabschätzung, beispielsweise von sicherheitsrelevanten Strukturen aus Beton, ermöglichen.
Stato e chiese in Italia nel pensiero e nell’azione di Gaetano Salvemini
Creators: name: Lariccia, Sergio
Publisher: name: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale
Year: 2011

description: Relazione presentata nel convegno su Gaetano Salvemini: ancora un riferimento, svoltosi a Roma, Palazzo Giustiniani, nei giorni 11 e 12 dicembre 2007, a cura dell’ANIMI (Associazione italiana per gli interessi del mezzogiorno d’Italia), in corso
di stampa negli Atti del convegno.SOMMARIO: 1. Premessa. – 2. La questione dei rapporti tra stato e chiese nella complessiva bibliografia degli scritti di Salvemini.. – 3. Gli anni dell’Italia liberale. – 4. Gli anni dell’Italia fascista. – 5. Gli anni dell’Italia democratica. Le libertà di religione e verso la religione. – 6. La partecipazione appassionata ai fatti del giorno. La figura di un cittadino di una società democratica libera e ugualitaria. 7. Fede, religione, anticlericalismo e laicità nel pensiero di Gaetano Salvemini.– 8.
Conclusioni.
description: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale, 2008: 28 gennaio
Filtering of Segmentation Hierarchies for Improved Region-to-Region Matching
Creators: name: Walzer, Oliver
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011
Subjects: Computer vision system
Segmentation hierarchies
Segment filter
Region-to-region match

description: The representation and manipulation of visual content in a computer vision system requires a suitable abstraction of raw visual content such as pixels in an image. In this thesis, we study region-based feature representations and in particular, hierarchical segmentations because they do make no assumptions about region granularity. Hierarchical segmentations create a large feature space that increases the cost of subsequent processing in computer vision systems. We introduce a segment filter to reduce the feature space of hierarchical segmentations by identifying unique regions in the images. The filter uses appearance-based properties of the regions and the structure of the segmentation for the selection of a small set of descriptive regions. The filter works in two phases: selection with a criteria based on relative region size and a sorting based on a variational criteria. The filter is applicable to any hierarchical segmentation algorithm, in particular to bottom-up and region growing approaches. We evaluate the filter's performance against an extensive set of ground-truth regions from a dataset containing image sequences with scenes of different complexity. We demonstrate a novel region-to-region image matching approach as a possible application of our segment filter. A reduced segmentation tree is reconstructed based on the set of regions provided by the filtering. The reduction of the feature space by the segment filter simplifies our region-to-region matching approach. The correspondences between regions from two different images is established by a similarity measure. We use a modified mutual information measurement to compute the similarity of regions. The identified region correspondences are refined using the reduced segmentation tree. Our region-to-region matching approach is evaluated with an extensive set of ground-truth correspondences. This evaluation shows the large potential of both, our filtering and our matching approach.
Entwicklung einer Python-Toolkette zur automatisierten Analyse von EE-Potenzialen in Quartieren auf Basis von GIS-Daten
Creators: name: Schlamann, Mike
name: :Unav
Publisher: name: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Year: 2025
Subjects: Python
Potenzialanalyse
Energieträger
Software
system desgin

description: Diese Master-Thesis beschäftigt sich mit der Entwicklung einer Python-Toolkette zur automatisierten Potenzialanalyse erneuerbarer Energieträger auf Basis von Geodaten in Quartieren. Die Toolkette nutzt verschiedene Open-Source-Python-Bibliotheken und integriert hauptsächlich frei verfügbare Geodaten aus Nordrhein-Westfalen (NRW). Zur intuitiven Bedienung des Tools sind GIS-Karten und interaktive Diagramme zur Ergebnisauswertung vorgesehen. Die Arbeit erläutert detailliert die Software-Architektur und das System-Design. Im Fokus der Potenzialanalyse stehen die Auslegung von Photovoltaik-, Solarthermie-, Wind- und Geothermie-Potentialen. Darüber hinaus werden Funktionen zur Analyse von Raumwärme-, Trinkwarmwasser und Strombedarfen bereitgestellt. Abschließend wird die Funktionalität der Toolkette durch Software-Verifizierung getestet, und die Ergebnisse der Potenzialanalyse werden mittels Software-Validierung auf Plausibilität geprüft. Das entwickelte Software-Tool kann in Planungsleistungen im Energiesektor sowie in der Quartiersentwicklung eingesetzt werden.
description: This master’s thesis focuses on the development of a Python toolkit for the automated potential analysis of renewable energy sources based on geodata in neighborhoods. The toolkit utilizes various open-source Python libraries and primarily integrates freely available geodata from North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW). To ensure intuitive use of the tool, GIS maps and interactive diagrams for result evaluation are provided. The thesis details the software architecture and system design. The focus of the potential analysis is on the assessment of photovoltaic, solar thermal, wind, and geothermal potentials. Additionally, functions for analyzing space heating, domestic hot water, and electricity demand are included. Finally, the functionality of the toolkit is tested through software verification, and the results of the potential analysis are validated for plausibility using software validation. The developed software tool can be utilized in planning services within the energy sector as well as in neighborhood development.
Performance of Polyurea Retrofitted Unreinforced Concrete Masonry Walls Under Blast Loading
Creators: name: Ciornei, Laura
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: blast loading
retrofit
polyurea
arching
CMU
SDOF
infill walls
load-bearing
non load-bearing
concrete masonry walls
URM
polymer
elastomer
experimental testing

description: Unreinforced masonry walls subjected to blast loading are vulnerable to collapse and fragmentation. The objective of this thesis is to conduct experimental and analytical research for developing a blast retrofit methodology that utilizes polyurea. A total of four unreinforced masonry walls were constructed and tested under various shock tube induced blast pressures at the University of Ottawa Shock Tube Testing Facility. Two of the retrofitted walls had surface-sprayed polyurea. The results indicate that the use of polyurea effectively controlled fragmentation while significantly increased the load capacity and stiffness of masonry walls. Polyurea proved to be an excellent retrofit material for dissipating blast induced energy by providing ductility to the system and changing the failure mode from brittle to ductile. Single degree of freedom (SDOF) dynamic analyses were conducted as part of the analytical investigation. The results show that the analytical model provides reasonably accurate predictions of the specimen response.
Le “relazioni pericolose” tra libertà di espressione e libertà di religione: riflessioni alla luce del principio di laicità
Creators: name: Salazar, Carmela
Publisher: name: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale
Year: 2011

description: Lo scritto riprende, ampliandoli, i contenuti del saggio intitolato I “destini incrociati” della libertà di espressione e della libertà di religione: un’indagine sui conflitti e sulle sinergie tra gli artt. 19 e 21 Cost. attraverso il prisma del principio di laicità, in corso di
pubblicazione sul n. 1/2008 di Quaderni di diritto e politica  ecclesiastica, editi da il Mulino.SOMMARIO: 1. Premessa -2. Libertà di espressione, libertà di religione, principio di laicità: un rapporto complesso - 3. Il conflitto tra le due libertà ed il diritto penale: la normativa sul c.d. hate speech - 4. ll vilipendio “smantellato”: l’evoluzione della giurisprudenza costituzionale sugli artt. 402 ss., c.p. - 5. Segue: le sentenze sul vilipendio della religione a raffronto con le decisioni sulla “laicizzazione” del giuramento e con le pronunce sull’obiezione di coscienza - 6. Segue: i delitti contro
le confessioni religiose nella l. n. 85 del 2006: una riforma “laica”? - 7. Tra conflitti e sinergie: la libertà di espressione religiosa del lavoratore, il nuovo diritto antidiscriminatorio e la disciplina delle “organizzazioni di tendenza” - 8. Segue: le
eccezioni alla regola. La libertà di espressione degli insegnanti di religione nella scuola pubblica e la libertà di insegnamento dei docenti dell’Università cattolica - 9. La libertà di esprimere la propria appartenenza religiosa negli ordinamenti multiculturali: il porto dei simboli religiosi (ancora sull’affaire du foulard) - 10. Libertà di espressione e libertà di religione tra sfera della libertà e sfera dell’autorità: le “esternazioni” delle confessioni (con particolare riguardo alla Chiesa cattolica).
description: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale, 2008: 28 gennaio
Il valore della tradizione dottrinale : riappare dall’oblio il manuale di Antonio Traverso
Creators: name: Fuccillo, Antonio
Publisher: name: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale
Year: 2011

description: Il contributo è destinato alla pubblicazione nel prossimo numero della Rivista Diritto e Religioni, nella sezione “Rileggere i Maestri”.
description: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale, 2008: 4 febbraio
Performance of Machine Learning Classifiers for Anomaly Detection in Cyber Security Applications
Creators: name: Haug, Markus
name: Velarde, Gissel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Cryptography and Security (cs.CR)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This work empirically evaluates machine learning models on two imbalanced public datasets (KDDCUP99 and Credit Card Fraud 2013). The method includes data preparation, model training, and evaluation, using an 80/20 (train/test) split. Models tested include eXtreme Gradient Boosting (XGB), Multi Layer Perceptron (MLP), Generative Adversarial Network (GAN), Variational Autoencoder (VAE), and Multiple-Objective Generative Adversarial Active Learning (MO-GAAL), with XGB and MLP further combined with Random-Over-Sampling (ROS) and Self-Paced-Ensemble (SPE). Evaluation involves 5-fold cross-validation and imputation techniques (mean, median, and IterativeImputer) with 10, 20, 30, and 50 % missing data. Findings show XGB and MLP outperform generative models. IterativeImputer results are comparable to mean and median, but not recommended for large datasets due to increased complexity and execution time. The code used is publicly available on GitHub (github.com/markushaug/acr-25).
Performing the Canadian "Mosaic": Juliette Gauthier, Florence Glenn, and the CPR Festivals of Quebec City
Creators: name: Sheedy, Erin
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Folk Music
subject: Canada
subject: Florence Glenn
subject: Juliette Gauthier
subject: Marius Barbeau
subject: John Murray Gibbon
subject: Representation
subject: Authenticity
subject: Canadian Pacific Railway
subject: Festivals
subject: Nationalism
subject: Identity
subject: Heritage
subject: Tourism
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: The Quebec City festivals of 1927 and 1928 represent a unique instance of close collaboration between prominent figures in Canadian musical and cultural history, John Murray Gibbon and Marius Barbeau. Based on Anglocentric concerns for a unique Canadian identity and corresponding school of composition, the festivals served as points of contact between many artists and performers, including Juliette Gauthier and Florence Glenn. An analysis of specific performances at the CPR festivals and over the course of Glenn and Gauthier’s respective careers showcase how racialized attitudes towards Indigenous populations, and the static conceptualization of French-Canadian folk culture were navigated to perform “Canadian folksong.”
Dai principi alle regole? Brevi note critiche al testo unificato delle proposte di legge in materia di libertà religiosa
Creators: name: Pacillo, Vincenzo
Publisher: name: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale
Year: 2011

description: Contributo destinato alla pubblicazione sul prossimo numero de Il diritto ecclesiastico.SOMMARIO: 1. Il testo unificato delle proposte di legge C. 36 e C. 134 di fronte al principio di laicità – 2. La questione della libertà di propaganda - 3. Libertà religiosa e mutilazioni rituali - 4. Brevi note in tema di tutela della libertà religiosa dei lavoratori, di otto per mille e di crocifissi nelle aule - 5. Considerazioni conclusive -
Nota bibliografica.
description: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale, 2008: 4 febbraio
A new moving boundary shallow water wave numerical model
Creators: name: Sampson, Joe
name: Easton, Alan
name: Singh, Manmohan
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: A new moving boundary shallow water wave equation numerical model is presented. The model is adapted from the Selective Lumped Mass (SLM) numerical model. The wetting and drying scheme used is different to that in the SLM model. The SLM model is finite element in space, using fixed triangular elements, finite difference in time and is explicit. The numerical model has been tested against an analytical solution with good agreement between the numerical and analytical solutions. The numerical model proposed is useful for comparing against analytical moving boundary solutions. The analytical solution is presented for the first time, being for the case of frictionless one dimensional moving boundary nonlinear shallow water wave flow with cosine forcing in a bed with quadratically varying depth. The analytical solution, which is explicit, is useful for testing numerical models.
Adenosine deaminase 2 activity negatively correlates with age during childhood
Creators: name: Bowers, Sarah M.
name: Gibson, Kristen M.
name: Cabral, David A.
name: Brown, Kelly L.
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2020

description: Background: Human adenosine deaminase 2 (ADA2) is an extracellular enzyme that negatively regulates adenosine-mediated cell signaling by converting adenosine to inosine. Altered ADA2 enzyme activity has been associated with some viral infections and rheumatic diseases. The potential utility of ADA2 as a biomarker is, however, limited by the absence of established ranges of ADA2 concentration and enzyme activity in the healthy population. It is known that ADA2 enzyme activity is lower in adults, but when (and why) this decline happens is not known. The purpose of this study was to establish normative ranges of ADA2 enzyme activity and protein concentration in the healthy pediatric population. Methods: We modified a commercially available ADA2 enzyme activity assay to enable higher throughput analysis of fresh, frozen and hemolyzed blood samples. With this assay and ADA2 protein immunoblotting, we analyzed ADA2 enzyme activity and protein concentration in blood plasma from a cohort of children and adolescents (n = 94) aged 5 months to 18 years. One-way ANOVA with subsequent Tukey multiple comparison test was used to analyze group differences. Reference intervals were generated using the central 95% of the population (2–97.5 percentiles). Results: ADA2 enzyme activity was consistent in fresh, frozen, and hemolyzed sera and plasma as measured by our modified assay. Analysis of plasma samples from the healthy pediatric cohort revealed that ADA2 enzyme activity is significantly lower in older children than in younger children (p < 0.0001). In contrast, there was no significant correlation between ADA2 protein concentration and either age or ADA2 enzyme activity. Conclusion: We observed that ADA2 enzyme activity, but not ADA2 protein concentration, negatively correlates with age in a cohort of children and adolescents. Our findings stress the importance of appropriate age-matched controls for assessing ADA2 enzyme activity in the clinical setting.
Auslegung und Entwicklung einer verlustarmen Resonanzendstufe inklusive Messelektronik zur Steuerung der Temperatur bei induktiver Erwärmung
Creators: name: Weber, Daniel
name: :Unav
Publisher: name: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Year: 2022
Subjects: verlustarme Resonanzendstufe
Temperatur
induktive Erwärmung
LaTex
MatBeyoNDT

description: FAZIT: Die hier entwickelte Endstufe ermöglicht einen verlustarmen Betrieb, sofern der Aufbau für hohe Ströme ausgelegt wird. Durch Verbesserungen hinsichtlich der Stromtragfähigkeit der Schaltung und Minimierung der parasitärenWiderstände bewegt sich die Erwärmung der Schaltung auf einem geringen Niveau. Damit kann eine sinusförmige Spannung zum Betrieb diverser nicht-veränderlicher Lasten wie zum Beispiel Antennen erzeugt werden. Für Anwendungen, in denen die Last konstant ist und über keine Zeit- oder Stromabhängigkeit verfügt, ist die Endstufe somit gut geeignet. Der Wirkungsgrad der hier gezeigten Schaltung birgt noch Verbesserungspotential. Da die durch die einzelnen Schaltungselemente fließenden Ströme über Effektivwerte im dreistelligen A-Bereich verfügen, wird einige Leistung in parasitären Widerständen und Kontaktwiderständen umgesetzt. Diese Leistung wird nicht an die Last abgegeben und führt stattdessen zu einer Erwärmung der Komponenten. Für einen zukünftigen Aufbau muss die Kontaktierung der Komponenten geprüft und gegebenenfalls niederohmiger realisiert werden. Für die hier beschriebene Anwendung in der induktiven Erwärmung ist der Schaltungsbetrieb noch nicht optimal, weshalb die in Kapitel 5 hergeleitete Messelektronik im Rahmen dieser Arbeit nicht realisiert wird. Zunächst müsste die Hysteresekurve der Last in Form eines Induktors mit Werkstück vermessen werden, damit eine Aussage über die Stromabhängigkeit getroffen werden kann. Lässt sich das Verhalten der Last bei bestimmten Effektivwerten für den Ausgangsstrom bestimmen, kann versucht werden, das Anpassungsnetzwerk für eine feste Versorgungsspannung entsprechend zu dimensionieren, damit eine gute Näherung an die veränderliche Last erreicht wird. Die Steuerung der Leistung wird dann nicht über die Variation der Versorgungsspannung, sondern den Burst-Betrieb erreicht. Schwankt die Impedanz der Last innerhalb einer Periode zu stark, um einen optimalen Schaltungsbetrieb zu gewährleisten, müsste eine Möglichkeit erarbeitet werden, das Anpassungsnetzwerk im laufenden Betrieb fortlaufend anzugleichen. Dazu können mehrere Konzepte untersucht werden. Diese Konzepte beinhalten Kapazitätsdioden oder die Anbindung weiterer Kondensatoren über Relais. Dazu kann zur Steuerung ein mController-System verwendet werden.
Musulmani d’Italia, unitevi? Islàm e democrazia pluralista nell’esperienza recente
Creators: name: Sassi, Paolo
Publisher: name: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale
Year: 2011

description: Intervento al convegno organizzato dagli allievi del prof. Sergio Lariccia a Roma il 7 novembre 2007 su Poteri pubblici e laicità delle istituzioni. Sessant’anni di esperienza costituzionale, di prossima pubblicazione negli Atti relativi.SOMMARIO. 1. Post-secolarismo – 2. Il coacervo anonimo ed indistinto dei musulmani – 3. Islàm e modernità – 4. Gestire la complessità – 5. Consulta islamica e pluralismo – 6. Ebrei separati – 7. Quali interlocutori? – 8. Conclusioni.
description: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale, 2008: 4 febbraio