cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Regional clustering in the biotechnology industry: a case study of Melbourne
Creators: name: Gilding, Michael
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Since the 1980s there has emerged a new stream of international sociological research concerned with regional clusters and networks in new technology industries, including biotechnology. There is little research along these lines in Australia. Nonetheless governments have become active in promoting regional clusters in industry, notably biotechnology. This paper examines the influence of clustering in the biotechnology industry in Victoria. Whereas private biotechnology companies started by scientists in research organisations are mainly located in six government-designated 'precincts', other biotechnology companies in Victoria are more dispersed. The implication is that ownership and financial considerations give rise to different locational considerations. This has important implications for the future of the industry in Victoria.
Towards Template Security for Iris-based Biometric Systems
Creators: name: Fouad, Marwa
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biometrics
Iris Recognition
Biometric Security
Bio-cryptography
Watermarking
Haptic Biometrics
Template Security

description: Personal identity refers to a set of attributes (e.g., name, social insurance number, etc.) that are associated with a person. Identity management is the process of creating, maintaining and destroying identities of individuals in a population. Biometric technologies are technologies developed to use statistical analysis of an individual’s biological or behavioral traits to determine his identity. Biometrics based authentication systems offer a reliable solution for identity management, because of their uniqueness, relative stability over time and security (among other reasons). Public acceptance of biometric systems will depend on their ability to ensure robustness, accuracy and security. Although robustness and accuracy of such systems are rapidly improving, there still remain some issues of security and balancing it with privacy. While the uniqueness of biometric traits offers a convenient and reliable means of identification, it also poses the risk of unauthorized cross-referencing among databases using the same biometric trait. There is also a high risk in case of a biometric database being compromised, since it’s not possible to revoke the biometric trait and re-issue a new one as is the case with passwords and smart keys. This unique attribute of biometric based authentication system poses a challenge that might slow down public acceptance and the use of biometrics for authentication purposes in large scale applications. In this research we investigate the vulnerabilities of biometric systems focusing on template security in iris-based biometric recognition systems. The iris has been well studied for authentication purposes and has been proven accurate in large scale applications in several airports and border crossings around the world. The most widely accepted iris recognition systems are based on Daugman’s model that creates a binary iris template. In this research we develop different systems using watermarking, bio-cryptography as well as feature transformation to achieve revocability and security of binary templates in iris based biometric authentication systems, while maintaining the performance that enables widespread application of these systems. All algorithms developed in this research are applicable on already existing biometric authentication systems and do not require redesign of these existing, well established iris-based authentication systems that use binary templates.
The WAGGS project – II. The reliability of the calcium triplet as a metallicity indicator in integrated stellar light
Creators: name: Usher, Christopher
name: Beckwith, Thomas
name: Bellstedt, Sabine
name: Alabi, Adebusola
name: Chevalier, Leonie
name: Pastorello, Nicola
name: Cerulo, Pierluigi
name: Dalgleish, Hannah S.
name: Fraser-McKelvie, Amelia
name: Kamann, Sebastian
name: Penny, Samantha
name: Foster, Caroline
name: McDermid, Richard
name: Schiavon, Ricardo P.
name: Villaume, Alexa
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Using data from theWiFeS Atlas of Galactic Globular cluster Spectra, we study the behaviour of the calcium triplet (CaT), a popular metallicity indicator in extragalactic stellar population studies.Amajor caveat of these studies is that the potential sensitivity to other stellar population parameters such as age, calcium abundance, and the initial mass function has not yet been empirically evaluated. Here,we present measurements of the strength of the CaT feature for 113 globular clusters in the Milky Way and its satellite galaxies. We derive empirical calibrations between the CaT index and both the iron abundance ([Fe/H]) and calcium abundance ([Ca/H]), finding a tighter relationship for [Ca/H] than for [Fe/H]. For stellar populations, 3 Gyr and older the CaT can be used to reliably measure [Ca/H] at the 0.1 dex level but becomes less reliable for ages of ~2 Gyr and younger. We find that the CaT is relatively insensitive to the horizontal branch morphology. The stellar mass function however affects the CaT strengths significantly only at low metallicities. Using our newly derived empirical calibration, we convert our measured CaT indices into [Ca/H] values for the globular clusters in our sample.
Regarding the use of red ink in Avestan manuscripts
A proposito dell’uso dell’inchiostro rosso nei manoscritti Avestici
Creators: name: Panaino, Antonio
Publisher: name: Dipartimento di Storie e Metodi per la Conservazione dei Beni Culturali (Di.S.Me.C.)
Year: 2002

description: While Avestan manuscripts are consistently written with black ink, sometimes they present us with red scripts used for titles or for some special signs of interpunction; however, it seems that in certain circumstances, bilingual manuscripts (see for instance J9) distinguished the sacred language (i.e. the Avestan text) by writing its version with a red ink. To the contrary, the extant manuscripts do not attest any consistent use of real rubricae in order to mark the beginning of an Avestan text, as it was done in the standard Geldner’s edition. In any case the documented use of the red ink, although limited in the mss, cannot be the fruit of a later ornamental trend, but it should probably date back - through the Basic Manuscript of the IXth-Xth century A.D. - to the Sasanian Achetype. The present tradition attributing a special function to the red colour results to have been not isolated, but it was paralleled by various traditions: in the Pahlavi Psalter, in the Manichaean documents (where we find texts written in different colours but frequently in red, and with flowers and points like signs of punctuation according to a tradition partly paralleled in the Avestan mss), and more generally in Late Antiquity, for instance, in Byzantium, where such a colour was considered an emanation of the King (sacrum encaustum). An very useful Appendix by Werner Sundermann about the use of red ink in Turfan Texts is appended at the end of this contribution.
Glyphosate and AMPA in human urine of HBM4EU-aligned studies: Part B adults
Creators: name: Buekers, Jurgen
name: Remy, Sylvie
name: Kolossa-Gehring, Marike
name: Bessems, Jos
name: Weber, Till
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Glyphosat
Exposition

description: Within HBM4EU, human biomonitoring (HBM) studies measuring glyphosate (Gly) and aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA) in urine samples from the general adult population were aligned and quality-controlled/assured. Data from four studies (ESB Germany (2015-2020); Swiss HBM4EU study (2020); DIET-HBM Iceland (2019-2020); ESTEBAN France (2014-2016)) were included representing Northern and Western Europe. Overall, median values were below the reported quantification limits (LOQs) (0.05-0.1 (micro)g/L). The 95th percentiles (P95) ranged between 0.24 and 0.37 (mirco)g/L urine for Gly and between 0.21 and 0.38 (mirco)g/L for AMPA. Lower values were observed in adults compared to children. Indications exist for autonomous sources of AMPA in the environment. As for children, reversed dosimetry calculations based on HBM data in adults did not lead to exceedances of the ADI (proposed acceptable daily intake of EFSA for Gly 0.1 mg/kg bw/day based on histopathological findings in the salivary gland of rats) indicating no human health risks in the studied populations at the moment. However, the controversy on carcinogenicity, potential endocrine effects and the absence of a group ADI for Gly and AMPA induce uncertainty to the risk assessment. Exposure determinant analysis showed few significant associations. More data on specific subgroups, such as those occupationally exposed or living close to agricultural fields or with certain consumption patterns (vegetarian, vegan, organic food, high cereal consumer), are needed to evaluate major exposure sources. © 2022 by the authors
Supplementary document for Two-term phase function parameterization better describes light scattering by microalgae and mineral hydrosols - 5133920.pdf
Creators: name: Harmel, Tristan
name: Agagliate, Jacopo
name: Hieronymi, Martin
name: Gernez, Pierre
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplementary information
Whole of government models of estate regeneration: the way forward?
Creators: name: Arthurson, Kathy
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: In Australia, 'whole of government' models of regeneration are increasingly presented as the way forward to address inequality on public housing estates. The models involve working in partnership across a range of government and non-government agencies to facilitate integrated service delivery at the local level. However, little is known about the underlying rationale for adoption of these models or how they are working in practice. Hence, this paper is concerned with examining some of the whole of government regeneration approaches, to ascertain what is working well and why, and see what they reveal about the usefulness of different models in addressing inequality on estates. The data is drawn from empirical analysis conducted on five case study regeneration projects, two projects each from South Australia (The Parks and Salisbury North) and Queensland (Manooora and Inala) and one project from New South Wales (Waterloo). All the estates are characterised by concentrations of residents experiencing high levels of poverty and unemployment. The data was collected during 1999/2000 through a variety of methods: a survey questionnaire self-administered to 33 housing authority staff; follow up informal interviews and meetings held during visits to projects in 1999; and analysis of relevant policy documents and reports.
Exilio y escritura en Gustavo Pérez Firmat
Creators: name: Silva, María Guadalupe
Publisher: name: Dipartimento di Lingue e Letterature Straniere Moderne, Università di Bologna
Year: 2009

description: Although Gustavo Pérez Firmat left Cuba in 1960, at the early age of eleven years old, made almost all of his studies in English, and was integrated into the culture and professional life of the US, the Cuban-american writer still considers himself an exile. This article examines how this identification is produced, in which way Pérez Firmat’s essays explore and eventually articulates an identity signed by exile. We see how, for him, the real space of the nation is, first of all, the space of the concrete experience of bodies, language, and memory.

A pesar de haber salido de Cuba a la temprana edad de once años, en 1960, de haber hecho casi todos sus estudios en inglés y de haberse integrado a la cultura y la vida profesional de los Estados Unidos, el escritor cubano- americano Gustavo Pérez Firmat sigue considerándose un exiliado. Aquí proponemos analizar cómo se constituye esta identificación, de qué modo en sus ensayos Pérez Firmat explora y finalmente construye una identidad marcada por el exilio. Vemos cómo, para él, el espacio real de la nación es ante todo el de la experiencia concreta de los cuerpos, el lenguaje y la memoria.
Pattern compression.
Creators: name: Blais, Pascal.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1999
Subjects: subject: Computer Science.

description: Compression is an important process that enables communication and storage of information to be more efficient. This document presents a new method made for compressing document imagery. Document imagery refers to electronic picture of printed documents created by fax machine, scanner and some software. The most important aspects of this new method called Pattern Compression, is that it takes advantage of the kind of information a document imagery is made of and that some data may be lost in the process as long as it remains visually imperceptible. The method is a variation of vector quantization. The input document is broken down into numerous small 2 dimensional patterns, which correspond typically to the characters of a text. A codebook is created from these patterns. Patterns that are very similar are considered to be the same. A document is compressed by representing it with a sequence of codebook representatives. Statistics gathered from various experiments are presented in order to compare the efficiency of the new method with other known methods. They show that Pattern Compression generally compress around twice as much as the CCITT group 4 compression standard. Other advantages of the method are that by altering the value of the algorithm parameters, a user can control the quality of the compression. The decompression process is very fast and the technique can also be applied to color images. Unfortunately the method have some problems: the compression process is rather long, it has a problem braking down big pattern and its compression ratio is not as good as another compression method called Cartesian Perceptual Compression. Future work and ideas on how to improve Pattern Compression are finally suggested.
SWR Wissen: so viele Weichmacher stecken in uns
Creators: name: Christians, Anke
Publisher: name: odysso - Wissen im SWR
Year: 2022

description: Sie stecken in Verpackungen, PVC (Polyvinylchlorid)-Böden, Quietscheentchen und vielem mehr: Die meisten Haushaltsprodukte aus Kunststoff enthalten Weichmacher, sogenannte Phthalate. Eine Gefahr für unsere Gesundheit. Quelle: www.swr.de
Development of high performance sorting process for recycling of plastics
Creators: name: Teichmann, Derek
name: Masood, Syed
name: Iovenitti, Pio
name: Sbarski, Igor
name: Kosior, Edward
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This research is being undertaken by IRIS in collaboration with VISY Plastics, who will provide an industrial test environment for the technological innovations resulting from this work. At the time of preparing this paper, the research program had only been under way for several months and so this paper provides an overview of activities to date. The plastics recycling industry is a major potential reducer of landfill. However, several significant barriers exist which reduce the effective utilisation to much lower percentages than would otherwise be possible. One of the difficulties lies in separating different types of plastic, a necessary step before they can be recycled. Manual sorting is not cost effective and automatic systems are sensitive to dirt and produce high levels of loss when set-up to deliver high purity. One process, which has potential to improve both purity and value retention, is mineral benefaction technology such as froth flotation. Mineral benefaction has been used in the past in mining to separate valuable minerals from worthless ore. This research will investigate the application of similar processes to separate different polymers in the recyclate stream and may one day be used to mine landfill sites.
Sujetos en tránsito: las voces de una lengua exiliada. Análisis de textos de Juan Martini y de Junot Díaz
Creators: name: Tozzi, Liliana
Publisher: name: Dipartimento di Lingue e Letterature Straniere Moderne, Università di Bologna
Year: 2009

description: In this article, I try to search in a comparative way the relationship between migration and literature in La construcción del héroe (1989), by the argentine writer Juan Martini, and Los boys (1996), by the Dominican Junot Díaz. In both novels, the migrancy marks the characters’ life and installs in the texts the intercultural tensions that the displacement generates. The heroes are fastened in traffic, which mobile mansion escapes of the geography to be constituted as an area in permanent mutation. Across the analysis I will try to establish in a contrastive way the characteristics of these migrants subjects, in relation with the identity and the use of the language.

En este trabajo me propongo indagar, comparativamente, la relación entre migración y literatura en La construcción del héroe (1989) del escritor argentino Juan Martini y Los boys (1996) del dominicano Junot Díaz. En ambos relatos, la migrancia marca la vida de los personajes e instala en los textos las tensiones interculturales que genera el desplazamiento. Los héroes son sujetos en tránsito, cuya morada móvil fuga de la geografía para constituirse como un ámbito en permanente mutación. A través del análisis intentaré establecer de manera contrastiva las características de estos sujetos migrantes, en relación con la identidad y el uso de la lengua.
Abordaje comunitario de un caso de Esquizofrenia Paranoide Resistente
Creators: name: Pedruelo Iglesias, Marina
name: Martín García, Zahira
name: Herrero Rodríguez, María Cristina
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: INTRODUCCIÓN Y OBJETIVOS:

La esquizofrenia paranoide es una enfermedad crónica de manejo complejo, suponiendo un reto en casos de refractariedad al tratamiento psicofarmacológico. Es relevante mantener un estrecho seguimiento, facilitado por dispositivos como la Unidad Funcional Asertiva Comunitaria (UFAC) del Hospital Universitario Río Hortega de Valladolid.

El objetivo principal es concienciar acerca de la importante labor de centros comunitarios especializados en el manejo crónico y recuperación de trastornos mentales graves.

DESCRIPCIÓN DEL CASO:

Presentamos el caso de un varón de 34 años, consumidor crónico de tóxicos y desempleado, que ingresó en cinco ocasiones por episodios psicóticos e intoxicaciones en diferentes Unidades de Hospitalización Breve, con múltiples reajustes del tratamiento psicofarmacológico con difícil adherencia terapéutica. No presenta otros antecedentes de relevancia.

EXPLORACIÓN Y PRUEBAS COMPLEMENTARIAS:

Durante sus ingresos, el paciente mantiene discurso desorganizado, centrado en delirios de perjuicio y autorreferenciales. Presenta ansiedad ideica, angustia psicótica flotante y sensación de soledad constante. Refiere fenómenos de control corporal y del pensamiento, habiendo presentado intentos autolíticos y episodios de traumatismo craneoencefálico tras caídas. Se evidenciaron signos de intoxicación (disartria, ataxia, convulsiones). Juicio de realidad alterado con nula conciencia de enfermedad.

Consumo activo de etanol, cannabis, opioides y cocaína reflejado en diversas pruebas de tóxicos en orina. TAC craneal sin alteraciones.

DIAGNÓSTICO DIFERENCIAL Y TRATAMIENTO:

Se diagnostica inicialmente de Esquizofrenia Paranoide tras descartar patología orgánica. Se 

pautan Olanzapina, Ácido Valproico y Paliperidona trimestral con seguimiento ambulatorio, sin obtención de mejoría clínica esperada.

Posteriormente se deriva a UFAC para seguimiento estrecho, se actualiza diagnóstico a Esquizofrenia Resistente y se añade Clozapina, Zolpidem y Bupropion. Abandona tóxicos, acude a psicoterapia grupal, talleres ocupacionales y de rehabilitación en habilidades sociales, vive en piso tutelado compartido y consigue puesto laboral. Refiere mayor sensación de recuperación clínica, de pertenencia e inclusión comunitaria.

DISCUSIÓN Y CONCLUSIONES:

El seguimiento intensivo y comunitario de los trastornos mentales graves y resistentes es esencial para la favorable recuperación de los pacientes, aportándoles una red social, un manejo multidisciplinar diario, y permitiendo actualizar constantemente su diagnóstico y tratamiento en función de sus necesidades.
Supplementary document for Two-term phase function parameterization better describes light scattering by microalgae and mineral hydrosols - 5133920.pdf
Creators: name: Harmel, Tristan
name: Agagliate, Jacopo
name: Hieronymi, Martin
name: Gernez, Pierre
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplementary information
Architectural restoration: different conceptions during centuries
Il restauro architettonico: le diverse concezioni nel corso dei secoli
Creators: name: Lorusso, Salvatore
name: Carbonara, Giovanni
name: Gentile, Maria Teresa
Publisher: name: Dipartimento di Storie e Metodi per la Conservazione dei Beni Culturali (Di.S.Me.C.)
Year: 2002

description: The work reassumes the fundamental phases, in reference to the historical changes, of the conceptions related to the restoration and to the maintenance of the architectural works of art. It is opportune to reassume the evolution of the methods and the techniques applied to the restoration of the aforesaid manufactured articles, also in relationship to the theoretical conceptions. The explication of the routine of restoration has concerned particularly the actual applications. Close to the theory and to the routine of the restoration it has been set in evidence the development of the concept of "maintenance", understood as preliminary and complementary to the restoration itself: such concept has been express referring to the Charters of restoration from the beginning of the last century to today. It is intended, therefore, to follow a historical-critical path conceived in the different, and also complementary, phases of historical, aesthetical and technological development.
On sustainable development problems, also according to the world summit in Johannesburg
Sulle problematiche dello sviluppo sostenibile, anche a seguito del recente vertice mondiale di Johannesburg
Creators: name: Moncada Lo Giudice, Gino
Publisher: name: Dipartimento di Storie e Metodi per la Conservazione dei Beni Culturali (Di.S.Me.C.)
Year: 2002

description: In the intervention at the Environment Commission of the Senate on the problems of the sustainable development, following the recent World Summit in Johannesburg, some fundamental points are underpinned: the question is summed up and an exam is made about the results of the Summit and on the meaning of the commitments taken for the future. Indeed, it is universally accepted that, to be considered sustainable, the development must reach a compromise between economical, social and environmental goals, to maximize the present well-being, without challenging the right of future generations to satisfy their own needs. It is also accepted that this cannot be realised without defence for our eco-system and without a simultaneous and well coordinated intervention of all Countries and the participation of all productive and social categories; probably, this should be the true finality of the so much acclaimed “globalisation”.
Supplementary document for 10μJ noise-like pulse generated from all fiberized Tm-doped fiber oscillator and amplifier - 5134419.pdf
Creators: name: Wang, Meng
name: Yewang, Chen
name: Zhao, Junqing
name: Liu, Minqiu
name: OUYANG, DEQIN
name: Pei, Jihong
name: Ruan, Shuangchen
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The supplemented Figures
A jack of all trades: impact of glucocorticoids on cellular cross-talk in osteoimmunology
Creators: name: Ahmad, Mubashir
name: Hachemi, Yasmine
name: Paxian, Kevin
name: Koenen, Mascha
name: Mengele, Florian Julius Martin Max
name: Tuckermann, Jan Peter Gottfried
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Glucocorticoid receptor
subject: Conditional knockout mice
subject: DDC 570 / Life sciences
subject: DDC 610 / Medicine & health
subject: Glucocorticoids
subject: Receptors, Glucocorticoid
subject: Osteoporosis
subject: Arthritis
subject: Inflammation
subject: Fracture Healing
subject: Mice, Knockout
subject: Glucocorticosteroide
subject: Osteoporose
subject: Arthritis
subject: Entzündung

description: Glucocorticoids (GCs) are known to have a strong impact on the immune system, metabolism, and bone homeostasis. While these functions have been long investigated separately in immunology, metabolism, or bone biology, the understanding of how GCs regulate the cellular cross-talk between innate immune cells, mesenchymal cells, and other stromal cells has been garnering attention rather recently. Here we review the recent findings of GC action in osteoporosis, inflammatory bone diseases (rheumatoid and osteoarthritis), and bone regeneration during fracture healing. We focus on studies of pre-clinical animal models that enable dissecting the role of GC actions in innate immune cells, stromal cells, and bone cells using conditional and function-selective mutant mice of the GC receptor (GR), or mice with impaired GC signaling. Importantly, GCs do not only directly affect cellular functions, but also influence the cross-talk between mesenchymal and immune cells, contributing to both beneficial and adverse effects of GCs. Given the importance of endogenous GCs as stress hormones and the wide prescription of pharmaceutical GCs, an improved understanding of GC action is decisive for tackling inflammatory bone diseases, osteoporosis, and aging.
Transverse Momentum-Dependent Heavy-Quark Fragmentation at Next-to-Leading Order
Creators: name: Kuk, Rebecca Olga von
name: Michel, Johannes K. L.
name: Sun, Zhiquan
Publisher: name: Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, DESY, Hamburg
Year: 2024
Subjects: higher-order: 1
heavy quark: fragmentation
mass: effect
heavy quark: final state
quark: mass dependence
quark: mass
transverse momentum dependence
strong interaction
renormalization
energy: correlation function
fragmentation function
resummation
charm
nonperturbative
Heavy Quark Effective Theory
hadronization

description: The transverse momentum-dependent fragmentation functions (TMD FFs) of heavy (bottom and charm) quarks, which we recently introduced, are universal building blocks that enter predictions for a large number of observables involving final-state heavy quarks or hadrons. They enable the extension of fixed-order subtraction schemes to quasi-collinear limits, and are of particular interest in their own right as probes of the nonperturbative dynamics of hadronization. In this paper we calculate all TMD FFs involving heavy quarks and the associated TMD matrix element in heavy-quark effective theory (HQET) to next-to-leading order in the strong interaction. Our results confirm the renormalization properties, large-mass, and small-mass consistency relations predicted in our earlier work. We also derive and confirm a prediction for the large-$z$ behavior of the heavy-quark TMD FF by extending, for the first time, the formalism of joint resummation to capture quark mass effects in heavy-quark fragmentation. Our final results in position space agree with those of a recent calculation by another group that used a highly orthogonal organization of singularities in the intermediate momentum-space steps, providing a strong independent cross check. As an immediate application, we present the complete quark mass dependence of the energy-energy correlator (EEC) in the back-to-back limit at $\mathcal{O}(\alpha_s)$.
Late-time observations of the extraordinary Type II supernova iPTF14hls
Creators: name: Sollerman, J.
name: Taddia, F.
name: Arcavi, I.
name: Fremling, C.
name: Fransson, C.
name: Burke, J.
name: Cenko, S. B.
name: Andersen, O.
name: Andreoni, I.
name: Barbarino, C.
name: Blagorodova, N.
name: Brink, T. G.
name: Filippenko, A. V.
name: Gal-Yam, A.
name: Hiramatsu, D.
name: Hosseinzadeh, G.
name: Howell, D. A.
name: de Jaeger, T.
name: Lunnan, R.
name: McCully, C.
name: Perley, D. A.
name: Tartaglia, L.
name: Terreran, G.
name: Valenti, S.
name: Wang, X.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Aims. We study iPTF14hls, a luminous and extraordinary long-lived Type II supernova, which lately has attracted much attention and disparate interpretation. Methods. We have presented new optical photometry that extends the light curves up to more than three years past discovery. We also obtained optical spectroscopy over this period, and furthermore present additional space-based observations using Swift and HST. Results. After an almost constant luminosity for hundreds of days, the later light curve of iPTF14hls finally fades and then displays a dramatic drop after about 1000 d, but the supernova is still visible at the latest epochs presented. The spectra have finally turned nebular, and our very last optical spectrum likely displays signatures from the deep and dense interior of the explosion. A high-resolution HST image highlights the complex environment of the explosion in this low-luminosity galaxy. Conclusions. We provide a large number of additional late-time observations of iPTF14hls, which are (and will continue to be) used to assess the many different interpretations for this intriguing object. In particular, the very late (+1000 d) steep decline of the optical light curve is difficult to reconcile with the proposed central engine models. The lack of very strong X-ray emission, and the emergence of intermediate-width emission lines including [S II] that we propose originate from dense, processed material in the core of the supernova ejecta, are also key observational tests for both existing and future models.
Enhanced high-fructose syrup production by an hybrid fermentation/pervaporation system using a silicone rubber hollow fiber membrane module.
Creators: name: Gagné, Isabelle.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Agriculture, Food Science and Technology.

description: In this study, a mutant of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae was used for the selective conversion of glucose to ethanol using feed solutions of sucrose. Batch fermentation using 30% (w/v) sucrose without membrane separation of ethanol required about 27 hours for glucose to be decreased to 2% (w/v), with a fructose yield of 99%, and an ethanol yield of 78%. Batch fermentation using 30% (w/v) sucrose with membrane separation of ethanol required about 16.5 hours for glucose to be decreased to 2% (w/v), with a fructose yield of 96.5% and an ethanol yield of 79.5%, if the membrane was started after 6 hours of batch mode. The process required about 15 hours if the membrane was started after 3 hours of batch mode, with a fructose yield of 92%, and an ethanol yield of 82%. In fed-batch mode the yeast was able to process the equivalent of a 40% (w/v) sucrose feed in 24 hours, compared to well over 40 hours without ethanol removal, with yields of, 98% fructose, and 82% ethanol. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Indonesian Muslims in Canada: Religion, ethnicity and identity.
Creators: name: McLaren, Kristin L.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: Religion, General.

description: Indonesian Muslims are a new immigrant group to Canada. Small numbers of Indonesians began immigrating to this country in the second half of the twentieth century. Upon arrival in Canada, Indonesian Muslim immigrants are confronted with new boundaries that challenge existing notions of identity and force them to re-interpret their sense of place in their world. This thesis project explores religion, ethnicity and identity among a group of Indonesians in the Ottawa area. Through the use of historical and sociological methods, this paper examines the negotiation of human, physical, historical and cosmic boundaries as Indonesians adapt their identity to suit the Canadian situation. The Indonesian experience is examined in the context of Canadian history, the history of Muslim communities in Canada, and Indonesian history. Questionnaires were distributed and interviews conducted among members of the Indonesian community in the Ottawa area to investigate attachment to Indonesian heritage, ethnic community attachment, Islamic observance, and the community's relationship with other Canadian Muslims and with Canadian society in general. The experiences of this group provide new insights into inter-ethnic and interreligious relations in Canadian society.
Functionalized Surface Layer on Poplar Wood Fabricated by Fire Retardant and Thermal Densification. Part 1: Compression Recovery and Flammability
Creators: name: Chu, Demiao
name: Mu, Jun
name: Avramidis, Stavros
name: Rahimi, Sohrab
name: Liu, Shengquan
name: Lai, Zongyuan
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2019

description: To enhance compression stability and fire retardancy of densified wood, a new modification method i.e., combined nitrogen–phosphorus (NP) fire retardant pre-impregnation with surface thermo-mechanical densification is used to fabricate a certain thickness of functionalized surface layer on poplar. This combined treated wood is investigated via vertical density profile (VDP), and the compression stability is revealed by both soaking test and cone analysis. Results demonstrate that the combined treatment hardened the surface of wood and reformed the interface combination of the NP with the wood cell wall, thus making the surface tissue more close-grained. Fire retardancy was also enhanced; the total heat release and CO generation values decreased by 21.9% and 68.4%, respectively, when compared with that of solely NP-treated wood. Moreover, surface hardness increased by 15.8%, and the recovery of surface hardness and thickness were 56.8% and 77.2% lower than that of simply densified wood. It appears that this NP-involved thermal densification could be considered as an alternative approach to enhance both the compression stability and fire resistance of wood.
An asset by any other name: a study of the nomenclature of assets for strategic local government property management
Creators: name: Heywood, Christopher
name: Missingham, Greg
name: Kenley, Russell
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This paper examines the nomenclature used to describe and classify types of assets within the requirements of strategic property management in local government where organisational and community strategic aspects must be considered. The paper identifies the rise of strategic property management in private and public sectors before reviewing existing local government property nomenclature systems. Empirical evidence of nomenclature in practice is then examined. As deficiencies in existing systems are identified a proposal is made for a nomenclature-classification system better suited to strategic local government property management. A comparison with existing systems is made to illustrate the new system’s efficacy.
Un inmigrante entre extranjeros: Antonio Porchia como “gnomon” del misterio
Creators: name: Gasparini, Pablo
Publisher: name: Dipartimento di Lingue e Letterature Straniere Moderne, Università di Bologna
Year: 2009

description: Focusing on linguistic and social aspects, this article analyses the poetic language of Antonio Porchia (Conflenti, 1885-Buenos Aires, 1963), Italian immigrant arrived in Buenos Aires in 1902 and author of aphorisms collected in a book titled Voces (1943, 1948 and 1965).

El artículo analiza, desde el punto de vista lingüístico y social, la lengua poética de Antonio Porchia (Conflenti, 1885-Buenos Aires, 1963), inmigrante calabrés radicado en Argentina desde 1902 y autor de aforismos reunidos bajo el título de Voces (1943, 1948 y 1965).
DIREITOS HUMANOS E SERVIÇO SOCIAL: UMA DISCUSSÃO HISTÓRICO-CRÍTICA ACERCA DO CONTEXTO LATINO-AMERICANO
Creators: name: Pidpala Mendes, Bruna Kailane
name: Santos Ramos, Maria Rita
name: Ferreira Hohl, Raphaela
name: João Hélio, Baltazar da Luz
name: Dionéia, Edlyng Macie
Publisher: name: Bruna Kailane Pidpala Mendes
Year: 2024
Subjects: Projeto Ético-Político do Serviço Social
Estado
Classes Sociais
Violações de Direitos Humanos

description: Esta reflexão teórica tem como objetivo discutir o contextode construção dos Direitos Humanos na América Latina enquantoprocesso marcado por lutas e conquistas. Trata-se de uma revisãobibliográfica, cuja abordagem qualitativa se dá a partir da teoria socialcrítica. O texto apresenta uma introdução sobre os Direitos Humanosna América Latina, apontando que, apesar dos avanços, essesdireitos continuam sendo violados por parte do Estado e pela classedominante. Sendo assim, o trabalho traz questões que devem serdebatidas no âmbito do Serviço Social, no que diz respeito aosDireitos Humanos, e realiza uma crítica ao direito burguês,entendendoo direito como um processo constituinte da emancipaçãopolítica e humana
On the unification of dwarf and giant elliptical galaxies
Creators: name: Graham, Alister
name: Guzman, Rafael
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The near orthogonal distributions of dwarf elliptical (dE) and giant elliptical (E) galaxies in the μe-M and μe-log(Re) diagrams have been interpreted as evidence for two distinct galaxy formation processes. However, continuous, linear relationships across the alleged dE/E boundary at MB = -18 mag - such as the relationships between central surface brightness μ0 and: a) galaxy magnitude (M); and b) light-profile shape (n) - suggest a similar initial formation mechanism. Here we explain how these latter two trends in fact necessitate a different behavior for dE and E galaxies, exactly as observed, in diagrams involving μe (and also <μ>e). Together with other linear trends across the alleged dE/E boundary, such as those between luminosity and color, metallicity, and velocity dispersion, it appears that the dEs form a continuous extension to the E galaxies. The presence of partially depleted cores in luminous (MB < -20.5 mag) Es does however signify the action of a different physical process at the centers (< ~300 pc) of these galaxies.
Dissemination & collaboration plan: project deliverable D2.2
Creators: name: Innes, Alasdair
name: Sheridan, Craig
name: Wesner, Stefan
name: Mann, Sandra
name: Eisinger, Uwe
name: Byrne, James
name: Groenda, Henning
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Dissemination
subject: Cactos Projekt
subject: Collaboration plan
subject: DDC 004 / Data processing & computer science
subject: Cloud computing
subject: Electric network topology
subject: Cloud Computing
subject: Datenmanagement

description: This deliverable will detail the plan for the project dissemination strategy to be adopted during the project lifetime. This will include procedures for partners to follow when publishing articles and will show how activities in the WP interrelate as well as the expectations from different partner types.
Notes on the relation between rails and cultural and architectural heritage conservation
Note sul rapporto tra ferrovie e conservazione dei beni culturali ed architettonici
Creators: name: Mauro, Francesco
Publisher: name: Dipartimento di Storie e Metodi per la Conservazione dei Beni Culturali (Di.S.Me.C.)
Year: 2002

description: The railways, like all other types of linear transport infrastructures (highways, motorways, waterways, pipelines, power lines, etc., and even sheep tracks in our not to distant past) cross the country and interact with the environment. More often than not, this interaction due to transport modalities has a “negative” connotation because of the impact on the environment of the infrastructure as such and associated effects due to: noise and vibrations, atmospheric pollution, emission of greenhouse gases, accidents, and traffic congestion. If we analyse the effects of the various transport modalities in terms of their comparative external costs (the social and economic costs of the environmental impact), we can see that, from a quantitative point of view, the railways are the most ecologically compatible modality. This kind of analysis should be improved by taking into consideration other effects such as those due to land use, fragmentation of landscape, and effects on the cultural and architectural heritage. To illustrate this approach, the birth and early period of railways in the city of Roma and in the Roman Campagna, and the evolution of the great station of Roma Termini, are briefly reviewed and discussed. In this way, important elements are evidenced; inter alia: the continuing interaction in such a historically ancient urban and suburban settlement due to transport infrastructures (from ancient Roman roads and aqueducts to modern motorways and railways); the large variety of architectural and archaeological structures (including the artistic and landscaping aspects) affected by the interaction; the frequent occurrence of architectonic objects marking the urban landscape in a such a way that the site appears peculiarly recognizable (for instance, the Servian Walls Aggere for the central station of Roma Termini). Finally, the archaeological sites discovered during the construction works of new High Speed Train (TAV) lines are briefly considered especially as far as the recognition, study, protection, and fruition of these sites are concerned. This excursus suggests that railways can support the experimentation and introduction of innovative technologies with the aim of further increasing their ecological and cultural compatibility and enhancing their contribution to environmental and social sustainability.
La fontaine de Narcisse : la tyrannie de la culture de l'image.
Creators: name: Frachet, Michiko.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: Sociology, Theory and Methods.

description: "Narcisse se penche au-dessus de l'eau, captive par sa propre beaute. On lui dit de faire attention, mais il ne s'interesse qu'a cette image. Un jour, il se penche pour la caresser, tombe a l'eau et se noie. ( ...) Le mythe de Narcisse a une double signification: l'absorption en soi du heros l'empeche de savoir ce qu'il est et ce qu'il n'est pas; elle le conduit a sa propre destruction. Narcisse, a se voir reflete a la surface de l'eau, oublie que celle-ci n'est pas lui, qu'elle est hors de lui, et il devient aveugle a ses dangers." (Sennett, 1979:260) vskip9pt Nous ne pouvions pas commencer cette recherche sans expliquer le mythe auquel elle se rapporte. Le sujet est vaste, mais le titre est evocateur. Culture de l'image, des sentiments, du dramatique, du sensationalisme, l'espace public et ses acteurs, les politiciens perdent chaque jour un peu plus de leur territoire. Crises de la modernite? Crises democratiques? Doit-on parler d'une nouvelle democratic cathodique?
O lugar e a língua
Creators: name: De Oliveira, Vera Lúcia
Publisher: name: Dipartimento di Lingue e Letterature Straniere Moderne, Università di Bologna
Year: 2009

description: For writers, homeland may be a language, a memory, an individual or a collective story, the body, the pain one feels inside, the remotion of the past and the emptiness deriving from this process. Which relationship do migrant poets and writers entertain with the country they are living in? This essay is a reflection about these questions, through the experiences of three foreign authors, who chose to write in Italian.

Para os escritores, a pátria pode ser uma língua, uma memória, uma história individual ou coletiva, o corpo, a dor que se carrega dentro, a remoção do passado e o vazio que deriva deste processo. Que relação os poetas e os escritores migrantes estabelecem com o lugar e com a língua em que vivem? Este ensaio é uma reflexão sobre tais questões, a partir da breve análise de três experiências de autores estrangeiros, que escolheram a língua italiana como língua literária.
Quantitative assessment of left and right atrial strains using cardiovascular magnetic resonance based tissue tracking
Creators: name: Qu, Yang-Yang
name: Buckert, Dominik
name: Ma, Gen-Shan
name: Rasche, Volker
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Cardiovascular magnetic resonance
subject: Tissue tracking
subject: Left atrial
subject: Right atrial
subject: Strain
subject: Normal value
subject: DDC 610 / Medicine & health
subject: Heart; Diagnostic imaging
subject: Cardiac imaging techniques
subject: Magnetic resonance imaging
subject: Kardiologie
subject: Kernspintomografie
subject: Bildgebendes Verfahren

description: Background: Left and right atrium (LA and RA) exert an essential and dynamic role in ventricular filling and hence affect heart performance. Strain quantification has been reported as a novel parameter to assess function. However, the assessment of bi-atrial strains with cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) based techniques is still limited and gender- and age-specific normal values in a healthy population are missing. Methods: One hundred and fifty healthy volunteers (49.8 ± 17.3 years, 75 males) undergoing 1.5 Tesla CMR examination were retrospectively and consecutively recruited. LA and RA free wall (RAFW) radial and longitudinal strains (RS and LS) associated with atrial reservoir, conduit and booster pump functions were evaluated with CMR based tissue tracking (CMR-TT) technique. Results: The reservoir, conduit and pump LS resulted as 30.7 ± 10.2%, 19.5 ± 8.2%, 10.9 ± 3.7% for LA, and 52.2 ± 17.6%, 33.3 ± 14.2%, 19.1 ± 8.5% for RAFW, respectively. The amplitude of RA strains was significantly larger than that of LA strains, except for conduit RS. With the increase of age, the decrement of majority of reservoir and conduit strains were observed, while pump strains remained unaffected. Females presented with significantly larger RAFW strains compared with males, especially in the elderly. In addition to the positive correlation between atrial strains and emptying fraction, the negative correlation between atrial strains and volume index was also confirmed. Intra-observer reproducibility of LA strains was superior to RAFW strains (coefficient of variation: 10.12–17.04% vs. 10.80–27.36%, respectively), and the measurement of reservoir and conduit strains was more reproducible in comparison with pump strain. Conclusion: CMR-TT is a feasible and reproducible technique to quantify LA and RA strains and determine atrial phasic functions. The existence of age- and gender-related difference of strains suggests the necessity to establish specific normal values for individual populations.
Leptohyphes cornutus Allen 1967
Creators: name: Dias, Lucimar G.
name: Molineri, Carlos
name: Ferreira, Paulo S. F.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Ephemeroptera
Leptohyphidae
Leptohyphes
Leptohyphes cornutus

description: Leptohyphes cornutus Allen
 Leptohyphes cornutus Allen, 1967:357; Hubbard, 1982:273; Molineri, 2003:55.
 Diagnose: Adulto: 1) membrana da asa com coloração parda amarelada; 2) veias longitudinais pardas amareladas sombreadas com negro; 3) veias transversais unindo as veias longitudinais com a margem posterior da asa (Figs. 9A, B); 4) asa posterior presente em ambos sexos; 5) genitálias como na Fig. 11. Ninfa: 1) olhos dos machos não divididos (Fig. 16); 2) região dorsal da cabeça, pronoto e mesonoto com pares de tubérculos (Fig. 16); 3) coxa anterior e mediana com projeção dorsal, maior na coxa mediana (Fig. 17A, B); 4) espinhos na região dorsal dos fêmures mediano e posterior em número reduzido (Fig. 17B, C); 5) garra tarsal com 9-11 dentículos marginais irregulares e 1 dentículo submarginal impar (Fig. 20); 6) brânquia II conforme Fig. 23; 7) fórmula branquial 3/10/8/8/5.
 Registro Geográfico (Tabela 1): Brasil: Santa Catarina (Xanxerê); Goiás (Rio Itiquira); Rio de Janeiro (Nova Friburgo); Espírito Santo * (Alegre); Minas Gerais * (Araponga); Argentina: Misiones.
 Material Examinado: 4 ninfas, Espírito Santo: Alegre, Rio Norte, 8/viii/2004, Pereira, F.F. leg. (2 ninfas em DZRJ, 2 ninfas em UFVB). 6 ninfas, Minas Gerais: Araponga, Serra do Brigadeiro, Cach. Vale das Luas, 17/iv/04, Dias, L. leg. (3 ninfas em DZRJ, 3 ninfas em UFVB).
description: Published as part of Dias, Lucimar G., Molineri, Carlos & Ferreira, Paulo S. F., 2007, Ephemerelloidea (Insecta: Ephemeroptera) do Brasil, pp. 213-244 in Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 47 (19) on page 215, DOI: 10.1590/S0031-10492007001900001, http://zenodo.org/record/13236289