cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Die Entstehung der EU-Datenschutz-Grundverordnung
Creators: name: Karaboga, Murat
name: :Unav
Publisher: name: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Year: 2024
Subjects: European Union
Europäische Union
General Data Protection Regulation
ePrivacy Directive
EU-DS-RL
EU-Datenschutzrichtlinie
Entstehungsprozess
ePrivacy-RL
European legal policy
Datenschutz-Grundverordnung
Datenschutzpolitik
Europäische Rechtspolitik
Data protection reform
GDPR
DSGVO
DS-GVO
Data Protection Directive
Datenschutzreform
Politics
Data protection policy
ePrivacy-Richtlinie
Entstehung
Process of creation
Emergence
Politik

description: Die politikwissenschaftliche Analyse der Entstehung der DSGVO zeigt, wie eine Koalition aus Datenschutzbefürwortern aufgrund des Zusammenwirkens zahlreicher Faktoren und gegen den Widerstand aus Wirtschaft und einigen EU-Mitgliedstaaten ein im historischen Vergleich ungekannt hohes Datenschutzniveau gesetzlich verankern konnte. Die Arbeit fußt auf einer vertieften Analyse der historischen Datenschutzpolitik, indem zunächst die Genese aller datenschutzpolitischen Regelungen auf EU-Ebene (EU-DS-RL, ePrivacy-RL, usw.) und der Weg zur Datenschutzreform untersucht werden. Daran schließt sich die Analyse des Entstehungsprozesses der DSGVO an, die von den ersten vorbereitenden Konsultationen im Jahr 2009 bis zu dessen Verabschiedung im Trilog Ende 2015 reicht.
description: This political science analysis of the negotiation of the GDPR shows how a coalition of data protection advocates was able to enshrine an unprecedentedly high level of data protection in law thanks to the interaction of numerous factors and despite resistance from industry and some EU member states. The study is based on an in-depth analysis of historical data protection policy, which first examines the genesis of all data protection policy regulations at EU level (EC Data Protection Directive, ePrivacy Directive, etc.) and the path to data protection reform. This is followed by an analysis of the drafting process of the GDPR, from the first preparatory consultations in 2009 to its adoption in the trilogue at the end of 2015.
A Netnography of Goal Pursuit in Retirement Travel
Creators: name: Ye, Xin
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Netnography
subject: Goal Pursuit
subject: Consumer Research
subject: Tourism
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: As millions of baby boomers approach retirement, they will face one of the most significant and potentially life-altering decisions they’ve ever made – the pursuit of a travel-based retirement lifestyle. When people make such high-stakes decisions it is inevitable that their salient desires are engaged and likely that goal conflicts will arise. An extensive literature has focused on understanding travelers’ motivations, but this research has rarely examined how people cope with the conflicts that are inherent in travel decisions. Retirement provides a perfect natural context to study such decisions. In this study we use netnography – a method of observing online consumer-to-consumer communications – to discern the tensions that arise when aspiring travelers’ goals are in conflict. Furthermore, we investigate how experienced travelers in the online community offer aspiring travelers moral support, advice and referrals that help to resolve these goal conflicts, thus easing decision-making tension and moving the decision-maker closer to the choice of a travel-based lifestyle. The findings offer a better understanding of multiple goal pursuit in retirement travel, where (1) desires serve as superordinate goals that are engaged in travel planning, (2) retiree travelers juggle multiple goals that often result in goal conflicts and (3) the importance of online community in providing advice as proposed solutions to achieve goals and resolve goal conflicts. Lastly, implications and limitations of this study are discussed.
Perceived Contributions of Team Members in Post-graduate Medical Education: A Case Study of Learning Interprofessional Collaboration During a Critical Care Rotation
Creators: name: Landriault, Angele
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2015
Subjects: Interprofessional Collaboration
Post-graduate medical education

description: Purpose: To explore how non-physician team members of a health care team perceive their contributions to educating residents about interprofessional collaboration in an intensive care rotation and to compare this to residents’ perceptions. Method: Participants in this exploratory case study were selected using maximal variation, purposive and convenience sampling strategies. Data were collected through semi-structured individual and focus group interviews, and analyzed using inductive thematic analysis. Findings: Contributions occurred implicitly and explicitly during patient care activities and focused on role clarification, sharing of expertise, and help navigating the workflow. Contributions were influenced by a) Intensive Care Unit context, b) tension between working and teaching, c) expectations, d) resident engagement, e) power/hierarchy. Conclusion: Team members contribute to residents’ education about collaboration through participation in the everyday business of caring for critically ill patients. Recognition of this contribution may improve resident training. However, some residents may not be learning basic skills, what they learn about interprofessional collaboration may have limited transferability, and team interactions may influence the validity of judgements made about entrustability and performance.
Empirische Untersuchung eines hybriden Simulators zur ganzheitlichen Erlebbarkeit neuer Fahrzeuginterieur-Konzepte
Creators: name: Hartfiel, Bert
name: :Unav
Publisher: name: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Year: 2021
Subjects: Fahrsimulation
VR-Brille
Hybrider Prototyp
Verhaltensbezogene Validität
Fahrzeuginterieur-Konzepte

description: Im modernen Automobilbau ist das ganzheitliche Kundenerlebnis (engl. User Experience) mit dem Fahrzeug ein zentrales Kaufkriterium. Daher ist auch im Entwicklungsprozess eine starke Kundenzentrierung von entscheidender Bedeutung. Interaktive Entwicklungswerkzeuge werden deshalb bereits seit Jahrzehnten vor allem in frühen Entwicklungsphasen eingesetzt, um neue Fahrzeugkonzepte subjektiv erleben und evaluieren zu können. In Bezug zu einer ganzheitlichen Erlebbarkeit neuer Fahrzeuginterieur-Konzepte stoßen vorhandene Entwicklungswerkzeuge jedoch an ihre Grenzen. Aus diesem Grund wurde ein neuartiger Simulator als Hybride aus dynamischen Fahrsimulator und variablem VR-Prüfstand entwickelt. Im Rahmen dieser Arbeit wird dieses Tool mithilfe von drei Validierungsstudien umfassend untersucht. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass neben einer gesteigerten physikalischen Validität auch die verhaltensbezogene Validität bei der Ausführung primärer Fahraufgaben in diesem Simulator erhöht ist. Es wird jedoch auch deutlich, dass der aktuelle Entwicklungsstand dieses Tools noch nicht für die valide Evaluierung sekundärer und tertiärer Fahraufgaben geeignet ist und Weiterentwicklungen erforderlich sind.
An Adjustable Robust Optimization Approach to Multi-objective Personnel Scheduling Under Uncertain Demand: A Case Study at a Pathology Department
Creators: name: Mahdavi, Roshanak
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2020
Subjects: Personnel Scheduling
Robust Optimization

description: In this thesis, we address a multi-objective personnel scheduling problem where personnel’s workload is uncertain and propose a two-stage robust modelling approach with demand uncertainty. In the first stage, we model a multi-objective personnel scheduling problem without incorporating demand coverage and, in the second stage, we minimize over or under-staffing after the realization of the demand and the assignments from the first stage. Two solution approaches are introduced for this model. The first approach solves the proposed model through a cutting plane strategy known as Benders dual cutting plane method, and the second approach reformulates the problem based on the strong duality theory. As a case study, the proposed model and the first solution approach are applied to an existing scheduling problem in the pathology department at The Ottawa Hospital. It is shown that the proposed model is successful at reducing the unmet demand while maintaining the performance with respect to other metrics when compared against the deterministic alternative.
Narrative in Political Argument: The Next Chapter in Deliberative Democracy
Creators: name: Hawkins, Stephen Bernard
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011
Subjects: deliberative democracy
narrative
contextualism
rhetoric
political philosophy
Bouchard-Taylor
historical justice
tradition
cultural accommodation
constitutionalism

description: Deliberative democrats have argued that democracy requires citizens to seek consensus, using a familiar style of principle-based moral argument. However, critics like Iris Young object that deliberative democracy’s favoured model of reasoning is inadequate for resolving deep value conflicts. She and others have suggested that the aim of improving understanding across political differences could be achieved if our conception of legitimate democratic discourse were broadened to include a significant role for narrative. The question is whether such a revision would amount to abandoning the deliberative democratic goal of seeking reasonable resolutions of value conflict. This thesis argues that a narrative approach to deliberative democracy can realize its commitment to reasoned justification, while preserving the significance of differing perspectives and promoting mutual understanding. The narrative-contextualist approach is developed and illustrated with reference to public debate over issues such as cultural accommodation and historical justice.
Understanding the Neural Correlates of Increasing Cognitive Demand During Dual-Task Walking in Older Adults
Creators: name: Salzman, Talia
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2020
Subjects: fNIRS
Dual-task
Gait
Cognitive aging

description: Introduction: The prefrontal cortex (PFC) is highly susceptible to age-related deterioration. As such, executive function deficits are commonly observed when older adults process two attention-demanding tasks simultaneously. Everyday tasks such as walking and talking on the phone involve executive functions and the integration of cognitive-motor pathways. However, less is known about this relationship as cognitive demands increase. Methods: Twenty healthy older adults (M = 71.8 years, SD = 6.4) performed four auditory cognitive tasks of increasing demand, including a simple reaction time (SRT), go/no-go (GNG), n-back (NBK), and double number sequence (DNS) task with or without self-paced walking (i.e., single- versus dual-task). Using a blocked design, prefrontal hemodynamic changes (i.e., oxy- [∆HbO2] and deoxyhemoglobin [∆HbR]) were measured using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) and performance was assessed using measures of response time (s), accuracy (% correct) and gait speed (m/s). Results: Prefrontal activation decreased between the single- and dual-tasks across all task demands. Behaviourally, the SRT response times were significantly faster than GNG and NBK. Accuracy decreased between single- and dual-tasks and with increasing demand, but the NBK and DNS tasks were not significantly different. An interaction between task and demand was observed for gait speed such that the DNS dual-task was significantly slower than the single-task. Conclusion: Neural findings support an automatic locomotor control strategy in that cerebral oxygenation decreased between single- and dual-tasks and gait speed was maintained up until the most demanding cognitive task. However, decreased prefrontal activation was inefficient at supporting response time and accuracy performance which may indicate that cognitive performance is differentially affected by cognitive demand and deficits in executive functioning.
Scorpiopini Kraepelin 1905
Creators: name: Soleglad, Michael E.
name: Fet, Victor
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2003
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Scorpiones
Euscorpiidae

description: Tribe Scorpiopini Kraepelin, 1905   Type Genus. Scorpiops Peters, 1861.
 Composition. The tribe includes six genera.
 Distribution. South and Southeast Asia.
 Taxonomic history. This tribe was established by Soleglad & Sissom (2001).
 Biogeographic history. The Scorpiopini are distributed mainly in the tropics of Asia, but also reach high altitudes in the Himalayas. Their origin does not appear to be connected with Gondwanaland fragmentation, and they could be considered an ancient Laurasian relict group. The genus Parascorpiops represents a peculiar island form from the mountains of Indonesia.
 Diagnosis. See Soleglad & Sissom (2001) for details.
description: Published as part of Soleglad, Michael E. & Fet, Victor, 2003, High-level systematics and phylogeny of the extant scorpions (Scorpiones: Orthosterni), pp. 1-175 in Euscorpius 2003 (11) on page 106, DOI: 10.18590/euscorpius.2003.vol2003.iss11.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13237351
L’autobiographie « collective » d’Annie Ernaux : une étude féministe de l’instance narrative dans Les années
Creators: name: Sylvester, Katelyn A
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011
Subjects: Annie Ernaux
Les années
autobiographie
théorie féministe

description: Dans son œuvre récente, Les années, Annie Ernaux, écrivaine française, abandonne le « je » autobiographique qui caractérise ses textes précédents afin d'opter pour une voix narrative collective (« nous » et « on ») et à la troisième personne (« elle »), passant de son histoire individuelle à une sorte d'autobiographie collective. Cette nouvelle voix narrative permet à l'auteure de présenter l'Histoire d'une génération dans le contexte de la société française de l'après-guerre à aujourd'hui, société qui repose sur les constructions sociales, entre autres, de sexe et de classe sociale. À l'aide d'une perspective féministe, cette thèse s'intéresse d'abord aux transgressions des formes littéraires établies qu'opère Ernaux par sa pratique narrative. Ensuite, la perspective féministe intersectionnelle souligne les multiples façons dont les rapports de sexe entrent en interrelation avec d‘autres aspects de l'identité sociale dans cette œuvre, mettant en relief la complexité et la multiplicité des expériences sociales. Finalement, la théorie du dialogisme met en lumière le caractère polyphonique de cette narration qui permet à l'auteure de présenter une histoire davantage inclusive, c'est-à-dire qui représente diverses expériences de vie dans une variété de contextes socio-historiques.
Characterization of Nestin Proteins in the Goldfish: Implications for Regeneration of Adult Dopaminergic Neurons
Creators: name: Venables, Maddie Jolyane
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: Nestin
Dopamine
Goldfish
Neurogenesis
Telencephalon

description: Nestin is a type VI intermediate filament protein that marks proliferative cells in the central and peripheral nervous system of vertebrates during development and adulthood. Nestin is not only expressed in progenitor cells of neuronal tissues but is also present in muscle, heart, lung, pancreas and skin follicle tissues. The goal of this thesis is to investigate and characterize the nestin protein in goldfish and relate nestin expression to neuroregeneration and brain plasticity events in the adult goldfish forebrain. Currently little is known about nestin function and regulation in vertebrates, especially in fish. In this study we used Rapid amplification of cDNA ends PCR (RACE-PCR) to isolate goldfish nestin mRNA. We uncovered several different mRNA transcripts. PCR analysis and sequencing further identified three different nestin transcripts of 4003, 2446, and 2126 nucleotides with a predicted protein length of 860, 274, and 344 amino acids respectively. We next applied a multiple-antigenic peptide (MAP) strategy to generate a polyclonal goldfish-specific nestin antibody against a 23 amino acid sequence located at the N-terminal end of goldfish nestin. Western blotting revealed the existence of three different nestin protein isoforms (nestin A, B and C); the first report of nestin isoforms in teleost species. Nestin expression and distribution in the goldfish brain is complex and revealed both individual and tissue-dependent variations. The most remarkable finding following principal component analysis of the western blot data was the uniqueness of the pituitary, hypothalamus and telencephalon. These tissues are proliferative in nature containing progenitor and proliferative cellular pools that are involved in important biological axes such as the motor and reproductive axis. Interestingly, all three tissues were able to change their proliferative cellular profile of nestin protein expression to alleviate the detrimental effects of the neurotoxin 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) upon administration. The toxin MPTP destroys dopamine neurons in the fish brain leading to motor deficits and reproductive difficulties. The incorporation of 5-bromo-2’-deoxyuriding (BrdU) into newly synthesized DNA revealed an upregulation of BrdU immunolabeling following MPTP administration in the area telencephali pars dorsalis (Vd) and along the ventricular surface area of the telencephalon suggesting the generation of new neurons in the adult central nervous system. This thesis reports novel nestin isoforms and illustrates regenerative events occurring in the goldfish telencephalon following a neurotoxic insult. This work provides a framework for future investigations of the differential roles and regulation of the nestins to better understand seasonal neuronal plasticity, neuronal regeneration and neuronal circuitry in teleost.
Quantum-Grade Diamond for Cavity-based Solutions
Creators: name: Langer, Julia
name: :Unav
Publisher: name: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Year: 2021
Subjects: mechanical engineering and materials
materials science
physics
states of matter
condensed matter physics

description: Quantum technologies represent one of the latest achievements of humankind. In this context, synthetic diamond has been extensively studied over the past years due to its outstanding material properties. Especially nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond show high potential towards the realization of diamond-based quantum technologies. To be more precise, highly NV-doped bulk diamond is expected to find application as a laser crystal to promote the realization of solid-state masers, high sensitivity gyroscopes or multi-modal sensors. This dissertation discloses the demands on the material specifications of the desired diamond centerpiece and elaborates on its synthesis. Therefore, the entire development chain is considered for optimization. A solid approach towards quantum-grade diamond for cavity-based solutions is presented and a deeper understanding on the essential factors is provided.
Developing an interdisciplinary discursive methodology to 'see' government emblems
Creators: name: Hepworth, Katherine
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Design historians frequently struggle to place design artefacts that are outside of the realm of consumption and do not readily fit into the accepted historical design canon. This is in part due to the limitations of commonly used methodologies. This paper discusses the formulation of an alternative discursive methodology and its application to a historical study of government emblems. Discursive methodology facilitates the consideration of government emblems as simultaneously design artefacts and political symbols. It does this by contextualising the emblems within the massive changes faced by the local design industry and local government in mid-1990s Victoria. The research thus avoids a common criticism of design histories: the object/canon bias. Close study of the work of Foucault and Foucauldian scholars reveals the importance of his views on and approach to historical investigation for design historians. This paper discusses these theories, formulates them into a workable methodology for historical inquiry and then discusses the application of the methodology to the development of an interdisciplinary history of government emblems.
Elektrisches und mechanisches Design von Solarmodulen mit geschindelten Solarzellen
Creators: name: Klasen, Nils
name: :Unav
Publisher: name: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Year: 2022
Subjects: Technologie
Photovoltaik
Umwelt
Wissenschaft

description: Neben der heute marktbeherrschenden Drahtverschaltung von Solarzellen bietet die Schindelverschaltung eine attraktive Alternative. Beim Schindeln werden Solarzellen leicht überlappend mit leitfähigen Klebstoffen direkt mechanisch und elektrisch miteinander verbunden. So wird über die Packungsdichte nicht nur der Wirkungsgrad von Solarmodulen gesteigert, sondern auch ihr Erscheinungsbild wesentlich homogener und damit ästhetisch ansprechender. In dieser Dissertation werden Fragestellungen zur mechanischen Stabilität dieser Fügetechnik bei thermischen Beanspruchungen des Solarmoduls im Betrieb behandelt und Ansätze aufgezeigt, basierend auf der Schindeltechnik signifikant verschattungsresilientere Solarmodule herzustellen. Alterungsexperimente in Kombination mit strukturmechanischen Simulationen zeigen die thermomechanische Zuverlässigkeit von Schindelsolarmodulen und werden zur Aufklärung von charakteristischen Rissbildungen an der Fügestelle eingesetzt. Zum Nachweis der Verschattungsresilienz wird ein auf der Monte-Carlo-Methode basierender Ansatz zur Ermittlung globaler Leistungsmittelwerte bei Verschattung erarbeitet, diskutiert und zu bereits vorhandenen Ansätzen abgegrenzt.
Relevanz von Schieflasten in Niederspannungsnetzen im Kontext zunehmender Elektromobilität
Creators: name: Elias, Sebastian
name: :Unav
Publisher: name: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Year: 2021
Subjects: Unsymmetrie
Lastfluss
Ladestationen
Elektromobilität

description: To reduce the emissions of climate active gases, the federal german government decided in it’s „Klimaschutzplan 2050“ to restructure many sectors of public life [1]. This is also true for the personal transport sector. This way, a rejection of combustion engines should happen in favor of BEV, or battery electric vehicles. According to estimates, around three of four cars in cars in Germany should be BEV until 2050 [2]. These can use electricity from renewable sources instead of fossil fuels. To charge the batterys of these vehicles, there are wallboxes and charging stations in use even today. These are used decentralized on public parking lots, by employers or at home. It can be assumed, that the penetration of these BEV-chargers will increase with rising fleet share of BEV. This will prove a surplus load for the distribution grids. As many modells of BEV-chargers are connected to the grid with less than three phases, there will likely be more asymmetry in the grids. This work analyses, what level of asymmetry might occur until 2050 based on the assumed rise of BEV-penetration as well as what problems can arise for the management of the grids. Additionally, an estimate is done on the suitability of the often used symmetrical power flow analyses for dealing with the estimated levels of asymmetry. To achieve this, three phased power flow simulations will be done on german distribution grids for a number of different estimates about the expression of BEV-penetration. Every simulation is repeated a statistical relevant number of times, each time changing the spatial allocation of BEV-chargers in a random pattern.Based on the extrema of voltage, line- and tranformer workload, the behaviour of the distribution grids is analysed for every estimated scenario. From that, the estimated level of asymmetry is derived. The results of the investigation show, that most analysed grids are fit for the levels of asymmetry that happens in the more probable scenarios. The occuring asymmetry is distinctive for the use of many one-phased chargers and can reach 10 % and more. The symmetrical power flow analyses is unable to display the occuring level of asymmetry and should therefore be replaced by the asymmetrical power flow analysis, when many one-phased chargers are in use.
Einsatz maschineller Lernverfahren zur Lösung von Materialdesignfragestellungen: Materialmodellierung, Datengenerierung und Anwendung
Creators: name: Morand, Lukas
name: :Unav
Publisher: name: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Year: 2021
Subjects: Materialdesign
Maschinelles Lernen
Materialwissenschaften
Metallverarbeitung
Optimierung

description: Die vorliegende Arbeit befasst sich mit der Lösung materialwissenschaftlicher Optimierungsfragestellungen entlang der Kette Prozess-Struktur-Eigenschaften, basierend auf maschinellem Lernen. Im Fokus stehen dabei Fragestellungen bezüglich des Designs der Mikrostruktur metallischer Werkstoffe. Hierfür wird in der Arbeit eine Vorgehensweise zur Erzeugung maschineller Lernmodelle basierend auf numerischen Simulationen vorgestellt.
Providence, nationalisme et obligation sociale : l’histoire des scouts d’Ottawa, 1918-1948
Creators: name: Pigeon, Émilie
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011
Subjects: scoutisme
Canada français
Boy Scouts Association of Canada
mouvement scout
nationalisme
Ordre de Jacques Cartier
Paul McNicoll

description: La présente thèse situe un groupe de francophones en position minoritaire et suit son ascension et son affirmation sociale et culturelle dans une arène dominée par une identité anglo-saxonne. Nous avançons que les scouts qui faisaient partie de la 41e Notre-Dame, sous le contrôle de la Boy Scouts Association of Canada depuis sa fondation en 1918, ont d'abord été pris en main par le clergé ottavien. C'est après la fondation de la Fédération des scouts de la province de Québec par le Cardinal Villeneuve que les troupes ottaviennes sont devenues, tout comme toutes les troupes scoutes du Canada français, sujettes au noyautage de l'Ordre de Jacques Cartier (OJC). Le lien intime qui s'est développé entre les membres de l'OJC et les scouts d'Ottawa est un exemple concret de « groulxisme appliqué », thème utilisé par l'historien Michel Bock.
Interactions between the Physical and Social Environments with Adverse Pregnancy Events Related to Placental Disorders : A Scoping Review
Creators: name: Dube, Yolisa Prudence
name: Nyapwere, Newton
name: Magee, Laura A.
name: Vidler, Marianne
name: Moore, Sophie E.
name: Barratt, Benjamin
name: Craik, Rachel
name: Dadelszen, Peter Von
name: Makanga, Prestige Tatenda
name: Network, The PRECISE
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2020

description: Background: Due to different social and physical environments across Africa, understanding how these environments differ in interacting with placental disorders will play an important role in developing effective interventions. Methods: A scoping review was conducted, to identify current knowledge on interactions between the physical and social environment and the incidence of placental disease in Africa. Results: Heavy metals were said to be harmful when environmental concentrations are beyond critical limits. Education level, maternal age, attendance of antenatal care and parity were the most investigated social determinants. Conclusions: More evidence is needed to determine the relationships between the environment and placental function in Africa. The results show that understanding the nature of the relationship between social determinants of health (SDH) and placental health outcomes plays a pivotal role in understanding the risk in the heterogenous communities in Africa.
Exploring Kindness and Empathy in an Original Children's Book
Creators: name: Koh, Jina
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: kindness
empathy
fiction
book
illustrations
animals

description: It is common for people to remember a certain book—often fiction—they had read as a child. Narratives leave a lasting impression on people. As a future elementary school teacher, I see the importance of educating children about relevant concepts that are critical to the development of their character. With this in mind, I decided to create an original children’s book that focuses on the concepts of kindness and empathy and targets children between the ages of five and seven. To create this book, I developed a detailed storyboard for my creative process of writing the story and drawing digital illustrations to accompany my text. The fictional story follows a young girl’s journey to make friends as she endures hardships and loneliness and because she feels and is perceived as different. It is through kindness and empathy that she overcomes these difficulties and creates lasting friendships. My book is inspired by existing literature that spreads messages about these two concepts and is also motivated by my passion for bringing more kindness into the world. The purpose of this project is to creatively explore the true meaning of kindness and empathy and inspire readers to apply these ideas to their everyday lives.
La bisexualité et les jeunes adultes : représentations, attitudes, identité et vécu sexuel
Creators: name: Alarie, Milaine
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011
Subjects: bisexualité
sexualité
monosexisme
hétéronormativité
jeunes
identité sexuelle

description: Dans cette thèse de maîtrise, l’auteure désire répondre à la question de recherche suivante : Comment s’articulent les représentations de la bisexualité, les attitudes face à la bisexualité, l’identité sexuelle et le vécu sexuel des individus? Afin de répondre à la question, quinze jeunes adultes ont été interviewés. À la lumière des entretiens, trois constats principaux ressortent des données. Tout d’abord, chez la plupart des individus, on note une dissonance entre l’identité sexuelle adoptée par le participant et son vécu sexuel. Deuxièmement, la majorité des jeunes interviewés adopte une identité monosexuelle et ce, malgré un vécu sexuel qui n’est généralement pas entièrement monosexuel, ce qui peut être expliqué par les attitudes monosexistes dont témoignent plusieurs jeunes. Finalement, le sexe de la personne qui a des pratiques, sentiments et/ou désirs bisexuels influence la façon dont les participants jugent cet individu.
Troglocormini Soleglad & Sissom 2001
Creators: name: Soleglad, Michael E.
name: Fet, Victor
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2003
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Scorpiones
Euscorpiidae

description: Tribe Troglocormini Soleglad & Sissom, 2001   Type Genus. Troglocormus Francke, 1981.
 Composition. This monotypic tribe includes a single genus, Troglocormus.
 Distribution. North America (Mexico).
 Taxonomic history. Troglocormus was previously included in subfamily Megacorminae of Chactidae (Sissom, 1990), or in Euscorpiidae without distinguishing a subfamily (Fet & Sissom, 2000a). This tribe was established by Soleglad & Sissom (2001) who demonstrated its affinity to the Asian scorpiopines.
 Biogeographic history. Two species of Troglocormus are found only in the caves of north-central and northeastern Mexico (Fet & Sissom, 2000a), and clearly represent an ancient, relict lineage.
 Diagnosis. See Soleglad & Sissom (2001) for details.
description: Published as part of Soleglad, Michael E. & Fet, Victor, 2003, High-level systematics and phylogeny of the extant scorpions (Scorpiones: Orthosterni), pp. 1-175 in Euscorpius 2003 (11) on page 106, DOI: 10.18590/euscorpius.2003.vol2003.iss11.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13237351
Findings of a survey on the 2006 Italian expatriate vote in Australia
Creators: name: Battiston, Simone
name: Mascitelli, Bruno
name: Muthaly, Siva
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The aim of this paper is to offer a clearer picture of the array of views and opinions of expatriate Italians in Australia in relation to their understanding of the meaning and consequences of having the right to vote and elect representatives for their 'home' country parliament. This is based on the data primarily collected through a questionnaire distributed among overseas Italians living in Australians and voted in the Italian elections of April 2006.
Contentions chimiques en psychiatrie : une étude phénoménologique de l’expérience vécue par les patients
Creators: name: Mercier, Stéphanie
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2020
Subjects: Contentions chimiques

description: L’objectif de cette étude était d’examiner l’expérience phénoménologique des patients placés sous contentions chimiques dans un contexte de psychiatrie légale au Canada. Onze patients ont pris part à des entrevues semi-structurées qui ont ensuite été transcrites, codées et analysées selon la méthode d’analyse interprétative phénoménologique (AIP). La recherche a eu lieu dans une institution de psychiatrie légale dans un centre métropolitain du Canada. Au plan théorique, les travaux de Foucault et de Goffman ont guidé le processus d’analyse. Cette dernière montre que même lorsqu’utilisée de façon adéquate, les contentions chimiques peuvent entraîner certaines répercussions négatives sur leur bien-être physique et psychologique des patients. Les résultats de cette recherche ont aussi fait ressortir que les patients sous contentions chimiques vivaient une détresse psychologique, pouvant dans certains cas, exacerber leurs symptômes psychiatriques et que la relation thérapeutique entre le patient et l’infirmière peut aussi être entravée. Par ailleurs, l’administration de médicaments PRN, sans le consentement du patient, entraîne des enjeux juridiques, cliniques et éthiques.
Structure, function and control of the EphA3 receptor tyrosine kinase
Creators: name: Vearing, Christopher J.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The implication of the transmembrane signalling Receptor Tyrosine Kinases (RTKs) in cancer has accelerated the pursuit for drugs to target these molecules. In the process our understanding of how these membrane bound molecules are entangled in cell signalling has significantly expanded. There is now evidence that RTKs can facilitate the formation of a lattice-type network of signalling molecules to elicit whole cell responses to external ligand stimuli. Although beginning to be unravelled, knowledge pertaining to the mechanisms of molecular control that initiate these signalling pathways is still in its infancy. In this thesis, a random mutagenesis approach allowed the identification of the crucial interaction surfaces between membrane-bound EphA3 and its preferential binding partner ephrinA5, that are required to induce the formation of higher-order Eph signalling complexes. Modelling and experimental dissection of this co-ordinated receptor aggregation has provided detailed insights into the molecular mechanisms of Eph receptor activation, which in some aspects may also apply to other members of the RTK family. In particular, the importance of certain molecular interfaces in determining preferential and non-preferential Eph/ephrin interactions, suggests their role in the selection of biologically important binding partners. In addition to the assignment of the ephrin-interaction surfaces, the random mutagenesis strategy also identified a continuous conformational epitope as binding site for an anti-EphA3 monoclonal antibody. Fortuitously, antibody binding to this site functionally mimics ephrin stimulation of EphA3 positive cells, and in particular together with divalent ephrinA5, yields synergistically enhanced EphA3 activation. Elucidation of the underlying mechanism has provided opportunities to develop an efficient EphA3 targeting mechanism that is based on increased affinity and accelerated ephrinA5 uptake as consequence of this unique activation mechanism. On a genetic level, novel oligonucleotide analogues known as Peptide Nucleic Acids (PNAs) were analysed for their ability to sterically inhibit EphA3 DNA transcription and suggest a dosedependent downregulation of EphA3 expression, in malignant melanoma cells. Combined, ephrinA5, the anti-EphA3 MAb (IIIA4) and PNA, offer the possibility to investigate the specific machinery involved in Eph receptor expression and signalling for the specific targeting of EphA3 expressing tumour cells.
Three Essays on Low-skilled Migration, Sustainability and Trade in Services
Creators: name: Milot, Catherine Alexandra
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: Low skilled migration
Altruism
Overlapping Generations
Environment
Growth
Trade in Services

description: Chapter 1 Low-skilled Migration and Altruism: Population ageing has become a common concern among welfare states, including Canada and most of the OECD countries. Immigration has been identified as a solution to help sustain labour-force growth in industrialized countries, and as the factor most able to mitigate dire predictions of future fiscal imbalances. This chapter examines the impact of low-skilled immigration in a host country where households are altruists with a pay-as-you-go pension system to support the elderly. It demonstrates that low-skilled immigration does not harm the welfare of the domestic population. We use an overlapping-generations model similar to the work of Razin and Sadka (2000) but introduce paternalistic altruism into the life-cycle framework. Within this context of inter-generational altruism and pay-as-you-go pension systems, the initial negative fiscal impact of low-skilled migrants is compensated, thus, all income groups (high and low) and all age groups (young and old) benefit from migration. // Chapter 2 Growth and Sustainability: In light of the major environmental issues experienced by several countries in the last decades, several papers have advocated the rethinking of the role of governments in environmental preservation. This chapter develops an overlapping-generations model of environmental quality and production and investigates the potential role of governmental participation in the preservation of the quality of the environment so as to achieve both economic growth and environmental sustainability. The analysis suggests that long term economic growth and environment sustainability can be maintained with tax-funded environmental programs in a context of a negative production externality on the quality of the environment. // Chapter 3 The Incidence of Geography on Canada’s Services Trade: We estimate geographic barriers to export trade in nine service categories for Canada's provinces from 1997 to 2007 using the structural gravity model. Constructed Home, Domestic and Foreign Bias indexes capture the direct plus indirect effect of services trade costs on intra-provincial, inter-provincial and international trade relative to their frictionless benchmarks. Barriers to services international trade are huge relative to inter-provincial trade and large relative to goods international trade. A novel test confirms the fit of structural gravity with services trade data.
Digital Transformation in District Heating: Simulating the Impact of Interconnected Flow Valves Integration
Creators: name: Shah, Kartik Amrishkumar
name: :Unav
Publisher: name: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Year: 2024
Subjects: District Heating
Digitized Substation Control
Peak Load Reduction
Thermo-Hydraulic Simulation

description: District Heating System (DHS) has been widely adopted by many countries as the futureof urban heating. Because of its sustainability and potential to decrease greenhouse gasemissions of heating sector which predominately uses fossil fuels for the energy source. InGermany “Urban Turn” project aims to develop a sustainable District Heating Network(DHN). One of the goal is to develop control strategies to mitigate morning peak causedby night setback. At present this morning peak demand is fulfilled by peak load boilerswhich not only have high CO2 emissions but also have very high operational cost. Todecrease this emission caused by the peak-load boilers it is crucial to investigate differentmethods for peak shaving of the heat flow.In this master thesis, District Heating (DH) model are simulated using MATLAB Simulinkwith Simscape environment by utilizing the parameters used by the test facility “DistrictLAB”. This model is then simulated to incorporate transient dynamic nature of key componentssuch as substations. A detailed sensitivity analysis of various factor influencing themorning peak is conducted, which is later followed by analysing the model implementedwith rate limiter block. The overall result of this study shows that, strategic adjustmentsto system operation can effectively mitigate morning peak, thus reducing the dependencyon peak load boilers which later contribute to develop more sustainable DHS.
Kosupure et construction identitaire : la place et le rôle de la culture populaire dans la vie des jeunes Japonais-es
Creators: name: Truong, Alexis Hieu
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: Construction identitaire
Culture populaire
Costume play
Jeunes
Japon
Interactions
Parcours de vie
Carrières

description: Au début des années 1990, le Japon a été bousculé par une importante crise économique. Les jeunes qui sont entré-e-s dans l’âge adulte depuis le début de cette période sont parmi celles et ceux qui ont été les plus affecté-e-s par cette crise, notamment au niveau de la transformation de leurs trajectoires scolaires, professionnelles et familiales et de leur investissement dans la culture populaire. Or, peu de travaux ont jusqu’ici fait le lien entre ces transformations survenues dans les parcours de vie des jeunes et leurs pratiques ludiques. La présente thèse adresse ce problème en répondant à la question « comment la construction identitaire des jeunes Japonais-es s’articule-t-elle à travers leur pratique du kosupure? » L’expression kosupure renvoie ici à un ensemble de pratiques issues de la culture populaire où les individus se déguisent pour participer à des activités ludiques et pour interagir avec autrui. Notre approche est celle des parcours de vie et notre cadre théorique s’organise autour d’une révision de la théorie interactionniste d’Erving Goffman à la lumière d’auteurs incontournables pour l’étude du processus de construction identitiare. Le terrain de recherche s’est déroulé à Tokyo entre mars 2010 et mai 2012, caractérisé par de nombreuses séances d’observation participante et des entrevues semi-dirigées répétées. Nos analyses nous amènent à conclure que la mise en pratique du kosupure a transformé la manière dont les participant-e-s se sont présenté-e-s, se sont identifié-e-s et se sont défini-e-s au cours du temps. La pratique du kosupure a aussi eu un effet facilitateur sur la construction de relations d’amitié avec autrui par l’entremise d’une connaissance et d’une appréciation mutuelle des sources jouées. Nous avons identifié trois façons dont la trajectoire ludique associée au kosupure s’est articulée avec les autres trajectoires du parcours de vie des participant-e-s. Nous avons aussi montré comment la construction de cette pratique dans le parcours de vie des participant-e-s s’est organisée en vertu de trois moments forts liés à la recherche de reconnaissance. Finalement, l’effet des pratiques sur le processus de construction identitaire au fil du temps a été lié aux expériences vécues lors de situations en face-à-face, expériences qui ont changé la façon dont les participant-e-s se sont défini-e-s dans et à travers leurs interactions.
Gatekeepers No More: Redefining the Roles of Journalism and PR in the Age of Digital Media and Content Marketing
Creators: name: Scopelliti, Maria
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: Content Marketing
Public Relations
Journalism
Digital Media
Brand Journalism

description: The digital media landscape has fundamentally changed the way audiences consume and share content, creating many opportunities and challenges for news companies and organizations of all types (private, public and non-profit). This research investigates how the latter have gained the ability to produce and distribute journalistic-like content through their owned channels, thus circumventing journalists and engaging with their audiences directly. It shows how digital media have altered the manner in which news about organizations is disseminated, and, subsequently, the roles of PR practitioners and journalists. Through a series of interviews with seasoned experts in these two competing and collaborating fields, this project provides insights regarding the erosion of journalists’ gatekeeping role and the advent of PR practitioners as content creators. It supports prior research regarding the value of reciprocity between journalists and PR practitioners and offers orientations as to the future of these two professions in the context of the digital media landscape.
Commission proposal for an EU carbon removal certification framework
Creators: name: Meyer-Ohlendorf, Nils
name: Siemons, Anne
Publisher: name: Umweltbundesamt
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: delegated act
subject: certification methodologies
subject: Climate | Energy

description: In November 2022, the European Commission put forward a proposal for a regulation for a Carbon Removal Certification Framework (CRCF).This proposal includes various provisions that would empower the Commission to adopt delegated acts. Delegated acts are intended to specify a number of provisions of the regulation. This report examines whether the proposed provisions on delegation are in line with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU (TFEU). In this regard, the analysis focusses on the question what elements of the proposal can be referred to as "essential elements" and hence must not be regulated in delegated acts. Quelle: www.umweltbundesamt.de
description: In November 2022, the European Commission put forward a proposal for a regulation for a Carbon Removal Certification Framework (CRCF).This proposal includes various provisions that would empower the Commission to adopt delegated acts. Delegated acts are intended to specify a number of provisions of the regulation.This report examines whether the proposed provisions on delegation are in line with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU (TFEU). In this regard, the analysis focusses on the question what elements of the proposal can be referred to as “essential elements” and hence must not be regulated in delegated acts.
Interfacial Analysis of Perovskite Solar Cells using Sub-cells
Creators: name: Mathiazhagan, Gayathri
name: :Unav
Publisher: name: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Year: 2021
Subjects: Organische Solarzellen
Perowskit Solarzellen
Grenzflächenanalyse
Kohlenstoffbasierte Perowskit-Solarzellen
Charakterisierung von Solarzellen

description: Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) are gaining increasing importance and attention in the last decade. Even though high conversion efficiencies have been reached, one of the major bottlenecks for the commercialization of PSCs is their stability. Issues at the interfaces in the multilayered PSC architecture are suspected to be the significant contributor in causing low stability. This doctoral thesis focusses on the analysis of various interfaces present in PSCs and traces methods to improve them. The investigation of individual interfaces is performed by developing suitable sub-cells, i.e., comprising only the particular interface of interest. Various optical and structural characterization methods are used to determine layer and interface properties. After this step, complete devices are manufactured from the sub-cells, and their final performance is investigated to conclude the role and optimization of the interfaces.