cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Transparency, Reproducibility and Impact: Placing Open Science into Practice
Creators: name: Sacchi, Dr Simone
Publisher: name: Forschungzentrum Jülich
Year: 2022
Subjects: Transparency
Reproducibility
Impact
Open Science

description: Lecture at Seminar (), ; doi:10.5281/ZENODO.7501526
description: This presentation is from the CIVICA Research Open Science for the Social Sciences workshop on Transparency, Reproducibility and Impact: Placing Open Science into Practice . The hybrid session explored how researchers and scholars benefit from placing Open Science into practice. Following a researcher’s experience, this seminar guided participants through the research lifecycle to discover practices, resources and tools intended to foster research transparency, reproducibility and impact, while promoting a more equitable access to knowledge.
Il viaggio e il pensiero filosofico
Creators: name: Gilli, Laura
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2012

description: Recensione: I viaggi dei filosofi, a cura di Maria Bettetini e Stefano Poggi, Raffaello Cortina Editore, Milano 2010.
description: Itinera, N° 4 (2012)
Microbial Contamination Assessment with SWAT in a Tile-Drained Rural Watershed
Creators: name: Fall, Claudia
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011
Subjects: Fecal bacteria
SWAT
watershed modelling
Bacteria Die-Off
Bacteria concentration in feces and manure

description: Microbial contamination of drinking water poses an important health risk which causes severe illnesses and epidemics. In order to improve surface and drinking water quality, the understanding of fecal pathogen contamination processes including their prevention and control needs to be enhanced. The watershed model soil water assessment tool (SWAT) is commonly used to simulate the complex hydrological, meteorological, erosion, land management and pollution processes within river basins. In recent years, it has been increasingly applied to simulate microbial contamination transport at the watershed scale. SWAT is used in this study to simulate Escherichia coli (E.coli) and fecal coliform densities for the agriculturally dominated Payne River Basin in Ontario, Canada. Unprecedented extensive monitoring data that consist of 30 years of daily hydrological data and 5 years of bi-weekly nutrient data have been used to calibrate and validate the presented model here. The calibration and validation of the streamflow and nutrients indicate that the model represent these processes well. The model performs well for periods of lower E. coli and fecal coliform loadings. On the other hand, frequency and magnitude of higher microbial loads are not always accurately represented by the model.
A Density Functional Theory of a Nickel-based Anode Catalyst for Application in a Direct Propane Fuel Cell
Creators: name: Vafaeyan, Shadi
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: Density Functional Theory
Anode Catalyst
Direct Propane Fuel Cell
SIESTSA
Nickel

description: The maximum theoretical energy efficiency of fuel cells is much larger than those of the steam-power-turbine cycles that are currently used for generating electrical power. Similarly, direct hydrocarbon fuel cells, DHFCs, can theoretically be much more efficient than hydrogen fuel cells. Unfortunately the current densities (overall reaction rates) of DHFCs are substantially smaller than those of hydrogen fuel cells. The problem is that the exchange current density (catalytic reaction rate) is orders of magnitude smaller for DHFCs. Other work at the University of Ottawa has been directed toward the development of polymer electrolytes for DHFCs that operate above the boiling point of water, making corrosion rates much slower so that precious metal catalysts are not required. Propane (liquefied petroleum gas, LPG) was the hydrocarbon chosen for this research partly because infrastructure for its transportation and storage in rural areas already exists. In this work nickel based catalysts, an inexpensive replacement for the platinum based catalysts used in conventional fuel cells, were examined using density functional theory, DFT. The heats of propane adsorption for 3d metals, when plotted as a function of the number of 3d electrons in the metal atom, had the shape of a volcano plot, with the value for nickel being the peak value of the volcano plot. Also the C-H bond of the central carbon atom was longer for propane adsorbed on nickel than when adsorbed on any of the other metals, suggesting that the species adsorbed on nickel was less likely to desorb than those on other metals. The selectivity of the propyl radical reaction was examined. It was found that propyl radicals
Effects of persisting emotional impact from child abuse and norepinephrine transporter genetic variation on antidepressant efficacy in major depression: a pilot study
Creators: name: Singh, Ajeet Bhagat
name: Bousman, Chad A.
name: Ng, Chee Hong
name: Byron, Keith
name: Berk, Michael
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Objective: Previous studies suggest child abuse and serotonergic polymorphism influence depression susceptibility and anti depressant efficacy. Polymorphisms of the norepinephrine transporter (NET) may also be involved. Research in the area is possibly clouded by under reporting of abuse in researcher trials. Methods: Adults (n=51) with major depressive disorder has 8 weeks treatment with escitalopram or venlafaxine, Abuse history was obtained, the ongoing emotional impact of which was measured with the 15 item impact of event scale (IES-15). The 17 item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS) was applied serially. Two NET polymorphisms (rs2242446 and rs5569) were assayed, blinded to HDRS ratings and abuse history. Results: No subjects reporting abuse with high impact in adulthood (IES-15 >= 26, n=12) remitted; whereas 77% reporting low impact (IES-15 <26; n=26) remitted (p<0.001). Subjects reporting high impact abuse (n=12) had a 50 fold (95% confidence interval=4.85-514.6) greater odds of carrying rs2242446 TT genotype, but the small sample size leaves this finding vulnerable to type I error. Conclusion: The level of persisting impact of child abuse appears relevant to antidepressant efficacy, with susceptibility to such possibly being influence by NET rs2242446 polymorphism. Larger studies may be merited to expand on this pilot level finding given potential for biomarker utility.
Secretory Gland Transcriptomics and Thread Proteomics for the Genus Nephila, Trichonephila and Pinctada
Creators: name: Whaite, Ali
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2021
Subjects: Byssus
byssal thread
spider silk
Trichonephila plumipes
Nephila pilipes
Pinctada maxima

description: An impressive skill for some invertebrates is their ability to make useful proteinaceous materials utilising “green” production mechanisms, with characteristics quite unlike synthetic fibres made by man. Of these, spiders and bivalve molluscs produce the most extensively studied examples of strong fibres with interesting adhesive characteristics. Orb-weaving spiders can produce many types of silks and silk glues from up to seven glands housed within their abdomen. These silks range in mechanical functionality, some are made tacky and highly extensible for prey capture, while others are stiff and strong for egg protection or web architecture. There are bivalve molluscs, on the other hand, that create one type of thread, called the byssal thread. Radiating out from a central point located at the stem region at the heel of the bivalve foot, byssal threads form the byssus, a multi-thread anchor to ensure survival amid the dynamic marine environment. Unlike the orb spider which uses individual glands to produce multiple fibre types, the bivalves use an array of glands located along the foot to induce localised variation of function in the one fibre type. The arrangement of proteins in the native fibres of these species and how that arrangement contributes to mechanical function is yet to be completely elucidated, and not all contributing proteins are currently known. This thesis characterises the molecular components of spider silk from two species, and the byssus of the largest pearl oyster, to aid future endeavours in the mimicry of these useful proteinaceous materials.
Politiche Europee sull'Open Science: Parte 1, Accesso Aperto alla Letteratura Scientifica
Creators: name: Lazzeri, Emma
Publisher: name: Forschungzentrum Jülich
Year: 2019
Subjects: Open Access
Scientific Publications
Open Science
European Commission

description: Lecture at Seminar (), ; doi:10.5281/ZENODO.2797291
description: Presentation given at 'Course Open Science, Open Access, Fair Data', CNR, Pisa,  8-9 May 2019 Presentazione del 'Corso Open Science, Open Access, Fair Data', CNR, Pisa,  8-9 Maggio 2019 Contenuto:  Politiche Europee sull'Open Science: Parte 1, Accesso Aperto alla Letteratura Scientifica (Emma Lazzeri) Servizi e strumenti pratici per l’accesso aperto alla letteratura scientifica : OpenAIRE (Emma Lazzeri)
Social capital and export ready clusters
Creators: name: Waite, Phillip
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2001
Subjects: industry clusters
social capital
regional development
trust
cooperation
collaboration

description: Exporting plays an important role in Australia's economic well being. There are many international business opportunities available to Australian firms yet small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) seem unable to fully capitalise on them. The underlying reason for this dilemma it seems, is a lack of financial, production and personnel resources in SMEs to fully take advantage of international opportunities. The first research issue of the thesis investigates whether social capital may aid small firms overcome these lack of resources. In recent years industry cluster development initiatives have been widely promoted as the cure-all for resource poor SMEs. However, whilst most firms may be happy to form long and lasting relationships with suppliers, the concept of working and sharing information with competitors is yet another story. However to gain economies of scale, and to compete globally, firms may have little choice but to do so. The issue therefore, is how firms can overcome inherent cultural traits of individualism and non- cooperation among competitors to achieve these objectives. In recent years the concept of social capital has been put forth as a possible remedy to overcome distrust and aid cooperation in attaining shared goals for mutual outcomes in groups. The overall goal of this research therefore, is to provide an understanding of how social capital may benefit SMEs in the internationalisation process and to examine if social capital can be externalised by SMEs when forming exporting clusters. This leads to the research problem for the research: How does a firm's social capital contribute to export ready clusters situated in SE Queensland? A review of the relevant literature provides a foundation and focus for the research and the basis for the methodological approach, which could enrich the insights into the phenomenon under study. A theory building methodology was used and data collected through semi structured interviews with industry group and government participants. Four preliminary interviews with government and export industry experts confirmed and reinforced the research issues identified in the literature review. Nine firms across three clusters were examined in the main study. The main findings of the research indicate that SMEs may export without the existence of social capital in their firms however, social capital may aid a firm's state of export readiness by overcoming some of the resources often lacking in SMEs. It would seem however, that social capital is an important ingredient for potential export cluster members if cluster success and sustainability was to be attained. The thesis concludes with the contributions of the research including the development of an export readiness framework for SMEs and a model of social capital and export cluster formation.
Creative Commons: Využívání veřejných licencí v praxi
Creators: name: Kotouček, Jiří
Publisher: name: Forschungzentrum Jülich
Year: 2021
Subjects: creative commons
open access
open data
open science

description: Lecture at Seminar (), ; doi:10.5281/ZENODO.5535756
description: Prezentace k přednášce o užívání veřejných licencí Creative Commons v rámci semináře Open Science v programu Horizon Europe, který pořádalo Centrum pro podporu open science Univerzity Karlovy.
Verbesserung der strategischen umweltpolitischen Beratung im Kontext des Leitbilds Nachhaltiger Entwicklung - Studie und Fachdialog zu Ansätzen und Nutzungsperspektiven der Umwelt- und Nachhaltigkeitsforschung
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Global nachhaltige Entwicklung
subject: Globale Umweltpolitik
subject: Umweltforschung
subject: Nachhaltigkeit | Strategien | Internationales
subject: Sustainability | Strategies | International matters

description: Das in diesem Bericht vorgestellte Vorhaben untersuchte die Frage, wie die Relevanz der Nach-haltigkeitsforschung für die Politikgestaltung in Deutschland erhöht werden kann? Ziel war es, Handlungsempfehlungen zu erarbeiten, die die Akteure der Nachhaltigkeitsforschung in die Lage versetzen, die Qualität von Forschungsprozessen und Forschungsergebnissen zu erhöhen und sichern.
Quelle: http://www.umweltbundesamt.de/
description: Das in diesem Bericht vorgestellte Vorhaben untersuchte die Frage, wie die Relevanz der Nach-haltigkeitsforschung für die Politikgestaltung in Deutschland erhöht werden kann? Ziel war es, Handlungsempfehlungen zu erarbeiten, die die Akteure der Nachhaltigkeitsforschung in die Lage versetzen, die Qualität von Forschungsprozessen und Forschungsergebnissen zu erhöhen und sichern.
Open Access to Publications, Open Data and FAIR Data, Open Software and FAIR software
Creators: name: Lazzeri, Emma
Publisher: name: Forschungzentrum Jülich
Year: 2020
Subjects: Open Science
Open Access
Open Software
Data Management Plan
FAIR

description: Lecture at Seminar (), ; doi:10.5281/ZENODO.4312918
description: This lesson is part of the  Course on Open Science and Research Data Management  organised in the framework of CHIST-ERA December 2nd, 2020, Module 1 Given  the engagement of CHIST-ERA in Open Science , a new Open Science policy will come into effect starting from the next CHIST-ERA Call, with new tools, standards and support. In collaboration with  OpenAIRE , the training course has been tailored to the new CHIST-ERA policy as well as to the needs of CHIST-ERA project participants. It consists of the following 4 modules: Module 1 (2 nd  December): Introduction and motivations Module 2 (4 th  December): Open Access to Publications, Open Data and FAIR Data, Open Software and FAIR software Module 3 (9 th  December): Research Data Management and Data Management Plan Module 4 (11 th  December): Hands-on session with the provided tools The course covers all modern aspects of Open Science (Publications, Open Data, FAIR principles, DMP, etc.) and familiarise you with the tools and standards now required by the new calls of CHIST-ERA.
Assessing the Practice Competence of Undergraduate Students in Paramedicine in Australia and New Zealand: A Grounded Theory Study
Creators: name: Smith, Anthony
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2020
Subjects: assessment
competency
paramedics
undergraduate
students

description: The Paramedic Assessment Process (PAP) is a substantive theory explaining how the practice competence of completing paramedic students in Australia and New Zealand is assessed. A Glaserian grounded theory approach was used. Twenty-two on-road paramedics, paramedic lecturers and sessional staff shared their experience of completing the assessment of student competence. Data was collected using semi-structured, audio-taped interviews, field notes and literature. The process of constant comparative analysis was used to analyse data. Theoretical sampling continued until saturation was reached and a middle range substantive theory emerged. The PAP is presented as a conceptual model consisting of three emergent categories which explain how paramedic assessors undertake assessment of competence. Engaging, describes issues related to the exchange of assessment information between universities and ambulance services in preparation for assessment and collection of data to inform competence decisions. Measuring explains how paramedic assessors formulate professional judgements about the practice competence. Moderating describes the audit process that paramedic assessors undertake to ensure that assessment decisions are accurate, fair and equitable. The basic social process of aligning is central to all components of the PAP theory and explains how paramedic assessors, often with little knowledge of the paramedic competency framework, and in the absence of standardised assessment processes and tools, resolve tensions surrounding the assessment process and make decisions about competence,. The PAP brings into focus the issues inherent in making professional judgements about competence and how paramedic assessors ensure their professional responsibilities and public safety are upheld. This research presents a new way of viewing and interpreting how assessment is conducted for final-year university-based paramedic students. With the introduction of professional registration, this research makes an important contribution to discipline knowledge about current assessment practices. It highlights where tensions lie, contributes valuable information to inform development of procedures for student paramedic assessment and makes recommendations to address assessment practice.
Introduction and Motivations: Open Science and Access to Research Data
Creators: name: Lazzeri, Emma
Publisher: name: Forschungzentrum Jülich
Year: 2020
Subjects: Open Science
Open Access
Reproducibility
Open Data

description: Lecture at Seminar (), ; doi:10.5281/ZENODO.4304330
description: This lesson is part of the Course on Open Science and Research Data Management organised in the framework of CHIST-ERA December 2nd, 2020, Module 1 Given  the engagement of CHIST-ERA in Open Science , a new Open Science policy will come into effect starting from the next CHIST-ERA Call, with new tools, standards and support. In collaboration with  OpenAIRE , the training course has been tailored to the new CHIST-ERA policy as well as to the needs of CHIST-ERA project participants. It consists of the following 4 modules: Module 1 (2 nd  December): Introduction and motivations Module 2 (4 th  December): Open Access to Publications, Open Data and FAIR Data, Open Software and FAIR software Module 3 (9 th  December): Research Data Management and Data Management Plan Module 4 (11 th  December): Hands-on session with the provided tools The course covers all modern aspects of Open Science (Publications, Open Data, FAIR principles, DMP, etc.) and familiarise you with the tools and standards now required by the new calls of CHIST-ERA.
Midwives’ responses to the changed registration environment in Australia: A case study
Creators: name: Gray, Michelle
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2016
Subjects: registration
registration renewal
midwifery
recency of practice

description: This thesis is the result of doctoral research that investigated midwives' responses to the changed regulation conditions after the introduction of a single national register for health practitioners in Australia in 2010. The Health Practitioner Regulation National Law Act (2009) legislated for universal statutory registration under one national agency, the Australian Health Practitioner Regulatory Agency (AHPRA). The move focused on national uniformity of registration standards across health practitioners and ensuring public safety through the development of a flexible, responsive and sustainable Australian health workforce that is suitably trained and qualified (AHPRA, 2010). This research is concerned with how the members of one national board, the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA), made meaning out of the national registration renewal standards. National registration created a number of new situations for midwifery practitioners that presented potential challenges and opportunities that need examination. A separate register for midwives meant that for some midwives this was the first opportunity to register as a midwife, without the need to also be registered as a nurse. Previous voluntary arrangements for registration renewal in some jurisdiction were made statutory at national level for all practitioners - namely, continuing professional development, and proof of competence in the form of a declaration of recency of practice, and insurance cover. Also, a new annotation on the midwifery register presented experienced midwives with the equivalent of three years, full-time practice across the full range of maternity services, the option of gaining eligibility status.
Research Data Management: Lifecycle and Plans
Creators: name: Papadopoulou, Elli
Publisher: name: Forschungzentrum Jülich
Year: 2020
Subjects: data management
research data
research data management lifecycle
data management plan

description: Lecture at Seminar (), ; doi:10.5281/ZENODO.4316582
description: This lesson is part of the  Course on Open Science and Research Data Management  organised in the framework of CHIST-ERA December 9th, 2020, Module 3 Given  the engagement of CHIST-ERA in Open Science , a new Open Science policy will come into effect starting from the next CHIST-ERA Call, with new tools, standards and support. In collaboration with  OpenAIRE , the training course has been tailored to the new CHIST-ERA policy as well as to the needs of CHIST-ERA project participants. It consists of the following 4 modules: Module 1 (2 nd  December): Introduction and motivations Module 2 (4 th  December): Open Access to Publications, Open Data and FAIR Data, Open Software and FAIR software Module 3 (9 th  December): Research Data Management and Data Management Plan Module 4 (11 th  December): Hands-on session with the provided tools The course covers all modern aspects of Open Science (Publications, Open Data, FAIR principles, DMP, etc.) and familiarise you with the tools and standards now required by the new calls of CHIST-ERA.
A rare CACNA1H variant associated with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis causes complete loss of Cav3.2 T-type channel activity
Creators: name: Stringer, Robin N
name: Jurkovicova-Tarabova, Bohumila
name: Huang, Sun
name: Haji-Ghassemi, Omid
name: Idoux, Romane
name: Liashenko, Anna
name: Souza, Ivana A
name: Rzhepetskyy, Yuriy
name: Lacinova, Lubica
name: Van Petegem, Filip
name: Zamponi, Gerald W
name: Pamphlett, Roger
name: Weiss, Norbert
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2020

description: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the progressive loss of cortical, brain stem and spinal motor neurons that leads to muscle weakness and death. A previous study implicated CACNA1H encoding for Cav3.2 calcium channels as a susceptibility gene in ALS. In the present study, two heterozygous CACNA1H variants were identified by whole genome sequencing in a small cohort of ALS patients. These variants were functionally characterized using patch clamp electrophysiology, biochemistry assays, and molecular modeling. A previously unreported c.454GTAC > G variant produced an inframe deletion of a highly conserved isoleucine residue in Cav3.2 (p.ΔI153) and caused a complete loss-of-function of the channel, with an additional dominant-negative effect on the wild-type channel when expressed in trans. In contrast, the c.3629C > T variant caused a missense substitution of a proline with a leucine (p.P1210L) and produced a comparatively mild alteration of Cav3.2 channel activity. The newly identified ΔI153 variant is the first to be reported to cause a complete loss of Cav3.2 channel function. These findings add to the notion that loss-of-function of Cav3.2 channels associated with rare CACNA1H variants may be risk factors in the complex etiology of ALS.
Efficient Virtual Network Embedding onto A Hierarchical-Based Substrate Network Framework
Creators: name: Ghazar, Tay
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2013
Subjects: network virtualization
virtual networks
congestion pricing
time-of-use pricing
subgraph matching
network management
hierarchical structure

description: The current Internet architecture presents a barrier to accommodate the vigorous arising demand for deploying new network services and applications. The next-generation architecture views the network virtualization as the gateway to overcome this limitation. Network virtualization promises to run efficiently and securely multiple dedicated virtual networks (VNs) over a shared physical infrastructure. Each VN is tailored to host a unique application based on the user’s preferences. This thesis addresses the problem of the efficient embedding of multiple VNs onto a shared substrate network (SN). The contribution of this thesis are twofold: First, a novel hierarchical SN management framework is proposed that efficiently selects the optimum VN mapping scheme for the requested VN from more than one proposed VN mapping candidates obtained in parallel. In order to accommodate the arbitrary architecture of the VNs, the proposed scheme divides the VN request into smaller subgraphs, and individually maps them on the SN using a variation of the exact subgraph matching techniques. Second, the physical resources pricing policy is introduced that is based on time-ofuse, that reflects the effect of resource congestion introduced by VN users. The preferences of the VN users are first represented through corresponding demand-utility functions that quantify the sensitivity of the applications hosted by the VNs to resource consumption and time-of-use. A novel model of time-varying VNs is presented, where users are allowed to up- or down-scale the requested resources to continuously maximize their utility while minimizing the VNs embedding cost. In contrast to existing solutions, the proposed work does not impose any limitations on the size or topology of the VN requests. Instead, the search is customized according to the VN size and the associated utility. Extensive simulations are then conducted to demonstrate the improvement achieved through the proposed work in terms of network utilization, the ratio of accepted VN requests and the SP profits.
The Lived Experience of People with Physical Disabilities in Timor Leste
Creators: name: Shamrock, Jane
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2016
Subjects: physical disability
Timor Leste
occupational therapy

description: There is a growing interest amongst occupational therapists and occupational therapy students regarding working or volunteering in developing countries. In Australia we live in a region together with vastly populated countries of Asia with old cultures, very different to our hybrid Australian society. However, there is not a lot of information relevant to how occupational therapists could work in other cultures within our region. In the field of disability there are large data-sets reporting prevalence and incidence of disability, however, as the definition of disability varies considerably from country to country, this information has broad application only. Timor Leste is a small developing country with a recent history of occupation and violence, to the north of Australia. I visited and worked as an occupational therapist in a number of projects in Timor Leste over many years and I wanted to more deeply understand the experiences of people with disabilities. I wondered what the barriers to participation were, and what factors helped a person with disabilities live a satisfying life in the country of Timor Leste. I wanted to understand how the complex cultural context of Timor Leste influenced those with disabilities and how people with disabilities managed in times of civil unrest.I wanted to know 'what is the lived experience of physical disability in Timor Leste'.
Rewarding Open Science, Team Science and Collaborative Approaches
Creators: name: Clare, Connie
name: Cruz, Maria
name: de Jonge, Hans
name: Faez, Sanli
name: Girgin, Serkan
name: Goedhart, Joachim
name: Rossouw, Ammeret
Publisher: name: Forschungzentrum Jülich
Year: 2022
Subjects: open science
team science
recognition and rewards
research assessment
community management
community engagement
FAIR
open source
team work
community building
research data management
open source software
workshop

description: Lecture at Seminar (), ; doi:10.5281/ZENODO.6334833
description: Presentations given at the workshop 'Rewarding Open Science, Team Science and Collaborative Approaches' organised by NWO, the Dutch Research Council, during the second  Recognition and Rewards Festival  held online on 4 February 2022. This workshop was organised, moderated and hosted by NWO's Maria Cruz, Hans de Jonge and Ammeret Rossouw. It was one of the  workshops that took place during the Festival. About the workshop NWO introduced the Open Science Fund as a funding instrument designed to reward and incentivise researchers who practice open science. Many of the awarded projects in the 2020/2021 round rely on a collaborative approach that leverages the strengths and expertise of professionals trained in different fields and disciplines – in other words, a team science approach. The quality and strength of the team was part of the grant assessment criteria, as was the open science track record of the main applicant. Taking three of the awarded projects as examples, the workshop looked at best practices for team work and collaboration and discussed how to reward and recognise such practices. Presentations: Maria Cruz and Hans de Jonge - Introduction to the workshop Serkan Girgin and Connie Clare - JupyterFAIR Joachim Goedhart -  The Amsterdam Science Park Study Group Sanli Faez -  Setting up a Team for a FAIR Battery
Supplementary document for Untrained networks for compressive lensless photography - 5245911.pdf
Creators: name: Monakhova, Kristina
name: Tran, Vi
name: Kuo, Grace
name: Waller, Laura
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Image Processing

description: Supplemental Document
The Role of the Circardian Clock in the Control of Plant Immunity in Arabidopsis Thaliana
Creators: name: Alhumaydhan, Norah
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2015
Subjects: Circadian clock
Plant immunity
Botrytis cinerea
Susceptibility
Resistance
CCA1/LHY/TOC1mutants
GLKs mutants

description: The circadian clock regulates a wide range of biological processes, allowing plants to be prepared for predictable daily diurnal changes in environmental cues such as light and temperature. Recent studies have suggested that the circadian clock may also control plant immunity. The exact nature of the interaction between the circadian clock and plant pathogens remains unknown. Our focus in this study is on the elucidation of the role of the biological clock in plant immunity against the necrotrophic pathogen to Botrytis cinerea. In order to do this we tested the level of susceptibility to B. cinerea in Arabidopsis thaliana wild type and transgenic plants: toc1, cca1/lhy, cca1/toc1, lhy/toc1, cca1/lhy/toc1, GLK1 OE, GLK2 OE, glk1, glk2, and glk1/glk2. We demonstrated that the time of infection plays a role in susceptibility to B. cinerea. Specifically, we found that plants are more susceptible to infection in the subjective morning. We also found that genetic mutations in core clock components or in GLK genes leads to changes in susceptibility to B. cinerea. Our data suggests that clock genes are not solely responsible for plant immune responses to B. cinerea but rather the ways in which the biological clock system regulates outcome pathways. Furthermore, when we entrain the biological clock by changing the photoperiod (day length) in normal earth conditions LD 24h and SD 24h, we observed that short day plants had higher susceptibility to B. cinerea than long day plants. In addition, when we entrain the biological clock in different photoperiods, the LD 30h photoperiod plants displayed similar responses as those in the SD 24h photoperiod. The data indicates that day length is not responsible for the control of plant immunity; it is the ability of light to entrain the biological clock that is important. Together, the data strongly support the conclusion that the circadian clock plays a role in plant defense regulation.
1. Reproducibility and Open Science
Creators: name: Initiative, Open Science Training
name: Kershaw, Sophie
Publisher: name: Forschungzentrum Jülich
Year: 2013
Subjects: Information Technology

description: Lecture at Seminar (), ; doi:10.5446/14933
description: The following video is an original recording of the opening lecture to the OSTI pilot initiative, hosted by the Doctoral Training Centres in Systems Biology, Life Sciences and the Industrial Doctorate at the University of Oxford. Entitled 'Reproducibility and Open Science', the seminar identifies some of the current issues facing scientific research and introduces the theme of open science as a possible solution. Prospective OSTI course leaders may be interested in the end of the lecture, which provides an explanation of the Rotation Based Learning (RBL) implementation.
Modelling and Characterization of Down-Conversion and Down-Shifting Processes for Photovoltaic Applications
Creators: name: Gabr, Ahmed
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: Photovoltaics
Solar cell
Down-conversion
Down-shifting
Silicon nanocrystals
CIGS
Modelling
Quantum efficiency

description: Down-conversion (DC) and down-shifting (DS) layers are optical layers mounted on the top surface of a solar cell that can potentially increase the solar cell efficiency. The effect of DC and DS layers to enhance the performance of single-junction solar cells has been studied by means of simulation and experimental work. In this thesis a model is developed to study the effects of DC and DS layers by modifying the incident spectrum. The effect of the layers on ideal cells as well as commercial grade silicon and CIGS solar cells that are modeled in a device simulator is examined. Silicon nanocrystals (Si-nC) embedded in a silicon dioxide matrix to act as a DS layer were fabricated and characterized at McMaster University as part of this project. The measured optical properties as well as the photoluminescence measurements are used as input parameters to the optical model. The enhancement due to the Si-nC when coupled to silicon and CIGS solar cells is explored. Beside the DC and DS effects, there is also disturbance to the surface reflections due to the addition of a new layer to the top surface and is referred to as antireflection coating (ARC) effect. For the simulated silicon solar cell under the standard AM1.5G spectrum (1000W/m2), a maximum increase in Jsc of 8.4% is achieved for a perfect DS layer as compared to a reference cell, where 7.2% is due to ARC effect and only 1.2% is due to DS effect. On the other hand, there is an increase in Jsc of 19.5% for the CIGS solar cell when coupled to a perfect DS layer. The DS effect is dominant with 18%, while the ARC effect contributes only 1.5% to the total Jsc enhancement. Accurately characterizing DS layers coupled to solar cell requires knowledge of optical properties of the complete structure. Internal quantum efficiency is an important tool for characterizing DS systems, nevertheless, it is rarely reported. In addition, the ARC effect is not experimentally decoupled from the DS effect. In this work, a straightforward method for calculating the active layer contribution that minimizes error by subtracting optically-modeled electrode absorption from experimentally measured total absorption.
Body Heat Storage, Sweating and Skin Blood Flow Responses Following Cold and Warm Water Ingestion during Exercise
Creators: name: Bain, Anthony R
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: Sweating
Drink temperature
Exercise
Heat storage
Thermoregulation

description: Ingestion of cold (<10°C) compared to warm (>37°C) fluid has been suggested to attenuate heat storage levels during exercise. However, modulations in sweat output may yield differences in evaporative heat loss that are greater than differences in heat transfer with the ingested fluid. The purpose of the thesis was to evaluate thermoregulatory control and human heat balance, and compare thermometrically derived values of heat storage with those derived from partitional calorimetry following water ingestion of varying temperature during exercise. We found that water ingestion of 50°C compared to 1.5°C decreases heat storage in thermoneutral environments, and further exacerbates the error of thermometric heat storage estimations. Differences in heat storage were attributed exclusively to disproportionate reductions in whole-body and local sweat output and thus evaporative heat loss potential. Ingested fluid temperature only minimally altered skin blood flow and did not influence dry heat exchange with the ambient environment.
International Workshop
Creators: name: Robertson, Cristián
name: Tapia, Rodrigo
Publisher: name: Research in Urbanism Series
Year: 2019

description: The ‘International Workshop 9 x 18. Imagining housing renewal in deprived areas’, is presented as a synthetic experience of diagnosis, analysis, proposal, and reflection on the challenges of regeneration of vulnerable urban neighborhoods, which are triggered from collective housing projects. Its structure, principles, and methodologies are born from the accumulated experience of the course 9 x 18, design module of the School of Architecture of the Catholic University of Chile, complemented with the knowledge and experience of the teaching team of the University of TU Delft. The Workshop was held on November 2017 in Santiago, Chile in Las Palmas neighborhood of Central Station.
description: Research in Urbanism Series, Vol. 5 (2019): Housing and Urban Regeneration of Deprived Neighborhoods in Santiago
“It could never be the same again”. Paradisi e altre metafore bibliche nella letteratura nordirlandese
Creators: name: Scarpato, Francesca
Publisher: name: Università degli  Studi di Milano
Year: 2012

description: Con l’articolo si propone una lettura del tema del paradiso all’interno della tradizione letteraria irlandese: più specificamente, della fiction nord-irlandese. In un contesto come quello dell’Irlanda del Nord, la letteratura è stata inevitabilmente travolta dalla situazione socio-politica e, come sempre accade, investita di una funzione politica: essa è riuscita a trasmettere in vari modi l’esperienza che le genti dell’Irlanda del Nord hanno vissuto, e i testi che compongono questa tradizione hanno attinto a tale contesto in vari modi. L’eccezionalità della situazione, il trauma della violenza, il destino avverso e ineludibile, il senso fatalistico di una storia nazionale che presenta il paradigma di un eterno ritorno sono stati proposti da molti autori attraverso vari linguaggi. Questi scrittori hanno così reinterpretato la travagliata storia d’Irlanda affidando spesso molte narrazioni a potenti metafore bibliche. E se spesso alcune di queste hanno creato l’illusione che una soluzione concreta potesse essere a portata di mano, altre volte tali testi hanno dolorosamente registrato la situazione contingente, riponendo nella fede, e soltanto in questa, ogni possibilità di uscita dalle secche del conflitto.
description: Altre Modernità, N° 7 (2012): Paradisi
Sam Silverthorne: Quest
Creators: name: Crew, Gary
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2004
Subjects: boy's own fiction
naturalists

description: Set in the 1890s, the accompanying novel, Sam Silverthorne: Quest, has as its hero a fourteen-year-old British boy, Samuel Silverthorne, who aspires to be a naturalist like his father, the illustrious Sir Arthur Silverthorne, a collector of avian specimens in the service of the British Museum of Natural History. Fired by the dream of emulating his father's success, Sam dreams of finding the elusive, possibly mythical, Paradisea argentia impossibilis: the silver bird of paradise. But Sam's priorities change when circumstances oblige him to search for his father who has disappeared after setting out to find the bird. In his quest to locate his father, Sam's adventures take him to exotic outposts of the British Empire, the remote jungles of New Guinea populated by head hunters, cannibals and traders in bird of paradise feathers prized by the indigenous population, the lucrative millinery industry and museums of the day. The accompanying exegesis explains how the original novel, Sam Silverthorne: Quest, draws on istorically, culturally and geographically accurate information arising from: (1) an in depth literature review of the "Boy's Own" fiction genre so popular in the nineteenth and early-twentieth century, with a major focus on the significance of the 'Crusoe' or 'castaway' narrative to the genre; (2) the concept of the Victorian hero, as exemplified by Dr David Livingstone, with a particular focus on the mythology created around such a figure, and the darker social outcomes of the absence of this public hero from his family during his journeys; (3) the concept of the naturalist as Victorian hero, exemplified by Alfred Russel Wallace; (4) the travels and adventures of natural historians such as Wallace in the Victorian age; (5) the collection of avian specimens by such naturalists, especially the bird of paradise; (6) the concept of the museum as storehouse of natural history exhibits, and also as a 'cabinet of curiosity'; (7) attitudes to racism in the Victorian age, particularly the cultural constru tion of indigenous peoples as the 'other', so often referred to as 'savages' or 'cannibals'; (8) sexist attitudes in the Victorian age; and (9) suggestions for further research arising from this exegesis.
Ionic, metabolic and contractile function changes in the isolated rat heart during ischemia and reperfusion: Lithium-7, sodium-23 and phosphorus-31 NMR spectroscopy studies.
Creators: name: Keon, Claudia Anne.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1992
Subjects: subject: Biology, Animal Physiology.

description: $\sp7$Li NMR spectroscopy has been used to investigate the transsarcolemmal transport mechanisms responsible for the increase in intracellular sodium that occurs during global ischemia in the isolated rat heart. Hearts were perfused with a modified Krebs Henseleit buffer containing 78 mM sodium and 78 mM lithium, lithium being a biological congener for sodium with twice the sodium NMR sensitivity. The NMR relaxation times for lithium were investigated in the perfused heart and buffer solutions. The addition of the shift reagent, DyTTHA$\sp{3-}$, shortened the relaxation times for lithium in buffer and enabled the discrimination of intra- and extracellular lithium. Lithium moved into the myocardial cells with a rate constant (k$\sb{-1}$) of 0.068 min$\sp{-1}$, a t$\sb{1/2}$ of 10.3 min and an initial rate of increase of 5.27 mM/min, while lithium noved out of the heart with a k$\sb{-1}$ of 0.062 min$\sp{-1}$, a t$\sb{1/2}$ of 11.2 min and an initial rate of 4.83 mM/min. Lithium equilibrated in the heart with equal concentrations on either side of the sarcolemma, not in equilibrium with its electrochemical gradient. Perfusion with the low-sodium, lithium-containing buffer had a positive inotropic effect on the heart with no effect on the steady state levels of the myocardial high energy phosphates. The myocardial rate pressure product increased by 114% while the ATP and PCr concentrations, measured using $\sp{31}$P NMR spectroscopy, varied by less than 8%. ICP-AES analysis of hearts showed that as lithium accumulated in the cells, it displaced both sodium and potassium. Finally, intracellular lithium increased during myocardial ischemia with a linear rate of 1.34 mM/min, similar to the rate of increase of intracellular sodium during ischemia. This increase was completely blocked by the Na$\sp+$/ H$\sp+$ exchange inhibitor, amiloride. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
A glimpse of ephemeral subduction zone processes from Simberi Island, Papua New Guinea.
Creators: name: McInnes, Brent I. A.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1992
Subjects: subject: Geology.

description: Simberi Island is an eroded Pliocene alkaline volcano, the oldest in the Pliocene to Holocene Tabar-Lihir-Tanga-Feni (TLTF) island arc. These islands are derived from partial melting of subduction-modified mantle at $>$60 km depth along extensional, pull-apart structures. Explosive volcanism has brought samples of the mantle wedge to the surface. Within these samples are sulphate-, carbonate-, hydrous-, alkali-rich aluminosilicate glasses which represent quenched slab-derived magmas (SCHARM). SCHARM reacts with mantle peridotite to create a vertically zoned mantle wedge consisting of phlogopite-clinopyroxenite at P $>$ 30 kbar and amphibole-clinopyroxenite at 21 to 30 kbar at 930-1080$\sp\circ$C. Metasomatism of the mantle wedge by SCHARM controls the mineralogical, chemical and isotopic composition of TLTF arc volcanics. The presence of sulphate within SCHARM indicates a high intrinsic oxygen fugacity of FMQ + 4. Oxidative metasomatism of the mantle wedge by SCHARM is responsible for high $\rm Fe\sb2O\sb3$/FeO ratios in the lavas, the early appearance of magnetite on the liquidus and the crystallization of a sulphate-bearing feldspathoidal mineral (ha uyne) in the TLTF lavas. Titanium depletion in the rocks of the TLTF arc is accounted for by the low initial solubility of Ti in SCHARM, coupled with the strong partitioning of Ti into phlogopite at high fo$\sb2.$ Enhanced solubility of sulphur in high fO$\sb2$ melts, caused destabilization of mantle sulfides and concomitant enrichment of chalcophile Au and Cu in volatile-rich, mantle-derived melts, and may be a significant factor in the development of volcanic-hosted Au-Cu deposits in the arc. Enrichments of large ion lithophile elements and rare-earth element in basanites and alkali basalts are also due to SCHARM contamination. Negative Ce and positive Eu anomalies in Simberi basalts are produced by partial melting of feldspathic minerals in subducted, seawater altered mid-ocean ridge basalt (MORB), at the basalt-eclogite transition zone in the mantle. Eutectic melting constraints indicate that SCHARM could be derived during the melting of scapolite, produced by prograde metamorphic reactions between MORB plagioclase and low temperature secondary minerals (calcite, gypsum) in the subducting slab. Metasomatic replacement of forsteritic olivine $\rm(\delta\sp O=5\perthous)$ by high $\rm\delta\sp O$ SCHARM produces $\sp $O-enriched sodian diopside and magnetite $\rm(\delta\sp O$ = 6.3-6.8$\perthous)$ in Simberi basanites. Isotopic disequilibrium exists because of the short 6 Ma) residence time of SCHARM in the mantle.