cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
The 2dF galaxy redshift survey: The environmental dependence of galaxy star formation rates near clusters
Creators: name: Lewis, Ian
name: Balogh, Michael
name: De Propris, Roberto
name: Couch, Warrick
name: Bower, Richard
name: Offer, Alison
name: Bland-Hawthorn, Joss
name: Baldry, Ivan K.
name: Baugh, Carlton
name: Bridges, Terry
name: Cannon, Russell
name: Cole, Shaun
name: Colless, Matthew
name: Collins, Chris
name: Cross, Nicholas
name: Dalton, Gavin
name: Driver, Simon P.
name: Efstathiou, George
name: Ellis, Richard S.
name: Frenk, Carlos S.
name: Glazebrook, Karl
name: Hawkins, Edward
name: Jackson, Carole
name: Lahav, Ofer
name: Lumsden, Stuart
name: Maddox, Steve
name: Madgwick, Darren
name: Norberg, Peder
name: Peacock, John A.
name: Percival, Will
name: Peterson, Bruce A.
name: Sutherland, Will
name: Taylor, Keith
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: We have measured the equivalent width of the Ha emission line for 11 006 galaxies brighter than Mb, = -19 (ΩΛ = 0.7, Ωm = 0.3, H0 = 70 km s-1 Mpc-1) at 0.05 < z < 0.1 in the 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey (2dFGRS), in the fields of 17 known galaxy clusters. The limited redshift range ensures that our results are insensitive to aperture bias, and to residuals from night sky emission lines. We use these measurements to trace μ*, the star formation rate normalized to L*, as a function of distance from the cluster centre, and local projected galaxy density. We find that the distribution of μ* steadily skews toward larger values with increasing distance from the cluster centre, converging to the field distribution at distances greater than ∼3 times the virial radius. A correlation between star formation rate and local projected density is also found, which is independent of cluster velocity dispersion and disappears at projected densities below ∼1 galaxy Mpc-2 (brighter than Mb, = -19). This characteristic scale corresponds approximately to the mean density at the cluster virial radius. The same correlation holds for galaxies more than two virial radii from the cluster centre. We conclude that environmental influences on galaxy properties are not restricted to cluster cores, but are effective in all groups where the density exceeds this critical value. The present-day abundance of such systems, and the strong evolution of this abundance, makes it likely that hierarchical growth of structure plays a significant role in decreasing the global average star formation rate. Finally, the low star formation rates well beyond the virialized cluster rule out severe physical processes, such as ram pressure stripping of disc gas, as being completely responsible for the variations in galaxy properties with environment.
D5.1 - Description of a versatile benefit assessment approach and Arctic resilience societal indicators for the pan-AOSS
Creators: name: Perrels, Adriaan
name: Strahlendorff, Mikko
name: Donner, Isabel
name: Dobricic, Srdjan
name: Crotti, Ilaria
name: Vitale, Vito
name: Boniface, Karen
name: Savolainen, Sampo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: deliverable

description: The purpose of Work Package 5 (WP5) in the Arctic PASSION project is to enable and demonstrate the valuation of selected information services provided by the creation of the pan-Arctic Observing System of Systems (pan-AOSS). The enablement includes the creation of conceptual designs for alternative valuation approaches fit for evaluating different types of information services engendering quite distinct types of benefits. The selected information services refer to Pilot Services (PSs) developed in Arctic PASSION, while it may also include service innovation ideas from observing system (OS) sensitivity experiments performed in WP3 and new services related to Shared Arctic Variable (SAV) proposals developed within Arctic PASSION. The conceptual designs developed in WP5 will be used to create a valuation tool, which is also meant to be a legacy product of the project. Finally, the demonstration of valuation of arctic information services and of the valuation outcomes will be conducted.

This report presents the first attempt to link societal benefits with PSs by the Value Tree Analysis. The strategy involved a first step where PSs developers were interviewed and took part in workshops to enable characterization of the PSs in terms of their inputs and outputs, expected user groups, and identified and conjectured benefits. The outcomes of the interviews and workshops were analyzed and used to create a first set of value tree components. The costs attribution to the OSs was based on previous studies on Arctic observation systems, while the weights of OSs components were assigned according to the share of the costs estimated for each PS. No weights were assigned to the links towards benefits, thus, they will be revised in the future.
title: Trauma de columna dorsolumbar: confundido entre las clasificaciones?
Creators: name: Salazar Gutierrez, Juan Pablo
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Trauma
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: CT

description: Objetivo docente
Revisión del tema
Conclusiones
description: Objetivo docente:
- Hacer una revisión y comparar las características,
ventajas y desventajas de los principales sistemas de clasificación del trauma toracolumbar. - Ilustrar la variedad de lesiones en el trauma de columna...
title: Tumores glómicos. Valoración con Resonancia Magnética.
Creators: name: Gil García , Mabel
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: MR-Angiography
subject: MR
subject: Musculoskeletal soft tissue

description: Objetivo docente
Revisión del tema
Conclusiones
description: Objetivo docente:
Describir los hallazgos en RM de los tumores glómicos de las...
Recovery of Fluorinated Refrigerants from Decommissioned RAC Equipment in Germany - Implications for National Emission Reporting under the UNFCCC
Creators: name: Behringer, David
name: Martens, Kerstin
name: Gschrey, Barbara
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2024
Subjects: Beseitigung
F-Gase
Erholung
Kühlung
Klimatisierung

description: Germany is obliged to report emissions of fluorinated greenhouse gases annually under the UNFCCC. This includes emissions of fluorinated refrigerants when decommissioning RAC equipment. To obtain this information, data on the recovery, recycling, and disposal of fluorinated greenhouse gases is necessary, but such data are scarce. The VDKF-LEC database contains information on the recovery of fluorinated refrigerants from decommissioned RAC equipment in Germany and an extracted dataset was used to obtain real-world information for the years 2017 to 2021. Recovery rates for different fluorinated refrigerants from decommissioned commercial and industrial refrigeration as well as stationary air-conditioning equipment were derived. Furthermore, average lifetimes of equipment for the different sectors were calculated. In the analysis, a dependency of charged refrigerant and age of the unit at decommissioning could be observed. Results from the analysis of the VDKF-LEC dataset were compared with reported data under the UNFCCC for Germany and other available data sources. © 2023 by the authors
Recovery of Cobalt and Lithium by Carbothermic and Hydrogen Reduction of Spent Lithium-Ion Battery
Creators: name: Nuraeni, Bintang Ayu
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Over the last decade, the demand for Li-ion batteries has significantly increased, particularly due to the growing interest in electric vehicles. As a result, there is an increasing demand for raw materials in these batteries. To address this demand and manage the environmental impact of spent batteries, recycling is necessary. The thesis proposed two alternatives of recycling by implementing high temperature processes. Firstly, carbothermic reduction using secondary carbon materials such as graphite anode was implemented. Secondly, another reducing agent of hydrogen gas was applied which emphasized zero-carbon emission process.
title: Diagnóstico por imagen en los trastornos del equilibrio
Creators: name: Refolio Sánchez , Francico
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Head and neck
subject: Ear / Nose / Throat
subject: CT-High Resolution
subject: MR

description: Objetivo docente
Revisión del tema
Conclusiones
description: Objetivo docente:
Realizamos una revisión de los hallazgos encontrados con técnicas de imagen en las entidades que se acompañan de trastornos del equilibrio,
valorando el rendimiento e indicación de cada una de ellas según la sospecha...
title: El papel del angio-TC en la hemorragia digestiva aguda (HDA).
Creators: name: Sáez de Ocáriz García, Ana
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Haemorrhage
subject: Embolisation
subject: CT-Angiography
subject: Interventional vascular

description: Objetivo docente
Revisión del tema
Conclusiones
description: Objetivo docente:
Definir en qué consiste el angioTC , su indicación y los protocolos. Reconocer cuándo está indicado realizar un angioTC en el contexto de una HDA ,
y reconocer cuáles son los pacientes candidatos a la embolización...
New upper limit on the total neutrino mass from the 2 degree field galaxy redshift survey
Creators: name: Elgarøy
name: Lahav, O.
name: Percival, W. J.
name: Peacock, J. A.
name: Madgwick, D. S.
name: Bridle, S. L.
name: Baugh, C. M.
name: Baldry, I. K.
name: Bland-Hawthorn, J.
name: Bridges, T.
name: Cannon, R.
name: Cole, S.
name: Colless, M.
name: Collins, C.
name: Couch, Warrick
name: Dalton, G.
name: De Propris, R.
name: Driver, S. P.
name: Efstathiou, G. P.
name: Ellis, R. S.
name: Frenk, C. S.
name: Glazebrook, Karl
name: Jackson, C.
name: Lewis, I.
name: Lumsden, S.
name: Maddox, S.
name: Norberg, P.
name: Peterson, B. A.
name: Sutherland, W.
name: Taylor, K.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: We constrain fν≡Ων/Ωm, the fractional contribution of neutrinos to the total mass density in the Universe, by comparing the power spectrum of fluctuations derived from the 2 Degree Field Galaxy Redshift Survey with power spectra for models with four components: baryons, cold dark matter, massive neutrinos, and a cosmological constant. Adding constraints from independent cosmological probes we find fν<0.13 (at 95% confidence) for a prior of 0.1<Ωm<0.5, and assuming the scalar spectral index n=1. This translates to an upper limit on the total neutrino mass mν,tot<1.8   eV for “concordance” values of Ωm and the Hubble constant.
title: NEOPLASIAS PRIMARIAS DE VAGINA: Estudio epidemiológico y manifestaciones radiológicas
Creators: name: Cortazar Uribasterra, Oihane
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Genital / Reproductive system female

description: Objetivos
Material y método
Resultados
Conclusiones
description: Objetivos:
Conocer la incidencia,
las formas de presentación clínica,
manifestaciones radiológicas y evolución de las neoplasias primarias vaginales en nuestro...
title: Drenaje peritoneal permanente. ¿Es un procedimiento seguro y efectivo para el tratamiento de la ascitis maligna?
Creators: name: Saiz-Mendiguren, Ramon
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Drainage
subject: Ultrasound
subject: Percutaneous
subject: Interventional non-vascular
subject: Abdomen

description: Objetivos
Material y método
Resultados
Conclusiones
description: Objetivos:
La ascitis es la acumulación patológica de líquido en la cavidad peritoneal y es una complicación frecuente de las enfermedades malignas intraabdominales.
Los síntomas y signos más frecuentes son distensión abdominal,
nauseas,
saciedad...
title: Fracturas óseas en la edad pediátrica. Guía para el diagnóstico radiológico.
Creators: name: Sirvent, Sara
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Paediatric
subject: Digital radiography
subject: CT
subject: MR

description: Objetivo docente
Revisión del tema
Conclusiones
description: Objetivo docente:
1. Revisar las características específicas del esqueleto inmaduro y su relación fisiopatológica con las lesiones traumáticas. 2.
Describir las fracturas óseas típicas en la edad pediátrica e identificar las claves para su diagnóstico...
Examination and Simulation of Silicon Macrosegregation in A356 Wheel Casting
Creators: name: Fan, Pan
name: Cockcroft, Steve
name: Maijer, Daan
name: Yao, Lu
name: Reilly, Carl
name: Phillion, Andre
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2019

description: Macrosegregation is commonly seen and has been extensively studied in large ingots in a variety of alloy systems. In comparison, this defect is rarely investigated in small aluminum shape castings. To address this shortcoming, a numerical model was developed to investigate silicon macrosegregation during the low-pressure die casting of aluminum alloy (A356) automotive wheels. The model results were compared with silicon distribution maps measured using an optical, phase area-based technique. The model of the wheel casting process was implemented within FLUENT, a commercial Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) software package. In the formulation adopted, liquid metal flow is driven solely by solidification shrinkage due to the variation in density between the liquid and solid phases. Buoyancy and die filling have been ignored. Additionally, the model includes Darcy flow in the two-phase mushy zone, the release of latent heat, and solute redistribution at the micro-scale using the Scheil approximation. The model was validated against temperature and segregation data taken from a commercially cast wheel and shown to be qualitatively correct in predicting trends in temperature histories and segregation. A closer inspection of the data reveals that the model is quantitatively accurate within 10–30%, depending on the location.
The effects of the xenoestrogen, octylphenol (OP), and UV-B radiation on somatic development and hypothalamic gene expression of the leopard frog (Rana pipiens).
Creators: name: Crump, Douglas.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: Biology, Genetics.

description: Statistical meta-analysis of large and diverse data sets has indicated that amphibians have been declining worldwide since the 1960s. Exposure to UV-B radiation and endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) have been considered as possible hypotheses to explain the observed declines. Newly-hatched leopard frog (Rana pipiens) tadpoles were exposed for ten days to one of three concentrations of octylphenol (OP) (10 muM, 1 muM, 1 nM) plus a 0.01% ethanol vehicle control, with and without two levels (7 muW/cm 2, 25 muW/cm2) of UV-B radiation. The LC50 for water borne OP was also determined. OP is an EDC which has been shown to elicit responses similar to 17 beta-estradiol (E2). The RNA-arbitrarily pruned PCR (RAP-PCR) differential display strategy was employed to isolate candidate genes differentially regulated in the tadpole diencephalon which were affected by various OP and UV-B treatments. A reverse Northern multiple-gene dot blot was used to verify expression patterns of specific cDNA transcripts cloned from differential display. Homology cloning was performed to obtain R. pipiens GAD65 and GAD67, enzymes responsible for gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) synthesis, and these were included on the dot blot. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Exploring the Tension between Modernization and the Deployment of Information and Communication Technologies in Developing Countries: A Case Study of the XO Laptop
Creators: name: Khoury, Cathy
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Information Technology.
subject: Mass Communications.

description: Using the XO laptop as a case study, this project explores the tension, if any, between modernization and the diffusion of information and communication technologies in developing countries. Modernization, the diffusion of innovation, and Burniske's (2003) chain of doing serve as theoretical frameworks to examine new visions of development that One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) aims to introduce to impoverished people on a global scale, with poverty alleviation being their main goal. Employing a qualitative approach, namely document analysis and analysis of online discussions, this research concludes that modernization is still used in new visions of development.
An Environmental Perspective on Urbanization: Research Needs for Strengthening Environmental Aspects in Urban Development
Creators: name: Reißmann, Daniel
name: Schlippenbach, Ulrike Von
name: Schlippenbach, Ulrike Von
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2018
Subjects: Verstädterung
Urbaner Umweltschutz
Partizipation

description: 'Urban environmental protection' is an important cross-sectional task of the German Environment Agency (UBA). Through an extensive participation and coordination process, UBA has developed a strategic research agenda on this issue within the last 2 years. The research agenda defines most important research topics for better integrating urban development and environmental protection in future. Existing research gaps were identified, and important research needs to fill these gaps were derived. The research agenda is primarily focussed on topics that have high relevance to urban development from an environmental point of view, taking into consideration the current framework conditions, challenges and trends. All identified research topics need an interdisciplinary work, which is why cooperation with several stakeholders in urban development and environmental protection research, policy and practice is essential to develop suitable results. The UBA research agenda defines three thematic clusters and three cross-sectional topics that are underpinned with numerous specific research questions. The thematic clusters focus on issues connected to environmentally friendly, socially acceptable and healthy urban development; environmentally friendly natural resource use; regional circular economy development; and environmental protection through coordinated urban and infrastructural development. Complementarily, the cross-sectional topics highlight research questions on digitalization in urban areas, governance, financing and participation issues, as well as urban-rural connections. The agenda will be updated regularly, considering new developments and needs. The results will particularly be used for relevant federal programmes, strategies, regulations and information tools. © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Fabrication of hybrid freeform optical elements and structures
Creators: name: Mu, Haoran
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This thesis aims to utilise the unique characteristics of femtosecond direct laser writing (fs-DLW) technique to fabricate advanced 2D/3D micro- and nanophotonic devices. To achieve this objective, several micro- and nanophotonic devices developed with different fs-DLW fabrication techniques and approaches are proposed and demonstrated. This thesis is presented in terms of published original research papers with topical introductory descriptions and basic fundamentals, arranged in the research chapters.
Hybrid statistical and machine learning modeling of cognitive neuroscience data
Creators: name: Cakar, Serenay
name: Yavuz, Fulya Gokalp
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: The nested data structure is prevalent for cognitive measure experiments due to repeatedly taken observations from different brain locations within subjects. The analysis methods used for this data type should consider the dependency structure among the repeated measurements. However, the dependency assumption is mainly ignored in the cognitive neuroscience data analysis literature. We consider both statistical, and machine learning methods extended to repeated data analysis and compare distinct algorithms in terms of their advantage and disadvantages. Unlike basic algorithm comparison studies, this article analyzes novel neuroscience data considering the dependency structure for the first time with several statistical and machine learning methods and their hybrid forms. In addition, the fitting performances of different algorithms are compared using contaminated data sets, and the cross-validation approach. One of our findings suggests that the GLMM tree, including random term indices indicating the location of functional near-infrared spectroscopy optodes nested within experimental units, shows the best predictive performance with the lowest MSE, RMSE, and MAE model performance metrics. However, there is a trade-off between accuracy and speed since this algorithm is required the highest computational time.
Distribution-free Phase II triple EWMA control chart for joint monitoring the process location and scale parameters
Creators: name: Alevizakos, Vasileios
name: Chatterjee, Kashinath
name: Koukouvinos, Christos
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Distribution-free or nonparametric control charts are used for monitoring the process parameters when there is a lack of knowledge about the underlying distribution. In this paper, we investigate a single distribution-free triple exponentially weighted moving average control chart based on the Lepage statistic (referred as TL chart) for simultaneously monitoring shifts in the unknown location and scale parameters of a univariate continuous distribution. The design and implementation of the proposed chart are discussed using time-varying and steady-state control limits for the zero-state case. The run-length distribution of the TL chart is evaluated by performing Monte Carlo simulations. The performance of the proposed chart is compared to those of the existing EWMA-Lepage (EL) and DEWMA-Lepage (DL) charts. It is observed that the TL chart with a time-varying control limit is superior to its competitors, especially for small to moderate shifts in the process parameters. We also provide a real example from a manufacturing process to illustrate the application of the proposed chart.
Guidelines for handling multidimensionality in a terminological knowledge base.
Creators: name: Bowker, Lynne.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1992
Subjects: subject: Artificial Intelligence.

description: The goal of this thesis is to develop and apply a set of guidelines for handling multidimensionality in a terminological knowledge base (TKB). A dimension represents one way of classifying a group of objects; a classification with more than one dimension is said to be multidimensional. The recognition and representation of multidimensionality is a subject that has received very little attention in the terminology literature. One tool for dealing with multidimensionality is CODE (Conceptually Oriented Description Environment). This thesis is divided into four main parts. In Part I, we discuss the general principles of classification, and explain multidimensionality. In Part II, we develop an initial set of guidelines to help terminologists both recognize and represent multidimensionality in a TKB. In Part III, we develop a technical complement to the initial guidelines. We begin with a general description of the CODE system, and then we analyze those features that are particularly helpful for handling multidimensionality. Finally, in Part IV, we apply our guidelines by using the CODE system to construct a small TKB for concepts in a subfield of hypertext, namely hypertext links. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
City gold - metal stocks with a future
Creators: name: Buchert, Matthias
name: Bulach, Winfried
Publisher: name: Umweltbundesamt
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Recycling
subject: Urban Mining
subject: Stoffstrommanagement
subject: Secondary materials
subject: Anthropogenic stock
subject: material flow management
subject: Waste | Resources

description: The project "KartAL III - Mapping of the Anthropogenic Stock III", commissioned by the Federal Environment Agency, focuses on the recovery options and expected material flows of seven metals and its alloys. In order to significantly improve the circular economy through urban mining in Germany, the potentials, approaches and success factors of relevant stakeholders identified in the project were compiled in a guide. Quelle: www.umweltbundesamt.de
description: The project "KartAL III - Mapping of the Anthropogenic Stock III", commissioned by the Federal Environment Agency, focuses on the recovery options and expected material flows of seven metals and its alloys. In order to significantly improve the circular economy through urban mining in Germany, the potentials, approaches and success factors of relevant stakeholders identified in the project were compiled in a guide.
A monotone single index model for missing-at-random longitudinal proportion data
Creators: name: Acharyya, Satwik
name: Pati, Debdeep
name: Sun, Shumei
name: Bandyopadhyay, Dipankar
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Ecology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Beta distributions are commonly used to model proportion valued response variables, often encountered in longitudinal studies. In this article, we develop semi-parametric Beta regression models for proportion valued responses, where the aggregate covariate effect is summarized and flexibly modeled, using a interpretable monotone time-varying single index transform of a linear combination of the potential covariates. We utilize the potential of single index models, which are effective dimension reduction tools and accommodate link function misspecification in generalized linear mixed models. Our Bayesian methodology incorporates the missing-at-random feature of the proportion response and utilize Hamiltonian Monte Carlo sampling to conduct inference. We explore finite-sample frequentist properties of our estimates and assess the robustness via detailed simulation studies. Finally, we illustrate our methodology via application to a motivating longitudinal dataset on obesity research recording proportion body fat.
Resilienzvermögen von Interstitialräumen verschiedener Gewässertypen bezüglich Kolmation
Creators: name: Zumbroich, Thomas
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Binnengewässerschutz
subject: Fließgewässer
subject: Wasser
subject: Water

description: Im Rahmen der vorliegenden Studie wurden Dynamik und Menge von Feinsedi-menteinträgen an unterschiedlichen Fließgewässertypen sowie in unterschiedliche Fallentypen in Abhängigkeit von Einträgen aus Einträgen aus der Siedlungswasser-wirtschaft untersucht. Quelle: www.umweltbundesamt.de

description: Im Rahmen der vorliegenden Studie wurden Dynamik und Menge von Feinsedi-menteinträgen an unterschiedlichen Fließgewässertypen sowie in unterschiedliche Fallentypen in Abhängigkeit von Einträgen aus Einträgen aus der Siedlungswasser-wirtschaft untersucht.
L'Institutionnalisation de l'inspection médicale au sein du Conseil des écoles publiques d'Ottawa, (1905-1932).
Creators: name: Primeau, Denis M.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1992
Subjects: subject: Education, History of.

description: Au debut du XXe siecle, la medicalisation des enfants en milieu scolaire ontarien se realisa entre autres par le recours a l'inspection medicale. Notre these tente de mieux comprendre ce phenomene en examinant l'ensemble des facteurs qui influencerent l'evolution du service au sein du Conseil des ecoles publiques a Ottawa de 1905 a 1932. La medicalisation de l'Etat ontarien etant incomplete, celui-ci autorisa en 1907 l'instauration de l'inspection medicale dans la province sans aller cependant jusqu'a rendre son adoption obligatoire. Autrement dit, la decision de creer ou non un service d'inspection medicale fut laissee a la discretion de chacun des conseils scolaires. Or, nous sommes d'avis qu'a Ottawa le Conseil local des femmes et le Bureau d'hygiene municipal jouerent un role de premier plan dans l'institutionnalisation de l'inspection medicale. Ne fut-ce de l'interet manifeste par ces derniers, il est peu probable que la mesure eut ete mise en place, etant donne que le conseil scolaire etait contre son instauration pour des raisons essentiellement financieres. En guise d'argumentation, nous retracons les pressions exercees separement par le conseil feminin et le bureau en relation avec le processus d'institutionnalisation. Il ressort alors clairement que ce ne fut qu'a la suite des demandes presentees a cet effet que le conseil scolaire proceda d'abord a l'embauche du personnel infirmier en 1913 et ensuite a celle d'un medecin-inspecteur d'ecoles en 1931. Le reamenagement du service ne s'avera reellement complete cependant qu'en 1932. C'est ainsi qu'un service d'inspection medicale put enfin etre complete en depit de l'echec des mesures incitatives de l'Etat aupres du conseil scolaire de meme que du refus du corps medical d'Ottawa d'appuyer la campagne en ce sens.
Applications of neural networking models in forecasting methods
Creators: name: Bakhshi Kahnamouei, Alireza
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Engineering, System Science.

description: Artificial neural networks are frequently used in business, engineering, and scientific applications. Their increasing popularity is due to the satisfactory results achieved by using artificial neural networks applications for forecasting. The aim of the thesis is to carry out a comparative analysis of the forecasting performance of different neural network models. The initial portion of the thesis will entail a study of the background as well as the different methodologies of artificial neural networks. Focus will be given to time series forecasting models. Results of forecasting different sets of data show that using neural network models gives almost the same, and in some cases better results, than other forecasting methods (Paplinski, 2003). Throughout this thesis paper, I intend to provide an introduction to neural networks, and the models applicable to time series forecasting. Particularly, in the feed-forward model of neural networks, I will provide some examples using R statistical programming language that will help the reader to observe a practical usage of R as a software that helps the user to compute complicated neural networking problems.
Le Règlement 17 et l'affaire Montfort: L'apport de la perspective des cadres à l'étude des enjeux linguistiques au Canada
Creators: name: Terrien, Chantal
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Political Science, General.

description: Les recherches portant sur la communauté franco-ontarienne considèrent que le Règlement 17 et l'affaire Montfort ont été deux moments marquants de la vie politique de la communauté franco-ontarienne. Toutefois, ces travaux ne traitent que très peu du rôle joué par les médias et des processus de cadrage à l'oeuvre dans ces deux cas. Les deux évènements ont suscité un intérêt soutenu des médias écrits, tant anglophones que francophones. Cette thèse en communication politique étudie les processus de cadrage utilisés par les médias en vue de rapporter les évènements. À cette fin, nous étudierons les cadres présents dans le discours des médias, tout en les situant dans leur contexte historique et politique donné. Cette thèse utilise les typologies existantes afin de mieux comprendre le rôle des médias dans la présentation d'enjeux linguistiques au Canada et y ajoute des éléments propres à l'analyse des enjeux linguistiques et identitaires. Nous montrons que les processus de cadrage à l'oeuvre dans les deux cas doivent être considérés à la lumière de leurs contextes historiques et politiques respectifs, sans quoi l'application seule d'une typologie des cadres ne permet pas d'analyser complètement les processus de cadrages à l'oeuvre dans le cadre d'enjeux linguistiques identitaires de la minorité franco-ontarienne. À l'issue de notre démarche, nous constatons que le Règlement 17 a été non seulement un enjeu national, tant en termes médiatiques que politiques, mais aussi un enjeu d'unité nationale et que l'affaire Montfort a été un enjeu national en termes strictement médiatiques, sans toutefois être considérée comme un enjeu d'unité nationale. Nous constatons aussi que les médias ont privilégié un cadre guerrier afin de mobiliser la population francophone.
title: Deutsche Schuldenbremse auf dem Prüfstand
Creators: name: Petersen, Thieß
name: Wortmann, Marcus
name: Brauer, Yola
Publisher: name: Bertelsmann Stiftung
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/01wj9hk44
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024
Subjects: Staatsschulden
Schuldenbremse
Bundeshaushalt
Wirtschaftspolitik

description: Das Haushaltsurteil des Bundesverfassungsgerichts aus dem November 2023 hat die Frage der Finanzierung wichtiger gesamtgesellschaftlicher Herausforderungen wie die der ökologischen Transformation erneut in den Mittelpunkt der politischen Auseinandersetzung gebracht. Wieder einmal stellt sich damit auch die Frage nach der Angemessenheit und Zukunftsfähigkeit der deutschen Schuldenbremse, die die Neuverschuldung des Bundes- und der Länderhaushalte grundgesetzlich regelt. Unser neues Focus Paper führt einige grundlegende Überlegungen zu den Chancen und Risiken höherer staatlicher Verschuldung zusammen, bettet sie in den aktuellen Kontext ein und gibt Handlungsempfehlungen für die Politik.
Regulation of Angiogenic Functions by Angiopoietins through Calcium-Dependent Signaling Pathways
Creators: name: Pafumi, Irene
name: Favia, Annarita
name: Gambara, Guido
name: Papacci, Francesca
name: Ziparo, Elio
name: Palombi, Fioretta
name: Filippini, Antonio
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Angiopoietins are vascular factors essential for blood vessel assembly and correct organization and maturation. This study describes a novel calcium- dependent machinery activated through Angiopoietin-1/2-Tie receptor system in HUVECs monolayer. Both cytokines were found to elicit intracellular calcium mobilization. Targeting intracellular Ca2+ signaling, antagonizing IP3 with 2-APB or cADPR with 8Br-cADPR, was found to modulate in vitro angiogenic responses to Angiopoietins in a specific way. 2-APB and 8Br-cADPR impaired the phosphorylation of AKT and FAK induced by Ang-1 and Ang-2. On the other hand, phosphorylation of ERK1/2 and p38, as well as cell proliferation, was not affected by either inhibitor. The ability of ECs to migrate following Angs stimulation, evaluated by “scratch assay,” was reduced by either 2-APB or 8Br- cADPR following Ang-2 stimulation and only slightly affected by 2-APB in cells stimulated with Ang-1. These results identify a novel calcium-dependent machinery involved in the complex interplay regulating angiogenic processes showing that IP3- and cADPR-induced Ca2+ release specifically regulates distinct Angs-mediated angiogenic steps.
Ultrafast coherent dynamics in strongly correlated materials
Creators: name: Mishra, Rishabh
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This dissertation explores quantum phenomena in high-temperature superconductors by utilizing ultrafast laser pulses. Superconductors are materials that exhibit zero electrical resistance and hold tremendous potential for various technological applications, including power transmission, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and particle accelerators. However, despite the name, high-temperature superconductors only possess this property at temperatures below 133 K (or ~ -140 °C). Further, despite being discovered over 35 years ago, question around the underlying physics remain. The work in this thesis provides new insights into the underlying mechanisms/physics by using ultrafast laser pulses to measure interactions, which are responsible for superconductivity.
The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey: The amplitudes of fluctuations in the 2dFGRS and the CMB, and implications for galaxy biasing
Creators: name: Lahav, Ofer
name: Bridle, Sarah L.
name: Percival, Will J.
name: Peacock, John A.
name: Efstathiou, George
name: Baugh, Carlton M.
name: Bland-Hawthorn, Joss
name: Bridges, Terry
name: Cannon, Russell
name: Cole, Shaun
name: Colless, Matthew
name: Collins, Chris
name: Couch, Warrick
name: Dalton, Gavin
name: De Propris, Roberto
name: Driver, Simon P.
name: Ellis, Richard S.
name: Frenk, Carlos S.
name: Glazebrook, Karl
name: Jackson, Carole
name: Lewis, Ian
name: Lumsden, Stuart
name: Maddox, Steve
name: Madgwick, Darren S.
name: Moody, Stephen
name: Norberg, Peder
name: Peterson, Bruce A.
name: Sutherland, Will
name: Taylor, Keith
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: We compare the amplitudes of fluctuations probed by the 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey (2dFGRS) and by the latest measurements of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropies. By combining the 2dFGRS and CMB data, we find the linear-theory rms mass fluctuations in 8 h-1 Mpc spheres to be σ8m = 0.73 ± 0.05 (after marginalization over the matter density parameter Ωm and three other free parameters). This normalization is lower than the COBE normalization and previous estimates from cluster abundance, but it is in agreement with some revised cluster abundance determinations. We also estimate the scale-independent bias parameter of present-epoch Ls = 1.9L* APM-selected galaxies to be b(Ls, z = 0) = 1.10 ± 0.08 on comoving scales of 0.02 < k < 0.15 h Mpc-1. If luminosity segregation operates on these scales, L* galaxies would be almost unbiased, b(L*,z = O) ≈ 0.96. These results are derived by assuming a flat ACDM Universe, and by marginalizing over other free parameters and fixing the spectral index n = 1 and the optical depth due to reionization τ = 0. We also study the best-fitting pair (Ωm, b), and the robustness of the results to varying n and τ. Various modelling corrections can each change the resulting b by 5 - 15 per cent. The results are compared with other independent measurements from the 2dFGRS itself, and from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), cluster abundance and cosmic shear.
Taxonomic status of the narrow endemic Astragalus robbinsii var fernaldii (Fernald's Milkvetch - Fabaceae): molecules, morphology, and implications for conservation
Creators: name: Sokoloff, Paul C
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Biology, Systematic.

description: Astragalus robbinsii var. fernaldii (Fernald's Milkvetch) is a federally listed taxon of "special concern" due for re-assessment by COSEWIC. Restricted to the Strait of Belle Isle region of Atlantic Canada, its taxonomy in respect to two co-occurring congeners, Astragalus eucosmus and Astragalus robbinsii var. minor, has been questioned due to the variable states of the varieties' diagnostic characters. To clarify phylogenetic relationships within this species complex we studied variation in chloroplast DNA, AFLPs and morphology. Chloroplast DNA sequence data distinguished A. r. var. minor from A. eucosmus and most A. r. var. fernaldii. Three A. r. var. fernaldii populations possessed the A. r. var. minor haplotype, and AFLPs revealed no population structure, indicative of gene flow between taxa and populations. Morphometric analysis indicates that A. r. var. fernaldii is closer to A. eucosmus than A. r. var. minor. Based on these results taxonomic recognition of A. r. var. fernaldii is unwarranted, and we recommend that the taxon be merged into A. eucosmus.
title: Predicting 10-Year Risk of Fatal Cardiovascular Disease in Germany
title: An Update Based on the SCORE-Deutschland Risk Charts
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Ruecker, Viktoria
name: Keil, Ulrich
name: Fitzgerald, Anthony P.
name: Malzahn, Uwe
name: Prugger, Christof
name: Ertl, Georg
name: Heuschmann, Peter U.
name: Neuhauser, Hannelore
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Estimation of absolute risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), preferably with population-specific risk charts, has become a cornerstone of CVD primary prevention. Regular recalibration of risk charts may be necessary due to decreasing CVD rates and CVD risk factor levels. The SCORE risk charts for fatal CVD risk assessment were first calibrated for Germany with 1998 risk factor level data and 1999 mortality statistics. We present an update of these risk charts based on the SCORE methodology including estimates of relative risks from SCORE, risk factor levels from the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Adults 2008–11 (DEGS1) and official mortality statistics from 2012. Competing risks methods were applied and estimates were independently validated. Updated risk charts were calculated based on cholesterol, smoking, systolic blood pressure risk factor levels, sex and 5-year age-groups. The absolute 10-year risk estimates of fatal CVD were lower according to the updated risk charts compared to the first calibration for Germany. In a nationwide sample of 3062 adults aged 40–65 years free of major CVD from DEGS1, the mean 10-year risk of fatal CVD estimated by the updated charts was lower by 29% and the estimated proportion of high risk people (10-year risk > = 5%) by 50% compared to the older risk charts. This recalibration shows a need for regular updates of risk charts according to changes in mortality and risk factor levels in order to sustain the identification of people with a high CVD risk.
Life in Poblenou : Observation and Exploration
Creators: name: Anderson, R.
name: Chin, S.
name: Dara, N.
name: Harlos, D.
name: Johnson, E.
name: Labahn, S.
name: LaRocque, E.
name: Lloyd, G.
name: Lone, S.
name: McBurnie, M.
name: Nakao, T.
name: Nesbitt, C.
name: Oswald, T.
name: Raphael, L.
name: Shen, H.
name: Van Der Veen, A.
name: Zhou, S.
name: Villagomez, E.
name: Honey-Rosés, Jordi
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2018

Abstract
Smoothing regression and impact measures for accidents of traffic flows
Creators: name: Yu, Zhou
name: Yang, Jie
name: Huang, Hsin-Hsiung
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Plant Biology

description: Traffic pattern identification and accident evaluation are essential for improving traffic planning, road safety, and traffic management. In this paper, we establish classification and regression models to characterize the relationship between traffic flows and different time points and identify different patterns of traffic flows by a negative binomial model with smoothing splines. It provides mean response curves and Bayesian credible bands for traffic flows, a single index, and the log-likelihood difference, for traffic flow pattern recognition. We further propose an impact measure for evaluating the influence of accidents on traffic flows based on the fitted negative binomial model. The proposed method has been successfully applied to real-world traffic flows, and it can be used for improving traffic management.
Penalized robust learning for optimal treatment regimes with heterogeneous individualized treatment effects
Creators: name: Li, Canhui
name: Li, Weirong
name: Zhu, Wensheng
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Plant Biology

description: The growing popularity of personalized medicine motivates people to explore individualized treatment regimes according to heterogeneous characteristics of the patients. For the large-scale data analysis, however, the data are collected at different times and different locations, i.e. subjects are usually from a heterogeneous population, which causes that the optimal treatment regimes also vary for patients across different subgroups. In this paper, we mainly focus on the estimation of optimal treatment regimes for subjects come from a heterogeneous population with high-dimensional data. We first remove the main effects of the covariates for each subgroup to eliminate non-ignorable residual confounding. Based on the centralized outcome, we propose a penalized robust learning that estimates the coefficient matrix of the interactions between covariates and treatment by penalizing pairwise differences of the coefficients of any two subgroups for the same covariate, which can automatically identify the latent complex structure of the coefficient matrix with heterogeneous and homogeneous columns. At the same time, the penalized robust learning can also select the important variables that truly contribute to the individualized treatment decisions with commonly used sparsity structure penalty. Extensive simulation studies show that our proposed method outperforms current popular methods, and it is further illustrated in the real analysis of the Tamoxifen breast cancer data.
Functional Analysis of the Inner Nuclear Membrane Protein MAN1 in Zebrafish Adults and Embryos
Creators: name: Jirari, Sara
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Biology, Molecular.

description: ZMAN1 protein was identified in the brain, the gills, the liver, the kidney and the muscle tissue of the adult zebrafish. It is ubiquitously present in the brain and gill tissues. Using immunofluorescence on adult and embryonic cell lines, ZMAN1 was observed at the nuclear periphery. Moreover, cytoplasmic localization of ZMAN1 during mitotic phases indicates that ZMAN1 is not associated to mitotic chromosomes. ZMAN1 appeared at the surface of the new nuclear envelope at the beginning of nuclear reassembly. ZMAN1 distribution in blastula embryos was in the cytoplasm at different mitotic stages except for interphase, telophase and cytokinesis where it was targeted to the nuclear envelope. The maternally synthesized ZMAN1 was localized to the tail/posterior trunk of mid-pharyngula embryos and showed a very low expression and distribution patterns in the muscle tissue suggesting down-regulation of ZMAN1 at the adult stage. I also detected phenotypical abnormalities in ZMAN1 morphants, displayed a curved tail, dysfunctional tail vasculature and an enlarged pericadium, suggesting a possible function of ZMAN1 in blood vessels and heart morphogenesis. Altogether, my data suggest that ZMAN plays a role in early developmental processes and during the adult life of zebrafish.