cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Wirkungsabschätzung von Flächenbelegungen in Ökobilanzen: Arbeitsstand einer Methodenentwicklung
Creators: name: Reißmann, Daniel
name: Fehrenbach, Horst
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2019

description: Die Ökobilanz hat unter den in Anwendung befindlichen Umweltbewertungsmethoden einen besonderen Stellenwert und ist zwischenzeitlich bereits in einigen Gesetzen verankert. Für die Betrachtung der Flächennutzung in Ökobilanzen ist eine allgemein anerkannte methodische Lösung bislang allerdings noch nicht vorhanden. Zwar gibt es erste Ansätze, doch wird dabei auch der Bedarf an methodischer Erweiterung und insbesondere die Verbesserung der Datengrundlagen herausgestellt. Dieser Beitrag thematisiert eine Methodenentwicklung am Umweltbundesamt zur Berücksichtigung von temporärer Flächenbelegung und direkter sowie indirekter Flächennutzungsänderung von Produkten und Dienstleistungen im Rahmen der Ökobilanzierung. Zentraler Bestandteil ist die qualitative Bewertung der Flächennutzung und -änderung anhand von Charakterisierungsfaktoren auf Basis eines erweiterten Hemerobieansatzes. Die bisher erarbeitete Methode wurde u. a. für Biogas testweise angewendet, allerdings steht eine umfangreiche Erprobung noch aus. Dieser Beitrag stellt den bisherigen Arbeitsstand vor. In: Flächennutzungsmonitoring XI : Flächenpolitik - Flächenmanagement - Indikatoren / Gotthard Meinel Herausgeber/in ; Ulrich Schumacher Herausgeber/in ; Martin Behnisch Herausgeber/in ; Tobias Krüger. - Dresden. - (2019), Seite 5
Sources and ecology of Escherichia coli in pulp and paper mill biosolids
Creators: name: Renner, Victoria Emily
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Biology, Microbiology.

description: Pulp and paper mills generate biosolids as a by-product of their effluent treatment systems. These biosolids show excellent potential as a soil conditioner. However, the detection of high levels of E. coli (10 2 to 105 CFU/gdw), in the absence of any significant fecal loading, has caused concern among effluent treatment system operators, land applicators and regulators. This research examines the sources and ecology of E. coli strains comprising the population of E. coli in the biosolids of an eastern Ontario pulp and paper mill by applying the molecular microbial source-tracking tool repetitive sequence-based polymerase chain reaction. Confirmed E. coli were successfully isolated from 2 forested sites, treated mill process feed water, storm effluent, mill fibres, wood chips, primary and secondary clarifier effluents and sludges, and biosolids. While laboratory isolates could be accurately distinguished from forest and industrial isolates, cluster and jackknife analyses were incapable of differentiating reliably among isolates from the forest, on-site inputs, effluent treatment system and biosolids (average rates of correct classification values ranged from 43.9% to 72.9%). No input could be excluded as a source of E. coli to the effluent treatment system. Many fingerprint types were unique to the primary and secondary clarifiers; however, only a subset of the fingerprint types recovered from the primary and secondary clarifiers were detected in the biosolids. This suggests that the E. coli strains found in mill biosolids were those able to survive the hot, desiccating conditions of dewatering. Highly similar fingerprint types (> 80% similarity) were recovered repeatedly over an 8-month period from the effluent treatment system (primary and secondary clarifiers) and biosolids. These results are consistent with growth within the effluent treatment system and biosolids, rather than fecal loading. Over a 3-year period the pulp and paper mill effluent treatment system underwent large-scale changes, including a 50% reduction in effluent volume upon the elimination of on-site pulping activities. New fingerprint types were detected in the biosolids following the restructuring, and the Shannon index of diversity increased. Disruption of established operating conditions could have opened niches, allowing new strains to colonize the mill effluent treatment system successfully.
Open Science In Astronomy
Creators: name: Ainsworth, Rachael
Publisher: name: Forschungzentrum Jülich
Year: 2018

description: Lecture at Seminar (), ; doi:10.5281/zenodo.1213043
description: My talk for EWASS 2018, Session 6: Software in Astronomy, Thursday, 5th April 9:00. Making research results more accessible can contribute to better and more efficient science, however widespread adoption of open research practices has not yet been achieved. Funding agencies (such as the European Commission Horizon 2020) are increasingly requiring research products (such as data and publications) to be made openly available in order to make results more accessible, transparent and reproducible. Recent studies have also shown that open research practices are associated with benefits to the researcher such as increases in citations, media attention, potential collaborators, job and funding opportunities. In this talk I will discuss the different aspects of Open Science, the barriers we face to practicing openly, how to 'open' up your research workflow using open and transparent data and software services in order to reap the benefits associated with open research practices, and highlight current open projects in Astronomy. Both pdf and pptx formats are included as some slides contain gifs.
The triaxial vane apparatus with stress control.
Creators: name: Walsh, Thomas George.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Civil.

description: The scope of this research has been two fold. The first stage was to develop a Tri Vane Apparatus. The Tri Vane Apparatus uses a miniature vane incorporated into a triaxial cell in order to study the use of the vane in different soils as well as allowing the effects of different vane parameters, such as rotation rate and vane geometry, to be studied in controlled conditions. Initial research was conducted into the history of this device with special emphasis on any previous designs. The design used in the current research has incorporated many design aspects used in these previous devices but has also made several improvements. This leads into the second stage of this research. Since the development of the vane test in 1948 by Cadling and Odenstad (1948), the test has almost exclusively been used for the study of the undrained shear strength of clays. This research has investigated the use of the vane test in sands. Through the use of the Tri Vane Apparatus constructed in the first stage of this research, extensive testing has been conducted on sand, in both isotropic and anisotropic stress conditions. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Bringing Geodesign to the world in a massive, open, online engagement
Creators: name: Foster, Kelleann
Publisher: name: Research in Urbanism Series
Year: 2016

description: A MOOC titled “Geodesign: Change your world” demonstrated a unique approach to scaling up awareness about geodesign to a global audience. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are gaining visibility as a wide-reaching educational trend to provide exposure on topics, theories and techniques in any field. The first MOOC on the subject of geodesign was offered in Autumn 2014. Over 17,000 people registered from 167 countries. The results yielded a unique worldwide conversation about geodesign. This paper discusses how this MOOC engaged a global audience of thousands, including the challenges and opportunities experienced with the development and delivery of the MOOC. The outcomes illustrate how participants gained appreciation for the role geodesign can play in land planning and design issues in their location. The Geodesign MOOC course’s dynamic structure breaks from the typical format of MOOCs. Examined here are the innovative course design and delivery mechanisms deployed in this MOOC. Drawing on recent research about online learning, pedagogical and technological issues important to consider in MOOC development are reviewed.
description: Research in Urbanism Series, Vol. 4 (2016): Geo-Design: Advances in bridging geo-information technology, urban planning and landscape architecture
An electrochemical route for hot alkaline blackening of steel: a nitrite free approach.
Creators: name: Eckl, Maximilian
name: Zaubitzer, Steve
name: Köntje, Carsten
name: Farkas, Attila
name: Kibler, Ludwig A.
name: Jacob, Timo
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Surface Modification
subject: Blackening of Steel
subject: Corrosion Protection
subject: Auger-Electron Spectroscopy
subject: DDC 540 / Chemistry & allied sciences
subject: DDC 620 / Engineering & allied operations
subject: Magnetite
subject: Auger-Elektron
subject: Korrosionsschutz

description: lackening belongs to the predominant technological processes in preserving steel surfaces from corrosion by generating a protective magnetite overlayer. In place of the commonly used dipping-procedure into nitrite-containing blackening baths at boiling temperatures that are far above 100 °C, here we describe a more environmentally friendly electrochemical route that operates at temperatures, even below 100 °C. After an investigation of the electrochemical behavior of steel samples in alkaline solutions at various temperatures, the customarily required bath temperature of more than 130 °C could be significantly lowered to about 80 °C by applying a DC voltage that leads to an electrode potential of 0.5−0.6 V vs. Pt. Thus, it was possible to eliminate the use of hazardous sodium nitrite economically and in an optimum way. Electrochemical quantification of the corrosion behavior of steel surfaces that were in contact with 0.1 M KCl solution was carried out by linear sweep voltammetry and by Tafel slope analysis. When comparing these data, even the corrosion rates of conventional blackened surfaces are of the same magnitude as a blank steel surface. This proves that magnetite overlayers represent rather poor protective layers in the absence of additional sealing. Moreover, cyclic voltammetry (CV), atomic force microscopy (AFM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and auger electron spectroscopy (AES) characterized the electrochemically blackened steel surfaces.
Supplementary document for Coupling Light to Higher Order Transverse Modes of a Near-Concentric Optical Cavity - 5099220.pdf
Creators: name: Utama, Adrian
name: Chow, Chang Hoong
name: Nguyen, Chi Huan
name: Kurtsiefer, Christian
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplemental derivations as tex sources and pdf
Introduction to Open Science
Creators: name: Roinila, Markku
name: Kuusela, Marjo
Publisher: name: Forschungzentrum Jülich
Year: 2020
Subjects: open access, open access publishing, research visibility, Helsinki university library

description: Lecture at Seminar (), ; doi:10.5281/ZENODO.4250489
description: Introduction to Open Science A webinar by Helsinki University Library The purpose of the two-part webinar is to give a basic introduction to open science, especially open access publishing. We will discuss basic terminology of open science, why open science is important, what are the central features of open access publishing and how one promote open access in teaching. The open access services of the Helsinki University library are introduced as well. This slideset is distributed to the participants.
Supplying Partners Suite of Protocols for P2P 3D Streaming Over Thin Mobile Devices
Creators: name: Maamar, Haifa Raja
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2013
Subjects: 3D streaming
mobile devices
wireless networks

description: The recent advances in mobile computing devices and wireless networking produced the technical platform for multimedia services over thin mobile devices. Nowadays, we are witnessing an important growth in applications using thin mobile devices, such as social networks, virtual walkthrough, media streaming, and augmented reality (AR), just to mention a few. Most of these applications are based on the client-server architecture, however several studies showed that the client-server architecture suffers from various issues, such as the server bottleneck, latency and the lack of scalability. This led most of the systems to switch to the peer-to-peer (P2P)-like environment for its scalability and potential cost saving. P2P multimedia streaming over thin mobile devices-based classes of applications has known a significant growth during the last years. Although P2P video streaming over thin mobile devices received a great deal of attention, the application of 3D streaming over mobile devices was challenging mainly due to the limited mobile resources and capabilities, as well as the wireless medium limitations. Having 3D streaming over Mobile Ad hoc Networks (MANET) is considered more challenging given that the 3D streaming-based system has to deal with a dynamic environment resulting from nodes mobility, which may lead to route breakages and connection loss. Therefore, one of the major difficulties in 3D streaming over MANET is related to the supplying partner's strategy that aims at determining the most suitable source holding the required 3D data to stream it quickly and efficiently to the requesters. In this thesis, we propose our P2P based 3D streaming system which we refer to as MOSAIC as well as a suite of supplying partner strategy protocols for P2P 3D streaming over thin mobile devices. Our proposed suite of protocols selects the potential sources that have the relevant 3D data, based on a set of criteria such as the source location, the mobile device's available resources as well as its residual energy. We also proposed a multihop supplying partner selection protocol that takes into account the signal strength and the nodes mobility when streaming the relevant 3D data. The performance evaluation obtained to evaluate our MOSAIC system as well as our suite of protocols using an extensive set of NS2 simulation experiments, is then reported.
Combining GIS and BIM for facility reuse
Creators: name: Wang, Tong
name: Krijnen, Thomas
name: De Vries, Bauke
Publisher: name: Research in Urbanism Series
Year: 2016

description: Lingering vacant facilities deteriorate the condition of an urban environment, and, as a consequence, actuate neighboring companies to leave the area as well. In addition, new development efforts keep depleting scarce land resources. In this paper, a framework is presented to match existing vacant facilities to the requirements of potential customers or owners to promote sustainable redevelopment and reuse. Important attributes for facility reuse are identified from literature. To automatically extract these attributes from models and their surroundings, Geospatial information and Building Information Models (BIM) are combined. In the proposed framework, a profile is created for each existing vacant facility by combining BIM and GIS attributes. As a result, these profiles can be matched to the desired BIM model, which the aspiring users have provided, based on a weighted distance calculation. The framework presents the most suitable vacant facilities to the users in order to promote facility reuse. These facility reuse alternatives are evaluated based on a single monetary metric that represents the effort required to partially or fully accommodate the requirements of the aspiring users, which is reflected in the weighted distance between profiles from existing vacant facilities and the facility desired by the end-user. This framework identifies suitable areas for redevelopment after which a process is started that forms an iterative and comprehensive evaluation dialog between demand and supply parties, on multiple scale levels, including various design alternatives to adapt the existing facility to the desires of the consumer and revitalize the surroundings according to Geodesign principles. A proof-of-concept of the framework is presented together with the conceptual system structure. Evaluation of the attributes and the technical implementation of their extraction from BIM and GIS data show the technical feasibility of the approach.
description: Research in Urbanism Series, Vol. 4 (2016): Geo-Design: Advances in bridging geo-information technology, urban planning and landscape architecture
The role of non-executive directors in corporate governance: an evaluation
Creators: name: Siladi, Biserka
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Corporate governance has become an increasingly topical issue in recent years. This has been fuelled by such corporate collapses as Enron, Worldcom, Parmalat, One.Tel and HIH. The role and responsibility of the board and directors has emerged as an important issue in examining the cause of these collapses. This has created much debate on what the role of the directors is in 'directing', 'monitoring' or 'advising' a company. Research indicates that investors are prepared to a pay a premium for good governance. This raises a number of questions. What is governance? How do we determine what is good governance? What role do directors have in this? Does the company's performance improve by adopting good governance practices? There are numerous approaches to examining what makes a good board. Quantitative techniques have included the use of such measurable concepts as the number of executive and non-executive directors, directors' skill base (for example, accountancy, marketing etc) and frequency of meetings attended. Researchers have also attempted to measure board performance and effectiveness by using indicators such as share values and shareholder returns. There is a lack of qualitative research in board behaviour and effectiveness. This exploratory study adopts a qualitative approach in order to provide richer data. It uses interviews to evaluate directors' views on some aspects of corporate governance, specifically in relation to the executive and non-executive director debate. The interviews were conducted with 11 directors from a variety of organizations in the forprofit and not-for-profit sectors. Two major themes have emerged from the analysis of the interviews. Firstly, directors are traditionally considered to be responsible for maximising shareholder wealth. However, directors are now expected to broaden their responsibilities to include other stakeholders and to consider social and environmental issues in making their decisions. The findings indicate that it is now more demanding to be a director due to increased workloads arising from the regulatory and legal requirements. This has also impacted on director and board evaluations, multiple directorships and directors remuneration levels. The second major theme that emerged from this study is that directors' personal experiences did not necessarily concur with governance principles and guidelines. For example, the widely recommended method of achieving 'best practice' by having a majority of non-executive directors on a board is considered too simplistic. Further studies are required on the behavioural and personality traits, technical skills of the directors, board structure, composition and type of organization which make the best contribution to achieving boardroom effectiveness.
Video Streaming and Multimedia Broadcasting Over Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks
Creators: name: Naeimipoor, Farahnaz
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2013
Subjects: Vehicular Networks
Video Streaming Protocols
Performance Evaluation

description: Video dissemination capabilities are crucial for the deployment of many services over VANETs. These services range from enhancing safety via the dissemination of video from the scene of an accident, to advertisement of local services or businesses. This work considers the infrastructure-less scenario of VANETs and dissemination of video content over this network environment, which is extremely challenging mainly due to its dynamic topology and stringent requirements for video streaming. This study discusses issues and challenges that need to be tackled for disseminating high-quality video over VANETs. Furthermore it surveys and analyzes the suitability of diﬀerent existing solutions aimed towards eﬀective and eﬃcient techniques for video dissemination in vehicular networks. As a result, a set of the most promising techniques are selected, described in detail and evaluated based on standard terms in quality of service. This thesis also discusses eﬃciency and suitability of these techniques for video dissemination and compares their performance over the same network condition. In addition, a detailed study on the eﬀect of network coding on video dissemination protocols has been conducted to guide how to employ this technique properly for video streaming over VANETs. From this study, a summary of the observations was obtained and used to design a new hybrid solution by deploying robust and eﬃcient techniques in number of existing protocols in an optimal manner. The proposed hybrid video dissemination protocol outperforms other protocols in term of delivery ratio and complies with other quality-of-service requirements for video broadcasting over vehicular environments.
Design and implementation of a FMCW GPR for UAV-based mine detection
Creators: name: Burr, Ralf
name: Schartel, Markus
name: Schmidt, Patrick
name: Mayer, Winfried
name: Walter, Thomas
name: Waldschmidt, Christian
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: DDC 620 / Engineering & allied operations
subject: Radar
subject: Drone aircraft
subject: Ground penetrating radar
subject: Drohne (Flugkörper)
subject: FMCW-Radar
subject: Elektromagnetische Reflexionsmethode

description: Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) is one of the tools supporting mine detection. In this contribution a wideband frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) GPR from 1 GHz to 4GHz in a bistatic configuration is presented. This radar is designed so that it can be mounted on an unmanned aircraft vehicle (UAV). A compromise between weight, size, power consumption and penetration depth is found. The realization of the radar by means of frequency band splitting is presented. The merging of the two frequency bands is evaluated by measurements. The radar has been successfully integrated on a UAV and first measurements over a test field from the flight are presented.
What is Open Science?
Creators: name: Apel, Jochen
name: Dennis, Richard
name: Janíček, Milan
Publisher: name: Forschungzentrum Jülich
Year: 2021
Subjects: Open Science
Open Access
Scholary Publishing
FAIR Data Principles
Research Data Management
Research Integrity
European Open Science Cloud (EOSC)
Citizen Science

description: Lecture at Seminar (), ; doi:10.5281/ZENODO.5665755
description: Openness and transparency are closely linked to the scientific method. But how open can and should research be? The lecture would like to invite you to participate in the current discussion about open science in its different facets by providing a broad overview - from open access over the FAIR data principles and citizen science to the European Open Science Cloud. The presentation took place on 8 November 2021 and was part of the event series ' Open for you! An introduction series to open science ' organized by the 4EU+ University Alliance .
Supplementary document for Coupling Light to Higher Order Transverse Modes of a Near-Concentric Optical Cavity - 5099220.pdf
Creators: name: Utama, Adrian
name: Chow, Chang Hoong
name: Nguyen, Chi Huan
name: Kurtsiefer, Christian
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplemental derivations as tex sources and pdf
Conclusions
Creators: name: Vergara, Luz María
name: Robertson, Cristián
Publisher: name: Research in Urbanism Series
Year: 2019

description: We are facing a paradigm shift in the production of housing, and it is precisely in this transition where contexts as different as The Netherlands and Chile find a common denominator: the problem of affordability and general discontent in the face of a supply that is increasingly remote from the economic capacity and needs of people. Access to housing has become a scarce commodity. In a growing context of demands for the right to the city, the provision of affordable housing has become such a situation that it has promoted the inhabitants to position themselves as protagonists - seeking solutions that cope with the housing problem through collaborative processes. In Europe these processes have re-emerged as a reaffirmation of self-determination in response to the commodification and standardization of housing. However, in Chile the search has been more related to means of collaborative survival through the dynamics of allegamiento and self-organization in pericentral areas. From this common point of departure, the initial chapters of the book identify collaborative processes, alternating experiences both in Chile and in Europe. The European case, reviewed from the Dutch social housing model and the re-emergence of collaborative housing models, provides three important points of reflection when traditional and consolidated systems face novel and emerging models. First, the opportunity that arises from the hybridization of both systems and cooperation among different actors. Second, the importance of having a cultural change, followed by regulatory frameworks, to ensure the implementation and subsequent massification of new models. Third, despite the legal and operational barriers, the European experience has shown that self-organized and self-managed models are possible, necessary and effective when housing demands have not been satisfy by the State nor by the market.
description: Research in Urbanism Series, Vol. 5 (2019): Housing and Urban Regeneration of Deprived Neighborhoods in Santiago
Implementation of a regional quality improvement collaborative to improve care of people living with opioid use disorder in a Canadian setting
Creators: name: Beamish, Laura
name: Sagorin, Zach
name: Stanley, Cole
name: English, Krista
name: Garelnabi, Rana
name: Cousineau, Danielle
name: Barrios, Rolando
name: Klimas, Jan
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2019

description: Background: Although opioid agonist therapy is effective in treating opioid use disorders (OUD), retention in opioid agonist therapy is suboptimal, in part, due to quality of care issues. Therefore, we sought to describe the planning and implementation of a quality improvement initiative aimed at closing gaps in care for people living with OUD through changes to workflow and care processes in Vancouver, Canada. Methods: The Best-practice in Oral Opioid agoniSt Therapy (BOOST) Collaborative followed the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s Breakthrough Series Collaborative methodology over 18-months. Teams participated in a series of activities and events to support implementing, measuring, and sharing best practices in OAT and OUD care. Teams were assigned monthly implementation scores to monitor their progress on meeting Collaborative aims and implementing changes. Results: Seventeen health care teams from a range of health care practices caring for a total of 4301 patients with a documented diagnosis of OUD, or suspected OUD based on electronic medical record chart data participated in the Collaborative. Teams followed the Breakthrough Series Collaborative methodology closely and reported monthly on a series of standardized process and outcome indicators. The majority of (59%) teams showed some improvement throughout the Collaborative as indicated by implementation scores. Conclusions: Descriptive data from the evaluation of this initiative illustrates its success. It provides further evidence to support the implementation of quality improvement interventions to close gaps in OUD care processes and treatment outcomes for people living with OUD. This system-level approach has been spread across British Columbia and could be used by other jurisdictions facing similar overdose crises.
The glucoregulatory action of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1).
Creators: name: Adamczyk, Malgorzata.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: Biology, Animal Physiology.

description: Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) has been shown to improve tolerance to glucose. It has been suggested that this could be mediated by an incretin effect--the enhancement of insulin secretion in response to glucose, as well as by alterations in the sensitivity of the body to insulin. In order to evaluate the effect of GLP-1 on the improvement of glucose tolerance, the systemic as well as tissue-specific (the liver, intestine and muscle) effects of this hormone have been determined. The study has been conducted on animal model (the pig). Following an overnight fast and baseline measurements, glucose was infused (set point = 150 mg/dl), alone or supplemented with GLP-1 (4 ng/kg/min) and GLP-1 (8 ng/kg/min) in 90 min steps. The levels of metabolites (glucose, lactate) and hormones (insulin, glucagon, GLP-1) were then determined in arterial blood as well as in portal, hepatic and femoral venous blood. Tissue balances were then calculated. Levels of metabolites and hormones, glucose infusion rates and tissue balances were compared using statistical analysis (general linear models procedure, SAS Institute). (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Open Science. Why and how?
Creators: name: Mayer, Katja
Publisher: name: Forschungzentrum Jülich
Year: 2021
Subjects: open science
open access
open data
open evaluation
open education

description: Lecture at Seminar (), ; doi:10.5281/ZENODO.5584829
description: Open Science Workshop, October 20, 2021 Open Science means making research processes and research results - including methods, processes, research data and publications - as accessible as possible. This is intended to intensify transparency, reusability and exchange with industry and society. In the workshop 'Open Science - why and how?' on Oct. 20, the following questions will be discussed, among others:    What is meant by Open Science/Scholarship/Research?     For which problems in 'traditional' science can Open Science offer a solution?     What is the benefit (for me) of Open Science?     Which Open Science practices can be used in everyday research?     Which infrastructures and tools for Open Science exist? The speaker Dr. Katja Mayer is Senior Post-Doc and Elise Richter Fellow at the Institute for Science and Technology Research at the University of Vienna and Senior Scientist at the Center for Social Innovation in Vienna.
Public and collective space in ‘9x18 settlements’
Creators: name: Schlack, Elke
Publisher: name: Research in Urbanism Series
Year: 2019

description: In the debate about public space in the urban regeneration of 9x18 neighbourhoods, it is relevant to follow the urban space definition that transits from one form of society to another. This definition is used by Swekes to describe neighbourhoods that were originally informal settlements, and then suffered transformations that were not sensitive to their previous public life. In 9x18 neighbourhoods, which were born from informal settlements as well, it is possible to recognise the coexistence of public spaces with patterns derived from their original collective life as well as other spaces that emerged from the subsequent governmental interventions. This chapter describes the characteristics of some concrete public and collective spaces, those which simultaneously give shelter to the collective life among people from the land invasions, and the public life of the neighbourhood that was built from new modernising interventions Keywords: Plot of land operation; peripheral urbanisations; public space, collective space; urban regeneration.
description: Research in Urbanism Series, Vol. 5 (2019): Housing and Urban Regeneration of Deprived Neighborhoods in Santiago
Invariant-preserving transformations for the verification of place/transition systems (with application to the verification of protocols).
Creators: name: Zeng, Wei.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: Computer Science.

description: Transformations preserving specific properties are often used for the verification of place/transition systems. They simplify a system so that some designated properties can be detected more easily from the simplified system but are still valid for the original one. This thesis presents five general classes of transformations on place/transition systems (PTSs), namely, insertion, elimination, replacement, composition and decomposition, and the conditions for them to preserve place-invariants and transition-invariants of the PTSs. Also proposed is a special transformation for eliminating isolatable places. It leads to the proposal of a constructive algorithm for finding place invariants. The algorithm simplifies a PTS iteratively in such a way that its place-invariants can be derived from those of the simplified ones. Lastly, some of these transformations and the algorithm are applied to find place-invariants for two classes of the Transport Protocol.
'E figlie so' piezz' 'e core', ovvero lÅ½utopia sociale di Eduardo De Filippo alla luce di "Filumena Marturano"
Creators: name: Ubbidiente, Roberto
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna
Year: 2010

description: 'E figlie so' piezz' 'e core', ovvero lÅ½utopia sociale di Eduardo De Filippo alla luce di "Filumena Marturano"
Freshwater diatom biogeography of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Creators: name: Bouchard, Giselle
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Paleoecology.

description: The biogeography of diatoms in 62 lakes across the Canadian Arctic Archipelago was studied. A total of 326 taxa was found, with up to 85 and as low as 8 taxa identified in any one lake. Rarefaction-estimated richness correlated with lake size. Although diatom assemblages showed regional patterns, between-lake variability in any region was high, indicating that local factors are important in determining the assemblages. Newly delineated genera showed interpretable geographic patterns and could be related to environmental factors, suggesting that this more natural grouping may enhance our understanding of diatom ecology. Some taxa showed southern and regionally limited distributions. Many taxa prefer colder temperatures while others were more influenced by lake water parameters. Assemblages with zero or low abundance of fragilaroid taxa tended to occur in larger lakes with higher silica. These lakes had more diverse assemblages including Gomphonema, Encyonema , and Encyonopsis taxa, suggesting a possible relationship between non-fragilaroid taxa and lake size and silica. Geographic, physical, and chemical factors are needed to explain diatom distributions in the Arctic.
Open science: Why we should care and how to get involved
Creators: name: DeCross, Stephanie N.
name: Franklin, Nicholas T.
Publisher: name: Forschungzentrum Jülich
Year: 2019
Subjects: open science
reproducibility

description: Lecture at Seminar (), ; doi:10.5281/ZENODO.3550236
description: Slides accompanying the presentation/discussion centered around open science as part of the Harvard University Department of Psychology trainee workshop series. Goals for this workshop included: 1) introducing the core concepts and principles behind open science, 2) exploring a variety of open science tools and resources, and 3) discussing actionable ways to implement open science practices. Workshop co-led by SND and NTF.
Mobility and Micro Accessibility, the Challenges of Public Space
Creators: name: Forray, Rosanna
Publisher: name: Research in Urbanism Series
Year: 2019

description: In urban peripheral neighbourhoods, mobility is a right yet to be conquered. The residents have to face marginal conditions either in the ‘macroaccesibility’ that leads to long distances, as well as to the ‘microaccesibilty’ that develops in the proximal space and in daily life time. For this mobility, predominantly female, the most determinant factors are the quality, vitality, and along with it, the safety of the public space. It is precisely there where women have to negotiate their right to appropriate, use and transform the space. And they do it throughout the repetitive practice of walking, often under threat. This brings the challenge of thinking the proximal city with them: diverse, safe and well connected. To do so, the public space is the key.
description: Research in Urbanism Series, Vol. 5 (2019): Housing and Urban Regeneration of Deprived Neighborhoods in Santiago
La storia come delegittimazione (Discorso tenuto in occasione dell'attribuzione di un importante premio storico, Monaco, 23 novembre 2001)
Creators: name: Reinhard, Wolfgang
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna
Year: 2010

description: La storia come delegittimazione (Discorso tenuto in occasione dell'attribuzione di un importante premio storico, Monaco, 23 novembre 2001)
La perception de la pauvreté par le bas clergé toulousain dans la deuxième moitié du XVIIIe siècle
Creators: name: Chénier, Stéfany
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Religion, Clergy.
subject: History, Church.
subject: History, European.

description: Dans la deuxième moitié du XVIIIe siècle, la pauvreté afflige les populations en France et la région de Toulouse n'est pas épargnée. Les habitants du diocèse doivent souvent compter sur l'assistance paroissiale à différentes périodes de l'année. Dans ce cadre, les cures de paroisses deviennent des témoins de premier plan de la précarité dans laquelle vit cette population. S'occupant autant des affaires spirituelles de la paroisse que des affaires quotidiennes du temporel, ces acteurs sociaux sont bien insérés dans le milieu ou ils oeuvrent. Ceci leur donne une perspective privilégiée de la pauvreté des habitants. La perception qu'ils en ont s'observé dans une enquête diocésaine commandée en 1763 par le nouvel archevêque de Toulouse, Loménie de Brienne. Celle-ci dévoile, à travers questions et réponses, l'importance de la pauvreté au sein des paroisses, les causes spécifiques du problème et les moyens d'y remédier. Évaluée à la lumière du discours que tiennent sur le sujet les élites religieuses de l'époque, la vision de la pauvreté des membres du bas clergé s'en démarque.
Journal Observatory: Toward systematic high-quality information on scientific journals
Creators: name: Waltman, Ludo
Publisher: name: Forschungzentrum Jülich
Year: 2022
Subjects: open science
open access

description: Lecture at Seminar (), ; doi:10.5281/ZENODO.6352978
description: Presentation given on 17 February 2022 at the first NWO Open Science in Practice Webinar . This webinar series showcases the projects awarded an Open Science Fund grant.
Violence and the negotiation of musical meaning in rock, pop, and rap cover songs
Creators: name: Woods, Alyssa
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Music.

description: My thesis uses a synthesis of literary, cultural, and music theoretic frameworks to explore the social and musical meanings of mainstream popular cover songs. In Chapter 1 I examine two versions of the song "'97 Bonnie and Clyde", a song that explores an extreme case of domestic violence. The original, written and performed by rap artist Eminem, and a cover interpretation by female singer-songwriter Tori Amos. I examine how, using the same lyrics, each artist conveys their own social position and message through their vocal and musical presentation. In Chapter 2 I explore how Eminem appropriates music from a female pop artist; Dido. Eminem samples a portion of the song and structures his song "Stan" around the borrowed musical material. In doing so he alters the meaning of her lyrics and music, casting it in the context of his dark narrative. In Chapter 3 I explore a similar case of musical borrowing. Eminem appropriates the chorus of rock band Aerosmith's well known song "Dream on". Using Stuart Hall's theories of representation I argue that Eminem barrows music and video techniques from the rack genre in order to make an identity claim. In Chapter 4 I examine three different version of the song "Happiness is a Warm Gun": the Beatles' original which uses the gun as a sexual metaphor, and covers by U2 and Tori Amos which both express social commentary on gun violence and gun control. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Applying experiential learning with success
Creators: name: Blicblau, Aaron
name: van der Walt, J. P.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The tertiary education sector faces increasing pressure to deliver more graduates with improved levels of skill whilst having fewer students fail subjects throughout their time of study. In engineering education the situation is even more complex with many universities having to accept students with lower ENTER scores to fill quotas. Historically, students with borderline ENTERs have shown great difficulty during their first year in the engineering degree program. Worse, the transition from first year to second year is often more difficult than from school to first year. The “smoothing‐in” of school graduates into the first semester of first year is seen as a transition period, with second semester being the first “full‐on” engineering semester of study. The challenge that now faces many universities is a balancing act of gradually introducing students into first year whilst minimising the shock that will await students when commencing second year. At Swinburne University of Technology, a system of experiential learning has been tried over the past year with great promises for success. The system comprises of a combination of projects, large assignments, and regular assessments. Students are guided to analyse, ponder and evaluate class problems in a more real‐world manner, and regular assessments ensure that they stay up to date. Project work is employed to encapsulate as much of the disciplines that the student have been exposed to into a single meaningful real‐world engineering task.
CoVis - a new tool to discover reliable COVID-19 research
Creators: name: Schramm, Maxi
name: Kraker, Peter
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: COVID-19
discovery
visualization

description: For the development of therapeutics and vaccines for COVID-19, scientists depend on valid knowledge on the coronavirus. But finding reliable research results is often difficult: with over 20,000 papers published on the topic, scientists spend a lot of valuable time reviewing the literature. The new tool CoVis enables scientists to kick-start their COVID-19 research. In the EU-funded project, experts compile valid research results in a freely accessible database. In addition, a knowledge map provides a quick overview of research outputs. When key issues are not answered by a single research source, data and images from multiple sources are compiled into a visual dashboard called a ReFigure. The collection is not meant to be exhaustive, but to offer a single reference point for definitive research in eight key areas: immunity, vaccines, therapeutics, diagnostics, viral biology, host biology and clinical findings and epidemiology. After careful review and discussion with our users, we added an additional area, introduction to coronavirus research, which includes foundational papers in coronavirus research to those who have no prior background. CoVis makes it easier to get started on the topic - but also helps you to stay up-to-date. In order to do justice to the rapid development of COVID-19 research, the database is extended regularly by a dedicated team of curators. Resources are nominated based on the interest of the individual contributor and posed for inclusion along with the rationale for inclusion. The nominated resources are discussed by curators as to their exhibited impact, or potential impact for moving the field forward. CoVis has been developed in cooperation between Open Knowledge Maps (Austria) and ReFigure (USA). The work is financially supported by the EOSC Secretariat as part of the COVID-19 Fast-Track Funding. CoVis is an open infrastructure following the principles of open science and can therefore be fully reused. Content on CoVis is licensed under a CC BY. The CoVis database is made available under CC0. Our software is open source and hosted on Github under the MIT license. Link: https://openknowledgemaps.org/covis
(Self) Housing Management
Creators: name: Vergara, Luz María
Publisher: name: Research in Urbanism Series
Year: 2019

description: The development of self-organised neighbourhoods positions the residents at the centre of the process. They organise themselves to plan, densify and subsequently manage their dwellings collectively. This chapter focuses on defining the type of management that accompanies the housing densification in condominium tenure, and the challenges related to the maintenance and administration of common property areas. Housing management is understood as a multidimensional process in which the correct performance of the condominium is defined by organisational, technical and sociocultural aspects. From the identification of challenges for the community and the institutions, this chapter reflects on the need for cross-sector collaboration and institutional support to ensure a sustainable long-term management.
description: Research in Urbanism Series, Vol. 5 (2019): Housing and Urban Regeneration of Deprived Neighborhoods in Santiago
Supplementary document for Combining Spectroscopic Techniques to Determine the Optical Constants of Powdered Lactose - 5099807.pdf
Creators: name: Yokosuk, Michael
name: Tiwald, Thomas
name: Saunders, Danielle
name: Blake, Thomas
name: Myers, Tanya
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Optical Properties of Materials

description: Supplemental equations.
Ridge Estimation and its Modifications for Linear Regression with Deterministic or Stochastic Predictors
Creators: name: Younker, James
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: Ridge Regression

description: A common problem in multiple regression analysis is having to engage in a bias variance trade-off in order to maximize the performance of a model. A number of methods have been developed to deal with this problem over the years with a variety of strengths and weaknesses. Of these approaches the ridge estimator is one of the most commonly used. This paper conducts an examination of the properties of the ridge estimator and several alternatives in both deterministic and stochastic environments. We find the ridge to be effective when the sample size is small relative to the number of predictors. However, we also identify a few cases where some of the alternative estimators can outperform the ridge estimator. Additionally, we provide examples of applications where these cases may be relevant.
Extended-Household as a Co-Residence Strategy
Creators: name: Urrutia, Juan Pablo
name: Robertson, Cristian
name: Walker, Francisco
Publisher: name: Research in Urbanism Series
Year: 2019

description: Extended- household, as a social phenomenon, depends on the value of relationships of support and dependence among the members of a community. When this collaborative relationship occurs between residents of the same dwelling, it is then understood as a situation of co-residence. In the case of Santiago de Chile, the Extended - household phenomenon has increased by 610%. Data shows that families prefer to sacrifice conditions of habitability, privacy and security to maintain networks of support, location and access to urban goods, rather than migrating to the periphery as homeowners. It is urgent to generate mechanisms that recognize the needs and preferences of those who make up this “chronic” housing deficit, which is shown today as a form of fragile resistance to socio-spatial segregation.
description: Research in Urbanism Series, Vol. 5 (2019): Housing and Urban Regeneration of Deprived Neighborhoods in Santiago
OPERA: Open Science Researcher Profiles
Creators: name: Hytteballe Ibanez, Karen
Publisher: name: Forschungzentrum Jülich
Year: 2020
Subjects: open scholarship; open research analytics

description: Lecture at Seminar (), ; doi:10.5281/ZENODO.3928278
description: Presentation for Knowledge Exchange Openness Profile Virtual Workshop, 3 July 2020