cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Acceptability of a hypothetical preventative HIV vaccine among people who use drugs in Vancouver, Canada
Creators: name: Fleming, Taylor
name: Valleriani, Jenna
name: Ng, Cara
name: Maher, Lisa
name: Small, Will
name: McNeil, Ryan, 1982-
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2020

description: Background: As research on HIV vaccines continues to advance, studies exploring the feasibility of this intervention are necessary to inform uptake and dissemination strategies with key populations, including people who use drugs (PWUD). Methods: We conducted 25 in-depth qualitative interviews examining HIV vaccine acceptability among PWUD in Vancouver, Canada. Participants were recruited from an ongoing prospective cohort of HIV-negative PWUD. Data were coded using NVivo, and analyzed thematically. Results: Acceptability was framed by practical considerations such as cost and side effects, and was influenced by broader trust of government bodies and health care professionals. While an HIV vaccine was perceived as an important prevention tool, willingness to be vaccinated was low. Results suggest that future vaccine implementation must consider how to minimize the burden an HIV vaccine may place on PWUD. Centering the role of health care providers in information dissemination and delivery may assist with uptake. Conclusions: Our findings suggest improvements in care and improved patient-provider relationships would increase the acceptability of a potential HIV vaccine among this population.
title: Современная поддерживающая терапия BRCA-ассоциированных раков яичников препаратом Олапариб
Creators: name: Кириллова, Э. Н.
Publisher: name: Реноме
Year: 2018

description: Статус мутации BRCA является решающим фактором для определения группы больных РЯ, которым показано лечение препаратом Олапариб. В настоящее время больным с BRCA-ассоциированным РЯ в режиме поддерживающей терапии назначается препарат Олапариб, который позволяет увеличить время до прогрессирования заболевания и при этом сохранить качество жизни.
Sui contenuti di una possibile Intesa con la Chiesa Ortodossa Romena in Italia
Creators: name: Botti, Federica
Publisher: name: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale
Year: 2011

description: Relazione presentata al workshop “Libertà religiosa e diritti umani nell’Est Europa” (Bologna, 21-22 settembre 2007), destinata alla pubblicazione negli atti Libertà di coscienza e appartenenza religiosa nei Paesi dell’Est Europa, in corso di pubblicazione per i
tipi della Bononia University Press.SOMMARIO: Premessa 1. 1. La presenza organizzata della Chiesa Ortodossa Romena in Italia - 1. 2. Sui requisiti e le procedure per la stipula delle Intese - 1.3. Lo status giuridico del clero della COR in Italia e le altre norme di garanzia - 1.3.1. Le parrocchie e gli edifici di culto.
description: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale, 2008: 17 marzo
title: База данных «Гимназисты и студенты учебных заведений Академии наук 1725–1805 гг.» как инструмент исследования межпоколенной социальной мобильности
Creators: name: Костина, Т. В.
Publisher: name: Реноме
Year: 2018

description: В статье анализируются методологические ограничения, проявляющиеся при изучении межпоколенной социальной мобильности и образования как социального лифта. Показаны возможности базы данных по персональному составу учащихся учебных заведения Академии наук (1725–1805), с вносимыми в нее разнообразными сведениями об учащихся, их родителях и детях для изучения межпоколенной мобильности в России XVIII в.

Ключевые слова: Академическая гимназия, база данных, межпоколенная мобильность, социальный лифт, XVIII век.
Rancière and Commitment: The Strange Place of the Politics and Style of Jacques Rancière in the Western-Marxist Tradition
Creators: name: Lefebvre, Devin Alexandre George
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2015
Subjects: Jacques Rancière
Aesthetics
Negative Dialectics
Style
Politics

description: A thinker of impurity, Rancière is most often read as proposing an alternative to the ontology of the political. Against the many attempts to restore a pure sense of politics and of its public space, Rancière maintains the place of politics in a common appearance that is identical to reality. Though typically seen as having broken with the Marxist tradition, I argue here that it is possible to find in his fragmentary style something like a negative dialectic. While politics is what his works address, it is also how it is addressed. Politics, and its assertion of an apparently impossible equality, must be lived out by critique and not merely described. In doing just this, Rancière offers a renewed take on the western-Marxist tradition’s politics of aesthetics. Indeed, I maintain that Rancière, far from breaking with Marxism full stop, instead effects a reversal, a reversal of education into politics.
Correction to: Baseline-adjusted proportional odds models for the quantification of treatment effects in trials with ordinal sum score outcomes
Creators: name: Buri, Muriel
name: Curt, Armin
name: Steeves, John
name: Hothorn, Torsten
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2020

description: An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.
Se Dio lo vuole. L’insospettabile modernità della guerra “religiosamente corretta”
Creators: name: Fiorita, Nicola
Publisher: name: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale
Year: 2011

description: Il presente contributo è destinato alla pubblicazione nel volume “Il diritto di ingerenza umanitaria”, a cura di M. Bilotta, F.A. Cappelletti, A. Scerbo.SOMMARIO: 1. Le religioni e l'uso della forza: un rapporto controverso ed instabile - 2. Il lungo cammino della Chiesa cattolica tra ricorrente tentazione della crociata e opzione pacifista - 3. Gli sviluppi più recenti: l'ingerenza umanitaria e la riemersione della guerra giusta - 4. L'Islam e la guerra tra contraddizioni secolari e nuove frammentazioni - 5. Le declinazioni della guerra nel tempo dello scontro di civiltà: guerra santa, guerra giusta, guerra globale.
description: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale, 2008: 17 marzo
Field and Numerical Investigation of Mixing and Transport of Ammonia in the Ottawa River
Creators: name: Vouk, Ivana
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: effluent
river mixing
ammonia
multiport diffuser
CFD modelling
Ottawa River

description: Wastewater treatment plants discharge effluents containing a number of constituents whose concentrations may negatively affect the receiving waters. Current research in mixing and transport between a point source discharge and the ambient environment attempts to reduce these effects through a better understanding of the physical processes involved and development of numerical models to better predict the fate of the effluents under different conditions. This thesis examined the mixing and transport of ammonia discharged from a multiport diffuser of a municipal wastewater treatment plant into the Ottawa River. The river reach was surveyed using an M9 acoustic Doppler current profiler to obtain spatially distributed measurements of depth and velocity. Water samples were collected at and downstream of the diffuser at multiple depths. The samples were analyzed for ammonia concentration and kinetics. The river reach was also simulated in the FLOW-3D model using available turbulence closure schemes. Comparisons were made between measured and modelled results, as well as some empirical and semi-empirical approximations. A combination of measured and modelled results helped describe (quantitatively and qualitatively) the mixing and transport between the discharged effluent and receiving river. Unionized ammonia was tested for regulatory compliance. Both measured and modelled results showed that although the regulatory end-of-pipe discharge concentrations were met, downstream regulations were not met.
Bertalan László Előadások Émile Durkheimről 1979-1980
Creators: name: László, Bertalan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 441006
subject: Sociological methodology and research methods

description: Bertalan László egyetemi előadásai, 1979-1980. tanév, Marx Károly Közgazdaságtudományi Egyetem. Lejegyezte: E. Bártfai László
Characterization of noise in transmon superconducting qubits and fluctuations of their parameters and performance
Creators: name: Dhieb, Chawki
name: :Unav
Publisher: name: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Year: 2024
Subjects: Transmon
Superconducting qubit
Characterization

description: A functional and operable quantum computer requires high-performing qubits. The performance of a qubit is described by parameters such as coherence and fidelity, for which higher values and stability are sought. In this work, the factors that limit the performance of the qubit or lead to fluctuations in its parameters are investigated. The study is realized for transmon superconducting qubits created using conventional CMOS fabrication methods. For different qubits, long-term measurements of various parameters (e.g., T1, T∗2 ) are performed to study the deviations that occur to them over large timescales. Most of the observed deviations are attributed to TLS defects (Two-Level-System defects). Additionally, a temperature sweep is carried out to study the effect of thermal variations on the qubit. The temperature sweep shows, in particular, the influence of quasiparticles on energy relaxation and thermal photons on dephasing. It also highlights the effect of thermal cycling on TLS defects. This effect of thermal cycling was also observed through QNS (Quantum Noise Spectroscopy), which was implemented using spin locking. Performed QNS at various temperatures shows also the influence of thermal variations on the low-frequency noise.
'À coups de tambour de mots' suivi d’une réflexion sur les différences entre le 'spoken word poetry' et le slam de poésie chez Marjolaine Beauchamp, Sarah Kay et Grand Corps Malade
Creators: name: Vienneau, Alexandra
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: slam
spoken word poetry

description: La présente thèse en création littéraire comporte deux parties. La première est un recueil de poésie divisé entre les deux types de poésies orales que nous avons étudiés : le spoken word poetry et le slam de poésie. À travers cette expérience de création, notre objectif était de montrer les différences entre les deux styles ainsi que leur courbe évolutive. Pour y arriver, nous avons pris comme point de départ un poème dans le style plus traditionnel de la poésie. À partir de ce texte « sacrifié » (selon la méthode mise en place durant les soirées de Slam), nous avons donc organisé les poèmes en suivant notre adaptation aux exigences du slam de poésie et du spoken word poetry. À travers ce travail, nous avons aussi dressé un plan thématique pour compléter l’organisation du recueil. La seconde partie est composée de deux chapitres. Le premier est une étude théorique sur les différences entre les deux styles de poésie : il serait alors question de l’évolution progressive d’une poésie orale vers une autre en plus des orientations prises par chacune au fil des années. Comme genre littéraire, le spoken word, qui reste plus près des sources, est beaucoup plus libre que le Slam, qui s’implante dans le milieu actuel avec ses thèmes et doit suivre les règles rigides de la compétition. Le deuxième chapitre est un retour réflexif sur ma propre création à partir des notions vues au premier chapitre. Il explique en profondeur l’organisation de mon recueil de même que le plan thématique de ses deux parties.
title: Nachhaltigen Konsum messen
title: Nachhaltigen Konsum messen
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Bilharz, Michael
name: Steinemann, Myriam
name: Spescha, Gina
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2020

description: Der private Konsum trägt entscheidend zum Ressourcenverbrauch und den damit verbundenen Umweltbelastungen bei. Die Umweltpolitik scheute sich allerdings bisher, das abstrakte Ziel eines nachhaltigen Konsums zu konkretisieren. Das Instrument der systematischen Marktbeobachtung schließt diese Lücke. Der darauf aufbauende Konsumindikator gibt ein quantifiziertes Ziel für den nachhaltigen Konsum vor. Copyright (c) 2020 IÖW und oekom Verlag
Developmental profiles of mucosal immunity in pre-school children
Creators: name: Ewing, Patricia
name: Otczyk, Diana C.
name: Occhipinti, Stefano
name: Kyd, Jennelle M.
name: Gleeson, Maree
name: Cripps, Allan W.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This study investigated the effect of attending pre-school on mucosal immunity. Children 3.5 to 5 years of age who attended pre-school were observed for a 10 month period. Demographic information was collected on previous childcare experiences, the home environment and clinical information relating to the child and the family. A daily illness log was kept for each child. A multivariate longitudinal analysis of the relation between immunoglobulins in saliva and age, gender, childcare experience, pre-school exposure, number of siblings, environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), atopy and hospitalisation was conducted. There was a positive association of higher IgA levels with the winter season and with children being older than 4 years (P <.001), having attended childcare prior to commencing pre-school (P <.05), and having been exposed to ETS at home (P <.05). Lower IgA levels were associated with being atopic (P <.05). Higher IgG levels were associated with exposure to ETS (P <.001), while lower levels were associated to having atopy. Higher IgM levels were associated with previous childcare experience (P <.01) whilst having been hospitalised was associated with having low salivary IgM levels (P <.01). Lagged analyses demonstrated that immunological parameters were affected by the number of respiratory infections in the preceding 2 months.
Aufbau eines neuartigen Ultraschallprüfkopfes mit integrierter Anpressdruckkontrolle
Creators: name: Touoyem Keho, Ewald Kevin
name: :Unav
Publisher: name: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Year: 2022
Subjects: Ultraschallsensor
Druckkontrolle
Ultraschallbasierte Defekterkennung

description: Der Bau eines neuen zerstörungsfreien Prüfsensors mit der Fähigkeit, den während des Tests auf das zu prüfende Stück ausgeübten Druck zu kontrollieren, stellt einen bedeutenden Fortschritt im Bereich der zerstörungsfreien Prüftechnologie dar. Im Rahmen dieses Projekts haben wir die Entwicklung, Konstruktion und Anwendung dieses innovativen Sensors im Detail untersucht. Die Ergebnisse unserer Forschungsarbeit und Experimente zeigen, dass dieser neue Sensor eine vielversprechende Lösung für die Qualitätskontrolle und die Inspektion von Komponenten und Materialien bietet. Durch die Integration der Druckkontrolle in den Prüfprozess können wir nicht nur die strukturelle Integrität der Teile gewährleisten, sondern auch wichtige Erkenntnisse darüber gewinnen, wie sich der Druck auf die Ultraschallprüfung auswirkt.
Innovationskultur in der digitalen Welt
Creators: name: Ahmad, Mashood
name: :Unav
Publisher: name: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Year: 2024
Subjects: Innovation
Organisationskultur
Digitalisierung
Organisationsdesign
Unternehmensstrategie
Management

description: Die digitale Transformation stellt Unternehmen vor signifikante Herausforderungen, in deren Rahmen eine Innovationskultur in der digitalen Welt entwickelt werden muss, um erfolgreich zu sein. Bislang finden sich in Wissenschaft und Praxis kaum Untersuchungen, in denen ein holistisches Konzept einer Innovationskultur in der digitalen Welt entwickelt und gleichzeitig eine Brücke zwischen den Disziplinen Innovationsmanagement, Organisationskultur, Unternehmensführung und digitaler Transformation geschlagen wird. Des Weiteren wurde bislang keine systematische Untersuchung förderlicher und hinderlicher Gestaltungsoptionen einzelner Merkmale durchgeführt. Die vorliegende Dissertation schließt die genannten Wissenslücken, indem sie den aktuellen Stand der wissenschaftlichen Literatur erfasst. Darauf aufbauend entwickelt sie ein integriertes Modell mit förderlichen sowie hinderlichen Gestaltungsoptionen für Merkmale einer Innovationskultur in der digitalen Welt. Die Ergebnisse werden anhand von Fallbeispielen erfolgreicher Unternehmen in der digitalen Welt validiert. Darüber hinaus dient das entwickelte Modell als Grundlage für eine neue Theorie. Die Arbeit zeigt zudem anschließende Forschungsmöglichkeiten auf und gibt Handlungsempfehlungen für die unternehmerische Praxis.
High-Pressure Vibrational Spectroscopic and Crystallographic Investigations of the N2-Ar and N2-Kr Binary Systems
Creators: name: Miles, Shawna
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: binary systems
high pressure
van der Waals compounds
N2-Ar

description: In this work, the phase behavior of binary systems comprising nitrogen and a noble element (nitrogen + argon and nitrogen + krypton) was studied at high density in the condensed state. Following the work of Lotz et al.[2001], the main goal of this work was to further investigate the pressure-concentration phase diagram as well as to look for the possible formation of van der Waals compounds at elevated pressures and room temperature and study their physical properties, using both vibrational spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction. The observed phases, formed by single atoms and/or simple molecules in the binary systems were solved and modeled for their corresponding crystalline structures. From experimental results, lattice parameters for all crystalline structures and phase transitions, if detected, have been observed to shift with respect to that of the pure substances. The analyses and characterization of these binary systems are discussed in detail.
Price modeling and portfolio optimization in commodity markets
Creators: name: Oktoviany, Prilly
name: :Unav
Publisher: name: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Year: 2021
Subjects: Commodity markets
Stochastic price modeling
Machine learning
Portfolio optimization
Stochastic control theory

description: This thesis analyzes the commodity market and existing stochastic price models for the valuation of commodity futures contracts in two parts. The first part proposes a machine learning-based model for state prediction of agricultural commodity prices. Motivated by the strong dependence of these prices on external factors, the application of a clustering and classification algorithm allows the inclusion of these factors in the price determining process. Combined with a stochastic price model for agricultural commodity futures, the proposed model allows the generation of state-dependent price scenarios via Monte Carlo simulation. The second part solves an investor's portfolio optimization problem in a market with investment possibilities in the money market account and in commodity futures contracts. The price of the futures contract is derived from a one-factor stochastic price model that considers a stochastic market price of risk. Using stochastic control methods, a stochastic optimal portfolio strategy is derived. Two simulation studies follow - among others the optimal portfolio strategy is compared with deterministic strategies that are more practicable in their application.
"Speculated Communities": The Contemporary Canadian Speculative Fictions of Margaret Atwood, Nalo Hopkinson, and Larissa Lai
Creators: name: Hildebrand, Laura A
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: Speculative fiction
Science fiction
Canadian literature
Globalization
Genre
Cooperative autonomy
Atwood, Margaret
Hopkinson, Nalo
Lai, Larissa

description: Speculative fiction is a genre that is gaining urgency in the contemporary Canadian literary scene as authors and readers become increasingly concerned with what it means to live in a nation implicated in globalization. This genre is useful because with it, authors can extrapolate from the present to explore what some of the long-term effects of globalization might be. This thesis specifically considers the long-term effects of globalization on communities, a theme that speculative fictions return to frequently. The selected speculative fictions engage with current theory on globalization and community in their explorations of how globalization might affect the types of communities that can be enacted. This thesis argues that these texts demonstrate how Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri’s notion of “cooperative autonomy” can be uniquely cultivated in the conditions of globalization – despite the fact that those conditions are characterized by the fragmentation of traditional forms of community (Empire 392).
Mobilität neu steuern
Creators: name: Friedl, Christa
name: Blanck, Ruth
Publisher: name: Umweltbundesamt
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Sozialverträglichkeit
subject: postfossil
subject: Mobilität
subject: ökonomische Instrumente im Verkehr
subject: fiskalische Ergiebigkeit
subject: Verkehr

description: Mobilität muss neu gesteuert werden, um einen elementaren Beitrag zur Erreichung der Klimaziele zu leisten. Für mehr Gerechtigkeit müssen soziale Verträglichkeit hergestellt und vorhandene Ungerechtigkeiten und klimaschädliche Privilegien beseitigt werden. Der Wandel in Verkehr und Mobilität muss so ge- und besteuert werden, dass Deutschland seine finanzielle Handlungsfähigkeit bewahrt. Wie das gelingen kann, zeigt die Studie "Mobilität in die Zukunft steuern: Gerecht, individuell und nachhaltig". Das Öko-Institut, FÖS und Prof. Dr. Stefan Klinski haben darin im Auftrag des UBA Maßnahmen und fiskalische Instrumente untersucht und bewertet. Die vorliegende Broschüre beschreibt Ergebnisse und stellt zentrale Empfehlungen der Studie vor. Quelle: www.umweltbundesamt.de
description: Mobilität muss neu gesteuert werden, um einen elementaren Beitrag zur Erreichung der Klimaziele zu leisten. Für mehr Gerechtigkeit müssen soziale Verträglichkeit hergestellt und vorhandene Ungerechtigkeiten und klimaschädliche Privilegien beseitigt werden. Der Wandel in Verkehr und Mobilität muss so ge- und besteuert werden, dass Deutschland seine finanzielle Handlungsfähigkeit bewahrt. Wie das gelingen kann, zeigt die Studie „Mobilität in die Zukunft steuern: Gerecht, individuell und nachhaltig“. Das Öko-Institut, FÖS und Prof. Dr. Stefan Klinski haben darin im Auftrag des ⁠UBA⁠ Maßnahmen und fiskalische Instrumente untersucht und bewertet. Die vorliegende Broschüre beschreibt Ergebnisse und stellt zentrale Empfehlungen der Studie vor.
Vehicular Movement Patterns: A Sequential Patterns Data Mining Approach Towards Vehicular Route Prediction
Creators: name: Merah, Amar Farouk
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: VANETs
route prediction
mobility prediction
sequential patterns
data mining

description: Behavioral patterns prediction in the context of Vehicular Ad hoc Networks (VANETs)has been receiving increasing attention due to enabling on-demand, intelligent traffic analysis and response to real-time traffic issues. One of these patterns, sequential patterns, are a type of behavioral patterns that describe the occurence of events in a timely-ordered fashion. In the context of VANETs, these events are defined as an ordered list of road segments traversed by vehicles during their trips from a starting point to their final intended destination, forming a vehicular path. Due to their predictable nature, undertaken vehicular paths can be exploited to extract the paths that are considered frequent. From the extracted frequent paths through data mining, the probability that a vehicular path will take a certain direction is obtained. However, in order to achieve this, samples of vehicular paths need to be initially collected over periods of time in order to be data-mined accordingly. In this thesis, a new set of formal definitions depicting vehicular paths as sequential patterns is described. Also, five novel communication schemes have been designed and implemented under a simulated environment to collect vehicular paths; such schemes are classified under two categories: Road Side Unit-Triggered (RSU-Triggered) and Vehicle-Triggered. After collection, extracted frequent paths are obtained through data mining, and the probability of these frequent paths is measured. In order to evaluate the e ciency and e ectiveness of the proposed schemes, extensive experimental analysis has been realized. From the results, two of the Vehicle-Triggered schemes, VTB-FP and VTRD-FP, have improved the vehicular path collection operation in terms of communication cost and latency over others. In terms of reliability, the Vehicle-Triggered schemes achieved a higher success rate than the RSU-Triggered scheme. Finally, frequent vehicular movement patterns have been effectively extracted from the collected vehicular paths according to a user-de ned threshold and the confidence of generated movement rules have been measured. From the analysis, it was clear that the user-de ned threshold needs to be set accordingly in order to not discard important vehicular movement patterns.
Numerical Simulation and Analysis of High-Efficiency Silicon Solar Cells and Tandem Devices
Creators: name: Meßmer, Christoph Alexander
name: :Unav
Publisher: name: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Year: 2021
Subjects: Renewable Energies
Computer modelling
Computer simulation
Solid-State physics

description: The transformation of the global energy system towards renewable energies requires high-efficiency and low-cost photovoltaic devices. Silicon solar cells based on so-called passivating contact systems and tandem devices are deemed to be the next major evolution with apparent successes in both laboratory and industry. However, new challenges arise like non-trivial charge carrier (tunnelling) transport across multiple interfaces and additional parasitic absorption losses. This thesis provides a comprehensive study of state-of-the-art silicon solar cells and their integration as bottom cells in novel perovskite-silicon tandem devices by means of numerical simulation. It comprises detailed opto-electrical device simulation based on sophisticated physical models to analyze the most relevant solar cell concepts featuring passivating contacts, including tunnel-oxide passivating contacts (TOPCon), silicon heterojunctions (SHJ) as well as alternative contact layers like metal oxides. In close collaboration with experimental work done at Fraunhofer ISE, this work addresses current experimental challenges and technological restrictions and elaborates on the potential of future improvements.
Concentration of Ammonium from Dilute Aqueous Solutions using Commercially Available Reverse Osmosis Membranes
Creators: name: Awobusuyi, Tolulope David
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: Reverse Osmosis
Membrane Separation
Anaerobic digestion
Donnan steric pore model
Membrane characterization

description: Several commercially available reverse osmosis (RO) membranes were characterized with aqueous solutions of ammonium sulfate, potassium triphosphate, and mixtures of these two salts at different feed concentrations, compositions and pressures. The objective of this study was to investigate the rejection of these solutes, in particular the ammonium ion (NH4+), by different RO membranes. The aqueous solutions were assumed to come from an anaerobic digester via a process, currently under investigation by CHFour Biogas Inc., to maintain low concentrations of ammonia in the digester in order to maximize the biogas production. The ammonium ions present in the liquid produced from the process are then concentrated using membrane separation. The concentrated ammonium solution would be a valuable fertilizer that could be used by agriculture. The membranes were characterized with three models: the solution-diffusion model, the Kedem-Katchalsky model, also known as the irreversible thermodynamics model, and the Donnan Steric Pore Model (DSPM). The solution-diffusion and irreversible thermodynamics models were found to be inadequate for proper membrane characterization and the use of the DSPM model yielded membrane properties in good agreement with those found in already existing literature. The pore radius of investigated membranes ranged from 0.39 to 0.51 nm. The effect of pH on membrane surface charge was also studied, with the conclusion that increases in pH led to increasingly negative surface charges. This affected the transport of individual ions through the membrane due to preferential passage of the counter-ions. The effects of applied pressure on the stoichiometric nature of salt rejections were also studied. The minimal observed rejection from the range of experiments carried out using ammonium sulfate was 93%Non-stoichiometric rejections of ions were also observed in the experiments with single and multiple solutes. Furthermore, the rejection of ammonium ions in the presence of other ions (K+, SO42-, PO43-) increased as feed concentration increased, which was a result of the synergistic effects of feed pH and ionic interactions. The minimum NH4+ rejection in the presence of other ions was 95.4%, which suitability using RO membranes for concentration of ammonium from dilute aqueous solutions.
Techno-economic analysis of hydrogen-based approaches for emission mitigation for the steel industry
Creators: name: Herz, Gregor
name: :Unav
Publisher: name: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Year: 2024
Subjects: Green Steel
Techno-Economic Analysis
Direct Reduction
Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis
Emission Mitigation

description: With a share of up to 6 % of anthropogenic CO2 emissions, the metal and steel industry is one of the largest emitters of CO2 globally. Especially the production of steel, where fossil feedstocks are used to chemically bind the iron ores’ oxygen to obtain iron or steel, is in dire need of low-carbon future-proof technologies. While such schemes were proposed, literature data is inconsistent regarding the assumptions and boundary conditions. A large scale of necessary investments, complex supply chains, and long planning periods are required for a successful realization of decarbonization. Therefore, the necessary academical basis is to be completed as soon as possible in order to achieve a carbon-neutral industry by 2045. In this work a comprehensive dataset based on experimental data and validated process models with seamlessly integrated economic components is presented. The modular nature of the models allows for the investigation into technical and economic aspects of different process pathways. Based on the derived unified dataset, the impact of different tools for governmental support was quantified and the validity evaluated.
Guns, guards and gates
Creators: name: Wilson, Katherine
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Years ago I lived - not quite legally - in a studio in St Kilda’s landmark George Hotel. I owned an old station wagon which I kept in a nearby parking lot frequented by junkies. Many mornings, around 3 am, the sound of car alarms woke me. But I returned to sleep certain that, in a party of smashed car windows, my car alone would remain undamaged. Soon the sirens hardly disturbed me. [Introduction]
Teologia e diritto nel mistero della Chiesa: spunti di riflessione
Creators: name: Violi, Stefano
Publisher: name: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale
Year: 2011

description: Il presente articolo riprende e approfondisce alcuni spunti proposti dall’autore nella prolusione da lui tenuta presso il Tribunale Ecclesiastico Regionale Emiliano in occasione dell’inaugurazione dell’Anno Giudiziario 2006, Il diritto canonico: essenziale alla natura della Chiesa o suo tradimento?, poi pubblicata in Vita diocesana di Modena e Nonantola, 3 (2006), 83-96.SOMMARIO: 1. Introduzione - 2. La precomprensione moderna del diritto e la sua conseguente inconciliabilità con la Chiesa - 3. Il rifiuto della Riforma e la risposta cattolica - 4.  Impossibilità per la Chiesa di rinunciare al diritto - 5. Tentativi di un superamento della precomprensione moderna del  fenomeno giuridico. Klaus Mörsdorf e la così detta “Scuola di Monaco” - 6. Il fondamento paolino del “canone” - 7. Un diritto restituito alla comunità, radicato nei suoi valori - 8. Un diritto restituito alla fede - 9. La lex come ordinatio e la visione ordinamentale del diritto - 10. Conclusioni.
description: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale, 2008: 4 febbraio
Lacuna della legge
Creators: name: Berlingò, Salvatore
Publisher: name: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale
Year: 2011

description: Per gentile concessione dei curatori si anticipa in questa sede la pubblicazione del testo che, tradotto in lingua spagnola, sarà inserito nel Diccionario General de Derecho canónico, edito dall’Instituto Martìn de Azpilcueta, alla voce corrispondente.SOMMARIO: 1. La metafora delle lacune - 2. «Completezza» e «incompiutezza»- 3. I vari tipi di lacuna - 4. La dialettica fra auto- ed etero-integrazione - 5. La problematica delle lacune negli ordinamenti secolari coevi - 6. La problematica delle lacune nell’ordine giuridico della Chiesa - 7. Le specificità tipiche dell’ordinamento canonico - 8. I tratti distintivi più marcati delle lacune nelle vicende di Chiesa - 9. Le ragioni delle peculiarità canoniche - 10. Dalla «lacunosità»degli ordinamenti secolari alla «latenza» del diritto canonico.
description: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale, 2008: 11 febbraio
Community media in the prosumer era
Creators: name: Rennie, Ellie
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: How is media convergence impacting on established, ‘broadcast-era’ community media? This paper takes SYN (a community radio licensee in Melbourne) as a case study and employs media ethnography and policy analysis to identify contemporary challenges facing community media. Community media requires a different approach to convergence than that which is commonly associated with the professional creative industries. In the community sphere, convergence is led by members and encouraged through open, participative processes. The ‘open source organisation’ is proposed here as a useful way of thinking through the challenges of convergence and the limitations of Australia’s existing communications policy framework.
Ice Recrystallization Inhibition as a Mechanism for Reducing Cryopreservation Injury in a Hematopoietic Stem Cell Model
Creators: name: Wu, Luke K.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011
Subjects: Cryopreservation
Hematopoietic stem cells
Ice recrystallization inhibition
Carbohydates

description: Cryopresevation is the process of cooling biological materials to low sub-zero temperatures for storage purposes. Numerous medical and technical applications, such as hematopoeitic stem cell transplantation and sperm banking, sometimes require the use of cryopreserved cells. Cryopreservation, however, can induce cell injury and reduce the yields of viable functional cells. Ice recrystallization is a mechanism of cryopreservation injury, but is rarely addressd in strategies to optimize cell cryopreservation. The results from this thesis demonstrate an association between the potency of carbohydrate-mediated ice recrystallization inhibition used in the cryopreservation of umbilical cord blood and recovery of viable non-apoptotic cells and hematopoietic progenitor function. Furthermore, increased numbers of apoptotic cells in hematopoeitic stem cell grafts were associated with reduced hematopoietic function and delayed hematopoietic recovery in patients undergoing blood stem cell transplantation. These findings provide a basis for pursuing further studies assessing ice recrystallization inhibition as a strategy for improving cell cryopreservation.
Imagining Alternative Agro-Food Systems in Mexico: A Case Study on Food Sovereignty and the Traspatio Oaxaqueño Initiative
Creators: name: Martel, Catherine
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: Food sovereignty
Agroecology
Oaxaca
Sustainable Livelihoods
Traspatio

description: The transnational network La Vía Campesina (LVC) coined the term ‘food sovereignty’, which has been appropriated by many actors seeking alternatives to the neoliberal food regime. Traspatio Oaxaqueño (TO) is a small initiative seeking to revitalize backyard agriculture and the role of women in local food systems. While TO leaders do not explicitly claim to be pursuing food sovereignty, the initiative promotes some of its key principles: (1) the empowerment of women from economically vulnerable families, by increasing their access to productive resources; (2) the preservation of the right to healthy and culturally appropriate food; and (3) the use of ecologically, socially and economically sustainable methods. Despite the fact that the initiative does not deeply challenge the neoliberal food regime, it contributes to the collective organizing and politicization of marginalized actors, allowing them to gain greater autonomy and to eventually reclaim control over food systems.
Predicting Muscle Activations in a Forward-Inverse Dynamics Framework Using Stability-Inspired Optimization and an In Vivo-Based 6DoF Knee Joint
Creators: name: Potvin, Brigitte
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: Musculoskeletal modeling
kinematics
soft tissue artifact
knee joint
bone pins
optimization
objective function
stability
simulation framework

description: Modeling and simulations are useful tools to help understand knee function and injuries. As there are more muscles in the human knee joint than equations of motion, optimization protocols are required to solve a problem. The purpose of this thesis was to improve the biofidelity of these simulations by adding in vivo constraints derived from experimental intra-cortical pin data and stability-inspired objective functions within an OpenSim-Matlab forward-inverse dynamics simulation framework on lower limb muscle activation predictions. Results of this project suggest that constraining the model knee joint’s ranges of motion with pin data had a significant impact on lower limb kinematics, especially in rotational degrees of freedom. This affected muscle activation predictions and knee joint loading when compared to unconstrained kinematics. Furthermore, changing the objective will change muscle activation predictions although minimization of muscle activation as an objective remains more accurate than the stability inspired functions, at least for gait. /// La modélisation et les simulations in-silico sont des outils importants pour approfondir notre compréhension de la fonction du genou et ses blessures. Puisqu’il y a plus de muscles autour du genou humain que d’équations de mouvement, des procédures d’optimisation sont requises pour résoudre le système. Le but de cette thèse était d’explorer l’effet de changer l’objectif de cette optimisation à des fonctions inspirées par la stabilité du genou par l’entremise d’un cadre de simulation de dynamique directe et inverse utilisant MatLab et OpenSim ainsi qu'un model musculo-squelétaire contraint cinématiquement par des données expérimentales dérivées de vis intra-corticales, sur les prédictions d’activation musculaire de la jambe. Les résultats de ce projet suggèrent que les contraintes de mouvement imposées sur le genou modélisé ont démontré des effets importants sur la cinématique de la jambe et conséquemment sur les prédictions d'activation musculaire et le chargement du genou. La fonction objective de l'optimisation change aussi les prédictions d’activations musculaires, bien que la fonction minimisant la consommation énergétique soit la plus juste, du moins pour la marche.
Ordinamento canonico
Creators: name: Berlingò, Salvatore
Publisher: name: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale
Year: 2011

description: Per gentile concessione dei curatori si anticipa in questa sede la pubblicazione del testo che apparirà, tradotto in spagnolo, nel Diccionario General de Derecho canónico, edito dall’Instituto Martìn de Azpilcueta, alla voce corrispondente.SOMMARIO: 1. La Chiesa e l’ordinamento - 2. La tipicità dell’ordinamento canonico – 3. La positività dinamica del diritto ecclesiale – 4. L’economia canonica - 5. Il modello «familiare» e l’ordinamento dei canoni - 6. I codici domestici e la «capitalità» pastorale - 7. L’ordinamento in quanto «deductibile in praxim» - 8. La tradizione latina le codificazioni - 9. Verso una nuova dinamica ordinamentale?
description: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale, 2008: 11 febbraio
The Role of Podocyte Prostaglandin E2 and Angiotensin II Receptors in Glomerular Disease
Creators: name: Stitt, Erin Maureen
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011
Subjects: Podocyte
Prostaglandin E2
Angiotensin II
Kidney
Chronic kidney disease
p38 Mitogen activated protein kinase

description: The incidence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is increasing. CKD is characterized by a gradual decrease in renal function leading to end stage renal disease (ESRD). Damage to the glomerular podocytes, is one of the first hallmarks of CKD. We hypothesized that podocyte prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) receptors contribute to the progression of glomerular injury in models of CKD. To test this hypothesis, transgenic mice were generated with either podocyte-specific overexpression or deletion of the PGE2 EP4 receptor (EP4pod+and EP4pod-/- respectively). Mice were next tested in the 5/6 nephrectomy (5/6 Nx) or angiotensin II (Ang II) models of CKD. These studies revealed increased proteinuria and decreased survival for EP4pod+ mice while EP4pod-/- mice were protected against the development of glomerular injury. Furthermore, our findings were supported by in vitro studies using cultured mouse podocytes where an adhesion defect was uncovered for cells overexpressing the EP4 receptor. Additionally, our investigations have demonstrated a novel synergy between angiotensin II AT1 receptors and prostaglandin E2 EP4 receptors. This was revealed by in vitro studies using isolated mouse glomeruli. There we were able to show that Ang II stimulation leads to increased expression of cyclooxygenase 2 (COX-2), the enzyme responsible for synthesis of PGE2, in a p38 mitogen activated protein kinase (MAPK) dependent fashion. Moreover increased PGE2 synthesis was measured in response to Ang II stimulation. We confirmed the presence of this synergy in our cultured mouse podocytes and showed an adhesion defect in response to Ang II stimulation which was COX-2 and EP4 dependent. These findings suggest that Ang II AT1 receptors and PGE2 EP4 receptors act in concert to exacerbate glomerulopathies. Studies using mice with either podocyte-specific overexpression of a dominant negative p38 MAPK or mice with global deletion of the EP1 receptor did not provide conclusive results as to their respective signaling involvement in podocyte injury. Altogether our findings provide novel insight for podocyte PGE2 EP4 and Ang II AT1 receptor signaling in models of CKD. These studies provide novel avenues for pursuing therapeutic interventions for individuals with progressive kidney disease.
Islam, rappresentanza degli interessi religiosi e diritto comune europeo *
Creators: name: Macrì, Gianfranco
Publisher: name: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale
Year: 2011

description: Contributo destinato alla pubblicazione negli Atti del Convegno: Europa e Islam. Ridiscutere i fondamenti per la disciplina delle libertà religiose, svoltosi a Salerno il 3 dicembre 2007.SOMMARIO: Premessa - 1. La società «reticolare» europea: sistema di governance e valori unificanti - 2. Europa e fenomeno religioso - 3. La sostanza del Trattato di Lisbona e il ruolo delle organizzazioni religiose - 4. Il dibattito interno all’Islam europeo - 5. La Carta dei musulmani d’Europa - 6. La rappresentanza degli interessi religiosi dell’Islam in Europa - Conclusioni.
description: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale, 2008: 11 febbraio
Supplementary document for DETECTOR: Structural Information Guided Artifact Detection for Super-resolution Fluorescence Microscopy Image - 5384675.pdf
Creators: name: Gao, Shan
name: Xu, Fan
name: Li, Hongjia
name: Xue, Fudong
name: Zhang, Mingshu
name: Xu, Pingyong
name: Zhang, Fa
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: supplement note
Chronicling the Shifts: Using the Body Lens to Analyze Policy for High Need Women Offenders
Creators: name: Durrell, Jennifer E A
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011
Subjects: Creating Choices
Women Offenders
Intensive Intervention Strategy
Body Lens
High Need Women Offenders
Federally Sentenced Women

description: This thesis uses an exploratory case study design to chronicle the shifts, recognition, and implementation of programs, tools and policies designed for high need federally sentenced women in Canada that were created after 1990, in accordance with or opposed to the gender specific principles outlined in the Creating Choices (1990) report. The body lens is used as an analytic tool to deconstruct eleven of the most pertinent documents regarding policy and strategy for high need women offenders that were implemented by the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) personnel and the Office of the Correctional Investigator (OCI) over the past twenty years. Coding of a wide range of documents reveals that despite appearing to be rhetorically progressive, CSC’s attempt at creating a women-centered mental health strategy uses contradictory disciplinary techniques that control and restrain the bodies of federally sentenced women in hopes of normalizing the behaviours of high need women. The policies imposed by CSC for high need women offenders fail to make any substantial changes in women’s prison reform and resulted in a different form of regulation and control. High need women offenders are imprisoned in their own bodies.