cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Supplementary document for Enhancement of time-delay measurement accuracy of an insufficient stimulated Brillouin scattering based pulse compression system via lock-in detection - 4952914.pdf
Creators: name: YANG, YONGLAN
name: Li, Xing
name: Zou, Weiwen
name: Chen, Jianping
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

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Utilization of primary health care services among Syrian refugee and Lebanese women targeted by the ICRC program in Lebanon: a cross-sectional study
Creators: name: Truppa, Claudia
name: Leresche, Enrica
name: Fuller, Arlan F
name: Marnicio, Ariana S
name: Abisaab, Josyann
name: El Hayek, Nicole
name: Zmeter, Carla
name: Toma, Warda S
name: Harb, Hilda
name: Hamadeh, Randa S
name: Leaning, Jennifer
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2019

description: Background: The Syrian crisis has put tremendous strain on the Lebanese health system, particularly in the historically underserved border region. The ICRC Primary Health Care program has focused on refugee and host communities in these areas. This study objectives were: 1) to determine whether the ICRC program was reaching the most vulnerable populations; 2) to understand the key perceived health needs in the catchment areas of the ICRC supported facilities; and 3) to identify barriers to utilization of health care services. Methods: Between July and September 2017 we conducted two cross-sectional studies - one randomized household survey and one clinic-based - in the catchment areas of three ICRC-supported facilities, targeting women of reproductive age and caretakers of children under five. Differences between groups were analysed with t-test or chi-squared test. Results: In the household survey, similar socio-demographic profiles were observed between Syrian refugee women and vulnerable Lebanese hosts. With regard to the study objectives: 1) The most vulnerable populations were those seen in the ICRC-supported facilities. 2) For both populations, the most common reasons for seeking care were non-communicable diseases (40.6%) and sexual and reproductive health issues (28.6%). Yet the people reaching the ICRC supported facilities were more likely to seek care for communicable diseases affecting their children (37.8%), rather than for the most common reasons expressed in the household survey. 3) In the catchment areas, reported gaps included low immunization coverage and low levels of antenatal care and family planning both for Syrian and Lebanese. Dental care also emerged as an issue. Out of pocket expenditures was reported as a critical barrier for utilization of primary health care services for both populations, while the most important barrier for utilization of ICRC-supported services was lack of awareness. Conclusions: Despite the ICRC reaching the most vulnerable Syrian and Lebanese communities, the population-based survey revealed that important gaps exist in terms of utilization of health care services among women of reproductive age and their children. A stronger outreach component is needed to address lack of awareness. Innovative solutions are also needed to address cost barriers at the levels of both facility and individual user.
Congruence and Discrepancy of Interictal and Ictal EEG With MRI Lesions in Pediatric Epilepsies
Creators: name: Rémi, Jan
name: Shen, Sophie
name: Tacke, Moritz
name: Probst, Philipp
name: Gerstl, Lucia
name: Peraud, Aurelia
name: Kunz, Mathias
name: Vollmar, Christian
name: Noachtar, Soheyl
name: Borggraefe, Ingo
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: pediatric lesional epilepsy
subject: interictal discharges
subject: seizure patterns
subject: epilepsy surgery
subject: TEMPORAL-LOBE EPILEPSY
subject: SURGERY
subject: MANIFESTATIONS
subject: CHILDREN
subject: DDC 150 / Psychology
subject: DDC 610 / Medicine & health
subject: General Surgery
subject: Child
subject: Chirurgie
subject: Kind

description: Purpose. To evaluate the congruence or discrepancy of the localization of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) lesions with interictal epileptiform discharges (IEDs) or epileptic seizure patterns (ESPs) in surface EEG in lesional pediatric epilepsy patients. Methods. We retrospectively analyzed presurgical MRI and video-EEG monitoring findings of patients up to age 18 years. Localization of MRI lesions were compared with ictal and interictal noninvasive EEG findings of patients with frontal, temporal, parietal, or occipital lesions. Results. A total of 71 patients were included. Localization of ESPs showed better congruence with MRI in patients with frontal lesions (n = 21, 77.5%) than in patients with temporal lesions (n = 24; 40.7%) (P = .009). No significant IED distribution differences between MRI localizations could be found. Conclusions. MRI lesions and EEG findings are rarely fully congruent. Congruence of MRI lesions and ESPs was highest in children with frontal lesions. This is in contrast to adults, in whom temporal lesions showed the highest congruency with the EEG localization of ESP. Lesional pediatric patients should be acknowledged as surgical candidates despite incongruent findings of interictal and ictal surface EEG.
Die neue Verordnung über Anlagen zum Umgang mit wassergefährdenden Stoffen (AwSV)
Creators: name: Ollig, Monika
name: Grunow, Moritz
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2015

description: Die im aktuellen Wasserhaushaltsgesetz (WHG) enthaltenen Anforderungen an den Umgang mit wassergefährdenden Stoffen sollen schon seit einiger Zeit bundeseinheitlich im Verordnungswege konkretisiert werden. Hierzu wurde eine "Verordnung über Anlagen zum Umgang mit wassergefährdenden Stoffen" (AwSV) auf den Weg gebracht. Diese neue Bundesverordnung wird die bisherigen Regelungen der Länder und die Verwaltungsvorschrift wassergefährdende Stoffe des Bundes ablösen. Auf Anlagenbetreiber und Vollzugsbehörden kommen somit nach Inkrafttreten der AwSV veränderte oder neue Regelungen zu. Quelle: http://www.lexxion.de
Laboratory analysis of cyanobacterial toxins and bioassays
Creators: name: Junek, Ralf
name: Lawton, Linda A.
name: Metcalf, James S.
name: Žegura, Bojana
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2021

description: Cyanobacterial toxins or cyanotoxins are a diverse group of compounds with differing chemistries; hence, a single analytical method can rarely be used to evaluate all potential compounds. Toxicity bioassays have been adapted to assess the toxicity of cyanobacterial samples. The most common of these assays is the Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay kit using antibodies raised to specific cyanotoxins. Testing with bioassays is expected to show whether the sample contains toxic substances and how toxic these substances may potentially be. Laboratory staff handling samples potentially containing toxic cyanobacteria and cyanobacterial toxins is potentially exposed to health hazards, and appropriate protective measures need to be implemented. Following a sampling trip, the samples arriving in the laboratory need to be processed further for analysis or storage. Three aspects are important for sample handling and storage: safety, sample processing to ensure stability and traceability. Quelle: Chorus, I., & Welker, M. (Eds.). (2021). Toxic Cyanobacteria in Water: A Guide to Their Public Health Consequences, Monitoring and Management (2nd ed.). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003081449, page 747
Location-based management system for construction: principles and underlying logics
Creators: name: Kenley, Russell
name: Seppanen, Olli
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Production efficiency has been elusive in the construction industry and it has been difficult to implement the new production methodologies which have been so successful in manufacturing industry. This paper argues that this is because of the emphasis on activity-based planning systems and poorly integrated documentation and cost systems which do not have production efficiency as their focus. A new methodology is proposed based on the Location as the unit of analysis and the Task as the unit of control. The paper presents the planning components of this methodology, which is part of the location-based management system (LBMS). The basic structure is introduced and a method provided for integrating linear scheduling techniques with CPM methods using Layered Logic.
Identification of Coal Geographical Origin Using Near Infrared Sensor Based on Broad Learning
Creators: name: Lei, Meng
name: Rao, Zhongyu
name: Li, Ming
name: Yu, Xinhui
name: Zou, Liang
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2019

description: Geographical origin, an important indicator of the chemical composition and quality grading, is one essential factor that should be taken into account in evaluating coal quality. However, traditional coal origin identification methods based on chemistry experiments are not only time consuming and labour intensive, but also costly. Near-Infrared (NIR) spectroscopy is an effective and efficient way to measure the chemical compositions of samples and has demonstrated excellent performance in various fields of quantitative and qualitative research. In this study, we employ NIR spectroscopy to identify coal origin. Considering the fact that the NIR spectra of coal samples always contain a large amount of redundant information and the number of samples is small, the broad learning algorithm is utilized here as the modelling system to classify the coal geographical origin. In addition, the particle swarm optimization algorithm is introduced to improve the structure of the Broad Learning (BL) model. We compare the improved model with the other five multivariate classification methods on a dataset with 243 coal samples collected from five countries. The experimental results indicate that the improved BL model can achieve the highest overall accuracy of 97.05%. The results obtained in this study suggest that the NIR technique combined with machine learning methods has significant potential for further development of coal geographical origin identification systems.
A 77-GHz cavity antenna array in PCB technology
Creators: name: Vasanelli, Claudia
name: Ruess, Tobias
name: Waldschmidt, Christian
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Millimeter-wave antennas
subject: DDC 620 / Engineering & allied operations
subject: Millimeter wave
subject: Antennas
subject: Antenna arrays
subject: Millimeterwelle
subject: Antenne

description: In this paper the design and the implementation of a cavity antenna array in PCB technology for automotive radar applications is presented. The array consists of four cavity antennas fed by a microstrip-line feeding network and H-shaped coupling apertures in the ground plane. Simulation and measurement results show that the proposed structure is a suitable candidate for the integration in automotive radar sensors.
Using environmental monitoring data from apex predators for chemicals management: towards harmonised sampling and processing of archived wildlife samples to increase the regulatory uptake of monitoring data in chemicals management
Creators: name: Badry, Alexander
name: Slobodnik, Jaroslav
name: Claßen, Daniela
name: Alygizakis, Nikiforos A.
name: Koschorreck, Jan
name: Treu, Gabriele
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Qualitätssicherung

description: Monitoring data from apex predators were key drivers in the development of early chemicals legislations due to the population declines of many species during the twentieth century, which was linked to certain persistent organic pollutants (POPs). Besides triggering the development of global treaties (e.g. the Stockholm Convention), chemical monitoring data from apex predators have been particularly important for identifying compounds with bioaccumulative properties under field conditions. Many apex predators are protected species and only a few environmental specimen banks (ESBs) regularly collect samples as many ESBs were established during the 1980-1990s when apex predators were scarce. Today, many POPs have been banned, which contributed to the recovery of many apex predator populations. As a consequence, apex predator samples are now available in research collections (RCs) and natural history museums (NHMs). These samples can be used for routine analysis as well as for screening studies using novel analytical techniques and advanced data treatment workflows, such as suspect and non-target screening. The LIFE APEX project has demonstrated how these samples can be used in a cost-efficient way to generate data on legacy compounds and contaminants of emerging concern. Furthermore, it has described quality assurance/control measures to ensure high quality and comparable data, with a view to uses in chemicals risk assessment and management. To increase the visibility of available sample collections and monitoring data from apex predators we developed accessible online database systems. Additionally, the acquired high-resolution mass spectrometric data were stored in a digital sample freezing platform that allows retrospective suspect screening in previously analysed samples for substances that may be of concern/under assessment in the future. These databases provide open access to a wide range of chemical data, for use by regulators, researchers, industry and the general public, and contribute to a stronger link between science and policy. © The Author(s) 2022
The Good Neighbor Policy in a geopolitical context: 1934--1941
Creators: name: Ruano De La Haza, Jonathan C
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: History, United States.
subject: Political Science, International Law and Relations.

description: Since his first term, Franklin D. Roosevelt presented the Good Neighbor Policy as a remedy for past wrongs (such as military intervention) done to Latin America. After 1935, however, Roosevelt used the Good Neighbor Policy to achieve his internationalist goals in the realm of economic and military cooperation. Part I, dealing with economics, shows that the Roosevelt administration began waging economic warfare in Europe, the Far East and the Americas against the revisionist powers as early as 1934 and that the trade offensive in Latin America was part of a wider policy of economic aggression. Part II argues that the Roosevelt administration actively sought Latin America's cooperation in military matters after 1935. As this thesis will show, the Roosevelt administration was interested in Latin America's strategic location because of its close proximity to the West African coast and as producer of strategic raw materials. Therefore, Roosevelt's Good Neighbor Policy sought to establish bases in Latin America to secure supply routes to Africa and to integrate Latin America's primary economy into the U.S. war economy.
The good, the bad, the ugly
Creators: name: Lobato, Ramon
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Robert Manne's new anti-Murdoch polemic paints a familiar picture of bias and bullying at the Australian, writes Ramon Lobato. So what else is new? Review of 'Bad news: Murdoch's Australian and the shaping of the nation: Quarterly Essay 43', by Robert Manne, published by Black Inc, Collingwood, 2011.
title: Infecciones en cabeza-cuello según los espacios anatómicos
Creators: name: Tortajada Bustelo, Juan Carlos
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Infection
subject: Abscess
subject: Education
subject: CT
subject: MR
subject: Ear / Nose / Throat
subject: Head and neck

description: Objetivo docente
Revisión del tema
Conclusiones
description: Objetivo docente:
Conscientes de que el cuello a priori puede presentar una anatomía compleja dado las diferentes estructuras que contiene y sus interrelaciones,
intentaremos realizar un repaso anatómico de los diversos espacios radiológicamente reconocibles a...
A pre-history of 'reality' horror film
Creators: name: Heller-Nicholas, Alexandra
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: With the rising popularity of 'reality' based horror films such as Cloverfield (Matt Reeves, 2008), Paranormal Activity (Oren Peli, 2007) and their sequels, it is fruitful to reflect on the history of such movies. While the international phenomenon of The Blair Witch Project (Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez, 1999) significantly marks the beginning of this newest cycle of 'reality' based horror film, its origins are fascinating and diverse. As far back as Michael Powell's Peeping Tom (1960), the lines between real and represented death and bodily trauma were explored.
title: Análisis de la variación del rCBV en glioblastomas a diferentes dosis de radiación durante el tratamiento
Creators: name: Oleaga Zufiría, Laura
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Pathology
subject: Radiation therapy / Oncology
subject: MR-Diffusion/Perfusion
subject: Neuroradiology brain

description: Objetivos
Material y método
Resultados
Conclusiones
description: Objetivos:
La Radioterapia concomitante con temozolamida tras la máxima reseccion quirurgica,
seguida de temozolomida adyuvante,constituye el tratamiento estándar de los glioblastomas (GB). En los GB debido a la angiogénesis tumoral,
el volumen sanguíneo...
Influence of rotor blade scaling on the numerical simulation of a high pressure gas turbine
Creators: name: Lastiwka, Derek
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Mechanical.

description: Rotor blade scaling is a method aimed at reducing the computational domain in turbomachinery simulations by changing the number of blades such that the blade-to-vane ratio in the scaled geometry is equal to the ratio of two small integers (e.g., 1/1, 1/2, 1/3, 2/3, 3/4 etc.), but without changing the airfoil shape. The objective of this study is to determine the quantitative effects that rotor blade scaling has on the numerical simulations of a representative single-stage gas turbine, with particular focus on parameters that influence vibratory stresses on the rotor blades. Simulations were conducted using the commercial software FLUENT 6.3.26. Results from an unsealed case were compared to LDV measurements and to two scaled cases. Average computing times for the three cases confirmed that the cases with the smallest computational domain were the most efficient. The present results demonstrate that blade scaling affects significantly the magnitude of unsteady pressure fluctuations, which influence the level of vibratory stresses on the blades. Moreover, scaling has been found to affect the size of blade wakes and the magnitude of losses in the blade wakes. As the rotor blade size increased pressure fluctuations on the surface of the rotor blade increased. Pressure fluctuations on the surface of the stator vane decreased as the blade to vane ratio more closely approached an integer number. These results suggest that, in numerical simulations of gas turbine operation, scaling should be kept to very low levels to avoid strong departures from the predicted performance of the unsealed geometry. The present work addresses the interest of the aerospace industry in using standardized CFD tools and reducing computational time without seriously compromising simulation accuracy.
title: Valoración prequirúrgica de endometriosis intestinal por Resonancia Magnética.
Creators: name: Herraiz Hidalgo, Luis
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Obstruction / Occlusion
subject: Inflammation
subject: Haemorrhage
subject: Colonography MR
subject: Contrast agent-oral
subject: MR
subject: Gastrointestinal tract
subject: Genital / Reproductive system female
subject: Abdomen

description: Objetivo docente
Revisión del tema
Conclusiones
description: Objetivo docente:
Definición y prevalencia de endometriosis invasiva y de la afectación intestinal. Dar a conocer la utilidad de la RM en la planificación prequirúrgica de la endometriosis invasiva intestinal. Ilustrar mediante imágenes de nuestra práctica la...
Großbrand an der Universität Ulm im Gebäudeteil O26 am 29.11.1999
Creators: name: Hölting, Carola
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: University of Ulm. Fire
subject: Sanitation
subject: Gebäudebrand
subject: Sanierung
subject: Ulm / Universität

description: Am 29.11.1999 hat ein Großfeuer auf dem 4. Niveau des Festpunkts O26 im Ulmer Universitätshauptgebäude schwere Schäden in der Chemie und in den umliegenden Abteilungen angerichtet. Unter anderem war auch das Universitätsrechenzentrum schwer betroffen. Begleitend zu den Aufräumarbeiten wurde von der Abteilung Organisation und Management von Informationssystemen (LOMI) eine Videodokumentation erstellt.
A new XML schema mapping architecture
Creators: name: Checiu, Laurentiu
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Electronics and Electrical.

description: This thesis presents a solution for an XML Schema mapping problem. Furthermore, this thesis shows how this solution can be used in a practical way. The research presented in this thesis is based on a novel approach for the internal representation of the XML Schema during the matching process. This internal representation uses the XML Schema Infoset Model. The majority of XML schema matching tools use a graph representation for XML schemas. This representation leads to limitations regarding XML Schema documents complexity and scalability of the matching tool. An important feature that was also implemented is the mapping refinement by a user at the end of the automatic matching process. Two XML schemas can be mapped in different ways and these mappings can be stored in a repository. A domain expert can then decide which mapping is best suited for the two XML schemas.
Prüfung und Aktualisierung der Ökobilanzen für Getränkeverpackungen
Creators: name: Detzel, Andreas
name: Kauertz, Benedikt
name: Grahl, Birgit
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Ökobilanz
subject: Getränkeverpackung
subject: Verpackungsverordnung
subject: Ökologische Bewertung
subject: Umweltbewertung
subject: Abfall | Ressourcen
subject: Waste | Resources

description: Vor 20 Jahren legte das deutsche Umweltbundesamt (⁠UBA⁠) mit dem UBA Text 52/95 Ökobilanz für Getränkeverpackungen die erste Getränkeverpackungsökobilanz für den deutschen Markt mit Fokus auf die Getränkesegmente Frischmilch und Bier vor. In den Jahren 2000 und 2002 wurden weitere Getränkeverpackungsökobilanzen für die Getränkesegmente Mineralwasser, alkoholfreie Erfrischungsgetränke mit und ohne Kohlensäure sowie Wein vorgelegt. Diese Studien dienten der politischen Diskussion um die Getränkeverpackungen und hatten einen direkten Einfluss auf die Novelle der Verpackungsverordnung im Jahr 2003, die zur Einführung der Pfandpflicht für Einweggetränkeverpackungen in Deutschland führte. Ein weiterer Punkt dieser Novelle war die Einführung des Begriffes der ökologisch vorteilhaften Einweggetränkeverpackungen, die von der Pfandpflicht befreit wurden. Bei dieser Einstufung waren die Ergebnisse der Ökobilanzen eine wichtige Entscheidungshilfe. Das Hauptergebnis des Projektes ist eine Liste von Mindestanforderungen, die für zukünftige etränkeverpackungsökobilanzen im Zusammenhang mit der Verpackungsverordnung zur Vorlage beim UBA zu beachten sind.
title: Nefroblastomatosis, ¿lo conocemos todo?: Revisión e importancia de la radiologia en su diagnóstico y seguimiento.
Creators: name: Serrano Burgos, Carlos
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Ultrasound
subject: CT
subject: MR
subject: Kidney
subject: Paediatric
subject: Abdomen

description: Objetivo docente
Revisión del tema
Conclusiones
description: Objetivo docente:
Revisar la literatura en cuanto a los aspectos embriológicos,
genéticos,
anatomo-patológicos y radiológicos de la nefroblastomatosis en sus diversas formas de presentación,
su relación con el tumor de Wilms y la situación actual de las...
title: ¿De qué hablo cuando hablo de periostitis tibial?
Creators: name: Herraiz Hidalgo, Luis
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Musculoskeletal bone
subject: Musculoskeletal system
subject: Trauma
subject: MR
subject: CT
subject: Nuclear medicine conventional

description: Objetivo docente
Revisión del tema
Conclusiones
description: Objetivo docente:
Hacer una aproximación diagnóstica del dolor selectivo en piernas sobre la superficie tibial anterior o posteromedial en relación con Síndromes de Estrés Tibial. Revisar la etiopatogenia del Síndrome de Estrés Tibial como un continuo...
The effect of the second messenger cyclic AMP on scinderin redistribution, F-actin disassembly and catecholamine secretion in bovine adrenal chromaffin cells.
Creators: name: Ramirez-Lavergne, Carmen.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1994
Subjects: subject: Biology, Molecular.

description: Work in our laboratory has demonstrated that stimulation of bovine chromaffin cells with nicotine elicits as a prelude to exocytosis, (a) redistribution of scinderin (Sc), a novel 80 kD Ca$\sp{2+}$-dependent actin filament severing protein and (b) cortical F-actin disassembly. The work presented in this thesis shows that the second messenger, cyclic AMP (cAMP) modulates Sc redistribution, F-actin disassembly and catecholamine (CA) secretion. Here we show that forskolin (F) produces a concentration-related (10 $\mu$M-50$\mu$M) inhibition of Sc redistribution, F-actin disassembly and CA release in response to 10 $\mu$M nicotine. F also induces a concentration-dependent (10 $\mu$M-50 $\mu$M) increase in cAMP levels. Increasing intracellular cAMP with 50 $\mu$M F or incubation with the F analogs 6-acetyl-7-deacetylforskolin or deacetylforskolin (100 $\mu$M) as well as the cAMP membrane permeant analog, 8-Bromo cAMP (2.5mM) for 40 s also inhibits Sc redistribution, F-actin disassembly and CA secretion. The inhibitory effect of F on nicotine-induced Sc redistribution and F-actin disassembly is observed even upon 5 s of incubation while inhibition of CA secretion cannot be detected until 20 s of incubation with F. These effects are accompanied by an increase in cAMP. The discrepancy in timing between inhibition of both Sc redistribution and F-actin disassembly in relation to CA secretion may be explained by the fact that Sc redistribution and F-actin disassembly seem to occur simultaneously and to precede secretion. Although work on cAMP by others has yielded conflicting results, our findings suggest that cAMP may play a role in modulating cytoskeleton dynamics during secretion. This also implies that this second messenger can attenuate the secretory response either by preventing disassembly of F-actin or activation of Sc thus, denying the secretory vesicles access to exocytotic sites. Alternatively, the observed effects may represent a modulation of nicotinic receptor activity by cAMP.
A novel classification system for research reporting in rare and progressive genetic conditions
Creators: name: Van Karnebeek, Clara D. M.
name: Beumer, Daniël
name: Pawliuk, Colleen
name: Goez, Helly
name: Mostafavi, Sara
name: Andrews, Gail
name: Steele, Rose
name: Siden, Harold
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2020

description: AIM To create a classification system for severe, rare, and progressive genetic conditions for use in research reporting. METHOD A modified Delphi consensus technique was used to create and reach agreement on a new system of condition categories. Interrater reliability was tested via two rounds of an online survey whereby physicians classified a subset of conditions using our novel system. Overall percentage agreement and agreement above chance were calculated using Fleiss’ kappa (κ). RESULTS Eleven physicians completed the first Delphi, with an overall agreement of 76.4%, the κ value was 0.57 (95% confidence interval 0.51–0.63), indicating moderate agreement (0.41–0.60) above chance. Based on the first survey several categories were described in more detail. The second survey confirmed a classification system with 12 categories, with an overall percentage agreement among the participants of 82.6%. The overall mean κ value was 0.71 (95% confidence interval 0.65–0.77), indicating substantial agreement (0.61–0.80). INTERPRETATION Our new system was useful in categorizing a broad range of rare childhood diseases and may be applicable to other rare disease studies; further validation in larger cohorts is required.
An experimental study on the non-destructive evaluation of corroded bridge steel.
Creators: name: Burke, Stephen J.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Civil.

description: Many older steel bridges have been affected by the deteriorating effects of corrosion. As bridges age and the material loss caused by both pitting and uniform corrosion becomes more severe, the structural capacity of the various members becomes questionable. An experimental investigation was undertaken to non-destructively quantify the effects that the uniform and pitting corrosion have upon the steel's load carrying and hysteretic energy dissipating capabilities. Various non-destructive evaluation technologies were reviewed in an attempt to determine which methods would be best suited for the purpose of creating accurate thickness and roughness maps of the corroded steel. Existing corroded bridge steel was non-destructively evaluated using the various technologies and tensile and cyclic tests were then performed to determine the accuracy of the various methods' thickness and roughness mapping methods.
What Drives Innovation: The Canadian Touch on Liposomal Therapeutics
Creators: name: Leung, Ada W. Y.
name: Amador, Carolyn
name: Wang, Lin Chuan
name: Mody, Urmi V.
name: Bally, Marcel B., 1956-
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2019

description: Liposomes are considered one of the most successful drug delivery systems (DDS) given their established utility and success in the clinic. In the past 40–50 years, Canadian scientists have made ground-breaking discoveries, many of which were successfully translated to the clinic, leading to the formation of biotech companies, the creation of research tools, such as the Lipex Extruder and the NanoAssemblr™, as well as contributing significantly to the development of pharmaceutical products, such as Abelcet®, MyoCet®, Marqibo®, Vyxeos®, and Onpattro™, which are making positive impacts on patients’ health. This review highlights the Canadian contribution to the development of these and other important liposomal technologies that have touched patients. In this review, we try to address the question of what drives innovation: Is it the individual, the teams, the funding, and/or an entrepreneurial spirit that leads to success? From this perspective, it is possible to define how innovation will translate to meaningful commercial ventures and products with impact in the future. We begin with a brief history followed by descriptions of drug delivery technologies influenced by Canadian researchers. We will discuss recent advances in liposomal technologies, including the Metaplex technology from the author’s lab. The latter exemplifies how a nanotechnology platform can be designed based on multidisciplinary groups with expertise in coordination chemistry, nanomedicines, disease, and business to create new therapeutics that can effect better outcomes in patient populations. We conclude that the team is central to the effort; arguing if the team is entrepreneurial and well positioned, the funds needed will be found, but likely not solely in Canada.
Quiet, please
Creators: name: Given, Jock
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Are we so impressed by the power of collaboration that we've come to overvalue working in groups, asks Jock Given in his review of the books 'Quiet: the power of introverts in a world that can’t stop talking', by Susan Cain, published by Crown Publishing, New York, 2012, and 'The Master: a personal portrait of Bart Cummings', by Les Carlyon, published by Pan Macmillan, Sydney, 2011.
title: Identification of a Genetic Marker for Litter Size in Sheep
Creators: name: Price, Olivia
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1998

description: The purpose of this experiment was to determine if the estrogen receptor gene (ESR) could be used as a genetic marker for litter size in sheep. The estrogen receptor gene was chosen because it has been successfully used as a genetic marker for litter size in swine. In this study, DNA dilutions from two experimental flocks, totaling approximately 200 animals, were used. Amplification of exon 1/intron 1 of the ESR gene was performed using PCR. Initial results indicated a polymorphism in the gene when cut with the restriction enzyme Ava ll. It appeared that the gene contained a deletion with the high-producing animals being heterozygous and the low-producing animals being homozygous for the deletion-containing fragment. However, when the gene was amplified with different primers and the protocol was changed to a hot start PCR, the initial difference was lost and all animals showed identical bands regardless of average litter size. A final screen of both flocks revealed no difference in the Ava ll restriction pattern of exon 1 in ESR. Thus, a genetic marker for litter size in sheep could not be identified in the ESR gene using the current protocol.
title: Íleo biliar: un viaje a ninguna parte.
Creators: name: Mollinedo, Diana
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Emergency

description: Objetivo docente
Revisión del tema
Conclusiones
description: Objetivo docente:
Describir e ilustrar las principales características del íleo biliar. Resaltar la importancia de un diagnóstico precoz y...
Vars-Winchester esker characerization study: Conceptual and numerical hydrogeological model of the Vars-Winchester esker system, South Nation River basin, Eastern Ontario
Creators: name: Charland, Coralie
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Geology.
subject: Hydrology.
subject: Geomorphology.

description: Buried esker systems are a major source of potable water in Eastern Ontario. Ever since the Clean Water Act was passed in 2006, efforts have been placed on understanding aquifers and characterizing watersheds in order to protect source water. This thesis focuses on one esker, extending from Vars to Winchester in the South Nation River watershed, which provides municipal water for seven villages -- an estimated population of 17,000. The esker complex is conceptualized as a 50-km long deposit of glaciofluvial outwash high-permeability material that is generally surrounded by fine, low permeability materials, except in a number of locations where the esker outcrops at ground surface. The complex recharges at its northern- and southern-most areas, which correspond to topographic highs; it discharges in a topographically low area at its center near the village of Embrun. Regional stratigraphy was simplified for modeling purposes and brought down to six hydrostratigraphic units, two of which represent the esker: a coarser core, composed of a mixture of coarse sand and gravel, and sandy fan deposits. A three-dimensional hydrogeological model was developed using a finite element groundwater flow system, FEFLOW. Recharge and hydraulic conductivities were adjusted during calibration. Calibration was assessed using the mean error of residuals, standard deviation of residuals and normalized Root Mean Square calculations; correlation was estimated using the determination coefficient and Pearson's coefficient. Results favour the conceptualization of the esker as a continuous, heterogeneous deposit comprising a gravelly core and sandy fans (ME=-4.33m, RMS=5.67m, n=18 wells in close proximity of esker); however, mean residuals are not significantly different when testing the discontinuous and homogeneous esker hypotheses. Sensitivity analyses testing the model's response to recharge and pumping showed that the system is relatively resilient; however, our better judgement tells us that this is an artefact due to boundary conditions and not an adequate prediction of what may happen. Nevertheless, we hope this model will be a facilitating tool for understanding, managing and protecting the aquifer's resource.
A study of the thermal field surrounding buried district heating pipes.
Creators: name: Reeve, Helen E.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Civil.

description: Traditional deep buried water and sewer services in northern communities can be prohibitively expensive due to deep frost penetration. Alternative municipal systems can also be uneconomic owing to cost-intensive freeze protection schemes. The integration of district heating (DH) systems with domestic services allows shallow burial of all services in a common trench by using the waste heat from the DH pipes as freeze protection for the nearby municipal lines, thus providing an economically attractive solution. A steady-state 2-dimensional numerical model, based on finite volume principles, was developed as a tool for the design of integrated services systems. The model can predict the thermal field surrounding any number of pipes in any configuration and under a wide variety of ground conditions. Insulation boards can be modeled in any configuration in the soil surrounding the pipes. The main grid system is a rectangular coordinate system with local embedded sub-grids in cylindrical coordinates inserted around each pipe to reflect the radial flow of heat in the vicinity of the pipes. This numerical model was tested and proved to be self-consistent. Predicted temperatures were compared with temperatures taken around experimental pipe loops. Two systems of pipe loops with different diameters were tested, each system having an insulation board placed directly above the pipes. The predicted temperatures agreed well with the experimental temperatures. Anomalies found were explained by settling of the sand and deficiencies in backfilling in the region of the pipes due to the proximity of the insulation board to the pipes. These effects were modeled by inserting a thin air gap around the pipes, resulting in closer agreement between predicted and experimental temperatures. The model was determined to be a valid tool for the design of integrated services systems.
title: Correlación entre la imagen laringoscópica y el estudio TC en la evaluación del carcinoma de laringe.
Creators: name: Martínez González, Judith
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Head and neck
subject: Oncology
subject: Ear / Nose / Throat
subject: CT
subject: Endoscopy
subject: Neoplasia

description: Objetivos
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description: Objetivos:
Describir los hallazgos del carcinoma de laringe en la tomografía computarizada (TC) en sus distintos estadios tumorales y su correlación con la imagen de laringoscopia directa,
exponiendo el grado de aportación del TC para cada...
An overview of the Australian aluminium industry
Creators: name: Prosser, Miles E.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Australia is a significant player in global aluminium supply chains in the bauxite, mining, alumina refining and aluminium smelting sectors. These sectors have a particular export focus with approximately 80% of production destined for overseas markets. Australia also retains a downstream aluminium industry but this has a greater focus on domestic markets and faces competition from a significant level of imports.
L'intégration de la Russie dans l'économie monde.
Creators: name: Moskalev, Boris.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: Economics, Commerce-Business.

description: Cette recherche traite de l'integration de la Russie dans l'economie mondiale. Elle est placee dans le contexte de l'universalisation des valeurs ideologiques liberales et de la globalisation mais se limite aux annees 1991 jusqu'a l'ete 1994. Cette periode represente une phase primaire de l'integration: la nouvelle elite politique se proclame liberale et pro-occidentale. Selon notre argumentation theorique, le capital international est la force motrice de la globalisation de l'integration d'un pays dans l'economie monde. Nonobstant, l'acceptation des normes lliberales par les pays post-socalistes tel la Russie n'assure par les pratiques favorables a l'implantation des investissements etrangers qui ont besoin dune stabilisation politique. Face a la situation instable en Russie, l'etat a du recourir a l'assistance exterieure. Notre analyse critique de l'aide occidentale--et celle mobilise par les pays du G7 et l'engagement du Fond monetaire international (FMI) nous amenent a la conclusion que le FMI s'avere la plus efficace pour l'integration de la Russie dans l'economie monde. Ses programmes dits macro-economiques sont de nature politique--la mise en place d'un regime economique et politique liberal et l'appui a l'elite politique liberale. Ainsi le FMI a contribue a creer un climat politique approprie aux investissements. Toujours est-il que le cout--le mecontentement social et l'opposition politique qu'elle provoque--pourraient mettre en cause la survie politique du regime reformiste et la continuite meme des reformes.
Supplementary document for Circumventing the optical diffraction limit with customized speckles - 4954250.pdf
Creators: name: Bender, Nicholas
name: Sun, Mengyuan
name: Yilmaz, Hasan
name: Bewersdorf, Joerg
name: Cao, Hui
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplementary Materials
Towards home- and community-based approaches for managing childhood fever in malaria endemic areas
Creators: name: Guenther, Tanya
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Health Sciences, Public Health.

description: Febrile illnesses associated with malaria and pneumonia account for a large proportion of child mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. Three sub-studies were conducted to contribute to the development and evaluation of programs to improve home and community management of childhood fever. The first sub-study evaluated the ability of caregivers to identify fever in their child using palpation through a systematic review. Combination of results from 12 studies demonstrated that caregivers perform well in identifying fever. The second sub-study explored the nature and determinants of caregiver fever management practices using logistic regression and community-level data from Uganda. Caregiver education level, child age and household size were associated with home treatment while distance, region and initial home treatment practices were associated with care seeking. Clustering of fever management practices was significant at the village level. The third sub-study prepared a set of proposal guidelines and sample size framework for a multicentre, cluster-randomized trial of an integrated approach.
Structural plasticity of the hippocampus in response to estrogens in female rodents
Creators: name: Sheppard, Paul A. S.
name: Choleris, Elena
name: Galea, Liisa A. M.
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2019

description: It is well established that estrogens affect neuroplasticity in a number of brain regions. In particular, estrogens modulate and mediate spine and synapse formation as well as neurogenesis in the hippocampal formation. In this review, we discuss current research exploring the effects of estrogens on dendritic spine plasticity and neurogenesis with a focus on the modulating factors of sex, age, and pregnancy. Hormone levels, including those of estrogens, fluctuate widely across the lifespan from early life to puberty, through adulthood and into old age, as well as with pregnancy and parturition. Dendritic spine formation and modulation are altered both by rapid (likely non-genomic) and classical (genomic) actions of estrogens and have been suggested to play a role in the effects of estrogens on learning and memory. Neurogenesis in the hippocampus is influenced by age, the estrous cycle, pregnancy, and parity in female rodents. Furthermore, sex differences exist in hippocampal cellular and molecular responses to estrogens and are briefly discussed throughout. Understanding how structural plasticity in the hippocampus is affected by estrogens and how these effects can influence function and be influenced by other factors, such as experience and sex, is critical and can inform future treatments in conditions involving the hippocampus.
title: Die Genehmigung wissenschaftlicher Forschung in der Antarktis im Lichte von Umweltschutz und Forschungsfreiheit - Rechtsgutachten - Schwerpunkt 7 "Ausgestaltung des Post 2012 - Klimaregimes und internationaler Umweltschutz"
title: Rechtsgutachten: Genehmigung Antarktisforschung (Epiney et al.)
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Heuck, Jennifer
name: Pirker, Benedikt
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Umweltrecht
subject: Internationaler Umweltschutz
subject: Antarktis
subject: Umweltforschung
subject: Anthropogene Klimaänderung
subject: Klima | Energie
subject: Nachhaltigkeit | Strategien | Internationales
subject: Climate | Energy
subject: Sustainability | Strategies | International matters

description: Die Genehmigung wissenschaftlicher Tätigkeiten in der Antarktis erfolgt auf der Grundlage des Umweltschutzprotokoll-Ausführungsgesetzes (AUG), dessen Regelungen eine Vielzahl rechtlicher Fragen aufwerfen. Das Rechtsgutachten behandelt die Einordnung von Tätigkeiten in die Kategorien des § 4 Abs. 3 AUG, die Privilegierung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung und deren Verhältnis zum Vorsorgeprinzip, die Auslegung der unbestimmten Rechtsbegriffe und die Reichweite der artenschutzrechtlichen Regelungen des AUG. Es beantwortet Fragen zum Schutz von Tieren und Pflanzen, zur Kommission unabhängiger wissenschaftlicher Sachverständiger und zu den Ausnahmen vom Genehmigungsvorbehalt nach § 3 Abs. 2 AUG. Das Gutachten schließt mit einem internationalen Rechtsvergleich.Im Rahmen des zugrundeliegenden Forschungsvorhabens sind zwei weitere Rechtsgutachten erstellt worden, die sich mit den gleichen Fragestellungen befassen (siehe „zugehörige Publikationen“ unten).
Solver for TCP flows in a network
Creators: name: Ding, Yiqun
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Engineering, System Science.

description: Quality of Service (QOS) of a congested network can be evaluated by some key factors such as packets discarding rate, queueing delay and the throughput of a bottleneck buffer. A network designer needs to predict these parameters in order to dimension a network properly. This thesis developed a solver for predicting the stability of a TCP network when servers implement Active Queue Management (AQM) schemes. The solver analyzes two AQM schemes. One is Random Early Detection (RED) and the other is Dynamic Random Early Detection (DRED). We verify the analysis of the solver through the simulation of a small network with multiple bottlenecks carrying a large number of TCP connections.