cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Interaction Framework within Collaborative Virtual Environments for Multiple Users each interacting with Multiple Degrees-Of-Freedom Controllers
Creators: name: Sandoval, Mario
name: Morris, Tim
name: Turner, Martin
Publisher: name: The Eurographics Association
Year: 2020
Subjects: Computing methodologies
Virtual reality
Graphics input devices
Human centered computing
Collaborative and social computing theory
concepts and paradigms

description: Collaboration is a process in which two or more agents work together to achieve shared goals. However, many existing platforms cannot generate a collaborative environment to engage multiple users with multiple controllers in a seamless manner. To address this need, this poster and work in progress article will describe LISU (Library for Interactive Settings and User-modes) an input management computing framework that enables collaboration across multiple input controllers as its default. Within the system team members cohabit any real-time simulation environments simultaneously and are then able to jointly control visualisation software across multiple controllers while being continually monitored and evaluated at a low level, allowing research questions to be answered.
description: Computer Graphics and Visual Computing (CGVC)
description: AR and VR
description: 79
description: 81
description: Mario Sandoval, Tim Morris, and Martin Turner
description: CCS Concepts: Computing methodologies --> Virtual reality; Graphics input devices; Human-centered computing --> Collaborative and social computing theory, concepts and paradigms
Strategic Control of Private Security by Canadian Extraction Industries
Creators: name: Atchison, Scott
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: resource extraction
private security
voluntary regulation

description: In the absence of Canadian legislation this thesis conducts an exploratory study of the regulations Canadian extraction companies (mining and oil and gas) have implemented to control private security in developing countries. It focuses on discerning what private security policies extraction companies have in place and whether companies have adopted voluntary regulations such as the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights. For this study a survey was conducted of almost all extraction companies listed on the TSX and TSX Venture Exchange. Publically available documents, such as company websites, codes of conduct, annual reports, and corporate presentations, were analyzed to determine what regulations companies have in place. The data indicates that regulation of private security is mainly limited to Canada’s largest extraction companies and that private security is usually a small portion of a company’s overall corporate social responsibility policy. This research also reviews incidents of human rights abuses committed by private security personnel working for Canadian extraction companies over the last ten years. Incidents are drawn from media outlets, NGOs, and academic articles. These cases help illustrate the challenges Canadian companies face employing private security personnel on the ground.
A Gesture Recognition Model for Virtual Reality Motion Controllers
Creators: name: Headleand, Chris
name: Williams, Benjamin
name: Holopainen, Jussi
name: Gilliam, Marlon
Publisher: name: The Eurographics Association
Year: 2020
Subjects: Human centered computing
Virtual reality
Software and its engineering
Interactive games

description: In this paper we discuss gesture recognition in the domain of Virtual Reality (VR) video games. We begin by presenting a detailed review of the literature. Furthermore, we discuss some of the specific opportunities and challenges that are specific to the VR domain. Most commercial VR devices come with tracked motion controllers as a default interface which facilitates the possibility of gesture control. However, video games specifically require a high degree of accuracy to prevent non-gesture actions being evaluated. To tackle this challenge we present a novel modification to the Hidden Markov Model gesture recognition approach. We expand on previous work with gestures in with the implementation of an adaptive database system allowing users to quickly engage with an application without significant training. Our results on a benchmark problem shows that the approach can produce impressive accuracy rates. The results from our benchmarking shows promise for the usability of gesture based interaction systems for VR devices in the future. Our system achieves high levels of recognition accuracy competitive with the best performing existing system whilst requiring minimal user independent training.
description: Computer Graphics and Visual Computing (CGVC)
description: AR and VR
description: 83
description: 90
description: Christopher Headleand, Benjamin Williams, Jussi Holopainen, and Marlon Gilliam
description: CCS Concepts: Human-centered computing --> Virtual reality; Software and its engineering --> Interactive games
Social Media and Reputation Management During Crisis: A Case Study of the 2012-2013 NHL Lockout
Creators: name: Narducci, Cassandra
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: crisis communication
crisis management
social media
corporate reputation
stakeholder relations
sports communication

description: The aim of this study is to understand the influence of online discussion forums during times of crisis. These forums can be considered as a form of social media, a relatively new form of technology that is constantly evolving and gaining in popularity. It has become an important medium, and can be integral in communications plans, specifically with regards to crisis communication. Through the use of these media, message delivery has unbelievable breadth and speed, making it crucial to understand its implications in crisis events. In order to understand social media’s implications in reputation management, during times of crisis, an ethnographic content analysis was conducted through the analysis and comparison of comments posted on news forums and media documents issued by the NHL during the 2012-2013 lockout. Literature suggests the importance of relationship management prior to crisis onset, as social media has the potential to inflame and contaminate the perceptions of others. Through social media, the formation and emergence of an engaged and active public was observed and studied. However, when considering traditional crisis communication theories, results from this particular case are counterintuitive; the findings counter traditional crisis communication theories, suggesting that cases such as this one are to be investigated further.
Supplementary document for Tunable lens actuated by dielectric elastomer sandwiched by transparent conductive liquid - 5341274.pdf
Creators: name: Cheng, Yang
name: CHEN, CHUANXUN
name: CAO, jie
name: BAO, CHUN
name: Yang, Ao
name: Hao, Qun
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Optical Technology

description: Optical transmission of the tunable lens
A context-aware access control framework for software services
Creators: name: Kayes, A. S. M.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Context-awareness is an important aspect of the dynamic environments and the different types of contextual information bring new benefits to the access control systems. By leveraging this dynamically changing information, we can achieve context-specific control over access to resources or software services. This thesis introduces a context-aware access control framework that adopts and extends the traditional role-based access control. It allows software engineers to specify the context-aware access control policies using the relevant contextual information and thus provides effective support in building access control applications. Overall, this research can contribute towards satisfying the security and privacy requirements of the stakeholders.
Medical Ultrasound Training in Virtual Reality
Creators: name: Elliman, James P.
name: Bethapudi, Sarath
name: Koulieris, George Alex
Publisher: name: The Eurographics Association
Year: 2020
Subjects: Computing methodologies
Virtual reality
Applied computing
Interactive learning environments

description: In this work we propose a novel training solution for learning and practising the core psychomotor skills required in Diagnostic Ultrasound examinations with a computer-based simulator. This is in response to the long-standing challenges faced by educators in providing regular training opportunities as a shortage of equipment, staff unavailability and cost, hamper the current training model. We propose an alternative, VR-based model with a highly realistic 3D environment. To further realism of the experience, 3D printed props that work in conjunction with the simulation software will be designed. Our approach further extends previous work in generative model-based US simulation by developing a ray-tracing algorithm for use with the recently released NVidia RTX technology.
description: Computer Graphics and Visual Computing (CGVC)
description: AR and VR
description: 91
description: 92
description: James P. Elliman, Sarath Bethapudi, and George Alex Koulieris
description: CCS Concepts: Computing methodologies --> Virtual reality; Applied computing --> Interactive learning environments
Effects of Structural Adjustment Programs in the Mining Industry on Women in Zambia
Creators: name: Barankariza, Irene
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016

description: Notwithstanding the many claims about the advantages of extracting minerals and about the level of demand for these commodities, the existing literature has shown that Zambian mines rarely benefit their host communities. This study details the challenges and opportunities perceived by women who work and live in the Kalulushi and Kitwe mining communities of Zambia. Drawing on contemporary Marxist feminist theory and on transnational feminist theory, a qualitative research design was applied whereby in-depth interviews were conducted with 18 women from the Kalulushi and Kitwe mine communities with the goal of assessing the challenges and opportunities perceived by these women, whether as formal or informal mine workers, or as homemakers. The findings show that, while some of the interviewed women have been negatively affected by Structural Adjustment Programs, others state that they have not been impacted at all. As such, this study points towards areas for future research.
Polystyrene Microplastics modulate the toxicity of the hydrophilic insecticide Thiacloprid for Chironomid Larvae and also influence their burrowing behavior
Creators: name: Krais, Stefanie
name: Anthes, Nils
name: Huppertsberg, Sven
name: Ruhl, Aki Sebastian
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Schädlingsbekämpfungsmittel
Ökotoxikologie
Polystyrol

description: As there is still little knowledge of interactions between microplastics (MP) and hydrophilic compounds, we propose ways the toxicity of hydrophilic pesticides can be modulated by MP, when sorption can be excluded. Larvae of Chironomus riparius were exposed to thiacloprid (TH, 1 mikrog/L) and polystyrene microplastic particles (PS; <50 mikrom; 150,000 and 1,000,000 particles/L) for 96 h, solely or in co-exposure. Burrowing behavior and mortality were observed. Larvae in treatments containing PS established themselves quicker in the sediment and kept the ability to rebury for a longer time compared to control and TH, respectively. While TH elevated the mortality, exposure to PS alone did not affect the survival of the larvae. In co-exposure of TH and PS, a concentration of 150,000 particles/L significantly reduced the toxicity of 1 mikrog/L TH after 96 h, an effect that was not observed at 1,000,000 particles/L. Therefore, we hypothesize that this modulation of the toxicity of TH eventually may have resulted from a combination of a "protective MP layer" in the gut and a higher retention time of particles in larvae exposed to 150,000 particles/L than in those exposed to 1,000,000 particles/L due to the lower number of ingestible particles in the former. © 2022 by the authors
The Development of the City of Ottawa's Girls n' Women and Sport Program0
Creators: name: Dorken, Sara
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011

description: In this thesis by publishable paper I use archival research and semi-structured interviews to examine the development of what eventually became known as the City of Ottawa’s Girls n’ Women and Sport program. In the first paper, I document the development of the GWS program within the broader context of women`s and girls’ sport in Canada. In the second paper, I conduct a Foucauldian discourse analysis of the dominant discourses that shaped the development of the GWS program in order to further our knowledge of feminist sport development and also to better understand the Foucauldian contention that constraints serve to not only inhibit action, but also enable it. Together, these papers comprise a thesis that contributes to better understanding the development of Canadian women’s and girls’ sport, while it simultaneously strengthens our understanding of Foucault’s notion of productive constraints.
Effects of snack portion size on anticipated and experienced hunger, eating enjoyment, and perceived healthiness among children
Creators: name: Schwartz, Camille
name: Lange, Christine
name: Hachefa, Celia
name: Cornil, Yann
name: Nicklaus, Sophie
name: Chandon, Pierre
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2020

description: Background: Large portion sizes encourage overconsumption. Prior studies suggest that this may be due to errors in anticipating the effects of portion size, although the studies were limited to adults and energy-dense foods. Objective: Our aim was to investigate potential anticipation errors related to the effects of portion size on hunger, eating enjoyment, and healthiness ratings among 8-to-11-year-old children, for snacks differing in energy density and healthiness perception, and as a function of initial hunger. Methods: In a within-subject design, 83 children aged 8 to 11 years old were first asked to anticipate how much they would enjoy, how hungry they would feel after eating, and how healthy it would be to eat a recommended serving size, a 50% larger portion, and a 125% larger portion of brownie or applesauce. Over six subsequent sessions, the children were asked to eat all of each of these portions and then rate their post-intake enjoyment, residual hunger, and healthiness perceptions. We also measured hunger at the beginning of each session. Results: For both snacks, larger portions reduced anticipated and experienced residual hunger similarly. In contrast, larger portions increased anticipated but not experienced eating enjoyment for both snacks; although larger portions increased anticipated and experienced enjoyment ratings among extremely hungry children. All children under-anticipated how much they would enjoy the smaller portion sizes. Healthiness ratings were unaffected by portion size for both snacks but differed across foods (applesauce vs. brownie). Conclusions: Children anticipate the effects of portion size on hunger change accurately, overestimate the effects of portion size on eating enjoyment, and rate food healthiness on food type and not portion size. Helping children better anticipate the enjoyment from smaller (recommended) portion sizes and understand that food quantity, not just quality, matters for healthy eating may be a solution to improve portion control.
Controlling Game Objects Using Multiple Degrees-Of-Freedom
Creators: name: Sandoval, Mario
name: Morris, Tim
name: Turner, Martin
Publisher: name: The Eurographics Association
Year: 2020
Subjects: Human centered computing
Interaction devices
Computing methodologies
Virtual reality
Concurrent algorithms
Graphics input devices

description: LISU (Library for Interactive Settings and User-modes) is an input management computing framework which enables groups of researchers to cohabit real-time simulation environments simultaneously and to visualise and manipulate virtual objects within multiple computer-assisted visualisation applications. The key novelty of LISU is an automated layered approach (physicaldriver- transport-upper layers) with importantly a built-in HCI ontology and strictly defined set of sub-APIs between the layers. All of this allows multiple input devices with multiple degrees of freedom to interact simultaneously, allowing for more intuitive and natural behaviour. Evaluation combines both linear and non-linear user modes, with a comparison system provided by Unity3D. By combining human spatial reasoning and computer graphics theory, technologies like LISU have the potential to improve our ability to understand, test and evaluate, reengineer, and then communicate better virtual dataset behaviour.
description: Computer Graphics and Visual Computing (CGVC)
description: AR and VR
description: 93
description: 100
description: Mario Sandoval, Tim Morris, and Martin Turner
description: CCS Concepts: Human-centered computing --> Interaction devices; Computing methodologies --> Virtual reality; Concurrent algorithms; Graphics input devices
Supplementary document for Controlling the dynamics of plasmonic field in nano-femtosecond scale by chirped femtosecond laser pulse - 5341543.pdf
Creators: name: song, hanbing
name: lang, peng
name: Ji, Boyu
name: Song, Xiaowei
name: Lin, Jingquan
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplementary Information
DNA Methylation, Cellular Stress Response and Expression of Inner Nuclear Membrane Proteins
Creators: name: Levesque, Steve
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011
Subjects: Epigenetics
DNA methylation
Nuclear stress bodies
Inner nuclear membrane (INM)
Lamin A
Lamin B
Emerin
Satellite III (Sat III)
Stress response
Heat shock (HS)
2H12
Lamina associated polypeptide 2 (Lap2)
Fibrillarin
Laminopathies
Hutchinson Gilford Progeria Syndrome (HGPS)

description: Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome is described as a series of mutations within the lamin A gene leading to the accumulation of progerin in the nucleus, contributing to premature aging and affecting the epigenetic control. Epigenetic control, such as DNA methylation, relies on DNA methyltransferase enzymes. In human cells, heat shock (HS) leads to the formation of nuclear stress bodies (nSBs); ribonucleoprotein aggregates of Sat III RNA and RNA-binding proteins. The objectives of this study were to determine if epigenetic status induces varying responses to HS and assess the variability of nuclear proteins in similar conditions. Results show epigenetic modifications do not prevent a stress response; however the extent may be affected. In addition the functions of most nuclear antigens were not affected. It is most likely the sum of interactions at the inner nuclear membrane and nuclear lamina interface that result in nuclear strength pertaining to lamin A.
Layout for retrofitting an electric vehicle
Creators: name: Mazumder, Himani
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Global automotive industry is facing a great challenge in achieving an emission-free environment. The industry has taken initiatives to commercialize the zero-emission electric vehicles in a large scale, but limitations involved with EV technology are found as a barrier to the rapid industrialization. Considering the cost and production time issues, this research chooses suitable propulsion system, motor, vehicle parameter and proposes an entire layout for retrofitting an existing petrol vehicle. The proposed layout is analysed, simulated and experimented on a test vehicle for a sustainable dynamic behaviour in different manoeuvring conditions. Moreover, the structural safety and thermal analysis of the battery packaging and cooling system are also provided in this research.
Supplementary document for Controlling the dynamics of plasmonic field in nano-femtosecond scale by chirped femtosecond laser pulse - 5341543.pdf
Creators: name: song, hanbing
name: lang, peng
name: Ji, Boyu
name: Song, Xiaowei
name: Lin, Jingquan
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplementary Information
Engaging with users and researchers. Active RDM. NFDI4Objects for Commons and Qualification.
Creators: name: Strauch, Annette
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: FDM
Forschungsdatenmanagement
NFDI
NFDI4Objects
eScience
research data
research data management

description: Bringing users together! NFDI4Objects for Commons and Qualification deals with the data management – related requirements for multidisciplinary data evaluation processes, the establishment and maintenance of NFDI4Objects‘ own commons and the development of tailor-made qualification offers. This is a presentation for the University Library Bern.
Care transition from hospital to home: cancer patients’ perspective
Creators: name: Lorenzini, Elisiane
name: Boell, Julia E W
name: Oelke, Nelly
name: Rodrigues, Caroline D
name: Trindade, Letícia F
name: Winter, Vanessa D B
name: Malkiewiez, Michelle M
name: Flôres, Gabriela C
name: Pluta, Pâmella
name: Kolankiewicz, Adriane C B
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2020

description: Objectives: The present database contains information on sociodemographic and clinical data as well as data from the Care Transition Measure (CTM 15-Brazil) of cancer patients undergoing clinical or surgical treatment. Data collection was carried out 7 to 30 days after patients’ hospital discharge from June to August 2019. Understanding these data can contribute to improving quality of care transitions and avoiding hospital readmissions. Data description: This data set encompasses 213 cancer patients characterized by the follow variables: gender, age range, place of residence, race, marital status, schooling, paid work activity, type of treatment, cancer staging, metastasis, comorbidities, main complaint, main complaint grouped as, continuing medication, diagnosis, diagnosis grouped as, cancer type, year of diagnosis, oncology treatment, first hospitalization, readmission in the last 30 days, number of hospitalizations in the last 30 days, readmission in the last 6 months, number of hospitalizations in the last 6 months, readmission in the last year, number of hospitalizations in the last year and the questions 1–15 from CTM 15-Brazil.
Addressing Factors Related to Depression and Mental Health in Elderly Chinese Immigrant Women in Ontario
Creators: name: Saadat Mehr, Farzaneh
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2013
Subjects: depression
mental illness
isolation
loneliness
family
empowerment
feminist health promotion
elderly Chinese women immigrant

description: This is a qualitative research centred on factors related to depressing and mental health among elderly Chinese immigrant women living in Ontario, Canada. The purpose of this qualitative research study was to examine those social factors that affect or contribute to depression or other forms of mental illness among elderly Chinese immigrant women. Qualitative content analysis was used. Reports of organisations concerned with elderly Chinese immigrants, qualitative research articles on elderly Chinese immigrant women, and government reports and publications were analysed based on their content. From the data, three main categories were developed. These are pre-migration, settlement experiences and health promotion. Some of the themes or sub –categories under these three main categories include the following: separation, isolation and loneliness, family and economic dependence, communication barriers, physical and psychological illness, transportation and food challenges, and empowerment. These themes or sub-categories were presented alongside the general conditions affecting elderly immigrant women as reported by other literature. From these findings several recommendations with regards to feminist health promotion were discussed. These include empowerment, making health social support accessible, family connectedness and others.
title: Treibstoffschnellablass aus Luftfahrzeugen: Wirkungen auf Umwelt und Gesundheit
title: Treibstoffschnellablass aus Luftfahrzeugen: Wirkungen auf Umwelt und Gesundheit
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Wetzel, Frank
Publisher: name: Umweltbundesamt
Year: 2019
Subjects: Kerosin
Luftverkehr
Luftfahrt

description: Aus Sicherheitsgründen müssen Flugzeuge manchmal Treibstoff ablassen, wenn sie kurz nach dem Start aufgrund eines unvorhergesehenen Vorfalls notlanden müssen. Im Positionspapier werden die Notwendigkeit und der Ablauf dieser sogenannten Treibstoffschnellablässe beschrieben und Statistiken zur Ablasshöhe und Menge vorgestellt. Weiterhin werden Ergebnisse von Modellrechnungen auf Basis von vier Worst-Case-Szenarien und eines regionalen, realen Szenarios beschrieben. Diese Berechnungen bilden die Grundlage einer Bewertung zu den Wirkungen auf Umwelt und Gesundheit. Ergänzt werden die Aussagen um rechtliche Aspekte eines Treibstoffschnellablasses. Quelle: https://www.umweltbundesamt.de
Social networks as a model of algorithmic governance
Creators: name: Castro, Julio Cesar Lemes De
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 200101 Communication Studies
subject: FOS: Media and communications
subject: 200102 Communication Technology and Digital Media Studies
subject: 200199 Communication and Media Studies not elsewhere classified
subject: 200299 Cultural Studies not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Other humanities
subject: 200204 Cultural Theory
subject: 200212 Screen and Media Culture
subject: Digital Humanities
subject: 200104 Media Studies
subject: 220317 Poststructuralism
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion

description: The typical way in which contemporary society, associated with neoliberalism, is managed can be characterized as algorithmic governance. Social networks like Facebook are taken as a model for the operation of this type of governance. To comprehend its dynamics, algorithmic governance is examined in three fundamental dimensions. The first is the relational dimension: the individual is fragmented in his digital traces, which are recombined in multiple relationships. From there, the vectorial dimension unfolds: these relationships are oriented, capturing trends and embedding projections about the future. Finally, this orientation originates the agential dimension, playing the roles of amplifying the affinities and containing the differences.
The young nuclear stellar disc in the SB0 galaxy NGC 1023
Creators: name: Corsini, E. M.
name: Morelli, L.
name: Pastorello, N.
name: Dalla Bonta, E.
name: Pizzella, A.
name: Portaluri, E.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Small kinematically decoupled stellar discs with scalelengths of a few tens of parsec are known to reside in the centre of galaxies. Different mechanisms have been proposed to explain how they form, including gas dissipation and merging of globular clusters. Using archival Hubble Space Telescope imaging and ground-based integral-field spectroscopy, we investigated the structure and stellar populations of the nuclear stellar disc hosted in the interacting SB0 galaxy NGC 1023. The stars of the nuclear disc are remarkably younger and more metal rich with respect to the host bulge. These findings support a scenario in which the nuclear disc is the end result of star formation in metal enriched gas piled up in the galaxy centre. The gas can be of either internal or external origin, i.e. from either the main disc of NGC 1023 or the nearby satellite galaxy NGC 1023A. The dissipationless formation of the nuclear disc from already formed stars, through the migration and accretion of star clusters into the galactic centre, is rejected.
La réalisation du droit au logement par les acteurs non-étatiques de l'humanitaire en contexte post-catastrophe: Le cas haïtien
Creators: name: Mathieu, Fedora
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: Acteur non-étatique (de l'humanitaire)
Droits économiques et sociaux
Droit au logement
Haïti
Séisme
Camps de déplacés
Droit à la participation
Obligations internationales
Catastrophe

description: Le 10 janvier 2010, un séisme dévastateur a frappé Port-au-Prince, la capitale de la République d‘Haïti et de nombreux camps de déplacés se sont formés à travers la ville. Dans cette thèse, nous utilisons la situation du logement dans cette métropole à la suite du séisme comme observatoire. Ce contexte nous aide à illustrer la pertinence d‘imputer aux acteurs non-étatiques de l‘humanitaire (ANÉH) des obligations juridiques en matière de droits humains qui seraient insubordonnées à celles imputées aux États. Cette démarche cherche à promouvoir le respect et la mise en oeuvre des droits économiques et sociaux des populations vivant dans les camps de déplacés. Nous avons ciblé trois dimensions transversales des droits humains et du droit au logement: le principe de non-discrimination, le droit à la participation et le droit à un recours effectif. Celles-ci sont utilisées pour évaluer les interventions des ANÉH. Ensuite, nous analysons le cadre juridique international des droits de la personne qui s‘appliquait en Haïti à la suite du séisme et nous expliquons dans quelle mesure ce cadre impose des obligations aux ANÉH. La présente étude de cas est alimentée par des entrevues réalisées sur le terrain avec des résidents de trois camps et des membres du personnel des ANÉH. Nos résultats exposent dans quelle mesure les besoins en matière de logement de ces populations sont pris ou non en considération par les ANÉH. Ultimement, nous démontrons la nécessité d‘instaurer un mécanisme de contrôle des ANÉH qui serait indépendant de l‘État où survient la catastrophe.
Exploiting Differential Endogenous MicroRNA Expression to Enhance Oncolytic Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Tumour Tropism
Creators: name: Edge, Robert E.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2010

description: The creation of potent oncolytic viruses (OVs) suitable for the clinic may require new strategies in virus design. Replication-competent viruses facilitate a variety of approaches to achieving tumor specificity. Altered expression of microRNAs is a common hallmark of cancer that this thesis demonstrates can be used to alter expression of a potent wild-type viral gene to achieve tumor-specific replication of an engineered vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV). Incorporation of microRNA complementary sequences (miRTs) within VSV causes reduced accumulation of miRT containing mRNAs. Let-7 miRTs introduced into the 3' untranslated region (3'UTR) of VSV matrix protein mRNA eliminate undesirable replication and associated toxicity in normal cells but permit growth in cancer cells both in vitro and in vivo. Similarly the incorporation of mir34a miRTs results in reduced in vitro VSV replication and cytotoxicity in the presence of activated p53. This thesis provides proof of concept that viruses designed to exploit the differential microRNA expression in cancer cells is a viable approach, potentially useful in optimizing oncolytic viral gene expression for maximal antitumor activity and safety.
Supplementary document for Nontoxic Gd3+&Tb3+ Co-Induced Polyelectrolyte Nano-Aggregates (GTIPAs) for Fluorescence/Magnetic Resonance Dual-Modality Imaging - 5342022.pdf
Creators: name: Li, Taisen
name: Liu, Jin
name: Wang, Xinzhi
name: Aleem, Abdur Raheem
name: Wang, Yao
name: Kipper, Matt
name: Belfiore, Laurence
name: tang, jianguo
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: supplemental information
Forecasting the aggregated charging load of electric vehicles at different charging sites
Creators: name: Unterluggauer, Tim
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Dortmund
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 620

description: The anticipated large-scale market ramp-up of electric vehicles in the future represents both an opportunity and a major challenge for the power grid. On the one hand, electric vehicles may support the power grid by offering their flexibility on the Control Reserve market. On the other hand, simultaneous charging could lead to severe grid bottlenecks in the low voltage network. In either case, the prediction of the aggregated charging load is of great importance. Within this work a new multi-variate multi-step forecasting approach based on Artificial Neural Networks, namely the Long Short-Term Memory, is introduced. Using historical charging data, a prediction of the aggregated charging load in 15-min resolution, clustered according to the charging at home, the charging at work, the charging at public car parks and the charging at shopping centers, is conducted. For each charging site two forecast horizons, a 1-hour and a 1-day charging load forecast, are analyzed. The results indicate that no reliable forecast of the charging load can be accomplished with a forecast horizon of one day and that the prediction accuracy can be significantly increased if the period is shortened to one hour.
Redes sociais como modelo de governança algorítmica
Creators: name: Castro, Julio Cesar Lemes De
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 200101 Communication Studies
subject: FOS: Media and communications
subject: 200102 Communication Technology and Digital Media Studies
subject: 200199 Communication and Media Studies not elsewhere classified
subject: 200299 Cultural Studies not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Other humanities
subject: 200204 Cultural Theory
subject: 200212 Screen and Media Culture
subject: Digital Humanities
subject: 200104 Media Studies
subject: 220317 Poststructuralism
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion

description: O modo de gestão do social típico da contemporaneidade, associado ao neoliberalismo, pode ser caracterizado como governança algorítmica. As redes sociais, como o Facebook,são tomadas como modelo de seu funcionamento. E, para apreender sua dinâmica, a governança algorítmica éexaminada em três dimensões fundamentais. A primeira é a dimensão relacional: o indivíduo é fragmentado em seus traços digitais, os quais são recombinados em múltiplas relações. A partir daí se desdobra a dimensão vetorial: tais relações são orientadas, captando tendências e embutindo projeções sobre o futuro. Por fim, essa orientação deslancha a dimensão agenciadora, desempenhando os papéis de amplificação de afinidades e contenção de diferenças.
Synthèse de sept programmes d’intervention éducative visant l’acquisition d’habiletés sociales chez les personnes ayant un trouble du spectre autistique (TSA)
Creators: name: Hilaire, Ralph Dama
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: Autisme
trouble du spectre autistique
habiletés sociales
programme d'intervention éducative

description: Troubles de communication, troubles de comportement, troubles d'interactions sociales: voilà les premiers signes d'alerte du syndrome autistique. Le diagnostic est éloquent: les troubles du spectre autistique (TSA), englobent une grande variété de déficits développementaux qui affectent, dès la petite enfance et à des degrés divers, le fonctionnement des sujets atteints. Indépendamment des facteurs de risque génétiques et environnementaux, on reconnaît que les difficultés sociales qui minent le quotidien de ceux ayant reçu un diagnostic de TSA sont associées à des déficits dans la cognition sociale. À cet égard, plusieurs modèles fonctionnels ont été proposés pour expliquer ces insuffisances. Alors que la prévalence du syndrome autistique est en constante augmentation à l’échelle mondiale, une kyrielle de programmes d’intervention ont été élaborés, testés puis réappliqués au fil des ans pour redresser les déficits sociaux, comportementaux et communicationnels des personnes autistes ou du moins en atténuer l'impact déséquilibrant sur le plan social. À la suite de la recension des écrits concernant les approches réputées les plus efficaces pour l’amélioration des habiletés sociales d’enfant ayant un TSA, nous avons insisté sur les principales approches concernant les programmes d’intervention cognitivo-comportementales ainsi que les méthodes développementales les mieux documentées depuis les dix dernières années.
Measurements in Horizontal Air-water Pipe Flows Using Wire-mesh Sensors
Creators: name: Lessard, Etienne
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: wire-mesh
sensor
pipe
flow
void fraction
interfacial velocity

description: This thesis is concerned with the performance and measurement uncertainty of wire-mesh sensors in different air-water flow regimes in horizontal pipes. It also presents measurements of void fraction and interfacial velocity in such flows. It was found that the interfacial velocity measurements of the wire-mesh sensors were in good agreement with those taken with a high-speed camera and estimates of the uncertainties of these measurements are presented. Drift-flux models were fitted to the measurements and it was found that the parameters of these models were not only sensitive to the flow regime, but also to the liquid superficial velocity.
title: Leitsätze einer Kreislaufwirtschaft
title: Leitsätze einer Kreislaufwirtschaft
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Dorer, Conrad
name: Kohlmeyer, Regina
name: Kosmol, Jan
name: Krüger, Franziska
name: Krause, Susann
name: Müller, Felix
name: Röhreich, Mareike
Publisher: name: Umweltbundesamt
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Kreislaufwirtschaftsgesetz
subject: Kreislaufwirtschaft
subject: Produktlebenszyklus
subject: Ressourcenschonung
subject: Ersatzstoff
subject: Agenda 2030
subject: Primärrohstoffeinsatz
subject: Substitutionsstoff
subject: Wirtschaft | Konsum
subject: Abfall | Ressourcen

description: Eine Nachhaltige Entwicklung ist ohne eine konsequente Kreislaufwirtschaft kaum mehr vorstellbar. Doch die Abkehr von einer überwiegend linearen Wirtschaftsweise erfordert viele politische, wirtschaftliche und gesellschaftliche Weichenstellungen. Das Umweltbundesamt hat nun an Politik, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft gerichtete Leitsätze erarbeitet, die die Zielsetzungen, Gestaltungsräume, Handlungsmaßstäbe, Anforderungen und Erfolgsfaktoren einer Kreislaufwirtschaft systematisch darlegen. Neun Leitsätze sollen dabei helfen, ein gemeinsames Verständnis zur Kreislaufwirtschaft zu entwickeln und einen strategischen Orientierungsrahmen dafür schaffen, wie sie etabliert werden können. Quelle: https://www.umweltbundesamt.de
description: Eine Nachhaltige Entwicklung ist ohne eine konsequente Kreislaufwirtschaft kaum mehr vorstellbar. Doch die Abkehr von einer überwiegend linearen Wirtschaftsweise erfordert viele politische, wirtschaftliche und gesellschaftliche Weichenstellungen. Das Umweltbundesamt hat nun an Politik, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft gerichtete Leitsätze erarbeitet, die die Zielsetzungen, Gestaltungsräume, Handlungsmaßstäbe, Anforderungen und Erfolgsfaktoren einer Kreislaufwirtschaft systematisch darlegen. Neun Leitsätze sollen dabei helfen, ein gemeinsames Verständnis zur Kreislaufwirtschaft zu entwickeln und einen strategischen Orientierungsrahmen dafür schaffen, wie sie etabliert werden können.
Mixed Methods Analysis of Injury in Youth Ice Hockey: Putting Injury into Context
Creators: name: Davey, Matthew
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: Injury
Ice hockey
violence and aggression
Contextual factors
Body-checking
Mixed methods
Minor hockey injury

description: This thesis will discuss the results of a two-year 90 game study to consider the role violence and aggression plays in competitive minor hockey and its role as a mechanism for injury. The second objective of this thesis was to determine the contextual factors that lead to injury on the ice. Using a mixed methods approach, the study followed three minor hockey teams from the Ottawa-Gatineau region over two sporting seasons. The study found that players are not being injured due to aggressive or violent play but rather players are being hurt within the rules of the game. The contextual factors that were shown to lead to injury included: (1) body-checking, (2) time of the game, (3) player’s body mass, (4) position played and (5) legal plays. Injuries were also broken down by anatomical site (head/neck, upper body and lower body); the upper body was affected by injury most.
Augmenting social stories with differentiated instruction: a study of social skills acquisition in children with autism spectrum disorder
Creators: name: Ko Min, Win
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Social communication impairment is pervasive among children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Social Story is well-known as a supplement to improving social behaviours. This requires a significant amount of human intervention to educate ASD children through engaging and relevant social stories on the acceptable social behaviours. Caretakers, however, cannot afford to give full individualised attention given the number of children under their care. This study augmented the animated social stories with differentiated instruction to overcome drawbacks of existing approaches. The evaluation results of this study suggest the proposed approach is effective in improving social skills of the participants.
Supplementary document for Beam shape modification due to the non-linear optical response in a dense rubidium vapor - 5342093.pdf
Creators: name: van Lange, Arie Johannes
name: van Solinge, S. P.
name: Buist, Gijs
name: van Oosten, Dries
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplementary document 1, gives additional information about the determination of the similarity between the beam shapes
Performance of a Three-Tier (IRT-DNA-IRT) Cystic Fibrosis Screening Algorithm in British Columbia
Creators: name: Sinclair, Graham
name: McMahon, Vanessa
name: Schellenberg, Amy
name: Nelson, Tanya N.
name: Chilvers, Mark
name: Vallance, Hilary
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2020

description: Newborn screening for Cystic Fibrosis has been implemented in most programs worldwide, but the approach used varies, including combinations of immunoreactive trypsinogen (IRT) and CFTR mutation analysis on one or more specimens. The British Columbia (BC) newborn screening program tests ~45,000 infants per year in BC and the Yukon Territory, covering almost 1.5 million km2 in western Canada. CF screening was initiated using an IRT-DNA-IRT approach with a second bloodspot card at 21 days of age for all CFTR mutation heterozygotes and any non-carriers in the top 0.1% for IRT. This second IRT was implemented to avoid sweat testing of infants without persistent hypertrypsinemia, reducing the burden of travel for families. Over nine years (2010–2018), 401,977 infants were screened and CF was confirmed in 76, and a further 28 were deemed CF screen positive inconclusive diagnosis (CFSPID). Day 21 IRT was normal in 880 CFTR mutation carriers who were quoted a very low CF risk and offered optional sweat testing. Only 13% of families opted for sweat testing and a total of 1036 sweat tests were avoided. There were six false negative CF cases (and three CFSPID) due to a low initial IRT or no CFTR mutations. Although one CFSPID case had a normal repeat IRT result, the addition of the day 21 IRT did not contribute to any CF false negatives.
"We Don't Want the Loonies Taking Over": Examining Masculine Performatives by Private Security in a Hospital Setting
Creators: name: Johnston, Matthew
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: hegemonic masculinity
lunatic asylum
gender performatives
gendered institutions
biopolitical power
autoethnography
narrative analysis
mental health
restraints
sedatives
seclusion
private security officers

description: After sixteen intensive months, I quit my employed position as a security guard at a local hospital. By drawing on my autoethnographic experiences in the form of “ethnographic fiction writing”, as well as eight interviews with my former male colleagues, I explore how the guards’ constructions of masculinity intersect with their security assessment and subsequent application of force, chemical incarceration, and other coercive security tactics on involuntarily-committed mental health patients. The narratives are framed by the available literature on gender and masculinity within the security, police, prison and military institutions, as well as the theoretical notions of gendered institutions (Acker), hegemonic masculinity (Connell & Messerschmidt), doing gender (West & Zimmerman), and Dave Holmes’s application of Foucauldian biopolitical power to forensic healthcare settings. These concepts are used in tandem with a creative methodological tool to reveal the “messy”, “bloody” and “gendered” ways in which hospital life unfolds between the guard, the nurse, and the patient prisoner. By escaping more traditional forms of academic writing, I am able to weave raw, sensitive and reflexive thoughts and emotions into the research design and analysis. The analysis is divided into two narratives: “Us” and “Them”. “Us” emphasizes the gendered ways in which the hospital guard learns, reproduces, resists, lives up, or fails to live up to the masculine codes of the profession. Here, the guard must confront cultural demands to demonstrate physical prowess, authority and heroism during a patient battle. “Them” explores how hegemonic masculinity shapes the hierarchical and coercive relations between the guard, the nurse, and the patient, and reinforces psychiatrized discourses that promote punishment, pain, bureaucracy and control. Overall, these findings call for the abolition of physical restraint, chemical incarceration and other coercive security measures within our healthcare institutions, and encourage future research to give voice to the lived experiences of women guards and security management teams.
Supplementary document for Beam shape modification due to the non-linear optical response in a dense rubidium vapor - 5342093.pdf
Creators: name: van Lange, Arie Johannes
name: van Solinge, S. P.
name: Buist, Gijs
name: van Oosten, Dries
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplementary document 1, gives additional information about the determination of the similarity between the beam shapes
The predictive validity of the historical clinical risk management – 20 version 3 (HCR-20V3) and the violence risk appraisal guide - revised (VRAG-R)
Creators: name: Brookstein, Delene Milicent
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This research focused on the evaluation of two commonly used and newly updated violence risk assessment tools, the HCR-20 V3 and VRAG-R. The aim of the study was to evaluate the predictive, concurrent and incremental validity of these tools, and inter-rater reliability. Performance of the tools was also compared to previous iterations. Results provided evidence for the use of these tools within the Australian forensic psychiatric population. The research supports clinicians in operating within evidence-based assessment and improving community safety through assessing tools for improvement in identification of individuals who pose a risk of violence.