cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Investigating Low-Cost LLM Annotation for~Spoken Dialogue Understanding Datasets
Creators: name: Druart, Lucas
name: Vielzeuf, Valentin
name: Estève, Yannick
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
subject: Human-Computer Interaction (cs.HC)
subject: Signal Processing (eess.SP)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: In spoken Task-Oriented Dialogue (TOD) systems, the choice of the semantic representation describing the users' requests is key to a smooth interaction. Indeed, the system uses this representation to reason over a database and its domain knowledge to choose its next action. The dialogue course thus depends on the information provided by this semantic representation. While textual datasets provide fine-grained semantic representations, spoken dialogue datasets fall behind. This paper provides insights into automatic enhancement of spoken dialogue datasets' semantic representations. Our contributions are three fold: (1) assess the relevance of Large Language Model fine-tuning, (2) evaluate the knowledge captured by the produced annotations and (3) highlight semi-automatic annotation implications.
Exploring Probation Completion Among Justice-Involved Youth in a Community-Based Intervention Program
Creators: Holmstrom, Kathleen M
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

Structurally marginalized justice-involved youth on probation (JIYP) subject to community service hours are a particularly underserved population. This is due to numerous barriers to experiencing success, including risk factors related to reoffending, structural barriers such as finances and transportation, and reduced access to educational achievement. Considering the numerous factors that contribute to successful completion of probation, it is imperative to utilize creative and potentially unconventional intervention strategies to help guide these youths toward healthier outcomes. One such community-based intervention strategy, employed by Edmonton’s Inner City High School (ICHS), supports JIYP by working alongside municipal police to allow registered students to complete their probationary hours through prosocial activities offered through their after-school Outreach program. The current study sought to understand: (1) the proportion of JIYP who completed their probation hours through ICHS’s after-school Outreach program; (2) characteristics of the JIYP who did and did not complete their probation hours; and (3) documented participant engagement in available supports offered. Analysis involved descriptive exploration of program-collected data. Results revealed that 10 participants (30.3%) completed their probation hours. Additionally, review of participant characteristics showed that completers were generally older, more likely to be self-identified female, and more likely to have earned higher total credits compared to non-completers. Completers also typically had fewer charges/crimes committed and completed less Outreach hours. Participant engagement in two overarching program types, structural and legal supports, revealed that transportation, housing, mental health, addictions, and medical supports were among the most frequently accessed structural supports. Legal support utilized most often included assistance with contacting probation officers, court attendance, and contacting other criminal legal professionals. Implications for the program and those akin to it, study limitations, and future research directions are included.
JHS892523 Supplemental Table3 - Supplemental material for Elastic pneumatic tourniquet cuff versus conventional polyurethane elastomer cuff for hand surgery: a randomized study
Creators: name: Park, Jae-Young
name: Kim, Min Bom
name: Hyuk-Soo Han
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 110314 Orthopaedics
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 110604 Sports Medicine
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110323 Surgery

description: Supplemental material, JHS892523 Supplemental Table3 for Elastic pneumatic tourniquet cuff versus conventional polyurethane elastomer cuff for hand surgery: a randomized study by Jae-Young Park, Min Bom Kim and Hyuk-Soo Han in Journal of Hand Surgery (European Volume)
Characterizing protein modifications and interactions in viral infections
Creators: Luo, Shu Yue
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

Viral diseases are a constant threat that have profound impact on global health, economics and societies. Understanding virus-host interactions is key for advancing our knowledge of viral replication and pathogenesis, and thus for the development of effective antiviral strategies to better prepare us for future outbreaks. This thesis investigates the roles of post-translational modifications and protein-protein interactions during viral infections using advanced mass spectrometry techniques. Post-translational modifications such as phosphorylation, ubiquitination and proteolysis, significantly alter the function, stability, and localization of both viral and host proteins, thereby modulating the virus cycle and host immune responses. Virus-host protein-protein interactions form complex networks that viruses may exploit to manipulate host cellular machinery to their advantage, or the host utilizes for activating antiviral defense.

In Chapter 2, we identified potential human substrates targeted by the two SARS-CoV-2 viral proteases. We found that the main protease cleaved bromodomain-containing protein 2, while the papain-like protease cleaved splicing factor, proline- and glutamine-rich. Chapter 3 examines the ubiquitination landscape during vaccinia virus infection, highlighting critical host restriction factors that are ubiquitinated during viral infection, such as tripartite motif containing 25. Chapter 4 explores protein-protein interactions between the Mayaro virus and human host. We performed co-immunoprecipitation of viral proteins while simultaneously infecting the human cells with the virus, providing a comprehensive map of the viral protein interactome during infection within host cells.

Our findings underscore the importance of post-translational modifications and protein-protein interactions in virus-host dynamics, offering potential therapeutic targets and strategies for antiviral drug development.
Additional file 1 of Eating speed and abdominal adiposity in middle-aged adults: a cross-sectional study in Vietnam
Creators: name: Van Hoang, Dong
name: Fukunaga, Ami
name: Nguyen, Chau Que
name: Pham, Thuy Thi Phuong
name: Shrestha, Rachana Manandhar
name: Phan, Danh Cong
name: Le, Huy Xuan
name: Do, Hung Thai
name: Hachiya, Masahiko
name: Mizoue, Tetsuya
name: Inoue, Yosuke
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: Medicine
Cell Biology
Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
Science Policy
Mental Health
Computational Biology

description: Supplementary Material 1
Polyethylene Oxide Chain Density and Uremic Toxin Effects on Plasma  Protein Adsorption
Creators: Pawar, Aishwarya Shrikrishna
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

Protein adsorption to implanted biomaterials can direct host responses and lead to health

complications and device failure. Polyethylene oxide (PEO) is the gold standard film for reducing

non-specific protein adsorption. Although polymer chain density is an important factor in

determining PEO’s protein-resistant behavior, limited studies have related PEO chain density

changes to the adsorption of plasma proteins. Besides, existing literature on protein adsorption

primarily offers insights from the use of blood from healthy donors, neglecting changes in the

blood that occur in unhealthy patients. In chronic kidney disease (CKD), uremic toxins (UTXs)

accumulate in the blood compartment and significantly alter the blood composition. For the

advancement of low-fouling surfaces for blood-contacting biomaterials and in the quest for

personalized dialysis, addressing this knowledge gap is necessary. To examine this, PEO films

with variable chain densities and two different end groups, methoxy (-OCH3) and hydroxy (-OH),

were prepared and characterized using dynamic contact angle, ellipsometry, and X-ray

photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), to confirm the successful deposition of PEO. Protein

adsorption experiments were conducted using human plasma with and without UTXsto investigate

their effect on protein adsorption. It was observed that fibrinogen, albumin, factor XI, complement

C3, and IgG were the major proteins detected on both methoxy and hydroxy-PEO-modified films.

The addition of UTXs substantially increased protein adsorption to methoxy-terminated PEO

films, whereas no specific trend was observed for hydroxy-PEO films. The effect of chain densities

did not exhibit a consistent pattern but significantly affected the adsorption of many proteins. This

knowledge is integral to developing the standard protein adsorption profile and subsequent

advancement of surface technologies that enable personalized treatment strategies for patients with

kidney failure.
Supplemental Material, jmr.18.0234-File003 - The Differential Effect of Local–Global Identity Among Males and Females: The Case of Price Sensitivity
Creators: name: Huachao Gao
name: Mittal, Vikas
name: Yinlong Zhang
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 150402 Hospitality Management
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: Supplemental Material, jmr.18.0234-File003 for The Differential Effect of Local–Global Identity Among Males and Females: The Case of Price Sensitivity by Huachao Gao, Vikas Mittal and Yinlong Zhang in Journal of Marketing Research
“Going the Extra Mile”: Fostering Social Connections within After-school, Sport-based  PYD Programs
Creators: Kavic, Katie Jeannie Marie
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

Social relationships between staff and youth are often regarded as one of the most important mediums to achieving positive youth development (PYD) program aims (McDavid &

McDonough, 2019). Despite the promising impacts of staff and youth relationships within sport-based PYD settings, little research has explored how staff foster connections with youth in these settings—particularly youth who are considered at-risk. The purpose of this interpretative phenomenological analysis was to describe and interpret staff members’ perceptions of how they foster social connections with youth at-risk within after-school, sport-based PYD programs.

Purposefully selected participants included ten staff members (eight women and two men), that work within after-school, sport-based PYD programs. Data were generated via one-on-one semi-structured interviews that were conducted either in-person or via Zoom. All interviews were audio-recorded and then transcribed verbatim. Smith and Nizza’s (2022) four-step process of data analysis was used to identify six themes that represent the findings of this study: (1) getting to know, investing, and showing intention towards youth, (2) fostering positive spaces and relationships, (3) allowing for autonomy and leadership, (4) practicing what you preach, (5) awareness of power dynamics, and (6) approaching with caution. Grounded in the experiences of staff members, findings from this study highlight critical considerations and strategies for

fostering social connections with youth that may function to improve the experiences of both youth at-risk and staff members in sport-focused PYD programs.
An Integrated FMCW Radar with a Direct Binary Sampling RF Front End
Creators: Mikhail, Nathan L
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

Traditional Radio Frequency (RF) receivers use relatively bulky and costly analog components, typically with high sampling rates, to downconvert the RF signals into a baseband representation appropriate for Digital Signal Processing (DSP). Furthermore, Analog-to-Digital Converters (ADC) with significantly high sampling rates require relatively high power, which may not be practical in many applications. This thesis takes an approach where subsampling with a latch is leveraged to generate a direct-to-digital alias signal at baseband frequency, even when the RF signal frequency is much larger than the maximum clock frequency of the latch. In turn, a Frequency- Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) phased-array radar architecture capable of simultaneous RF sampling and digitization is presented along with its effectiveness to determine reflecting object’s spatial location. Two sampling circuits, the CML latch and the StrongARM latch, are characterized and metrics are proposed that are useful for describing their performance when sampling continuous sinusoids at the high-frequency passband. Using the TSMC 65- nm GP process, the fast sampling capabilities and performance of the two latches are analyzed using two techniques developed in this work; with Sampling Time Errors (STE) below 0.12 ps and Bit Error Rates (BER) below 2.5%, particularly at frequencies up to and exceeding 100 GHz. Additionally, an equivalent simplified model, which closely matches the sampling probability behaviour of the circuits, is presented to support large-scale system simulations. The system architecture is discussed and large-scale system simulations are presented, demonstrating the architecture’s ability to accurately detect reflecting objects and determine their spatial location with respect to the antenna array. An equivalent simplified model of the sampling circuits is proposed and used to simulate their sampling performance and accuracy. System parameters and considerations are discussed, and the distances to reflecting targets at varying distances and directions relative to the radar receiving antenna array are correctly measured. Lastly, a microchip is designed and fabricated using TSMC’s 65-nm GP process to validate the sampler simulations. The test chip implements a two-channel 24-GHz direct-to-digital FMCW radar receiver, one channel for each of the aforementioned sampling latch circuits. The StrongARM latch channel consumes 19.67mW and the CML latch channel consumes 23.75mW, both from a 1V supply and a sample clock frequency of 100 MHz. Experimental results show that the realized architecture is capable of subsampling a 24-GHz signal to generate a digital alias signal that contains the required phase and frequency information at baseband.
Congressional_Bills_Codebook_2 – Supplemental material for Diversity and Minority Interest Group Advocacy in Congress
Creators: name: Minta, Michael D.
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 160607 International Relations
subject: FOS: Political science

description: Supplemental material, Congressional_Bills_Codebook_2 for Diversity and Minority Interest Group Advocacy in Congress by Michael D. Minta in Political Research Quarterly
Clematis jialasaensis var. macrantha Wang 2001
Creators: name: Huang, Qiao-Lan
name: Fei, Wen-Qun
name: Yuan, Qiong
name: Yang, Qin-Er
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Ranunculales
Ranunculaceae
Clematis
Clematis jialasaensis
Clematis jialasaensis var. macrantha

description: Identity of Clematis jialasaensis var. macrantha
Our observations of living plants within the Shuifu population of Clematis armandi (Figs. 19–21) clearly indicate that C. jialasaensis var. macrantha is not essentially different from C. armandi in any characters. The two type specimens of C. jialasaensis var. macrantha each consist of only two short branches, not including the length of an internode of the main stem, and no large scales of axillary buds are visible from the specimens (Fig. 1A, B), although two scaleleaves are present at a node on the isotype (Fig. 1B). The plants within the Shuifu population match C. armandi very well in all the characters. Although large scales of axillary buds are often absent in branches of current year, they are usually present at the base of cymes borne on branches of last years (Figs. 19C, D, 20D, 21A–C). It is clear that the incompleteness of the type specimens of C. jialasaensis var. macrantha, which bear no scales at the base of cymes, has misled Wang (2003) to describe the variety as new. In fact, C. armandi is fairly common in Shuifu county in northeastern Yunnan, the type locality of C. jialasaensis var. macrantha. Four specimens of C. armandi from this county are shown in Figure 24.
Our observations of living plants within the Leibo population of Clematis armandi (Figs. 14–16) further indicate that C. jialasaensis var. macrantha is identical with C. armandi. The collection M.Y. He & Z.M. Tan 117028, which was made from Leibo and cited by Wang (2003) under both C. jialasaensis var. macrantha and C. armandi, includes specimens with or without large scales of axillary buds (Fig. 2). It is obvious that Wang (2003) referred those with large scales of axillary buds to C. armandi but those without large scales of axillary buds to C. jialasaensis var. macrantha. As shown in Figures 14–16, the plants within the Leibo population match C. armandi very well in all the characters. Although large scales of axillary buds are often absent on branches of current year, they are usually present at the base of cymes borne on branches of last years (Figs. 14C, 15A, 16).
description: Published as part of Huang, Qiao-Lan, Fei, Wen-Qun, Yuan, Qiong & Yang, Qin-Er, 2024, Clematis jialasaensis var. macrantha and C. napoensis (Ranunculaceae), another two new synonyms of C. armandi from China, pp. 203-236 in Phytotaxa 670 (4) on page 207, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.670.4.2, http://zenodo.org/record/14521063
Additional file 2 of “They go hand in hand”: a patient-oriented, qualitative descriptive study on the interconnectedness between chronic health and mental health conditions in transition-age youth
Creators: name: Allemang, Brooke
name: Samuel, Susan
name: Pintson, Karina
name: Patton, Megan
name: Greer, Katelyn
name: Farias, Marcela
name: Schofield, Keighley
name: Sitter, Kathleen C.
name: Patten, Scott B.
name: Mackie, Andrew S.
name: Dimitropoulos, Gina
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Mental Health

description: Additional file 2.
Nanocrystalline Silver and Silver-Gold Materials for Inflammation Reduction and Surgical Adhesion Prevention
Creators: Ward, Colleen Nancy
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

Surgical adhesions are caused by tissue trauma and inflammation and present a high clinical burden. Nanocrystalline silver is known to be a strong anti-inflammatory and antibacterial material. This thesis explores the potential for nanocrystalline silver and silver-gold to be used to treat inflammation in the abdominal cavity after surgery, therefore preventing the formation of adhesions. Nanocrystalline silver and silver-gold films were sputtered onto HDPE substrates. A novel fabrication process using high current and including both oxygen and water as reactive gases was compared to the standard process, and was found to create high-efficacy dressings with higher silver content and stability in solution. The novel process was found to decrease the grain size and percent of ammonia soluble silver compared to the standard process. For nanocrystalline silver-gold films, increasing gold content in the alloy was found to decrease the grain size in the standard process, but not consistently with the novel process. Higher gold content also increased the total mass sputtered onto the HDPE. An animal study is planned to assess the anti-inflammatory properties of nanocrystalline silver-gold film in a pig model of dermatitis. When soaked in water, nanocrystalline silver dissolves into solution, releasing only approximately 3% of the total silver in the film. These solutions are less effective anti-bacterial materials than direct contact with a solid dressing, but have potential to treat inflammation and preventing surgical adhesions. Nanocrystalline silver solutions were combined with hyaluronate (HA) and carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC), biodegradable and biocompatible polymers, to make viscous solutions. The viscosity, degradation, and silver release were studied over a three day period. It was found that increasing the concentration of polymers increased the viscosity, but did not affect the rate of silver release or polymer degradation. pH was also adjusted, but did not have a significant effect within the range studied. An animal study is planned to test the anti-adhesion properties of HA-CMC and nanocrystalline silver viscous solutions in a pig surgical model of adhesions.
INC280X2201_HCC_Manuscript_Supplementary_Table_S3 – Supplemental material for A phase II study of the efficacy and safety of the MET inhibitor capmatinib (INC280) in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma
Creators: name: Shukui Qin
name: Chan, Stephen Lam
name: Wattana Sukeepaisarnjaroen
name: Guohong Han
name: Choo, Su Pin
name: Virote Sriuranpong
name: Hongming Pan
name: Yau, Thomas
name: Yabing Guo
name: Minshan Chen
name: Zhenggang Ren
name: Jianming Xu
name: Chia-Jui Yen
name: Zhong-Zhe Lin
name: Manenti, Luigi
name: Gu, Yi
name: Yongjian Sun
name: Tiedt, Ralph
name: Hao, Lu
name: Wenjie Song
name: Tawesak Tanwandee
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 111299 Oncology and Carcinogenesis not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 111702 Aged Health Care
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 111599 Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 110203 Respiratory Diseases

description: Supplemental material, INC280X2201_HCC_Manuscript_Supplementary_Table_S3 for A phase II study of the efficacy and safety of the MET inhibitor capmatinib (INC280) in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma by Shukui Qin, Stephen Lam Chan, Wattana Sukeepaisarnjaroen, Guohong Han, Su Pin Choo, Virote Sriuranpong, Hongming Pan, Thomas Yau, Yabing Guo, Minshan Chen, Zhenggang Ren, Jianming Xu, Chia-Jui Yen, Zhong-Zhe Lin, Luigi Manenti, Yi Gu, Yongjian Sun, Ralph Tiedt, Lu Hao, Wenjie Song and Tawesak Tanwandee in Therapeutic Advances in Medical Oncology
A systematic and objective approach for  evaluating performance and selecting subcontractors in construction projects
Creators: Al Hasan, Iyad
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

The management of the contractor-subcontractor relationship is a pivotal component of supply chain management in the construction industry, significantly impacting project success. This thesis explores approaches to assess performance of subcontractor, select the best subcontractor and the critical role of subcontractors in construction projects. Traditionally, process of subcontractor assessment performance and selection have been influenced by subjective assessments, often leading to biased decision-making processes. To address this, the research develops a comprehensive framework that links performance assessment upon project completion with the selection process for new projects, using objective criteria and systematic evaluation methods.

The study begins with an extensive literature review and expert consultations to identify key indices and criteria for subcontractor evaluation, including time, cost, quality, safety, leadership, pricing, and experience. A hybrid approach is employed, combining Monte Carlo simulation and the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) to weigh these criteria, ensuring statistical significance and reducing judgment uncertainty. This innovative method generates pairwise comparison matrices and utilizes probability distributions to establish objective weights for each criterion.

The developed evaluation model incorporates a Linear Additive Utility Model (LAUM) to calculate a Performance Index (PI) that quantifies subcontractor performance across various levels, from outstanding to poor. By integrating these assessments into a Decision Support System (DSS), the research provides a tool for general contractors to systematically evaluate subcontractors and make informed decisions. The DSS employs the Complex Proportional Assessment (COPRAS) method, a multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) approach that ranks subcontractors based on comprehensive performance data, aligning selection decisions with empirical evidence and industry best practices.

This thesis demonstrates the potential for enhanced transparency, accuracy, and efficiency in subcontractor selection, contributing to improved project outcomes by optimizing subcontractor capabilities, resource allocation, and overall project delivery. By bridging the gap between performance assessment and selection processes, the research establishes a foundation for more informed and effective subcontractor management in the construction industry.
WoolleySupplementalMaterial – Supplemental material for Shared Plates, Shared Minds: Consuming From a Shared Plate Promotes Cooperation
Creators: name: Woolley, Kaitlin
name: Fishbach, Ayelet
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 110904 Neurology and Neuromuscular Diseases
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: 110319 Psychiatry (incl. Psychotherapy)
subject: Neuroscience

description: Supplemental material, WoolleySupplementalMaterial for Shared Plates, Shared Minds: Consuming From a Shared Plate Promotes Cooperation by Kaitlin Woolley and Ayelet Fishbach in Psychological Science
Clematis napoensis
Creators: name: Huang, Qiao-Lan
name: Fei, Wen-Qun
name: Yuan, Qiong
name: Yang, Qin-Er
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Ranunculales
Ranunculaceae
Clematis
Clematis napoensis

description: Identity of Clematis napoensis
Our observations of living plants within the Napo population of Clematis armandi (Figs. 6–8) clearly indicate that C. napoensis is not essentially different from C. armandi in any characters. Similar to the case with C. jialasaensis var. macrantha, the type specimens consist of also only two short branches, on which no scales of axillary buds are present (Fig. 3). As shown in Figures 6–8, the plants within the Napo population match C. armandi very well in all the characters. Although large scales of axillary buds are often absent in branches of current year, they are usually present at the base of cymes borne in branches of last years (Figs. 6C, D, 8). In fact, C. armandi is not rare in Napo in southwestern Guangxi, the type locality of C. napoensis. Three specimens of C. armandi from this county are shown in Figure 25.
description: Published as part of Huang, Qiao-Lan, Fei, Wen-Qun, Yuan, Qiong & Yang, Qin-Er, 2024, Clematis jialasaensis var. macrantha and C. napoensis (Ranunculaceae), another two new synonyms of C. armandi from China, pp. 203-236 in Phytotaxa 670 (4) on page 207, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.670.4.2, http://zenodo.org/record/14521063
Memory Efficient and Fast Attention Inference on Edge Accelerators
Creators: Shakerdargah, Mohammadali
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

Attention has become an essential component of deep learning models, extending beyond natural language processing to various domains because of their superb ability to capture correlations between sequence elements. The advent of transformer-based foundation models has revolutionized various applications by enabling unprecedented accuracy and flexibility. However, this widespread adoption comes with significant trade-offs in memory and computational resources due to the quadratic growth in memory usage and limited data reuse. To address these challenges, various algorithms have been developed with exact methods, including fusion-based acceleration, preserving quality but remaining computationally demanding and often not fully leveraging parallelization on edge devices. This work presents a novel approach to speeding up exact attention inference on edge devices while optimizing energy consumption. Our method introduces a systematic memory-aware mechanism that utilizes pipelined stream processing through different stages of on-chip attention inference. Experiment results based on an open-sourced simulation framework show up to 2.75x speedup and 54% reduction in energy consumption compared to the state-of-the-art FLAT algorithm. Further experiments on an edge device with a DaVinci DNN accelerator demonstrate a speedup of up to 1.76x, highlighting the potential of our approach for efficient and high-performance attention inference on resource-constrained edge devices.
Additional file 1 of Comparison of spatio-temporal gait parameters between the GAITRite® platinum plus classic and the GAITRite® CIRFACE among older adults: a retrospective observational study
Creators: name: Sacco, Guillaume
name: Ben-Sadoun, Grégory
name: Gautier, Jennifer
name: Simon, Romain
name: Goupil, Maude
name: Laureau, Pauline
name: Terrien, Jade
name: Annweiler, Cédric
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Additional Table 1: Comparison between the roll-up and the plate walkways.
The Specter of Whiteness: Experiences of BIPOC in the MLIS and on Social Media
Creators: Friskie, Luthfia
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

Through qualitative in-depth interviewing and inductive thematic analysis, this research seeks to amplify the experiences of a population in Library and Information Studies (LIS) that is often underrepresented: Black, Indigenous and People of Colour (BIPOC) who are in the Master of Library and Information Studies (MLIS) program or are early career professionals. This research also addresses another element often missing in research about BIPOC in LIS: their unique relationship to social media. By understanding the MLIS and social media as two information environments, this research addresses three important research questions: 1) How do BIPOC describe and understand their experiences of race and racialization in the MLIS?; 2) How do BIPOC describe and understand their experiences of race and racialization on social media?; 3) How are participants’ experiences of race and racialization shaped and impacted by the information environments (of social media and MLIS programs) in which they are operating? While centering BIPOC experiences and trying to decenter Whiteness, the findings of this research indicated that Whiteness was always present, in the shadows. The specter of Whiteness was central to this research, describing how Whiteness is haunting: felt, embodied, and understood but often not perceived clearly. Findings indicated that BIPOC were impacted by the specter of Whiteness in descriptions of being isolated or othered in the MLIS and by experiencing second hand racism on social media. While participants described the ways that social media allowed for more opportunities for connection and community than the MLIS, both environments were greatly influenced by the reproduction of Whiteness. However, participants also described resisting Whiteness by refusing to be hyper-visible and through community building with BIPOC. Additionally, this research demonstrated that calling out Whiteness made the specter of Whiteness more material, less invisible, and thus less powerful in some sense.
Effects of the Menstrual Cycle on Daily Blood Glucose Changes During Exercise and in Recovery in Aerobically Fit Athletes
Creators: Martens, Janai M
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

Background: Glucose monitoring is becoming increasingly popular in athletes who are hoping to

optimize their nutrition, training and recovery. Glucose regulation is influenced by several factors,

including the amount and type of exercise performed as well as circulating ovarian hormones in

female athletes. As such, female athletes with fluctuating ovarian hormones across the menstrual

cycle, may experience concurrent changes in blood glucose. Therefore, this study examines

glucose during exercise and in recovery in female athletes in two distinct phases of the menstrual

cycle.

Methods: 11 aerobically fit, naturally cycling female athletes were recruited to participate in this

pilot study. Participants completed two standardized exercise sessions at two different phases of

the menstrual cycle (i.e., early follicular phase (FP) and mid luteal phase (LP)). Continuous

glucose monitors (CGM) were worn for the duration of the menstrual cycle and glucose values

during exercise and in the 24 hours post exercise were analyzed.

Results: There were no significant differences in capillary glucose concentrations between the FP

and LP immediately before (5.6 ± 0.7 vs 5.8 ± 0.5 mmol/L, p= 0.28) or after (5.7 ± 1.0 vs 5.9 ±

1.0 mmol/L, p= 0.28) exercise. Time spent with low interstitial glucose during exercise and in the

24-hour recovery window was minimal in both menstrual cycle phases, with the percent of time

below 3.9 mmol/L being only 4 ± 6% and 3 ± 4% in the FP and the LP respectively (p = 0.82).

Mean CGM glucose during exercise also did not change significantly between menstrual cycle

phases, with mean values of 5.5 ± 1.2 and 5.8 ± 0.9 mmol/L in the FP and the LP respectively (p

= 0.44). Despite the lack of change in glucose throughout the menstrual cycle, respiratory exchange

ratio (RER) during exercise was higher during the LP compared to the FP (p = 0.04), suggesting greater oxidation of carbohydrates at the same relative exercise intensity in the LP compared to

the FP.

Conclusion: Overall, female athletes did not experience significant changes in glucose between

the FP and LP during exercise and in recovery. Furthermore, they did not experience an increased

amount of time with low glucose during 24 hours of recovery from exercise in the FP compared

to the LP.
Process Modeling and Fault Diagnosis via Machine Learning
Creators: Yao, Jiabao
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

This thesis investigates advanced data-driven methods to enhance efficiency and explainability in the industrial process modelling and fault diagnosis. The research focuses on three main topics. Firstly, the Extreme Learning Machine (ELM) based methods with a focus on the novel Sequential Domain Adaptation ELM (S-DAELM) algorithm are developed and implemented. This algorithm enhances the original ELM by providing four operational modes adaptable to various industrial scenarios and excelling in tasks such as approximation, classification, and reconstruction. Results indicate that S-DAELM significantly outperforms traditional ELMs, demonstrating robust performance in both data-limited and data-rich environments. Secondly, this thesis explores the use of Bayesian Belief Network (BBN) based algorithms to visually represent variable causalities and manage uncertainties, mainly focusing on the utilization of Gaussian Bayesian Network (GBN) in continuous time series data. This study has proved the GBN’s capability in accurate modeling, rapid fault detection and fault path identification, providing a robust framework for handling industrial process uncertainties. Finally, this thesis presents a hybrid ELM based Bayesian Network (ELM-BN) algorithm, combining the non-linear approximation power of ELM with the causal explainability and uncertainty handling of BBN. This hybrid algorithm exhibits superior performance in fault detection and root-cause analysis.
Revisiting reclaimed well pads in boreal forests: the role of time and changing criteria in the recovery of vegetation composition, forest structure, and plant traits
Creators: Cole, Hailey
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

Boreal forests provide multiple ecological and economic services, including carbon storage, provision of wildlife habitat and recreational space, and timber supply. In Canada’s western boreal forests, natural resource energy exploration and extraction results in substantial anthropogenic disturbances, including clearing forests for well pads. Well sites are decommissioned and then reclaimed: a process whereby disturbed land is to be set on a trajectory of ecological recovery. However, after meeting reclamation requirements sites are rarely monitored, resulting in uncertainty about long-term successional trajectories. Ecological succession of these post-reclaimed sites may be arrested, contributing to landscape fragmentation and its associated negative consequences. This includes loss of habitat and thus biodiversity, greater vulnerability to invasive species, and changes to ecosystem processes. To understand post-reclamation recovery, we collected data on vegetation at 25 well pads and adjacent reference boreal forests in north-west Alberta, Canada. Taxonomic (e.g., species occurrence), structural (e.g., basal area), functional (e.g., specific leaf area) and soil property (e.g., bulk density) data were used to assess the recovery trajectories of well pads of varying post-certification ages. Multivariate ordinations and analyses, generalized additive mixed models, and mixed effect models were used to quantify recovery patterns. Our analyses demonstrated that well pads of varying ages and criteria groups differed from adjacent reference forests. However, soil FH depth, leaf carbon, and diversity measures showed resilience. Overall, our data suggest that many well pads are not recovering even 44 years post-reclamation and that more time is needed to assess if recent changes to criteria are aiding recovery. Other factors may be influencing the trajectory of recovery in the understory plant community more than the time since post-reclamation. Results from this study can improve our understanding of post-disturbance successional dynamics and may help inform mitigation actions used to remove biological and environmental barriers limiting ecological recovery.
Additional file 1 of Curriculum of bachelor’s degree in forensic science at Al Istiqlal University in Palestine and students’ evaluation of the model
Creators: name: Khalilia, Walid M.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health

description: Additional file 1: Appendix 1. Questionnaire. Appendix 2. Best Universities in USA offering a Bachelor degree in forensic science.
Additional file 1 of Emotional and informational social support from health visitors and breastfeeding outcomes in the UK
Creators: name: Chambers, A
name: Emmott, EH
name: Myers, S
name: Page, AE
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Mental Health
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1.
AUT753016_Lay_Abstract – Supplemental material for Pulling back the curtain: Issues in conducting an intervention study with transition-aged youth with autism spectrum disorder and their families
Creators: name: Burke, Meghan M
name: Waitz-Kudla, Sydney N
name: Rabideau, Carol
name: Taylor, Julie Lounds
name: Hodapp, Robert M
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: 110319 Psychiatry (incl. Psychotherapy)
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Education
subject: 130312 Special Education and Disability
subject: FOS: Educational sciences

description: Supplemental material, AUT753016_Lay_Abstract for Pulling back the curtain: Issues in conducting an intervention study with transition-aged youth with autism spectrum disorder and their families by Meghan M Burke, Sydney N Waitz-Kudla, Carol Rabideau, Julie Lounds Taylor and Robert M Hodapp in Autism
Assessing and Mitigating Social Bias in Text and Natural Language Processing Systems
Creators: Ding, Lei
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

This thesis presents a comprehensive exploration of social biases embedded within texts and Natural Language Processing (NLP) models. It develops innovative algorithms to evaluate and mitigate these biases, thereby enhancing the fairness and effectiveness of NLP applications. The initial phase of the research introduces a novel method for reducing gender bias in static word embeddings, meticulously designed to preserve maximum semantic integrity and explainability. This approach not only achieves state-of-the-art results in gender debiasing tasks but also enhances performance in word similarity evaluations and various downstream NLP tasks.

Expanding the scope, subsequent sections delve into broader evaluations of social biases. A new evaluation framework employing Masked Language Models is introduced, which quantitatively assesses social bias using validated inventories of social cues and words, enabling a systematic linguistic analysis. This framework was applied in a large-scale evaluation of the ChatGPT model in high-stakes environments such as the job market. Our findings reveal how the increasing use of generative AI by both employers and job seekers can reinforce gender and social disparities through biased language.

The final section proposes a statistical hypothesis-testing framework to detect biases in texts generated by MLMs. This unsupervised approach uses sentence perturbation techniques to facilitate effective bias testing across various linguistic contexts. Empirical validation confirms its ability to identify subtle biases, enhancing the framework's practical utility and effectiveness.

Together, these investigations provide a series of comprehensive, effective, and efficient algorithms for studying social bias in textual contexts. They offer valuable insights and practical tools for future researchers and significantly advance the state of the art in NLP research. This thesis contributes to academic knowledge and represents a crucial step toward creating more equitable technological solutions in language processing.
The Development of a Polymer Thin Film as a Point-of-Care Diagnostic Based on Affinity Protein Separation
Creators: Denton, Ryan James
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

Thin film interference provides a qualitative means of detection for a new generation of

highly sensitive POC diagnostics. The purpose of this work was to demonstrate that thin-film

diagnostic technology can be: (1) highly sensitive and stand-alone as a POC diagnostic device;

(2) capable of testing low-concentration, small- and large-volume sample sizes and (3) uses thinfilm interference colour shift principles as a detection method. The device functions by

immobilizing an antibody on an aluminum oxide-covered poly-methyl-methacrylate surface and

then exposing the surface to a high-volume fluid sample containing the corresponding antibody

at a low concentration using an optimized conical draft tube apparatus. Binding leads to the

formation of an antigen-antibody complex, which induces a visible colour shift on the device

surface due to an increase in the optical path length. The limits of detection of the polymer-based

diagnostic were determined for a stationary 20 µL fluid sample and a 500 mL fluid sample

travelling through an optimized draft tube apparatus. The polymer-based diagnostic had a limit

of detection of 0.05 mg/mL (0.33 µM) in a stationary 20 µL fluid sample of anti-prothrombin.

Using the optimized conical draft tube apparatus, the diagnostic device detected antiprothrombin in a 500 mL solution at a concentration of 6.25x10-8 mg/mL (0.42 pM) after a 20-

minute exposure. This was an 800,000-fold improvement in sensitivity compared to the

stationary drop and a 10-fold improvement compared to previous iterations of an anodizedaluminum diagnostic. Additionally, this diagnostic had a 1.6-fold increase in sensitivity in

comparison to an example of a standard enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) test. In

conclusion, the polymer-based diagnostic could detect anti-prothrombin in high-volume, lowconcentration fluid samples, which was quantified by a colour shift on the surface of the wafer

after a 20-minute exposure. Optimizing the conical draft tube to maximize turbulent flow

through the draft tube and on the surface of the wafer improved the device sensitivity by a factor

of 800,000.
Frustrated Lewis Pair Chelation of Low-Oxidation State Pnictogen Centres
Creators: Frenette, Brandon L.
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

The p-block of the periodic table features a wide variety of elements with diverse and powerful reactivity. In particular, elements in group 15 (known as pnictogens), such as nitrogen and phosphorus, are Earth-abundant, commercially relevant, and highly reactive in their low-oxidation state forms, making them useful reagents for chemical synthesis. The reactivity of these species can be partially tamed via coordination to appropriate stabilizing ligands, allowing them to be studied more easily. This thesis explores the utility of intramolecular frustrated Lewis pairs (FLPs; pairs of weakly-interacting Lewis acids and bases) as chelating ligands for the electronic stabilization of low-oxidation state pnictogen centres. A particular focus is placed on the chemistry of FLP-chelated phosphinidenes (phosphorus centres in the +1 oxidation state) and derivatives thereof, which are shown to be useful tools for phosphorus-transfer reactions, as ligands, and as a phosphide (P3–) source for semiconductor deposition. First, the FLP [iPr2P(C6H4)BCy2] is used to stabilize adducts of the parent nitrene [NH] and borylnitrene [NBH2], as well as a formal bis-FLP adduct of [N2Li2], which acts as a source of N(–1). Next, the same FLP ligand is used to isolate an adduct of the parent phosphinidene [PH] and its anionic P(–1) counterpart [PLi], which allows access to other substituted phosphinidene chelates via a salt elimination approach. Other species explored include a bis-FLP adduct of [P2] and a tris-FLP adduct of [P3In], which act as a P2 transfer reagent towards organic substrates, and as a precursor for the thermal deposition of the semiconductor indium phosphide, respectively. The chemistry of the P(–1) ligand is further explored to prepare a zinc bis(phosphido) complex, which acts as a convenient precursor to other P(– 1)-ligated species via transmetallation. The P(–1) and N(–1) chelates are also precursors to FLP adducts of the heavy aryl azide congeners [NPNMes*] and PPNDipp; the latter species undergoes 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition with cyclooctyne, demonstrating azide-like behaviour. Lastly, a kinetic-stabilization approach to isolating a monomeric oxoborane [RBO] species was explored; while this has not yet been successful, efforts en route to this species are presented.
title: Noix de Pécan :
title: Principes directeurs pour la conduite de l’examen de la distinction, de l’homogénéité et de la stabilité.
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: International Union For The Protection Of New Varieties Of Plants,
Publisher: name: International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants,
Year: 0
Subjects: Plants
New Varieties of Plants
Pecan Nut

description: Ces principes directeurs (“principes directeurs d’examen”) visent à approfondir les principes énoncés dans l’introduction générale (document TG/1/3) et dans les documents TGP qui s’y rapportent afin de donner des indications concrètes détaillées pour l’harmonisation de l’examen de la distinction, de l’homogénéité et de la stabilité (DHS) et, en particulier, à identifier des caractères convenant à l’examen DHS et à la production de descriptions variétales harmonisées.