cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Access to medicines in Tanzania: Implementing the trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights (TRIPS) agreement to promote public health
Creators: name: Bakari, Zainab Ally
Publisher: name: University of Kent
Year: 2024

description: Access to medicines has been the subject of global debate for many decades and more recently during the Coronavirus pandemic. There are various contributing factors affecting such access, especially in developing and least developing countries, including Tanzania. Intellectual property rights, particularly patents, are fundamental players in this context. Often owned by large pharmaceutical companies, patents can create barriers and restrictions on fair, equitable and affordable access to medicines. The Agreement on Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) is commonly seen as having aggravated the impact of patents on access to medicines. The World Trade Organization (WTO) has acknowledged these barriers and created various adjustments to limit the negative impact of TRIPS on access to medicines: yet these are generally considered insufficient.
 
This study focuses on the role that TRIPS plays in mediating access to medicines in Tanzania, taking into consideration the particularities of the country's post-colonial history, IP legal regime and pharmaceutical field. It examines the impact that TRIPS has had so far and finds that - although Tanzanians experience local access challenges in relation to poverty levels, the country's rural-urban divide, lack of investment in infrastructure and limited affordability of health insurance - it has added to these challenges and created further hurdles by conferring exclusive rights to patents holders. It, therefore, explores the manifestations of these hurdles and to what extent its so-called flexibilities could enable the country to address the challenges that patents pose to its population's access to medicines. It concludes that there are serious limitations to what flexibilities can achieve and points in the direction of other kinds of action that might be useful in achieving greater access.
Desenvolvimento de Uma Abordagem Sistematizada sobre as Condições de Infra-estruturais de Saúde e Saneamento Ambiental em Praia Seca - Araruama - RJ
Creators: name: Muniz Machado, Anna Virginia
name: PRATA FILHO, Dario de Andrade Prata Filho
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1996

description: Produção técnica para apresentação ao município de Araruama e associação de moradores com título: Desenvolvimento de uma abordagem sistematizada sobre as condições infra-estruturais de saúde e saneamento ambiental em Praia Seca - Araruama - RJ.

O estudo envolveu a definição de temas a serem analisados e a forma de levantamento com a organização de um questionário junto aos moradores e estabelecimentos comerciais.
title: Determinación de factores pronóstico radiológicos y moleculares en el glioblastoma multiforme.
Creators: name: Herrera Herrera, Isabel
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Neuroradiology brain
subject: Molecular imaging
subject: MR
subject: MR-Spectroscopy
subject: Statistics
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Neoplasia

description: Objetivos
Material y método
Resultados
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description: Objetivos:
OBJETIVOS Determinar qué parámetros radiológicos y biológicos están relacionados con el pronóstico en el glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). INTRODUCCIÓN Los glioblastomas ,
tumores grado IV de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (WHO) son los...
title: Papel de la TCMD en los abscesos hepáticos piogénicos causados por Klepsiella pneumoniae
Creators: name: Peñalver Paolini, Carlos Luis
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Abdomen
subject: CT
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Abscess delineation
subject: Abscess
subject: Liver

description: Objetivos
Material y método
Resultados
Conclusiones
description: Objetivos:
El origen de los abscesos hepáticos se ha relacionado a una amplia variedad de microorganismos. Escherichia coli ha sido considerado el germen aislado con mayor frecuencia hasta principios de los años 90,
cuando diversos estudios reportaron un...
Système des tontines et l'investissement des ménages de la ville de Kananga
Creators: name: KAZADI NKASHAMA Médard
name: BUKASA TSHIMANGU Edmond
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: La tontine est devenue une pratique courante dans la vie sociale des ménages dans ville de Kananga. L’objet de cet article est d’identifier les facteurs qui motivent les chefs des ménages à intégrer les tontines, sachant bien sûr que la finalité dans bien des cas c’est l’investissement quel qu’en soit la forme. Pour y parvenir, notre étude est repartie en trois grandes parties dont la première réservée à la revue de la littérature, la deuxième consacrée au contexte de l’étude et la méthodologie, enfin la troisième axée sur la présentation des résultats.  L’analyse des données issues de l’enquête a été faite avec le logiciel Stata 15.1., notre échantillon étant de 150 cotisants de différentes tontines. Après analyse des données à notre possession, nous avons abouti aux résultats selon laquelle : sur 150 enquêtés, 98 soit 65,33% ont intégré les tontines par influence de pair tandis que 52 soit 34,67% n’ont pas subi l’influence de pair. Enfin, l’influence de pair est la variable qui explique l’intégration des tontines dans la ville de Kananga au seuil de 5%.
Similar Occurrence of Febrile Episodes Reported in Non-Atopic Children at Three to Five Years of Age after Prebiotics Supplemented Infant Formula
Creators: name: Stuijvenberg, Margriet Van
name: Stam, José
name: Grüber, Christoph
name: Mosca, Fabio
name: Arslanoglu, Sertac
name: Chirico, Gaetano
name: Braegger, Christian P.
name: Riedler, Josef
name: Boehm, Günther
name: Sauer, Pieter J. J.
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: This is a follow up study of a multicenter randomised placebo-controlled trial in seven centres in five West European countries. The RCT assessed the effect of infant formula supplemented with a mixture of prebiotics (with neutral short-chain and long-chain oligosaccharides and pectin-derived acidic oligosaccharides) during infancy in term-born children (n=1130). In the follow-up study 672 children (60% of the study population) participated: 232 (56%) from the prebiotics group (PG), 243 (58%) from the control group (CG), and 197 (66%) from the non-randomised breast-fed group (BG). The primary outcome was the occurrence of febrile episodes at three to five years of age prospectively documented by the parents: in the PG 1.17 (interquartile range 0.50-2.08) episodes per year versus 1.20 (0.52-2.57) in the CG; and 1.48 (0.65-2.60) in the BG. This specific prebiotics mixture given during infancy in healthy non-atopic subjects does not decrease febrile episodes and therefore seems not to prevent infection between their third and fifth birthday.
Body composition, metabolic profile and fitness in older versus younger type 2 diabetic participants to six months of aerobic exercise, resistance exercise or combined aerobic and resistance exercise
Creators: name: Dittmann, Katherine R
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Health Sciences, Recreation.

description: In previous research, resistance exercise reduced HbA1c primarily in studies of older type 2 diabetic (T2DM) subjects (age>55), while aerobic exercise reduced HbA1c primarily in studies of relatively younger subjects. We compared changes in HbA1c, fitness and body composition in response to 6 months of exercise training in older (55-70 yrs: n= 53) vs. younger (40-54 yrs: n=44) T2DM participants in a randomized trial. Previously inactive T2DM subjects were randomized to aerobic exercise (A; progressing to 45min at 75% HR max, n=24), resistance exercise (R; 2-3 sets of 8-12 RM, n=23), combination aerobic and resistance training (AR; n=25) or a waiting control-list group (C; n=25). Each exercise group trained 3x/wk for 6 months. Strength testing was done using an 8 repetition maximum (RM) protocol for seated row, leg press and bench press. V02peak was assessed using graded treadmill protocols to volitional fatigue. A single cut CT scan was used to quantitate abdominal visceral and subcutaneous fat and mid-thigh muscle cross-section. All tests were performed at baseline and 6-months. The responses of older and younger subjects did not differ significantly on any measure. A1c decreased from 8.0% to 7.1% in younger A, and from 7.4% to 6.7% in older A. In AR decreases were similar: 7.9% to 6.8% in younger AR, 7.8% to 6.8% in older AR. A1c changed little in R: 7.8% to 7.7% in younger R, 7.7 to 7.3% in older R. No significant change in HbA1c occurred in either older or younger subjects in C. Mean increases in VO2peak for A were 6.9% in old and 7.4% in young and for AR were 7.6% in old and 4.9% in young. Strength increased in AR by 47.5%, 51.0% and 37.9% in young and 41.1%, 46.0% and 30.4% in young for bench press, leg press and seated row respectively. The R young group improved by 68.6%, 86.2% and 47.6% and the old by 44.3%, 72.3% and 31.9% for bench press, leg press and seated row respectively. The aerobic only group also improved in strength. Neither VO2peak nor strength changed significantly in C. Therefore, older (55-70 years old) and younger (40-54 year old) T2DM subjects responded similarly to aerobic, resistance or combined exercise in terms of glycemic control, strength, and aerobic fitness.
Design of an SOA-based integrated optical switch
Creators: name: Millett, Ronald
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Electronics and Electrical.

description: This thesis describes and validates the design of an optical switch that uses a vertically-integrated active/passive waveguide in an InP-based heterostructure. The goal was to design a monolithically integrated proof-of-concept 2x2 switch for use in a reconfigurable optical add-drop module (ROADM). The 1x2 building-block used for this switch consists of a passive 3dB power splitter with two semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) incorporated into each of the output arms. The major contributions are an integrated 3dB power splitter design derived from a validated general design procedure based on a reductionist approach, active waveguide modeling based on evanescent coupling to a weakly-confined SOA region for the switch function, and preliminary layout designs of 2x2 and 4x4 switch fabrics. The performance of the switch was determined through finite-element analysis using FEMLAB, based on material simulations performed using OptiHS, employing post-processing in MATLAB, and validated with beam-propagation analysis using OptiBPM.
Media Culture, Artifact and Gender Identity: An Analysis of Bratz Dolls
Creators: name: Levesque, Lauren Patricia
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Psychology, Developmental.
subject: Mass Communications.
subject: Recreation.

description: It could be argued that girl's play is witnessing a drastic transformation. This alteration is fostering much debate surrounding young girls and their notion of self identity. Neil Postman (1982) argues that childhood no longer exists as it has disappeared through the mass media. Likewise, Sharon Lamb (2001, 2006) argues that young girls are continually being sold the ideal attitude and a hyper-sexualized self identity through the media messages and products they consume. Such a problematic transformation raises several concerns with regards to girlhood studies. My research asks how MGA Entertainment's Bratz dolls place identity formation into question. By exploring the aforementioned notions, my research explores girl's play and identity and looks at how it contributes to the shaping of how a girl's choice in play impacts girlhood. I argue that such a claim would be best explored and answered through interviewing young girls and their mothers.
A VP-internalresultative analysis of 4 "VP-external" uses of Slavic verbal prefixes
Creators: name: Zaucer, Rok
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Language, Linguistics.
subject: Literature, Slavic and East European.

description: This thesis is about the structure of prefixed verbs in Slavic and the syntax of resultative secondary predication. The topic is explored through four case studies of different prefixed-verb constructions (Slovenian na-laufati se [on-run self] 'get one' s fill of running', Slovenian/Russian na-brati/na-brat' [on-gather] 'gather a quantity of, Slovenian pre-sedeti [through-sit] and Russian pro-sidet' [through-sit] 'spend time sitting'). The discussion is cast against the often hypothesized distinction between VP-internal/resultative and VP-external prefixes, for which all four constructions present a puzzle. For example, some of the prefixes in these constructions can stack on a verbal base that already contains a VP-internal/resultative prefix, which is typically considered a diagnostic of VP-externality. On the other hand, these same prefixes also change the argument structure of their input, which is the hallmark of resultative secondary predication. The thesis argues that the constructions discussed all contain VP-internal/resultative prefixes. This conclusion opens another puzzle: when these prefixes stack over another resultative prefix, we have two resultative prefixes on one verbal root. This appears to go against the widely-assumed hypothesis that there can be only one resultative secondary predicate per verb. The thesis reconciles this hypothesis with the investigated data by proposing that, surface appearances notwithstanding, the syntactic structure of such doubly-prefixed 'verbs' in fact contains two VPs, each of which embeds a prefix-headed resultative secondary predicate; one of the V' s, however, is null. The postulation of two VPs is supported with various kinds of novel data, including adverbial modification, aspectual patterning, and the occurrence of two unselected objects. The two VPs are proposed to be concatenated in a manner similar to one that has been proposed for some serial verb constructions, in a conjunction-like structure under a single Tense node. The results of the thesis have consequences for the general theory of resultative secondary predication, for the theory of null verbs, and for the often hypothesized distinction between VP-internal/resultative and VP-external prefixation in Slavic.
Modellhafte energetische Optimierung des umweltgeschädigten Beamtenhauses am Kloster St. Marienthal
Creators: name: Franzen, Christoph
name: Löther, Thomas
name: Zötzl, Matthias
Publisher: name: Institut für Diagnostik und Konservierung an Denkmalen in Sachsen und Sachsen-Anhalt e.V.
Year: 2011
Subjects: Conservation Sciences

description: In dem Projekt wurde modellhaft aufgezeigt, wie in einem differenzierten Vorgehen denkmalverträgliche Lösungen zur Energieeinsparung an einem bewohnten Denkmal erarbeitet werden können. Ein gezielt geplantes Untersuchungsprogramm kann die Bestandssituation problemorientiert abbilden. So können Folgefehler, die bei der Adaption von Wärmedämmmaßnahmen an historischen Gebäuden durchaus auftreten können, vermieden werden.
P300 and cognitive ability: Processing demands, equivocation, and speed of processing during simple cognitive tasks.
Creators: name: Houlihan, Michael Edward.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1994
Subjects: subject: Psychology, Psychobiology.

description: The hypothesis that individual differences in mental ability depend, in part, on the speed or efficiency of performing elementary cognitive tasks was examined. Performance and event-related potential measures were determined during the performance of a Sternberg memory scanning task with three levels of difficulty, a category matching task, and a synonym-antonym task. In each task two stimuli were presented sequentially on each trial. In the Sternberg task, the first stimulus was one, three, or five letters and is called the memory set. The second stimulus was a probe stimulus. A category name and a category exemplar were presented in each trial of the category matching task. The two stimulus words presented in each trial of the synonym-antonym task were either synonyms or antonyms. Reaction time, movement time, and reaction time standard deviation were all negatively correlated with intelligence at levels consistent with previous research. In the Sternberg task, P300 amplitude to the first stimulus increased as the number of items in the memory set increased, affirming that P300 amplitude is sensitive to demands for processing resources. P300 amplitude to the first stimulus was smaller for higher ability than lower ability subjects. This is consistent with the idea that lower ability subjects require greater processing resources than higher ability subjects. The ERP differences between higher and lower ability subjects to the first stimulus were greater at fronto-central electrode sites than at Pz where P300 is maximal. P300 amplitude to the target stimulus decreased as set size increased. This is consistent with the view that P300 amplitude is sensitive to changes in task difficulty. P300 amplitude to the second stimulus tended to be larger for the higher ability group, an effect that can be understood in terms of equivocation. P300 latency to both the first and second stimulus increased as the set size increased, affirming that P300 latency is a measure of the time required for stimulus evaluation and classification. Higher ability subjects displayed longer P300 latency to the first stimulus than lower ability subjects. The longer P300 latency to the first stimulus suggests that higher ability subjects devote more time to stimulus analysis and planning than lower ability subjects. The performance of higher ability subjects on these tasks was characterised by the more efficient deployment of processing resources and less equivocation than lower ability subjects. Speed of processing and speed of motor response were faster for higher ability than lower ability subjects.
title: Wege zur digitalen Qualifikation
title: Wege zur digitalen Qualifikation
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Attallah, Martin
name: Bornschein, Mathias
name: Curdt, Constanze
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2020

description: Die digitale Transformation ist eine der größten Herausforderungen für Wissenschaft, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft. Insbesondere der Mangel an digital qualifiziertem Personal betrifft alle Allianz-Organisationen gleichermaßen. Um dieser Herausforderung entgegenzutreten, sollte schnellstens gehandelt werden. Durch eine Bündelung der Kräfte der Allianz-Organisationen kann es gelingen - in angemessener Zeit - kurz bis langfristige Lösungsansätze zu Verbesserung der Situation für das gesamte Wissenschaftssystem zu erreichen. Gemeinsame Lösungen erstrecken sich vom Übergang Schule zum Studium, über das Studium und die Qualifikationsphasen bis zur wissenschaftlichen Weiterbildung. Ein Lösungsspektrum kann vom Austausch von "good practice" Beispielen bis hin zur gemeinsamen Entwicklung von Angeboten, Formaten und Strategien reichen. Nachfolgend werden die Herausforderungen im Wissenschaftssystem beschrieben, benötigte Kompetenzen und daraus abgeleitet Eckpunkte für eine Umsetzung vorgeschlagen. In: Wege zur digitalen Qualifikation : Ein Diskussionspapier der Arbeitsgruppe "Digital qualifiziertes Personal" (AG 6) in Kooperation mit der Arbeitsgruppe "Digitales Lernen, Lehren und Vernetzen" (AG 5) / Autorinnen und Autoren: Martin Attallah [und 26 weitere]. - Potsdam, März 2020. - 1 Onlineressource (6 Seiten). - Online-Ausgabe; Dateigröße / Dateiumfang: 214,64 KB, Seite 1
Simplifying sensemaking: Concept, process, strengths, shortcomings, and ways forward for information systems in contemporary business environments
Creators: name: Namvar, Morteza
name: Cybulski, Jacob L.
name: Phang, Cynthia Su Chen
name: Ee, Yaw Seng
name: Tan, Kevin Tee Liang
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Sensemaking is a popular and useful organizational behaviour concept that is gaining visibility in the field of information systems. However, it remains relatively unknown compared to more established information systems concepts like technology acceptance and resistance. To enhance and propel greater use of sensemaking in information systems, this article offers a systematic explanation of sensemaking, specifically focusing on its concept, process, strengths, and shortcomings, as well as discussing ways forward for information systems in contemporary business environments.
Intersection graphs, fraternally orientable graphs and hamiltonian cycles.
Creators: name: Iturriaga-Velazquez, Claudia C.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1994
Subjects: subject: Mathematics.

description: Consider a graph G(V, E), where V and E denote the vertex and edge sets of G(V, E), respectively. An orientation $\vec G$ of G(V, E) is the result of giving an orientation to the edges of G. A directed graph is fraternally oriented if for every three vertices u, v, w, the existence of the edges $u\to w$ and $v\to w$ implies that $u\to v$ or $v\to u$. A graph G is fraternally orientable if there exists an orientation $\vec G$ that is fraternally oriented. In this thesis we study some properties of fraternally orientable graphs, and we describe an algorithm to find a hamiltonian cycle in strongly connected fraternally oriented graphs $\vec G$.
The QUEST for quality online health information: validation of a short quantitative tool
Creators: name: Robillard, Julie M.
name: Jun, Jessica H.
name: Lai, Jen-Ai
name: Feng, Tanya L.
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2018

description: Background: Online health information is unregulated and can be of highly variable quality. There is currently no singular quantitative tool that has undergone a validation process, can be used for a broad range of health information, and strikes a balance between ease of use, concision and comprehensiveness. To address this gap, we developed the QUality Evaluation Scoring Tool (QUEST). Here we report on the analysis of the reliability and validity of the QUEST in assessing the quality of online health information. Methods: The QUEST and three existing tools designed to measure the quality of online health information were applied to two randomized samples of articles containing information about the treatment (n = 16) and prevention (n = 29) of Alzheimer disease as a sample health condition. Inter-rater reliability was assessed using a weighted Cohen’s kappa (κ) for each item of the QUEST. To compare the quality scores generated by each pair of tools, convergent validity was measured using Kendall’s tau (τ) ranked correlation. Results: The QUEST demonstrated high levels of inter-rater reliability for the seven quality items included in the tool (κ ranging from 0.7387 to 1.0, P < .05). The tool was also found to demonstrate high convergent validity. For both treatment- and prevention-related articles, all six pairs of tests exhibited a strong correlation between the tools (τ ranging from 0.41 to 0.65, P < .05). Conclusions: Our findings support the QUEST as a reliable and valid tool to evaluate online articles about health. Results provide evidence that the QUEST integrates the strengths of existing tools and evaluates quality with equal efficacy using a concise, seven-item questionnaire. The QUEST can serve as a rapid, effective, and accessible method of appraising the quality of online health information for researchers and clinicians alike.
title: Entwicklung von integrierten Szenarien zur Erreichung der umweltbezogenen Ziele der Nationalen Nachhaltigkeitsstrategie
title: Integrierten Nachhaltigkeitsszenarien
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Rammig, Hanna
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Szenario
subject: Nachhaltigkeitsstrategie
subject: Umwelt
subject: Freizeitbereich
subject: Nachhaltigkeit
subject: Umweltindikator
subject: Nachhaltige Entwicklung
subject: Nachhaltigkeit | Strategien | Internationales
subject: Sustainability | Strategies | International matters

description: Die Nationale Nachhaltigkeitsstrategie (⁠NHS⁠) sollte zu einem großen Teil den Kurs der nachhaltigen Entwicklung in Deutschland bestimmen. Ziel des Vorhabens der „Entwicklung von integrierten Szenarien zur Erreichung der umweltbezogenen Zie-le der Nationalen Nachhaltigkeitsstrategie“ ist es, verschiedene Optionen zu erarbei-ten, wie den umweltbezogenen Ziele der Nationalen Nachhaltigkeitsstrategie näher gekommen werden könnte. Hierzu wurden zunächst Umfeldszenarien entwickelt, die den externen Kontext für die Gestaltung von ⁠Nachhaltigkeit⁠ beschreiben. Dann wurden Lenkungsszenarien zu den drei Bedürfnisfeldern „Freizeit, Wohnen und Ernährung“ erarbeitet. In einem dritten Schritt wurde überprüft, wie die verschie-denen Lösungsräume der Bedürfnisfelder zu den Umfeldszenarien passen.
Risky sexual behavior among patients on long-term antiretroviral therapy: a prospective cohort study in urban and rural Uganda
Creators: name: Okoboi, Stephen
name: Castelnuovo, Barbara
name: Moore, David M.
name: Musaazi, Joseph
name: Kambugu, Andrew
name: Birungi, Josephine
name: Kaleebu, Pontiano
name: Nanfuka, Mastula
name: Kamya, Moses R.
name: Van Rie, Annelies
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2018

description: Background: While the effects of initiation of antiretroviral treatment (ART) on risky sexual behavior have been extensively studied, less is known about the long-term changes in risky sexual behavior over time in resource-poor settings. Methods: We conducted a secondary longitudinal analysis of one rural and one urban cohort of patients who initiated ART in Uganda between April 2004 and July 2007 followed up-to 2016. Data on sexual behavior were collected every 6 months for 3.5 years in individuals on ART ≥ 4 years (baseline) when a behavioral questionnaire was introduced. Risky sexual behavior was defined as sexual intercourse with ≥ 2 partners or inconsistent or no condom use in previous 6 months. We report characteristics overall, and by cohort. We used multivariable generalized estimating equations logistic regression to assess the effects of time on ART on risky sexual behavior. Results: Of 1012 participants, 402 (39.8%) were urban and 610 (60.2%) were rural residents. Mean age was 42.8 years (SD 8.5). Mean duration of follow-up was 51.3 months (SD 15.3), but longer for urban than rural participants (64.5 vs 36.4 months). Risky sexual behavior declined from 33.1% at baseline to 9.6% after 3.5 years of follow-up in the rural cohort (p ≤ 0.01 for the test of trend) and was unchanged from 9.7% at baseline to 9.9% after 3.5 years in the urban cohort (p = 0.51). Receiving care at a rural clinic (aOR 4.99, 95% CI 3.64–6.84); male gender (aOR 1.66, 95% CI 1.26–2.19) and being younger (aOR 5.60, 95% CI 3.80–8.25 for 18–34 years and aOR 2.34, 95% CI 1.74–3.14 for 35–44 years) were associated with increased odds of risky sexual behavior. Not being married (aOR 0.25; 95% CI 0.19–0.34), and longer time on ART (aOR 0.71 95% CI 0.67–0.76) were associated with reduced odds of risky sex. Conclusions: We observed a decline in risky sexual behavior in rural people on long-term (≥ 4 years) ART. Rural, male and young individuals had higher odds of self-reported risky sexual behavior. ART programs should continue to emphasize risk reduction practices, especially among people receiving care in rural health facilities, males, younger individuals and those who are married.
Elemente einer erfolgreichen Ressourcenschonungspolitik
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Ressourcenerhaltung
subject: Materialeffizienz
subject: Ressourcenpolitik
subject: Ressourceneffizienz
subject: Natürliche Ressource
subject: Nicht erneuerbare Rohstoffe
subject: Rohstoffproduktivität
subject: Ressourcenschutz
subject: Ressourceneffizenz
subject: Ressourceneffizienzpolitik
subject: Ressourcenschutzpolitik
subject: Natürliche Ressourcen
subject: Begrenzte Rohstoffe
subject: Abfall | Ressourcen
subject: Waste | Resources

description: Die natürlichen Ressourcen wie abiotische und biotische Primärrohstoffe (inkl. Energieträger), Fläche, Wasser, Boden, strömende Ressourcen wie Erdwärme, Wind-, Gezeiten- und Sonnenenergie und ⁠Ökosystemleistungen⁠ bilden die essentielle Grundlage allen menschlichen Lebens und Wirtschaftens. Die Nutzung natürlicher Ressourcen steigt seit Jahren kontinuierlich, allein der weltweite Verbrauch an Primärrohstoffen verdoppelte sich in den letzten 30 Jahren auf 68 Mrd. t. Im Jahr 2050 wird die auf bis zu 10 Mrd. Menschen wachsende Weltbevölkerung schätzungsweise über 140 Mrd. t Mineralien, Erze, fossile Brennstoffe und ⁠Biomasse⁠ verbrauchen, wenn die heute bevorzugten Konsummuster beibehalten werden (⁠UNEP⁠ 2011). Dieses Tempo und die Intensität der Eingriffe belasten die Ökosysteme zunehmend und gefährden damit auch das Wohlergehen der Weltbevölkerung.
title: Nothing about us without us? Exploring resistance to child participation in the global governance towards the elimination of child labour
Creators: name: Bartsch, Ilka Catherine
Publisher: name: Hertie School
Year: 2024

description: Child participation in policymaking has gained growing recognition and implementation since the 1990s. An exception is the global governance of child labour. Despite the urgency to reach SDG 8.7 and eliminate child labour by 2025, participation of working children remains limited. While existing literature has identified considerable resistance to child participation, it has failed to provide comprehensive explanations. Therefore, this research examines the persistence of resistance to child participation in the global governance of child labour. For this purpose, it employs a critical discourse analysis according to Fairclough to uncover relations of power on the issue of child participation. Specifically, the language used by the most relevant stakeholders in the realm of the International Year on the Elimination of Child Labour in 2021 and the 5th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour in 2022 is examined in relation to the broader context of the global governance of child labour.

The research confirms that the dominant discourses on the global governance of child labour – a collective action discourse, a political discourse, and a human-centred discourse – contribute to the resistance to child participation by creating an aversion to taking full responsibility and accountability for child labour. Nevertheless, the findings indicate a potential shift towards increased child participation. This potential is derived from new combinations of the dominant discourses and a democratic discourse on child participation as primarily used by children, as well as the limited instances of child participation in the given context.

Based on these findings, it offers recommendations for working children and their advocates to reinforce the shift towards child participation by emphasizing children’s agency and the rights-based focus, as well as targeting both aligning and opposing key stakeholders.
description: Master's theses submitted to the Hertie School; 3/2024
title: Le città e i territori del PNRR. Casi e approfondimenti 2
Creators: name: Croci, Edoardo
name: Lombardi, Patrizia
name: Vitali, Walter
Publisher: name: Urban@it Centro nazionale  di studi per le politiche urbane; Dipartimento di Architettura dell’Università di Bologna
Year: 2024

description: Nel 2016 l’Unione Europea ha lanciato l'Agenda Urbana attraverso il Patto di Amsterdam, con l'obiettivo di migliorare legislazioni e finanziamenti per lo sviluppo urbano. Diversi Paesi, come Spagna e Germania, hanno sviluppato agende urbane nazionali, mentre l'Italia è ancora in ritardo. Nonostante l'istituzione del Comitato interministeriale per le politiche urbane (CIPU) nel 2012, i tentativi di coordinare le politiche urbane nazionali sono falliti a causa di problemi amministrativi e mancanza di volontà politica. Tuttavia, il Ministero delle Infrastrutture ha pubblicato nel 2022 la sua Agenda Urbana, parte di un progetto più ampio legato alla Strategia nazionale per lo sviluppo sostenibile e il Piano Nazionale di Ripresa e Resilienza (PNRR).
Le statut de l'intergenerique chez Rejean Ducharme Saint-Vincent-Ferrier: Adaptation theatrale des Enfantomes
Creators: name: Lavigne, Mishka
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Literature, Canadian (French).

description: L'oeuvre de Rejean Ducharme est complexe et a pris plusieurs formes a savoir le roman, le theatre, le scenario de film et la chanson. La premiere partie de la presente these intitulee Le statut de l'intergenerique chez Rejean Ducharme traitera des adaptations produites par Lorraine Pintai et Martin Faucher autour de l'oeuvre de Ducharme et des oeuvres du corpus ducharmien issues des differents genres litteraires. Par le biais cette analyse, ont ete degagees des constantes d'ecriture (themes, personnages et langue) qui ont nourri la redaction de la partie creation qui, sous le titre Saint-Vincent-Ferrier, propose une adaptation theatrale du roman Les enfantomes. Fidele au "style" de l'auteur, elle s'appuie a la fois sur les relations recurrentes des personnages ducharmiens telles le duo gemellaire et le triangle du desir, et sur les thematiques propres a l'oeuvre, en particulier la trahison de l'enfance, et cherche a creer une langue ludique qui tienne compte de la dimension orale du dialogue theatral. Afin de respecter la postmodernite du roman, soulignee par plusieurs critiques, l'adaptation s'inspire de principes issus du theatre postdramatique definis par Hans-Thies Lehmann. A sa suite, les choix ayant preside a sa redaction sont justifies dans une derniere partie qui les met en rapport avec l'ecriture de Rejean Ducharme.
Dynamique d'une filiation sous tension Catholicisme, nation et nationalisme dans le Québec contemporain
Creators: name: Laniel, Jean-François
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Religion, General.
subject: Canadian Studies.
subject: Sociology, Social Structure and Development.

description: Au tournant des années 1960 et de la Révolution tranquille, le Québec a connu l'aboutissement sociopolitique d'une profonde remise en question des institutions publiques catholiques et de l'identité nationale canadienne française. Ce travail de refondation collective hors des cadres historiques du catholicisme et du Canada français s'est traduit, pour maints intellectuels québécois, par l'institutionnalisation, dans la pensée commune comme dans les réflexions savantes, d'un grand récit séculariste et moderniste interprétant, sinon réduisant, l'évolution de la société québécoise à un schéma dichotomique tradition/modernité. Pourtant, le Québec moderne et laïc présente, à l'instar de nombreux anciens pays de la chrétienté, une persistance ciblée à l'endroit de l'Église catholique. À l'encontre de la lecture séculariste forte, l'Église catholique a en effet su s'adapter, selon les contextes sociohistoriques, aux différents processus de modernisation. Dans la foulée des travaux de Daniele Hervieu-Léger, Grace Davie et David Martin sur les " modernités religieuses multiples ", cette thèse exploratoire et évaluative se penche sur la pertinence d'études contemporaines entre le catholicisme et le nationalisme québécois post-Révolution tranquille. Une lecture théorique, sociohistorique et statistique (s'échelonnant de 1974 à 2008 et effectuée à partir des World Value Surveys et des Études électorales canadiennes) des rapports entre catholicisme et nationalisme québécois relève la fécondité de leurs interrelations contemporaines. En dernière instance, cette thèse suggère que le catholicisme québécois post-Révolution tranquille conserve une fonction culturelle et nationale, dans la mesure ou il contribue à inscrire les Québécois dans une trame historique et identitaire distinctive, et à ce titre, participe activement, non sans tensions, de l'expression nationaliste des Québécois modernes.
Aspects of memory capacity and confidence in contingency judgements
Creators: name: Clement, Melanie
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Psychology, Cognitive.

description: Theories of contingency judgements generally agree that (1) memory is a structure that possesses a limited capacity and that (2) it plays an important role in the detection and assessment of covariations. Empirical evidence, although limited in the specific context of contingency judgements, seems to support these notions. While theorists agree that some information needs to be held in memory in order to reach a contingency judgement, they disagree, however, on the exact type of information. As a result, they offer different predictions as to what would increase memory load as involved in contingency judgements. Kareev (1995, 1997) implicitly assumes that people attempt to memorize the sequence of events leading to a contingency judgement and, therefore, the longer the series of events, the higher the memory load. On the other hand, Wagner (1976, 1981; Rescorla & Wagner, 1972) proposes that people base their judgement on the strength of a "mental bond" rather than the recall of the series of episodes. In this view, the manipulation that taxes memory capacity is not the length of a series of events but the presence of multiple simultaneous contingencies. The current thesis aimed at clarifying the role that memory plays in the assessment of covariations by contrasting these two opposing viewpoints. Five experiments examined the role of memory capacity in contingency judgements by means of: (1) increasing the length of the series of single events experienced; (2) increasing the number of contingencies presented simultaneously; (3) examining the effect of individual memory capacity. Results generally support Wagner's theory with additional findings falling outside of the theory's explanatory power.
Exploring Simulation and Debriefing as an Educational Strategy for Perioperative Nurse Learners: A Case Study
Creators: name: Clendinneng, Debra B
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Education, Health.

description: Simulation and debriefing are indivisible components of an important educational strategy being used for educating healthcare professionals. Simulation provides reproducible experiences so learners acquire essential cognitive and psychomotor skills through repetitive practice in environments that mimic clinical reality but eliminate patient risk. Postsimulation debriefing, the cornerstone of this experiential process, is a structured, guided activity where learners are encouraged to collectively and individually explore and reflect upon their experiences in order to improve future performances. The aim of this qualitative case study was to explore simulation and debriefing as experienced by a purposive sample of nine nurse learners and one facilitator while participating in a post-graduate, perioperative nursing program. Guiding questions were: 1. What are the perceptions of perioperative nurse learners participating in the simulation and debriefing process? 2. How does post-simulation debriefing impact the learning process for nurses participating in a perioperative clinical laboratory course? 3. How does the facilitator experience and explain debriefing within this case study? Through researcher observation, video capture of multiple simulations and postsimulation debriefings, semi-structured interviews and learner journaling, common themes emerged that relate to benefits and drawbacks to learning in the simulation environment. The study's findings are reported within participant profiles. Recommendations are made regarding the design of simulation experiences, the use of a debriefing conceptual framework to enhance experiential learning, and ways to enhance debriefer efficacy. Implications of the study revolve around the complexity of designing and enacting simulation and postsimulation debriefing that provides all learners with a positive experiential learning opportunity. When optimal conditions exist, simulation and debriefing can result in transformative learning that is transferrable from the simulation laboratory to the clinical setting. Areas for future research include investigating what types of simulation and debriefing experiences help learners to transition knowledge, skills and judgment from the simulation setting to the clinical environment. Researchers must also determine if simulated experiences can be considered equivalent to direct patient care and thus be used confidently in this manner for educating healthcare professionals.
Optionen zur Weiterentwicklung von Anpassungsstrategie
Creators: name: Knieling, Jörg
name: Mahrenholz, Petra
name: Knierim, Andrea
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2017

description: Anpassung an den Klimawandel kann zur nachhaltigen Entwicklung beitragen, insbesondere wenn sie mit sozialen Innovationen einhergeht. Das Kapitel untersucht transformative Ansätze zur Anpassung, die im Angesicht von tiefgreifenden Klimarisiken notwendig werden und über ein reines mainstreaming von Maßnahmen in bestehende Instrumente hinausgeht. Geschildert wird deren Steuerung mithilfe von Rechts-, ökonomischen und zunehmend auch informellen Instrumenten. Beispiele gelungener governance-Ansätze veranschaulichen die Möglichkeiten von Politik und privaten Akteuren, unter anderem durch Partizipation und Kommunikationsaktivitäten. Quelle: http://link.springer.com
Development of three dimensional multicomponent model for cold spray direct manufacturing process
Creators: name: Faizan-Ur-Rab, Muhammad
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Cold spray is a rapid deposition process in which particles accelerate to velocities above supersonic speeds (1000-1500m/s) to establish coatings and directly manufacture bulk structures. Earlier, a calibrated k-ε type three dimensional (3D) model revealed the state of cold spray gas conditions (temperature, pressure, velocity). In this study, the aim is to further develop the earlier model. A 3D multicomponent model has been developed for the cold spray that includes Nitrogen (N2) and Helium (He) under supersonic conditions. Multicomponent refers to the coupling of high speed N2/He with surrounding air. The 3D model was validated against three cold spray experiments, namely, substrate temperature measurement, particle image velocimetry (PIV) and particle location measurements. The outcomes of 3D model were within 10-15% accuracy when compared against experimental results. It is believed that the model outcomes would be useful to optimize system design, deposition process, and mechanical properties of the additively manufactured cold spray structures.
Reporting completeness of the AIDS Case Reporting Surveillance System.
Creators: name: Whitehead, Jeffrey J.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1997
Subjects: subject: Health Sciences, Public Health.

description: The problem. The AIDS Case Reporting Surveillance System (ACRSS) is a passive surveillance system that was initiated in 1982. It is used to follow the health impact of HIV in the population at large and to determine HIV prevalence through back-calculation. An assessment of the proportion of all AIDS cases reported out of all AIDS cases diagnosed (i.e., reporting completeness) was required as part of the evaluation of this surveillance system. Methods. A number of secondary data sources were considered; the use of death certificate data from the Canadian Mortality Data Base (CMDB) was chosen by a process of elimination. Reporting completeness to the AIDS Case Reporting Surveillance System is about 85% which compares well with that seen in other countries. Reporting completeness is lower for females than males. Reporting completeness varies by province with Quebec, P.E.I., and New Brunswick having the lowest rates of reporting. Alberta and Ontario have the highest rates of reporting. Reporting is less complete in those that die in smaller communities. Reporting completeness decreased slightly during the 1980s. The most important finding is the trend to increased underreporting with time. Future validations of reporting completeness will become more difficult in Quebec due to the lack of initials on their dataset. The causes of incomplete reporting will only be elucidated with qualitative investigation. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
As Aventuras de Bob: Um cachorro de apartamento
Creators: name: Neves, Raquel A. F.
name: Bandeira, Rayane
name: Gonçalves-de-Albuquerque, Cassiano F.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Este produto técnico foi desenvolvido no âmbito do projeto interinstitucional Animais e Cia, desenvolvido pela Pró-Reitoria de Extensão e Cultura (ProExC) da Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO) e o Instituto Carioca de Atividades (ICA), sob nº de processo 23102.003105/2023-72.
title: Formas especiales de tendinopatía calcificante insercional del manguito rotador, con predominio de la afectación ósea. A propósito de 3 casos.
Creators: name: Alcalá-Galiano Rubio, Andrea
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Extremities
subject: Musculoskeletal bone
subject: Musculoskeletal soft tissue
subject: Conventional radiography
subject: MR
subject: CT

description: Objetivos
Material y método
Resultados
Conclusiones
description: Objetivos:
NOTA: Desde el envío del resumen se presentaron 3 casos adicionales que hemos incluido. OBJETIVOS Describir el espectro de hallazgos por imagen de una forma infrecuente de tendinopatía calcificante del manguito rotador. Diferenciar esta entidad de...
title: Trombosis portal en pacientes esplenectomizados por vía laparoscopica: ¿una entidad infradiagnosticada?
Creators: name: García Roch, Carmen
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Ischaemia / Infarction
subject: Complications
subject: Contrast agent-intravenous
subject: Ultrasound-Colour Doppler
subject: Ultrasound
subject: Haematologic
subject: Spleen
subject: Liver

description: Objetivos
Material y método
Resultados
Conclusiones
description: Objetivos:
Conocer la incidencia,
extensión y relación con la patología de base, de trombosis portal en pacientes esplenectomizados mediante ecografía y ecografía con...