cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Development of Left Ventricular Longitudinal Speckle Tracking Echocardiography in Very Low Birth Weight Infants with and without Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia during the Neonatal Period
Creators: name: Czernik, Christoph
name: Rhode, Stefanie
name: Helfer, Sven
name: Schmalisch, Gerd
name: Bührer, Christoph
name: Schmitz, Lothar
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Objectives In preterm infants, postnatal myocardial adaptation may be complicated by bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD). We aimed to describe the development of left ventricular function by serial 2D, Doppler, and speckle tracking echocardiography (2D-STE) in infants with and without BPD during the neonatal period and compare these to anthropometric and conventional hemodynamic parameters. Study Design Prospective echocardiography on day of life (DOL) 1, 7, 14, and 28 in 119 preterm infants <1500 g birth weight of whom 36 developed BPD (need for oxygen supplementation at 36 weeks gestational age). Non-BPD and BPD infants differed significantly in median (IQR) gestational age (25.5(24–26.5) weeks vs. 29(27–30) weeks, p<0.001) and birth weight (661(552–871) g vs. 1100(890–1290) g, p<0.001). Results The intra- and inter-observer variability of the 2D-STE parameters measured did not depend on time of measurement, although there were significant differences in the reproducibility of the parameters. Low intra- and inter-observer variability was seen for longitudinal systolic strain and strain rate mid septum with a median CV (coefficient of variation) of <4.6%. Much higher CVs (>10%) were seen for the apical segment. While anthropometric parameters show rapid development during the first 4 weeks of life, the speckle tracking parameters did not differ statistically significantly during the neonatal period. Infants with and without BPD differed significantly (p<0.001) in the development of anthropometric parameters, conventional hemodynamic parameters except for heart rate, and 2D-STE parameters: global longitudinal systolic strain rate (GLSSR) and longitudinal systolic strain for the mid left wall (LSSR). The largest differences were seen at DOL 1 and 7 in GLSSR (p<0.001) and in LSSR (p<0.01). Conclusions Reproducible 2D-STE measurements are possible in preterm infants <1500 g. Cardiac deformation reveals early (DOL 1 and 7) ventricular changes (GLSSR and LSSR) in very low birth weight infants who develop BPD.
Geothermal systems on the island of Bali, Indonesia
Creators: name: Purnomo, Budi Joko
name: Pichler, Thomas
Publisher: name: Elsevier Science
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Bali
subject: Carbonate host-hock
subject: Seawater input
subject: Geothermometer
subject: Volcanic host-rock
subject: 2H and 18O isotope
subject: 550

description: This paper presents an overview of the geothermal systems on the island of Bali, Indonesia. Physicochemical data of hot springs and shallow geothermal wells were collected from four geothermal locations: Penebel, Batur, Banjar and Banyuwedang. The concentrations for the three main anions varied significantly indicating a different geothermal history. The values for Cl− ranged from 0.1 to 1000 mg/L, for HCO3− from 20 to 2200 mg/L and for SO42 − from 0.1 to 500 mg/L. Although the island of Bali is underlain by carbonate rocks, a carbonate host rock for the geothermal reservoirs could not be confirmed, because the (Ca2 + + Mg2 +)/HCO3− molar ratios were approximately 0.4, well below 1.0 and the K/Mg ratios were approaching those of a calc-alkaline rock reservoir. The HCO3− of the thermal waters correlated with Ca2 +, Mg2 +, Sr2 + and K+ indicating water–rock interaction in the presence of carbonic acid. Phase separation was inferred for the Bedugul and Banjar geothermal systems, because of relatively high B/Cl ratios. Boron isotopes were determined for selected samples with values ranging from δ11B of 1.3 to 22.5‰ (NBS 951). The heavy δ11B of + 22.5‰ together with a low B/Cl ratio indicated seawater input in the Banyuwedang geothermal system. The hydrogen and oxygen isotopic composition of the thermal water plotted along the global meteoric water line (GMWL) and close to the mean annual value for precipitation in Jakarta indicating a meteoric origin of the geothermal water. Comparison of the Si, Na/K, Na/K/Ca and Na/Li geothermometers with actual reservoir temperature measurements and physicochemical considerations led to the conclusion that the Na/Li thermometer provided most reliable results for the determination of geothermal reservoir temperatures on Bali. Using this thermometer, the following reservoir temperatures were calculated: (1) Penebel (Bedugul) from 235 to 254 °C, (2) Batur 240 °C and (3) Banjar 255 °C. Due to seawater input this thermometer could not be applied to the Banyuwedang geothermal system. There application of a SiO2 thermometer indicated a reservoir temperature below 100 °C.
Relatively frequent switching of transcription start sites during cerebellar development
Creators: name: Zhang, Peter
name: Dimont, Emmanuel
name: Ha, Thomas
name: Swanson, Douglas J.
name: Hide, Winston
name: Goldowitz, D.
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2017

description: Background: Alternative transcription start site (TSS) usage plays important roles in transcriptional control of mammalian gene expression. The growing interest in alternative TSSs and their role in genome diversification spawned many single-gene studies on differential usages of tissue-specific or temporal-specific alternative TSSs. However, exploration of the switching usage of alternative TSS usage on a genomic level, especially in the central nervous system, is largely lacking. Results: In this study, We have prepared a unique set of time-course data for the developing cerebellum, as part of the FANTOM5 consortium ( http://fantom.gsc.riken.jp/5/ ) that uses their innovative capturing of 5′ ends of all transcripts followed by Helicos next generation sequencing. We analyzed the usage of all transcription start sites (TSSs) at each time point during cerebellar development that provided information on multiple RNA isoforms that emerged from the same gene. We developed a mathematical method that systematically compares the expression of different TSSs of a gene to identify temporal crossover and non-crossover switching events. We identified 48,489 novel TSS switching events in 5433 genes during cerebellar development. This includes 9767 crossover TSS switching events in 1511 genes, where the dominant TSS shifts over time. Conclusions: We observed a relatively high prevalence of TSS switching in cerebellar development where the resulting temporally-specific gene transcripts and protein products can play important regulatory and functional roles.
RST invariant digital image watermarking
Creators: name: Zheng, Dong
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Electronics and Electrical.

description: Digital image watermarking has been proposed as a method to ensure the copyright protection and credibility of images by means of embedding a known piece of digital data into host images. To be useful, a good watermarking scheme should be robust against all known attacks to a certain degree based on requirements. In this thesis, we propose a novel digital image watermarking scheme that is invariant to rotation, scaling, and translation (RST). We embed watermark in the log-polar mapping (LPM) of the Fourier magnitude spectrum of original image, and use the phase correlation between the LPM of the original image and the LPM of the watermarked image to calculate the displacement of the watermark positions in LPM domain. The exhaustive search method is used to retrieve the watermark if the original image is unavailable. Spread spectrum technique and perceptual model are used to enhance the security and to achieve the optimum balance between invisibility and robustness. Stochastic analysis is used to determine the optimum threshold to minimize the total false probability of detection. In this thesis, we discuss all these in detail and show how they work with the main watermarking scheme to give better results. We implement this watermarking algorithm to analyze its performance. The evaluations demonstrate that the scheme is invariant to rotation and translation, invariant to scaling when the scale is in a reasonable range, and very robust to JPEG compression and other attacks.
Weaving Sounds into Words: Classical Music in Early 20th Century Modern Japanese and Modern Hebrew Literatures
Creators: name: Cohen, Shirah Malka
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2025
Subjects: Early 20th Century
Modern Hebrew Literature
Modern Japanese Literature
Modernism
World Literature
Classical Music

description: This dissertation explores a new sphere of interdisciplinary and intercultural studies by examining the relationship between music and literature in the works of early 20th century Japanese and Hebrew writers. Through the combination of close readings of texts from the first few decades of the 20th century, analysis of musical works, and historical research, this dissertation aims to elucidate the way in which Japanese and Hebrew writers used Western classical music to negotiate their literary and cultural identity while also exploring the artistic vision these writers created by combining music and literature. The dissertation thus focuses on instances of “verbal music” as they appear in the literature of the time, specifically in the works of Japanese writers such as Nagai Kafū, Shiga Naoya, and Shimazaki Tōson, and Hebrew writers such as Leah Goldberg, Uri Nissan Gnessin, Ya’akov Horwitz, and others. Using the tools developed in the field of Word and Music studies, this dissertation brings into relief how Japanese and Hebrew writers used the combination between literature and music to reflect on ideas about culture and literary creation. Due to the interdisciplinary and intercultural nature of its research subject, this dissertation contributes to several different fields including world literature, word and music studies, Japanese studies, and Hebrew literature, and thus opens a new approach to literary studies which makes use of the broad view of world literature without losing sight of cultural uniqueness, while also bringing into relief certain tensions between the affinity towards European culture and commitment to their own that preocupied many Japanese and Hebrew writers of the 20th century.
A cognitive perspective on the listening comprehension strategies of second language learners in the intermediate grades.
Creators: name: Mareschal, Catherine.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Education, Language and Literature.

description: This study investigated the comprehension strategies used by 12 and 13 year old core French students in listening tasks. French was a third language for all participants. The range and types of strategies used by these young language learners were investigated, and the differences in strategy use between the participants who attained higher and lower levels of comprehension in the listening tasks were compared. Six students from all ranges of ability participated in two separate research procedures. In phase one, semi-structured individual interviews were utilized for the learners to retrospectively report on their conscious use of learning strategies in different listening contexts. In phase two, think-aloud sessions were used for the students to report their thought processes concurrently while listening to three different texts. All reporting sessions were recorded, transcribed verbatim, and coded according to an established taxonomy. A detailed discussion of theoretical and methodological issues in listening comprehension research concludes the study. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Adsorption separation of ethyleneethane
Creators: name: Nassara, Ramiel
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Chemical.

description: To offset rising energy costs, it is becoming a necessity to lower energy usage within industrial processes. Such can be said for the separation of olefin/paraffin mixtures. An example of such a mixture is ethylene/ethane. This highly energy intensive industrial separation employs cryogenic distillation to achieve a high purity product. Subsequently, the energy cost to run such a system is extremely high. Hybrid scenarios have been explored, with adsorption being a potential candidate. This work studied the potential of three adsorbents for the separation of ethylene/ethane: AgNO3/SiO2, CuCl/SiO 2, and CECA 13X. AgNO3/SiO2 and CuCl/SiO 2 were both prepared in the laboratory. Pure component constant volume experiments were conducted, along with binary mixture predictions for all three adsorbents at 3 different temperatures. The expected working capacities were also calculated for the three adsorbents. Finally, an economic analysis, without taking competitive adsorption in to factor, was conducted to give a rough idea of how much a potential PSA system would cost using the three adsorbents individually. CuCl/SiO2 yielded the most favorable results of the three adsorbents, but more studies were determined necessary on the optimization of the preparation of the adsorbent. AgNO3/SiO 2 was not completely ruled out, however. Both the adsorbents showed characteristics for a potential use within industry. CECA 13X was not considered a viable candidate for such a separation.
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title: Design of a rotary liquid-ring compressor p=3, v=11.3 m3/min
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Year: 2024
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rotary
liquid ring compressor
calculated
designed
leaks
overflows

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The conservative's dilemma: The case of Michael Oakeshott.
Creators: name: Riendeau, Natalie.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Political Science, General.

description: The subject of the present thesis is the political thought of the 20th century British philosopher Michael Oakeshott. More precisely, we are interested with the relationship Oakeshott establishes and believes ought to exist between political theory and active politics. As we will show, because of his critique and opposition to what he terms Rationalism and Ideology, Oakeshott severely limits the definition and the role he attributes to political theory and the political theorist. Political theory and the role of the theorist are restricted to such an extent that when Oakeshott himself theorizes the state, we argue that he has tremendous difficulty respecting his own criteria. Therefore, we are interested in taking Oakeshott seriously, in order to see if he himself is able to respect the strict criteria he establishes regarding political theory when he goes about theorizing the state.
De la théorie à la création : exploration dramaturgique.
Creators: name: Simard, Philippe.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Theater.

description: Dans l'élaboration de cette thèse, je me suis fixé comme objectif de me familiariser, d'abord, avec la théorie théâtrale, et plus particulièrement avec les principaux courants dramaturgiques ayant marqué la scène de façon décisive, afin de les intégrer, ensuite, dans une oeuvre de création originale. Le processus d'écriture a suivi trois étapes, qui correspondent respectivement au trois principales parties du texte. La première consistait à étudier et analyser le système théorique de différents dramaturgesthéoriciens, soit Corneille, Diderot, Zola, Brecht et Ionesco. Dans la seconde, il s'agissait d'écrire une pièce de théâtre en cinq tableaux portant sur les derniers jours de Marie Stuart, chaque tableau servant à développer l'esthétique particulière à un des auteurs préalablement choisis. Enfin, il me restait à analyser la pièce. Dans un constant mouvement de va-et-vient entre la création et la théorie, j'ai montré comment celle-ci a conditionné mes choix, tant en ce qui concerne l'utilisation des registres dramaturgiques, le traitement de l'action, l'élaboration des gestes et des mouvements des personnages, que la conception de ces mêmes personnages, le traitement de l'espace et celui du temps.
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title: Ð²ÑÐ¿ÑÑÐºÐ½Ð°Ñ ÐºÐ²Ð°Ð»Ð¸ÑÐ¸ÐºÐ°ÑÐ¸Ð¾Ð½Ð½Ð°Ñ ÑÐ°Ð±Ð¾ÑÐ° Ð±Ð°ÐºÐ°Ð»Ð°Ð²ÑÐ°
titleType: Subtitle
title: Management of a cradle stone barge with anchor cables
Creators: name: ÐÐ¸ÑÐ¾ÑÐ½Ð¸ÐºÐ¾Ð², ÐÐ¸ÐºÐ¾Ð»Ð°Ð¹
Publisher: name: Ð¡Ð°Ð½ÐºÑ-ÐÐµÑÐµÑÐ±ÑÑÐ³ÑÐºÐ¸Ð¹ Ð¿Ð¾Ð»Ð¸ÑÐµÑÐ½Ð¸ÑÐµÑÐºÐ¸Ð¹ ÑÐ½Ð¸Ð²ÐµÑÑÐ¸ÑÐµÑ ÐÐµÑÑÐ° ÐÐµÐ»Ð¸ÐºÐ¾Ð³Ð¾
Year: 2024
Subjects: ÑÐµÐ±Ð½ÐµÑÐºÐ»Ð°Ð´ÑÐ²Ð°ÑÑÐ°Ñ Ð±Ð°ÑÐ¶Ð°
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crushed stone barge
dredge
long thread
short thread
anchor cable
papilonary winch
tack
rope tension

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description: This work is devoted to the development and modeling of an algorithm for controlling the movement of a crushed stone laying barge. Problems that were solved during the study: 1. Modeling the behavior of cables . 2. Construction of an algorithm for controlling the movement of a material point two attached cables. 3. Construction of a motion control algorithm crushed stone barge in a two-dimensional setting. 4. Assessment of the impact of external influences on the dredger. During the final qualification work, an algorithm was obtained to control the movement of a barge along a given trajectory by means of synchronously changing the lengths of the cables and maintaining the specified pretension of the cables.Â
The Unique Role of the ECERIFERUM2-LIKE Clade of the BAHD Acyltransferase Superfamily in Cuticular Wax Metabolism
Creators: name: Haslam, Tegan M.
name: Gerelle, Wesley K.
name: Graham, Sean W.
name: Kunst, Ljerka
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2019

description: The elongation of very-long-chain fatty acids is a conserved process used for the production of many metabolites, including plant cuticular waxes. The elongation of precursors of the most abundant cuticular wax components of some plants, however, is unique in requiring ECERIFERUM2-LIKE (CER2-LIKE) proteins. CER2-LIKEs are a clade within the BAHD superfamily of acyltransferases. They are known to be required for cuticular wax production in both Arabidopsis and maize based on mutant studies. Heterologous expression of Arabidopsis and rice CER2-LIKEs in Saccharomyces cerevisiae has demonstrated that they modify the chain-length specificity of elongation when paired with particular condensing enzymes. Despite sequence homology, CER2-LIKEs are distinct from the BAHD superfamily in that they do not appear to use acyl transfer activity to fulfill their biological function. Here, we review the discovery and characterization of CER2-LIKEs, propose several models to explain their function, and explore the importance of CER2-LIKE proteins for the evolution of plant cuticles.
The effects of lipoprotein surface charge on cholesterol metabolism.
Creators: name: Stamler, Christopher John.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Chemistry, Biochemistry.

description: To examine the role that lipoprotein surface charge plays in cholesterol metabolism in vivo, we characterized the effects of an intravenous injection of an uncharged phospholipid (phosphatidylcholine, PC (∼8 mg/kg)) or an anionic phospholipid (phosphatidylinositol, PI (∼9 mg/kg)) into fasted rabbits. The PI-injection significantly (P < 0.05) increased the negative surface charge of the lipoproteins. The clearance of tritiated-cholesterol from the PI-injected rabbit-plasma was ∼50% greater when compared to controls (P < 0.05). The PI-injection also prevented the formation of cholesteryl ester. To determine how increased lipoprotein PI content may regulate cholesterol clearance by the liver, cell culture studies using a human hepatoma cell-line were undertaken. In vitro enrichment of human plasma or high density lipoproteins with PI caused a ∼2 fold stimulation in cholesterol cellular uptake, relative to controls. PI-enrichment did not affect cellular cholesterol-uptake from low density lipoproteins. These results suggest that lipoprotein PI levels may affect intravascular cholesterol transport.
Dynamical systems and wavelets.
Creators: name: Hua, Xinhou.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Mathematics.

description: The first part of this thesis is concerned with Bakers Conjecture (1984) which says that two permutable transcendental entire functions have the same Julia set. To this end, we shall exhibit that two permutable transcendental entire functions of a certain type have the same Julia set. So far, this is the best result to the conjecture. The second part relates to Newton's method to find zeros of functions. We shall look for the locations of the limits of the iterating sequence of the relaxed Newton function on its wandering domains. A relaxed Newton function with corresponding properties is constructed. The third part relates to the dynamics of ordinary differential equations and inverse problems. Given a target solution, we shall construct second-order differential equations with Legendre polynomial basis to approximate the target solution. An algorithm and numerical solutions are provided. Examples show that the approximations we have found are much better than the known results obtained by means of first-order differential equations. We shall also discuss approximation using a wavelet basis. MATLAB is used to compute the numerical results. In the fourth part, we deal with variational problems in signal and image processing. For a given signal or image represented by a function, we shall provide a good approximation to the function, which minimizes a given functional.
Social enterprise and sustainability in the nonprofit sector: A theoretically grounded approach
Creators: name: Kandaiya, Mahesan Anthony
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This thesis provides a performance based theory of financial sustainability for social enterprises in the nonprofit sector in South Asia drawing on field research conducted with social enterprise organisations in Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka. The research adopts grounded theory method (GTM) for data collection, analysis and theory generation. Guidelines are provided for practitioners in how to operationalise the theory.
Dynamics and control of fast automated guided vehicles for high load applications.
Creators: name: Naraghi, Mahyar.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Mechanical.

description: Automated Guided Vehicles (AGV) are important components of modern automated transport systems. Increasing the system efficiency and throughput requires the use of heavy vehicles travelling at high speeds. As the AGV's payload capacity and travelling speed increases, the ensuing increase in lateral acceleration requires thorough dynamic modelling and more sophisticated controller design. To establish the sufficient level of model complexity necessary for this work, a 3-DOF nonlinear dynamic model comprising yaw, lateral, and roll motions is developed. The suspension, lateral and longtudinal load transfer, nonlinear behaviour of tires, and steering dynamics are included in this model. The model also comprises the effect of actuators, differential gear box, steering and tractive gear boxes. The model is validated through simulations and comparison with other models. A dynamic-based approach to the control of a typical transport interfactory AGV in a semi structured environment is studied. The 2-DOF side slippage free dynamic model comprising steering and actuators dynamics is used to design the controller. The input-output feedback linearization technique is employed to linearize the nonlinear dynamics of the vehicle. To improve robustness in the presence of parameter uncertainty, modelling errors and disturbance, a Boundary Layer Sliding Mode (BLSM) controller is adopted. The BLSM controller is later modified to improve performance and enhance robustness, using simultaneous variable boundary layer and multiple sliding surfaces strategies. Simulations based on the 3-DOF nonlinear model show the satisfactory results for the Modified Boundary Layer Sliding Mode (MBLSM) controller.
Expression of immediate-early gene proteins in the rat hippocampus following transient global ischemia.
Creators: name: McGahan, Lynda.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: Biology, Neuroscience.

description: The temporospatial expression patterns of the immediate-early gene (IEG) proteins Fos, FosB, $\Delta$FosB, Jun, JunB, JunD, and NGFI-A were investigated in rat hippocampus by immunonohistochemistry 2 h, 12 h, 24 h, and 48 h after forebrain ischemia. Transient global ischemia (20 min), produced by four vessel occlusion (4-VO), elicited different patterns of IEG expression in vulnerable CA1 and more resilient CA3 neurons. Cell counts revealed that initially, ischemia elevated immunoreactivity in both CA1 and CA3 hippocampal subfields for all IEGs examined, with the exception of JunD and NGFI-A. However, distinct patterns of IEG expression became evident in these regions at later time points following recirculation of blood flow. The pivotal difference was the persistence of ischemia-induced elevations of FosB and Jun expression in the CA1 region of the hippocampus. Unlike CA3 neurons where IEG immunoreactivity had subsided to basal levels by 24 h-48 h after reperfusion, CA1 neurons continued to display increased FosB- and Jun-like immunoreactivity 48 h post-ischemia. In contrast to FosB and Jun, JunB expression declined significantly below basal levels in CA1 neurons at 48 h, while JunB-like immunoreactivity remained unaltered in CA3 neurons. Given that JunB has been shown to inhibit the transactivating properties of Jun, decreased JunB levels may contribute to the apoptotic death of CA1 neurons by enhancing the transcriptional regulating activity of Jun. Also notable at 48 h was the complete loss of constitutive NGFI-A expression from CA1 neurons of ischemic animals. In summary, these findings suggest that persistent elevations in FosB and Jun expression coupled with reductions in JunB and NGFI-A levels may play a role in the apoptotic death of CA1 neurons following transient global ischemia. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Robustness analysis: A bridging technique from system requirements to design.
Creators: name: Salameh, Antonio.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Engineering, System Science.

description: Robustness analysis, a technique proposed by Jacobson, can be used in a use-case-driven process to help close this gap between requirements and design by examining in depth the requirements found in the narrative text of each use case and structuring it into a robustness diagram. In this thesis, we present a step by step procedure for performing robustness analysis. In particular, we describe how to construct and use robustness diagrams to discover analysis and design errors early in the process, and to verify the correctness of the use case text. Moreover, we propose a new metric, robustness analysis points , to estimate project size and effort and we compare our results to function points and use case points in three case studies. Finally, we assess and evaluate the RA technique and conclude by giving recommendations for future work.
title: SEE
title: structured representation of scientific evidence in the biomedical domain using Semantic Web techniques
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Bölling, Christian
name: Weidlich, Michael
name: Holzhütter, Hermann-Georg
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie::572 Biochemie

description: Background Accounts of evidence are vital to evaluate and reproduce scientific findings and integrate data on an informed basis. Currently, such accounts are often inadequate, unstandardized and inaccessible for computational knowledge engineering even though computational technologies, among them those of the semantic web, are ever more employed to represent, disseminate and integrate biomedical data and knowledge. Results We present SEE (Semantic EvidencE), an RDF/OWL based approach for detailed representation of evidence in terms of the argumentative structure of the supporting background for claims even in complex settings. We derive design principles and identify minimal components for the representation of evidence. We specify the Reasoning and Discourse Ontology (RDO), an OWL representation of the model of scientific claims, their subjects, their provenance and their argumentative relations underlying the SEE approach. We demonstrate the application of SEE and illustrate its design patterns in a case study by providing an expressive account of the evidence for certain claims regarding the isolation of the enzyme glutamine synthetase. Conclusions SEE is suited to provide coherent and computationally accessible representations of evidence-related information such as the materials, methods, assumptions, reasoning and information sources used to establish a scientific finding by adopting a consistently claim-based perspective on scientific results and their evidence. SEE allows for extensible evidence representations, in which the level of detail can be adjusted and which can be extended as needed. It supports representation of arbitrary many consecutive layers of interpretation and attribution and different evaluations of the same data. SEE and its underlying model could be a valuable component in a variety of use cases that require careful representation or examination of evidence for data presented on the semantic web or in other formats.
Cathar or Catholic: Treading the line between popular piety and heresy in Occitania, 1022-1271.
Creators: name: Jensen, Elizabeth
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2013

description: The Occitanian Cathars were among the most successful heretics in medieval Europe. In order to combat this heresy the Catholic Church ordered preaching campaigns, passed ecclesiastic legislation, called for a crusade and eventually turned to the new mechanism of the Inquisition. Understanding why the Cathars were so popular in Occitania and why the defeat of this heresy required so many different mechanisms entails exploring the development of Occitanian culture and the wider world of religious reform and enthusiasm. This paper will explain the origins of popular piety and religious reform in medieval Europe before focusing in on two specific movements, the Patarenes and Henry of Lausanne, the first of which became an acceptable form of reform while the other remained a heretic. This will lead to a specific description of the situation in Occitania and the attempts to eradicate the Cathars with special attention focused on the way in which Occitanian culture fostered the growth of Catharism. In short, Catharism filled the need that existed in the people of Occitania for a reformed religious experience. Despite all the church’s active attempts to quell the Cathars, it was only when a new group of religious men providing an orthodox solution to the religious need of Occitanians and a new political culture came to Occitania that the Cathars were finally eliminated from the fabric of society.
Étude du potentiel des systèmes hybrides de pompage solaire.
Creators: name: Thivierge, Jean-François.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Civil.

description: Renewable energy systems were introduced in remote areas because of their energy self reliance. They found many applications, water pumping being one of them. Monthly energy balance techniques is the commonly used method for sizing the renewable energy systems. The stochastic nature of the energy sources reduce greatly the reliability of these systems. To remedy this problem, the systems are usually oversized. Complementary behaviour in time has been observed in many occasions between different types of renewable energy. It is possible to take advantage of this by combining them into hybrid systems. With the help of a simulation software the behaviour of such hybrid pumping water systems was investigated. Photovoltaic systems, wind energy systems, and rain water catchment systems were studied. Combining these technologies into hybrid systems has been shown to be an efficient way to reduce the cost of water pumping systems for certain remote areas. Using the simulation software as opposed to the conventional methods to design these systems has resulted in more reliable and cheaper systems. A cost reduction of up to 14% was achieved.
Computational and Data-Driven Studies of Active Nematics
Creators: name: Joshi, Chaitanya
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2021
Subjects: active matter
active nematics
data-driven methods
model identification
simulations
Machine Learning

description: Active nematics are a class of non-equilibrium systems with constituents that consume energy at the molecular level to generate motion at macroscopic scales. In bulk, these materials exhibit turbulent behavior, and the active energy is not converted into meaningful work. One way of taming the turbulence is via confinement in regular geometries, which requires understanding the effect of boundaries on the active flows. Other approaches might involve strategies like optimal control or model-predictive control to steer the flows as desired. These methods require either an accurate knowledge of the underlying model or a robust way of forecasting its behavior in real time. In this dissertation, we address these problems using computations, data-driven model identification and machine learning methods.
description: Firstly, we use a postulated hydrodynamic model to examine the dynamical behavior of confined 2D active nematics using finite element simulations. Studying an annulus geometry, we uncover an interplay between the confinement and the boundary curvature, while also bridging the observed behaviors in the disk and channel geometries. Next, we employ a data-driven method to automatically identify the optimal continuum models, along with their parameters, directly from the experimental data of active nematics. This approach puts the existing theories to test and helps in developing control protocols that drive the system to desired outcomes. Lastly, we engineer a deep learning forecasting model of active nematics. Our model is able to predict key dynamical events using minimal input data. Such a model can be the backbone of a model predictive control strategy.
Coral cores as record of past sea surface temperature of the Talang Besar Island (South China Sea)
Creators: name: Thyartan, Revadi Devi
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The climate of the South China Sea is highly affected by the monsoon seasons. Trace elements ratios incorporated in skeletons of long-lived corals are considered as useful climate proxies. This study is based on measuring the Sr/Ca ratio (by ICP-OES) in a massive Porites species core sampled off Talang Besar Island for long term sea surface temperature reconstruction. The coral core recorded higher sea surface temperatures than the satellite data and captures only few past ENSO events. This study can help to understand past climates and environmental changes, and therefore help in improving future climate predictions.
Ab Initio Modeling of Noble Metal Nanoclusters
Creators: name: Luo, Carina
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2025
Subjects: Noble Metal Nanoclusters
Ab Initio
Density Functional Theory
Superatomic Molecular Orbitals
Quantum Mechanics

description: The quantum mechanical modeling of noble metal nanoclusters is critical for unlocking the structure-property relationships that govern their optical properties. The two main considerations in the selection of an appropriate computational method for modeling noble metal nanoclusters are accuracy and computational expense. The level of theory for a computational method is determined by the combination of method and the set of functions used to describe molecular orbitals, termed the basis set. One class of methods with lower computational expense than ab initio methods is semi-empirical quantum mechanical methods. The accuracy of semi-empirical methods depends on the quality of their parameters, which can be tuned to reproduce the results of high accuracy reference data. In this work, we generate ab initio gold nanocluster reference data and select an appropriate level of theory for silver nanocluster reference data in chapters 2 and 3. A second class of methods with lower computational expense than ab initio methods is density functional theory. The accuracy of different basis sets for silver nanoclusters is verified by comparing the electron delocalization of molecular orbitals computed with density functional theory in chapter 4. Considered together, these projects demonstrate progress towards more accurate and efficient approximate modeling of silver and gold nanoclusters.
Seeds for Thought, May 2023
Creators: name: Master Gardener Foundation Of Washington State
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2023
Subjects: Horticulture

description: In this issue: From the President; Seeds of a Movement; Benton-Franklin County Master Gardeners Win International Award; 2023 WSU Master Gardener Advanced Education Conference; Master Gardener Foundation of Washington State Awards; Master Gardener Foundation of Thurston County Celebrating 25 Years!; Extension Master Gardener 50th Commemorative Magazine Now Available!; 2023 Home & Garden Show – Grays Harbor & Pacific Counties; 2023 Spring Plant Sale – Clallam County
A Critical Phenomenology of Feminine Subjection and Self-Surveillance
Creators: name: Albert, Alexis
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2024
Subjects: Subjection
Social Oppression
Feminism
Dialectics
Hegel
Feminist Poststructuralism
Critical Phenomenology

description: A woman walks down the street, senses the gaze of a male other, and turns around to see an emptystreet where she is the sole pedestrian. The male other’s immediate presence is made real through hersense experience of him. This feeling is not unrooted, however, she recalls memories of being taught byparents, teachers, and peers that her body is for another rather than for herself—seen in cases ofcatcalling, dress coding and strict parental discipline of the daughter’s body. This paper studies thepractice of internalizing the male other’s gaze and investigates the conditions preceding its(involuntary) adoption. The contemporary tragedy of Nex Benedict and the ancient drama ofAntigone demonstrate the necessity of enacting prescribed social mores and gender rituals. The diversethought of feminist phenomenology and Hegelian dialectics enables me to arrive at a conclusion whereI understand the feminine self as in perpetual flux, where one is made, remade, watched, rewatched,visible and hidden. There is no beyond these conditions of construction and reconstruction and solong as women exist as a social category, we will be misrecognized, represented, invisible, on display, allat once, or never at all.
Beyond the Character: An Examination of Dissimulation and Metatheatre in Macbeth, Antony and Cleopatra, and Hamlet
Creators: name: Znamirowski, Irina
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2024
Subjects: dissimulation
metatheatre
referent
fictionality
Shakespeare

description: In this thesis, I examine how metatheatrical remarks illuminate the tension between the dissimulation required to become a fictional character and the dissimulation that a fictional character invokes. Using three lines of philosophical inquiry, I analyze how Shakespeare differs in his inclusions of dissimulation across Macbeth, Antony and Cleopatra, and Hamlet. First, I establish the parameters of dissimulation as inspired by Francis Bacon’s 1625 essay, “Of Simulation and Dissimulation.” Second, I use Lionel Abel’s theory of metatheatre to outline the tendencies of characters to realize they exist within works of fiction. Third, I introduce the problem with referentiality in fiction and establish how both dissimulation and metatheatre complicate this issue. While the considerations of dissimulation and realizations of fictionality differ across these three plays, putting these texts in conversation illuminates the relationship between dissimulation, metatheatre, and referentiality. I consider how Macbeth, Cleopatra, and Hamlet all realize their existence is contingent on the dissimulation of their respective actors. These characters recognize that all dissimulation they invoke as these characters is second to the dissimulation required to become these characters. Contrastingly, Lady Macbeth, Antony, and Claudius, also dissimulate, yet never consider their fictionality. Specifically, as characters are made aware of their fictionalities, their relationship to dissimulation significantly changes as they realize that it is something slightly beyond their control as a character. Throughout each chapter, I use a variety of close reading techniques to demonstrate how Shakespeare rhetorically and metrically constructs the specific presentations of dissimulation. Primarily through an examination of metatheatrical remarks I evaluate how metrical irregularities, caesuras, elisions, synecdoche, and metaphor all serve to illustrate the tenuous process of dissimulation.
An analysis of the American Cancer Society cohort linking specific chemical constitutents of air pollution to mortality
Creators: name: Lewis, Roxanne E
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Health Sciences, Epidemiology.

description: Air pollution is an important determinant of population health. The World Health Organization estimates that air pollution is responsible for nearly 2% of all deaths globally. The current research is aimed at determining the specific components of air pollution that are most likely linked to increased risk of mortality. Since one air pollutant is unlikely to be emitted by itself, various mixtures of air pollutants must be investigated. It is possible that the health effects of one pollutant in the mixture might be larger than the health effects of another. The current research focuses on the relationship between multiple air pollutants and mortality in the general population. By examining combinations of pollutants, it is possible to isolate, to a certain extent, the effects of individual pollutants. The population health outcomes investigated include mortality from cardiopulmonary conditions, lung cancer, and all causes combined. Air pollution data from various metropolitan regions in the U.S. were linked to the health outcomes of individuals living in these areas. Characteristics of individuals that may affect the relationship between air pollution and mortality, such as age, sex, smoking history, alcohol use, were obtained from the American Cancer Society Cancer Prevention Study II cohort. Nearly 1.2 million adults were enrolled in this study in 1982, and have been followed up on an on-going basis. This study suggests that sulfate and, more broadly, fine particulate matter may be the most important contributors to excess risk of all-cause, cardiopulmonary, and lung cancer mortality.