cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Poly (2,6-dimethyl-1,4-phenylene oxide) hollow fibres for gas separation.
Creators: name: Wood, Mandy.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Chemical.

description: Hollow fibres used for gas separation applications need to have good mechanical strength and excellent gas separation properties. The production of hollow fibres by the dry-wet spinning process involves many variables, each having the potential to affect these properties. This is a systematic study of the effect of several variables in the spinning process on the dimensions, morphology and CO2/CH 4 gas separation performance of poly(2,6-dimethyl 1,4-phenylene oxide) (PPO). Hollow fibres were prepared by the dry-wet spinning method from solutions of PPO in trichloroethylene using the non-solvent methanol as the bore liquid and for the gelation bath. The variables studied were the length of the air gap, the flowrates of the bore liquid and polymer solution and the presence of 2-ethyl-1-hexanol in the polymer solution used for spinning. A one-factor-at-a-time approach was used to show how these variables affected the outer diameter; wall thickness and carbon dioxide and methane permeate flux of the hollow fibres. A factorial design was used to determine which of the effects were significant and if there were any interactions between the variables that also affected the hollow fibre properties. The results were used to develop models for each of the five response variables as a function of those spinning variables that were found to significant. The outer diameters of the fibres produced within the constraints of the factorial design ranged from 0.39--0.6 mm, and the wall thickness from 0.018--0.045 mm. The outer diameter of the fibres was found to decrease with increasing air gap, decreasing polymer solution flowrate and decreasing bore liquid flowrate. The wall thickness was found to increase with increasing polymer solution flowrate, and decreasing bore liquid flowrate. The interaction between the presence of 2-ethyl-1-hexanol and the bore liquid flowrate had a significant effect on the hollow fibre wall thickness. None of the interactions between the other variables were found to have a significant effect on the hollow fibre dimensions. The methane permeate flux for the hollow fibres produced within the constraints of the factorial design ranged from 1.52 x 10-11--4.8 x 10-11 mol/m2.s.Pa, and the carbon dioxide permeate flux from 3.52 x 10-10--1.25 x 10-9 mol/m2.s.Pa. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Untersuchung ökonomischer Instrumente auf Basis des EU-Eigenmittels für nicht recycelte Kunststoffverpackungsabfälle
Creators: name: Betz, Johannes
name: Hermann, Andreas
name: Manhart, Andreas
Publisher: name: Umweltbundesamt
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Ökonomische Instrumente
subject: Kunststoff
subject: Kunststoffverpackung
subject: Wirtschaft | Konsum
subject: Abfall | Ressourcen

description: Ein Ziel des Forschungsvorhabens ist es, ein nationales Äquivalent für das europäische Eigenmittel auf nicht-recycelte Kunststoffverpackungsabfälle zu erarbeiten. Dabei stehen die zu erreichenden positiven Lenkungswirkungen, also vor allem die Reduktion des nicht-recycelten Abfalls an Kunststoffverpackungen, im Vordergrund. Dazu werden zunächst mögliche ökonomische Instrumente identifiziert und dargestellt bzw. einer ersten orientierenden Rechtmäßigkeitsprüfung unterzogen. So werden frühzeitig solche Instrumente für die weitere Untersuchung ausgeschlossen, die nach den bestehenden verfassungsrechtlichen und europarechtlichen Vorschriften nicht umsetzbar sind oder deren Rechtmäßigkeit mit großer rechtlicher Unsicherheit verbunden ist. Von den ursprünglichen Instrumenten werden anschließend drei vertieft betrachtet. Quelle: Forschungsbericht
description: One objective of the research project is to develop a national equivalent for the European tax on non-recycled plastic packaging waste. The focus is on the positive steering effects to be achieved, i.e., above all the reduction of non-recycled plastic packaging waste. For this purpose, possible economic instruments are first identified and described and subjected to a first orienting legality check. In this way, instruments that cannot be implemented according to the existing constitutional and European legal regulations or whose legality is associated with great legal uncertainty are excluded for further investigation at an early stage. Of the original instruments, three are then examined in depth. Quelle: Forschungsbericht
description: Das EU-Eigenmittel auf nicht recycelte Verpackungen aus Kunststoff wird bislang aus dem Bundeshaushalt gezahlt. Verursachergerechtigkeit und ein Lenkungseffekt in Richtung einer verbesserten Kreislaufführung von Verpackungen sind jedoch nur zu erreichen, wenn die Akteure, die hierauf einen Einfluss haben, in die Pflicht genommen werden. Das Forschungsvorhaben untersucht daher ökonomische Instrumente, mit denen solche ökologischen Lenkungswirkungen angereizt werden können und entwickelt drei geeignete Vorschläge.Der Zwischenbericht ist Teil des Vorhabens „Untersuchung ökonomischer Instrumente zur Verringerung des Verpackungsverbrauches sowie zur Stärkung des Kunststoffrecyclings“.
Search for the Dark Photon and the Dark Higgs Boson at Belle
Creators: name: Jaegle, I.
name: Adachi, I.
name: Aihara, H.
name: Al Said, S.
name: Asner, D. M.
name: Aushev, T.
name: Ayad, R.
name: Bakich, A. M.
name: Bansal, V.
name: Barrett, M.
name: Bhuyan, B.
name: Bozek, A.
name: Bračko, M.
name: Browder, T. E.
name: Červenkov, D.
name: Chang, M.-C.
name: Cheon, B. G.
name: Chilikin, K.
name: Cho, K.
name: Chobanova, V.
name: Choi, S.-K.
name: Choi, Y.
name: Cinabro, D.
name: Dalseno, J.
name: Doležal, Z.
name: Drásal, Z.
name: Drutskoy, A.
name: Dutta, D.
name: Eidelman, S.
name: Epifanov, D.
name: Farhat, H.
name: Fast, J. E.
name: Ferber, T.
name: Frost, O.
name: Gaur, V.
name: Gabyshev, N.
name: Ganguly, S.
name: Garmash, A.
name: Getzkow, D.
name: Gillard, R.
name: Goh, Y. M.
name: Golob, B.
name: Grzymkowska, O.
name: Hayasaka, K.
name: Hayashii, H.
name: He, X. H.
name: Hedges, M.
name: Hou, W.-S.
name: Iijima, T.
name: Inami, K.
name: Ishikawa, A.
name: Iwasaki, Y.
name: Julius, T'Mir
name: Kang, K. H.
name: Kato, E.
name: Kawasaki, T.
name: Kim, D. Y.
name: Kim, J. B.
name: Kim, J. H.
name: Kim, S. H.
name: Kinoshita, K.
name: Ko, B. R.
name: Kodyš, P.
name: Korpar, S.
name: Križan, P.
name: Krokovny, P.
name: Kuzmin, A.
name: Kwon, Y.-J.
name: Lange, J. S.
name: Lee, I. S.
name: Lewis, P.
name: Li Gioi, L.
name: Libby, J.
name: Liventsev, D.
name: Matvienko, D.
name: Miyata, H.
name: Mizuk, R.
name: Mohanty, G. B.
name: Moll, A.
name: Mussa, R.
name: Nakano, E.
name: Nakao, M.
name: Nisar, N. K.
name: Nishida, S.
name: Ogawa, S.
name: Pakhlov, P.
name: Pakhlova, G.
name: Park, H.
name: Pedlar, T. K.
name: Pesántez, L.
name: Petrič, M.
name: Piilonen, L. E.
name: Ritter, M.
name: Rostomyan, A.
name: Sakai, Y.
name: Sandilya, S.
name: Santelj, L.
name: Sanuki, T.
name: Sato, Y.
name: Savinov, V.
name: Schneider, O.
name: Schnell, G.
name: Schwanda, C.
name: Semmler, D.
name: Senyo, K.
name: Seon, O.
name: Seong, I.
name: Sevior, M. E.
name: Shebalin, V.
name: Shibata, T.-A.
name: Shiu, J.-G.
name: Shwartz, B.
name: Simon, F.
name: Sinha, R.
name: Sohn, Y.-S.
name: Starič, M.
name: Sumihama, M.
name: Sumisawa, K.
name: Tamponi, U.
name: Tatishvili, G.
name: Teramoto, Y.
name: Thorne, F.
name: Uchida, M.
name: Uehara, S.
name: Unno, Y.
name: Uno, S.
name: Vahsen, S. E.
name: Van Hulse, C.
name: Vanhoefer, P.
name: Varner, G.
name: Vinokurova, A.
name: Wagner, M. N.
name: Wang, C. H.
name: Wang, M.-Z.
name: Wang, P.
name: Wang, X. L.
name: Watanabe, M.
name: Watanabe, Y.
name: Williams, K. M.
name: Won, E.
name: Yamaoka, J.
name: Yashchenko, S.
name: Yook, Y.
name: Yusa, Y.
name: Zhilich, V.
name: Zhulanov, V.
name: Zupanc, A.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The dark photon A′ and the dark Higgs boson h′ are hypothetical constituents featured in a number of recently proposed dark sector models. Assuming prompt decays of both dark particles, we search for their production in the so-called Higgstrahlung channel e+e-→A′h′, with h′→A′A′. We investigate ten exclusive final states with A′→e+e-, μ+μ-, or π+π- in the mass ranges 0.1GeV/c2
Elliptic Zeta Functions
Creators: name: Alshbeil, Isra
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2020
Subjects: Equivariant Functions
Modular Form
Quasiperiod map

description: The main goal of this thesis is to develop and study the theory of the so-called elliptic zeta functions. These are functions on $\CC\times {\mathcal L}$, where $\mathcal L$ is the set of rank 2 lattices in the complex plane, satisfying a quasi-periodicity with respect to the first factor and a certain modular invariance property with respect to the second factor. The prototype is the Weierstrass zeta $\zeta-$function. We show how these elliptic zeta functions are closely connected to modular forms and to the theory of equivariant functions.
Choisir est primordial! : les municipalités et la production spécialisée, garantes de la survie de l'industrie canadienne des véhicules d'incendie, 1945-1965.
Creators: name: Beauvais, Suzanne.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: History, Canadian.

description: Contrairement à l'industrie automobile hâtivement dominée par les intérêts américains, les entreprises canadiennes de véhicules d'incendie existent toujours. L'existence de ces manufacturiers canadiens contredit l'interprétation de l'historiographie souvent adoptée qu'au Canada, nous avons perdu notre industrie et notre technologie aux mains des filiales étrangères. Comment alors expliquer cette différence entre les deux secteurs de fabrication? Nous argumenterons que l'industrie canadienne des véhicules d'incendie a survécu principalement à cause de son caractère de production spécialisée qui lui fut prodigué par sa constante recherche à répondre aux besoins particuliers de sa clientèle, réels ou tels que perçus. Ces besoins étaient justifiés et corroborés par la responsabilité civique rattachée à ce service municipal car une majorité de cette clientèle était constituée de municipalités urbaines et rurales. Dans le cadre de cette étude, nous traiterons principalement des trois compagnies manufacturières qui dominaient le marché canadien dans ce secteur de 1945 à 1965: American LaFrance Fire Engine and Foamite Ltd, Bickle/King Seagrave et Camions Pierre Thibault/Pierre Thibault Canada Ltée.
Managers’ Views on Talent Management: A Qualitative Study in Canada’s Public Sector
Creators: name: Ledoux, Jonathan
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2020
Subjects: Talent Management
Public Sector

description: This study explores the concept of Talent Management (TM) within the context of a Canadian public sector organization. More specifically, by undertaking a qualitative study, we solicited the views of managers concerning the design and implementation of TM within their organization. We outline the various structural, cultural, and environmental challenges inhibiting TM within the case setting and discuss participants’ views on how TM should be approached moving forward. Furthermore, we contribute to the evolving narrative on inclusive TM by exploring contextual nuances, offering organization-level and individual-level considerations, and proposing a definition and model rooted in the strengths-based literature.
Сфираль — форма Времени и фундамент Космонносферной Эволюции
Creators: name: Басаргин, Олег Сергеевич
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: В статье представлена Сфираль как реальная форма времени и основание для космоноосферного мышления и действия. Сфираль — это структура, включающая два зеркально-антисимметричных витка, соединённых фазовой S-петлёй. Она обеспечивает топологическую модель перехода, выбора и актуализации, применимую в квантовой теории, космологии, когнитивных науках, архитектуре ИИ и космическом праве. Показано, что линейные и циклические образы времени недостаточны для описания актов становления и разворота. Сфираль вводит параметрическое время s, фазовую функцию φ(s), и петлевую структуру, обеспечивающую направленность и фазовую память. Представлены примеры применения модели: коллапс как фазовый переход, космологический разворот без сингулярности, фазовая декогеренция, архитектура S-времени в ИИ, субъективная фаза выбора, а также правовые и онтологические следствия структуры перехода. Сфираль формирует основу для нового понимания временного суверенитета субъекта в космосе. Работа обращена к исследователям, инженерам и философам, стремящимся выстроить реальную теорию времени как конструктивной формы космической эволюции.
Rationalization of Terrorization: Analytical Investigation into the Israeli-Palestinian Political Communication (2008-2009)
Creators: name: El Hashash, Mohammed
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Political Science, International Relations.
subject: Mass Communications.

description: The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been a contributing factor to Middle East instability for the last six decades. Both Israelis and Palestinians have practiced terrorization against one another and more so, have engaged in the rationalization of terrorization to justify their desired goals. The purpose of this thesis is to investigate the political communication through which Israelis and Palestinians have used tools to rationalize their acts of terrorization. Drawing on Hobbes's (1985) rationality, James' (1971) morality legitimacy on conflict and diplomacy, and Dilthey's (Hodges, 1974; Ermarth, 1978; De Mul, 2004) critique of historic reason, this thesis looks into modern theories of classical political realism (Morgenthau, 2006), rational actor and bounded rationality decision-making (Snyder & Diesing, 1977), Orientalism (Said, 1994), Occidentalism (Buruma & Avishai, 2005), cultural representation (Hall, 1997a), and state and non-state terrorism (Jaggar, 2005) in order to investigate the Israeli-Palestinian political communication during the Gaza War of 2008-2009 and the subsequent release of the Goldstone Report. This thesis utilizes quantitative and qualitative online media content analysis as a methodological design with historical-comparative components through which a sample of the Israel Defense Forces, the Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center, and Arutz Sheva (Israel) as well as the Ezzedeen Al Qassam Brigades, the Palestine News Network, and The Palestine Telegraph (Palestine) has been selected. Findings explore the components of the decision-making processes by both adversaries in order to politically communicate their rationalization of terrorization of one another. These components demonstrate the different decision-making processes of each adversary in selecting strategies of rationalization (e.g., Israelis rationalize in order to defend themselves from eight years of Hamas rocket fire into Israel, while Palestinians rationalize as a means of seeking sympathetic support for their cause---with each adversary using different tools and tactics), resulting in unique patterns that can be applied to future instances of Israeli-Palestinian rationalization of terrorization.
Dactylopleustes
Creators: name: Tomikawa, Ko
name: Hendrycks, Ed A.
name: Mawatari, Shunsuke F.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2004
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Amphipoda
Pleustidae
Dactylopleustes

description: Key to the species of Dactylopleustes
Bousfield and Hendrycks (1995) provided a key to species of the genus Dactylopleustes. We here amend the key to include the new species.
1 Eye large, reniform; coxa 1 distinctly shorter than coxa 2; outer lobe of lower lip horizontal; palp article 2 of mandible longer than article 1, with setae............................... 2
­ Eye medium, ovate; coxa 1 slightly shorter than coxa 2; outer lobe of lower lip vertical; palp article 2 of mandible subequal to article 1, without setae ................................ ...................................................................................... D. obsolescens Hirayama, 1988
2 Medial notch of upper lip shallow; palp article 3 of mandible slender; palp article 4 of maxilliped slender; basis of gnathopods 1–2 setose ..................................................... 3
­ Medial notch of upper lip deep; palp article 3 of mandible stout; palp article 4 of maxilliped stout; basis of gnathopods 1–2 without setae ... D. echinoicus (Tzvetkova, 1975)
3 Posterodistal lobes of the basis of pereopods 5–7 angular; propodus of pereopods 5–7 slender, length greater than 3.5 times width, anterior margins with 15–21, 13–19, and 13–16 short spines respectively; uropods 1–3 long, slender; telson, 1.5 times width; outer plate of maxilla 1 with 17–18 spines; outer plate of maxilla 2 with 9–12 stout spine­like setae; accessory spine row of mandible with 13–14 slender blades............... ..................................................................................................... D. yoshimurai sp. nov.
­ Posterodistal lobes of the basis of pereopods 5–7 rounded; propodus of pereopods 5–7 stout, length less than three times width, anterior margins with 11, 7, and 8 short spines respectively; uropods 1–3 short, stout; telson, 2 times width; outer plate of maxilla 1 with 15 spines; outer plate of maxilla 2 with six stout spine­like setae; accessory spine row of mandible with seven slender blades........................................................... ............................................................... D. echinoides Bousfield and Hendrycks, 1995
description: Published as part of Tomikawa, Ko, Hendrycks, Ed A. & Mawatari, Shunsuke F., 2004, A new species of the genus Dactylopleustes (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Pleustidae) from Japan, with a partial redescription of D. echinoides Bousfield and Hendrycks, 1995, pp. 1-14 in Zootaxa 674 on pages 12-13, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.158124
Increases in CD4 cell count at antiretroviral therapy initiation among HIV-positive illicit drug users during a Treatment-as-Prevention initiative in Canada
Creators: name: Tran, Mimi
name: Wood, Evan
name: Kerr, Thomas
name: Patterson, Sophie
name: Bangsberg, David R.
name: Dong, Huiru
name: Guillemi, Silvia
name: Montaner, Julio
name: Milloy, M-J
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2018

description: Background—Although Treatment-as-Prevention (TasP) efforts are a new cornerstone of efforts to respond to the HIV/AIDS pandemic, their effects among people who use drugs (PWUD) have not been fully evaluated. This study characterizes temporal trends in CD4 cell count at ART initiation and rates of virologic response among HIV-positive PWUD during a TasP initiative. Methods—We used data on individuals initiating ART within a prospective cohort of PWUD linked to comprehensive clinical records. Using multivariable linear regression, we evaluated the relationship between CD4 count prior to ART initiation and year of initiation and time to HIV-1 RNA viral load < 50 copies/mL following initiation using Cox proportional hazards modeling. Results—Among 355 individuals, CD4 count at initiation rose from 130 to 330 cells/mL from 2005 to 2013. In multivariable regression, initiation year was significantly associated with higher CD4 count (β = 29.5 cells per year, 95% CI: 21.0–37.9). Initiating ART at higher CD4 counts was significantly associated with optimal viral response (Adjusted Hazard Ratio = 1.13 per 100 cells/mL increase, 95% CI: 1.05–1.22). Discussion—Increases in CD4 cell count at initiation over time was associated with superior virologic response, consistent with the aims of the TasP initiative.
The information-driven enterprise: managing the conflict between health processes and information governance
Creators: name: Hillard, Robert
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: It might seem obvious that information is central to the provision of health services, but most providers have inherited process-centric approaches from an era that predates the availability of large amounts of electronic information. The importance of information is reflected in the prominence of the health informatics discipline. However, putting information at the centre of twenty-first century medicine requires: a greater understanding of the potential of technology; a common understanding of what information actually is; and ways of measuring whether proposed technical solutions of capable of delivering the information that clinicians, administrators and patients are going to require.
La linguistique différentielle de Jean Darbelnet.
Creators: name: De Bie Waller, Myriam.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1992
Subjects: subject: Biography.

description: Ne a Paris en 1904, Jean Darbelnet fait d'abord ses etudes au lycee Carnot, puis a la Sorbonne, en vue d'une formation d'angliciste. Il est recu au concours de l'agregation de l'Universite de France en 1929. Entre 1925 et 1930, il enseigne aux universites du pays de Galles, d'Edimbourg et de Manchester. Il obtient un poste de professeur d'anglais au lycee de Brest en 1931, puis au lycee du Havre et au lycee Condorcet a Paris. Cette formation d'angliciste et ces annees d'enseignement en Grande-Bretagne vont jouer un role determinant dans l'orientation des interets du futur linguiste. Ses etudes "classiques" l'avaient deja rompu a la pratique des exercices de traduction scolaire, au theme et a la version. Sa carriere universitaire en Amerique du Nord debute a Harvarad ou il est charge de cours en 1938-39. Il donne des cours d'ete au Middlebury College. Nomme professeur de langue et litterature francaises a l'universite McGill juste avant la guerre, il est retenu en France au debut des hostilites et ne peut prendre son poste comme directeur du department d'etudes francaises qu'en septembre 1940. Il reprend le chemin des Etats-Unis en 1946, comme professeur de langue et litterature francaises a Bowdoin College ou il restera jusqu'en 1962. Mais, tout en enseignant aux Etats-Unis, il manifeste un interet accru pour les problemes langagiers des francophones vivant au contact de l'anglais dans un Canada bilingue. Pendant ses annees d'enseignement a l'universite Laval, jusqu'en 1975, et meme apres avoir pris sa retraite, il est invite dans plusieurs universites canadiennes, notamment aux universite d'Alberta, de Montreal et d'Ottawa, comme specialiste en linguistique differentielle et en traduction. Enfin, entre ces multiples activites d'enseignement et de recherche, Jean Darbelnet a trouve le temps de jouer un role actif au sein de nombreux organismes et societes savantes canadiens et internationaux. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
The spatiality of the self.
Creators: name: McCarthy, Erin.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: Philosophy.

description: In this thesis, I examine questions concerning personal identity from the point of view of the spatiality of the self. In order to investigate this aspect of self, I draw mainly on carefully selected texts from the Continental tradition. The literature and choices are vast, and so, for the purposes of this thesis I examine specific texts from the work of Heidegger and Husserl. I analyse the relevant sections of Heidegger's Being and Time---sections 22--24 and 70---as well as some of his later work, focussing on "Building, Dwelling, Thinking"' and "The Origin of the Work of Art." The first chapter critically examines Heidegger's underestimation of the spatial aspect of the self as Da-sein in Being and Time. Chapter Two examines Heidegger's later philosophy which can be read as a turning towards the spatial. I investigate whether this later picture of the self and its relations with the spatial complement the views found in Being and Time, or whether there is an unavoidable tension in his thought. From Husserl, I examine the spatiality of the self as found in Ideas II, the Cartesian Meditations, and some of Husserl's later meditations on space: "Foundational Investigations of the Phenomenological Origin of the Spatiality of Nature", and "The World of the Living Present and the Constitution of the Surrounding World External to the Organism." Here, I use Husserl as a "corrective" to the gaps in Heidegger's thought, showing that in Husserl's thought, self, space and body are interwoven, interdependent concepts. Finally, I move out of the Continental tradition to examine one more philosophical perspective---that of modern Japanese philosopher Watsuji Tetsuro. The role of space in the concept of self is critically examined as found in two of his major works---Climate and Culture, and Ethics. Here, I show how Watsuji critically appropriates both Heideggerian and Husserlian reflection. In the final chapter I attempt to articulate some elements for a new philosophical discourse, one which amalgamates temporal and spatial as well as Eastern and Western aspects of the self, providing a fuller response to questions of the self than the picture currently available.
Time and the self: A re-examination of Hume's account of personal identity.
Creators: name: Miller, Jonathan Charles.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Philosophy.

description: According to Hume, all true ideas must have distinct preceding impressions. Since there is no distinct impression of the self, Hume states the self is merely a succession of perceptions. Similarly, Hume states that time, as the idea of succession, does not derive from a distinct impression, but is simply the "manner" (succession) in which perceptions appear. However, since Hume says that we perceive the manner, we must perceive some type of impression for succession, which means that Hume paradoxically asserts that we can distinguish succession as the manner, yet this ability to distinguish the manner from the perceptions does not mean succession itself is a distinct impression. Hume's problem then is to show convincingly how it is possible to somehow isolate succession from the perceptions in succession so as to notice the manner, yet still be able to answer what then is succeeding. Although Hume fails to solve this Succession Puzzle, a solution can be found within his philosophical principles. This thesis tries to show that Hume does not recognize the different structures between time and space, and confuses time as both succession and duration. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
The attempted synthesis of teucrolivin A via the oxy-CopeClaisenene reaction: Diastereoselective formation of quaternary centers directed by macrocyclic conformation and its application to the formal synthesis of (-)-mesembrine
Creators: name: Arns, Steve
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Chemistry, Organic.

description: This thesis is the account of a journey through the world of total synthesis. It is a story of our attempts to tackle some of the persistent challenges faced by the synthetic chemist, showcasing our solutions through total synthesis. These issues include the rapid generation of complex molecules with high selectivity, and the stereoselective generation of quaternary centers. Out initial efforts were focused on the application of the oxy-Cope/Claisen/ene reaction towards the total synthesis of the natural product teucrolivin A. A route was developed to give access to advanced intermediates required for its synthesis. However the existing methodology did not fully accommodate the complete core structure of the target. This prompted an in-depth examination of the oxy-Cope/Claisen/ene reaction with a new class of substrate. From this study were able to gain insight into the use of this tandem reaction with sterically demanding substrates and we were able to assess the applicability of these substrates for use in the synthesis of teucrolivin A. Shifting gears, we developed an anionic oxy-Cope/alkylation sequence by which to generate all-carbon quaternary centers. This methodology exhibited high diastereoselectivity, where the selectivity was governed by the conformational preferences of a macrocycle in which an enolate generated from the anionic oxy-Cope rearrangement was embedded. Finally we applied this new procedure for the generation of quaternary carbon centers to the formal synthesis of the alkaloid natural product (-)-mesembrine.
Leadership in modern China: Old models to new
Creators: name: Zhou, Xiao Yun
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Business Administration, Management.
subject: Operations Research.

description: The purpose of this research is to propose a leadership model for Chinese enterprises which could be suitable to the current diverse and changing environment in China. The Chinese business environment is under extraordinary pressures and its organizations face many challenges including integration into the global market. In the face of these challenges, it is very important to enhance the competitive position of Chinese organizations. A critical aspect of such an enhanced position is the leadership and management of Chinese businesses and enterprises. The current ideal leadership behaviors in contemporary China appear to be quite different from the more traditional style since leaders are challenged by a changing business environment driven by global dynamics and changing skills and expectations in the workforce. Chinese managers and leaders have more opportunities to be exposed to and draw from Western advanced managerial theories since China has largely opened itself to the world. Chinese leadership behaviors are none-the-less sculptured by Chinese customs, and leaders still carry on some traditional ways that reflect their culture. This study examines descriptions of preferred Chinese leadership behavior generated from an elite group of Chinese MBA students, themselves having been leaders in modern Chinese businesses. It proposes a leadership model which combines old and new styles together in a way designed to improve not only productivity and performance but also the relationship and connection with followers in order to lead Chinese organizations to success.
The reliability of short-term measurement of heart rate variability during spontaneous breathing in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Creators: name: Sima, Carmen Aurelia
name: Inskip, Jessica Ann
name: Sheel, A. William
name: Eeden, Stephan F. Van
name: Reid, Wendy Darlene
name: Camp, Pat
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2018

description: Background: Reduced heart rate variability (HRV), a marker of autonomic system dysfunction, has been reported in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Yet, limited data exists on the reliability of HRV measurement in this population. Here we investigated the reliability of short-term HRV measurement performed during spontaneous breathing in patients with COPD. Methods: Thirteen individuals (8 males) with moderate-to-severe COPD (FEV1 46 ± 16% predicted; FEV1/FVC 49 ± 13) underwent standard time and frequency domain HRV measurements derived from 5-minute electrocardiograms collected on two separate days using a SphygmoCor device. Absolute and relative reliability was assessed by a number of coefficients including within-subject random variation, systematic change in the mean, and retest correlations. Results: Within-subject coefficients of variation (CV) ranged from 4.3% to 193.4%. The intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC) ranged from 0.72 to 0.93 for parameters related to overall HRV, and from 0.57 to 0.59 for those related to parasympathetic tone in both time and frequency domains. Mean heart rate was the only parameter that showed excellent absolute and relative reliability (CV = 4.3%, ICC = 0.93). Conclusion: The HRV parameters showed overall moderate-to-substantial reliability during spontaneous breathing in COPD population. Our findings support the use of HRV parameters for diagnosis and cardiac risk assessment, but only mean heart rate can be used reliably for monitoring changes in autonomic status following rehabilitation intervention in this population.
Enhancing consumer privacy in identity federation architectures
Creators: name: Alsaleh, Mansour A
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Computer Science.

description: Internet usage has been growing significantly, and the issue of online privacy has become a correspondingly greater concern. Several recent surveys show that users' concern about the privacy of their personal information reduces their use of electronic businesses and Internet services; furthermore, many users choose to provide false data in order to protect their real identities. Identity federation aims to assemble an identity virtually from a user's personal information stored across multiple distinct identity management systems. Liberty Alliance is one of the most recognized projects in developing an open standard for federated network identity. Although one of the key objectives of the Liberty Alliance project is to enable consumers to protect the privacy and security of their network identity information, we believe that this objective is biased towards the business goals of the Liberty architecture rather than giving priority to privacy from the consumer's perspective. In fact, consumer privacy is among the main usage barriers that reduces the adoption of identity federation architectures. In this thesis, we aim to enhance consumer privacy in the Liberty Alliance architecture. In the first place, we identify and analyze previously-unknown potential privacy breaches and concerns within the Liberty identity federation frameworks and propose improvements and recommendations for the identified breaches. We also propose three new services to the Liberty Alliance identity federation architecture that will help in enhancing consumer privacy: user privacy preferences service, privacy seal service, and audit trail service. We present several use case scenarios to demonstrate the effectiveness of the new services and to show how they could merge effectively with the Liberty identity federation frameworks. Furthermore, we propose using the XPref language for our proposed Liberty user privacy preferences service and identify some APPEL issues in this context.
Environmental Unit Cost Lists
Creators: name: Navrud, Ståle
Publisher: name: Umweltbundesamt
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Umweltschutzkosten
subject: Gesetzesfolgenabschätzung
subject: Methodenkonvention
subject: umweltkosten
subject: Klimakosten
subject: Kosten unterlassenen Umweltschutzes
subject: Economy | Consumption
subject: Sustainability | Strategies | International matters

description: Ziel dieses Berichtes ist der Vergleich unterschiedlicher Methodiken, die in Listen oder Datenbanken von Umweltkosten (environmental unit costs) verwendet werden. Diese werden u.A. für Kosten-Nutzen-Analysen und Umwelt- oder Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung genutzt. Die Analyse basiert auf einem Kernset von Listen und Datenbanken, das aus einer Sondierung des Umweltbundesamtes hervorging. Ergänzt wurde dies um weitere aktuelle Listen und Veröffentlichungen, die für Deutschland relevante Daten enthalten. Insgesamt 15 Umweltkostenlisten und ihre ergänzenden Dokumente werden innerhalb des Berichts methodisch verglichen. Der Vergleich vollzieht sich entlang von sechs zentralen Umweltthemen: i) Treibhausgase, ii) lokale/regionale Luftschadstoffe (PM10 einschließlich PM2,5, NOx, SO2, NH3 und NMVOC), iii) Eutrophierung (N und P), iv) andere lokale/regionale Wasser- und Bodenschadstoffe, v) Verkehrslärm, sowie vi) Landnutzungsänderungen, die Biodiversität und Ökosystemleistungen beeinflussen. Quelle: Forschungsbericht
description: The aim of this report is to compare the different methodologies applied in lists/databases of environmental unit costs for use in CBAs and environmental/sustainability reporting. The analysis is based on a core set of lists/databases from a scoping exercise performed by the German Environment Agency supplemented with other recent lists/publications that include relevant data for Germany. 15 unit costs lists and their supporting documents are compared methodologically across 6 main environmental topics: i) greenhouse gases, ii) Local/regional air pollutants (PM10 (including PM2.5), NOX, SO2, NH3, and NMVOC), iii) Eutrophication (N and P) , iv) Other local/regional water and soil pollutants, v) Traffic noise and vi) Land use changes affecting biodiversity and ecosystem services. Quelle: Forschungsbericht
description: Ziel dieses Berichtes ist der Vergleich unterschiedlicher Methodiken, die in Listen oder Datenbanken von Umweltkosten (environmental unit costs) verwendet werden. Diese werden u.A. für Kosten-Nutzen-Analysen und Umwelt- oder Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung genutzt. Die Analyse basiert auf einem Kernset von Listen und Datenbanken, das aus einer Sondierung des Umweltbundesamtes hervorging. Ergänzt wurde dies um weitere aktuelle Listen und Veröffentlichungen, die für Deutschland relevante Daten enthalten. Insgesamt 15 Umweltkostenlisten und ihre ergänzenden Dokumente werden innerhalb des Berichts methodisch verglichen.
Outcomes from the ACS-TSA NBN Policy Forums, June 2011
Creators: name: Gerrand, Peter
name: Horsley, Allan
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This paper summarises the principal outcomes from the NBN (National Broadband Network) policy forums held by the Australian Computer Society's chapter, the Telecommunications Society of Australia, in Melbourne and Sydney on June 28 and 30 respectively, with twelve speakers and a total audience of 121. The forums, stimulated by eleven papers on NBN policy gaps published in the May 2011 issue of the Telecommunications Journal of Australia, were designed to get industry reaction and contributions to NBN policy gaps that need to be fixed to ensure successful commercial outcomes together with confident and satisfied customers, as well as identifying opportunities for socially valuable high-speed broadband applications. The key outcomes focus on the need for further action by Australian federal government agencies on technical regulation, support of an updated Regulated Telephone Service (to replace the Standard Telephone Service), and raising awareness of broadband's benefits amongst the community.
Flims-Waldhaus: Hotel Flimserhof
Creators: name: [S.N.]
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1944

description: Enthält: 4 Fotografien (aussen); Prospekt. Anzahl Pläne im separaten Plandossier: 2
description: Besitzer: Herr H. Nepelius; Baujahr: 1907; Handänderungen: 1926. Architekt: Architekt Olgiati
description: Archivalienart: Manuskript, Bildmaterial, Kartenmaterial
Concepts, interets et valeurs dans l'interpretation du droit penal en Italie.
Creators: name: Sotis Carlo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: droit penal italien

description: SOTIS C (2018). Concepts, interets et valeurs dans l'interpretation du droit penal en Italie. In: Concepts, interets et valeurs dans l'interpretation du droit positif. JOURNÉES INTERNATIONALES, vol. 57, p. 687-702, Bruxelles:Editions Bruylant, ISBN: 9782802763550, Torino-Como, 22-26 maggio 2017
Dactylopleustes echinoicus
Creators: name: Labay, Vjacheslav S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Amphipoda
Pleustidae
Dactylopleustes
Dactylopleustes echinoicus

description: Dactylopleustes echinoicus (Tzvetkova, 1975)
Figures 2d, m, 3f, o, 4d, m, 5d, m, 6g, 7g, 36
Parapleustes echinoicus Tzvetkova, 1975: 122–123, unnumbered fig.
Dactylopleustes echinoicus — Karaman & Barnard 1979: 112.— Hirayama 1988: 47.— Barnard & Karaman 1991: 647.— Bousfield & Hendrycks 1995: 120, 121, fig. 39.— Berge et al. 2004: 1719.— Tomikawa et al. 2004: 2.— Dzhurinskyi 2013: 135.
Distribution. Northern Pacific: Commander Islands, Bering Island, coastal shallow water, rocky reef, commensal on sea urchin Strongylocentrotus polyacanthus (Tzvetkova 1975; Dzhurinskyi 2013). Absent in my collections.
description: Published as part of Labay, Vjacheslav S., 2025, Review of amphipods of the family Pleustidae Buchholz, 1874 (Amphipoda) from the coastal waters of Sakhalin Island and Kamchatka Peninsula (Far East of Russia). IV. Subfamily Dactylopleustinae Bousfield and Hendrycks, 1994, pp. 201-253 in Zootaxa 5627 (2) on page 220, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5627.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/15325903
Species and genotype diversity of Plasmodium in malaria patients from Gabon analysed by next generation sequencing
Creators: name: Lalremruata, Albert
name: Jeyaraj, Sankarganesh
name: Engleitner, Thomas
name: Joanny, Fanny
name: Lang, Annika
name: Belard, Sabine
name: Mombo-Ngoma, Ghyslain
name: Ramharter, Michael
name: Kremsner, Peter G.
name: Mordmueller, Benjamin
name: Held, Jana
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Plasmodium malariae
subject: Plasmodium falciparum
subject: Plasmodium ovale wallikeri
subject: Plasmodium ovale curtisi
subject: Next-generation sequencing
subject: Amplicon
subject: Metagenomics
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Background Six Plasmodium species are known to naturally infect humans. Mixed species infections occur regularly but morphological discrimination by microscopy is difficult and multiplicity of infection (MOI) can only be evaluated by molecular methods. This study investigated the complexity of Plasmodium infections in patients treated for microscopically detected non- falciparum or mixed species malaria in Gabon. Methods Ultra-deep sequencing of nucleus (18S rRNA), mitochondrion, and apicoplast encoded genes was used to evaluate Plasmodium species diversity and MOI in 46 symptomatic Gabonese patients with microscopically diagnosed non-falciparum or mixed species malaria. Results Deep sequencing revealed a large complexity of coinfections in patients with uncomplicated malaria, both on species and genotype levels. Mixed infections involved up to four parasite species (Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium malariae, Plasmodium ovale curtisi, and P. ovale wallikeri). Multiple genotypes from each species were determined from the asexual 18S rRNA gene. 17 of 46 samples (37%) harboured multiple genotypes of at least one Plasmodium species. The number of genotypes per sample (MOI) was highest in P. malariae (n = 4), followed by P. ovale curtisi (n = 3), P. ovale wallikeri (n = 3), and P. falciparum (n = 2). The highest combined genotype complexity in samples that contained mixed-species infections was seven. Conclusions Ultra- deep sequencing showed an unexpected breadth of Plasmodium species and within species diversity in clinical samples. MOI of P. ovale curtisi, P. ovale wallikeri and P. malariae infections were higher than anticipated and contribute significantly to the burden of malaria in Gabon.
Robotic active tactile sensing skills.
Creators: name: Greenspan, Michael A.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1992
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Electronics and Electrical.

description: This thesis examines the use of tactile sensing for robotic contact skills. Two skills were developed which successfully tracked the contact of a plane and a sphere in the presence of positional uncertainties and varying applied forces. In the plane tracking skill, the normal force of the contact as well as a rotational moment about an axis of the sensor was tracked. In the sphere tracking skill, the normal force and positional variations lateral to the sensor were tracked. This work is significant in that it represents the first attempt, to the author's knowledge, at implementing these skills using pure tactile sensing.
Pratical Reason and Enantiosemy of Human Dignity: the Reality of Principle in Italy.
Creators: name: Sotis Carlo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Human Dignity law Italy

description: SOTIS C (2018). Pratical Reason and Enantiosemy of Human Dignity: the Reality of Principle in Italy. In: (a cura di): Feuillet-Liger B Orfali K, The Reality of Human Dignity in Law and Bioethics. vol. 71, p. 83-96, ISBN: 9783319991122
Sex, Hormones, and Genotype Interact to Influence Psychiatric Disease, Treatment and Behavioral Research
Creators: name: Choleris, Elena
name: Gobinath, Aarthi R.
name: Galea, Liisa A. M.
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2018

description: Sex differences exist in the vulnerability, incidence, manifestation, and treatment of numerous neurological and psychiatric diseases. Despite this prominent observation in the literature, there has been little consideration given to possible sex differences in outcome in both preclinical and clinical research. This review highlights evidence supporting why studying sex differences matter for advances in brain health as well as improving treatment for neurological and psychiatric disease. Additionally, we discuss some statistical and methodological considerations in evaluating sex differences, as well as, how differences in the physiology of the sexes can contribute to sex difference in disease incidence and manifestation. Furthermore, we review literature demonstrating that the reproductive experience in the female can render the female brain differentially vulnerable to disease across age. Finally, we discuss how genes interact with sex to influence disease risk and treatment and argue that sex must be considered in precision medicine. Together, the evidence reviewed here supports the inclusion of males and females at all levels of neuroscience research.
Sex and estrous cycle differences in immediate early gene activation in the hippocampus and the dorsal striatum after the cue competition task
Creators: name: Yagi, Shunya
name: Drewczynski, Dimka
name: Wainwright, Steven R.
name: Barha, Cindy K.
name: Hershorn, Olivia
name: Galea, Liisa A. M.
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2018

description: The hippocampus and dorsal striatum are important structures involved in place and response learning strategies respectively. Both sex and estrous cycle phase differences in learning strategy preference exist following cue competition paradigms. Furthermore, significant effects of sex and learning strategy on hippocampal neural plasticity have been reported. However, associations between learning strategy and immediate early gene (IEG) expression in the hippocampus and dorsal striatum are not completely understood. In the current study we investigated the effects of sex and estrous cycle phase on strategy choice and IEG expression in the hippocampus and dorsal striatum of rats following cue-competition training in the Morris water maze.We found that proestous rats were more likely to choose a place strategy than non-proestrous or male rats. Although male cue strategy users travelled greater distances than the other groups on the first day of training, there were no other sex or strategy differences in the ability to reach a hidden or a visible platform. Female place strategy users exhibited greater zif268 expression and male place strategy users exhibited greater cFos expression compared to all other groups in CA3. Furthermore, cue strategy users had greater expression of cFos in the dorsal striatum than place strategy users. Shorter distances to reach a visible platform were associated with less activation of cFos in CA3 and CA1 of male place strategy users. Our findings indicate multiple differences in brain activation with sex and strategy use, despite limited behavioral differences between the sexes on this cue-competition paradigm.