cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Asymmetry and Injury in Swimming: in Able-bodied and Paralympic Populations (The Impact of Upper Body Asymmetry: Adaptation or Injury Risk)
Creators: name: Brown, Jo-Ann
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2014
Subjects: asymmetry
injury
swimming

description: Swimming is considered a symmetrical sport; however, musculoskeletal asymmetries have been reported in strength, range of motion and kinematics. Due to the influence of body position and kinematics on drag, these asymmetries may potentially alter sports performance and, ultimately, vulnerability to injury. Apparently, if an imbalance exists in strength, the athlete will develop compensatory strategies by either summating strength asymmetries or altering kinematic patterns to produce a symmetrical force. This symmetry may protect against injury. However, whether symmetry should be the goal of rehabilitation in swimming populations, particularly as reliable tools for clinical assessment are currently lacking, is still debated. The influence of age, weakness and disability on the presentation of musculoskeletal asymmetry was investigated to gain further insight into asymmetry in populations of elite swimmers. While the exact incidences of both musculoskeletal asymmetry and injury differed in the three distinct groups of elite swimmers examined (junior, senior and Paralympic), 81-85% of swimmers presented with asymmetry of strength, and 100% presented with some form of scapula asymmetry. These findings highlight the need for evidence-based screening protocols in order to develop individualised pre-habilitation and rehabilitation strategies.
Coherence or Collapse_ Why Resonance AI Is Humanity's Last Shot at a Future
Creators: name: Bostick, Devin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Artificial intelligence
subject: Computational Physics
subject: Environmental sciences
subject: Systems Theory
subject: Complexity Science
subject: Sustainability sciences
subject: Information Theory

description: Main CODES Framework

Abstract

Coherence or Collapse: Why Resonance AI Is Humanity’s Last Shot at a Future

Devin Bostick, April 27, 2025

This paper argues that the dominant trajectory of artificial intelligence — stochastic probabilistic models — is incompatible with long-term ecological, energetic, and epistemological stability.

Scaling stochastic large language models (LLMs) incurs catastrophic costs: exponential energy consumption, hallucination amplification, and structural drift from lawful coherence. At the same time, planetary life-support systems — oceans, forests, climate fields — are already undergoing phase collapse due to resonance field destabilization.

I propose an alternative: Resonance Intelligence, based on the framework of CODES (Chirality of Dynamic Emergent Systems). Resonance Intelligence replaces stochastic approximation with lawful phase-locking using prime-chiral dynamics, eliminating hallucination, radically reducing energy consumption (90–95%), and restoring alignment with biological and ecological coherence fields.

Using climate case studies (coral reef collapse, deforestation, megadroughts) and AI energy accounting (GPT-3/4 training emissions), I demonstrate why a structural transition from probabilistic AI to resonance-based AI is not an optimization — it is a civilizational survival imperative.

This paper outlines the fatal flaws of current stochastic models, introduces the Resonance Intelligence Core (RIC) architecture, maps actionable system-level applications (energy grids, reforestation, coastal defense), and frames the broader ontological choice: coherence or collapse.
Saving Sun Bears: Exploring the life of Malaysian ecologist Dr Wong
Creators: name: Pye, Sarah
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2020
Subjects: sun bears
Wong Siew Te
Borneo
anthropomorphism
science communication

description: In this project I use practice-led research to construct a historiographic biography of Malaysian biologist and tropical ecologist, Dr Wong Siew Te in order to explore the potential of long-form nonfiction as a communication tool for the dissemination of conservation science. Telling the life story of a non-Western scientist working in his own country offers me the opportunity to delve into cultural discourse around conservation, while using interdisciplinary environmental interpretation scholarship to inform my subjective positioning within the narrative. While incorporating the histories of individual Malayan sun bears (Helarctos Malayanus) to illustrate issues such as habitat loss and fragmentation, poaching and the illegal pet trade, I seek to avoid anthropomorphism and instead to give voice to the ‘world’s forgotten bear’ through informed speculation. Using an ethically collaborative approach, I aim to present science in a way that is accessible to a non-specialist audience and potentially evoke the necessary environmental stewardship outside of scientific circles.
Physical activity in people after stroke following discharge from inpatient rehabilitation
Creators: name: Thilarajah, Shamala
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2018
Subjects: stroke
physical activity
rehabilitation

description: Stroke survivors are not meeting recommended levels of physical activity. Physical activity is defined as any physical movement that causes energy expenditure due to skeletal muscle contraction. There is consensus that the key modifiable prognostic factors that contribute to post-stroke physical activity levels need to be identified so that new interventions can be developed to target these factors. This thesis focused on the measurement of different aspects of post-stroke physical activity and the identification of modifiable prognostic factors that contribute to physical activity levels amongst stroke survivors. Chapters 2 and 3 synthesised current literature in this area and highlighted the gaps. Chapters 4 and 5 explained the methods to the cross-sectional and the prospective cohort studies in Chapters 6 and 7 respectively. Chapter 3 synthesised the evidence on factors associated with post-stroke physical activity. A systematic search was conducted across nine databases. Observational studies that recruited community-dwelling stroke survivors and measured factors associated with physical activity were included. Quality in Prognosis Studies checklist was used to assess risk of bias. 26 studies were included in the review and a meta-analysis was conducted on factors that had been investigated in at least two studies. The modifiable factors were physical function (meta r = 0.68-0.73; p < 0.001), cardiorespiratory fitness (meta r = 0.35; p = <0.001), fatigue (meta r = -0.22; p = 0.01), falls self-efficacy (meta r = -0.33; p < 0.001), balance self-efficacy (meta r = 0.37; p < 0.001), depression (meta r = -0.58-0.48; p < 0.001) and health-related quality of life (meta r = 0.38-0.43; p < 0.001). The impact of side of infarct, neglect and cognition on post-stroke physical activity were inconclusive. The majority of the studies were cross-sectional and recruited chronic stroke survivors. There is little known about physical activity amongst community-dwelling stroke survivors in the sub-acute phase. There is a need for prospective cohort studies to establish modifiable prognostic factors that contribute to post-stroke physical activity levels.
La vita oltre lo schermo: La rosa purpurea del Cairo
Creators: name: Scaccabarozzi, Francesca
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2012

description: Il cinema è sogno e la settima arte può essere intesa innanzitutto come qualcosa che ci permette di sognare ad occhi aperti; tramite identificazione e proiezione, lo spettatore vive le emozioni e le situazioni dei personaggi rappresentati sullo schermo, sfuggendo alla propria realtà e vivendone temporaneamente un’altra. Woody Allen nel suo film del 1985, La rosa purpurea del Cairo, va oltre: riflettendo sull’unione tra cinema e sogno, tra l’arte di vivere e l’arte di sognare porta la sua protagonista dentro lo schermo alla scoperta di un mondo finto, ma perfetto.
description: Itinera, N° 3 (2012)
How to Link Virtual Research Environments to Research Data Repositories
Creators: name: Girgin, Serkan
name: Alvarez, Manuel Garcia
name: Urra Llanusa, José Carlos
name: den Heijer, Kees
Publisher: name: Forschungzentrum Jülich
Year: 2022
Subjects: Research data
FAIR
Research data repository
Virtual research environment
Software

description: Lecture at Seminar (), ; doi:10.5281/ZENODO.7046016
description: Modern research is moving towards the use of virtual research environments, where a wide range of research data are produced during the whole research lifecycle. In accordance with the FAIR principles, research data should be ideally published and shared at different key milestones during the research. However, the interoperability of research environments and data repositories is currently limited, requiring manual creation of dataset records and uploading of data files, which require significant effort if the datasets are large or should be archived at multiple repositories. In this session, we present and demonstrate JupiterFAIR and related packages that aim to facilitate the preparation and publishing of research datasets, including their different versions, to popular data repositories, such as 4TU.ResearchData , directly from research environments. Our main motivation is to engage the audience in a discussion about how using such tools can advance Open Science practices by lowering barriers, such as reducing manual steps necessary to archive research outputs to research data repositories. The session also serves as a call for promoting research data sharing via JupyterFAIR and for joining the efforts to further develop and improve the tool in a collaborative manner, e.g. by taking part in the Research Data Publishing Practices Survey .
Emotishare: Enabling Computer Mediated Emotion Communication Through Networked Devices
Creators: name: Willis, Matthew
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2011
Subjects: affective computing
computer-mediated communication
human-computer interaction
online social networks
social networks
emotion
emotional communication
emotional contagion
empathy
emotishare

description: Information and Communication Technology devices are increasingly becoming an integral part of today's 'digital lifestyle' and allow their users to remain in constant contact with friends, family and colleagues. As computer networks and devices facilitate more of our daily interactions, important parts of the communication process are being left behind. Specifically, emotional communication is not well supported - often resulting in the communication being poorly represented or misunderstood. Currently, computer mediated communications (CMC) do not adequately support emotional communication and response between members of a social group. While widgets exist allowing for the expression of emoticons, they are often attached to media objects or a textual message that can obscure the emotion message. It is not clear how these messages are interpreted, whether they hold any value or whether they have any impact on the people involved in the interaction. In addition, current attempts at providing emotional cues in these technologies do not consider attributes such as group size, the purpose of the group and the type of friendships that they are attempting to facilitate. This thesis presents the design, development and trial of a system (named Emotishare) to facilitate the sharing of emotional state using networked devices. The Emotishare system was developed without any of the distractions of current social networking services (such as Facebook (2011a) style 'wall postings' or news feeds) that may obscure the emotion message. This provided an environment in which the number of variables relating to cause and effect could be controlled within the system trials (such as removing the uncertainty of an emotion response being directed toward a text-based message or another user's reported emotional state).
Aufgaben / Übungen zur Publication Week: Open Science - Forschungsdatenmanagement (FDM).
Creators: name: Strauch, Annette
Publisher: name: Forschungzentrum Jülich
Year: 2021
Subjects: Open Science
eScience
RDM
FDM

description: Lecture at Seminar (), ; doi:10.5281/ZENODO.4523010
description: Forschungsdatenmanagement 19.03.2021 von 9:30 - 10 Uhr | 10:30 - 12:30 Uhr “Open science: just science done right“. Empfehlungen für die Umsetzung von Open Science . Was bedeutet offene Wissenschaft? Frei zugängliche Publikationen, offene Forschungsdaten gehören zu Open Science, basierend auf Transparenz, Reproduzierbarkeit und offener Kommunikation. Das umfasst nützliche Tools und Plattformen, welche die Umsetzung von Open Science erleichtern. Durch praktische Übungen werden die Teilnehmerinnen / Teilnehmer des Workshops aktiv miteinbezogen, z.B. wie Forschungsdaten den FAIR-Prinzipien entsprechen. https://www.uni-hildesheim.de/neuigkeiten/publication-week-2021/
La lezione di Tucidide nell’opera hobbesiana
Creators: name: Nutini, Anna
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2012

description: La prima opera pubblicata da Hobbes è la traduzione della Guerra del Peloponneso di Tucidide. Nonostante la prima fase della produzione hobbesiana venga spesso sottovalutata o trattata come una fase a sé stante, la frequentazione, l'assimilazione e l'apprezzamento del lavoro del grande storico greco non solo hanno contribuito in maniera decisiva alla genesi del pensiero di Hobbes, ma si fanno anche sentire con forza e continuità nel corso del tempo, tanto nell'antropologia quanto nella filosofia politica hobbesiane, d’altronde indissolubilmente legate. L'acquisizione della lezione di Tucidide emerge inoltre addirittura in maniera esemplare in una delle ultime opere di Hobbes, il Behemoth.
description: Itinera, N° 3 (2012)
A Multidisciplinary Analysis of the Rugby Union Pass
Creators: name: Morris, Jessika W
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2020
Subjects: rugby union
biomechanics
performance analysis
passing

description: Rugby Union is one of the fastest growing team sports in the world. In 2016, there was 8.5m people across 121 countries playing Rugby. One of the most fundamental skills in Rugby Union is passing. Passing in both Rugby codes is unique due to the ball having to be passed backwards. There is an average of 282 passes in an international Rugby match, with 47% of passes made by the halfback. This study uses a multidisciplinary approach to analyse both the clearing pass (from the ground) and lateral pass in Rugby Union. The study used performance analysis to determine how the 1st pass off a lineout affect the outcome of the first phase, and what characteristics of the pass influenced a positive outcome. Flat, long passes off the lineout were biggest predictors of a positive first phase outcome and short, deep passes were associated more negative 1st phase outcomes.
A Solid-State 35Cl and 81Br NMR and Computational Study of Chlorine and Bromine Electric Field Gradient and Chemical Shift Tensors in Haloanilinium Halides
Creators: name: Attrell, Robert J
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: crystal
shift tensors
Haloanilinium Halides
Halogen bonding
Electric field gradient
magnetic resonance
solid state
quadrupolar halogen SSNMR

description: The results of a systematic 35Cl, 81Br, and 127I SSNMR spectroscopic study of a series of halogen-substituted anilinium halide salts are presented. Solid-state NMR of these nuclides, bromine-/81 and iodine-127 in particular, is not well established. Twenty-one compounds thought to exhibit halogen bonding were prepared based on modified literature procedures, and two crystal structures were solved. Experiments show that collection of SSNMR spectra of the anions is feasible, though ultrahigh magnetic fields (21.1 T) and variable offset data acquisition were found to be essential. Electric field gradient and chemical shift tensors are measured experimentally for all 21 compounds, significantly expanding the body of data for the quadrupolar halogen nuclei. Quadrupolar coupling constants for chlorine-35 ranged from 2.12 to 6.04 MHz, for bromine-81 from 12.3 to 45.3 MHz, and for iodine-127 from 57.50 to 152.50 MHz. Gauge-including projector-augmented wave density functional theory (GIPAW-DFT) calculations were used to provide insight as to how the NMR parameters vary with local environment and long-range crystal packing. Overall, calculations reproduced the experimental trends in quadrupolar coupling constants and chemical shift tensor span (Ω) but failed to provide quantitative agreement within experimental error. Experimental and computational data were analyzed in order to provide insight into how halogen bonding influences NMR parameters. Several trends were elucidated from this study, including an inverse correlation between Ω and the length of the shortest halogen-halide contact (d). In selected bromine compounds, for example, Ω (81Br) was measured to increase from 120 to 240 ppm as d decreased from 3.838 to 3.443 Å. In summary, this study has demonstrated the feasibility and utility of quadrupolar halogen SSNMR, and that these techniques may prove useful in characterizing halogen bonding interactions in solids.
Analysis of Healthcare Coverage Using Data Mining Techniques
Creators: name: Tekieh, Mohammad Hossein
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: Healthcare coverage
Data mining
Clustering
Classification
Predictive models
Medical Expenditure Panel Survey

description: This study explores healthcare coverage disparity using a quantitative analysis on a large dataset from the United States. One of the objectives is to build supervised models including decision tree and neural network to study the efficient factors in healthcare coverage. We also discover groups of people with health coverage problems and inconsistencies by employing unsupervised modeling including K-Means clustering algorithm. Our modeling is based on the dataset retrieved from Medical Expenditure Panel Survey with 98,175 records in the original dataset. After pre-processing the data, including binning, cleaning, dealing with missing values, and balancing, it contains 26,932 records and 23 variables. We build 50 classification models in IBM SPSS Modeler employing decision tree and neural networks. The accuracy of the models varies between 76% and 81%. The models can predict the healthcare coverage for a new sample based on its significant attributes. We demonstrate that the decision tree models provide higher accuracy that the models based on neural networks. Also, having extensively analyzed the results, we discover the most efficient factors in healthcare coverage to be: access to care, age, poverty level of family, and race/ethnicity.
Strategically funding excellence under Open Science principles: the María de Maeztu DTIC-UPF Strategic Research Program
Creators: name: Ruiz-Garcia, Aurelio
name: Serra, Xavier
Publisher: name: Forschungzentrum Jülich
Year: 2019

description: Lecture at Seminar (), ; doi:10.5281/ZENODO.2784187
description: Since 2016, the María de Maeztu DTIC-UPF strategic research program has launched several initiatives to accelerate the transition to sustainable research aligned with Open Science principles. It includes research, innovation and education projects linking the strategic excellence orientation of the department to openness Abstract at  https://www.upf.edu/web/mdm-dtic/blog/-/blogs/maria-de-maeztu-dtic-upf-strategic-research-program-strategically-funding-excellence-under-open-science-principles Presented at the 2019 EUA Workshop on Research Assessment in the Transition to Open Science. May 14th 2019, Brussels, Belgium
La performance. Intervista a tre critici e operatori culturali per delinearne i confini e gli sviluppi dell’arte performativa
Creators: name: Calcagno Baldini, Marta
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2012

description: Il tema di questo lavoro è cercare di dare una definizione autentica di performance attraverso tre interviste a persone direttamente coinvolte nell’analisi o nello sviluppo concreto di tale genere in Italia e all’estero. Tre critici e curatori (Andrea Lissoni, Luca Beatrice e Vittoria Broggini) parleranno di questa forma d’arte contemporanea, in generale e riferendosi al contesto italiano. Da una sintesi delle loro risposte si potrà evincere un’idea più precisa di cosa esattamente sia una performance oggi, del suo sviluppo e cambiamento negli anni, di quale sia il suo rapporto col teatro e l’arte contemporanea, quali le sue logiche di mercato e il suo rapporto con il “pubblico”, e quale sia la sua considerazione nel mondo dell’arte italiano.
description: Itinera, N° 3 (2012)
Mechanisms of Hypoxia-Induced Neurovascular Remodeling in PlGF Knockout Mice
Creators: name: Freitas-Andrade, Moises
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: Hypoxia
Astrocytes
Brain endothelial cells
Angiogenesis
Neurovascular
Placental growth factor
PlGF
VEGF
Chronic hypoxia
OGD
Brain angiogenesis

description: Due to the high metabolic demand and low capacity for energy storage of the brain, neurons are vitally reliant on a constant oxygen supply. Under chronic mild hypoxic conditions (10% oxygen), angiogenesis is induced in the brain in an attempt to restore tissue oxygen tension to normal levels. In brain hypoxia, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) plays a critical role in angiogenesis; however, the role of its homolog placental growth factor (PlGF) is unknown. Using PlGF knockout (PlGF-/-) mice exposed to whole body hypoxia (10% oxygen) for 7, 14 and 21-days, we show that PlGF-/- animals exhibit a delay in the angiogenic response of the brain to hypoxia. PlGF-/- microvessels had a significant increase in fibrinogen accumulation and extravasation, which correlated with disruption of the tight-junction protein claudin-5. These vessels displayed large lumens, were surrounded by reactive astrocytes, lacked mural cell coverage and endothelial VEGF expression, and regressed after 21 days of hypoxia. The lack of PlGF, in combination with reduced VEGF expression levels observed in the brain of PlGF-/- animals during the first 5 days of hypoxia, is likely the cause of the delayed angiogenic response and the prothrombotic phenotype of these mice. In vitro studies conducted to analyze mechanisms involved in the impaired angiogenic phenotype and enhanced astrocytic reactivity to hypoxia of PlGF-/- animals indicated that: i) PlGF-/- mouse brain endothelial cells exhibit alterations in intracellular signaling pathways associated with sprouting (ERK1/2) and vessel branching morphogenesis (GSK-3β) and ii) PlGF-/- astrocytes overexpress VEGF receptor-2 (VEGFR-2) which through activation of the ERK1/2 signaling pathway leads to a more proliferative astrocytic phenotype. These astrocytes were more resistant to oxygen and glucose deprivation (OGD) than PlGF+/+ astrocytes, a characteristic that was shown to be independent of the classical antiapoptotic VEGFR-2-dependent PI3K/Akt pathway. The findings presented in this thesis demonstrated a critical role of PlGF in vascular remodeling in the hypoxic brain.
De la maravilla-ficción de fantasía al surrealismo fantástico: una nueva genología – ilustrada en la narrativa mexicana, 1900-1999.
Creators: name: Barajas-Garrido, Gerardo
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011
Subjects: fantasía
fantástico
maravilla-ficción
ciencia-ficción
surrealismo
maravilla-ficción de fantasía
maravilla-ficción fantástica
ciencia-ficción de fantasía
ciencia-ficción fantástica
surrealismo de fantasía
surrealismo fantástico
México
Autores mexicanos

description: My research deals with fantasy and the fantastic as genres, as well as with their subgenres. I propose a new genology for fantasy and fantastic literature and their subgenres in which they are part of a continuum, with fantasy standing on one end and mimetic literature standing on the other, the fantastic being their middle ground. Within this continuum, the subgenres – which I call fantasy marvel-fiction and fantastic marvel-fiction, fantasy science-fiction and fantastic science-fiction, fantasy surrealism and fantastic surrealism – are distinguished among themselves according to two axes, namely: a) the inner coherence or incoherence of the world the text presents – their being subjected or not to the laws of that world –; b) the nature, and the appropriate explanation – marvelous or scientific –, of the phenomenon that breaks the natural laws of the reader’s known real world. This relationship between reality and fantasy has been essential to my investigation. More specifically, what I have named “the scientific urban gaze” of reality has been the touch-stone to establish what is fantasy and what is not and to create the consequent genology. The genology I propose must therefore be pragmatic: the reader’s view of reality must be taken into account in the process of placing a text within this continuum and the proper genre and subgenre. Once the genology is fully explained, I compare it to the work of some of the most prominent critics on the field of fantasy and the fantastic in order to see similitudes and differences between their research and mine. For the validity of my genology to be demonstrated, I apply it in the analysis of some Mexican narrative works and show how the genre and subgenre of a text – in interaction with the text’s archetypes and narrative components – can be an effective means to convey ideology or worldview. The genological approach, therefore, integrated with an archetypal and a narratological one, constitutes an efficient tool for a holistic semiotic analysis. Notwithstanding that in my thesis I apply it to literary works, it can also be applied to cinema and theatre.
title: Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz, Bd. 21 Nr. 3 (1977): Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz
title: Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Mitteilungen Des Kunsthistorischen Institutes In Florenz
Publisher: name: Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz
Year: 2018

description: Band XXI (1977), Heft 3
description: Postilla al Gabbiani...329-334
Die Fresken der Villa Soranza in England...327-329
Deianira, San Sebastiano e il guerriero contro il marzocco. Disegni inediti provenienti da Volterra...307-314
Deianira, San Sebastiano e il guerriero contro il marzocco. Disegni inediti provenienti da Volterra
Creators: name: Salvadori, Fabia Borroni
Publisher: name: Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz
Year: 2018

description: -
description: Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz, Bd. 21, Nr. 3 (1977): Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz
Identification of real-life mixtures using human biomonitoring data: a proof of concept study
Creators: name: Kolossa-Gehring, Marike
name: Martin, Laura Rodriguez
name: Ottenbros, Ilse
name: Schmidt, Phillipp
name: Vogel, Nina
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2023
Subjects: Human-Biomonitoring
Netzplantechnik

description: Human health risk assessment of chemical mixtures is complex due to the almost infinite number of possible combinations of chemicals to which people are exposed to on a daily basis. Human biomonitoring (HBM) approaches can provide inter alia information on the chemicals that are in our body at one point in time. Network analysis applied to such data may provide insight into real-life mixtures by visualizing chemical exposure patterns. The identification of groups of more densely correlated biomarkers, so-called "communities", within these networks highlights which combination of substances should be considered in terms of real-life mixtures to which a population is exposed. We applied network analyses to HBM datasets from Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, and Spain, with the aim to explore its added value for exposure and risk assessment. The datasets varied in study population, study design, and chemicals analysed. Sensitivity analysis was performed to address the influence of different approaches to standardise for creatinine content of urine. Our approach demonstrates that network analysis applied to HBM data of highly varying origin provides useful information with regards to the existence of groups of biomarkers that are densely correlated. This information is relevant for regulatory risk assessment, as well as for the design of relevant mixture exposure experiments. © 2023 by the authors
An alternative procedure for the performance assessment of FRP-retrofitted RC buildings using lumped plasticity
Creators: name: Lim, P. J.
name: Mahini, S. S.
name: Ronagh, H. R.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: A reinforced concrete (RC) building designed prior to current codes for seismic design and guidelines for detailing RC beam-column joints needs to be evaluated against the new seismic requirements. Members found to be deficient need to be monitored and subsequently retrofitted. One solution for retrofitting a deficient RC joint so as to avoid brittle joint core failure in an earthquake is to increase its ductility by shifting potential plastic hinges away from the joint. Fibre reinforced polymers (FRPs) are increasingly used to perform such retrofitting. Non-linear static (pushover) analysis can be a fast and relatively accurate method for evaluating the overall seismic performance of a regularly shaped building. It can be performed on commonly available and easy-to-use lumped-plasticity frame analysis (LPFA) computer programs, such as SAP2000. However, such programs cannot directly determine the amount of retrofitting required for each joint and its enhancing effects, a task that only a spread-plasticity frame analysis (SPFA) program can do. Therefore, time-consuming finiteelement analyses (FEA) of the joints need to be performed first before transferring the properties over to the LPFA program for the pushover analysis. This paper will use a LPFA program to indirectly approximate the amount retrofitting required thus replacing the FEA step. The successful results show that this new approach can be easier and more time-efficient than current methods.
The Role of IL-7/IL-7R Signalling in Thymic Dysfunction in HIV-1 infection
Creators: name: Young, Charlene Donna
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011
Subjects: Thymocytes
IL-7
CD127
HIV

description: Immune reconstitution following T-cell depletion consists of expansion of circulating T-cells or de novo synthesis of T-cells from the thymus. The IL-7/IL-7 receptor signalling pathway is critical for the maturation and differentiation of thymocytes before they leave the thymus as mature T-cells. Viral infections including HIV have been shown to decrease IL-7Ralpha (CD127) expression on circulating CD4+ and CD8+ T-cells. However little is known about the effects of HIV infection on CD127 expression and activity in thymocytes despite existing evidence of HIV infection of the thymus. Thymic function is altered in HIV infection leading to a dysregulation of the thymic epithelial network and reduced thymic output which may contribute, in part, to impaired immune reconstitution in progressive HIV disease. In vitro studies demonstrate that HIV infection interrupts thymopoiesis resulting in a developmental block in thymopoiesis similar to that seen in models of IL-7/IL-7R deficiencies suggesting a role for altered IL-7 signalling in HIV associated thymic dysfunction. Therefore we hypothesize that thymic dysfunction which occurs in HIV infection is due to reduced IL-7R and/or altered IL-7 signalling in thymocytes resulting in impaired de novo T-cell synthesis. In order to address this hypothesis an in vitro system for the functional study of human thymocytes has been optimized. The research conducted as part of this thesis assessed if in vitro HIV infection or if cytokines that are upregulated in the course of HIV infection altered CD127 expression on maturing thymocytes. It also evaluated if in vitro HIV infection disrupts thymocyte function at different stages of maturation and whether this disruption in function is due to impaired IL-7/IL-7R signalling. The host factors IL-7, TNF- and IL-4, which are upregulated in HIV infection, are found to downregulate CD127 expression on thymocytes. IL-4 pre-treatment of thymocytes reduced the ability of IL-7 to induce STAT-5 phosphorylation. Furthermore following in vitro HIV infection of thymocytes, CD127 expression of single positive CD8 thymocytes was decreased. In vitro HIV infection altered IL-7 activity as demonstrated by lower levels of Bcl-2 and phospho-STAT-5 expression in thymocytes following IL-7 stimulation. These accumulated results suggests that HIV may play a role in impaired thymic function by altering IL-7 responsiveness. Understanding the mechanisms of thymic dysfunction in HIV infection may provide some insight into therapies leading to immune reconstitution through increased thymic output.
Identifying eligibility for intermittent auscultation fetal monitoring in low-risk midwifery patients: A quality improvement project
Creators: name: Hendrickson, Samantha
Publisher: name: Oregon Health and Science University
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Fetal Monitoring
subject: intermittent auscultation + fetal monitoring + midwife

description: This quality improvement project aimed to increase the identification and documentation of IA-qualifying patients in a hospital-based midwifery practice. By implementing standardized documentation tools and provider education, the goal was to improve the consistency and accuracy of IA orders and usage.
Reproductive Biology, Hybridisation and Gene Flow of Corymbia torelliana and Corymbia citriodora
Creators: name: Dickinson, Geoffrey R
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2012
Subjects: reproductive biology
hybridisation
gene flow
Corymbia
citriodora
torelliana

description: Corymbia hybrids are of increasing importance to plantation forestry due to their high quality, durable timber, wide adaptability to marginal environments and their advantages over parental Corymbia species, including superior growth, disease, insect and frost tolerance. Corymbia hybridisation programs in Australia have investigated numerous hybrid combinations using five Corymbia taxa, however there is little understanding of the mechanisms controlling interspecific reproductive isolation and reproductive success between Corymbia taxa. Greater knowledge of the reproductive biology controlling interspecific Corymbia hybridisation is urgently required to advance commercial hybrid breeding programs and to quantify risks of genetic introgression into native Corymbia populations. This thesis describes a series of controlled pollination studies which were implemented to improve knowledge of the reproductive biology and breeding systems of Corymbia hybrids. The research determined (1) Suitable controlled pollination methodologies for creating Corymbia hybrids, (2) Influence of taxonomic affinity between parental taxa on the reproductive success of interspecific Corymbia hybridisation, (3) Efficacy and locations of pre- and post-zygotic isolating barriers which may influence interspecific Corymbia hybridisation, (4) Reproductive success of reciprocal and advanced generation hybrids between C. citriodora, C. torelliana and their hybrids and (5) Implications for advancement of Corymbia hybrid breeding and the management of environmental gene flow risk.
Dying for Attention: The Role of the Biafran Identity in the Biafran Campaign for Support during the Nigerian Civil War of 1967-70
Creators: name: Willms, Joshua P.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011
Subjects: Africa
Biafra
civil war
ethnicity
Ibo
identity
modernity
modernization
nation
Nigeria
Ojukwu
secession

description: This study examines the Biafran secession of 1967-1970 and how the secessionist government constructed a Biafran identity in its campaign to gain international support for Biafra’s permanent separation from Nigeria. The introductory chapter outlines the role of identity in Nigeria’s twentieth-century political history and discusses the scholarly literature addressing questions of national and ethnic identity and on the Biafran secession. The thesis then provides a historical framework for discussing the evolution of Nigerian political identities and the failures of Nigerian leaders to build a Nigerian nationalism among the region’s numerous identifiable groups in the colonial and early independence eras. Subsequent chapters analyse the Biafran government’s attempts to elide the inherent instability of identity and overcome the dynamic process of identity formation in Nigeria by constructing and promoting a fixed Biafran identity based on cultural characteristics and historical experiences that allegedly distinguished and united the diverse peoples of the secessionist region.
Die Fresken der Villa Soranza in England
Creators: name: Schweikhart, Gunter
Publisher: name: Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz
Year: 2018

description: -
description: Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz, Bd. 21, Nr. 3 (1977): Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz
Public sector cultural change: an autoethnography of a street-level bureaucrat
Creators: name: Bilney, Christopher
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Employing autoethnography, Chris' thesis examines employee reactions to organisational change and how these alter over time. Chris made use of his long term experience in the public sector to examine his perceptions of and reactions to change, noting that longer term employees perceive and deal with organisational change in different ways to shorter term employees. The thesis refines extant change management models, informs managers of employee perceptions and reactions and assists them to tailor their management of change to suit individuals thus facilitating a smoother and more effective change experience.
The Mighty Spoon: Representing characters with chronic health conditions in videogames
Creators: name: Barker, Dakoda J
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2018
Subjects: chronic health conditions
game design
identity
representation

description: Videogames infrequently represent characters with chronic health conditions. Given that such representation can help individuals to discover their own identity and empathise with others, as well as to demonstrate 'what could be and who can be possible' (Shaw 2015: 41), we need to address the lack of meaningful and authentic representation of chronic health conditions to better serve videogame audiences. To further academic discourse on how videogames represent chronic health conditions, I have: 1) considered the interactions between chronic health conditions, identity formation, representation, and videogame design principles; 2) developed an analytical tool that one can use to view and reflect on how videogames represent characters with chronic health conditions; and 3) constructed a creative artefact that exemplifies how videogames represent characters with chronic health conditions and how one can create characters with chronic health conditions. The resulting creative artefact, entitled 'The Mighty Spoon', is a collection of videogames of varying genres and comprises an interactive narrative entitled threesixfive, a vignette entitled Rise, and a role-playing game entitled The Denouement. The accompanying exegesis contextualises these videogames in existing representations of chronic health conditions and academic discourse on chronic health conditions and videogames, identity, and representation. In the exegesis, I record how I constructed creative artefact, my reflections on my process, and the resulting analytical tool to assist other creators in their own analyses and reflective-development processes.
Learning and Development in the Franchising Sector and Business Performance
Creators: name: Timms, Janette
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2020
Subjects: training
franchising
business performance
learning and development
L&D
field support
channel outcomes

description: This research creates new knowledge in the domain of franchising research within the context of Learning and Development (L&D), whilst concomitantly providing actionable insights that will be of value to the franchising sector as well as Human Resource Management (HRM) and L&D professionals. It is envisaged that the results will serve members of the franchising and HRM communities by developing an integrative framework for knowledge exchange and transfer. It is proposed that investment in L&D can and does lead to enhanced channel outcomes for the various players involved in the franchising relationship (franchisees, franchisors, customers, franchise employees, suppliers and industry and the franchise sector as a whole). However, poor participation and engagement in franchisor-initiated L&D activities is widespread in the business format franchising sector in Australia and this phenomenon has impacted franchise system performance. Qualitative empirical examination provides confirmation of this proposition and factors that influence successful L&D execution in terms of achieving enhanced channel outcomes are identified. Therefore, the aim of this thesis is to address the following research question; 'What factors influence participation and engagement with training interventions and their subsequent ability to achieve enhanced channel outcomes?' Initially, 20 industry experts were interviewed, with participants comprising a mix of franchisors, franchisees, training and education specialists and suppliers to the franchising sector. Franchisors were selected from a range of industries including business services, retail and home services. The interviews explored the diversity of approaches to L&D strategy and the impact it has on achieving enhanced channel outcomes. Next, a qualitative case study approach was adopted, targeting 60 participants across four franchise groups in order to explore factors that influence franchisee participation and engagement with training interventions. It was determined that for enhanced channel outcomes to occur, certain channel conditions need to be present. These conditions are presented as an integrative framework for knowledge transfer.
Spectral Solution Method for Distributed Delay Stochastic Differential Equations
Creators: name: René, Alexandre
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: stochastic differential equations
distributed delay differential equations
biorthogonal decomposition

description: Stochastic delay differential equations naturally arise in models of complex natural phenomena, yet continue to resist efforts to find analytical solutions to them: general solutions are limited to linear systems with additive noise and a single delayed term. In this work we solve the case of distributed delays in linear systems with additive noise. Key to our solution is the development of a consistent interpretation for integrals over stochastic variables, obtained by means of a virtual discretization procedure. This procedure makes no assumption on the form of noise, and would likely be useful for a wider variety of cases than those we have considered. We show how it can be used to map the distributed delay equation to a known multivariate system, and obtain expressions for the system's time-dependent mean and autocovariance. These are in the form of series over the system's natural modes and completely define the solution. — An interpretation of the system as an amplitude process is explored. We show that for a wide range of realistic parameters, dynamics are dominated by only a few modes, implying that most of the observed behaviour of stochastic delayed equations is constrained to a low-dimensional subspace. — The expression for the autocovariance is given particular attention. A recurring problem for stochastic delay equations is the description of their temporal structure. We show that the series expression for the autocovariance does converge over a meaningful range of time lags, and therefore provides a means of describing this temporal structure.
Capture, reuse, and validation of requirements and analysis patterns for mobile systems.
Creators: name: Andrade, Rossana Maria De Castro.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Computer Science.

description: In the mobile wireless communication domain, different systems apply common solutions to similar functional and architectural design problems. The recognition of these commonalities is a starting point towards reconciling differences and leading possibly to better ways to interwork these systems and to develop new ones. There is therefore a need for capturing these commonalities that can be fulfilled by the use of the pattern concept, which has been applied to document recurring problems and solutions in software engineering. This research develops a method to extract such common problems and solutions and to document them as patterns. These behavioral and structural patterns are grouped into a pattern language in order to describe how they work together to solve recurring problems in the mobile communication domain. The examples given are related to mobility and radio resource management functions in second and third generation systems. The pattern language for Mobility and Radio R&barbelow;esource management (MoRaR) makes it possible to generate different requirements and analysis models for mobile systems. In addition, this thesis proposes an approach for reuse and validation of the MoRaR pattern language that includes a combination of different techniques at the early stages of the system development process and evolution. U&barbelow;se C&barbelow;ase M&barbelow;aps (UCMs) describe the requirements and the analysis models, which the L&barbelow;anguage O&barbelow;f T&barbelow;emporal O&barbelow;rdering S&barbelow;pecifications (LOTOS) is applied to formally specify and to validate these models. M&barbelow;essage S&barbelow;equence C&barbelow;harts (MSCs) are used to represent the LOTOS validation traces at the design stage. These techniques provide confidence in the correctness of the pattern reuse. According to the system needs, mobile system designers are able to reuse and to validate each pattern individually or a set of the patterns described within the MoRaR pattern language. Three case studies are considered in this thesis to show the application of the approach for reuse and validation: the development of a UCM framework for mobile system requirements and analysis models; the addition of a second generation feature and a generic reference model of a third generation system to the framework; and the addition of patterns to a typical wireless mobile ATM network.