cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Evaluating Time-Cost-Carbon Emission Trade-Offs in Construction: A Study of Onsite Optimization and Offsite Prefabrication Methods
Creators: Oluyale, Kehinde J
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

This research investigates strategies to accelerate construction projects while balancing cost and environmental considerations, using a single-family house construction project in Edmonton, Canada, as a case study. Two strategies are examined: onsite trade-off optimization and offsite prefabrication. The first strategy employs a Non-dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm (NSGA-II) to optimize the time, cost, and carbon emissions of a stick-built construction process. By inputting data on activities, costs, and carbon emissions at normal and crash levels, the model generates optimal trade-off solutions through iterative selection, crossover, and mutation, offering a range of shortened project durations based on budget and sustainability goals. The second strategy focuses on scheduling the offsite construction process, where portions of the project are prefabricated in a factory and installed onsite. This method enhances schedule predictability and reduces build time, resulting in an 18% reduction in project duration, a 24.89% decrease in costs, and a 31.67% reduction in carbon emissions. Combining these strategies can significantly improve project efficiency in terms of time, cost, and environmental impact, even under construction uncertainties. These findings highlight the potential for improved construction project management through innovative optimization and prefabrication techniques.
Supplemental material for Syntaxin 17 Recruits ACSL3 to Lipid Microdomains in Lipid Droplet Biogenesis
Creators: name: Kimura, Hana
name: Arasaki, Kohei
name: Iitsuka, Moe
name: Tagaya, Mitsuo
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2019
Subjects: Cell Biology

description: Supplemental Material for Syntaxin 17 Recruits ACSL3 to Lipid Microdomains in Lipid Droplet Biogenesis by Hana Kimura, Kohei Arasaki, Moe Iitsuka and Mitsuo Tagaya in Contact
Inner automorphisms as 2-cells
Creators: name: Hofstra, Pieter
name: Karvonen, Martti
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Category Theory (math.CT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 18A30, 18G45, 18N10

description: Abstract inner automorphisms can be used to promote any category into a 2-category, and we study two-dimensional limits and colimits in the resulting 2-categories. Existing connected colimits and limits in the starting category become two-dimensional colimits and limits under fairly general conditions. Under the same conditions, colimits in the underlying category can be used to build many notable two-dimensional colimits such as coequifiers and coinserters. In contrast, disconnected colimits or genuinely 2-categorical limits such as inserters and equifiers and cotensors cannot exist unless no nontrivial abstract inner automorphisms exist and the resulting 2-category is locally discrete. We also study briefly when an ordinary functor can be extended to a 2-functor between the resulting 2-categories.
Supplementary document for Printable and Low-cost Perfect Terahertz Absorber Realized by Laser-induced Graphene Metasurface - 6579509.pdf
Creators: name: Dong, Yan
name: Wang, Zongyuan
name: xiong, Chenjie
name: Deng, Bowen
name: Hu, Bin
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Additive Manufacturing

description: Comparisons between this work and relevant research
Additional file 2 of Localized assembly for long reads enables genome-wide analysis of repetitive regions at single-base resolution in human genomes
Creators: name: Ikemoto, Ko
name: Fujimoto, Hinano
name: Fujimoto, Akihiro
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 2: Supplementary materials and figures.
Online_Appendix – Supplemental material for Palmetto Postmortem: Examining the Effects of the South Carolina Voter Identification Statute
Creators: name: M. V. Hood
name: Buchanan, Scott E.
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 160607 International Relations
subject: FOS: Political science

description: Supplemental material, Online_Appendix for Palmetto Postmortem: Examining the Effects of the South Carolina Voter Identification Statute by M. V. Hood and Scott E. Buchanan in Political Research Quarterly
Role of H4K20me3 in Modulating Nuclear Rigidity During Constricted Migration of Mammary Epithelial Cells
Creators: Rafique, Tanzeem Ahmed
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

Background: Cell migration is crucial in various biological phenomena such as

development, tissue homeostasis, and disease prevention. However, in the context of cancer,

cell migration plays a significant role in metastasis, which is often associated with poor

prognosis and high mortality rates. This paper focuses on investigating the

mechanobiological role of histone H4 lysine 20 tri-methylation (H4K20me3) in breast cancer

cell migration.

Methods: In this study, we utilized immunohistochemistry to analyze the levels of

H4K20me3 in the terminal end bud (TEB) and ducts of developing mouse mammary glands.

H4K20me3 was also measured in a 3D organoid culture model which is an in vitro model of

cell migration and invasion in tissues. Proliferating cells in the 3D organoids were imaged

using H3S10ph antibody staining. Collective cell migration on a flat surface was assessed

using the scratch wound healing assay. The invasion of cells through narrow constrictions

was assessed using the transwell Matrigel invasion assay.

Results: In immunohistochemistry, the invasive terminal end buds had a variegated pattern

of H4K20me3 compared to the mature ducts. In TEBs, the majority of the cells were

H4K20me3 low whereas in mature ducts, the majority of the cells were H4K20me3 high. In

3D cultures, cells in the invasive protrusion had significantly lower H4K20me3 which was

independent of cell proliferation status visualized by H3S10ph. Chemical depletion of

H4K20me2/3 led to increased cell migration as shown by wounds in scratch wound healing

assays. Depletion of H4K20me2/3 also led to the increased capacity of the cells for

constricted migration shown by the transwell invasion assay.iii

Conclusion: The findings suggest that H4K20me3 plays a critical role in regulating nuclear

mechanics during cell migration and invasion, although the contribution of H4K20me2 in

this scenario needs to be investigated further in the future
Supplementary document for Gradient assisted metasurface absorber with dual-band chiral switching and quasi-linearly tunable circular dichroism - 6579848.pdf
Creators: name: Chen, Jiafei
name: Zong, Shu
name: Liu, Xiaoshan
name: Liu, Guiqiang
name: Zhan, Xuefeng
name: Liu, Zhengqi
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplement 1
Marching Toward Change: Indigenous Youth Perspectives on the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) Crisis
Creators: Kowalewski, Jasmine
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

In response to the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) crisis in Canada, annual Marches are held to raise awareness, increase community healing, and prevent further gendered violence. Blending a Western focus group and Indigenous sharing circle, this thesis research aimed to (1) examine Indigenous youths’ perspectives on the actions that can be taken in response to the MMIWG crisis and (2) investigate the impact of engaging in the MMIWG March on Indigenous youth. Adopting a strength-based framework and guided by Indigenous methodology, this research focuses on how Indigenous youth can adapt and thrive in the face of adversity or trauma, thereby transforming their grief into resiliency, meaning, and purpose. This project aligned with a community-based participatory approach, where community members were equitable partners throughout the research process. Data was recorded, transcribed, and thematically analyzed. Data analysis resulted in four themes, consisting of (1) the Importance of Acknowledgement and Awareness, (2) Systems of Power and Influence, (3) Historical and Ongoing Injustices, and (4) Resiliency and Healing. These findings demonstrate the potential of the March as a culturally grounded, community-based intervention that can enhance well-being, and outline strategic actions that can be taken in response to the MMIWG crisis. Including Indigenous youth as active agents of change and generating knowledge regarding Indigenous resilience directly challenges the deficit-based narratives that dominate research across disciplines providing Indigenous youth with opportunities to transform their narratives to reflect their strengths and reclaim their sense of identity.
Role of Principal Elements in Oxygen Surface Adsorption and Diffusion in FeCrNi Medium Entropy Alloy: A Computational Study
Creators: Khalid, Farhan
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

The high affinity of chromium to oxygen is known to improve corrosion resistance for iron-based alloys, but conventional alloy corrosion resistance decreases in high-temperature environments. High-temperature resistant alloys have gained attention from the aerospace, the nuclear and the oil industry due to their mechanical and corrosion resistant properties. However, increasing the Cr content of conventional alloys leads to formation of harmful sigma σ phase, which leads to a decrease in mechanical and corrosion properties. Medium entropy alloys (MEA), due to their higher entropy than conventional alloys circumvent this problem, by forming simple phases and being stable at higher temperatures. Medium entropy alloys with chromium content up to 33% have been made by the laser bed fusion technique, and these alloys offer all the benefits of chromium. Previous studies have examined the overall adsorption of oxygen on an alloy and its bulk diffusion. In this study, we hypothesize that the principal elements and their content within the sublayers play a crucial role in oxidation and diffusion energies. We conduct first-principles calculations of the oxygen adsorption and permeation processes in FeCrNi medium entropy alloy to test our hypothesis and understand the oxidation behavior. We calculated the oxygen adsorption energy on surfaces, the solution energy at interstitial sites, and the activation energy for oxygen permeation. The adsorption energy for oxygen cohesion to all investigated surfaces was lowest for the sites containing Cr, suggesting a positive effect of Cr in producing a chromium oxide scale. Moreover, oxygen in its preferred subsurface state is always less stable than its preferred surface state. The difference in the thermodynamic stability of these two states determines how high the energy barrier is for oxygen to move from the surface to the first 1st subsurface layer. On the other hand, the thermodynamic barrier for oxygen to move from the 1st subsurface layer to the 2nd subsurface layer is not very high. In addition, we have calculated the contribution of the principal element on the stability of the interstitial sites and the activation energy of diffusion between them. The affinity of oxygen to metal decreases as it goes from Cr to Fe to Ni. This research provides fundamental insights into oxygen adsorption, absorption, and permeation with potential implications guiding the design of oxidation-resistant surfaces in MEA and high entropy alloys for highly corrosive environments and high-temperature applications.
Risk for Child Psychopathology Across Development: The Role of Paternal Internalizing Symptoms and Child Self-Regulation
Creators: Slater, Kelsie
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

Dramatic increases in anxiety, depression, and behavioral problems have been documented during the transition from middle childhood to early adolescence (Merikangas et al., 2010; Twenge et al., 2020). Therefore, developmental psychopathologists are continually trying to understand factors that confer risk or resilience to facilitate early intervention and prevention efforts (Cicchetti & Rogosh, 2022). Although fathers exert a significant influence on older children and adolescents (Wilson & Durbin, 2010), there is only a limited understanding of how anxiety and depression in fathers influence maladaptation in youth. Additionally, extant literature suggests that children’s ability to self-regulate may protect or enhance risk for maladaptation during this time (Eisenberg, 2010; Nigg, 2017), however, no studies known to me have examined how interactions between paternal internalizing symptoms and child SR influence child mental health. Thus, using longitudinal data from the Adolescent Brain and Cognitive Development Study (ABCD Study®), the current study adopted a multi-method, multi-informant, longitudinal design combined with a rigorous statistical approach to understand how internalizing symptoms in fathers interact with child SR to predict later externalizing and internalizing symptoms in youth. Results indicated that paternal internalizing problems positively predicted youth internalizing symptoms over time. Further, children of fathers with elevated internalizing problems and weak top-down SR skills were at a higher risk of later internalizing symptoms. Paternal internalizing problems did not significantly predict child externalizing symptoms, though results demonstrated that poor top-down SR is a particularly salient risk factor for externalizing problems regardless of paternal symptoms. Important implications for research and early intervention efforts targeting paternal mental health and child SR were discussed.
Factors Effecting Return to Sport Sex Differences Following ACL Reconstruction
Creators: name: Klemm, Haydn
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 420109
subject: Rehabilitation
classificationCode: 520107
subject: Sport and exercise psychology
classificationCode: 4405
subject: Gender studies

description: Submitted in total fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science to the School of Allied Health, Human Services and Sport, La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia.
Solid Waste Processing Facility Improvement Using Lean Principles and Simulation Modeling
Creators: Ramadan, Mohamad
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

Municipal solid waste (MSW) management presents a significant challenge, as current practices often lead to inefficiencies and substantial variability in waste processing. This variability contributes to increased downtime, reduced productivity, and higher operational costs. While previous research has targeted specific areas of waste management optimization, there remains a need for a comprehensive approach that addresses these challenges holistically across the entire waste processing system.

This thesis introduces a framework aimed at analyzing and optimizing the operations of a municipal solid waste processing facility, grounded in Lean Thinking and Theory. The study utilized historical data from a solid waste management facility (SWMF), specifically its refuse-derived fuel (RDF) process, to test and validate the proposed framework.

Using Lean tools such as Value Stream Mapping and Simulation Modelling, the study evaluated the current state of operations at the SWMF. These tools helped identify inefficiencies, and a base-case scenario was developed to serve as a benchmark for testing potential improvements. Key metrics such as downtime percentage, total runtime, and total throughput were analyzed. The study proposed three main interventions: implementing preventive maintenance, reducing repair times through better inventory management, and optimizing the use of the facility's dual processing lines to mitigate the impact of equipment breakdowns.

In conclusion, the study provided a detailed analysis of the waste processing system at both micro and macro levels. Simulation modelling demonstrated that combining the proposed interventions could significantly reduce downtime, increase throughput, and improve overall operational efficiency. This case study offers a foundation for future research and the adoption of Lean practices in waste management facilities, with the potential to enhance sustainability and operational performance.
Engineering Gene Vectors: Synthesis of Thioether-Lipid Polyethyleneimine Conjugates  for pDNA and siRNA Delivery
Creators: Pontillas, Shienna Marie A
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

Gene therapy offers a promising approach for treatment of a diverse array of diseases at their genetic root causes. The cationic polyethyleneimine (PEI) has been extensively used for successful non-viral nucleic acid delivery in experimental systems, but its clinical utility has been hampered by its severe cytotoxicity. Thus, hydrophobic modification of low molecular weight (LMW) PEIs has been used to enhance transfection efficiency along with acceptable toxicity. This study conjugated PEI1.2k with aliphatic lipids lauric, palmitic and stearic acid via thioether linkages and probed their in-vitro performance for nucleic acid delivery in suspension cells. The 1H-NMR and FTIR confirmed the desired structural characteristics of the synthesized lipid-substituted polymers. Particle sizes of the pDNA polyplexes varied from 140+1 to 330+10 nm, with positive ζ-potentials (+4 to +12 mV). The modified LMW polyplexes demonstrated negligible toxicity (cell viabilities ~97%) at a polymer-to-pDNA mass ratio of 10. The extent of stearic and lauric acid substitution improved the in vitro transfection, outperforming 25 kDa branched-PEI and matching the efficacy of the commercial transfection agent LipofectamineTM 2000, with over 80% pDNA-positive cells. Additionally, the inclusion of the Trans-Booster additive in the polyplexes further enhanced the transfection efficiency. Likewise, the potential for delivering other anionic biomacromolecules, such as small interfering RNA (siRNA) for gene silencing, was explored. Lauric acid-grafted polyplexes with therapeutic siBCR-ABL achieved approximately 58% maximum cell growth inhibition in drug-resistant chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) cells and maintained this effect for 9 days, which is comparable to or exceeds the duration reported in previous studies. These findings underscore the versatility of lipid-PEI conjugates via thioether linkage as delivery vectors for pDNA and siRNA in suspension-growing CML K562 and Jurkat T-cells, a strategy not previously reported in the literature and thus, merit further investigation.
Systematics of the Great Spangled Fritillary butterfly (Speyeria cybele)
Creators: Jackson, Leah G
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

The taxonomic rank of species remains a fundamental unit in the study of biodiversity. However, speciation processes are diverse, making it challenging to delimit species. This difficulty is conflated by methodological issues including the use of too few characters, low sample sizes, and prior name changes unsupported by empirical data. To operationalize species taxonomy, numerous species concepts have been proposed to communicate morphological and evolutionary uniqueness, with some also considering biological processes.

The Great Spangled Fritillary butterfly, Speyeria cybele, provides a challenging case study in species delimitation as its species identity has remained uncertain since its original description. This North American butterfly is well known for its large size, swift flight, and sexually dimorphic wing size and colour pattern. The uncertainty about S. cybele’s species status is largely based on differences between populations east of the Rocky Mountains and those to the west of the Rocky Mountains. Some authors have treated S. cybele as a single variable species with transitions in colour pattern where populations contact. Others recognize western and eastern populations as two distinct species, with western populations being split off as Speyeria leto, which may be sympatric with S. cybele in some regions. However, prior taxonomic and phylogenetic studies of this butterfly have used too few characters or limited sampling of populations, and have not sufficiently quantified morphological differences.

My study used whole-genome single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), mitochondrial DNA sequences, and wing colour-pattern and size data to assess the population structure of S. cybele. SNPs revealed four major genetic groups that admix to varying extents when populations are in contact. Mitochondrial DNA showed two major haplogroups. The first was restricted to western North America and the second haplotype was geographically unconstrained. Wing morphometrics showed clear sexual dimorphism across North America, and other characters were usually clinal with no sharp boundaries between genetic groupings. By applying the genomic integrity species concept, which distills several other concepts in an effort to provide an objective calibration for species delimitation, I recommend recognition of S. cybele as a single species across North America.
Advanced Non-Uniform Sampling Techniques for Energy-Efficient Data Acquisition
Creators: Elmi, Mohammad
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

With the growing demand for power-efficient data acquisition systems, particularly in low-power sensor applications that rely on energy harvesting or limited energy stored in small batteries, non-uniform sampling (NUS) techniques have gained attention as an effective approach to managing a restricted power budget while preserving the accuracy of the acquired data. Conventionally, signals are sampled uniformly independent of their shapes and frequency content, but NUS techniques intelligently reduce the overall collected data by selecting the most valuable data points for reconstructing sensed input signals. This approach remarkably aids data acquisition systems to reduce unnecessary power consumption in the critical system building blocks such as analog-to-digital converters (ADCs), digital signal processors (DSPs), and transceivers.This thesis addresses the key challenges in designing and implementing NUS techniques to highlight their potential in developing power-efficient data acquisition systems. The primary objective of this research is to introduce new NUS schemes to further enhance the energy efficiency of the data acquisition systems and to conduct a comprehensive review study of NUS schemes. This research presents two innovative NUS schemes: The first scheme is an ultra-low-power clock-based non-uniform sampling scheme that uses a novel derivative-based algorithm that maintains accuracy comparable with prior clock-based non-uniform sampling schemes but with reduced complexity and lower power consumption. The second proposed scheme is a clockless NUS approach that employs a derivative-dependent mechanism that provides enhanced accuracy for high-frequency content compared to other clockless NUS schemes while consuming less power. Both the proposed clock-based and clockless NUS techniques have been fabricated in CMOS technology and their performance has been characterized by experimental results when processing both real-world and ideal signals. The proposed clock-based Non-Uniform Sampling (NUS) system can operate with a clock frequency of up to 100 kHz, where power consumption scales proportionally to this frequency and is less than ∼155 nW at 1 kHz of the clock. The proposed clockless NUS scheme is presented in two versions of low- and high-speed designs where their maximum power consumption is 1.15 μW (@1 MHz) and 8.81 μW (@20 MHz), respectively. As the third contribution, this thesis provides a thorough quantitative and qualitative comparison of the prior art on NUS techniques; discussing their proposed implementations, design considerations, and/or limitations, and ultimately, evaluating their performance metrics.
K-percent Evaluation for Lifelong Reinforcement Learning
Creators: Mesbahi, Golnaz
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

If we aspire to design algorithms that can run for long periods, continually

adapting to new, unexpected situations, then we must be willing to deploy

our agents without tuning their hyperparameters over the agent’s entire lifetime.

The standard practice in deep RL—and even continual RL—is to assume

unfettered access to the deployment environment for the full lifetime of the

agent. In this thesis, we propose a new approach for evaluating lifelong RL

agents where only k percent of the experiment data can be used for hyperparameter

tuning. We then conduct an empirical study of DQN and SAC

across a variety of continuing and non-stationary domains. We find agents

generally perform poorly when restricted to k-percent tuning, whereas several

algorithmic mitigations designed to maintain network plasticity help with the

performance. In addition, we explore the impact of the tuning budget (k)

on algorithm performance and hyperparameter selection, and assess various

mitigation strategies’ network properties to analyze their behavior.
Supplementary document for Two-field sequential color liquid crystal displays with deep learning-enabled real-time driving - 6580307.pdf
Creators: name: Wang, Zeyu
name: Zou, Guowei
name: Li, Yutong
name: Ma, Changwen
name: Zhang, Zhou
name: Zha, Guowei
name: Shen, Yan
name: Yang, Bo-Ru
name: Qin, Zong
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Detailed explanation of the network structure and algorithm outputs with more pictures
Supplemental Material, Appendices_Meta-analysis - Interventions for Attitudes and Empathy Toward People With Dementia and Positive Aspects of Caregiving: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Creators: name: Areum Han
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 110308 Geriatrics and Gerontology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: Supplemental Material, Appendices_Meta-analysis for Interventions for Attitudes and Empathy Toward People With Dementia and Positive Aspects of Caregiving: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Areum Han in Research on Aging
Supplementary document for Superconducting wide strip photon detector with high critical current bank structure - 6580370.pdf
Creators: name: Yabuno, Masahiro
name: China, Fumihiro
name: Terai, H
name: Miki, Shigehito
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplemental document for methods and additional experimental results
AUT889272_Supplemental_material_1 – Supplemental material for The feasibility of low-intensity psychological therapy for depression co-occurring with autism in adults: The Autism Depression Trial study – a pilot randomised controlled trial
Creators: name: Russell, Ailsa
name: Gaunt, Daisy M
name: Cooper, Kate
name: Barton, Stephen
name: Horwood, Jeremy
name: Kessler, David
name: Metcalfe, Chris
name: Ensum, Ian
name: Ingham, Barry
name: Parr, Jeremy R
name: Dheeraj Rai
name: Wiles, Nicola
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: 110319 Psychiatry (incl. Psychotherapy)
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Education
subject: 130312 Special Education and Disability
subject: FOS: Educational sciences

description: Supplemental material, AUT889272_Supplemental_material_1 for The feasibility of low-intensity psychological therapy for depression co-occurring with autism in adults: The Autism Depression Trial study – a pilot randomised controlled trial by Ailsa Russell, Daisy M Gaunt, Kate Cooper, Stephen Barton, Jeremy Horwood, David Kessler, Chris Metcalfe, Ian Ensum, Barry Ingham, Jeremy R Parr, Dheeraj Rai and Nicola Wiles in Autism
Supplementary document for Optical limiter based on PT-symmetry breaking of reflectionless modes - 6580487.pdf
Creators: name: Chabanov, Andrey
name: Riboli, Francesco
name: Kononchuk, Rodion
name: Tommasi, Federico
name: BOSCHETTI, ALICE
name: SUWUNNARAT, SUWUN
name: Anisimov, Igor
name: Vitebskiy, Ilya
name: Wiersma, Diederik
name: Cavalieri, Stefano
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: supplemental document
Online_appendix_8_Table_survival_macce – Supplemental material for Prediction of major adverse cardiac, cerebrovascular events in patients with diabetes after acute coronary syndrome
Creators: name: Baluja, Aurora
name: Rodríguez-Mañero, Moisés
name: Cordero, Alberto
name: Kreidieh, Bahij
name: Iglesias-Alvarez, Diego
name: García-Acuña, Jose M
name: Martínez-Gómez, Alvaro
name: Agra-Bermejo, Rosa
name: Leyre Alvarez-Rodríguez
name: Charigan Abou-Jokh
name: López-Ratón, Mónica
name: Gude-Sampedro, Francisco
name: Alvarez-Escudero, Julián
name: González-Juanatey, Jose R
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Cardiology
subject: 110306 Endocrinology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 111199 Nutrition and Dietetics not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110323 Surgery

description: Supplemental material, Online_appendix_8_Table_survival_macce for Prediction of major adverse cardiac, cerebrovascular events in patients with diabetes after acute coronary syndrome by Aurora Baluja, Moisés Rodríguez-Mañero, Alberto Cordero, Bahij Kreidieh, Diego Iglesias-Alvarez, Jose M García-Acuña, Alvaro Martínez-Gómez, Rosa Agra-Bermejo, Leyre Alvarez-Rodríguez, Charigan Abou-Jokh, Mónica López-Ratón, Francisco Gude-Sampedro, Julián Alvarez-Escudero and Jose R González-Juanatey in Diabetes & Vascular Disease Research
supplemental_material - When and Why Do Third Parties Punish Outside of the Lab? A Cross-Cultural Recall Study
Creators: name: Pedersen, Eric J.
name: McAuliffe, William H. B.
name: Yashna Shah
name: Tanaka, Hiroki
name: Yohsuke Ohtsubo
name: McCullough, Michael E.
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: supplemental_material for When and Why Do Third Parties Punish Outside of the Lab? A Cross-Cultural Recall Study by Eric J. Pedersen, William H. B. McAuliffe, Yashna Shah, Hiroki Tanaka, Yohsuke Ohtsubo and Michael E. McCullough in Social Psychological and Personality Science
Phosphatidylcholine ameliorates lipid accumulation and liver injury in high-fat diet mice by modulating bile acid metabolism and gut microbiota
Creators: name: Jia, Longgang
name: Wang, Ruijia
name: Huang, Zhiqi
name: Sun, Nana
name: Sun, Hui
name: Wang, Hongbin
name: Lu, Fuping
name: Liu, Yihan
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer

description: Phosphatidylcholine (PC) has garnered considerable attention due to its involvement in a wide array of crucial biological functions. However, there is still much to active explore regarding the precise mechanisms that underlie PC’s actions in the context of high-fat diet. In this study, we found that both PC intervention and treatment significantly mitigated lipid accumulation, liver damage, and body weight gaining triggered by the high-fat diet. Untargeted and targeted metabolomic analyses uncovered substantial effects of PC on bile acid metabolism, especially led to a substantial reduction in elevated levels of free bile acids. 16S rRNA gene sequencing revealed that PC modulated the gut microbiota structures and compositions in high-fat diet mice, particularly exhibiting a positive association with Pseudoflavonifractor abundance, and a negative correlation with Olsenella, Parasutterella, and Allobaculum abundance. Our study suggested that PC held promise as a potential candidate for alleviating lipid metabolism injury, liver disease or obesity.
Supplementary_Material – Supplemental material for Synthesis of new phenolic compounds and biological evaluation as antiproliferative agents
Creators: name: Ibrahim, Marwa A
name: George, Riham F
name: Abou-Seri, Sahar M
name: El-Moghazy, Samir M
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 91299 Materials Engineering not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Materials engineering

description: Supplemental material, Supplementary_Material for Synthesis of new phenolic compounds and biological evaluation as antiproliferative agents by Marwa A Ibrahim, Riham F George, Sahar M Abou-Seri and Samir M El-Moghazy in Journal of Chemical Research
Whole grapes or grape products on body weight, anthropometrics, and adipokines: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Creators: name: Soltani, Sepideh
name: Asoudeh, Farzaneh
name: Motallaei, Maryam
name: Kolahdouz-Mohammadi, Roya
name: Forbes, Scott C.
name: Abdollahi, Shima
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: This meta-analysis aims to compile all randomised controlled trials (RCTs) that examined the effects of grapes or grape products on adult anthropometric measures and serum adipokines. We searched PubMed, Scopus, Google scholar, Web of Science and CENTRAL databases published before January 2022. Random-effects model was used to combine mean differences between intervention and placebo groups. A minimal reduction was revealed for BMI following consumption of grapes/grape products [weighted mean difference (WMD): −0.14 kg]; however, no significant effects were observed on body weight, except for trials conducting in female (n = 3 studies; WMD: −0.68 kg), and those enrolled patients with metabolic syndrome (n = 3 studies; WMD: −0.62 kg). No significant effect was found for waist circumference, body fat, waist to hip ratio, serum level of leptin and adiponectin. Our findings showed that grapes or grape products have no significant anti-obesity effects on body weight, anthropometric measures, or adipokines. However, BMI showed a trivial decrease, which should not be considered given the low quality of the studies.
Online_Appendix – Supplemental material for Fridays of Revolution: Focal Days and Mass Protest in Egypt and Tunisia
Creators: name: Ketchley, Neil
name: Barrie, Christopher
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 160607 International Relations
subject: FOS: Political science

description: Supplemental material, Online_Appendix for Fridays of Revolution: Focal Days and Mass Protest in Egypt and Tunisia by Neil Ketchley and Christopher Barrie in Political Research Quarterly
Direct fused granulate fabrication of PVA-WC composites
Creators: Lim, Adam
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

Material extrusion additive manufacturing is a highly versatile additive manufacturing process which has been used to not only produce polymers, but also polymer composites with filler

materials of ceramic, metals, and even drugs. The objective of this thesis is to develop the equipment and procedures required to manufacture fully dense, highly filled polymer-carbide parts from bulk component materials via material extrusion additive manufacturing. The work undertaken will support future development in the introduction of the metal binder, eventually paving the way for low cost, highly versatile production of wear resistant cemented carbides for the mining and oil and gas industries of Alberta. Presented in this thesis is a newly developed, direct-from-bulk additive manufacturing technique, termed Direct Fused Granulate Fabrication (DFGF). Starting with a compounding screw extruder, modifications were designed and implemented to transform it into the deposition module of a Fused Granulate Fabrication (FGF)

3D printer prototype. This is paired with a custom-built 3-axis gantry manipulation module to make up the prototype 3D printer, capable of processing and printing neat polymers from pellets. The 3D printer is controlled with a Robot Operating System (ROS)-based toolchain that coordinates deposition and motion commands to the deposition and manipulation modules.
Supplementary document for Transverse optical singularity induced precision measurement of step-nanostructures - 6580528.pdf
Creators: name: Min, Changjun
name: Dou, xiujie
name: Zhang, Yuquan
name: Pereira, Silvania
name: zhou, jiakang
name: Yuan, Xiaocong
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplemental document
Exploring the Learning Experience of Canadian Exchange Students in Chinese Universities
Creators: Yu, Shuai
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

As a high priority of internationalization, international student mobility has transformed the higher education landscape over the last few decades. Although plenty of studies focus on international students’ experiences, less attention was paid to North American students’ learning experiences in other countries due to the low outbound mobility, especially Canadian students. Despite the increasing collaboration and partnerships between Chinese and Canadian universities, the number of Canadian students who chose to study in China remains small. Moreover, international student mobility brings many benefits to students, higher education institutions, communities, society, and the economy (Knight, 2012). Therefore, in order to provide Canadian students with targeted support services and improve outbound mobility, it is essential to understand their learning experience in China.

Applying concepts of Kolb’s (1984, 2015) Experiential Learning Theory (ELT) and Mezirow’s Transformative Learning Theory (TLT), this study explores the learning experience of Canadian exchange students in Chinese universities, including students’ perceived challenges and benefits of their learning experience, as well as their reflection on the impacts of their academic and social learning experiences. A generic qualitative research design was employed based on the constructivist-interpretive paradigm. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with 14 Canadian exchange students who studied in Chinese universities from 2016 to 2021. The 14 students were from 10 Canadian universities and studied at seven Chinese universities.

Key findings indicate that all the participants perceived their learning experiences in China as beneficial. The main benefits include personal growth, improved language proficiency, critical thinking abilities, intercultural awareness and competencies, and enhanced academic and career development. Perceived challenges revolved around personal and external challenges.  Personal challenges were culture shock due to the language barrier and cultural differences.  External challenges were caused by insufficient administration, which involved bureaucratic barriers, confusion in course registration, and difficulties in receiving transcripts and accessing essential and relevant information.

This study provides a view of the context of student mobility between China and Canada. By investigating Canadian exchange students’ learning experiences in Chinese universities, this study contributes to an understanding of the outbound student mobility of Canadian students, especially in developing countries. Further, this study provides theoretical and practical implications that may be of interest to educators and policy makers involved in planning and implementing international student mobility programs. Participants’ learning experience may shed light for students who are potentially interested in participating in exchange programs in China.
Additional file 1 of Performance of Aptima-HPV in the cervical cancer screening program of Portugal: a cost-analysis
Creators: name: Figueiredo, Daniel
name: Ribeiro, Inês
name: Penedones, Ana
name: Mendes, Diogo
name: Alves, Carlos
name: Batel-Marques, Francisco
name: da Silva, Daniel Pereira
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1. Supplemental material.
EUP892328 Supplemental Material2 - Supplemental material for Expectations, vote choice and opinion stability since the 2016 Brexit referendum
Creators: name: Grynberg, Charlotte
name: Walter, Stefanie
name: Wasserfallen, Fabio
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 160607 International Relations
subject: FOS: Political science
subject: 120505 Regional Analysis and Development
subject: FOS: Social and economic geography

description: Supplemental material, EUP892328 Supplemental Material2 for Expectations, vote choice and opinion stability since the 2016 Brexit referendum by Charlotte Grynberg, Stefanie Walter and Fabio Wasserfallen in European Union Politics
O'SMIR YOSHLI O'QUVCHILARDA XULQ OG'ISHINI PSIXOKORREKTSIYA QILISH TEXNOLOGIYALARI
Creators: name: Kamolova, Shirinoy
name: Sunnatova, Nigina
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: Maqolada O‘smir yoshli o‘quvchilarda xulq og‘ishini psixokorrektsiya qilish texnologiyalariga bag‘ishlangan bo‘lib, O‘smirlarda   xulq-atvor ko‘rsatkichlarini tahlil qilish o‘smir shaxsi ijtimoiy psixologik taraqqiyotini ta’minlashning psixologik asoslari yoritilgan.
Maternal kefir intake during lactation impacts the breast milk and gut microbiota of the Wistar rat’s offspring
Creators: name: de Almeida, Thaís Costa
name: Sabino, Yasmin Neves Vieira
name: de Almeida Brasiel, Poliana Guiomar
name: de Oliveira Rocha, Beatriz Macedo
name: de Cássia Ávila Alpino, Gabriela
name: Rocha, Vinícius Novaes
name: Dias, Vanessa Cordeiro
name: Diniz, Cláudio Galuppo
name: Paiva, Aline Dias
name: da Silva, Vânia Lúcia
name: Medeiros, Julliane Dutra
name: Luquetti, Sheila Cristina Potente Dutra
name: Machado, Alessandra Barbosa Ferreira
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Environmental factors can play fundamental role in health in childhood and adulthood during critical developmental periods like lactation. The maternal intake of probiotics like kefir during lactation could benefit newborns’ intestinal health. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of maternal kefir intake during lactation on bacterial breast milk composition and the gut microbiota of offspring Wistar male rats at weaning. Lactating Wistar rats and their pups were divided into four groups based on litter size and maternal kefir intake. Sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene in breast milk revealed the predominance of the Proteobacteria, Firmicutes, and Actinobacteriota phyla. Offspring gut microbiota exhibited clustering tendencies in kefir groups with varying genus abundance. Additionally, maternal kefir intake led to increased levels of butyrate acid in offspring faeces (> +30%, p > 0.05). These findings show that the lactation period could be a window of opportunity to program intestinal health through microbiota modulation.
Supplement - Effect of Interhospital ICU Relocation on Patient Physiology and Clinical Outcomes
Creators: name: Janz, David R.
name: Khan, Yasin A.
name: Mooney, Jennifer L.
name: Semler, Matthew W.
name: Rice, Todd W.
name: Johnson, Jessica L.
name: DeBoisblanc, Bennett P.
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 110305 Emergency Medicine
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 111702 Aged Health Care
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110203 Respiratory Diseases

description: Supplement for Effect of Interhospital ICU Relocation on Patient Physiology and Clinical Outcomes by David R. Janz, Yasin A. Khan, Jennifer L. Mooney, Matthew W. Semler, Todd W. Rice, Jessica L. Johnson, Bennett P. deBoisblanc and for the ICU MOVE Investigators and the Pragmatic Critical Care Research Group in Journal of Intensive Care Medicine
JPC-20-0175.R1.2_Supplemental_Appendix_3 – Supplemental material for Geographical Profiles of COVID-19 Outbreak in Tokyo: An Analysis of the Primary Care Clinic–Based Point-of-Care Antibody Testing
Creators: name: Morihito Takita
name: Matsumura, Tomoko
name: Yamamoto, Kana
name: Yamashita, Erika
name: Hosoda, Kazutaka
name: Hamaki, Tamae
name: Kusumi, Eiji
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 111708 Health and Community Services
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified

description: Supplemental material, JPC-20-0175.R1.2_Supplemental_Appendix_3 for Geographical Profiles of COVID-19 Outbreak in Tokyo: An Analysis of the Primary Care Clinic–Based Point-of-Care Antibody Testing by Morihito Takita, Tomoko Matsumura, Kana Yamamoto, Erika Yamashita, Kazutaka Hosoda, Tamae Hamaki and Eiji Kusumi in Journal of Primary Care & Community Health
Supplementary document for Using Machine Learning to Improve Multi-Qubit State Discrimination of Trapped Ions from Uncertain EMCCD Measurements - 6581748.pdf
Creators: name: Jeong, Junho
name: jung, Changhyun
name: kim, taehyun
name: Cho, Dongil
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: a supplemental document for better understanding
2019-2-25-slightly-changed-appendix – Supplemental material for Estimating Causal Relationships Between Women’s Representation in Government and Corruption
Creators: name: Esarey, Justin
name: Schwindt-Bayer, Leslie
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 160607 International Relations
subject: FOS: Political science

description: Supplemental material, 2019-2-25-slightly-changed-appendix for Estimating Causal Relationships Between Women’s Representation in Government and Corruption by Justin Esarey and Leslie Schwindt-Bayer in Comparative Political Studies
The long-term and post-prandial effects of berry consumption on endothelial dysfunction in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
Creators: name: Talebi, Shokoofeh
name: Shirani, Mahsa
name: Shokri-Mashhadi, Nafiseh
name: Sadeghi, Omid
name: Karav, Sercan
name: Bagherniya, Mohammad
name: Sahebkar, Amirhossein
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: Plant Biology

description: This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluated the long-term and post-prandial effects of berry consumption on endothelial dysfunction (ED) in adults. To identify relevant randomised controlled trials (RCTs), a systematic search was run and studies that examined the effects of berries consumption on ED markers were included. A total of 45 RCTs were included, focusing on markers such as flow-mediated dilation (FMD), pulse wave velocity (PWV), augmentation index (AIx), reactive hyperaemia index (RHI) and total peripheral resistance (TPR). The meta-analysis revealed that long-term berry consumption significantly increased FMD and decreased PWV. However, no significant effects were found for AIx, RHI or TPR. In post-prandial studies, berry consumption also improved FMD, but had no significant impact on PWV, AIx or RHI. Overall, berries were found to benefit endothelial function, particularly in improving FMD, though the effects on other cardiovascular markers were less consistent. Factors like trial design and berry type influenced outcomes.