cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Superluminous supernovae from the Dark Energy Survey
Creators: name: Angus, C. R.
name: Smith, M.
name: Sullivan, M.
name: Inserra, C.
name: Wiseman, P.
name: D’Andrea, C. B.
name: Thomas, B. P.
name: Nichol, R. C.
name: Galbany, L.
name: Childress, M.
name: Asorey Barreiro, Jacobo
name: Brown, P. J.
name: Casas, R.
name: Castander, F. J.
name: Curtin, C.
name: Frohmaier, C.
name: Glazebrook, Karl
name: Gruen, D.
name: Gutierrez, C.
name: Kessler, R.
name: Kim, A. G.
name: Lidman, C.
name: Macaulay, E.
name: Nugent, P.
name: Pursiainen, M.
name: Sako, M.
name: Soares-Santos, M.
name: Thomas, R. C.
name: Abbott, T. M.C.
name: Avila, S.
name: Bertin, E.
name: Brooks, D.
name: Buckley-Geer, E.
name: Burke, D. L.
name: Carnero Rosell, A.
name: Carretero, J.
name: da Costa, L. N.
name: de Vicente, J.
name: Desai, S.
name: Diehl, H. T.
name: Doel, P.
name: Eifler, T. F.
name: Flaugher, B.
name: Fosalba, P.
name: Frieman, J.
name: García-Bellido, J.
name: Gruendl, R. A.
name: Gschwend, J.
name: Hartley, W. G.
name: Hollowood, D. L.
name: Honscheid, K.
name: Hoyle, B.
name: James, D. J.
name: Kuehn, K.
name: Kuropatkin, N.
name: Lahav, O.
name: Lima, M.
name: Maia, M. A.G.
name: March, M.
name: Marshall, J. L.
name: Menanteau, F.
name: Miller, C. J.
name: Miquel, R.
name: Ogando, R. L.C.
name: Plazas, A. A.
name: Romer, A. K.
name: Sanchez, E.
name: Schindler, R.
name: Schubnell, M.
name: Sobreira, F.
name: Suchyta, E.
name: Swanson, M. E.C.
name: Tarle, G.
name: Thomas, D.
name: Tucker, D. L.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: We present a sample of 21 hydrogen-free superluminous supernovae (SLSNe-I) and one hydrogen-rich SLSN (SLSN-II) detected during the five-year Dark Energy Survey (DES). These SNe, located in the redshift range 0.220 < z < 1.998, represent the largest homogeneously selected sample of SLSN events at high redshift. We present the observed g, r, i, z light curves for these SNe, which we interpolate using Gaussian processes. The resulting light curves are analysed to determine the luminosity function of SLSNe-I, and their evolutionary time-scales. The DES SLSN-I sample significantly broadens the distribution of SLSN-I light-curve properties when combined with existing samples from the literature. We fit a magnetar model to our SLSNe, and find that this model alone is unable to replicate the behaviour of many of the bolometric light curves. We search theDES SLSN-I light curves for the presence of initial peaks prior to the main light-curve peak. Using a shock breakout model, our Monte Carlo search finds that 3 of our 14 eventswith pre-max data display such initial peaks. However, 10 events showno evidence for such peaks, in some cases downto an absolutemagnitude of <-16, suggesting that such features are not ubiquitous to all SLSN-I events. We also identify a red pre-peak feature within the light curve of one SLSN, which is comparable to that observed within SN2018bsz.
Jenke. Das Food-Experiment: Was essen wir wirklich?
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2021

description: Jenke von Wilmsdorff zeigt in einem neuen Selbstexperiment, wie sich versteckte Schadstoffe in unserem Essen auf uns auswirken können. Wie krass ist die Schadstoffbelastung in vermeintlich gesunden Lebensmitteln aus unseren Supermärkten wirklich? Und was richten sie in unserem Körper an? Jenke ernährt sich mehrere Wochen lang von den am stärksten belasteten Lebensmitteln. Wie verändern sich seine Blutwerte? Und wie geht es ihm dabei? Quelle: www.prosieben.de
A new paradigm for the classification of patterns: The 'race to the attractor' neural network model.
Creators: name: Ferland, Guy J. M. G.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Electronics and Electrical.

description: The human brain is arguably the best known classifier around. It can learn complex classification tasks with little apparent effort. It can learn to classify new patterns without forgetting old ones. It can learn a seemingly unlimited number of pattern classes. And it displays amazing resilience through its ability to persevere with reliable classifications despite damage to itself (e.g., dying neurons). These advantages have motivated researchers from many fields in the quest to understand the brain in order to duplicate its ability in an artificial system. And yet, little is known about the way the brain really works. But one fact which is apparent from available data is that 'TIME' is a critical component of its computational process. The brain is a dynamical system whose state evolves with time. Outside stimulus is processed and transformed repeatedly within it, with a multitude of signals interacting with each other in a complex, time-dependent manner. As a result, the process of pattern recognition inside the brain is also a time-dependent evolution of states where the initial image of the unknown pattern is progressively transformed into a form which represents the class of that pattern. In this thesis, we seek to achieve some of the advantages of the brain as a classifier by defining a model which captures the importance of time in the recognition process. The 'race to the attractor' neural network model involves the use of dynamical systems which transform initially unknown patterns into simpler prototypes which each represent a pattern class. The time required for this transformation to occur increases as the resemblance between the unknown pattern and the class prototype decreases. This results in a race where dynamical systems compete to transform the unknown pattern as quickly as possible. The winner of this race identifies the unknown pattern as a member of the class which the prototype of that dynamical system represents.
Style bullies
Creators: name: Gye, Lisa
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The proliferation of websites on the World Wide Web has seen a corresponding proliferation of sites offering advice to potential web authors. The content of these sites ranges from general admonitions to 'write well' online to haranguing diatribes about websites that 'suck'. The general argument of them all, though, is that there is a right way to write online, that there is such a thing called 'good style'. But even further to wondering what it is that might constitute 'good style', it's led me to wonder why new technologies seem to bring with them this desire to articulate the right way to go about things.
Performance Testing in the Cloud using MBPeT
Creators: name: Abbors
name: , Ahmad
name: Truscan
name: Porres
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013

description: We present a model-based performance testing approach using the MBPeT tool. We use of probabilistic timed automata to model the user profiles and to generate synthetic workload. The MBPeT generates the load in a distributed fashion and applies it in real-time to the system under test, while measuring several key performance indicators, such as response time, throughput, error rate, etc. At the end of the test session, a detailed test report is provided. MBPeT has a distributed architecture and supports load generation distributed over multiple machines. New generation nodes are allocated dynamically during load generation. In this book chapter, we will present the MBPeT tool, its architecture, and demonstrate its applicability with a set of experiments on a case study. We also show that using abstract models for describing the user profiles allows us quickly experiment different load mixes and detect worst case scenarios.
Open Science in Energy Research
Creators: name: Hülk, Ludwig
name: Ferenz, Stephan
Publisher: name: Forschungzentrum Jülich
Year: 2022
Subjects: Open Energy Platform
Research Data Management
Open Source
Open Data

description: doi:10.5281/ZENODO.7152519
description: Die Klimakrise steht vor der Tür und die Energiewende kommt nicht so schnell voran wie notwendig. Aktuelle Wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse zeigen eine eklatante Lücke zwischen der notwendigen Dekarbonisierung insbesondere im Energiebereich (Strom, Gas, Wärme, Mobilität) und den tatsächlichen Veränderungen. Herkömmliche wissenschaftliche Arbeitsweisen von der Projektskizze über den Projektantrag, der Durchführung der Forschung und der Publikation von Ergebnissen zeigt sich als nicht mehr geeignet um die anstehenden gesellschaftlichen, politischen und technischen Transformationen zu gestalten. Auf Basis von Open-Science-Methoden, vor allem Open-Source-Modellierungen und Offenen Daten, entstehen neue Online-Tools die den Informations- und Wissensaustausch zwischen Forschenden, BürgerInnen und PolitikerInnen erleichtert und Möglichkeiten für Handlungsoptionen aufzeigt. Anhand ausgewählter Projekte und Tools wird diese neue Arbeitsweise demonstriert und durch die Teilnehmenden evaluiert.
Estimation of Ankle Joint Power during Walking Using Two Inertial Sensors
Creators: name: Jiang, Xianta
name: Gholami, Mohsen
name: Khoshnam, Mahta
name: Eng, Janice
name: Menon, Carlo
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2019

description: (1) Background: Ankle joint power, as an indicator of the ability to control lower limbs, is of great relevance for clinical diagnosis of gait impairment and control of lower limb prosthesis. However, the majority of available techniques for estimating joint power are based on inverse dynamics methods, which require performing a biomechanical analysis of the foot and using a highly instrumented environment to tune the parameters of the resulting biomechanical model. Such techniques are not generally applicable to real-world scenarios in which gait monitoring outside of the clinical setting is desired. This paper proposes a viable alternative to such techniques by using machine learning algorithms to estimate ankle joint power from data collected by two miniature inertial measurement units (IMUs) on the foot and shank, (2) Methods: Nine participants walked on a force-plate-instrumented treadmill wearing two IMUs. The data from the IMUs were processed to train and test a random forest model to estimate ankle joint power. The performance of the model was then evaluated by comparing the estimated power values to the reference values provided by the motion tracking system and the force-plate-instrumented treadmill. (3) Results: The proposed method achieved a high accuracy with the correlation coefficient, root mean square error, and normalized root mean square error of 0.98, 0.06 w/kg, and 1.05% in the intra-subject test, and 0.92, 0.13 w/kg, and 2.37% in inter-subject test, respectively. The difference between the predicted and true peak power values was 0.01 w/kg and 0.14 w/kg with a delay of 0.4% and 0.4% of gait cycle duration for the intra- and inter-subject testing, respectively. (4) Conclusions: The results of this study demonstrate the feasibility of using only two IMUs to estimate ankle joint power. The proposed technique provides a basis for developing a portable and compact gait monitoring system that can potentially offer monitoring and reporting on ankle joint power in real-time during activities of daily living.
Accountability in local government: explaining differences
Creators: name: Kloot, Louise
name: Martin, John
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The competitive theory of public sector management (also known as New Public Management) raises questions about the nature of accountability of governments to their stakeholders. The different level of adoption of NPM at local government level in different Australian states may result in differences in accountabilities between states. For local government, geographic location (urban/rural/remote) may affect perceptions of accountability and help explain the nature of local governance across Australia. While public sector accountability is difficult to define, it is fundamental to our system of government. This empirical study uses a survey of local government managers to examine perceptions of accountability to multiple stakeholders. It comments on what this tells us about the nature of local government in different states and how they have responded to different reform processes. Managers in local government have to contend with multiple accountabilities to multiple stakeholders: ratepayers, the wider community, councillors, and their state governments. The results suggest that managers can work successfully in a framework of multiple accountabilities. It is also clear that there are state-based and geographic differences affecting how managers work within such an accountability framework.
Open Science come e perché
Creators: name: Giglia, Elena
Publisher: name: Forschungzentrum Jülich
Year: 2022
Subjects: Open Science

description: doi:10.5281/ZENODO.6351515
description: Intervento alla XI giornata delle Biblioteche piemontesi, 14 marzo 2022 (AIB Piemonte). Cosa ci ha insegnato il COVID, cos'è la Open Science, cosa possono fare i bibliotecari.
Targeted disruption of the Sty dual specificity kinase.
Creators: name: Ginsberg, Simon Dominic.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1997
Subjects: subject: Biology, Molecular.

description: Dual specificity kinases are known to have important roles in cellular regulation. The Sty dual specificity kinase has been shown to segregate with, and phosphorylate, SR family splicing factors, but the consequences of this are not known. Additionally, it is not known if the kinase has any other regulatory functions. In an attempt to determine the function of this protein in a mammalian system, Sty deficient mice were generated. This was accomplished through gene targeting, in ES cells, with a promoterless IRES-$\beta Geo$ based vector. Using this efficient system, we obtained an 82% recombinant frequency. This is in contrast to a PGK-neo based vector, targeting the same locus, for which none of 377 clones were homologous recombinants. The knockout mice generated exhibit no overt phenotype, though more detailed analysis is still in progress. A possible explanation for the lack of a phenotype is a potential redundancy between Sty and closely related family members, one of which has recently been identified.
L'évolution de la pratique du placement de produit dans le cinéma québécois: Une analyse de contenu de films produits entre 1990 et 2007
Creators: name: Lussier, Dominique
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Business Administration, Marketing.
subject: Mass Communications.
subject: Cinema.

description: Cette étude a pour but d'établir le portrait de la pratique du placement de produits dans le cinéma québécois depuis 1990. Plus particulièrement, elle s'attarde à la fréquence des placements de produits ainsi qu'à leur intégration dans le contenu cinématographique. Une analyse de contenu a été effectuée sur un ensemble des films québécois produits entre 1990 et 2007 et ayant connu un succès au box-office québécois. Le codage, effectué par la chercheuse, a été réalisé selon une grille comprenant douze catégories. Les résultats de l'étude indiquent que, durant les années 90, la pratique misait sur la quantité plutôt que sur la qualité des placements alors que, depuis les années 2000, les placements sont moins nombreux, mais intégrés de manière plus réfléchie et créative. Cette étude est la première à examiner la place de cette stratégie de communication dans le cinéma québécois.
Interfacial area in top blown oxygen steelmaking
Creators: name: Subagyo
name: Brooks, Geoffrey
name: Coley, K. S.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The overall rate of chemical reactions is critical in achieving an efficient steelmaking process. Generally, multiphase reactions occur during oxygen steelmaking. As pointed out by Levenspiel, for multi-phase reaction, the requirements are (i) the reactants must contact or meet each other, and (ii) both mass transfer and chemical reaction rate determine the overall rate of reaction. The phase contact area of reactants or reacting interface is called the interfacial area. Due to the importance of the contact area in the steelmaking process, this has been the subject of several investigations. Considering the major reactions in oxygen steelmaking, we will concentrate on the dissolution of oxygen into the metal from O2 gas or FeO, decarburization through dissolved oxygen, and oxidation of Fe, Si, Mn, and P. These seven reactions are the most important to the overall steelmaking kinetics. The aim of the present paper is to critically review what is known about interfacial area from plant data and physical modeling studies, addressing the connection between theory and practice, as well as identifying unresolved issues. The study will start with infonnation on the interfacial area in slag-metal-gas emulsions followed by an analysis of the importance ofthis interfacial area in the overall reaction rate.
Supplementary document for Measurement and control of optical nonlinearities in dispersive dielectric multilayers - 4999343.pdf
Creators: name: Liao, Chen-Ting
name: Gui, Guan
name: Adak, Amitava
name: Dandapat, Manika
name: Carlson, Daniel
name: Morrill, Drew
name: Guggenmos, Alexander
name: Murnane, Margaret
name: Pervak, Vladimir
name: Kapteyn, Henry
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplementary figures (S1-S7)
A study of human error in health care
Creators: name: Muthuraman, Rajendran
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Mechanical.
subject: Health Sciences, General.

description: This study presents an analytical approach to study human error in health cane systems. A literature review was conducted on 350 publications on human error in health care system collected from journals, conference proceedings, newspapers, etc. Five mathematical models were developed to analyze human error in health care systems. The Markov method was used to perform analysis of these models. Specific expressions are obtained for human error probabilities, mean tune to human death (MTHD), and mean tune to health care professional's error (MTTHPE). A number of useful methods and techniques for performing human error analysis in health care are identified.
Noise Characteristics for Random Fiber Lasers with Rayleigh Distributed Feedback
Creators: name: Saxena, Bhavaye
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: Random Laser
Fiber Optics
Frequency Noise

description: Frequency and intensity noise are characterized for Erbium-Doped Fiber and Brillouin random lasers based on Rayleigh distributed feedback mechanism. We propose a theoretical model for the frequency noise of an Er-doped fiber random lasers using the property of random phase modulations from multiple scattering points in ultra-long fibers. We find that the Rayleigh feedback suppresses the noise at higher frequencies by introducing a Lorentzian envelope over the thermal frequency noise of a long fiber cavity. The theoretical model and measured frequency noise agree quantitatively with two fitting parameters. A similar model, which also includes additional acoustic fluctuations and a distributed gain profile in the fiber, has been speculated for the Brillouin random laser. These random laser exhibits a frequency noise level of < 6 Hz^2/Hz at 2 kHz, which is lower than what is found in conventional narrow-linewidth EDF fiber lasers and Nonplanar Ring Laser oscillators (NPRO) by a factor of 166 and 2 respectively.
It's not enough to be good, they also have to like you: why libraries need to think about usability
Creators: name: McKay, Dana
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: In the two years between 2006 and 2008, Swinburne Library users’ ratings of the library catalogue dropped noticeably, despite no changes having been made to the catalogue. The only possible reason for this drop is our users’ increasing expectation that we provide modern, user-friendly, and attractive user interfaces---which our 25 year-old catalogue, replaced in early 2010, definitely was not. This expectation is reflected more widely; information seekers are no longer content to use information systems that require the help of a librarian, and the fractured nature of library resources has been a source of confusion and frustration. Trends toward the use of Google have been berated by some commentators as heralding an age of stupidity; the reality is that the majority of information seekers are ‘satisficers’---they are happy with the easiest way to find answer to their information need, even if it isn’t the best one. Despite the fact that libraries are now only rarely the first port of call for information seekers, libraries are still well-respected as sites of authoritative, trustworthy information. So how can we reconcile information seekers’ frustrations with library systems and their respect for library information resources?
Concrete–Concrete Bond in Mode-I: A study on the Synergistic Effect of Surface Roughness and Fiber Reinforcement
Creators: name: Kabiri Far, Bardia
name: Zanotti, Cristina
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2019

description: Effectiveness and durability of interventions on deficient concrete structures remain a major concern, comprising the challenge of old-to-new concrete compatibility and bonding, as stress concentrations and microstructural flaws at the old-to-new concrete interface compromise structural integrity and create migration paths for harmful contaminants. Fiber reinforcement can be beneficial, but proper quantification and mastering of fundamental mechanisms is required before these are fully utilized. A study is presented on Mode-I crack growth resistance at the interface between two concretes (substrate and repair). Countered Double Cantilever Beam tests are performed, crack growth resistance curves calculated (Modified Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics), and complemented with analysis of interfacial roughness and failure planes. Polyvinyl alcohol (8 and 12 mm length) and steel fibers (13 mm) are introduced in the repairs at 0.5% and 1% volume fractions. Results indicate that fibers improve fracture behavior of both the repair material and substrate-repair interface; correlations with interfacial roughness, crack deviation, and fracture parameters are discussed.
The L2 acquisition of Spanish reflexive passives and reflexive impersonals by French- and English-speaking adults: Does explicit grammatical instruction make a difference?
Creators: name: Tremblay, Annie.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Education, Language and Literature.

description: This Master thesis examines the L2 acquisition of Spanish reflexive passives and reflexive impersonals by French and English-speaking adults at the University of Ottawa. Reflexive passives and reflexive impersonals have been chosen over other constructions because they are superficially very similar and possess an idiosyncratic lexical, morphological, and syntactic behavior: no equivalent of these constructions exist in English or French, which may entangle their acquisition. Subjects in this study included two experimental groups made up of 13 native speakers of English and 16 native speakers of French, and one control group made up of 27 native speakers of Spanish. The two experimental groups were first administered a grammaticality judgment tasks of 64 questions, after which they were provided with 3 hours of explicit grammatical instruction on reflexive passives and reflexive impersonals. A second grammaticality judgment task was administered one week after instruction. The results of the two grammaticality judgment tasks were compared to the results of one grammaticality judgment task completed by the Control group. The performance of subjects on both tasks indicated that explicit grammatical instruction had some impact on the L2 acquisition of reflexive passives and reflexive impersonals, though this influence was not found to be significant on every sentence type. The findings also revealed that the subjects' L1 (French and English) had an effect on the L2 acquisition of both constructions on items where transfer from L1 to Spanish was possible.
Supplementary document for Measurement and control of optical nonlinearities in dispersive dielectric multilayers - 4999343.pdf
Creators: name: Liao, Chen-Ting
name: Gui, Guan
name: Adak, Amitava
name: Dandapat, Manika
name: Carlson, Daniel
name: Morrill, Drew
name: Guggenmos, Alexander
name: Murnane, Margaret
name: Pervak, Vladimir
name: Kapteyn, Henry
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplementary figures (S1-S7)
title: Learn to be happy — an experimental study in clinical context with depressive patients in Germany
Creators: name: Sequeira-Nazaré, Elena Renée
name: Schmitz, Bernhard
Publisher: name: Frontiers Media S.A.
Year: 2024

description: The increase in the number of people with mental disorders and the relapse rate of depressive patients give reason to constantly question and further develop psychotherapeutic interventions in order to stabilize therapy effects. Studies show that the art of living, described as the ability to lead a conscious and reflective life, can be learned and trained. The question arises as to what role the development of "art of living skills" have played in the treatment of depressed patients to date, and to what extent the targeted promotion of art of living within the framework of the therapy of depressed patients has an effect on the well-being and the level of depression that goes beyond this. The study is based on a mixed design. Study participants in the first experimental group (EG1, n = 53) each received one session of 50 min psychotherapy per week for 4 weeks. The second experimental group (EG2, n = 54) received psychotherapy equivalent to EG1 with additional life-skills reflection questions, which were to be answered every day and recorded in a diary. The control group (n = 53) received neither therapy nor reflection questions. The art of living, degree of depression, and satisfaction with life were assessed before and after the 4-week therapy and in the follow-up after 3 months, and the effects were compared. There was a significant decrease in the depression score over the 4 weeks in both therapy groups. EG2 showed a greater decrease in depression over the 4 weeks. However, the difference did not persist over the 3 months. Furthermore, in EG2 there was a significant increase in the Art of Living, Satisfaction with life, and Flourishing Scale over the 4 weeks, while in EG1 there was no change. However, the comparison in the follow-up after 3 months also shows that these effects could not stabilize. Overall, the results provide promising indications for integrating the art of living as a concept more strongly into the therapy of depressive patients. The question arises as to what long-term effects result from additional life skills stimulation and how the therapy effects gained can be stabilized over a longer period of time.
Informative und transparente Heizkostenabrechnung als Beitrag für den Klimaschutz
Creators: name: Keimeyer, Friedhelm
name: Hennig, Peter
name: Jank, Stefanie
Publisher: name: Umweltbundesamt
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Klimaschutz
subject: Gebäude
subject: Energieeinsparung
subject: Hochschulausbildung
subject: Fortbildung
subject: Recht
subject: Gebäudeplanung
subject: Heizkostenabrechnung
subject: Heizkostenverordnung
subject: Umweltrecht
subject: EU-Energieeffizienzrichtlinie
subject: Endenergieeinsparung
subject: Klima | Energie
subject: Climate | Energy

description: Der Forschungsbericht widmet sich der Frage, ob und inwieweit sich die Heizkostenabrechnung zu einem informativeren und transparenteren Instrument weiterentwickeln lässt, das dazu beiträgt, den Energieverbrauch für Raumwärme und Warmwasser und damit die ⁠CO2⁠-Emissionen im Gebäudesektor weiter zu reduzieren. In dem Projekt wurde die tatsächliche und rechtliche Ausgangssituation analysiert und Vorschläge für eine standardisierte Abrechnung unterbreitet. Zudem wurden verschiedene Interessensverbände einbezogen und Verbraucherfeedback eingeholt. In Rahmen des Projekts wurde schließlich eine Musterabrechnung erarbeitet und Wege der verbindlichen Umsetzung aufgezeigt. Dieses könnte als einheitliches Format einer Heizkostenabrechnung verankert werden, welches unabhängig vom jeweiligen Heizkostenverteilerunternehmen genutzt werden kann. Die standardisierte Abrechnung zeichnet sich u.a. dadurch aus, dass sie auf Basis des Endenergieverbrauchs und mit Hilfe von Energieeffizienzklassen eine Bewertung der Wohnung im Zusammenhang mit dem Gebäude ermöglicht. In die standardisierte Abrechnung wurde zusätzlich eine Verbrauchsanalyse, wie sie derzeit in § 7 HeizkostenV vorgesehen ist, integriert.
Supplementary document for Realization of flexible and parallel laser direct writing by multifocal spots modulation - 4999924.pdf
Creators: name: zhu, yueqiang
name: Zhang, Chen
name: Gong, Yanyan
name: Zhao, Wei
name: Bai, Jintao
name: wang, kaige
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplementary material
Supplementary document for Optical vortices and orbital angular momentum in strongly coupled optical fibers - 5000254.pdf
Creators: name: Alexeyev, C.
name: Degtyarev, Sergey
name: Lapin, Boris
name: Yavorsky, Maxim
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: This supplemental contains math and the table 1
Strengthening of fire-damaged RC columns using CFRP fabrics
Creators: name: Al-Kamaki, Yaman Sami Shareef
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The exposure of concrete members to fire can result in permanent loss of strength and stiffness. One way of reinstating the strength of fire-damaged members is to repair them using carbon fibre wrapping. This thesis presents an experimental and theoretical assessment of reinforced concrete columns damaged by heating and repaired using carbon fibre. Detailed experiments were undertaken to expose loaded reinforced concrete columns to heating prior to repairing them with carbon fibre. The strength was then determined experimentally. This experimental process was simulated using advance finite element modelling to give a better understanding of key aspects of behaviour.
Operationalizing the reach, effectiveness, adoption, implementation, maintenance (RE-AIM) framework to evaluate the collective impact of autonomous community programs that promote health and well-being
Creators: name: Shaw, Robert B.
name: Sweet, Shane
name: McBride, Christopher B.
name: Adair, William K.
name: Martin Ginis, Kathleen A. (Kathleen Anne), 1968-
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2019

description: Background: The RE-AIM (Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, and Maintenance) framework is a useful tool for evaluating the impact of programs in community settings. RE-AIM has been applied to evaluate individual programs but seldom used to evaluate the collective impact of community-based, public health programming developed and delivered by multiple autonomous organizations. The purposes of this paper were to (a) demonstrate how RE-AIM can be operationalized and applied to evaluate the collective impact of similar autonomous programs that promote health and well-being and (b) provide preliminary data on the collective impact of Canadian spinal cord injury (SCI) peer mentorship programs on the delivery of peer mentorship services. Methods: Criteria from all five RE-AIM dimensions were operationalized to evaluate multiple similar community-based programs. For this study, nine provincial organizations that serve people with SCI were recruited from across Canada. Organizations completed a structured self-report questionnaire and participated in a qualitative telephone interview to examine different elements of their peer mentorship program. Data were analyzed using summary statistics. Results: Having multiple indicators to assess RE-AIM dimensions provided a broad evaluation of the impact of Canadian SCI peer mentorship programs. Peer mentorship programs reached 1.63% of the estimated Canadian SCI population. The majority (67%) of organizations tracked the effectiveness of peer mentorship through testimonials and reports. Setting-level adoption rates were high with 100% of organizations offering peer mentorship in community and hospital settings. On average, organizations allocated 10.4% of their operating budget and 9.8% of their staff to implement peer mentorship and 89% had maintained their programming for over 10 years. Full interpretation of the collective impact of peer mentorship programs was limited as complete data were only collected for 52% of survey questions. Conclusions: The lack of available organizational data highlights a significant challenge when using RE-AIM to evaluate the collective impact of multiple programs that promote health and well-being. Although researchers are encouraged to use RE-AIM to evaluate the collective impact of programs delivered by different organizations, documenting limitations and providing recommendations should be done to further the understanding of how best to operationalize RE-AIM in these contexts.
Simone Weil: The development of her philosophical anthropology through a study of her life and thought.
Creators: name: Cullen, Helen E.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: Biography.

description: This thesis develops a consistent view of Simone Weil's philosophical anthropology through a study of her life and thought, and how one informs the other. I demonstrate that there is a change in Simone Weil's conception of human nature from her early thought to her later thought. However, my thesis shows that this change is a development rather than a divergence in her thinking. The thesis demonstrates that Simone Weil's philosophical anthropology remains consistently dualistic throughout her writings. This dualism changes from a mind-body dualism to a dualism that places mind within a carnal part of the soul, and establishes an eternal part of the soul as the essence of human nature. My exposition demonstrates the conception of human nature developed in her early work. Then I show how this conception forms the basis of a critique of Marxism. I present her position that a liberated society for the workers must be organized around the dualistic conception of human nature. Work with a method is conceived as an intellectual, physical, and ultimately, spiritual practice that restores labour to a principal place in a free society. I demonstrate that a free society based on Simone Weil's philosophical anthropology came to mean to her a redirecting of Western culture so as to include the other dimensions of human nature: the continuity of time transmitted through tradition of identical thought; an understanding of our place in the order of the universe; and a true conception of our relation to God. The fully developed vision of the human being in Simone Weil's later work includes a conception of the State as a metaxu (intermediary). The function of the State as metaxu is elaborated in an inquiry into the uprooted human and political conditions of her time. This thesis maintains that Simone Weil holds, throughout her work, to the ideal of a society that enhances human nature by making manual labour its spiritual core.
Supplementary document for Optical vortices and orbital angular momentum in strongly coupled optical fibers - 5000254.pdf
Creators: name: Alexeyev, C.
name: Degtyarev, Sergey
name: Lapin, Boris
name: Yavorsky, Maxim
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: This supplemental contains math and the table 1
Characterisation of interfacial phenomena in metal-slag reactions
Creators: name: Rhamdhani, Akbar
name: Brooks, Geoffrey
name: Nightingale, S. A.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: During reaction between metal droplets and slag, spontaneous emulsification has been observed. These phenomena have a significant effect on the kinetics of the reactions since they increase the interfacial area. In certain cases, the increase in interfacial area can exceed 300% of the original value. In the case of an Fe-Al droplet reacting with CaO-SiO2-Al2O3 slag, the composition and distribution of aluminum and silicon are important in analyzing the kinetics of the reaction. Energy-dispersive x-ray analysis (EDX) has been used for the investigation of the Al and Si distribution in recovered metal droplets. A 'wall effect' and cavities were observed in some of the droplets. The wall effect maybe significant in explaining the existence of surface tension gradients that result in emulsification of the droplets.
Separation and purification of gases with molecular sieves.
Creators: name: Triebe, Robert W.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1994
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Chemical.

description: Equilibrium adsorption constants were determined for CO, CO$\sb2$, NO, N$\sb2$, CH$\sb4$, C$\sb2$H$\sb4$, and C$\sb2$H$\sb6$ on various molecular sieves between 233 and 523 K. The molecular sieves tested for adsorption of these gases were 4A and 5A zeolite, 13X and a CaX zeolite, H-mordenite, a natural clinoptilolite and a carbon molecular sieve. The gas chromatographic method was used for all equilibrium measurements. Upon choosing the promising CO/N$\sb2$/clinoptilolite system for further studies, kinetic (diffusion) characteristics of each of these pure gases in the clinoptilolite ports was examined between 323 and 423 K using the gas chromatographic method. Pure gas and binary gas adsorption isotherms for the CO/N$\sb2$/clinoptilolite system were determined up to 1 atmosphere pressure at 303 K using the gas chromatographic method. Pure isotherms were fit with the Lanpmuir and Vacancy Solution Theory models. Pure gas modelling results were used to predict and compared to the experimentally determined binary gas isotherms. Separation of polar compounds from non-polar compounds was facilitated by inclusion of divalent cations in the zeolite micropores. Clinoptilolite showed great promise for various separations. The chromatographic method for measuring adsorption isotherms is limited in the measurement of rectangular isotherms, yielding errors dependant upon the accuracy of the gas blending system. The Wilson form of the VST accurately predicts the binary adsorption data.
Heat Shock Proteins Enriched-Promastigotes of Leishmania major Inducing Th2 Immune Response in BALB/c Mice
Creators: name: Holakuyee, Marzieh
name: Mahdavi, Mehdi
name: Hassan, Zuhair Mohammad
name: Abolhassani, Mohsen
Publisher: name: the Pasteur Institute of Iran
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: Basic Sciences

description: Iranian Biomedical Journal (IBJ); ISSN 1028-852X
Integrating 3D-CAD and Cost Estimating at the Conceptual Design Stage of Bridge Project
Creators: name: Al-Dosary, Bashar
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2015
Subjects: 3D-CAD
Bridges
Cost Estimating
Conceptual

description: Bridge Information Modeling (BrIM), as a concept, has been introduced to enhance the procedures of the whole phases of a bridge life-cycle starting with concept and design, through construction and operation, and ending with maintenance and rehabilitation. Integrating BrIM and design tools will help improve the methods used in designing and constructing bridge projects at early stages taking into considerations their cost and time constraints. The main objective of this research is to develop an integrated model that helps owners, designers and construction managers visualize bridge projects in a 3D mode and accordingly automate the process of generating preliminary cost estimates during the conceptual design stage. To achieve the above mentioned objective, a proposed methodology will be applied where all the aspects needed to develop an efficiently integrated model are realized. Thus, this research describes the proposed methodology that incorporates three modules, which are the core of the integrated model. These modules are: a knowledge based system module, which is used to generate conceptual dimensions and parameters depending on algorithmic and heuristic knowledge gathered from codes, guidelines and design experts; a conceptual cost estimation module, which is used to generate conceptual cost estimate based on the results of the first module; and a 3DCAD module, which is integrated with the previous modules where users will visualize the proposed bridge in 3D based on the results of the knowledge based module. The successful development of the model would help owners and investors identify the cost and visualize the proposed projects at the early stages of the project life, so they have an idea of the budget required and the aesthetics of the proposed projects. The integrated model is validated through an actual case project to test its workability and output.
Supplementary document for Soft X-ray imaging spectroscopy with micrometer resolution - 5000731.pdf
Creators: name: Schunck, Jan
name: Döring, Florian
name: Rösner, Benedikt
name: Buck, Jens
name: Engel, Robin
name: Miedema, Piter
name: Mahatha, Sanjoy
name: Hoesch, Moritz
name: Petraru, Adrian
name: Kohlstedt, Hermann
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplementary Information on optics and sample fabrication, and derivation of formulas used in the main Manuscript
Unwrapping Giftedness: How Mothers of Elementary School-aged Children Assessed as Intellectually Gifted Make Meaning of the Gifted Construct and Participate in Educational Decision Making
Creators: name: Orders, Shari A.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: gifted
giftedness
gifted children
gifted students
gifted education
parents
parenting
decision making
ecological systems theory
image theory

description: This qualitative study was designed to explore the experiences and perceptions of a group of mothers whose elementary school-aged children met the criteria for intellectual giftedness in an Ontario school board. Guided by Beach and Mitchell’s image theory and Bronfenbrenner’s ecological systems theory, the study sought to identify (a) the meanings mothers ascribed to the concept of giftedness, (b) their experiences of the assessment, identification and placement process, and (c) the factors deemed important to educational decision making. A postpositivist orientation and rigorous qualitative research methods were employed. Data were collected in two phases: an internet-based survey comprised of demographic items and open ended questions, followed by in-depth interviews with five purposefully selected participants. Resultant data from 45 surveys and 15 interviews were coded and organized according to the survey questions and central elements of the theoretical framework. Eight research findings revealed that the experience of mothering gifted children was complex, challenging, emotional, and at times, isolating. Many mothers struggled with the concept of giftedness and how it pertained to their children. As mothers navigated the assessment, identification and placement process, the lack of accessible, timely, and consistent information from the school board posed a considerable barrier, prompting many to reach out to other parents of gifted children for information and support. Factors deemed important to decision making about educational placement included maternal perceptions related to the various options, child specific and practical considerations, and the attainability of specialized gifted programming. Educational decision making was identified as the most difficult aspect of the maternal experience. Given that the study participants were unusually well educated and well resourced, the findings were particularly revealing. The study findings add to a small but growing body of research that furthers our understanding of image theory in real life decision making. In addition, the findings give voice to the experience of mothering children identified as gifted, thus making a valuable and original contribution to the literature.
Amplitude noise of 40-GHz pulses from a subharmonically synchronous mode-locked semiconductor laser
Creators: name: Bao, H. C.
name: Liu, H. F.
name: Wen, Y. J.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The broad-band amplitude noise of 40-GHz pulses from a subharmonically synchronous mode-locked (SSML) semiconductor laser is investigated. Experiments show that the amplitude noise of pulses generated from a SSML laser depends on the amplitude noise and pulsewidth of injected pulses, frequency detuning and subharmonic numbers.
Transformations hypertextuelles et interprétations littéraires : étude des réécritures contemporaines de « La Belle et la Bête »
Creators: name: Morin, Carolan
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: Hypertextualité
Réécriture
La Belle et la Bête
Bernard Simonay
Dominique Demers
Jean-Pierre Kerloc'h
Laurent Péan
Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont
Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve

description: Deux cent soixante-quinze années se sont écoulées depuis la parution du conte « La Belle et la Bête » (1740), écrit par Mme de Villeneuve, qui a été repris par Mme Leprince de Beaumont en 1756. La notoriété de ce conte ne s’est jamais démentie. Au début du XXIe siècle, quatre auteurs de langue française ont proposé des réécritures de « La Belle et la Bête ». Dans le cadre de cette thèse, nous analysons ce corpus formé de deux romans (Le Roman de la Belle et la Bête de Bernard Simonay et Là où la mer commence de Dominique Demers), une pièce de théâtre (La Belle et la Bête de Laurent Péan) et deux albums pour enfants (Annabel et la Bête de Dominique Demers et Lisebelle & la Bête de Jean-Pierre Kerloc’h). Nous cherchons à montrer comment ces œuvres ont réactualisé l’histoire de « La Belle et la Bête » en développant les trois grands thèmes qui sont au cœur de ce conte : le monstrueux, le merveilleux et l’intrigue amoureuse.
Supplementary document for Soft X-ray imaging spectroscopy with micrometer resolution - 5000731.pdf
Creators: name: Schunck, Jan
name: Döring, Florian
name: Rösner, Benedikt
name: Buck, Jens
name: Engel, Robin
name: Miedema, Piter
name: Mahatha, Sanjoy
name: Hoesch, Moritz
name: Petraru, Adrian
name: Kohlstedt, Hermann
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplementary Information on optics and sample fabrication, and derivation of formulas used in the main Manuscript
Down-Regulation of the ALS3 Gene as a Consequent Effect of RNA-Mediated Silencing of the EFG1 Gene in Candida albicans
Creators: name: Moazeni, Maryam
name: Khorramizadeh, Mohammad Reza
name: Teimoori-Toolabi, Ladan
name: Noorbakhsh, Fatemeh
name: Fallahi, Ali Akbar
name: Sassan Rezaie
Publisher: name: the Pasteur Institute of Iran
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: Basic Sciences

description: Iranian Biomedical Journal (IBJ); ISSN 1028-852X
A study to derive a preliminary clinical decision rule for investigation of patients suspected of having acute coronary syndrome
Creators: name: Hess, Erik Paul
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Health Sciences, Epidemiology.

description: Objective. We derive a preliminary clinical decision rule to identify which patients with chest pain can be safely discharged without cardiac stress testing. Methods. We prospectively enrolled patients over 24 years of age with chest pain. The primary outcome was acute myocardial infarction, revascularization, or 30-day mortality. Results. We enrolled 640 patients. Characteristics were: mean age 59.6 years, 40.2% female and 21.9% history of acute myocardial infarction. There were 87 positive outcomes. We derived a rule which consisted of 5 variables: known coronary artery disease, age ≥ 55 years, acute ischemic changes on electrocardiogram, cardiac troponin T ≥ 0.01 ng/mL, and diaphoresis. The rule was 100% (95% CI 96-100%) sensitive and 25% (22-25%) specific for adverse cardiac events. Conclusion. We derived a preliminary decision rule that is highly sensitive for adverse cardiac events. Additional research is required to derive a definitive decision rule.