cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Simulation Data goes Ontology
Creators: name: Spelten, Philipp Christoph
name: :Unav
Publisher: name: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Year: 2023
Subjects: Simulation Process and Data Management
CAE metadata structures
semantic technologies
blow molding
Ontology

description: Modern engineering relies heavily on utilizing computer technologies. This is especially true for thermoplastic manufacturing, such as blow molding. A crucial milestone for digitalization is the continuous integration of data in unified or interoperable systems. While new simulation technologies are constantly developed, data management standards such as STEP fail at integrating them. On the other hand, industrial standards such as ”VMAP” manage to improve interoperability for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises. However, they do not provide Simulation Process and Data Management (SPDM) technologies. For SPDM integration of VMAP data, Ontology-Based Data Access is used to allow continuing the digital thread in custom semantic-based open-source solutions. An ontology of the database format (VMAP) was generated alongside an expandable knowledge graph of data access methods. A Python-based software architecture was developed, automatically using the semantic representations of database format and data access to query data and metadata within the VMAP file. The result is a software architecture template that can be adapted for other data standards and integrated into semantic data management systems. It allows semantic queries on simulation data down to element-wise resolution without integrating the whole model information. The architecture can instantiate a file in a knowledge graph, query a file’s metadatum and, in case it is not yet available, find a semantically represented process that allows the creation and instantiation of the required metadatum. See Figure 1. The results of this thesis can be expected to form a basis for semantic SPDM tools.
Police officer decision-making in stressful, ambiguous and potentially violent situations
Creators: name: Seric, Innes
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Researchers and practitioners have long recognised the need for decision-making theory to form the basis of police officer discretion. Despite this, the policing sector continues to receive little attention by means of generating an applicable and holistic theory of decision-making. Forty-four, one-on-one interviews were conducted with Victoria Police members. Results indicated the presence of multiple interactions between organisational sociology, situational ambiguity and individual characteristics in the decision-making process. From this, a critical analysis of police leadership as the basis for operational, organisational, and professional development is provided. Implications for policy, training and future training are also discussed.
The Business of Policy Innovation: The Transformation of the United Nations Development Programme’s Engagement with the Private Sector (1997-2008)
Creators: name: Muhammad Razeq, Zarlasht
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2013
Subjects: Intergovernmental Organizations
UNDP
Theories of International Relations
Constructivism
Theory-guided process-tracing
The principal-agent model
CSR

description: Recently, intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) have adopted policies that engage the private sector in the implementation of their development mandates. Despite the implications of these changes, the subject is among the least conceptualized. By applying a theory-guided process-tracing (TGPT) methodology, this paper examines the process of change at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). It advances a constructivist argument and evaluates whether this change could be viewed as a norm-driven change, where norms of corporate social responsibility (CSR), in the process of interaction and learning, have obtained an intersubjective quality and redefined the role of the private sector in the context of organization’s objectives. The paper evaluates this argument in light of the alternative assumptions of the principal-agent model, the bureaucratic culture literature, and rational choice institutionalism. It highlights the implications of this research in empirical, analytical, and theoretical terms for further studies and concludes that, without a due assessment of the intervening effect of norms on policies, the causal claims of other theories are seriously challenged.
Gender, HIV Prevalence and HIV-Related Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behavior in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Comparative Study
Creators: name: ElAsad, Sahar
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2015
Subjects: HIV/AIDS
HIV knowledge
HIV attitude
Sexual behaviors
Women’s status
Senegal
Zimbabwe

description: Introduction: The search is on to find a cure for HIV/AIDS, but for the time being the adage ‘prevention is better than cure’ could not be more relevant to the HIV/AIDS context. Recently, attention to social and behavioral risk factors gave researchers the opportunity to explore new ways of developing interventions. Objectives: In an attempt to further explore these risk factors this study is comparing the difference in prevalence between the genders, and assessing the HIV-related knowledge, attitudes, and behavior in two populations; Zimbabwe, an African country with high HIV prevalence, and Senegal, an African country with low HIV prevalence. Method: The 2010-2011 Senegal DHS and the 2010-2011 Zimbabwe DHS were used secondary data for this study. They were both nationally representative datasets. Sample sizes of study population were 16,271from Zimbabwe and 20,102 from Senegal. IBM SPSS 22 was used to run chi-square tests for descriptive results of all independent and dependent variables, and binary logistic regression for associations between HIV-related knowledge, attitudes, and behavior and HIV status, as well as the women’s status and HIV status, and associations between these factors. Results: The results showed that n both countries, HIV infection had significantly positive associations with having more than one sex partners (Zimbabwe OR 1.117, Senegal OR 2.779). Moreover, the variables of women’s status varied between Zimbabwe and Senegal. HIV status in Zimbabwe was negatively associated with women's participation in decision-making about their own health, while it associated with this variable positively in Senegal (Zimbabwe OR 0.651, Senegal OR 1.969). Conclusion: Having more than one sexual partner were important indicators for HIV infection in both countries. Women in Zimbabwe seem to be more powerful than women in Senegal. Continued intervention research is warranted as there are clear patterns of risk between Zimbabwe and Senegal that highlight opportunities for more tailored prevention efforts surrounding gender roles, HIV knowledge, attitudes, and sexual risk-taking behavior.
A Comparative Analysis of Agrivoltaic Designs and their Impact on Grassland Growth Dynamics Across Three Locations in Europe
Creators: name: Gerber, Simone
name: :Unav
Publisher: name: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Year: 2024

description: The global demand for food and energy is growing, and the competition for land is intensifying. A possible solution to this problem is the dual use of agricultural area, utilizing agrivoltaic systems. Agrivoltaic systems combine the agricultural food production and the generation of renewable energy simultaneously, thereby increasing the land use efficiency. Given the financial investment required for the construction of an agrivoltaic system, the systems must be well planned to ensure their successful implementation. This thesis aims to optimize and further develop agrivoltaic systems with a focus ongrasslands in Europe. The grassland growth dynamics are investigated by comparing three agrivoltaic system designs: vertical system, 1P tracking system, and 2P tracking system. The analysis focuses on three locations across Europe: Vastogirardi in Italy, Montlucon in France, and Magdeburg in Germany, plus four types of soils to investigate the importance of soil texture. The comparison is based on a modelling approach using the Hurley Pasture grassland model within the software Expert-N. The findings show that grassland can tolerate shading rates up to 50%. Beyond this point, the yield reduction accelerates. The vertical system is the most suitable design in this comparison as it does not cause shading rates above 50%. Magdeburg is the most favorable location with the lowest yield reduction for all systems under comparison. Agrivoltaic systems seem to perform best under high radiation, cooler temperatures, and sufficient water availability. A sandy soil showed to benefit the most from the shading of the agrivoltaic system, causing the lowest reduction in yield. Additionally, the timing of shading needs to be considered, as shade in the morning reduces yield more than shade in the afternoon. The improved nutritional values of the harvested biomass suggest a partial compensation for the yield loss due to shading.
Restorative Justice as a Window Into Relationships: Student Experiences of Social Control and Social Engagement in Scotland and Canada
Creators: name: Reimer, Kristin Elaine
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2015
Subjects: Restorative justice
Education
Restorative approach
Student voice
Social control
Social engagement
Scotland
Canada
Alberta
Discipline
Relationship
School climate

description: The practice and popularity of restorative justice (RJ) in education has been growing in recent years. There is, however, no universal understanding of RJ and its objectives. RJ can be understood in dramatically different ways by those implementing it: as an approach that challenges taken-for-granted structures and systems of discipline and control in schools; or as simply another tool that emphasizes compliance and punishment. Little research has been conducted that makes these differences explicit, and what the impact these different understandings of RJ might have on students. This multi-site case study examined how RJ was applied, how it was understood and what its intended objectives were in two schools, set in different contexts – Scotland and Canada. Although data was collected from teachers and principals to understand the context, my primary focus was on the students, those whom RJ was most intended to affect. Through questionnaires, observations, learning circles and engaging students as co-researchers, this study situates the student experience of RJ within particular school, regional and national contexts. The study finds that RJ in schools is a window into what is most fundamental to students: relationships. Viewing relationships through the window of RJ reveals both their centrality to students and their character of being of social control or social engagement. The study argues that RJ, by itself, does not guarantee certain qualities of relationship, but it does allow us to examine those qualities and ask questions of how school relationships are used to engage and/or control.
Ausgestaltung der Betreiberpflichten des Bundes-Immissionsschutzgesetzes im Hinblick auf energieeffizienzbezogene Maßnahmen zur Luftreinhaltung
Creators: name: Hentschel, Anja
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Immissionsschutzrecht
subject: Betreiberpflicht
subject: Anlagenbetreiber
subject: Bundes-Immissionsschutzgesetz
subject: Energieverwendungspflicht
subject: Nachhaltigkeit | Strategien | Internationales

description: Diese Studie untersucht die immissionsschutzrechtlichen Pflichten von Anlagenbetreibern zur Energieeffizienz. Die geltende Rechtslage wird unter kritischer Auseinandersetzung mit den bisherigen Auslegungen der immissionsschutzrechtlichen Pflichten zur Vorsorge und zur sparsamen und effizienten Verwendung von Energie (§ 5 Abs. 1 Nr. 2 und 4 ⁠BImSchG⁠) untersucht.Die Studie empfiehlt primär die Erfüllung der Energieverwendungspflicht für genehmigungsbedürftige Anlagen unter Ausschöpfung der bestehenden Auslegungsmöglichkeiten des Immissionsschutzrechts zu verfolgen sowie dies durch eine Konkretisierung der Pflichten im Gesetz oder auf untergesetzlicher Ebene zu erleichtern.
Prediction of the Variation of Swelling Pressure and 1-D Heave of Expansive Soils with respect to Suction
Creators: name: Tu, Hongyu
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2015
Subjects: Expansive soil
Swelling pressure
Ground Heave
Soil suction
Soil-water characteristic curve

description: The one-dimensional (1-D) potential heave (or swell strain) of expansive soil is conventionally estimated using the swelling pressure and swelling index values which are determined from different types of oedometer test results. The swelling pressure of expansive soils is typically measured at saturated condition from oedometer tests. The experimental procedures of oedometer tests are cumbersome as well as time-consuming for use in conventional geotechnical engineering practice and are not capable for estimating heave under different stages of unsaturated conditions. To alleviate these limitations, semi-empirical models are proposed in this thesis to predict the variation of swelling pressure of both compacted and natural expansive soils with respect to soil suction using the soil-water characteristic curve (SWCC) as a tool. An empirical relationship is also suggested for estimating the swelling index from plasticity index values, alleviating the need for conducting oedometer tests. The predicted swelling pressure and estimated swelling index are then used to estimate the variation of 1-D heave with respect to suction for expansive soils by modifying Fredlund (1983) equation. The proposed approach is validated on six different compacted expansive soils from US, and on eight field sites from six countries; namely, Saudi Arabia, Australia, Canada, China, US, and the UK. The proposed simple techniques presented in this thesis are friendly for the practitioners for using when estimating the heave in unsaturated expansive soils.
Application of decision tree-based techniques to veneer processing
Creators: name: Ahmed, Suborna Shekhor
name: Cool, Julie
name: Karim, Mohammad Ehsanul
Publisher: name: Springer Singapore
Year: 2020

description: In veneer-drying facilities, controllers face many challenges to maintain desired parameters in the final product based on customer’s needs. The major challenge is setting process parameters to control the temperature and humidity within the various sections in the drying machine to obtain the desired properties of the final product. The regression tree approach can be used to simplify the complex relationship among process and product variables for identifying critical factors for drying veneer and achieving the desired range of veneer temperature. In this study, we investigated veneer-drying conditions and the short-term effect of climatic variables on veneer temperature. We have shown a three-step process to develop an optimal regression tree for veneer temperature. From the developed optimal tree, we are able to identify the most important threshold points of predictor space and adjustment for the climatic variables on the temperature of veneer sheets. The findings of this study were further investigated in an industrial setting and the desired veneer temperatures were attained for the final product. This application shows that we can follow the path of the optimal tree to pinpoint the most desired veneer temperature outcome. The developed optimal tree is relatively easy to use and interpret to estimate the average response of veneer temperature.
British collecting in Ethiopia, 1769 to 1972 : travellers, military expeditions, museums and royal gifting
Creators: name: Watson Jones, Alexandra Marie
Publisher: name: The University of St Andrews
Year: 2024
Subjects: Museums
Collecting
Ethiopia
Histories of collecting
Maqdala
Abyssinia
Colonial collecting
Looting
African art
Indigenous agency

description: The Ethiopian objects found in Britain’s museums and cultural institutions today reflect over two centuries of interconnected history, and multiple shifts in the political, diplomatic, and cultural relationships between the two countries. Through an interdisciplinary approach which draws on Ethiopian Studies, African Art History, Histories of Collecting, Anthropology, and Museum Studies, this thesis explores the role of material culture in interactions between the two countries and their inhabitants, and considers what objects can reveal about those relationships. It uses Ethiopian objects in the collection of National Museums Scotland (NMS) as its starting point, along with collections from other UK institutions including the British Museum, the V&A, the Horniman Museum, the Pitt Rivers Museum, the Powell-Cotton Museum, and the Royal Collection. It examines collecting carried out by James Bruce, Henry Salt, J. Theodore and Mabel Bent, and Percy Powell-Cotton on their travels to Ethiopia in the eighteenth, nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. It considers military collecting both in the context of the 1867-8 British expedition to Maqdala and during the 1936-41 Italian occupation, with a particular focus on the collecting activities of William Simpson and Alexander Tancred Curle, and examines the work of ethnomusicologist Jean Jenkins and archaeologist Jean Brown Sassoon in the mid-20th century. It also explores how three Ethiopian emperors—Tewodros II, Menelik II and Haile Selassie I—made use of gifts in their diplomatic interactions with Britain. As Britain’s cultural institutions increasingly seek to closely interrogate the histories of their collections, responding to a growing global discourse about the complex, controversial and violent histories that have resulted in many objects being accessioned into museums, this thesis brings Ethiopia—the only African country never to have been officially colonised by a European power—more fully into the discourse surrounding museums and collecting histories.
Enabling Discoveries in Heliospheric Science through Laboratory Plasma Experiments
Creators: name: Lichko, E.
name: Endrizzi, D.
name: Juno, J.
name: Olson, J.
name: Dorfman, S.
name: Young, R.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020

description: Resolving 3D physics occurring on multiple spatial and temporal scales is difficult with spacecraft and computer simulations alone, but can sometimes be studied much more easily with laboratory plasma experiments. This white paper proposes increasing funding for both human and physical infrastructure development in laboratory plasma facilities, as well as educating early career scientists on how to better utilize laboratory experiments in their own research.
Characterization of Influenza H5N1 Nucleocapsid Protein for Potential Vaccine Design
Creators: name: Buffone, Adam
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: Avian influenza
Nucleocapsid Protein
H5N1
Therapeutic Vaccines

description: Avian influenza H5N1 causes occasional but serious infections in humans and efforts to produce vaccines against this strain continue. Current influenza vaccines are prophylactic and utilize the two major antigens, hemagglutinin and neuraminidase. NP is an attractive alternative antigen because it is highly conserved across all influenza strains, has been shown to increase the rate of viral clearance, and potential therapeutic vaccines would elicit cytotoxic T lymophcyte responses in an infected person. The NP antigen from H5N1 was characterized using a variety of physiochemical methods to gain insights into both the biological and physical properties of the antigen which are important from a regulatory viewpoint when considering therapeutic vaccines. Results obtained to date show that NP is relatively unstable and indicate that the conformation of the H5N1 NP antigen is highly dependent upon purification procedure, buffer conditions, pH and the presence or absence of RNA. These factors will need to be clearly defined and taken into consideration when manufacturing and regulating NP vaccine preparations.
Spectral sensitivity of LSP parameters and their transformed coefficients
Creators: name: Vu, Hai
name: Lois, Laszlo
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: In this paper, the optimal transformation and quantization of Line Spectrum Pair (LSP) are accomplished. Based upon the interframe and intraframe correlation properties of the LSPs, the Karhunen-Loeve (KL) transformation is adopted by Principal Component Analysis (PCA) neural network. The spectral sensitivity of the LSP and transformed coefficients are investigated in order to develop better scalar and vector quantizers for these coefficients. Using PCA network with spectral sensitivity guided quantizers we show that this new approach leads to as good as or better distortion compared to other methods for speech coding.
Towards climate-neutral district heating in the EU
Creators: name: Manz, Pia
name: :Unav
Publisher: name: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Year: 2024
Subjects: District heating
Renewable heat
Industrial excess heat
Spatial analysis
GIS

description: Achieving the target of a climate-neutral energy system in the European Union necessitates the transition to heating solutions in buildings eliminating the use of fossil fuels. District heating is potentially an important component in this transition. This thesis explores the role of district heating systems in a climate-neutral energy system, addressing challenges such as reduced heat demand due to thermal renovations of buildings and the phasing out of fossil fuels in district heating generation. Detailed empirical data analysis, spatial analysis and scenario-based methods with high-resolution data sets were utilised to quantify the potential demand and supply of district heating in the future. The results indicate that the demand could increase significantly compared to current levels. Large supply potentials can be expected from geothermal and biomass resources as well as from heat pumps at wastewater treatment plants or surface water. Excess heat from industrial processes will play a minor role as its potential decreases due to industrial transformation to low-carbon processes. Overall, district heating systems could be expanded and decarbonized in the future.
Le concept de la qualité de vie : représentation dans les revues infirmières francophones du Québec
Creators: name: Nazon, Evy Aude
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011
Subjects: Qualité de vie
Infirmière
La Garde-Malade Canadienne-Française
L'infirmière du Québec

description: Ce mémoire porte sur l’évolution des conditions de travail des infirmières selon le concept de la qualité de vie. Sur un intervalle d’un demi-siècle, nous avons étudié le discours des élites infirmières à travers deux revues professionnelles francophones, La Garde-Malade Canadienne-Française de 1928 à 1938 et L’infirmière du Québec de 1993 à 2003. À partir des articles et rubriques publiés, le discours des élites témoigne du peu d’importance qu’elles accordent à la qualité de vie des infirmières tout en montrant leur volonté de faire valoir les acquis de la profession notamment la reconnaissance professionnelle des infirmières. Par ailleurs, la récurrence de certains thèmes de publication, l’absence d’articles sur la qualité de vie et la persistance de l’image vocationnelle de l’infirmière indique une lenteur dans l’évolution des mentalités quant à la perception sociale des femmes au tournant du XXIe siècle.
Nebini Kraepelin 1905
Creators: name: Soleglad, Michael E.
name: Fet, Victor
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2003
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Scorpiones
Diplocentridae

description: Tribe Nebini Kraepelin, 1905, new rank   Type Genus. Nebo Simon, 1878.
 Composition. This monotypic tribe is established here, and corresponds to the former subfamily Nebinae; it includes a single genus, Nebo.
 Distribution. Asia (Middle East).
 Biogeographic history. Species of the genus Nebo are found mainly in the Arabian Peninsula. Santiago-Blay & Craig (1998) reported an undescribed Oligocene fossil from Mexico (Chiapas amber) belonging to “subfamily Nebinae ”, i.e. our tribe Nebini, which currently has only Middle East distribution.
 Diagnosis. See Prendini (2000) for details on the diagnosis of this tribe (as subfamily Nebinae).
description: Published as part of Soleglad, Michael E. & Fet, Victor, 2003, High-level systematics and phylogeny of the extant scorpions (Scorpiones: Orthosterni), pp. 1-175 in Euscorpius 2003 (11) on page 114, DOI: 10.18590/euscorpius.2003.vol2003.iss11.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13237351
Frequenzstabilität im umrichterdominierten Verbundnetz
Creators: name: Nuschke, Maria
name: :Unav
Publisher: name: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Year: 2021
Subjects: Frequenzstabilität
netzbildend
Umrichter
Verbundnetz
Netzstabilität

description: Steigende Anteile von umrichterbasierten Energieanlagen fordern die Stabilität des Energiesystems heraus. Insbesondere die Frequenzstabilität wird durch die Abschaltung konventioneller Kraftwerke und die daraus resultierende, schwindende Trägheit im Netz beeinflusst. Zur Frequenzstabilitätsanalyse wurden vergleichend Netzsimulationen von verschiedenen Netzauftrennungsszenarien mit steigenden Anteilen herkömmlich stromeinprägend geregelter Umrichter sowie spannnungseinprägend geregelter Umrichter durchgeführt. Dabei zeigte sich, dass ein Energiesystem auf Basis umrichtergekoppelter Erzeugungsanlagen unter Verwendung von spannungseinprägenden Anlagen ermöglicht werden kann. Insbesondere die Parametrierbarkeit der Trägheitszeitkonstante in spannungseinprägenden Umrichtern ist dabei von Vorteil. Die Dimensionierung der Trägheitsreserven ist an verschiedene Randbedingungen geknüpft. Die hier aufgestellte analytische Herleitung der notwendigen Trägheitszeitkonstante unter Berücksichtigung der Anteile stromeinprägend geregelter Anlagen und deren zeitlichem Verhalten sowie der auftretenden Störgröße bietet eine mögliche Dimensionierungsgrundlage.
Supplementary document for Dec-DISCO: Decolorization DISCO clearing for seeing through the biological architectures of heme-rich organs - 5396066.pdf
Creators: name: Zhu, Jingtan
name: Ma, Yilin
name: Xu, Jianyi
name: Li, Yusha
name: Wan, Peng
name: Qi, Yisong
name: Yu, Tingting
name: Zhu, Dan
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized
Nonlinear Optics and Spectroscopy

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Globular clusters in elliptical galaxies: constraints on mergers
Creators: name: Forbes, Duncan
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: There exists a relationship between globular cluster mean metallicity and parent galaxy luminosity (e.g. Brodie & Huchra 1991; Forbes et al. 1996), which appears to be similar to that between stellar metallicity and galaxy luminosity. The globular cluster relation has a similar slope but is offset by about 0.5 dex to lower metallicity. The similarity of these relations suggests that both the globular cluster system and their parent galaxy have shared a common chemical enrichment history. If we can understand the formation and evolution of the globulars, we will also learn something about galaxy formation. With this aim in mind we have created the SAGES (Study of the Astrophysics of Globular clusters in Extragalactic Systems) project. Project members include Brodie, Elson, Forbes, Freeman, Grillmair, Huchra, Kissler–Patig and Schroder. We are using HST Imaging and Keck spectroscopy to study extragalactic globular cluster systems. Further details can be found at http://www.ucolick.org/~mkissler/Sages/sages.html.
Scorpioninae Latreille 1802
Creators: name: Soleglad, Michael E.
name: Fet, Victor
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2003
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Scorpiones
Scorpionidae

description: Subfamily Scorpioninae Latreille, 1802   Type Genus. Scorpio Linnaeus, 1758.
 Composition. This taxon corresponds to the subfamily Scorpioninae as listed by Fet (2000g) and to family Scorpionidae as listed by Prendini (2000) and
 Prendini et al. (2003). It includes four Old World genera: Heterometrus, Opistophthalmus, Pandinus, and Scorpio. We also provisionally include here the fossil genus Mioscorpio Kjellesvig-Waering, 1986 (Miocene of Europe).
 Distribution. Asia, Africa.
 Taxonomic history. Prendini et al. (2003) provided a detailed phylogenetic analysis of the scorpionine taxa (treated as family Scorpionidae).
 Biogeographic history. Scorpioninae are likely an eastern Gondwanaland group by origin (Sissom, 1990; Prendini et al., 2003). Four scorpionine genera exhibit vigorous radiation in the deserts of South Africa (Opistophthalmus), deserts of North Africa and Middle East (Scorpio), tropics of Africa (Pandinus), and tropics of Asia (Heterometrus; see Couzijn, 1978, 1981; Sissom, 1990). Prendini et al. (2003) discussed in detail the biogeographic history of this group. They treated distribution of Pandinus and Heterometrus as the result of vicariance induced by the Cretaceous separation of the Indian plate from Africa. Phylogenetic positions of Opistophthalmus and Scorpio was found to be basal to the (Heterometrus + Pandinus) group. Prendini et al. (2003) also suggested that the initial divergence of the common ancestor of (Opistophthalmus + Scorpio) from the common ancestor of the (Heterometrus + Pandinus) group must have occurred in eastern Gondwanaland, presumably under semi-arid conditions that already existed before its breakup, i.e., the “Gondwana Desert” and surrounding semi-arid areas. Scorpioninae are notably absent from Madagascar (Lourenço, 1996a).
 Diagnosis. See Prendini (2000) for details on the diagnosis of this subfamily (as family Scorpionidae).
description: Published as part of Soleglad, Michael E. & Fet, Victor, 2003, High-level systematics and phylogeny of the extant scorpions (Scorpiones: Orthosterni), pp. 1-175 in Euscorpius 2003 (11) on pages 114-115, DOI: 10.18590/euscorpius.2003.vol2003.iss11.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13237351
A Chinese Bite of Translation: A Translational Approach to Chineseness and Culinary Identity
Creators: name: Xue, Jingnan
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2015
Subjects: Translation
Chineseness
Culinary Identity

description: Cuisine is a topic worthy of interest because it is often associated with a specific national culture. Among the various national cuisines, Chinese cuisine is probably one of the most fascinating, all the more so because the culture-specific characteristics of Chinese cuisine have resulted in its typical diversity. Furthermore, Chinese cuisine can be considered diasporic and capable of breaking cultural boundaries as Chinese overseas communities have introduced their cuisine to various parts of the world over the past two centuries. In translation studies, culinary identity is viewed by scholars as an extension of translation activity. However, Chinese culinary identity hasn't received the same attention that other areas of research in translation studies have, probably because of its culture-specific traits. My thesis will focus on one example of this important phenomenon: the "translation" of Chinese culinary culture in Canadian food discourse. Renowned for its multiculturalism, Canada—perhaps more than any other country—has embraced "Chinese food" as one of its mainstream international cuisines, and Chinese cuisine, on the other hand, has adopted Canadian cultural values and has become practically inseparable from contemporary Canadian culture. In this respect, the question becomes to what extent has "Chineseness," which refers here to Chinese cultural identity, been constructed within the Canadian culinary sphere? My thesis involves an analysis of the translation of Chineseness by Chinese-Canadians in food discourse from a cultural perspective. In the first chapter, I will introduce the discussion of Chineseness in sociology and in translation studies. The second chapter deals with culinary identity in both food studies and translation studies. In the final chapter, I analyze Chineseness, as it is represented by culinary identity in the Canadian context, by observing HeartSmart Chinese Cooking, a cookbook written by a Chinese-Canadian chef in English for a Canadian readership.
Chemical recycling: Production of BTX by catalytic reforming of n-Heptane
Creators: name: Chamorro, Stefany
name: :Unav
Publisher: name: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Year: 2022
Subjects: Catalysts

description: The generation of plastic waste is increasing worldwide causing several environmental impacts. In 2021 was estimated 850 Mt of greenhouse gases were globally generated by the production and incineration of plastic (WWF Australia 2021). In 2019, 6,1 Mt of plastic waste leaked into aquatic environments and 1,7 Mt flowed into oceans causing marine ecotoxicity (OECD 2022). Unfortunately the mechanical technologies come up short due to the intermixture of various types and grades of polymeric materials, the content of other substances such as additives or or fillers, which are normally added to optimize its properties. Methods for treating plastic waste include pyrolysis, which is an alternative that values plastic waste as a feedstock to produce a crude oil type. This oil is rich in hydrocarbons, thus is becoming as potential source to produce lighter aromatics such as: benzene, toluene, and xylene and cover their increasing demand by the chemical industry. In this work, n-heptane was chosen as model component of the paraffinic fraction of pyrolysis oil to find out the effectiveness of its aromatization under different catalytic conditions. As such, different types of catalysts were prepared by wetness impregnation and activated by calcination under air flow at 350 and 550 °C are compared in the dehydrocyclization of n-heptane. ZSM-5 zeolite and activated carbon were used as supporters. While Gallium (Ga) and zinc (Zn) were the active components applied on the carriers in three different proportions (1, 3 and 5 wt.%). Furthermore, treated coke was physically mixed with dual metal impregnated ZSM-5. To achieve high yields of BTX the optimal temperature in most of the experiments was 550 °C, optimal load for Zn was 1 wt.% and for Ga 3 wt.%. Activated carbon as support did not show considerable aromatization (10 wt.% selectivity at 550°C, but seemed to have properties for cracking and isomerization of n-heptane when impregnated with 5 wt.%Ga. Another important finding in this work was the positive effect on the catalytic activity of impregnated catalysts when it was mixed with treated pyrolysis coke. Zn-ZSM-5 catalysts displayed the highest selectivity towards BTX production (above 30 wt.%). Moreover, it seemed that this metal provided dehydrogenation function as well as the reduction of coking rate. Finally, by means of a relatively easy and effective method as wet impregnation is, fractions of plastic pyrolysis can be converted into valuable aromatics.
title: Primary Education in Northwest Frontier Province of Pakistan: Problems and Prospects
Creators: name: Manan, Fazli
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 1994
Subjects: subject: Education

description: The purpose of this study was to make an exact, qualitative, and objective appraisal of the existing condition of primary education in the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan. The objectives of this study were: 1. To find out the strengths and weaknesses of the existing system of primary education in North West Frontier Province of Pakistan. 2. To discover the nature and extent of deficiencies or problems, if any. 3. To Identify the key issues/factors hampering developmental efforts. 4. To approach the key issues in light of various research reports and other pertinent articles. 5. To propose possible solutions to the problems and make suggestions for improvement of the system of primary education in the province.
La musicalité au fondement de l'identité. Héritages africains dans Le chercheur d'Afriques d'Henri Lopes
Creators: name: Portier, Françoise
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011
Subjects: musicalité
identité
émotion
raison
africanité

description: Le chercheur d’Afriques est une quête des origines de l’identité métisse ou africain post coloniale, marquée par le métissage des cultures. L’auteur s’appuie sur la musicalité de ses personnages et de son écriture pour offrir des éléments de réponse, proposant ainsi une lecture contemporaine de la thèse de l’émotion nègre. Ce retour à certains éléments de la négritude selon Léopold S. Senghor est libéré de l’idée de supériorité de la raison sur les sens. Henri Lopes souligne l’identité en question en la définissant comme un entre-deux, un espace qui n’est pas plus l’un que l’autre, mais plutôt la relation musicale qu’ils entretiennent, lien fragile qui associe et dissocie les deux tenants incontournables de cette quête, à savoir la civilisation africaine et la civilisation européenne. Cette thèse se propose d’analyser la musicalité telle qu’elle est mise en scène par Henri Lopes, à savoir comme un fondement de l’identité qui définit dans leur altérité les différents héritages culturels qui donnent corps à la métissité. Nous explorons, pour ce faire, les chemins empruntés au XXe siècle, à partir de la définition donnée par la négritude senghorienne, puisqu’elle a défendu ce qui aujourd’hui semble aller de soi, c’est-à-dire la complexité de la nature humaine qui, maintes fois et ce, quelle que soit la civilisation qui la détermine, oscille entre raison et émotion, entre parole et musique, dans un concert de voix principalement situées dans Le chercheur d’Afriques, d’une part, dans le monde colonial et, d’autre part, dans le monde post colonial.
Reducing communication cost for parallelizing irregular scientific codes
Creators: name: Guo, Minyi
name: Liu, Zhen
name: Liu, Chengfei
name: Li, Li
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: In most cases of distributed memory computations, node programs are executed on processors according to the owner computes rule. However, owner computes rule is not best suited for irregular application codes. In irregular application codes, use of indirection in accessing left hand side array makes it difficult to partition the loop iterations, and because of use of indirection in accessing right hand side elements, we may reduce total communication by using heuristics other than owner computes rule. In this paper, we propose a communication cost reduction computes rule for irregular loop partitioning, called least communication computes rule. We partition a loop iteration to a processor on which the minimal communication cost is ensured when executing that iteration. The experimental results show that, in most cases, our approaches achieved better performance than other loop partitioning rules.
Critères d'évaluation des travaux d'étudiants en formation à l'enseignement
Creators: name: Girouard, Maxime
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011
Subjects: Critère d'évaluation
Formation à l'enseignement
Évaluation des apprentissages
Évaluation postsecondaire

description: L’évaluation critériée a pris beaucoup d’expansion au cours des dernières années. Toutefois, les critères d’évaluation sont parfois employés à l’encontre des recommandations des experts. Cette étude a pour but d’explorer l’utilisation peu documentée de critères d’évaluation par les professeurs universitaires à la formation à l’enseignement. Une analyse qualitative basée sur des entrevues, des protocoles oraux et des analyses de documents a permis d’identifier les critères présents dans le processus d’évaluation de quatre professeurs. D'une part, des critères d’évaluation propres à chaque participant et d’autre part 7 critères présents chez 3 participants ou plus ont été identifiés ainsi qu’un seul critère implicite. Cependant, les critères d’évaluation identifiés ne se limitent pas tous à l’évaluation du rendement scolaire. La présence de documents facultaires a eu un impact sur les résultats. Cette étude a aussi décelé de nouvelles problématiques à explorer comme les influences dans l’utilisation des critères et l’appréciation des travaux eux-mêmes.
Preparation, Characterization and Testing for Photocatalytic Activities of Bi2WO6-based Materials
Creators: name: Qin, Hanna
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: Pd/Bi2WO6
PdCl2/Bi2WO6
Photocatalytic activity
Chemical reduction
Rhodamine B

description: PdCl2/Bi2WO6 and Pd/Bi2WO6 composite photocatalysts were synthesized via a template free hydrothermal process and the respective photocatalytic activities were investigated by degradation of Rhodamine B. The new catalyst composites were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and ultraviolet visible (UV-vis) light diffuse reflectance spectra, respectively. By XRD, it was found that the loaded Pd species did not alter the crystal lattice of Bi2WO6 photocatalyst. Through the XPS spectra, it was found that the PdCl2/Bi2WO6 was successfully reduced by chemical reducing agents CH2O and N2H4, respectively, and palladium was present in the form of both metallic Pd and Pd ion spe-cies (Pd0 and Pd2+), while the Pd species in a NaBH4-reduced composite exhibited only metallic Pd species (Pd0). For the SEM images, it was observed that both classes of composites were constructed from plenty of nanoplates, which were closed packed with hierarchical structures. Furthermore, the removal efficiency of Rhodamine B was found to be influenced by parameters such as catalyst dosage, pollutant concentration and solution pH.
BVT-Merkblatt Abfallbehandlung und Novelle TA Luft - Stand und Umsetzung
Creators: name: Butz, Wolfgang
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2019

description: Dieser Beitrag gibt eine Übersicht über den Stand der Umsetzung der Vorschriften, die damit verbundenen Diskussionsprozesse und die für die oben genannten Abfallbehandlungsanlagen zu erwartenden Anforderungen.Neue rechtliche Anforderungen an Bioabfall-und Siedlungsabfallbehandlungsanlagen: Mit der Novelle der TA Luft [1] und der Umsetzung der BVT-Schlussfolgerungen des BVT-Merkblatts Abfallbehandlung werden die rechtlichen Anforderungen für Bioabfall- und Siedlungsabfallbehandlungsanlagen an die Weiterentwicklung des Standes der Technik angepasst und europäische Vorgaben in das nationale Recht umgesetzt. Quelle: http://www.ask-eu.net
Update on the SkyWater MPW program (and what is next?)
Creators: name: Ansell, Tim
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: open source
PDK
EDA
MPW
IC

description: The slides are available online  In the middle of 2020, Google released the first fully open source, manufacturable PDK (process design kit) for SkyWater's 130nm process technology which enabled when used with open source EDA tooling the creation of fully open source integrated circuits down to the GDSII. At the same time Google started funding a no-cost shuttle program allowing anyone to take part in this revolution which now has over 120 designs sent for manufacturing. Google continues to expand this space and push the boundaries of what fully open source solutions can do. This talk will cover the who, what, why and how of this industry changing development and how it is affecting all parts of the IC creation space!
Answers to frequently asked questions to Hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD)
Creators: name: Apel, Petra
name: Beer, Inga
name: Bolland, Til
name: Debiak, Malgorzata
name: Dettling, Folke
name: Koch-Jugl, Juliane
name: Rauert, Caren
name: Stolzenberg, Hans-Christian
name: Tietjen, Lars
name: Wuttke, Joachim
name: Walther, Mareike
name: Wurbs, Johanna
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2016

description: In May 2013 the chemical hexabromocyclododecane, or HBCD, was identified as a persistent organic pollutant (POP) under the international Stockholm Convention. This means that a worldwide ban on the sale and application of the chemical will soon become effective. For a long time HBCD was the most economically significant flame retardant used in polystyrene foam for insulation materials. We have compiled information about why the chemical will no longer be used, what transitional phases are likely to be in effect in the EU, what the alternatives are, and how to dispose of insulation materials which contain HBCD. Quelle: Umweltbundesamt
Enzyme catalytic site engineering
Creators: name: Polley, Mitchell
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The engineering of catalytic function or substrate specificity in enzymes has been an interesting field of Protein Science over the past decade. There have been many successful examples, with the publication of several proven stochastic stratagems for doing such. Despite this, it is apparent that there is an almost complete lack of generic tools for the rational redesign of functional protein sites. In this context, a survey of known high-resolution protein crystal structures was undertaken, focussing on those protein structures for which the identities of functional residues could be ascertained. The survey resulted in a database of over one hundred thousand amino acid residues and a second database of amino acids of known, specific function. The distributions of side-chain and main-chain dihedral angles were calculated and analysed statistically. Particular emphasis was placed on cross comparison of functional residues against non-functional, or structural, residues. From this investigation emerged a new set of definitions for rotameric nomenclature, based-upon the empirical data obtained. Using the new empirical definitions, it was ascertained that the distributions of dihedral angles among functional residues often differ from those distributions observed in structural residues. Subsequent analysis of the data also revealed that catalytic residues that perform similar roles in their respective proteins often show conserved dihedral geometries, to such a remarkable degree that family-like clustering could be observed. Compilation of the empirical rotamer definitions revealed that protein geometry, long viewed as being of infinite complexity, could be approximated by just under 1,500 conformational states. Backbone dihedral angle distributions were utilised for the creation of a similarity index to compare the similarities of observed backbone distributions between amino acids of differing identities. This index was later derived into a homology matrix, which can be employed for sequence alignment and homology-based structural alignment with a bias towards similarities of permitted backbone geometries. It was also found that the backbone similarity indices also displayed a correlation to the genetic code, with amino acids of a single point mutation difference in their coding triplets displaying a propensity for high backbone similarity. Overall the study generated several generic tools that will be invaluable for rational engineering of protein function and specificity.