cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Possible role of PKC in regulation of neuronal serotonin uptake and 5-HT(2A) receptor.
Creators: name: Rahimian, Roshanak.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: Biology, Neuroscience.

description: We investigated whether neuronal serotonin uptake is regulated by PKC. ($\sp3$H) 5-HT uptake and its kinetics parameters (Km and Vmax) were measured in the synaptosomal (P$\sb2$) fraction of brain tissue in vitro in the presence of different concentration of 4$\beta$-phorbol-12 myristate-13-acetate (PMA) and of a selective 5-HT uptake inhibitor, citalopram. Exposure of cortical synaptosomes to citalopram produced a marked decrease of 5-HT uptake at all time intervals of pre-incubation. However, the PKC activator PMA failed to produce unequivocal changes in the tate of 5-HT uptake by cortical synaptosomes of the rat brain. This study was undertaken to explore further 5-HT$\sb{\rm 2A}$ receptor regulation by agonist treatment in vivo and the role of PKC in this regulation. Single injection of 1-(2,5-dimethoxy-4-iodo-phenyl)2-amino-propane (DOI) down-regulated 5-HT$\sb{\rm 2A}$ receptor density in cortical synaptosomal preparation assayed 24 hours later by ($\sp3H$) ketanserin binding as well as in homogenate of rat cerebral cortex. Single high doses but not a low dose of DOI reduced the Bmax of 5-HT$\sb{\rm 2A}$ receptors in cortical synaptosomes labelled with ($\sp3$H) ketanserin without significant changes in Kd. Repeated doses of DOI further down-regulated 5-HT$\sb{\rm 2A}$ sites in cortical synaptosomes, without altering the Kd value. PKC activity in both particulate and soluble fraction of rat cortical synaptosomes was measured by incorporation of ($\sp{32}$P) ATP into a specific target PKC The increase of PKC activity in the particulate fraction of the cortical synaptosomal tissue following single injection of DOI parallelled the decrease in 5-HT$\sb{\rm 2A}$ receptor density assessed with ($\sp3$H!) etanserin, suggesting that 5-HT$\sb{\rm 2A}$ sites may be down-regulated as a result of phosphorylation of the receptor by activation of PKC after receptor stimulation with agonist. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
title: Tumores Mesenquimales y Carcinomas Metaplásicos con Componente Sarcomatoide de la Mama. Correlación Radio-Patológica.
Creators: name: Ruiz Delgado, María Luisa
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Pathology
subject: Neoplasia
subject: Biopsy
subject: Outcomes analysis
subject: MR
subject: Mammography
subject: Echocardiography
subject: Breast

description: Objetivo docente
Revisión del tema
Conclusiones
description: Objetivo docente:
Describir la presentación clínica,
hallazgos radiológicos y características histológicas de algunos tumores mesenquimales y carcinomas metaplásicos con componente sarcomatoide en la...
Supplementary document for Snapshot spectral polarimetric light field imaging using a single detector - 4960471.pdf
Creators: name: Lv, Xiaobo
name: Li, Yiwei
name: zhu, shuaishuai
name: Guo, Xinmin
name: Zhang, Jianlong
name: Lin, Jie
name: Jin, Peng
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Optical Technology

description: Information regarding the optical setup and the theoretical model as well as the alignment and calibration method used in the main text along with details of the accuracy experiments of multi-dimensional imaging and an artificial reduction technique.
Attenuation and colloidal mobilization of bacteriophages in natural sediments under anoxic as compared to oxic conditions
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2015
Subjects: Virus
Zetapotenzial

description: Redox conditions are known to affect the fate of viruses in porous media. Several studies report the relevance of colloid-facilitated virus transport in the subsurface, but detailed studies on the effect of anoxic conditions on virus retention in natural sediments are still missing. Therefore, we investigated the fate of viruses in natural flood plain sediments with different sesquioxide contents under anoxic conditions by considering sorption to the solid phase, sorption to mobilized colloids, and inactivation in the aqueous phase. Batch experiments were conducted under oxic and anoxic conditions at pH values between 5.1 and 7.6, using bacteriophages MS2 and PhiX174 as model viruses. In addition to free and colloid-associated bacteriophages, dissolved and colloidal concentrations of Fe, Al and organic C as well as dissolved Ca were determined. Results showed that regardless of redox conditions, bacteriophages did not adsorb to mobilized colloids, even under favourable charge conditions. Under anoxic conditions, attenuation of bacteriophages was dominated by sorption over inactivation, with MS2 showing a higher degree of sorption than PhiX174. Inactivation in water was low under anoxic conditions for both bacteriophages with about one log10decrease in concentration during 16 h. Increased Fe/Al concentrations and a low organic carbon content of the sediment led to enhanced bacteriophage removal under anoxic conditions. However, even in the presence of sufficient Fe/A-(hydr)oxides on the solid phase, bacteriophage sorption was low. We presume that organic matter may limit the potential retention of sesquioxides in anoxic sediments and should thus be considered for the risk assessment of virus breakthrough in the subsurface.Copyright © 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Car supplier and manufacturer connectivity issues
Creators: name: Georganas, Nikita
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Business Administration, Management.
subject: Engineering, Industrial.

description: In today's fast pace society, analysts are expected to make quick educated decisions out of very complex situations. This is not an easy task to achieve but, if equipped with the proper decision tools, it can be effectively accomplished. Cognitive Maps have been commonly used in the past for this purpose but they lack a certain precision. Recently the use of Fuzzy Cognitive Maps (FCMs) has been proposed as an alternative for representing and analyzing complex systems that create outcomes that are not always easily definable. This thesis will introduce its readers to this versatile decision analysis tool and its many uses in a diversity of fields. More precisely, it will help analyze and determine how Internet transforms relationships between car parts suppliers and automobile manufacturers. With the help of the Car Internet Research Program (CIRP), 17 semi-structured interviews of executive heads belonging to upstream suppliers in the automotive sector were considered as means of this research. Summarized and analysed through the help of FCMs, these exchanges give an approximate picture of the state of current events in the automotive industry, more precisely in regards to supplier and manufacturer connectivity issues.
Beratungshilfeprogramm
Creators: name: Lenz, Katharina
name: Mücka, W.
name: Otto, Sonja
name: Willing, Rita
name: Wollmann, Ralph
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Beratungshilfeprogramm
subject: Nachhaltigkeit | Strategien | Internationales
subject: Sustainability | Strategies | International matters

description: Seit dem Jahr 2000 unterstützt das Beratungshilfeprogramm (BHP) des ⁠BMUB⁠ die Staaten Mittel- und Osteuropas, des Kaukasus und Zentralasiens sowie weitere an die EU angrenzende Staaten bei einer Entwicklung, die sich an europäischen Umweltstandards orientiert. Durch den Austausch und Transfer von Know-how sollen in den Ländern der BHP-Zielregion die Umweltverwaltungen gestärkt, Umweltstandards angehoben und Umweltinvestitionen vorbereitet werden. Diese Broschüre stellt das BHP, seine Rahmenbedingungen und seine Motivation vor. Sie stellt den Zusammenhang der Geschichte und der Projekte des Programms mit den Meilensteinen der EU-Entwicklung zwischen 2000 und 2015 auf einem Zeitstrahl her.
title: Ameloblastoma: claves diagnósticas
Creators: name: Paz Maya, Silvia
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Bones
subject: Ear / Nose / Throat
subject: CT
subject: Neoplasia

description: Objetivo docente
Revisión del tema
Conclusiones
description: Objetivo docente:
Describir y resumir las características clínicas y radiológicas,
la respuesta al tratamiento y el comportamiento biológico de los ameloblastomas diagnosticados en nuestro hospital en tres años,
desde diciembre de 2008 hasta diciembre de 2011...
Reflections on reflection: blogging in undergraduate design studios
Creators: name: MacColl, Ian
name: Morrison, Ann
name: Muhlberger, Ralf
name: Simpson, Matthew
name: Viller, Stephen
name: Wyeld, Theodor
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: In this paper we describe our experiences introducing weblogs as an online design journal into two design-based IT degrees. We introduced weblogs to support reflection by the students within a studio process. We view this introduction as successful and we have continued using blogs in the subsequent academic year, although we have made some changes to take account of problems with scale, sophistication and effort.
title: Diseño de un protocolo de comunicación de hallazgos importantes (CHI) en teleradiología
Creators: name: Serrallonga Mercader, Marta
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Computer Applications-Teleradiology
subject: Teleradiology
subject: eHealth
subject: Management

description: Objetivos
Material y método
Resultados
Conclusiones
description: Objetivos:
El informe radiológico es el punto de partida para tomar decisiones en el manejo del paciente. No cabe duda de que en pacientes ingresados el informe se lee de inmediato tras la realización de la exploración. En exploraciones ambulatoriales su...
Toxikologie von Nanomaterialien, Wirkmechanismen und Kanzerogenität
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Inhalation
subject: Ratte
subject: Nanomaterialien
subject: Kokanzerogenität
subject: Ökotoxikologie
subject: Toxikokinetik
subject: Chemikalien
subject: Chemicals

description: In einer Kurzzeitinhalationsstudie wurden Ratten gegenüber Carbonanotubes (MWCNTs) exponiert. Das Ziel der Untersuchung war die Verteilung der MWCNTs im Körper zu erfassen und die Ausscheidungsprozesse und mögliche Ablagerungen im Körper zu erforschen. Im
ersten Teil wurde die Exposition mit unmarkierten MWCNTs durchgeführt. Im zweiten Teil wurde die Exposition mit Co-60 markierten MWCNTs durchgeführt.
Quelle: http://www.umweltbundesamt.de/
description: In einer Kurzzeitinhalationsstudie wurden Ratten gegenüber Carbonanotubes (MWCNTs) exponiert. Das Ziel der Untersuchung war die Verteilung der MWCNTs im Körper zu erfassen und die Ausscheidungsprozesse und mögliche Ablagerungen im Körper zu erforschen. Imersten Teil wurde die ⁠Exposition⁠ mit unmarkierten MWCNTs durchgeführt. Im zweiten Teil wurde die Exposition mit Co-60 markierten MWCNTs durchgeführt.
title: Región areola-pezón. Hallazgos de  imagen y peculiaridades diagnósticas
Creators: name: Lorente Ramos, Rosa María
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Ultrasound
subject: MR
subject: Mammography
subject: Breast

description: Objetivo docente
Revisión del tema
Conclusiones
description: Objetivo docente:
Revisar la anatomía normal de la región areola-pezón Describir las peculiaridades de manejo y de diagnóstico con las diferentes técnicas empleadas en la patología de esta región (ecografía,
mamografía,
galactografía y RM ) Ilustrar la...
Transcription-dependent and transcription-independent functions of the classical progesterone receptor in Xenopus ovaries
Creators: name: Liu, Xun
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Chemistry, Biochemistry.

description: The physiological functions of the classical progesterone receptor (XPR) in regulating oocyte maturation and ovulation in Xenopus laevis remain controversial. Using antibodies generated against cloned XPR, I demonstrated here that the somatic follicle cells expressed an 80 kDa XPR protein, termed XPR-1. XPR-1 underwent progesterone-induced, proteasome-mediated degradation. A smaller (∼70 kDa) XPR protein, termed XPRo, was expressed in oocytes, but not in follicle cells. XPRo underwent progesterone-induced hyperphosphorylation, but not degradation. Treating isolated ovaries with progesterone caused oocyte maturation and the release of the mature oocytes from the ovaries (ovulation). Actinomycine D, a general transcription inhibitor, did not interfere with progesterone-induced oocyte maturation but blocked ovulation so that mature oocytes were trapped in the follicles. These results demonstrated that progesterone had dual functions in the process of ovulation: transcription-dependent follicle rupture and transcription-independent oocyte maturation. Furthermore, our results suggest that the dual functions of progesterone in Xenopus ovaries are mediated by the two forms of XPR proteins differentially expressed in the follicle cells and the oocytes respectively.
Supplementary document for Directing random lasing emission using cavity exciton-polaritons - 4960821.pdf
Creators: name: Bouteyre, Paul
name: Nguyen, Hai-Son
name: Lauret, Jean-Sébastien
name: Trippé-Allard, Gaëlle
name: Delport, Géraud
name: Lédée, Ferdinand
name: Diab, Hiba
name: Belarouci, Ali
name: Seassal, Christian
name: Garrot, Damien
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Additional information (PDF) on the samples fabrication, optical set-ups, polaritons theory, data analysis. This document presents also additional results on the samples.
Improved crop rotation
Creators: name: Frelih-Larsen, Ana
name: Riedel, Antonia
name: Akinyede, Rachael
Publisher: name: Umweltbundesamt
Year: 2022
Subjects: Flächennutzungswandel
Landwirtschaft

description: Soils play a central role in climate mitigation. They are both as a carbon sink and a source of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG). This report outlines the mitigation potential for GHG emissions of climate friendly soil management options at global, EU and German level. It also discusses different types of climate-friendly soil management measures and key considerations for their implementation. Quelle: www.umweltbundesamt.de
Effect of a community health worker mHealth monitoring system on uptake of maternal and newborn health services in Rwanda
Creators: name: Hategeka, Celestin
name: Ruton, Hinda
name: Law, Michael R.
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2019

description: Background: In an effort to improve access to proven maternal and newborn health interventions, Rwanda implemented a mobile phone (mHealth) monitoring system called RapidSMS. RapidSMS was scaled up across Rwanda in 2013. The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of RapidSMS on the utilization of maternal and newborn health services in Rwanda. Methods: Using data from the 2014/15 Rwanda demographic and health survey, we identified a cohort of women aged 15–49 years who had a live birth that occurred between 2010 and 2014. Using interrupted time series design, we estimated the impact of RapidSMS on uptake of maternal and newborn health services including antenatal care (ANC), health facility delivery and vaccination coverage. Results: Overall, the coverage rate at baseline for ANC (at least one visit), health facility delivery and vaccination was very high (> 90%). The baseline rate was 50.30% for first ANC visit during the first trimester and 40.57% for at least four ANC visits. We found no evidence that implementing RapidSMS was associated with an immediate increase in ANC (level change: -1.00% (95% CI: -2.30 to 0.29) for ANC visit at least once, -1.69% (95% CI: -9.94 to 6.55) for ANC (at least 4 visits), -3.80% (95% CI: -13.66 to 6.05) for first ANC visit during the first trimester), health facility delivery (level change: -1.79, 95% CI: -6.16 to 2.58), and vaccination coverage (level change: 0.58% (95%CI: -0.38 to 1.55) for BCG, -0.75% (95% CI: -6.18 to 4.67) for polio 0). Moreover, there was no significant trend change across the outcomes studied. Conclusion: Based on survey data, the implementation of RapidSMS did not appear to increase uptake of the maternal and newborn health services we studied in Rwanda. In most instances, this was because the existing level of the indicators we studied was very high (ceiling effect), leaving little room for potential improvement. RapidSMS may work in contexts where improvement remains to be made, but not for indicators that are already very high. As such, further research is required to understand why RapidSMS had no impact on indicators where there was enough room for improvement.
Les Suisses, révélateurs de l'imaginaire national canadien: Construction identitaire et représentations de la citoyenneté à travers l'expérience des migrants Suisses au Canada (XVIIE-XXE siecles)
Creators: name: Khalid, Samy
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Canadian Studies.
subject: Political Science, General.
subject: Sociology, Ethnic and Racial Studies.

description: Les Suisses n'ont jamais été nombreux au Canada, et pourtant ils ont jalonné toute l'histoire du pays. À travers les repères qu'ils ont laissés au cours des cinq demiers siècles, ils se sont montrés de puissants révélateurs de l'imaginaire national canadien. Tour à tour traités en étrangers encombrants ou tolères, en incroyants assoiffés de gain, en hérétiques qui pervertissent les Canadiens, puis subitement en immigrants appréciés et courtisés, ils ont forcé les métropoles française et britannique à ajuster leur définition de la citoyenneté, ils ont préconisé le cosmopolitisme et accompagné l'ouverture du Canada sur le monde, ils ont galvanisé l'affirmation du sentiment national en agissant soit comme repoussoirs soit comme faire-valoir, et ils ont finalement remis en question la définition même de "nation" au Canada. La présente thèse, par un dépassement voulu des frontières chronologiques et géographiques, envisage sur la longue durée l'expérince de migrants qui tendent à échapper à toute catégorisation sociale. Grâce à une analyse microhistorique, elle procède aun jeu d'échelles et de contrastes qui autorise un examen rapproche des phénomènes révèles par les sources suisses, canadiennes, françaises, britanniques et américaines. Cette réflexion propose une façon originale d'étudier les migrations dans l'optique de la problématique identitaire. Elle fait ressortir à la fois les moments forts de l'émigration suisse et les dates charnières de la modernité canadienne. C'est à l'intersection de ces deux chronologies, au gré du dialogue constant et soutenu entre autorités politiques, religiouses et communautaires, sous l'effet des tensions linguistiques et culturelles, des tensions entre conquérants et conquis, des tensions internes et externes entre tradition et modernité, que s'est constituée et adaptée une conscience collective unique, marquée moins par la continuité que par les tenions, la diversité et les compromis. Les Suisses ouvrent justement une fenêtre sur ces compromis qui donnent lieu à la complexité canadienne.
The Relativity hidden in Quantum Phenomena_0V
Creators: name: Anonymous, W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Quantum theory
Relativity theory
Double-slit experiment
Wave–particle duality
EPR paradox
Dark Energy
Curvature
Gravity
Inertia
Probability

description: Abstract: This article aims to reinterpret the hidden principle and mechanism of the double-slit experiment in a more comprehensible manner, and to demonstrate a new perspective that better clarifies existent phenomena. This new perspective involves conducting the observation and analysis at a relative angle, which can partially reconcile the divergence between the quantum theory and the relativity theory. Several concepts are redefined from a relative viewpoint. In the proposed interpretation, the wave–particle duality observed in typical double-slit experiments gives only a surface appearance of certainty. The non-locality hidden in special relativity theory, which can also be found from a relative viewpoint, can subsequently be used to explain weird quantum behaviors, as well as other classic theories like principle of least action. The considerations on concept of relativity are applicable to other cosmological phenomena such as dark energy, dark matter, gravity and curvature, providing a more comprehensible explanation than conventional thinking. A series of other doubtful phenomena, such as the nature of inertia or the probability of quantum events, can also be reasonably comprehended in light of the present conclusions. And finally, possible application directions are cautiously forecasted. *Correspondence to: WM.Anonymous@hotmail.com
description: Compared with previous version: Description in Fig.17 and relavant content in manuscript are updated to make them more precise.
Supplementary document for Directing random lasing emission using cavity exciton-polaritons - 4960821.pdf
Creators: name: Bouteyre, Paul
name: Nguyen, Hai-Son
name: Lauret, Jean-Sébastien
name: Trippé-Allard, Gaëlle
name: Delport, Géraud
name: Lédée, Ferdinand
name: Diab, Hiba
name: Belarouci, Ali
name: Seassal, Christian
name: Garrot, Damien
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2020
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Additional information (PDF) on the samples fabrication, optical set-ups, polaritons theory, data analysis. This document presents also additional results on the samples.
Dehydroepiandrosterone and cortisol as markers of HPA axis dysregulation in women with low sexual desire
Creators: name: Basson, Rosemary
name: O’Loughlin, Julia I.
name: Weinberg, Joanne
name: Young, Allan H.
name: Bodnar, Tamara
name: Brotto, Lori A.
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2020

description: Previous research has found lower serum levels of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) or its sulfated form, DHEA-S, in women diagnosed with Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder (HSDD). Given that DHEA and DHEA-S have multiple direct actions on the brain as well as anti-glucocorticoid properties, it is possible that lower levels of DHEA directly impact women’s sexual functioning. To date, the significance of the lower DHEA levels remains unclear. To our knowledge, there has been no empirical study of stress hormones as markers of HPA dysregulation in women with HSDD. To attend to this gap, the present study utilized several measures of HPA axis function – morning and evening cortisol and DHEA, the cortisol awakening response (CAR), diurnal cortisol slope, and cortisol:DHEA ratio – and examined their relationship with sexual functioning in N = 275 women with (n = 137) and without (n = 138) HSDD. Results demonstrated multiple hormonal markers of HPA dysregulation in women diagnosed with HSDD compared to control participants, specifically, lower AM cortisol and DHEA levels, a flatter diurnal cortisol slope, and a lower CAR. Overall, results of the present study indicate that persistently low sexual desire in women is associated with HPA axis dysregulation, with both cortisol and DHEA alterations potentially detrimental to sexual desire.
title: A Hybrid Optimization Method Combining Network Expansion Planning and Switching State Optimization
Creators: name: Schäfer, Florian
name: Scheidler, Alexander
name: Braun, Martin
Publisher: name: Universität Kassel
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: greedy algorithms
subject: heuristic algorithms
subject: mathematical programming
subject: optimization methods
subject: power system planning
subject: 004
subject: 510
subject: Greedy-Algorithmus
subject: Heuristik
subject: Programmierung
subject: Optimierung

description: Gefördert durch den Publikationsfonds der Universität Kassel
Supplementary document for Optimizing illumination for precise multi-parameter estimations in coherent diffractive imaging - 4962081.pdf
Creators: name: Bouchet, Dorian
name: Seifert, Jacob
name: Mosk, Allard
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Numerical methods and supplemental information for the paper.
École républicaine et intégration nationale.
Creators: name: Aïdouni, Faïza.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1997
Subjects: subject: Political Science, General.

description: Si crise d'integration des immigres en France il y a, c'est que la Nation republicaine a perdu, a l'age de l'individualisme democratique, sa capacite d'integration. Du fait, des effets de la modernite, le projet politique de la Nation ne semble plus mobiliser les citoyens. A cet egard, les institutions traditionnellement chargees de former le citoyen national sont aujourd'hui en crise, traduisant ainsi l'incapacite actuelle de la Nation a integrer les immigres tout comme les "vieux nationaux". Pour notre recherche, l'analyse s'est essentiellement portee sur l'ecole qui aujour'hui semble trahir sa vocation republicaine: a savoir celle de former le citoyen. En effet, les valeurs republicaines telles que la laicite et l'egalite, respectivement definies par les peres fondateurs de l'ecole republicaine tels que Jules Feny et Condorcet, semblent aujourd'hui etre travesties de leur sens originel, affectant directement la capacite de l'ecole a donner naissance au citoyen. Soulignant cet etat de crise d'une des institutions nationales, c'est tout le processus d'integration republicaine qui est remis en cause. Est-ce la fin de l'integration republicaine? Sil oui, la crise d'integration nationale ne serait-elle pas, tout simplement, la periode de transition vers une democratie liberale?
The effects of sex and sex-typing on motivation, delay, and distortion in negative feedback situations.
Creators: name: Conrad, Gretchen L.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: Psychology, Social.

description: Personnel evaluation reports are an important tool in the work place. Unfortunately, much research suggests not only that performance evaluations themselves are often not accurate, but also that the results may be distorted and feedback delayed. Research has focused on many possible determinants of accuracy in performance ratings. Landy and Farr (1980) have suggested that focusing on the techniques of evaluation is not sufficient; we need to have a better understanding of the processes involved in appraisal in order to advance in this area. If the factors that influence inaccurate evaluations could be isolated, then proactive measures could be taken to circumvent or reduce the likelihood of their occurring. Benedict and Levine (1988), examined a group of business students and found that females have more difficulty with negative feedback than do males, positively distorting results more and further delaying feedback. Building upon this work, the purpose of this research is to further examine the relation between sex, gender or sex-typing, effectance motivation, and delay and distortion in personnel evaluations. It was hypothesized that it is the sex-typing or gender of the supervisors, and not their biological sex per se, that influences the extent to which they delay and distort. It was expected that in comparison with instrumental supervisors, expressive supervisors would positively distort and delay more on the feedback of poor performance results, and that female supervisors would also have lower levels of self-efficacy expectancy, outcome expectancy, and outcome value for the delivery of prompt and accurate negative feedback. Attribution factors, supervisory concern factors, and the impact of training were also considered. For the most, results did not support the hypotheses, with almost no significant differences between sexes or between sex-types on the variables examined. The findings are significant because they set limits on the results of Benedict and Levine (1988). Using a sample of supervisors from the Federal Service, no significant sex differences were found, suggesting that, within their work context, these individuals act as supervisors first and as males and females second. Interestingly, there was nonetheless a high level of distortion of negative performance results on the part of all supervisors. Training appeared to have little impact on the extent to which supervisors delayed or distorted, and only minimal impact on motivational factors. There was some suggestion that sex-type, as opposed to biological sex, could account for some previously measured sex differences in performance evaluations.
Supplementary document for Optimizing illumination for precise multi-parameter estimations in coherent diffractive imaging - 4962081.pdf
Creators: name: Bouchet, Dorian
name: Seifert, Jacob
name: Mosk, Allard
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Numerical methods and supplemental information for the paper.
title: Feasibility of Canal Trails in North Logan
Creators: name: Belcher, Corbett
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2001

description: The intent of this report is to analyze the feasibility of canal trails in North Logan City. The canals of Cache Valley are very historic, and cultural elements in the landscape. The original intent of the canals was to provide a supplementary water source to irrigate crops, for those who did not live near a water body. As populations have grown, and development has taken over much of these crop lands, the debate about what to do with these canals has heated up. One of the most common and previously debated ideas, is to leave the canals open, and provide a recreational trail along the maintenance road adjacent to the canal. The opposing idea is to pipe it and cover it, never to be seen again. This paper will research the idea of leaving the canal open, and providing a trail, thus glorifying the rich history of this valley. It will explain common concerns of the parties involved, positives of canals perceived by the parties involved, similar examples in Utah, Pros and cons trails have on communities, and make design recommendations. The information will come from studying similar projects in Utah, mainly the Jordan River Trail, and the Ogden River Trail, and gathering information from research done in other states.
The great online shopping debate: how the locals can win
Creators: name: Ewing, Scott
name: Thomas, Julian
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Australians are among the most enthusiastic online shoppers in the world. Our most recent survey, published in the CCi Digital Futures report, The Internet in Australia 2012, has found a quarter of Australian internet users make weekly purchases online, compared to 18% in the UK and only 12% in New Zealand. And it is rapidly growing.
Supplementary document for Synchronization-Free Top-Down Illumination Photometric Stereo Imaging Using Light-Emitting Diodes and a Mobile Device - 4962329.pdf
Creators: name: Le Francois, Emma
name: Herrnsdorf, Johannes
name: McKendry, Jonathan
name: Broadbent, Laurence
name: Wright, Glynn
name: Dawson, Martin D.
name: Strain, Michael
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Image Processing

description: Supplement 1
Supplementary document for Synchronization-Free Top-Down Illumination Photometric Stereo Imaging Using Light-Emitting Diodes and a Mobile Device - 4962329.pdf
Creators: name: Le Francois, Emma
name: Herrnsdorf, Johannes
name: McKendry, Jonathan
name: Broadbent, Laurence
name: Wright, Glynn
name: Dawson, Martin D.
name: Strain, Michael
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Image Processing

description: Supplement 1
The Relation between Galaxy ISM and Circumgalactic O vi Gas Kinematics Derived from Observations and ΛcDM Simulations
Creators: name: Kacprzak, Glenn
name: Vander Vliet, Jacob R.
name: Nielsen, Nikole
name: Muzahid, Sowgat
name: Pointon, Stephanie
name: Churchill, Christopher W.
name: Ceverino, Daniel
name: Arraki, Kenz S.
name: Klypin, Anatoly
name: Charlton, Jane C.
name: Lewis, James
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 510103
subject: Cosmology and extragalactic astronomy

description: We present the first galaxy-O vi absorption kinematic study for 20 absorption systems (EW > 0.1 å) associated with isolated galaxies (0.15 ≤ z ≤ 0.55) that have accurate redshifts and rotation curves obtained using Keck/ESI. Our sample is split into two azimuthal angle bins: major axis (Φ < 25°) and minor axis (Φ > 33°). O vi absorption along the galaxy major axis is not correlated with galaxy rotation kinematics, with only 1/10 of systems that could be explained with rotation/accretion models. This is in contrast to corotation commonly observed for Mg ii absorption. O vi along the minor axis could be modeled by accelerating outflows, but only for small opening angles, while the majority of the O vi is decelerating. Along both axes, stacked O vi profiles reside at the galaxy systemic velocity with the absorption kinematics spanning the entire dynamical range of their galaxies. The O vi found in AMR cosmological simulations exists within filaments and in halos of ∼50 kpc surrounding galaxies. Simulations show that major-axis O vi gas inflows along filaments and decelerates as it approaches the galaxy, while increasing in its level of corotation. Minor-axis outflows in the simulations are effective within 50-75 kpc; beyond that they decelerate and fall back onto the galaxy. Although the simulations show clear O vi kinematic signatures, they are not directly comparable to observations. When we compare kinematic signatures integrated through the entire simulated galaxy halo, we find that these signatures are washed out owing to full velocity distribution of O vi throughout the halo. We conclude that O vi alone does not serve as a useful kinematic indicator of gas accretion, outflows, or star formation and likely best probes the halo virial temperature.
Supplementary document for Quantitative measurement of mechanical properties in wound healing processes in a corneal stroma model by using vibrational optical coherence elastography (OCE) - 4962685.pdf
Creators: name: Zhang, Yilong
name: Ling, Yuting
name: Zhang, Duo
name: Wang, Mingkai
name: Purslow, Chris
name: Yang, Ying
name: Li, Chunhui
name: Huang, Zhihong
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Young’s modulus of Ecoflex 00-30 silicone
Evaluation Artifact: Past-Sensitive Pointer Analysis for Symbolic Execution
Creators: name: Trabish, David
name: Kapus, Timotej
name: Rinetzky, Noam
name: Cadar, Cristian
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 80309 Software Engineering
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Evaluation artifact.
A false sense of equality: The black Canadian experience of the Second World War
Creators: name: Theobald, Simon James
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: History, Black.
subject: History, Canadian.

description: A false sense of growing equality pervaded the black experience of the Second World War. Although blacks were not segregated from serving alongside whites, restrictive enlistment policies were utilized by the military out of racial assumptions and the fear that their inclusion could cause racial animosity within units. Yet, these patterns coincided with the reality that, because of the considerable need for manpower, several thousand blacks did serve throughout the war. Prejudice was also plainly evident on the homefront. While the war created new and more jobs opportunities, racial limitations remained and blacks were hired to perform menial tasks and work in secondary roles. This thesis seeks to fill the gap in the limited scholarship on the status of black Canadians in the Second World War, and prove that, while there were some positive trends, overall blacks did not achieve a greater level of equality with the white majority.
A hybrid channel assignment scheme in cellular-structured mobile communications networks.
Creators: name: Kahwa, Tomson Joe.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1977
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Electronics and Electrical.

description: The simultaneous use of fixed and dynamic channel assignment schemes, in the same cellular structured mobile communications network, is called a hybrid channel assignment scheme. Detailed performance evaluations of the fixed vs. the dynamic channel assignment schemes have been published by various authors. In this thesis, the performance of the hybrid channel assignment scheme, under various loading conditions is studied, by using simulation results of a cellular mobile communications system that has forty cells. A conclusion is reached as to when it is best to use hybrid or fixed channel assignment schemes.
Supplementary document for A label-free and noninvasive method for assessing the metabolic status in type 2 diabetic rats with myocardium diastolic dysfunction - 4963143.pdf
Creators: name: Guo, Kai
name: Wu, Junxin
name: Kong, Yawei
name: Zhou, Li
name: Li, Wei
name: Fei, Yiyan
name: ma, jiong
name: Mi, Lan
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplemental document
title: Anpassung an den Klimawandel: die Zukunft im Tourismus gestalten
title: Anpassung an den Klimawandel: die Zukunft im Tourismus gestalten
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Dworak, Thomas
name: Schmölzer, Andrea
name: Günther, Wolfgang
Publisher: name: Umweltbundesamt
Year: 2020
Subjects: Fremdenverkehr
Klimaänderung
Anpassung an den Klimawandel

description: Der Klimawandel verändert die Welt, in der wir leben und wirkt sich damit auch auf den Tourismus aus, etwa auf die Schneesicherheit in deutschen Mittelgebirgen. Dieser Leitfaden informiert Destinationsmanagerinnen und -manager über mögliche Auswirkungen auf die deutschen Tourismusregionen und bietet konkrete Handlungsempfehlungen für die Anpassung. Quelle: www.umweltbundesamt.de
Alexithymia increases effects of ego-depletion
Creators: name: Schnabel, Konrad
name: Pollatos, Olga
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: alexithymia
subject: ego-depletion
subject: cognitive control
subject: pain tolerance
subject: Stroop interferences
subject: DDC 150 / Psychology

description: Alexithymia is associated with deficiencies to identify, describe and express emotions, paucity of fantasies and an externally oriented cognitive style. The current studies provide evidence that alexithymia is also related to self-regulation processes and exacerbates effects of ego-depletion, a state where self-regulation resources are reduced due to previous acts of self-regulation. In Study 1, ego-depletion effects of a handgrip task on pain tolerance were increased by alexithymia. In Study 2, an emotion suppression task showed stronger effects of ego-depletion on a Stroop task in participants high rather than low in alexithymia, but only after suppression of emotions induced by negative and not positive pictures. The results imply that alexithymia increases susceptibility to ego-depletion effects, that consumption of self-regulatory resources has stronger consequences for people high in alexithymia and that they should experience special support in ways to replenish self-regulation resources.
MEVA-SABZAVOT POLIZ MAXSULOTLARINI SAQLASH VA ULARNI QAYTA ISHLASH TEXNOLOGIYALARI
Creators: name: Zaripov, G.T.
name: Razzoqov, Z.Z.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Meva-sabzavot poliz maxsulotlarini saqlash va ularni qayta ishlash texnologiyalari, shu sohani yanada rivojlantirish, bu yo‘lda chet el tajribasini ham keng joriy etish maqsadga muvofiqdir. Ushbu maqolada  meva-sabzavotlarning asosiy saqlash, sersuv organlari, mevalarni sabzavot ekinlaridan farqliroq, saqlash davri xosiligi yig‘ishtirilgandan keyingi etilish jarayonlari atroflicha bayon etilgan.Bundan tashqari qishloq-xo‘jalik mahsulotlarini saqlanishni ilmiy tashkil etish, samarali uslublarini ishlab chiqish boyicha tavsiyalar berilgan.
Metagenomes of a Freshwater Charavirus from British Columbia Provide a Window into Ancient Lineages of Viruses
Creators: name: Vlok, Marli
name: Gibbs, Adrian J.
name: Suttle, Curtis A.
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2019

description: Charophyte algae, not chlorophyte algae, are the ancestors of ‘higher plants’; hence, viruses infecting charophytes may be related to those that first infected higher plants. Streamwaters from British Columbia, Canada, yielded single-stranded RNA metagenomes of Charavirus canadensis (CV-Can), that are similar in genomic architecture, length (9593 nt), nucleotide identity (63.4%), and encoded amino-acid sequence identity (53.0%) to those of Charavirus australis (CV-Aus). The sequences of their RNA-dependent RNA-polymerases (RdRp) resemble those found in benyviruses, their helicases those of hepaciviruses and hepegiviruses, and their coat-proteins (CP) those of tobamoviruses; all from the alphavirus/flavivirus branch of the ‘global RNA virome’. The 5’-terminus of the CV-Can genome, but not that of CV-Aus, is complete and encodes a methyltransferase domain. Comparisons of CP sequences suggests that Canadian and Australian charaviruses diverged 29–46 million years ago (mya); whereas, the CPs of charaviruses and tobamoviruses last shared a common ancestor 212 mya, and the RdRps of charaviruses and benyviruses 396 mya. CV-Can is sporadically abundant in low-nutrient freshwater rivers in British Columbia, where Chara braunii, a close relative of C. australis, occurs, and which may be its natural host. Charaviruses, like their hosts, are ancient and widely distributed, and thus provide a window to the viromes of early eukaryotes and, even, Archaea.
Judging a book by its cover: interface elements that affect reader selection of ebooks
Creators: name: McKay, Dana
name: Buchanan, George
name: Vanderschantz, Nicholas
name: Timpany, Claire
name: Cunningham, Sally Jo
name: Hinze, Annika
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Digital library research has demonstrated the impact of content presentation on both search and reading behaviours. In this paper, we scrutinise the influence of ebook presentation on user behaviour, focussing on document thumbnails and the first page view. We demonstrate that flaws in presentation increase the volume of short time-span reading, and reduce the likelihood of long-span reading when compared to other documents. This reflects other patterns of information seeking behaviour that demonstrate increased short-term reading when information content is uncertain, and suggests an ineffective use of reader time on less useful content.
Cohérence des pratiques de GRH: Stratégies liées au cycle de vie des produitsservices et à la performance organisationnelle
Creators: name: Li, Bernardo
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Business Administration, Management.

description: La présente thèse vise à combler un manque de connaissances lié à la compréhension de la relation de dépendance entre les pratiques de ressources humaines (RH) et la performance des entreprises. Nous vérifierons si le fait d'organiser les pratiques de RH de façon cohérente vis-à-vis elles-mêmes (configurational perspective) et vis-à-vis la stratégie de l'entreprise (contingency perspective) produit un effet significatif sur la performance selon le cycle de vie des produits/services de l'entreprise. Contrairement à nos attentes, les résultats démontrent que les entreprises ayant des produits/services en phase de croissance possèdent des pratiques plus cohérentes comparativement aux autres entreprises, et que, plus la cohésion de leurs pratiques de RH est forte, plus leur performance organisationnelle augmente. Comme nouvelle piste de recherche, nous proposons un modèle théorique qui présente le concept de souplesse organisationnelle en tant qu'élément pouvant prédire le degré de cohésion des pratiques de GRH et influer sur la performance organisationnelle.
Lightweight research data management with dtool : a use case
Creators: name: Hörmann, Johannes L.
name: Pastewka, Lars
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Research data management
subject: FAIR data
subject: data provenance
subject: DDC 004 / Data processing & computer science
subject: DDC 020 / Library & information sciences
subject: Research; Data processing
subject: Metadata
subject: Forschungsdaten
subject: FAIR data principles
subject: Datenherkunft
subject: Metadaten

description: With the dtool data management framework, we adhere to the FAIR principles -- findability, accessibility, interoperability, reusability -- beginning at an early stage of the data lifecycle without introducing overwhelming administrative overhead. We show how the use of dtool has been implemented within IMTEK Simulation. In particular, we make data accessible, interoperable and reusable by packaging data and descriptive metadata in dtool datasets. The dtool lookup server makes data on a group-wide S3 object storage repository findable. The dtool ecosystem has proven applicable both for manual research data management as well as rapid generation of thousands of datasets in automized workflows.
Supplementary document for A Scalable Multicast Hybrid Broadband Crossbar Wavelength Selective Switch: Proposal and Analysis - 4963430.pdf
Creators: name: Khope, Akhilesh
name: Helkey, Roger
name: Liu, Songtao
name: Khope, Sairaj
name: Alferness, Rod
name: Saleh, Adel
name: Bowers, John
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplemental Document
Supplementary document for A Scalable Multicast Hybrid Broadband Crossbar Wavelength Selective Switch: Proposal and Analysis - 4963430.pdf
Creators: name: Khope, Akhilesh
name: Helkey, Roger
name: Liu, Songtao
name: Khope, Sairaj
name: Alferness, Rod
name: Saleh, Adel
name: Bowers, John
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplemental Document
Alphabétisation et pauvreté: Le cas d'un projet de développement au Sénégal
Creators: name: Ngoyi, Pierre Nkulu
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Sociology, Public and Social Welfare.

description: Depuis la création de l'Unesco au lendemain de la seconde guerre mondiale, la lutte contre l'analphabétisme des adultes dans les pays en développement a constitué un important aspect de l'action internationale dans le domaine de l'éducation. La reconnaissance du lien étroit existant entre le taux d'analphabétisme élevé et d'autres indices du sous-développement comme que la pauvreté/précarité, l'inégalité, l'exclusion sociale, la malnutrition, les maladies, etc. a fait que l'action visant à l'élimination de l'analphabétisme devienne une priorité dans les objectifs des stratégies nationales des pays en développement. Au Sénégal, avec l'appui de l'ACDI, un programme dénomme P.A.P.A., a été instauré en vue de lutter contre l'analphabétisme. Réalisé de 1986 à 2001 dans le cadre de la coopération canado-sénégalaise, l'objectif principal visait l'alphabétisation des jeunes et des femmes des régions défavorisées du Sénégal (Kolda, Kaolack, Tambacounda, Louga et Diourbel). Nos recherches ont abouti à la conclusion que le rapport final d'évaluation mentionne qu'une grande partie des participantes ont désappris la lecture et le calcul bien avant la fin du projet. En outre, les termes de référence du projet étaient vagues et ne permettaient pas de bien évaluer l'évolution aussi bien pour les groupes visés que pour leurs opérateurs. Aussi les bénéficiaires n'ont pas participé à la planification ni la mise en oeuvre du projet. Les superviseurs et les opérateurs du P.A.P.A. pour leur part, ne maîtrisaient pas convenablement les outils de formation. Il ressort aussi que le projet n'a pas tenu compte de certains éléments culturels et des pratiques coutumières qui rendent les femmes dépendantes de leur mari. Face à ces nombreux défis, nous suggérons qu'il est souhaitable pour un projet de ce genre de favoriser le partenariat entre les bénéficiaires et les vulgarisateurs et veiller à assurer le suivi et la pérennité des activités de post-alphabétisation.