cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
The Effects of Retrogressive Thaw Slump Development on Persistent Organic Pollutants in Lake Sediments of the Mackenzie River Delta Uplands, NT, Canada
Creators: name: Eickmeyer, David
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2013
Subjects: permafrost
retrogressive thaw slump
permafrost thaw
thermokarst
Mackenzie River Delta
Mackenzie River Delta uplands
Northwest Territories
Inuvik, NT
persistent organic pollutant
POP
contaminant deposition
sediment
autochthonous primary productivity
polychlorinated biphenyls
PCBs
hexachlorobenzene
pentachlorobenzene
dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethylene
dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane
DDT
DDTs
solvent switching
algal scavenging hypothesis
algal scavenging
lake sediment
Arctic
global warming
paleolimnology
deposition proxy
Rock-Eval pyrolysis
inferred chlorophyll a
visual reflectance spectroscopy
organic contaminant extraction
210 Pb dating
lead 210 dating

description: Using a comparative spatial and temporal analysis on sediment cores from 8 lakes in the Mackenzie River Delta uplands region, NT, Canada, this study assessed how persistent organic pollutant (POP) deposition to lake sediments was affected by: (1) the presence of retrogressive thaw slumps on lake shores; and (2) changes occurring with increased autochthonous primary productivity. POPs examined included polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), penta- and hexachlorobenzenes (CBzs), and dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane and metabolites (DDTs). Surface sediments of slump-affected lakes contained higher total organic carbon (TOC)-normalized POP concentrations than nearby reference lakes unaffected by thaw slumps. Inorganic sedimentation rates were positively related to contaminant concentrations, suggesting that the influx of siliciclastic material reducing organic carbon in slump-affected lake water indirectly results in higher concentrations of POPs on sedimentary organic matter. This explanation was corroborated by an inverse relationship between sedimentary POP concentrations and TOC content of the lake water. Deposition proxies of autochthonous carbon were not significantly correlated to POP fluxes of surface sediments, and historical profile fluctuations did not coincide with variation in POP deposition. Thus this study does not support the contention that algal-derived organic carbon increases the delivery of organic pollutants to sediments (the algal-scavenging hypothesis), as previously proposed for mercury. Higher POP concentrations observed in surface sediments of slump-affected lakes are best explained by simple solvent switching processes of hydrophobic contaminants onto a lower pool of available organic carbon when compared to neighbouring lakes unaffected by thaw slump development.
Viruses in anaerobic digestion systems: Diversity, role and future prospects
Creators: name: Dar, Rouf Ahmad
name: Tsui, To-Hung
name: Zhang, Le
name: Smoliński, Adam
name: Jurišić, Vanja
name: Tong, Yen Wah
name: Aggarangsi, Pruk
name: Liu, Ronghou
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mental Health
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Virology

description: Anaerobic digestion (AD) has received continuous attention over the past few decades as an efficient biological process for converting waste materials into biogas, biohydrogen, and volatile fatty acids (VFAs). Given the intricacy of the AD microbiome, it is important to explore the microorganisms carrying out the AD process, especially the viruses, which have received insufficient attention thus far. With the advent of novel molecular techniques and meta-omics approaches, it has become more accessible to ascertain the details of viral communities involved in AD systems. This is important as it could help us in monitoring and regulating the factors for improving AD process stability to achieve a selective bio-product like methane. This review highlights the distinctive viral communities in AD systems and their possible interactions with other microbial communities. It also highlights how these viral communities, particularly phages, are shaping the AD microbial communities. Furthermore, the role of auxiliary metabolic genes in AD viruses is discussed. Finally, the review provides insights into the effect of viruses on methanogenesis and highlights the challenges and future perspectives of studying viruses in AD. Viruses reshape the microbial community structure within anaerobic digestion (AD).The viral diversity in AD systems is higher than that found in natural environments.Viral activity and shunt enhance methanogenesis and increase productivity.The strategic application of phages in the AD systems boosts methane production.Viruses manipulate the metabolic processes of methanogens through auxiliary metabolic genes. Viruses reshape the microbial community structure within anaerobic digestion (AD). The viral diversity in AD systems is higher than that found in natural environments. Viral activity and shunt enhance methanogenesis and increase productivity. The strategic application of phages in the AD systems boosts methane production. Viruses manipulate the metabolic processes of methanogens through auxiliary metabolic genes.
Analysis of Actors and Discourse in the Amendment of Ontario’s Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991, to Support Interprofessional Collaboration
Creators: name: Kapral, Olena
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2013
Subjects: Actors
Discourse
Policy Process
Regulated Health Professions
Ontario

description: Identifying how policy proposals are selected by policy-makers is an important question for scholars. This thesis evaluates the use of discourse and the role of actors in the exchange of ideas to support interprofessional collaboration (IPC) among Ontario’s regulatory colleges. A variation of discourse analysis was developed, based on the seven areas of reality that are constructed by language, to evaluate the interactions between state and policy actors. I argue that actors did not appear to engage in meaningful discourse because the state established the parameters of the consultative processes, which suggests the expert consultative processes were tools to legitimize the policy process for Bill 179. The state appears to have increasingly greater control of both the content and context of policy- making in this field. Further evaluation of the interactions between health professional organizations and the state is needed to better understand the importance of discourse in the health policy process.
Acoustic Side-Channel Attacks on a Computer Mouse
Creators: name: Conti, Mauro
name: Duroyon, Marin
name: Orazi, Gabriele
name: Tsudik, Gene
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Cryptography and Security (cs.CR)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Acoustic Side-Channel Attacks (ASCAs) extract sensitive information by using audio emitted from a computing devices and their peripherals. Attacks targeting keyboards are popular and have been explored in the literature. However, similar attacks targeting other human interface peripherals, such as computer mice, are under-explored. To this end, this paper considers security leakage via acoustic signals emanating from normal mouse usage. We first confirm feasibility of such attacks by showing a proof-of-concept attack that classifies four mouse movements with 97% accuracy in a controlled environment. We then evolve the attack towards discerning twelve unique mouse movements using a smartphone to record the experiment. Using Machine Learning (ML) techniques, the model is trained on an experiment with six participants to be generalizable and discern among twelve movements with 94% accuracy. In addition, we experiment with an attack that detects a user action of closing a full-screen window on a laptop. Achieving an accuracy of 91%, this experiment highlights exploiting audio leakage from computer mouse movements in a realistic scenario.
Subsistent Parts: Aquinas on the Hybridism of Human Souls
Creators: name: Isdra Záchia, Eduardo
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2013
Subjects: Thomas Aquinas
subsistent substantial forms
human soul
part-dualism
mind-body problem

description: In this dissertation, I argue for the philosophical consistency of Aquinas’ hybrid view of human souls - that is, the idea that human souls, and only human souls, are at once substantial forms and subsistent things. I contend that the best way to understand the ontological status of human souls according to Aquinas is by means of the concept of ‘subsistent parts’. Since Aquinas characterizes souls as parts of substances, I propose a mereological analysis of the different types of part in Aquinas, and I conclude that souls should be seen as metaphysical parts of substances. An influential contemporary view holds that Aquinas’ doctrine is inconsistent on the grounds that nothing could be an abstract (form) and a concrete (subsistent) at the same time. I respond to this view by denying the widespread notion that substantial forms are purely abstract entities. I hold that the best way to make sense of Aquinas’ twofold approach to human souls is by saying that substantial forms possess an element of concreteness which is accounted for by the fundamental relationship between form and being. Finally, I address the question of taxonomy: how can we classify Aquinas’ view of the soul-body relation in light of the concepts that are currently used in philosophy of mind. I argue that the notion of a subsistent part entails the concept of ‘part-dualism’, which I present as standing midway between substance-dualism and nonreductive materialism, and also as being ontologically richer than property-dualism. I conclude this dissertation with a refutation of the idea championed by some prominent scholars that the existence of the soul is sufficient for the existence of the person.
A Different Kind of Blackness: Using Successful Journeys to Examine Students’ Experiences of Secondary Schooling
Creators: name: Linton, Rowena
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: Black Girls
Resistance
Academic Success

description: Black females achieve high standards of success, yet their lived experiences are frequently absent from educational literature in Canada. Using narratives gathered through semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions, this thesis documents the navigational strategies adopted by four Black female students to achieve academic success in learning environments that often predicted their failure. The narratives highlight the factors the girls believed contributed to their academic success, how they conceptualized their identity and the role(s) their identity played in their schooling experiences and academic success. Contrary to deficiencies that are often highlighted in studies on the schooling experiences of Black students, using feminist theory, critical race theory and antiracism, coupled with resistance theory shed light on the positive aspects of these Black females’ schooling experiences in Ontario. Such an approach disrupts negative views of Black students as lagging behind in education in Canada. Disseminating the narratives of successful students provides real life examples for other students to imitate in pursuit of academic success amidst educational and societal barriers. On a macro level, these narratives provide education policy makers with different perspectives on how students struggled to achieve academic success within a system that promised to be accessible to all students.
Plagigeyeria Tomlin 1930
Creators: name: Grego, Jozef
name: Glöer, Peter
name: Falniowski, Andrzej
name: Hofman, Sebastian
name: Osikowski, Artur
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Littorinimorpha
Hydrobiidae
Plagigeyeria

description: Genus Plagigeyeria Tomlin, 1930
 Type species: Geyeria plagiostoma Wagner, 1914
description: Published as part of Grego, Jozef, Glöer, Peter, Falniowski, Andrzej, Hofman, Sebastian & Osikowski, Artur, 2019, New subterranean freshwater gastropod species from Montenegro (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Moitessieriidae, and Hydrobiidae), pp. 71-90 in Ecologica Montenegrina 20 (2019) on page 84, DOI: 10.37828/em.2019.20.6, http://zenodo.org/record/13359679
A RE-AIM evaluation of Healthy Together: a family-centred program to support children’s healthy weights
Creators: name: Bottorff, J. L. (Joan L.), 1950-
name: Huisken, Anne
name: Hopkins, Michelle
name: Nesmith, Catherine
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2020

description: Background: Healthy Together (HT) is family-centered program to support healthy eating and physical activity designed for implementation in community organizations serving families who may be experiencing vulnerabilities (e.g., related to low income, isolation, ethnicity, immigrant/refugee status, and/or Indigenous background). The purpose of this study was to conduct an evaluation of HT in a real-world, scale-up phase using the RE-AIM framework. Methods: Using a cross-sectional, non-comparative design, a community-based program evaluation was conducted in 29 organizations implementing HT as part of their core service programs. Data were collected using questionnaires with program participants and facilitators, and interviews with directors of participating organizations. Quantitative data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and qualitative data were content analyzed. Results: With regards to Reach, over 3400 caregivers, children and youth attended community programming that offered HT. Among those attending on the scheduled day for the evaluation, 663 completed the questionnaires. The majority of caregiver respondents (n = 431) were female (92%) and attended with children 0–6 years. Respondents also included children 4–6 years (n = 142) and 7–12 years (n = 65), and youth 13–18 years (n = 25). Effectiveness was demonstrated in reported improvements in physical activity, healthy eating, and strengthened social connections. HT was also widely supported by participants and facilitators. Adoption was influenced by the desire to enrich core service programs for families, HT’s fit within existing programs, organizational commitment, and funding support. Implementation experiences indicated that fidelity to the HT program was generally maintained, with some setting specific adaptations. Maintenance of HT was influenced by financial and non-financial resources within community organizations. Most organizations also introduced new initiatives to extend support for healthy eating and physical activity. Conclusion: Our findings indicate improvements in healthy eating and physical activity, and social connections among program participants, as well as efforts by community organizations to create environments to support healthy weights. HT was successfully delivered in “real-world” community settings across multiple contexts and with families with diverse backgrounds. This along with strategies to support program implementation and sustainability indicate that HT provides a model for other public health interventions to promote family health and wellbeing. Trial registration: ClincialTrials.gov NCT03550248. Registered May 25, 2018
Supplementary document for Label-free automated neutropenia detection and grading using deep-ultraviolet microscopy - 5426952.pdf
Creators: name: Ojaghi, Ashkan
name: Costa, Paloma Casteleiro
name: Caruso, Christina
name: lam, wilbur
name: Robles, Francisco
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplementary document containing figure, table, and additional information
The Role of hhbp in Heme Uptake in Haemophilus ducreyi
Creators: name: Alsenani, Qusai
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: Haemophilus ducreyi
Haemophilus Heme uptake
heme-dependent bacterium
chancroid
hhbp
ABC transporter
hhbp mutant
insertional inactivation

description: Haemophilus ducreyi is a gram-negative and heme-dependent bactreia. H. ducreyi is the responsible of causing chancroid, a sexually transmitted infection forming genital ulcers. Infection with H. ducreyi is associated with an increased risk of acquiring HIV-1 as well as increasing the risk of the HIV-1 transmission. Heme acquisition in H. ducreyi occur through a receptor mediated process in which it start with binding of hemoglobin and heme to their cognate outer membrane receptors, HgbA and TdhA, respectively. The receptors are energized by the TonB complex. Following that the deposition of heme into the periplasmic area is unclear. Profiling of the periplasmic proteome of the H. ducreyi resulted in the identification of a periplasmic- binding protein that highly expressed in heme limitation conditions, and it has been called hHbp. This protein is encoded by a gene resides in a locus of four genes displaying genetic features of an ABC transporter. The gene cluster is organized as an operon comprising an internal membrane protein (IntPro), a sulphate reductase gamma subunit (dsvC), a heme dependant periplasmic bind-ing protein (hHBP), and an ATPase. The purified periplasmic binding protein, hHbp, bind heme in a dose-dependent and saturable manner. Moreover, the binding between heme and hHbp was specifically competitively inhibited by heme. The proposal planned to cre-ate an isogenic hhbp mutant by insertional inactivation using a kanamycin cassette, to genotypically and phenotypically characterize the mutant and thereby to confirm the cru-cial role of the hhbp gene in heme transport in H. ducreyi. Several attempts to ligate a kanamycin resistance cassette into hhbp to construct such a mutant were unsuccessful de-spite the systematic alteration of the ligation conditions and the use of kanamycin re-sistant genes derived from a variety of different plasmids. The explanations for this fail-ure are uncertain. In future work, two other approaches to construct an hhbp mutant in-clude the FRT-FLP recombinase technology and the use of overlapping extension PCR with a chloramphenicol cassette.
Social impact of nonprofit vocational training programs in Myanmar: Case study focus on Kayin and Mon State, Myanmar
Creators: name: Salai Tun Lin Aung
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Social impact of nonprofit vocational training programs in Myanmar: Case study focus on Kayin and Mon State, Myanmar
nonprofit (NGO)
Vocational training programs
Myanmar
Kayin, Mon state

description: The prime focus of the research case study is the social impact vocational training programs by
 the organizations empowering the youth for the community development in Myanmar. Providing
 statistic data analysis from combining of a questionnaire survey administered on the employees of
 the organizations and participants of the VTP (Voluntary Training Program) questionnaire, the
 author will conclude with its outcome, discussions and conclusion of this research thesis. In the literature review, nature of non-profit organization (NGO) has difference policies and
 regulations in different regions and locations, so do the government and local authorities in
 Myanmar. Vocational training programs have different standards and methods to operate in
 community development and needs. Therefore, one of the ways is to indicate the social impact of
 the community and analyze the outcome of vocational training programs (VTPs) and non-profit
 organizations’ (NGO’s) action.
description: This master thesis is graduate document from Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) Master of Science in Management.
Gas Separation by Adsorption in Order to Increase CO2 Conversion to CO via Reverse Water Gas Shift (RWGS) Reaction
Creators: name: Abdollahi, Farhang
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2013
Subjects: CO2 conversion
Reverse water gas shift reaction (RWGS)
CO2 adsorption
Alternative energy

description: In this research project, adsorption is considered in conjunction with the reverse water gas shift reaction in order to convert CO2 to CO for synthetic fuel production. If the CO2 for this process can be captured from high emitting industries it can be a very good alternative for reduced fossil fuel consumption and GHG emission mitigation. CO as an active gas could be used in Fischer-Tropsch process to produce conventional fuels. Literature review and process simulation were carried out in order to determine the best operating conditions for reverse water gas shift (RWGS) reaction. Increasing CO2 conversion to CO requires CO2/CO separation downstream of the reactor and recycling unreacted CO2 and H2 back into the reactor. Adsorption as a viable and cost effective process for gas separation was chosen for the CO2/CO separation. This was started by a series of adsorbent screening experiments to select the best adsorbent for the application. Screening study was performed by comparing pure gas isotherms for CO2 and CO at different temperatures and pressures. Then experimental isotherm data were modeled by the Temperature-Dependent Toth isotherm model which provided satisfactory fits for these isotherms. Henry law’s constant, isosteric heat of adsorption and binary mixture prediction were determined as well as selectivity for each adsorbent. Finally, the expected working capacity was calculated in order to find the best candidate in terms of adsorption and desorption. Zeolite NaY was selected as the best candidate for CO2/CO separation in adsorption process for this project. In the last step breakthrough experiments were performed to evaluate operating condition and adsorption capacity for real multi component mixture of CO2, CO, H2 in both cases of saturated with water and dry gas basis. In multi components experiments zeolite NaY has shown very good performance to separate CO2/CO at low adsorption pressure and ambient temperature. Also desorption experiment was carried out in order to evaluate the working capacity of the adsorbent for using in industrial scale and eventually temperature swing adsorption (TSA) process worked very well for the regeneration step. Integrated adsorption system downstream of RWGS reactor can enhance the conversion of CO2 to CO in this process significantly resulting to provide synthetic gas for synthetic fuel production as well as GHG emission mitigation.
Empowerment and Unlearning: A Departure Towards Inter-Cultural Understanding
Creators: name: Kope, Jared
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: Sport for development
First Nation
Empowerment
Youth

description: This thesis includes two stand-alone articles with the overall purpose of critically exploring experiences related to sport-for-development from the program participants’ perspective on the one hand, and from the practitioners’ perspective on the other. After outlining the research objectives and present a review of literature, theoretical framework, epistemology, methodology, methods, and analysis, the first article focuses on the YLP participants’ experiences with a particular interest on empowerment processes. Specifically, I employed a Critical Youth Empowerment (CYE) framework in relation to youth experiences and larger community involvement with youth programming (Jennings et al., 2006). Photovoice was conducted and supplemented with eleven semi-structured interviews, one focus group and a month-long participant observation. The above-mentioned research was juxtaposed with a second article presenting an autoethnographic account of my own experiences as a practitioner and researcher. My autoethnography mixes theory, methodology, and methods throughout the narrative. My hope was to produce a theoretically rich and reflexive account of the experiences that led me to conceptualize sport-for-development differently. This self-critical piece aims at providing an opportunity for readers to reflect upon and hopefully challenge their own practices, knowledge production, and research orthodoxy.
Esposizione scolastica permanente della Svizzera Italiana Locarno : relazione degli anni 1910-1911 : catalogo delle collezioni didattiche, catalogo parziale della biblioteca, edilizia scolastica
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: Locarno
Year: 1912
Subjects: Italian

description: Timbro: Biblioteca della magistrale Locarno. Timbro: Ex Libris A.U. Tarabori.
[Quaderni Scuola Magistrale Paolo Lepori] - Programmi settimanali, grado inferiore
Creators: name: Lepori, Paolo
Publisher: name: [S.l.]
Year: 1921
Subjects: subject: Calligraphy
subject: Italian
subject: programma
subject: pianificazione materie
subject: attività scolastiche

description: Quaderni di appunti delle lezioni della Scuola Magistrale, raccolti da Paolo Lepori (1900-1965) tra gli anni scolastici ca. 1915-1921. Egli studiò al ginnasio di Lugano dal 1912 al 1915. In seguito, nel 1916, si iscrisse alla Magistrale terminando gli studi nel 1921. Divenne poi maestro alla scuola di Roveredo. Nel 1934 divenne poi direttore della Scuola Maggiore di Paradiso. Dal 1956 sino alla pensione ha insegnato alle Scuole Professionali serali di Lugano. Scansione a doppia pagina.
“Racconti di rabbia”: come gestire il sentimento di rabbia nei bambini della scuola dell’infanzia partendo dalla comprensione di racconti
Creators: name: Fumagalli, Michelle
Publisher: name: Scuola Universitaria della Svizzera Italiana (SUPSI)
Year: 2013

description: Il progetto da me realizzato offre ai docenti una modalità pedagogica proponibile nella propria classe nel caso in cui fossero presenti bambini che difficilmente riescono a gestire la loro rabbia. Il progetto aveva lo scopo di stabilire se determinati racconti sul tema della rabbia fossero comprensibili per i bambini della scuola dell’infanzia e utili nel fornire loro delle strategie per tornare alla calma. A tale fine ho selezionato quattro storie che ho raccontato ai bambini con l’ausilio di alcune immagini, questo per aiutarli a ricordare la vicenda narrata nonché la strategia presentata. Ho inoltre portato un oggetto per lasciare agli allievi un referente concreto in relazione alla strategia. In seguito, dopo ogni racconto ho discusso con i bambini per valutare se avessero compreso la storia, colto la rabbia provata dal personaggio e, soprattutto, in che modo avevano valutato la strategia proposta. I relativi dialoghi, registrati tramite dittafono, sono stati poi protocollati e analizzati. Grazie ai dati raccolti posso affermare che gli interventi hanno avuto un esito positivo, infatti i bambini alla fine del percorso hanno dimostrato di essere stati in grado di riflettere sull’emozione della rabbia e aver acquisito un primo bagaglio di strategie da utilizzare per reagire in maniera positiva a questa emozione, invece di assumere comportamenti capricciosi e aggressivi, come gli allievi avevano affermato inizialmente. Relatore: Christian Yserman
Valutazione del livello di alfabetizzazione probabilistica di allievi in entrata alla prima media
Creators: name: Cefalù, Valeria
Publisher: name: Scuola Universitaria della Svizzera Italiana (SUPSI)
Year: 2014

description: Il presente lavoro di ricerca è un'indagine sul livello di alfabetizzazione probabilistica di allievi in entrata alla prima media. La raccolta dei dati è avvenuta attraverso la somministrazione di una prova scritta, la quale ha permesso di valutare se e come gli allievi esprimono giudizi probabilistici e prendono decisioni sulla base di questi. La metodologia di raccolta e di analisi dei dati è di tipo qualitativo. I risultati ottenuti confermano i dati del quadro teorico di riferimento; in particolare, nel caso di un approccio contestuale come quello utilizzato nel presente lavoro, gli allievi, messi in situazioni realistiche di incertezza, ragionano e operano delle scelte sulla base di giudizi deterministici, nella maggior parte dei casi influenzati da considerazioni soggettive o credenze comuni e socialmente riconosciute. L'analisi testuale delle spiegazioni date dagli allievi in relazione alle loro scelte e ai loro giudizi, porta alla conclusione che essi non utilizzano spontaneamente né un linguaggio probabilistico naturale né i concetti basilari della probabilità, elementi la cui mancanza è sintomo di una ancora poco sviluppata capacità di produrre argomentazioni. Relatore: Alberto Piatti. Materia: metematica
Scavo e edificazione di una palazzina, Comune di Gambarogno – Piazzogna
Creators: name: Nicastro, Mauro
Publisher: name: Scuola Universitaria della Svizzera Italiana (SUPSI)
Year: 2015

description: Il nuovo edificio residenziale sorgerà su un terrazzo collinare della sponda sinistra del Lago Maggiore, nel territorio di Gambarogno-Piazzogna. Il progetto architettonico, base del lavoro, prevede la realizzazione di un edificio di 380 m2 di superficie strutturato su tre livelli. Il fondo interessato dall’edificazione è formato da depositi quaternari appoggiati sul substrato roccioso, e composti prevalentemente da sabbie limose con strati limoso-argillosi. Nella zona vi è un abbondante presenza di acqua sia nel sottosuolo, sia in superficie. Il progetto è stato sviluppato per le opere di sostegno dello scavo, le fondazioni speciali e la struttura dell’edificio.
The Phenomenological Experience of Competitive State Anxiety for Female Beach Volleyball Players at the 2012 Olympics
Creators: name: Zakrzewski, Katherine
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2015
Subjects: Competitive state anxiety
Phenomenology
Interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA)
Olympic Athletes
2012 Olympics
Beach Volleyball
Facilitative Anxiety
Debilitative Anxiety
Anxiety Interpretation
Focus
Imagery
Reframing
Mindfulness
Anxiety Management
Routines
Confidence
Team Cohesion
Heidegger

description: Anxiety is one of the most studied research topics in sport psychology literature (Guillen & Sanchez, 2009); however, even though the Olympics are considered to be one of the most pressure-filled sporting events (Birrer, Wetzel, Schmidt, & Morgan, 2012), to date there has been no research aimed specifically at investigating Olympic athletes’ competitive state anxiety and its impact on subsequent performance. Furthermore, according to Nesti (2011), in order to support athletes in dealing with their experience of anxiety, researchers must turn towards the phenomenological, real-lived experience of the athlete to uncover what might best support positive anxiety management and interpretation in competition. The purpose of this study, therefore, was to respond to the gap in Olympic athlete anxiety research by examining the phenomenological experience of competitive state anxiety for female beach volleyball players at the 2012 London Olympics. Six in-depth, phenomenological interviews were conducted with these Olympic female beach volleyball players. Results indicated that, while all athletes in this study experienced anxiety at the 2012 Olympics, it was not the reduced intensity of anxiety that positively impacted their performance but rather the athletes’ ability to recognize, manage, and positively interpret their anxiety. In addition, it was shown that self-confidence further buffered the potentially negative impacts of anxiety. It is recommended that future research focus on extending phenomenological anxiety research to other sports and genders, and to specifically examine the impact of trait anxiety, team dynamics, and the experience of flow on athletes’ anxiety interpretation.
A thesis of clinical research and practice: Part A: Redefining the term ‘hard to reach’ for racially marginalised individuals: a conceptual review; Part B: A narrative exploration of employing family scripts for overcoming adversity in racially marginalised second-generation immigrants in the UK; Part C: Summary of clinical practice and assessments
Creators: name: Jones-Seale, Taneesha
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2024
Subjects: Clinical Psychology

description: The experiences of racially marginalised individuals in managing mental health distress and racial adversity in the UK is a nuanced and complex topic area, but continually remains an important focus for further research.
Part one of this research portfolio presents a conceptual review redefining the term ‘hard to reach’, often used in services to categorise individuals who have lower rates of accessing professional mental health support. This includes those from racially marginalised backgrounds. The paper focuses on the wider systemic factors which may influence the experiences of racially marginalised individuals in accessing support, seeking to shift the blame away from an individualistic narrative, and providing insight into alternative and more culturally appropriate means of intervention for these individuals.
Part two of this portfolio is an empirical study exploring the experiences of second-generation immigrants from racially marginalised backgrounds. This paper draws upon the systemic psychotherapy model of family scripts to understand how this group demonstrates narrative resources that inform their experiences of managing race-based adversity, based on the experiences of their first-generation parents. This paper provides a new application of the systemic model, whilst adding to limited research within the topic area. Clinical implications are discussed in the context of adaptations for therapeutic interventions.
Rubber-road friction characteristics from large and small scale tyre testing
Creators: name: Pegram, Megan Savannah
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2024
Subjects: tyre
rubber friction
Brush model
thermal model

description: This research investigates the benefit of integrating friction characteristics into tyre modelling. At large slip, tyre force behaviour is dominated by the friction characteristics between the tyre tread and the road surface. To capture this, a friction master curve can be generated from friction measurements obtained on a specialised test rig. Incorporating these measurements into a simple thermo-mechanical model enables the simulation of pure and combined slip conditions, and capturing important tyre force and moment behaviour.
However, acquiring friction measurements typically entails intricate and time-consuming experiments. In an effort to keep testing time down, this research introduces a novel method to extract sliding friction measurements from existing flat-track data, which are already standard across vehicle manufacturers. The extracted results reveal that controlled test procedures used in flat-track testing explores a narrow range of sliding friction coefficients, highlighting the potential for expansion with modified test procedures. Furthermore, the extracted measurements closely align with the friction master curve obtained from a friction test rig. The effectiveness of the method is demonstrated by its application to two tyres of different sizes but with the same tread compound, yielding matching results.
In summary, this research demonstrates the significant benefits of incorporating friction measurements into tire modelling. It offers a practical and efficient approach to enhance simulation accuracy while leveraging existing testing procedures, thereby contributing to advancements in tyre modelling and simulation techniques.
Introduction to MLOps: Bridging Machine Learning and Operations
Creators: name: DeCapria, Daniel
Publisher: name: Carnegie Mellon University
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 4612
subject: Software engineering

description: Machine learning operations (MLOps) has emerged as a critical discipline in the field of artificial intelligence and data science. In this blog post from the Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute, Daniel DeCapria introduces the fundamentals of MLOps and how it's applied in specialized contexts, such as the DoD.
title: Introduction to MLOps: Bridging Machine Learning and Operations
Creators: name: DeCapria, Daniel
Publisher: name: Software Engineering Institute
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/01xqjjn94
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: Machine learning operations (MLOps) has emerged as a critical discipline in the field of artificial intelligence and data science. In this blog post from the Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute, Daniel DeCapria introduces the fundamentals of MLOps and how it's applied in specialized contexts, such as the DoD.
A Two-Part Study on Internalised Weight Stigma (IWS) in People with Overweight and Obesity. Part A: Exploring How the Relationship Between Internalised Weight Stigma and Dichotomous Thinking Impacts on Mental Health Outcomes; Part B: ‘This is what happens if you eat too many sweets’: Exploring how Lived Experiences and Psychological Processes Contribute to IWS using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis; Part C: Summary of Clinical Practise and Assessments.
Creators: name: Nagy, Veronika
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2024
Subjects: Internalised Weight Stigma
Dichotomous Thinking
Weight Stigma
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
Overweight
Mediation
Obesity

description: Individuals who devalue themselves due to their body size are said to hold internalised weight stigma (IWS). IWS has received increased research attention in recent years, with studies highlighting its links to a multitude of adverse physical and mental health outcomes (Pearl & Puhl, 2018). Despite such advances, the specific mechanisms by which IWS affects health are under-researched. Moreover, there is a lack of consensus around the conceptualisation of IWS (Romano et al., 2022), and there is a need for further research within this field. Part A of this portfolio consists of an empirical study designed to examine whether dichotomous thinking – a cognitive distortion whereby an individual processes the world through binary categories - mediates the relationship between IWS and mental health outcomes in adults who are overweight or obese. Participants were asked to complete four validated questionnaires on an online platform at a single time-point. Mediation analysis indicated that dichotomous thinking fully mediates the relationship between IWS and anxiety, and partially mediates the relationship between IWS and both depression and impairment in functioning. Part B consists of a second empirical paper which aimed to understand the psychological process through which IWS becomes internalised amongst those who are overweight or obese using a combination of two qualitative research approaches: Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA; Smith, Flowers, & Larkin, 2021), and Photovoice (Wang, Yi, Tao, & Carovano, 1998). Participants were asked to complete a photography task where they captured situations in which they experienced weight stigma over a two-week period; they were then invited to discuss their pictures in a 60-minute interview. Analysis of interview data using IPA identified four processes as contributors of IWS: the self-application of stigmatised narratives, ascribing to an undesired fat identity, experiencing a socially focused anxiety response, and psychological distress managed through unhelpful coping behaviours.
Higher Order Neural Networks and Neural Networks for Stream Learning
Creators: name: Dong, Yue
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2017
Subjects: machine learning
neural networks
anomaly detection
stream learning
concept drift
higher order neural networks

description: The goal of this thesis is to explore some variations of neural networks. The thesis is mainly split into two parts: a variation of the shaping functions in neural networks and a variation of learning rules in neural networks. In the first part, we mainly investigate polynomial perceptrons - a perceptron with a polynomial shaping function instead of a linear one. We prove the polynomial perceptron convergence theorem and illustrate the notion by showing that a higher order perceptron can learn the XOR function through empirical experiments with implementation. In the second part, we propose three models (SMLP, SA, SA2) for stream learning and anomaly detection in streams. The main technique allowing these models to perform at a level comparable to the state-of-the-art algorithms in stream learning is the learning rule used. We employ mini-batch gradient descent algorithm and stochastic gradient descent algorithm to speed up the models. In addition, the use of parallel processing with multi-threads makes the proposed methods highly efficient in dealing with streaming data. Our analysis shows that all models have linear runtime and constant memory requirement. We also demonstrate empirically that the proposed methods feature high detection rate, low false alarm rate, and fast response. The paper on the first two models (SMLP, SA) is published in the 29th Canadian AI Conference and won the best paper award. The invited journal paper on the third model (SA2) for Computational Intelligence is under peer review.
L’attività sportiva nel doposcuola e il benessere dei preadolescenti
Creators: name: Azzali, Aaron
Publisher: name: Scuola Universitaria della Svizzera Italiana (SUPSI)
Year: 2016

description: Il benessere dei preadolescenti è definito come un costrutto multidimensionale che include le dimensioni del benessere fisico, emotivo e sociale. Ricerche condotte presso l’Università della British Columbia di Vancouver hanno permesso di elaborare il questionario MDI (Middle Years Development Instrument), uno strumento che consente di misurare i diversi aspetti che contribuiscono al benessere dei preadolescenti. Attraverso una raccolta dati basata su un metodo quantitativo e uno qualitativo, con il presente lavoro di diploma si è voluto capire se esistesse una relazione tra pratica sportiva e benessere e inseguito determinare quali sono gli elementi che contribuiscono positivamente al loro benessere. I dati raccolti tramite la versione italiana del questionario MDI hanno mostrato che unicamente la partecipazione ad un’attività sportiva di gruppo sembra avere un impatto positivo sul benessere dei preadolescenti, soprattutto per quanto riguarda la soddisfazione di vita, l’ ottimismo e la percezione della propria salute psicofisica. L’analisi delle interviste mirate ha invece confermato un legame diretto tra attività sportiva e benessere sia negli sport individuali che in quelli di gruppo. Gli elementi che risultano fondamentali per l’aumento di benessere sono le intense emozioni provate durante l’attività sportiva e i rapporti sociali che si vanno a creare all’interno dell’ambiente sportivo. Relatori: Luca Sciaroni, Luciana Castelli e Alberto Crescentini. Materie: scienze dell'educazione e educazione fisica
Anforderungen an die Behandlung spezifischer Elektroaltgeräte unter Ressourcen- und Schadstoffaspekten
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2016
Subjects: Gesetzesnovelle
Elektro- und Elektronikgerätegesetz
Rechtsgrundlage
Solarmodul
Bundesregierung
Abfallrecht
Abfallbehandlung
Altgerät

description: Am 24.10.2015 trat das novellierte ElektroG 2 in Kraft. Mit dem § 24 (2) wurde die Bundesregierung ermächtigt, weitergehende Anforderungen an die Behandlung von Elektroaltgeräten festzulegen. Zur Schaffung einer Grundlage für eine solche Verordnung hat das Umweltbundesamt die vorliegende Studie in Auftrag gegeben. Gegenstand dieser Studie ist die Betrachtung verschiedener Geräte, Bauteile und Stoffe, namentlich sind dieses Leiterplatten, Flachbildschirme, Kunststoffe und Photovoltaikmodule. Die Effektivität der aktuellen Behandlungsverfahren hinsichtlich Ressourcen- und Schadstoffaspekten soll untersucht werden. Dazu werden in erster Linie Literaturrecherchen und -auswertungen sowie Interviews mit verschiedenen Unternehmen entlang der Entsorgungskette durchgeführt. Bei Bedarf wird diese Vorgehensweise durch technische Untersuchungen und chemische Analysen ergänzt. Insgesamt sollen die Ergebnisse die Ableitung spezifischer konkreter Behandlungsempfehlungen ermöglichen. Quelle: Forschungsbericht
description: On the 24th of October 2015 the ElektroG 2 came into effect. According to §24 (2), the federal govern-ment is authorised to establish more extensive requirements regarding the treatment of WEEE, by statutory instruments. To provide a basis for a regulation the Federal Environmental Agency commissioned the present study. Subject of the study is the analysis of printed circuit boards, flat panel displays, plastics and photovoltaic modules. Taking into account resource-related and pollutant-related aspects the efficiency of existing treatment processes was to be analysed. To accomplish this, literature was researched and evaluated. Interviews with companies representing the recycling chain were conducted and, if needed, technical investigations and chemical analyses complemented this approach. Overall, the results should enable the future outline of specific treatment recommendations. Quelle: Forschungsbericht
Valutazione sommativa in matematica: relazione tra quinta elementare e prima media
Creators: name: Valerio-Caccia, Chiara
Publisher: name: Scuola Universitaria della Svizzera Italiana (SUPSI)
Year: 2011

description: Con questa ricerca di tipo esplicativo si è voluto verificare se nella scuola obbligatoria ticinese vi sia coerenza e continuità per quel che concerne la valutazione sommativa di matematica in vista anche della scadenza per l’introduzione del Concordato HarmoS. A tal proposito sono state raccolte le note di matematica di quinta elementare e prima media di 333 allievi provenienti da due sedi di scuola media. I dati raccolti sono poi stati analizzati con metodi statistici anche in base alle sedi frequentate e ai docenti avuti per ricercare eventuali relazioni. I risultati della ricerca hanno messo in evidenza come in generale con il passaggio alla scuola media mediamente il 60% degli allievi riscontra una diminuzione della nota di matematica conseguita in quinta elementare. Il restante 40% invece la riconferma o addirittura l’aumenta. Le analisi particolareggiate hanno permesso di rilevare che questa tendenza sostanzialmente non è significativamente influenzata dalle sedi frequentate o dai docenti avuti. Questa ricerca ha permesso pertanto di rilevare come la valutazione sommativa tra i due ordini non sia completamente discorde. Il fatto però che siano maggioritari gli allievi con una diminuzione lascia intendere che alcuni correttivi potrebbero essere attuati al fine di invertire tale tendenza. Relatore: Gianfranco Arrigo, Materia: matematica