cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
The role of dietary factors on blood lead concentration in children and adolescents - Results from the nationally representative German Environmental Survey 2014-2017 (GerES V)
Creators: name: Hahn, Domenica
name: Höra, Christian
name: Kämpfe, Alexander David
name: Kolossa-Gehring, Marike
name: Schmied-Tobies, Maria Irene Hilde
name: Vogel, Nina
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Ernährung
Human-Biomonitoring
Exposition

description: In industrialized nations, human lead exposure has decreased significantly in recent decades. Nevertheless, due to its toxic effects, this heavy metal remains a public health concern with children and adolescents being particularly at risk. In Europe nowadays, oral intake via food and drinking water is the predominant exposure pathway for lead. The objective of the present study was to investigate the association between dietary factors and blood lead (PbB) level of 3- to 17-year-old children and adolescents living in Germany, using data from the fifth German Environmental Health Survey (GerES V) and the Child and Adolescent Health Survey (KiGGS Wave 2). GerES V and KiGGS Wave 2 are two national population-representative studies conducted between 2014 and 2017, including measurement of lead concentrations in blood from 720 children and adolescents aged 3-17 years (mean age = 10.21, SD age = 4.36). Using multiple linear regression, sociodemographic and environmental characteristics as well as dietary factors could be identified as significant exposure determinants of PbB concentrations. Lead intake via domestic tap water was the strongest predictor of elevated PbB levels with 27.6% (p-value< .001) higher concentrations of highest compared to none lead intake via tap water. Other foods which were found to be relevant to PbB levels were meat, fruit, and fruit juice. While meat or fruit consumption were each associated with about 13% (p-value < .05) lower PbB levels, fruit juice drinking was associated with up to 12.2% (p-value = .04) higher PbB levels. In conclusion, results indicate the importance of dietary habits for lead exposure in children and adolescents. To protect vulnerable groups, it is recommended that future research and lead-reducing measures pay more attention to dietary links. © 2022 The Authors.
Pautas de Convivencia 2024 de MetaDocencia
Creators: name: Ascenzi, Laura
name: Lefer, Paola
name: Pendino, Romina
name: Poggio, Iván Gabriel
name: Xhardez, Verónica
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Pautas de Convivencia
Ciencia Abierta

description: Documentos relacionados al proceso de construcción colectiva de la versión 2.0 de la Gobernanza comunitaria de MetaDocencia.

Documento generado en el marco del programa Open Seeds 8 de OLS.
Il modello parametrico in architettura: la tecnologia B.I.M. di Autodesk Revit
The parametric model in architecture: Autodesk Revit’s B.I.M. technology
Creators: name: Garagnani, Simone; Università Di Bologna
name: Cinti Luciani, Stefano; Università Di Bologna
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna
Year: 2011

description: Revit è il software di Autodesk destinato al mondo delle costruzioni, che permette ad architetti, progettisti e ingegneri di produrre e documentare in maniera coerente e coordinata un edificio, dalla fase concettuale alla realizzazione esecutiva. In questo contributo verranno analizzate le peculiarità che fanno di Revit un modellatore B.I.M., attraverso cui è possibile generare il modello virtuale di una costruzione per mezzo di “elementi intelligenti” che interagiscono con l’ambiente di progetto. La maturità raggiunta da Revit negli ultimi anni ha permesso ad un numero sempre maggiore di studi professionali di abbandonare ambienti CAD più generalisti, paragonabili ai classici tecnigrafi tradizionali, in favore di un contesto integrato che agevola l’interscambio informativo tra le discipline coinvolte nel processo edilizio, seppure con alcune criticità ancora da superare.
description: Revit is the Autodesk’s software intended for the AEC environment, which allows architects, designers and engineers to produce and document building projects, using a consistent and coordinated approach. In this paper the peculiarities, which make Revit a B.I.M. software will be presented, analyzing how building’s virtual models can be generated using “intelligent elements”, which interact with the design environment. The maturity reached by Revit in recent years has encouraged an increasing number of professional firms to abandon generalist CAD applications, much more similar to traditional digital drafting machines, in favor of an integrated framework which makes the information exchange between the disciplines involved in the building process easier, albeit some critical issues still have to be overcome.
Brand driven change: using brand as a vehicle for change management
Creators: name: Shelton, Sara Jane
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This thesis reports an exploration of brand as a vehicle for managing change. Change management has traditionally focused on internal organisational processes while brand has focused on building and maintaining marketplace identity. Research has largely neglected applications of brand identification in change management. This research addressed two questions:What are the branding and change management processes used by organisational managers? and; What is the framework for using brand as a vehicle for change management? This qualitative study examined change management practice in two Australian organisations. Twenty-four senior management staff and directors were interviewed to establish whether brand could be harnessed for organisational change. The resultant semi-structured interview data supported previous research reported by Aaker (1996) on brand management and by Tan (1997) on change management. In addition, it strongly suggested an incorporation of Aaker's (1996) framework into Tan's (1997) proposed change framework. The construct validity of this development was supported by a focus group of change agents who assessed its potential for application in other organisations managing transformational change. The new model identified which leverages brand as a vehicle for change management involved incorporation of brand into: I.the anticipation of change; II.identifying the change; III.selling the change; IV.mobilising resources for change; V.breaking down comfort zones; VI.reinforcing change success; and VII.promoting continuous learning and change. The process of using brand as a vehicle for change management was shown to secure a sustainable position for the brand across the organisation whilst motivating change management. Findings reported in this thesis identify a previously unexamined association between branding and change management research. More importantly, they establish an apparently robust change management framework within which brand can be applied as a vehicle for managing transformational change. The concepts of entre-brand and intra-brand are introduced to distinguish between brand in the marketplace (entre-brand) and brand in the minds of staff within the organisation (intra-brand). Application of these concepts suggests that deliberate focus on brand identity and integrity is a powerful vehicle for the effective management of transformational change. In conclusion, it is argued, increased understanding of brand in establishing organisational identity can assist corporate leaders to better manage brand and to effect timely and responsive organisational change within their organisations.
Double-Diaspora in the Literature and Film of Arab Jews
Creators: name: Schwartz, Stephanie
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: Jewish
diaspora
Naim Kattan
Zionism
b.h. Yael
Karin Albou
Sami Michael
Arab Jew
Mizrahi

description: Inspired by the contrapuntal and relational critiques of Edward Said and Ella Shohat, this thesis conducts a comparative analysis of the literature and film of Arab Jews in order to deconstruct discourses on Jewish identity that privilege the dichotomies of Israel-diaspora and Arab-Jew. Sami Michael’s novel Refuge, Naim Kattan’s memoir Farewell, Babylon, Karin Albou’s film Little Jerusalem and b.h. Yael’s video documentary Fresh Blood: a Consideration of Belonging reveal the complexities and interconnections of Sephardic, Mizrahi and Arab Jewish experiences across multiple geographies that are often silenced under dominant Eurocentric, Ashkenazi or Zionist interpretations of Jewish history. Drawing from these texts, Jewish identity is explored through four philosophical themes: Jewish beginnings vs. origins, boundaries between Arab and Jew, the construction of Jewish identities in place and space, and, the concept of diaspora and the importance Jewish difference. As a double-diaspora, with the two poles of their identities seen as enemies in the ongoing conflict between Israel-Palestine, Arab Jews challenge the conception of a single Jewish nation, ethnicity, identity or culture. Jewishness can better be understood as a rhizome, a system without a centre and made of heterogeneous component, that is able to create, recreate and move through multiple territories, rather than ever settling in, or being confined to a single form that seeks to dominate over others. This dissertation contributes a unique theoretical reading of Jewish cultures in the plural, and includes an examination of lesser known Arab Jewish writing and experimental documentary in Canada in relation to Iraq, France and Israel.
Indagine sull’utilizzo delle tecniche di visualizzazione 2D e 3D che rappresentano il cambiamento del paesaggio urbano storico
Users’ responses to 2D and 3D visualization techniques, representing the change in historic townscape
Creators: name: Koramaz, Turgay Kerem; Università Tecnica Di Istanbul, Facoltà Di Architettura, Dipartimento Di Urbanistica E Pianificazione Territoriale
name: Zeren Gülersoy, Nuran; Università Tecnica Di Istanbul, Facoltà Di Architettura, Dipartimento Di Urbanistica E Pianificazione Territoriale
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna
Year: 2011

description: Al fine di descrivere il cambiamento del paesaggio urbano di siti riferiti alla città, gli strumenti moderni di visualizzazione possono essere utilizzati per aumentare le possibilità di rappresentazione, in misura maggiore rispetto ai metodi tradizionali. Studi recenti di conservazione ed interventi effettuati hanno indicato un cambiamento significativo nel paesaggio urbano storico di Zeyrek: questo articolo presenta le possibilità di rappresentazione insite nella tecnica di mappatura bidimensionale e nella realizzazione di un modello tridimensionale del comparto, utilizzati nella definizione del cambiamento del paesaggio urbano. Per valutare l’effettiva capacità di rappresentazione per mezzo di risposte da parte degli utenti dei modelli, è stato sottoposto un questionario agli studenti di laurea specialistica della Facoltà di Architettura, ai professionisti in enti di pianificazione e di conservazione ed agli studenti delle scuole superiori. A conclusione principale dello studio, si è compreso come il cambiamento del paesaggio urbano sia definito meglio nel modello urbano tridimensionale che nella tecnica di mappatura bidimensionale, in termini di rappresentazione dei dettagli architettonici e delle caratteristiche strutturali del luogo.
description: In order to represent change in the townscape of urban sites, innovative visualization tools may enhance more capabilities than conventional ones. While recent conservation studies and interventions indicated a significant change in the Zeyrek Urban Historic Site, the motivation for this paper came from the representative capability of 2D mapping techniques and 3D urban models to define the change in a townscape. A questionnaire was conducted to measure this capability by means of users’ responses from graduate students in the Faculty of Architecture, professionals in planning and conservation institutions, and high school students. It was concluded that the changes in townscape was defined better than when familiar with the 2D mapping technique by the 3D urban model in terms of representation of architectural details and structural characteristics of the site.
A realistic, survivable packet radio network design for mobile multimedia communications.
Creators: name: Curtin, Patrick Rowland.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Electronics and Electrical.

description: The provision of multimedia services to a wireless environment presents several technical challenges. The extension of these services to a survivable, distributed system adds a significant level of complexity. Packet radio network technology offers one possible starting point for a solution. This thesis approaches the problem of delivering integrated voice, low grade video and low rate data services to a wireless network operating in a distributed environment through the use of a packet radio architecture. An overview of the technical specifications to be addressed in the network design is used to define the operational requirement. A radio channel model based on the Hata-Okumara approach is then developed in order to provide a realistic simulation framework for the system and a basis for network connectivity maps in subsequent chapters. The issues related to the operation of a distributed network are then explored, essentially illustrating the design implications of survivability. Several different multiple access techniques are also evaluated for suitability in this network design. Based upon the criteria provided at the onset, a slotted CDMA methodology is recommended. This leads to the establishment of network control parameters including the data structure, routing and scheduling schemes based on slotted CDMA operation in a distributed environment. Finally, issues related to network integration and enhancements are discussed, including CDMA code orientation, control channel modifications and acknowledgements. Recommendations for future work are also provided.
Il Building Information Modeling tra ricerca, didattica e professione
Building Information Modeling between research, teaching and professional
Creators: name: Lo Turco, Massimiliano
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna
Year: 2011

description: In un momento in cui la pratica professionale richiede sempre più specifiche competenze e tempistiche estremamente serrate, si palesa la tendenza a orientare le tecnologie software verso un loro utilizzo più consapevole, nella continua ricerca di strategie procedurali per l’utilizzo di piattaforme condivise. Il presente contributo intende tracciare un quadro sintetico circa la potenzialità delle nuove frontiere del disegno di progetto informatizzato - il disegno parametrico - attraverso la descrizione di recenti sperimentazioni svolte all’interno del Dipartimento di Ingegneria dei Sistemi Edilizi e Territoriali (DISET) del Politecnico di Torino svolte in collaborazione con il Servizio Edilizia del medesimo Ateneo, nonché le positive ricadute che tali innovazioni comportano in campo accademico.
description: Nowadays trade practice increasingly requires more and more specific skills and extremely tight deadlines; this reveals the taste to orient software technologies to a more conscious use, aiming at procedural strategies for the use of shared platforms. This paper will trace a brief outline about the capabilities of the new methodologies -the parametric design- through the description of recent testings conducted at the Department of Building Engineering and Territorial Systems (DISET) of the Politecnico di Torino, carried out in collaboration with the Building Service of the same university, having a look at the positive impact that these developments will mean for the academic field.
Architettura... dalla progettazione generativa
Architecture… from Generative Design
Creators: name: Fiamma, Paolo; Università Di Pisa
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna
Year: 2011

description: Dal progetto del prodotto si sta passando al progetto del sistema che serve a progettare il prodotto (processo). Le risorse progettuali, le necessità di comportamenti ottimali da parte degli edifici, la connessione tra tecniche di stampa e prototipizzazione stanno spingendo la disciplina d’architettura a riscoprire un approccio scientifico nei confronti della materia. Secondo il paradigma generativo l’Architettura è considerata, al pari del mondo naturale, come una sorta di vita artificiale condizionata dai principi della morfogenesi, dei codici genetici, della replicazione e della selezione. Alcuni rimarchevoli edifici sono, de facto, l’icona della nuova generazione di progettisti. Nelle nuove costruzioni involucro, forma, struttura, prestazione termica e materiali sono concepiti, verificati ed assemblati allo stesso tempo, riducendo la tradizionale discontinuità tra fasi di progetto e realizzazione: la Progettazione Generativa raggiunge questo obiettivo, sfruttando lo spazio virtuale del computer analogamente ai processi evoluzionistici in Natura. Ci si sta muovendo nella direzione dell’“architettura per script”, derivandola da algoritmi computazionali. La ricerca in questo ambito si apre a scenari complessi ed affascinanti. Si è forse giunti al tempo dell’“architettura dei programmi”? Possono le informazioni cessare di essere dati virtuali per divenire forme d’architettura?
description: From designing the product we are going to the design of the system (the process) that designs the product. The evolution of the design resources, the needs of the buildings performances, the current connection with the innovative “printing” and manufacturing techniques are pushing the architectural field to re-discover a scientific approach to the architectural fact. According to the generative paradigm, Architecture is considered as a form of artificial life, prone to, like the natural world, principles of morphogenesis, genetic coding, replication and selection. Some amazing buildings are - de facto - new icons from new generations of designers. In the new building, shape, envelope, structure, thermal performance, materials are conceived, verified and built, all at the same time, reducing the traditional gap between the phase of design and the phase of construction: Generative Design obtains this goal, using the virtual space of the computer in a manner analogous to evolutionary processes in nature. In fact, we are going towards a ‘script’ architecture… coming from a “script” of computer. The research looks like totally open to very complex and fascinating scenarios. Is it, may be, time to “programming architecture”? Can data stop being ‘virtual’ data, and can be considered architectural form?
The optical characterization of indium(y) gallium(1-y) arsenic(1-x) nitrogen(x)
Creators: name: Ramsey, Jamie Leigh
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Physics, Condensed Matter.

description: The dilute Nitride materials, InGaAsN, are studied as promising candidates for optical devices in the telecommunications wavelength range between 1.3 and 1.55mum. Such materials can be grown lattice matched to a GaAs substrate and could remove the need to work with structures based on the InGaAsP/InP materials, which are expensive and have poor temperature performance. There are three main growth techniques for InGaAsN materials, chemical beam epitaxy (CBE), molecular beam epitaxy (MBE), and metal organic chemical vapour deposition (MOCVD). Of these three, MBE and MOCVD are used to grow the structures discussed in this thesis. X-ray diffraction and photoluminescence measurements are used for characterization. X-ray diffraction measurements provide the nitrogen concentration in the material, while photoluminescence measurements give the bandgap energy. The combination of these two results are then compared to the results from a band anti-crossing model that predicts the bandgap energy as a function of Nitrogen concentration. In addition, absorption and photoluminescence excitation measurements are used to investigate the Stokes shift in GaAsN material likely to have large composition non-uniformities. To illustrate the progress made with InGaAsN material growth, processing and characterisation, a broad area laser structure is demonstrated that emits around 1.3mum.
title: Brauchen wir Grenzwerte für Schadstoffe in Innenräumen - oder warum gibt es keine "TA Innenraumluft"?
title: Brauchen wir Grenzwerte für Schadstoffe in Innenräumen - oder warum gibt es keine "TA Innenraumluft"?
titleType: AlternativeTitle
title: Do we need limit values in indoor environment or are reference values sufficient to estimate health risk in indoor air?
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Moriske, Heinz-Jörn
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2020

description: Most time of the day adults, but increasingly also children and adolescents in Central Europe, stay in closed rooms. A "good" indoor air quality is therefore very important for the health and well-being of the room users. In addition to ventilation and the possible entry of airborne substances from outside, the entry of chemical and biological substances into the indoor air from sources in the interior itself is decisive for the air quality in indoor environment. Unlike in the outside air or in drinking water area, in Germany there are no limit values for indoor air outside working places with one exception (te-trachloroethylene in the adjacent rooms for chemical cleaning). Instead, reference values are taken. What the benchmark concepts mean and what speaks for and against limit values, especially in the private indoor environment, is set out in this publication. The advantages and disadvantages of both assessment approaches for the indoor environment are presented. © 2020, VDI Fachmedien GmBbH & Co..
Supplementary document for Deep-learning-aided forward optical coherence tomography endoscope for percutaneous nephrostomy guidance - 5150959.pdf
Creators: name: WANG, CHEN
name: Calle, Paul
name: Ton, NuBaoTran
name: Zhang, Zuyuan
name: YAN, FENG
name: Donaldson, Anthony M.
name: Bradley, Nathan
name: Yu, Zhongxin
name: Pan, Chongle
name: Tang, Qinggong
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplemental Document
Mueller Matrix Parameters for Radio Telescopes and Their Observational Determination
Creators: name: Heiles, Carl
name: Perillat, Phil
name: Nolan, Michael
name: Lorimer, Duncan
name: Bhat, Ramesh
name: Ghosh, Tapasi
name: Lewis, Murray
name: O'Neil, Karen
name: Salter, Chris
name: Stanimirovic, Snezana
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Modern digital cross-correlators permit the simultaneous measurement of all four Stokes parameters. However, the results must be calibrated to correct for the polarization transfer function of the receiving system. The transfer function for any device can be expressed by its Mueller matrix. We express the matrix elements in terms of fundamental system parameters that describe the voltage transfer functions (known as the Jones matrix) of the various system devices in physical terms and thus provide a means for comparing with engineering calculations and investigating the effects of design changes. We describe how to determine these parameters with astronomical observations. We illustrate the method by applying it to some of the receivers at the Arecibo Observatory.
La progettazione di un sistema complesso. Come catturare le regole e tenerle aggiornate per assistere il progettista nel suo impiego. Il configuratore di AGB per ferramenta di serramenti
Designing a complex system. How to capture and update rules to assist designers in its fruition. The AGB’s windows hardware configurator
Creators: name: Cinti Luciani, Stefano; Università Di Bologna
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna
Year: 2011

description: Le regole di progettazione di un serramento e della sua ferramenta possono essere inglobate in un sistema di configurazione che svolge e controlla la maggior parte del lavoro di progettazione per una commessa di serramenti, sollevando gli operatori anche di tutte le attività burocratiche connesse al ciclo preventivazione, progettazione, ordinazione, produzione, spedizione.
description: The design rules for a door, a window and their hardware can be incorporated into a system configuration that carries out and controls most of the design work, eventally setting the operators free from all activities related to bureaucratic budgeting cycle, designing, ordering, production and shipping.
Trust in e-Mentoring Relationships
Creators: name: Walabe, Eman
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2013
Subjects: Mentoring
Electronic Mentoring
Trust
Ability
Integrity
Benevolence
Behavioural trust inventory

description: The role of trust in traditional face-to-face mentoring has already been investigated in several research studies. However, to our knowledge, very few studies have examined how trust is established in electronic-mentoring relationships. The purpose of the current study is to examine by means of the Mayer et al. (1995) model how e-mentees perceive a prospective e-mentor's trustworthiness and how these perceptions influence the decision to be mentored by a particular e-mentor. A sample comprised of 253 undergraduate and graduate students from the Telfer School of Management at the University of Ottawa participated as potential mentees by completing a survey after having reviewed the selected e-mentor’s profile. The survey employed quantitative and qualitative measurements to assess the mentee's perception of the prospective e-mentor’s level of trustworthiness. In the quantitative section, both the Behavioural Trust Inventory (Gillespie, 2003) and the Factors of Perceived Trustworthiness (Mayer et al., 1999) were measured. The Behavioural Trust Inventory was designed to measure the extent to which a mentee is willing to be vulnerable in e-mentoring relationships. The Factors of Perceived Trustworthiness (ability, benevolence and integrity) were designed to measure these three attributes’ contributions to the extent to which the mentees perceived the e-mentor as being trustworthy. The factorial structure (confirmatory factor analysis) and internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha) of the constructs were examined. Structural equation modeling was conducted to test the fit of the models (Behavioural Trust Inventory and Mayer et al.) to an e-mentoring context. In the qualitative section, the indicators of trustworthiness were collected by means of an open-ended question and were analyzed by means of content analysis. The results of the quantitative analysis revealed that the models (the Behavioural Trust Inventory and the Factors of Perceived Trustworthiness) have an adequate fit with the e-mentoring model after accounting for some correlated error terms. The results of the qualitative analysis identified some other attributes (apart from ability, benevolence and integrity groups) have an influence on the extent to which the mentees perceived the e-mentor as being trustworthy. The main finding is that the Mayer et al. (1995) model appears to be a suitable device for the measurement of trust in e-mentoring relationships at the initiation phase.
Two-photon-absorption and upconverted superradiance properties of organic dye HEASPS-doped linear homogeneous polymer at several wavelengths
Creators: name: Zhou, Guangyong
name: Wang, Dong
name: Yu, Xiaoquiang
name: Ren, Yan
name: Xu, Xiaomei
name: Cheng, Xiufeng
name: Shao, Zongshu
name: Jiang, Minhua
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The spectral and temporal properties of single- and two-photon fluorescence of a dye-doped linear homogeneous polymer are reported. The dopant is a new organic dye, trans-4-p-(N-hydroxyethyl-N-ethylamino)styryl-N-methylpyridinium p-toluene sulfonate (HEASPS), synthesized by researchers at the State Key Laboratory, Jinan China. When the dye is excited by near-infrared laser radiation, strong upcoverted fluorescence and superradiance can be observed. The difference in the blueshift of two-photon superradiance compared with that of two-photon fluorescence is explained by the use of different reabsorption coefficients under different conditions. The lifetime of two-photon fluorescence in a solid was measured to be 4.14 ns, which was much longer than that in solution. Two-photon transmittance and upconversion efficiencies at different wavelengths were measured with an optical parameter amplifier as the pump source. The strongest two-photon absorption occurred at 930 nm. The highest upconversion efficiency was 4.05% at 1030 nm. A possible mechanism is discussed.
Supplementary document for Deep-learning-aided forward optical coherence tomography endoscope for percutaneous nephrostomy guidance - 5150959.pdf
Creators: name: WANG, CHEN
name: Calle, Paul
name: Ton, NuBaoTran
name: Zhang, Zuyuan
name: YAN, FENG
name: Donaldson, Anthony M.
name: Bradley, Nathan
name: Yu, Zhongxin
name: Pan, Chongle
name: Tang, Qinggong
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplemental Document
Archeologia Urbana. Rappresentare l’incertezza: gli scavi archeologici di Piazza Bovio a Napoli
Urban Archaeology. How to represent uncertainty: the archaeological excavations of Piazza Bovio in Naples
Creators: name: Capone, Mara; Università Degli Studi Di Napoli Federico II
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna
Year: 2011

description: L’evoluzione dei sistemi di comunicazione ha favorito la sperimentazione di nuove modalità di fruizione dei beni culturali attraverso l’uso di media digitali. Nel caso dei reperti archeologici, il gap comunicativo connesso alla mancata integrità del segno, rende indispensabile la realizzazione di un progetto di comunicazione che sia in grado di fornire tutte le informazioni integrative affinché il reperto possa comunicare il significato culturale di cui è portatore. L’utilizzo di modelli 3D consente di realizzare gli interventi di ricostruzione su una copia digitale, aprendo nuove prospettive nell’ambito della ricerca archeologica e ponendo nuove problematiche relative all’individuazione di un codice adeguato a rappresentare l’incertezza. Gli scavi archeologici di Piazza Bovio a Napoli sono stati il preteso per raccontare la storia del luogo sperimentando l’uso integrato dei modelli all’interno della sequenza filmica.
description: The evolution of communication systems has led to experimentation with new ways to enjoying cultural heritage using digital media. Archaeological finding are only a piece of matter with high ambiguity level and so we have to do something to resolve this ambiguity. The use of 3D models can achieve the reconstruction of a digital copy, opening new perspectives in the context of archaeological research and posing new problems related to the identification of an appropriate code to represent the uncertainty. The choice of a particularly complex case study, the archaeological excavation of Piazza Bovio in Naples, allowed us to address a number of unusual issues and we have tried to tell the story of the place testing the use of 3D models in a film sequence.
Cellulitis in the emergency department: Developing and testing objective outcome measures.
Creators: name: Murray, Heather Elizabeth.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Health Sciences, Medicine and Surgery.

description: Introduction. The treatment of cellulitis with intravenous antibiotics administered in Emergency Departments is a new phenomenon with significant inter-physician variation. A clinical trial will address many of the questions surrounding this practice. Previous trials have been flawed because of the absence of a validated objective outcome measure. Methods. Eligible patients with cellulitis were prospectively recruited for an observational cohort study and underwent daily measurements of their infection. These measurements were evaluated for their feasibility, inter-rater reliability and criterion validity (compared with the primary outcome of treatment failure versus clinical response; a classification based on physician treatment decisions) Results. Only the infection size and change in size over time performed well, obtaining statistical significance in all domains. Conclusions. The change in size of infection over time is a valid and reliable reflection of clinical decisions for patients with cellulitis, and should be used as the primary outcome for clinical trials of cellulitis therapy.
Sviluppo e utilizzo di un sistema per l’archiviazione, la revisione e il deposito di tesi elettroniche e dissertazioni destinato alle Università
Development and utilization of an electronic thesis and dissertation submission, review and storage system for universities
Creators: name: Edelman, David; North Carolina State University
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna
Year: 2011

description: La North Carolina State University ha sviluppato un sistema completamente automatizzato per il deposito, la revisione e l’archiviazione digitale delle tesi di laurea e delle dissertazioni, chiamato ETD (Electronic Thesis and Dissertation). Il sistema ETD migliora l’accessibilità e sostanzialmente riduce i tempi richiesti per sottoporre i lavori, se paragonato ai metodi di deposito cartacei, da parte dei gruppi coinvolti nella valutazione e nel processo di approvazione delle tesi / dissertazioni: studenti, membri del comitato di valutazione, diplomati, curatori di tesi, archivisti (per esempio bibliotecari universitari) e ricercatori.
description: North Carolina State University has developed a fully electronic submission,review and digital storage repository for theses and dissertations, also known as the ETD (electronic thesis and dissertation) system. The ETD system improves access and substantially reduces time required compared to paper-based submission methods for the community of groups involved in the thesis/ dissertation approval process: students, thesis/dissertation advisory committee members, graduate schools, thesis/dissertation editors, archivers (for example, university libraries) and researchers.
Structural evolution of Pt, Au and Cu anodes by electrolysis up to contact glow discharge electrolysis in alkaline electrolytes**
Creators: name: Artmann, Evelyn
name: Menezes, Pramod V.
name: Forschner, Lukas
name: Elnagar, Mohamed M.
name: Kibler, Ludwig A.
name: Jacob, Timo
name: Engstfeld, Albert K.
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: alkaline electrolyte
subject: contact glow discharge electrolysis
subject: electrode stability
subject: DDC 530 / Physics
subject: DDC 540 / Chemistry & allied sciences
subject: Electrodes
subject: Electrolysis
subject: Plasma chemistry
subject: Elektrolyse
subject: Plasmachemie

description: The structural changes of the catalytically relevant materials Pt, Au and Cu upon electrolysis at 50 to 580 V were studied in alkaline electrolytes. Pt is stable under all investigated electrolysis conditions, while Au and Cu form thick oxide films under the same conditions. The Au and Cu oxides can reduce spontaneously (partially for Cu) in the electrolysis solution or by electrochemical reduction, resulting in nanoporous film formation. Applying a voltage to metal electrodes in contact with aqueous electrolytes results in the electrolysis of water at voltages above the decomposition voltage and plasma formation in the electrolyte at much higher voltages referred to as contact glow discharge electrolysis (CGDE). While several studies explore parameters that lead to changes in the I–U characteristics in this voltage range, little is known about the evolution of the structural properties of the electrodes. Here we study this aspect on materials essential to electrocatalysis, namely Pt, Au, and Cu. The stationary I–U characteristics are almost identical for all electrodes. Detailed structural characterization by optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and electrochemical approaches reveal that Pt is stable during electrolysis and CGDE, while Au and Cu exhibit a voltage‐dependent oxide formation. More importantly, oxides are reduced when the Au and Cu electrodes are kept in the electrolysis solution after electrolysis. We suspect that H2O2 (formed during electrolysis) is responsible for the oxide reduction. The reduced oxides (which are also accessible via electrochemical reduction) form a porous film, representing a possible new class of materials in energy storage and conversion studies.
Information transfer in P-type electroreceptors.
Creators: name: St-Hilaire, Martin.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Biophysics, General.

description: Weakly electric fish continuously emit a quasi-sinusoidal electric organ discharge (EOD) to probe their near environment (electrolocation). P-type tuberous receptors located on their skin respond to the periodic EOD by triggering action potentials in a phase locked manner. It is observed that the intervals between firing times are random multiples of the EOD period. This is known as skipping. Weak carrier amplitude modulations caused by relevant stimuli are encoded by P-type receptors through modulation of their output firing rate. We investigate the effect of P---the baseline firing probability per EOD cycle of a receptor---as well as of other parameters on the quality of information transfer in four biophysically plausible numerical receptor models. In particular, we study how internal noise affects the transduction of random EOD modulations, since noise is perhaps essential for good neural computation. Information is quantified using the stimulus reconstruction technique. We discuss the firing characteristics of the four considered models and discuss their relevance as models of P-afferents. Our information measurements indicate that the presence of noise may enhance information transfer in these receptors. And the coding quality is found to not depend on P alone, but also on the actual combination of biophysical parameters that determine P.
Strutturazione dell’A.I.M. [Archivio informativo multimediale] per il progetto
A.I.M. [multimedia information archive] for the project
Creators: name: Bartolomei, Cristiana; Università Di Bologna
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna
Year: 2011

description: Il nostro obiettivo è quello di individuare e integrare una serie di tecnologie e strategie operative per la creazione di un’architettura digitale di ultima generazione, in grado di fornire un archivio informativo multimediale (A.I.M.) virtualmente illimitato e scalabile per files multimediali multi formato (foto, disegni ecc.) e modelli 3D. Sostanzialmente, si tratta di applicazioni di Database: tutti i beni considerati devono essere “inventariati” in modo opportuno e queste schede di inventario devono essere organizzate in modo utile. L’obiettivo dello strumento A.I.M. è dimostrare che è possibile integrare diverse fonti d’informazioni, continuamente aggiornabili e dotate di una specifica interfaccia di gestione e di ricerca, destinate a supportare dinamicamente il livello divulgativo e informativo e vuole rappresentare, per restauratori, conservatori e gestori in genere dei beni culturali, un valido strumento di monitoraggio dei restauri.
description: Our main goal is to locate and integrate a range of technologies and operating strategies in order to create a latest-generation digital architecture that can provide a virtually unlimited multimedia information archive (A.I.M.) with scalable multiple format multimedia files (photos, drawings, etc.) and 3D models. It is basically about database applications: all the properties under survey must be appropriately inventoried and the inventory cards subsequently organized in a structured way. The purpose of the A.I.M. is to prove that it is possible to integrate different sources of information, constantly updatable and equipped with a specific interface for management and research, designed to dynamically support different levels of information. It also aims to be a valuable monitoring tool for professionals of restoration and conservation work, as well as managers of cultural heritage in general.
Il disegno per il design di prodotto
Drawing for product design
Creators: name: Amoruso, Giuseppe; Politecnico Di Milano
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna
Year: 2011

description: Il designer di prodotto si occupa, a livello teorico ed operativo, della progettazione tecnica ed estetica di prodotti in serie, cioè realizzati attraverso una produzione industriale. In particolare, la sua formazione si riferisce agli strumenti e alle tecniche relativi alla rappresentazione formale e funzionale del prodotto (dal disegno manuale al disegno tecnico, dalla fotografia alla produzione di modelli tridimensionali), ai linguaggi visivi, ai meccanismi percettivi ed ai sistemi cromatici. L’introduzione delle tecnologie informatiche ha portato ad un “ritorno” al modello, analogico e digitale, enfatizzando il ruolo delle discipline della rappresentazione come strumenti di indagine, verifica e scoperta trattando il disegno come “scienza sperimentale”. Il disegno, andando al di là della natura fisica o virtuale del medium, rimane ancora un atto creativo che figura il pensiero e anticipa la realtà costruttiva e i suoi effetti complessivi.
description: The product designer is involved with both cultural and operational issues, addressing the technical and aesthetic design of mass-produced products, concerning an industrial production process. In particular, its background refers to the tools and techniques relating to the representation of form and function of the product (from freehand to technical drawing, from photography to three-dimensional modeling), to visual languages, to mechanisms of perception and to color design too. The introduction of computer graphics has led to a “return” to modeling, both analogic and digital, emphasizing the role of representation as tool of investigation, verification and discovery. Drawing for product design, acts like an “experimental science” and, going beyond the physical or virtual medium, it is still a creative process that shapes design and visual thinking and forecasts the reality of construction and its overall effects.
Tecnologie per la comunicazione del patrimonio culturale
Cultural Heritage communication technology
Creators: name: Ippoliti, Elena; Università La Sapienza Di Roma
name: Meschini, Alessandra; Università Di Camerino
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna
Year: 2011
Subjects: ICAR17 - Disegno

description: Il numero della rivista è dedicato al tema della relazione tra media digitali e comunicazione del patrimonio culturale, in particolare con l’obiettivo di mostrare come l’interesse e le ricadute di tale binomio siano ampiamente trasversali. Senza nessuna pretesa di esaustività sono stati perciò giustapposti più punti di vista, rappresentati dai diversi articoli che documentano un panorama ampio e variegato dei possibili approcci al tema della costruzione della conoscenza e della diffusione, divulgazione e comunicazione di contenuti culturali. Il numero si vuole dunque offrire come occasione di confronto multi-orientata, costruita attraverso la molteplicità delle esperienze e riflessioni proposte dai diversi autori, dove la ricchezza e l’articolazione dei profili professionali (architetti, archeologi, ingegneri, matematici, graphic designer, artisti, video artisti, artisti digitali, grafici 3D, critici, registi, ecc.) ci sembra essere la più significativa espressione della proficua contaminazione tra i saperi indiscutibilmente favorita dalla rivoluzione digitale.
description: This magazine issue is about the relationship between digital techniques and the communication of cultural heritage and specifically aims at portraying how the interest and implications of these two things are widespread. Without trying to go too in depth, various points of view have been compared, each taken from different articles presenting a wide range of possible approaches on the subject of creating a wealth of information on cultural heritage and how it can be made available to the public without difficulty. Therefore, this issue wants to create a forum for a many-sided comparison built on a wealth of experience and opinions of different authors. In this way the abundance and versatility of the contributing professions (architects, archaeologists, engineers, mathematicians, graphic designers, artists, video producers, digital experts, 3D graphic designers, critics, directors, etc.) has given life to a precious blend of know-how, which is without doubt enhanced by present-day digital technology.
A winning combination : Collaborating with stakeholders throughout the process of planning and implementing a type 2 diabetes prevention programme in the community
Creators: name: Bean, Corliss
name: Sewell, Karlene
name: Jung, Mary E.
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2020

description: Translation of efficacious health interventions into the community are often not applied in practice. The gap between research and practice is concerning for community members who can benefit from early access to effective health interventions. Knowledge translation activities and strong community partnerships are demonstrated methods to close the gap, yet there is a need to ensure research findings are implemented into communities in a way that yields quality programming and sustainability through planning, preparation and time to foster the partnership. This paper outlines the collaborative process of translating a successful, evidence-based diet and exercise diabetes prevention programme for improving health and exercise adherence into a community setting through the partnership between the Diabetes Prevention Research Group and YMCA of Okanagan within British Columbia, Canada. Initiated in 2017, the process involved formalised translation events and programme piloting enabling the team to work toward a long term, successful partnership. Lessons learned and next steps in working collaboratively toward programme scale-up and sustainability are outlined.
Novel strategies to inhibit pertussis toxin
Creators: name: Ernst, Katharina
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: novel inhibitors
subject: chaperones
subject: humanized antibodies
subject: human defensins
subject: ADP-ribosylation inhibitor
subject: DDC 570 / Life sciences
subject: DDC 610 / Medicine & health
subject: Pertussis toxin
subject: Molecular chaperones
subject: ADP-ribosylation
subject: Keuchhusten-Toxin
subject: Chaperonine
subject: Defensine

description: Pertussis, also known as whooping cough, is a respiratory disease caused by infection with Bordetella pertussis, which releases several virulence factors, including the AB-type pertussis toxin (PT). The characteristic symptom is severe, long-lasting paroxysmal coughing. Especially in newborns and infants, pertussis symptoms, such as leukocytosis, can become life-threatening. Despite an available vaccination, increasing case numbers have been reported worldwide, including Western countries such as Germany and the USA. Antibiotic treatment is available and important to prevent further transmission. However, antibiotics only reduce symptoms if administered in early stages, which rarely occurs due to a late diagnosis. Thus, no causative treatments against symptoms of whooping cough are currently available. The AB-type protein toxin PT is a main virulence factor and consists of a binding subunit that facilitates transport of an enzyme subunit into the cytosol of target cells. There, the enzyme subunit ADP-ribosylates inhibitory α-subunits of G-protein coupled receptors resulting in disturbed cAMP signaling. As an important virulence factor associated with severe symptoms, such as leukocytosis, and poor outcomes, PT represents an attractive drug target to develop novel therapeutic strategies. In this review, chaperone inhibitors, human peptides, small molecule inhibitors, and humanized antibodies are discussed as novel strategies to inhibit PT.