cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Comparative study and implementation methodologies for distributed applications
Creators: name: Yang, Yongsheng
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Electronics and Electrical.
subject: Computer Science.

description: Today's rapid development of Internet demands highly concurrent and distributed systems. In this context, it is interesting to note that correct protocol specifications can be derived from a given service specification of the application. The main objective of this thesis is to introduce protocol derivation and develop general methodologies for designing distributed systems. Protocol synthesis focuses on generating an error-free protocol specification automatically from a higher-level service specification and it is a very important step in the protocol development process. Petri net is a very powerful model for describing and analyzing distributed, concurrent and asynchronous systems; therefore, we use it in protocol synthesis. Furthermore, we review SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol), Java RMI (Remote Method Invocation) and J2EE (Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition) technologies and discuss their usages in decentralized, distributed applications. This thesis gives an overview of protocol engineering background knowledge, presents several protocol synthesis methods using Petri nets, gives general methodologies of distributed system implementation and presents a distribution prototype: An example service specification is used to derive a corresponding abstract protocol specification, which is implemented with three different approaches: SOAP, Java RMI and J2EE. Finally, the performance of these different implementation approaches is compared.
SMN is required for dynamic relocalization of methylated nucleolar proteins during skeletal muscle differentiation
Creators: name: Paquette, Benoit F
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Biology, Molecular.
subject: Biology, Cell.

description: Deletions or loss-of-function mutations in the Survival of Motor Neuron 1 (Smn1) gene in humans is responsible for Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), one of the leading genetic causes of infant mortality. The pathological hallmarks of this disease include the degeneration of lower motor neurons in the anterior horn of the spinal cord, weakness, paralysis and atrophy of the associated skeletal muscles and eventually of the entire trunk, often times causing respiratory failure and early death during disease progression. Although current knowledge supports the notion that this disease arises from the massive motoneuron loss early in development, mounting evidence suggests that intrinsic muscle defects may also contribute to the pathology. Arginine methylation is also known to be important for normal skeletal muscle differentiation. Since SMN can serve as an adaptor module for arginine methylated proteins, we speculated that SMN will perform its function in skeletal muscle by promoting methyl-dependent interactions. This study has documented a dynamic profile of proteins containing methylated arginines during myoblast differentiation, and that this dynamic profile is dependent on the presence of SMN. Furthermore, I have identified Fibrillarin, a snoRNP component, as one of the methylated proteins that is misregulated in the absence of SMN. Finally, I have also shown that the profile of arginine methylated proteins differs between skeletal muscles from wild type mice and a mouse model of SMA. Taken together, these results represent a novel defect in SMA and provide evidence for the importance of skeletal muscle tissue in this disease.
Designing Robust Fiduciary Markers for Indoor Localization
Creators: name: Kim, Gukhwan
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Electronics and Electrical.

description: In this thesis, two fiduciary markers are newly designed as an alternate method for an indoor localization system. The main purpose of this work is to design more robust fiduciary markers than currently available ones in aspect of data restoration ability against data loss. In addition, achieving more accurate pose tracking performance is another goal of this work. Currently available fiduciary markers may not be ideal for indoor localization due to their lack of robustness against occlusions. Thus, proposed fiduciary markers must provide better performance under occlusions with respect to a marker detection rate. By adopting digital encoding/decoding techniques combined with using multiple sub-markers or PRMVS pattern, proposed ones achieved a better marker detection rate under partial occlusions. In addition, the experimental results show that proposed fiduciary markers provide more accurate camera pose measurement than other fiduciary markers.
Investigation into Spongy Bone Remodeling through a Semi-mechanistic Bone Remodeling Theory Using Finite Element Analysis
Creators: name: Li, Xianjie
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Biomedical.
subject: Engineering, Mechanical.

description: Computer simulation provides a useful approach for the studies on the issues related to living bone. Here, we performed two simulation studies on the spongy bone remodeling through Huiskes et al.'s semi-mechanistic bone remodeling theory. In the first study, a 2D finite element (FE) model was developed. The simulation results suggested that decreasing osteocyte density could cause spongy bone loss in healthy old adults, and reduction in osteocyte mechanosensitivity might contribute to excessive bone loss in osteoporotic bones. In the second study, we extended Huiskes et al.'s theory for overloading condition with respect to clinical findings and proposed a 3D FE model. It was the first 3D simulation which showed the spongy bone loss caused by overload. It supported our hypotheses that overload increased osteoclastic activities and reduced osteocyte influence distance. The simulation results in both two studies are in agreement with existing experimental evidences, also with Wolff's Law.
Is the nap zone controlled by a light-sensitive circadian arousal process?
Creators: name: Krupa, Susanne
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Psychology, Psychobiology.
subject: Psychology, Physiological.

description: This study attempts to identify the mechanism of the so-called afternoon nap zone. More specifically, it investigates a recent proposal that the afternoon nap zone represents the point in time after morning awakening when process-S has increased to a sufficiently high level to facilitate sleep onset, while at the same time an SCN-controlled circadian arousal process has not yet risen high enough to reverse this increased sleepiness. Eight normal male subjects aged 20--30 years, were monitored on two separate occasions under low ambient light (150 lux). Night sleep hours were maintained at 23:00--06:00h. PSG monitoring included EEG (C3-A2, O2-A1), right EOG-M1, left EOG-M2, submental EMG and core body temperature recorded continuously by a combination of the Oxford Medilog 9000 8-channel ambulatory recorder and the Minilogger temperature monitoring system. Following a baseline 24-hour day, bright light stimulation (10,000 lux) was given on two consecutive days either in the evening (20:00--22:00h) or morning (06:00--08:00h) in counter-balanced fashion with a 30 day washout periods between. Other than during a period of bright light stimulation, the level of daytime arousal was assessed every 60 min by quantified EEG spectral power followed by a 10 min duration simple reaction time test. In the baseline condition both the performance and Q-EEG variables confirmed the presence of a transitory afternoon nap zone as indexed by the timing of poorest performance and of greatest spectral power in a number of Q-EEG measures. Evening bright light treatment phase delayed these nap zone measures. Conversely, morning bright light phase advanced these measures. The finding that the timing of poorest performance and of the Q-EEG determined nap zone can be phase delayed by evening light and phase advanced by morning light supports the hypothesis tested, as well as supporting the existence of an SCN-dependent circadian arousal system in humans similar to that described by Edgar et al. (1993) in sub-human primates.
The investigation of microbial-intestinal epithelial cell interactions in the gut and their effects on inhibitor of apoptotic proteins (IAPs)
Creators: name: Dykstra, Natalie
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Biology, Cell.
subject: Chemistry, Biochemistry.

description: Probiotic bacteria such as Lactobacillus plantarum strain 299v (Lp299v) have been shown to upregulate facets of innate immunity. This study assessed whether Lp299v prevents apoptosis in intestinal epithelial cells (IECs) when faced with cytokine challenge. Both in vitro and in vivo systems were exposed for a pre-determined time to Lp299v or strain Lpadh---a non-adherent derivative of Lp299v. HT-29 cells were then challenged with cytokine mixture (TNF-alpha, IFN-gamma, and IL-1a) to imitate conditions of inflammation. To assess for apoptosis, we evaluated both TUNEL analysis and caspase activity assays. Results of the assays indicate a marked decrease in apoptosis in samples treated with Lp299v. The adherent negative Lpadh-strain showed similar but less pronounced prevention of cytokine-induced apoptosis. IAPs were assessed both in vitro and in vivo and HIAP1 and HIAP2 were determined to be involved in this process. This is consistent with NF-kB activation by Lp299v. Probiotics may confer exogenous effects on IECs to elaborate protective mechanisms and alter cell homeostasis through alteration of caspase-dependent apoptosis.
Wnt signaling in the mouse heart: a role for Wnt11 in cardiogenesis
Creators: name: Abdul-Ghani, Mohammad
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Biology, Molecular.

description: Specification and early patterning of the vertebrate heart is dependent on both canonical and non-canonical wingless (Wnt) signal pathways, however, the impact of each Wnt pathway on the later stages of myocardial development and differentiation remains contentious. Here, we sought to define the respective roles of canonical and non-canonical Wnt signaling during mammalian cardiogenesis, specifically cardiomyocyte differentiation and maturation. The cellular components of both canonical and non-canonical Wnt pathways were present throughout murine cardiac development, yet canonical Wnt signaling had a restricted region of activity in the mouse heart, primarily in the non-myocardial regions including the outflow tract and semi-lunar valves. Conversely, elevated non-canonical Wnt11 signaling was associated with expansion of the myocardium and de novo induction of cardiomyocyte differentiation. The pro-myogenic effect of Wnt11 resulted in a direct inhibition of canonical Wnt/beta-catenin activity in Wnt11-treated progenitor cells suggesting that non-canonical signaling enhanced cardiogenesis through suppression of canonical Wnt pathways. Wnt11 stimulation suppressed canonical Wnt signaling by destabilizing full length beta-catenin, an effect that could be reversed by inhibiting caspase 3/8 activity. Stimulation of progenitor cells with Wnt11 promoted the activation of caspase 3/8 and inhibition of either protease resulted in inhibition of cardiomyocyte differentiation. Taken together, our results suggest that non-canonical Wnt11 signaling promotes cardiogenesis, in part, by caspase-mediated suppression of canonical Wnt/beta-catenin activity.
Safe dewatering and re-construction of an abandoned 7m deep basement in the vicinity of existing buildings in Kuching city centre
Creators: name: Ng, Lieu Thai
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: In urban areas, many existing buildings and infrastructure are built nearby to one another. Activities associated to deep excavation and dewatering will inevitably cause ground movements and settlements which will affect nearby buildings. The performance of a deep excavation in clay has been extensively studied by many researchers over the years. However, not many studies have been done to investigate and observe the performance of a deep excavation in sandy soil or rock. Furthermore, dewatering is controlled in most of the studies and not many field studies required progressive continuously dewater the fully-submerged abandoned excavated pit before the construction commences.
A field case study has been carried out in the research. An existing, fully-submerged 7 m deep excavated pit with a footprint of approximately 40 m x 40 m located in the heart of Kuching city is to be dewatered after being abandoned for the past 20 years in order to facilitate the construction of a new 18-storey hotel with 3 levels of basement. The site is surrounded by 3 existing hotel complexes (located at East, South and South-West) and a busy main road running parallel with the famous 3-km Kuching waterfront. Besides, the river located at the northern boundary and hill located 35 m away at southern boundary. Once the site has been successfully dewatered, the site will be excavated further for the construction of a new 3 m thick raft foundation. A long-term comprehensive geotechnical instrumentation programme has been set up to investigate the possible effects (i) when the submerged and abandoned excavation pit is dewatered and (ii) after dewatering. The entire monitoring programme comprises 6 nos. of water standpipes, 3 nos. of piezometers (real-time), 3 nos. of inclinometers (1 no. real-time), 4 nos. of tiltmeters (real-time), 20 nos. of ground and 25 nos. of building settlement markers (by precise-level method) and 14 nos. of crackmeters which were used to monitor the water table and pore water pressure, lateral soil movement, building tilting, ground and building settlement, and cracking of the existing buildings, respectively.
MATLAB code for analysis of RGB images: to Measure Chlorophyll a Fluorescence with Smartphones
Creators: name: Friedrichs, Anna
name: Busch, Julia A.
name: Van der Woerd, Hendrik J.
name: Zielinski, Oliver
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: SmartFluo; affordable measurements; citizen science; chlorophyll a fluorescennce

description: MATLAB code for analysis of RGB images: to Measure Chlorophyll a Fluorescence with Smartphones This new MATLAB algorithm serves to analyse red-green-blue (RGB) images, specifically taken by camera systems of smartphones. The presented code uses the red band of a smartphone camera image to measure chlorophyll a fluorescence in a water sample. It was used and described in a SmartFluo system, developed for affordable measurements of water constituents. Based on RGB images and the illumination time (exposure time) of a water sample in a cuvette by an external light source, the intensity of the red channel is calculated in a selected image fraction – a square around the midpoint of the image, automatically selected within the code. The script uses reference RGB images (blanks) for base line correction. RGB images used as reference are taken of reference solutions such as ultra-pure water or 90%-acetone. Sample RGB images are taken of a chlorophyll-a dilution series ranging from 1-250 µg L-1. Besides the code itself, also one reference RGB image and five sample RGB images for test purposes are provided. All provided images are taken by Samsung Galaxy S3 mini smartphone camera (Samsung, Seoul, Korea) Short instructions to use the code are given in the "README.pdf". The algorithm was used in a publication that contains the original equations as well as the theoretical background of assumptions used for calculations.
La situation juridique de l'Église maronite au Canada
Creators: name: Hachem, Talal
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Religion, General.
subject: Law.

description: L'Église maronite est l'une des vingt-et-une Églises sui iuris qui forment ce qu'on appelle parfois l'Église catholique orientale. Elle a ses particularités, qui la distinguent de l'Église latine et des autres Églises d'Orient: hiérarchie, discipline et rite liturgique lui sont propres. Son histoire n'a pas toujours été facile. Elle a vécu des moments d'épreuve, qui ont été déterminants dans la dispersion de ses fidèles aux quatre coins du monde. Les maronites du Canada proviennent des différents pays du Proche-Orient: d'Égypte, de Syrie, et surtout du Liban, leur terre ancestrale. On estime que la présence des maronites au Canada est devenue sociologiquement significative à la fin du xixe siècle. Située dans un Occident très éloigne de la patrie de Saint Maron, tant du point de vue de la géographie que de la culture, comment cette éparchie a-t-elle conservé son identité en dehors de son milieu naturel? En quoi se distingue-t-elle des autres Églises particulières? Sa hiérarchie diffère-t-elle, dans l'exercice de son pouvoir, des autres évêques éparchiaux du patriarcat, et notamment de ceux qui se trouvent au Liban? Y a-t-il un espoir de continuité -- dans la fidélité aux valeurs essentielles -- en dehors de l'Orient? Comment ses fidèles resteront-ils attachés à leur Église particulière, canoniquement, spirituellement et en toute conscience? Telles sont les questions qui seront évoquées dans les pages qui suivent. Une telle recherche pose nécéssairement la question de l'avenir de l'Église maronite au Canada. Il est très important de savoir si ses fidèles sont toujours intéressés à s'y engager; de même, il est essentiel qu'elle conserve son identité orientale, et ce, pour les générations à venir. Cette Église est confrontée à un très grand défi. Est-elle consciente de sa mission et des défis qui lui posera l'avenir? Faute de réponse définitive, on trouvera ici plusieurs repères et pistes de réflexion utiles.
Efficient Communication Protocols for Sensor Network Architecture with Multiple Mobile Sinks
Creators: name: Hashish, Sonia Ali
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Computer Science.

description: Maximizing sensor network lifetime, efficiently gathering data from sensor nodes, and leveraging the reusability of sensor network protocols are crucial to make the emerging sensor network technology succeed in real world deployments. In this thesis, our aim is to develop novel communication protocols that will achieve this goal. First, a deployment-based solution of multiple mobile sinks is developed to maximize the lifetime of sensor networks. We introduced the concept of peeling phenomenon and show how sinks could move following the direction of the progressive peeling to retain the sink-to-network connectivity. We also proposed a novel data forwarding strategy, namely the "away-from-centroid" data forwarding, which increases the load balancing and leverages the utilization of the network resources. We then introduced the concept of a "guard region" that protects the core area of interest from being peeled-off and we show how this could contribute to further maximizing the network lifetime. In the second part of this thesis, we turn our attention to leveraging our solution to support a wide class of applications with different data delivery requirements. We start by analyzing the limitation of the existing rendezvous data dissemination solutions. We then developed a novel adaptive rendezvous mechanism that efficiently adapts to the network irregularity as well as to the application query-requirements. We show how existing sinks cooperate as a single tier to build a reliable rendezvous structure. We emphasize synchronization of the underlying pull and push components to prevent resource wasting. The developed protocol works with equal efficiency in both regular as well as irregular sensor networks. Finally, we propose a novel mobility-based protocol for structuring a generic infrastructure that could be efficiently leveraged by different upper layer protocols. The proposed protocol allows mobile robots/sinks to dynamically organize the arbitrary network topology into a physical co-centric circular layered infrastructure. The resulting infrastructure supports both multi-hop and data-mules regimes of communication and requires only local updates for maintenance. We prove the correctness and efficiency of the proposed scheme. We also provide a rough cost model that predicts the cost of communication over the resulting infrastructure.
title: 02_1517
Creators: name: Wesley Baldwin, John
name: Baldwin, John W.
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: LaMOP
subject: Laboratoire de Médiévistique Occidentale de Paris

description: L'ensemble de ces notes ont été crée par John Baldwin lors d'une de ses premières périodes de résidence à Paris. Ces documents comprennent tous les magistri qu’il avait pu rencontrer dans ses sources. Aux XIIème et XIIIème siècles, les universités n'existant pas encore, le titre de magister s'il évoque certainement une compétence n'est pas rattaché de façon systématique au passage par les écoles. De surcroît, les magistris sont le plus souvent désignés par leur seul prénom. La lecture de ces données est donc difficile et suppose un long travail pour tenter d'identifier un individu auquel on pourrait rattacher plusieurs mentions. John Baldwin avait donc renoncé à utiliser ces données pour donner un prolongement à sa magnifique étude sur les gradués d'université et leur emploi par les Capétiens et les Plantagenêts. Néanmoins, il a conservé ces données et elles sont potentiellement très utile dans le cadre de Studium, comme le sont toutes les mentions dans les volumes des Fasti Ecclesiae Gallicanae de chanoines portant ce titre de magister sans autres précisions. L'ampleur des dépouillements rend ces données très utiles et nous devons une grande reconnaissance à John Baldwin pour avoir pris la peine de faire photocopier ses fiches et de nous les avoir transmises amicalement.
Les données ainsi que les images des fiches sont accessibles sur le site Internet à l'adresse suivante : http://studium-baldwin.lamop.fr/.
Les transcriptions des fiches ont été effectuées par des étudiants de Paris 1 Panthéon - Sorbonne mais elles n'ont pas été corrigées par la suite.
description: Relation: https://lamop.hypotheses.org/
Magnolia acuminata Linnaeus 1759
Creators: name: Jarvis, Charlie
Publisher: name: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Magnoliales
Magnoliaceae
Magnolia
Magnolia acuminata

description: Magnolia acuminata (Linnaeus) Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 10, 2: 1081. 1759.
["Habitat in Pensylvania."] Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 1: 756 (1762). RCN: 3983.
 Basionym: Magnolia virginiana L. var. acuminata L. (1753).
 Lectotype (Dandy, Sloane Herbarium: 112. 1958; Tobe in Hunt, Magnolias: 191. 1998): [icon] " Magnolia flore albo, folio majore acuminato baud albicante" in Catesby, Nat. Hist. Carolina 2, App.: 15, t. 15, open flower excluded. 1747.
 Current name:  Magnolia acuminata  (L.) L. (Magnoliaceae).
 Note: Tobe (in Hunt, Magnolias: 191. 1998) provides an illustration of the lectotype, but argues that it is a chimaera, with the leaves of M. acuminata and an open, stylised flower of another species, which he excludes from Dandy’s original choice of the whole plate.
description: Published as part of Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part M), pp. 651-689 in Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London :Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum on page 651, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971
Transforming use case maps to the core scenario model representation
Creators: name: Zeng, Yong Xiang
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Computer Science.

description: Scenarios describe system functionalities and, when supplemented with performance annotations, provide a basis for performance analysis. This thesis presents a Core Scenario Model (CSM), which includes common scenario information in the Use Case Maps (UCM) notation and in UML 2.0 activity diagrams and interaction diagrams. The intent is to enable automatic transformations from a given scenario model to CSM, and then from a CSM model to performance models, hence enabling performance analysis early in the development process. CSM captures scenarios, performance, and deployment information, and is flexible enough to support multiple input scenario notations and output performance languages. The thesis also includes a transformation from UCM models to CSM. Such automatic transformation enables the quick generation of performance models, ready to be analyzed. The results from performance analysis can be traced back to improve design decisions and any changes in design can be updated in performance models quickly through re-generation.
The dynamics of heat exchange during exercise
Creators: name: Gariepy, Louise M
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Health Sciences, Recreation.

description: Purpose. The primary aim of this thesis was to examine the changes in body heat content (DeltaHb) during exercise. Specifically, Study #1 compared DeltaHb and changes in mean body temperature (DeltaT¯b) and DeltaHb from thermometry with direct calorimetry. Study #2 sought to examine the effect of DeltaH b on different time-responses of measures of body temperature. Methods. Study #1 - Forty-one subjects (23 females) performed 60--90 min of cycling exercise at 40% V˙O2peak. DeltaHb, core, muscle and skin temperatures were measured by direct calorimetry, and DeltaH b was also estimated from conventional thermometry equations. Study #2 - Sixteen subjects (8 females) performed 60 min of cycling exercise at 70 W. Changes in DeltaHb as a function of heat gain and heat loss, core and skin temperatures were measured. Results. Study #1 - Measurements of DeltaHb and DeltaT¯b by direct calorimetry were significantly greater than by conventional thermometry (p < 0.01). Study #2 - Esophageal and tympanic temperatures and whole-body heat loss achieved steady values at a significantly earlier time than rectal temperature (p < 0.01). Conclusions. Study #1 - The calculation of DeltaHb by thermometry underestimates body heat content when compared to direct calorimetry, and estimates of DeltaHb by thermometry, must be revised to a three compartment model that includes muscle temperature. Study #2 - As rectal temperature achieved steady state later than all other measures of temperature and heat flow, it best indicates when whole-body thermal steady-state has been reached.
title: Gazette SHCC, cycle 7, Cultures cinématographiques, séance du 20 décembre 2012
Creators: name: Schmidt, Nicolas
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2021

description: Relation: http://purl.org/poi/crdo.vjf.cnrs.fr/cocoon-35fcc5b9-7642-4b7e-bcc5-b976423b7e3f
Hollywood Stock Exchange method applied to automobile industry: Online trade platform of marketing forecast for future automobile model sales
Creators: name: Zhai, Ting
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Economics, General.
subject: Engineering, System Science.

description: The Hollywood Stock Exchange (HSX) is an online stock platform used as a tool for the market research and movie production in the movie industry. The purpose of the thesis is to make a study of the possibility of simulating an online automobile stock trade platform for the automobile industry in its market research and forecasts about the future auto model sales through insightful data analysis of the feedback and customer behaviors with the similar approach of the HSX. The author's study shows some rather encouraging results about the applicability of the ASE for the automobile industry forecasts, and the author has come to a conclusion that although there are some differences between the HSX and the ASE, the technology and mechanism of the HSX could be developed for a wider range in its application, and that the HSX could be applicable to the ASE because the ASE can be easily conducted via Internet in terms of organizational and technical aspects, and it seems to work well under different incentive structures and even with a limited number of participants. With the encouraging results, a review of the forecast accuracy of the ASE for automobile industry forecasts has been proposed for further researches. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Grassroots 20 social change through the social Web
Creators: name: Spence, Daniel
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Web Studies.
subject: Mass Communications.

description: The Internet presents a wide variety of capacity-building opportunities for the nonprofit sector, especially grassroots-based organizations with geographically dispersed members. These opportunities have become more accessible and practical for laypeople with emergence of Web 2.0 and the prevalence of social network sites like Facebook and MySpace in contemporary life, theoretically making it easier even for under-resourced organizations to leverage the Internet to increase outreach, fundraising and recruitment capacity. This report details the participatory action research basis and findings of the accompanying practical component of the thesis project which entailed the development of a new Web 2.0-enabled website for Sierra Club Canada, the country's foremost grassroots environmental nonprofit organization. With no other organizations in the sector taking full strategic advantage of the Internet to improve campaign capacity, this new website will establish Sierra Club Canada as a premiere online presence and a resource for a growing number of grassroots activists and supporters of environmental causes.
The shifting sands of creative thinking : connections to dual process theory and implications for creativity training
Creators: name: Gabora, Liane
name: Sowden, Paul
name: Pringle, Andres
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2018

description: Dual process models of cognition suggest there are two kinds of thought: rapid, automatic Type 1 processes, and effortful, controlled Type 2 processes. Models of creative thinking also distinguish between two sets of processes: those involved in the generation of ideas, and those involved with their refinement, evaluation and/or selection. Here we review dual process models in both these literatures and delineate the similarities and differences. Both generative and evaluative creative processing modes involve elements that have been attributed to each of the dual processes of cognition. We explore the notion that creative thinking may rest upon the nature of a shifting process between generative and evaluative modes of thought. We suggest that through a synthesis application of the evidence bases on dual process models of cognition and from neuroimaging, together with developing chronometric approaches to explore the shifting process, could assist the development of interventions to facilitate creativity.
Towards the total synthesis of garsubellin A
Creators: name: Brochu, Marie-Christine
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Chemistry, Organic.

description: Our laboratory reported a novel method to prepare highly oxygenated and functionalized bicyclo[m.n.l]alkanones from acetals using a Lewis acid mediated Prins-pinacol cationic cascade1. This allows us to access complex bridgehead ketone frameworks encountered in many natural products. Garsubellin A is an example of highly functionalized bicyclo[3.3.1]alkanone that we expect to synthesized using the Prins-pinacol methodology. For instance, we were able to prepare diastereoselectively an advanced intermediate for the total synthesis of garsubellin A using this method. Even if the Lewis acid mediated Prins-pinacol cationic cascade appears to be a powerfull method to access complex bridgehead ketone frameworks, we are presently envisaging a second method for the preparation of the garsubellin A core. This method consists in a gold catalyzed Conia-ene reaction. It was already demonstrated in our laboratory that unsubstituted bicyclo[3.3.1]alkanone can be prepared using the gold catalyzed Conia-ene reaction. We want to apply this new methodology to the total synthesis of garsubellin A.
CEMA: Comfort Control and Energy Management Algorithms for use in Residential Spaces through Wireless Sensor Networks
Creators: name: Henry, Rami F.Z
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Electronics and Electrical.

description: In recent years, many strides have been achieved in the area of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs), which is leading to constant innovations in the types of applications that WSNs can support. Much advancement has also been achieved in the area of smart homes, enabling its occupants to manually and easily control their utility expenses. In this thesis, both areas of research will be colluded for a simple, yet critical application: efficient and economical comfort control in smart residential spaces. The goal is to design a central, modular energy consumption control system for residential spaces, which manages energy consumption in all aspects of a typical residence. This thesis is concerned with two facets of energy consumption in residences. The first facet is concerned with controlling when the heating, ventilating, and air conditioning unit (HVAC) operates for each room separately. This is in contrast to a typical HVAC system where comfort is provided across the floor as a whole. The second facet is concerned with controlling the lighting in each room so as to not exceed a certain input value. The communication network that supports the realization of these coveted goals is based on Zigbee interconnected sensor nodes which pour data unto a smart thermostat which does all the required calculations and activates the modules required for comfort control and energy management, if needed. A Java-based discrete event simulator is then written up to simulate a floor of a typical Canadian single-family dwelling. The simulation assumes errorless communication and proceeds to record certain room variables and the ongoing cost of operation periodically. These results from the simulator are compared to the results of the well known simulator, created by DesignBuilder, which describes typical home conditions. The conclusion from this analysis is that the Comfort Control and Energy Management Algorithms (CEMA) are feasible, and that their implementation incurs significant monetary savings.
title: 03_0395
Creators: name: Wesley Baldwin, John
name: Baldwin, John W.
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: LaMOP
subject: Laboratoire de Médiévistique Occidentale de Paris

description: L'ensemble de ces notes ont été crée par John Baldwin lors d'une de ses premières périodes de résidence à Paris. Ces documents comprennent tous les magistri qu’il avait pu rencontrer dans ses sources. Aux XIIème et XIIIème siècles, les universités n'existant pas encore, le titre de magister s'il évoque certainement une compétence n'est pas rattaché de façon systématique au passage par les écoles. De surcroît, les magistris sont le plus souvent désignés par leur seul prénom. La lecture de ces données est donc difficile et suppose un long travail pour tenter d'identifier un individu auquel on pourrait rattacher plusieurs mentions. John Baldwin avait donc renoncé à utiliser ces données pour donner un prolongement à sa magnifique étude sur les gradués d'université et leur emploi par les Capétiens et les Plantagenêts. Néanmoins, il a conservé ces données et elles sont potentiellement très utile dans le cadre de Studium, comme le sont toutes les mentions dans les volumes des Fasti Ecclesiae Gallicanae de chanoines portant ce titre de magister sans autres précisions. L'ampleur des dépouillements rend ces données très utiles et nous devons une grande reconnaissance à John Baldwin pour avoir pris la peine de faire photocopier ses fiches et de nous les avoir transmises amicalement.
Les données ainsi que les images des fiches sont accessibles sur le site Internet à l'adresse suivante : http://studium-baldwin.lamop.fr/.
Les transcriptions des fiches ont été effectuées par des étudiants de Paris 1 Panthéon - Sorbonne mais elles n'ont pas été corrigées par la suite.
description: Relation: https://lamop.hypotheses.org/
The Role of Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) in Postnatal Muscle Development and Regeneration
Creators: name: Clow, Charlene
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Biology, Neuroscience.

description: In adult skeletal muscle, brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is expressed in a reserve population of myogenic progenitors known as satellite cells. Previous studies in our laboratory have shown that siRNA-mediated depletion of BDNF results in precocious differentiation of myoblasts in culture, suggesting a role in regulation of myogenic differentiation (J. Neuroscience, 2006). In order to functionally address the role of BDNF in muscle satellite cells and regeneration in vivo, we employed a Cre/Lox approach to generate a mouse in which BDNF is specifically depleted from skeletal muscle cells (BDNF MKO). Cre recombinase expression was driven by the Myf5 promoter, resulting in BDNF depletion during early myogenic lineage determination. For comparative purposes, and to determine the specific role of muscle-derived BDNF, we also examined skeletal muscles of the complete BDNF-/- mouse. In both animal models, expression of myosin heavy chain (MyHC) type IIB was decreased at the transcript and protein levels. In addition, we found decreased expression of the satellite cell marker Pax? compared to control littermates. Because satellite cells are responsible for postnatal growth and repair of skeletal muscle, we next examined the satellite cell pool using primary cultures. BDNFMKO-derived myoblasts exhibited abnormal differentiation, with delayed induction of several molecular markers of differentiation and decreased myotube size. These defects were rescued by the addition of exogenous BDNF. To determine whether in vivo regenerative capacity was compromised in the absence of muscle-BDNF we performed cardiotoxin-induced regeneration assays. Indeed, BDNF-depleted muscle showed delayed expression of several markers of regeneration following injury. Furthermore, we observed delayed appearance of newly regenerated fibers in the absence of muscle-BDNF. Together these findings suggest that muscle-derived BDNF plays at least two functions in skeletal muscle compartment; in promoting expression of MyHC IIB and in regulating myogenic differentiation during regeneration.
Predicting molecular markers of development and regeneration through integrative analysis of high-throughput genomics data
Creators: name: Krzyzanowski, Paul M
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Biology, Molecular.

description: In biology and medicine, the expression of particular gene transcripts and proteins is often used to identify particular cell types, developmental states, or pathogenic states to which they are unique. In this context, such transcripts and proteins are termed molecular markers. Molecular markers are indispensable in many facets of scientific research and can ultimately be used to reveal the biology behind their functions as such. However, in many cases, knowledge of which markers are ideal for a given task is still an elusive goal. In particular, developmental and stem cell research strongly relies on both protein and nucleotide molecular markers for numerous aspects as cell state and identity is very important in these fields. To identify protein-coding transcripts which may indicate novel stem cell marker proteins, a database of heterogeneous murine stem cell microarray data was analyzed using a novel clustering method. Analysis of transcripts enriched in markers demarcating undifferentiated and differentiated cells revealed that aggregate functions could be defined for markers of differentiated cells, but not for those in undifferentiated cells. In addition, the results indicated that genes expressed in mammalian stem cells and their immediate derivatives have common ancestors in the sea urchin, suggesting that mechanisms governing mammalian stem cells were established very early in evolution. To identify novel non-coding RNA markers in a muscle system, a ncRNA prediction approach enabling the detection of longer ncRNAs was used to identify miRNA containing sites in the mouse genome. The use of EST data was determined to improve ncRNA prediction strategies during the development of this method by evaluating the performance of miRNA prediction by combining information regarding structured RNA loci with EST data according to a miRNA biogenesis model. The methodology described herein was employed to identify and validate novel ncRNAs exhibiting potential control over Myf5 during myoblast differentiation.
Ponera spei Forel
Creators: name: Santschi, F.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1926
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Formicidae
Ponera
Ponera spei

description: Ponera spei Forel.
S. Rhodesia: Cloudlands. Vumbu Mts. 6 ooo fts. (G. Arnold) 4 [[worker]] - Comme l'ecrit Mr. Forel, l'echancrure mesoepinotale est faible sur le profil, mais le thorax y est fortement etrangle lateralement (Vu de dessus).
description: Published as part of Santschi, F., 1926, Description de nouveaux formicides éthiopiens (IIIme partie)., pp. 207-267 in Revue de Zoologie Africaine 13 on page 207
Constrained Control Of A Uav In A World With Obstacles
Creators: name: Hermand, Elie
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Explicit Reference Governor
ERG
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
UAV
Constrained Control
Obstacle Avoidance
Python

description: Nowadays, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) are brought to accomplish an ever-growing variety of missions in the presence of challenging obstacles. Interest in simple and systematic methods to handle state and input constraints is raising rapidly. Among others, this led to the development of the explicit reference governor (ERG). This master thesis’ work develops a complete and fully functional controller for small UAVs, including the ERG in the navigation part of its architecture. Besides the actual implementation, contribution of the present work is to demonstrate – for the first time – that an ERG augmented controller effectively navigates in a laboratory environment with arbitrary positional constraints. The first step develops a control layer for the UAV stabilization through a cascade scheme. An inner loop, embedded in the UAV, controls its attitude, while an outer loop, implemented on a ground-based computer, controls its position, the position and attitude being measured by a motion capture system. The controller accounts for the UAV dynamics by means of a state space model. Since motion capture solely provides position and attitude, a Kalman filter, tuned according the experimental configuration, filters position and estimates velocity. Preparatory experiments with a pendulum assess performance. In a second step, a navigation layer is supplemented to enabl obstacle avoidance through the ERG. After adequate constraints are defined, its original formulation is extended and specialized. In a third step, the architecture – combining the primary control, Kalman estimator and ERG – is implemented in a Python program. In a last step, several experiments are carried out with constraints representing multiple vertical walls. The UAV response is logged and assessed for arbitrary reference positions, violating or not the constraints. The results confirm that the ERG modified reference behaves well navigating the UAV toward the reference and preventing collision. Independent tests show the system robustness and reliability. This thesis’ work successfully implements in practice the ERG concept. The experiments demonstrate the use of ERG as a systematic tool to provide constraint handling capability to a small UAV. Besides this achievement, the products of this work includes a documented, python program which is fast and computationally-efficient, serving as a solid basis for further application. Next steps include performance improvement through Lyapunov function optimization, evaluation of alternative ERG forms, testing of other rotorcraft types and introduction of more and other forms of obstacles.
Contrition and Community: A Gewirthian Interpretation of State Apologies
Creators: name: Kekewich, Michael
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Ethics.
subject: Philosophy.

description: This paper provides a philosophical understanding of state apologies by applying Gewirth's deontological theory. Through application of the principle of generic consistency, I contend that a state apology can be understood as a moral obligation concurrent with human rights. Subsequently, I attempt to solidify the Gewirthian understanding of state apology by integrating current understandings of the practice into the Gewirthian model of the community of rights. Here, I also suggest that the psychosocial biography of the community of rights strengthens the Gewirthian interpretation of state apology. Finally, I examine the merits of the U.S. apology for the Tuskegee Syphilis Study from this Gewirthian perspective. Ultimately, I conclude that the Gewirthian application is successful in its ability to clarify the reasons for which state apologies are given, as well as the goals they should accomplish.
Infants track word forms in early word-object associations
Creators: name: Zamuner, Tania S.
name: Fais, Laurel
name: Werker, Janet Feldman, 1951-
Publisher: name: Wiley
Year: 2019

description: A central component of language development is word learning. One characterization of this process is that language learners discover objects and then look for word forms to associate with these objects (Mcnamara, 1984; Smith, 2000). Another possibility is that word forms themselves are also important, such that once learned, hearing a familiar word form will lead young word learners to look for an object to associate with it (Juscyzk, 1997). This research investigates the relative weighing of word forms and objects in early word-object associations using the anticipatory eye-movement paradigm (AEM; McMurray & Aslin, 2004). Eighteen-month-old infants and adults were taught novel word-object associations and then tested on ambiguous stimuli that pitted word forms and objects against each other. Results revealed a change in weighing of these components across development. For 18-month-old infants, word forms weighed more in early word-object associative learning, while for adults, objects were more salient. Our results suggest that infants preferentially use word forms to guide the process of word-object association.