cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
The criminalization of hate: A social constructionist analysis.
Creators: name: Janhevich, Derek E.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1997
Subjects: subject: Sociology, Criminology and Penology.

description: The concept of "hate" within the criminal justice system is one that has recently come under much scrutiny by academics, lawyers, the media, law enforcement, public policy, lobbyists, and other affected groups. This thesis is a study on the social construction of "hate"--as it pertains to the criminal justice system. The theoretical framework guiding this thesis is rooted in social constructionism as espoused in the works of Joel Best and Malcolm Spector and John Kitsuse. Two central themes are typification and claimsmaking. Essentially, the focus is on the different ways in which hate has been typified since its inception in the criminal justice system more than thirty years ago, and how different claimsmakers have brought the issue to the fore. Three major phases are described with three different typifications of hate: (1) Hate Propaganda; (2) Hate-motivated Violence; and (3) Hate Crimes. The thesis demonstrates how advocacy groups, academia, the police, and the media have all played a fundamental role in problematizing and criminalizing "hate". (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
The economics of government deficits: Some alternative formulations with time series evidence.
Creators: name: Sood, Atul.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: Economics, General.

description: The dissertation discusses the impact of fiscal policy on the economy and the interaction between monetary and fiscal policies. It examines the reasoning and evidence behind the commonly held belief that public deficits have a retrogressive impact on the economy. The issues being addressed by this dissertation are: whether the recent growth in deficits is due to increase in interest rates or overall government spending; whether the monetary policy response of governments has reinforced or weakened the destabilizing impact of discretionary fiscal policy; and finally, the issue of financing of deficits and its link with inflation. The evidence based on Granger-Sims causality tests, using cointegration and error-correction modeling suggests that the high interest rate regime is largely responsible for the explosion of deficits in the last few decades. Thus, higher deficits do not 'cause' higher interest rates; rather, higher interest rates 'cause' higher deficits because of the central bank control over the rate of interest. In many cases, the high interest rates also 'cause' a decline in public expenditures. Furthermore, the 'monetization' of deficits is not related to the nature of financing of deficits. The evidence supports an alternative notion of 'monetization' (where monetization is associated with aggregate economic activity due to the endogenous nature of the money supply). Such 'monetization', it is argued, has no 'causal' impact on inflation. The analysis of findings for a select group of 11 countries and, in particular for the G-7 countries, strengthen the arguments of heterodox economists, who argue that current fiscal policies of austerity have played a major destabilizing role in contemporary economies. The three essays that constitute this dissertation all highlight the crucial role played by monetary policy in impacting on fiscal indicators in the economy upon which have been fashioned the current policies of fiscal austerity.
Electrochemical and speciation studies in the electroplating of aluminum from non-aqueous media.
Creators: name: Lefebvre, Mark C.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1997
Subjects: subject: Chemistry, Physical.

description: This thesis describes the mechanism of the electrodeposition and dissolution of aluminum (Al) from a non-aqueous, aprotic bath. In order to electrodeposit Al, however, media which are aprotic are required, but additionally Al complexes that are reactive. One system for such a purpose, based upon mixtures of AlCl$\sb3$ and LiAlH$\sb4$ dissolved in etheric solvents, was examined as a starting point for further exploration. A limitation in the use of these baths is the necessity to accommodate the reactive H$\sp-$ species. Baths based on tetrahydrofuran (thf) had not been properly characterized. Electrochemical results derived from cyclic-voltammetry, steady-state polarization and a.c, impedance applied in experiments on hydride-baths were carefully examined in order to establish the mechanism of Al electrodeposition and dissolution. It was established that the mechanism was dependent upon the composition of the hydride-bath, for which, in fact, the symmetry factor, $\beta$, in the electrode-kinetics varied between the compositional extremes. Interestingly, from neither of the two compounds composing the baths could Al be deposited when examined separately in thf, but baths of nearly all proportions of the two combined gave good quality Al electrodeposits at high rates. The success of the latter baths has been found to lie in the ligand mixing, catalyzed by H$\sp{-}$, which gives a distribution of aluminate complexes of varying ligation in solution. The speciation of the plating bath, which was found to contain up to nine different aluminate complexes, was examined by $\sp{27}$Al-NMR over a wide range of bath compositions. Additionally, a comparative examination of relative chemical shifts, linewidths and concentration dependences was conducted in an effort to characterize the reactivity of the individual chloro-hydrido-aluminates that were found to be responsible for the composition-dependent behaviours observed for these baths. The Al deposit from the hydride-bath was generally of very good quality. The morphology of deposits from the hydride-bath was characterized by electron microscopy and the mechanism of initial phase formation examined in terms of nucleation and growth theories and was also found to depend upon the composition of the plating bath. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Was kann Nachhaltigkeitspolitik vom guten Leben lernen?
Creators: name: Pissarskoi, Eugen
name: Vogelpohl, Thomas
name: Petschow, Ulrich
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Nachhaltige Entwicklung
subject: Nachhaltigkeitspolitik
subject: Gutes Leben
subject: Glück
subject: Postwachstum
subject: Beyond-GDP
subject: Nachhaltigkeit | Strategien | Internationales

description: Das Ziel einer nachhaltigen Entwicklung beinhaltet das Ziel, gutes Leben für alle Menschen weltweit und in der Zukunft zu ermöglichen. Diskurse zum Thema gutes Leben haben in den letzten Jahren in öffentlichen Debatten deutliche Verbreitung gefunden. Gleichwohl sind ihre Beziehungen zur Umwelt- und Nachhaltigkeitspolitik ungeklärt. Mit diesem und einem ersten Zwischenbericht (TEXTE 17/2018) werden diese Bezüge herausgearbeitet. Dieser Bericht stellt ausgewählte Herausforderungen der Nachhaltigkeitspolitik dar und analysiert, ob Diskurse zum guten Leben eine Brücke darstellen können, die es erlaubt, abstrakte Ziele der Nachhaltigkeitspolitik mit den Anliegen der Bürger und Bürgerinnen zu verbinden.
IPTV in Australia: An assessment of prospects and constraints
Creators: name: Peters, Bob
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The challenge for aspiring providers of IPTV services is the current high cost of quality video content and high speed and high capacity broadband access. If local consumers are required to pay directly for all or most of IPTV's content and delivery costs, then the take-up and utilisation of such services is likely to be slower and more limited than many have predicted. For there to be more rapid and widespread take-up and usage of services, innovative business models will need to be developed so that such content and distribution costs can be subsidised by, or co-shared with, other parties.
Field-testing of the rapid assessment of disability questionnaire
Creators: name: Marella, Manjula
name: Busija, Lucy
name: Islam, Amirul
name: Devine, Alexandra
name: Fotis, Kathy
name: Baker, Sally M
name: Sprunt, Beth
name: Edmonds, Tanya J
name: Huq, Nafisa Lira
name: Cama, Anaseini
name: Keeffe, Jill E
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Background: The Rapid Assessment of Disability (RAD) questionnaire measures the magnitude and impact of disability and aims to inform the design of disability inclusive development programs. This paper reports the psychometric evaluation of the RAD. Methods: The initial version of the RAD comprised five sections: 1) demographics, 2) functioning, 3) rights awareness, 4) well-being, and 5) access to the community. Item functioning and construct validity were assessed in a population-based study in Bangladesh. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics (sections 2 and 5) and Rasch modelling (sections 3 and 4). A subsequent case-control study in Fiji tested the refined questionnaire in a cross-cultural setting and assessed the sensitivity and specificity of the RAD section 2 to identify people with disability. Results: 2,057 adults took part in the study (1,855 in Bangladesh and 202 in Fiji). The prevalence of disability estimated using RAD section 2 in Bangladesh was 10.5% (95% CI 8.8-12.2), with satisfactory sensitivity and specificity (62.4% and 81.2%, respectively). Section 3 exhibited multidimensionality and poor differentiation between levels of rights awareness in both Bangladesh (person separation index [PSI] = 0.71) and Fiji (PSI = 0.0), and was unable to distinguish between people with and without disability (Bangladesh p = 0.786, Fiji p = 0.403). This section was subsequently removed from the questionnaire pending re-development. Section 4 had good ability to differentiate between levels of well-being (PSI = 0.82). In both countries, people with disability had significantly worse well-being scores than people without disability (p < 0.001) and also access to all sectors of community except legal assistance, drinking water and toilets (p < 0.001). Conclusions: Filed-testing in Bangladesh and Fiji confirmed the psychometric robustness of functioning, well-being, and community access sections of the RAD. Information from the questionnaire can be used to inform and evaluate disability inclusive development programs.
Study of mono- and multiphoton processes on pulp and in model systems.
Creators: name: Konya, Klara.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1997
Subjects: subject: Chemistry, Organic.

description: The work described in this thesis deal primarily with the ortho-quinone present in high-yield pulp. In the first part of this thesis a sensitive fluorescence method is described using derivatized pyrene compounds, as well as other, more red-emitting fluorescent molecules to detect ortho-quinone structural moieties in high-yield pulp and paper. This method is selective, efficient, and by means of time resolved diffuse reflectance fluorescent spectroscopy and fluorescent microscopy, it is possible to show that, during photoyellowing of high-yield pulp, ortho-quinoid groups form in domains. Furthermore, fluorescence microscopy made it possible to determine that the morphological structures of the high yield pulp, where the quinone formation occurs preferentially, are the fines, broken fibers and aggregates. The second part of this thesis deals with ortho-quinone formation via multiphotonic processes involving phenoxy radicals. To study multiphotonic processes, laser drop photolysis and two-laser two-color techniques were used. For detection, products were derivatized, and examined by means of fluorescence spectroscopy and a gas chromatograph with mass spectroscopy as detection system (GC-MS). The process was shown to have a very low quantum-yield. The third part of the thesis describes the photochemistry of 1,3-dichloro-1,3-diphenylpropanes. In polar solvents, beside the expected monophotonic processes, high-intensity irradiation light leads to the formation of 1,3-diphenylallyl radicals. In polar solvents, only monophotonic reactions were observed. Further, the 1,3-diphenylallyl cation was also detected. To explain the kinetics of the formation of this cation, a four member cyclic chloronium cation was suggested as a precursor. Both the precursor and the allyl cation were characterized by their quenching with a number of nucleophiles and anions. Irradiation of the 1,3-diphenylallyl cation leads to the appearance of a new transient which was suggested to be its Z-isomer.
Quantity restrictions on investment in residential real estate : a within-market analysis
Creators: name: Somerville, Tsur
name: Wang, Long
name: Yang, Yang Zoe
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2018

description: As part of their efforts to cool the housing market, in late 2010 and early 2011 the Chinese government introduced a series of restrictions on housing demand and the supply of credit. In addition to standard financial sector macro-prudential policies targeting mortgage credit, the government also introduced restrictions on the number of housing units households could buy as investments. This paper examines the effectiveness of these latter policies by exploiting variation in the implementation within cities. We take advantage of the differences in the cross-sectional and temporal introduction of the restrictive policies to test for their effectiveness in both slowing house prices and reducing market activity, the two stated goals of the Chinese government. In doing so, though we also compare these with city differences with the broader policy effects in city level panel tests based on variation in the implementation dates of restrictive policies. Consistently we find the same results: little effects on prices or the rate of price appreciation, but significant declines in transactions. Strong restrictions on financing and in particular on purchases can be effective in near-term slowing of housing market activity, but even over two years do not seem to have a meaningful effect on house price levels.
A test setup for the investigation of charge transfer processes of a GEM based TPC
Creators: name: Voigt, Bernhard
Publisher: name: Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, DESY, Hamburg
Year: 2004
Subjects: thesis
electron positron: colliding beam detector
drift chamber: time projection
gas electron multiplier
argon: organic compounds
ion: yield
electronics: readout
analog-to-digital converter
electron positron: linear collider
linear collider: proposed

description: Universität Hamburg, Diplomarbeit, 2004; 80 pp., (2004). doi:10.3204/DESY-THESIS-2004-014
description: Published by Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, DESY, Hamburg
Standard Name Table for Fan Measurements.
Creators: name: Probst, Matthias
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: fan
standard name
standard name table
convention
fan measurement

description: A first (alpha) version of a standard name table intended for usage with Fan measurements, which are stored in HDF5 files. The metadata concept is adopted from the cf-conventions. A "standard_name" and a "units" attribute must be assigned as an attribute of the corresponding HDF5 dataset in order to make it identifiable by others (user or machines). The table lists all possible standard names with their SI-units. Also, specific locations and devices are listed. Please note that this version is intended for testing purposes, and it is planned to release future versions accompanied by complementary publications.
Vom Instrument zum Konstrukt - standardisierte Messung gesundheitsbezogener Lebensqualität
Creators: name: Fischer, Herbert Felix
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Patient-Reported Outcomes
subject: Measurement of Health
subject: Item-Response Theory
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Die Erhebung patientenberichteter Endpunkte ist in klinischer Forschung und Versorgung gleichermaßen relevant. Die gegenwärtig genutzten Instrumente zur Erhebung dieser Endpunkte sind allerdings wenig standardisiert, was die Vergleichbarkeit der erhobenen Daten einschränkt. Methoden der Item-Response Theory bieten die Möglichkeit, eine Standardisierung der Erhebung sowohl über Instrumente als auch über Sprachen zu erreichen. Im Rahmen dieser Habilitationsschrift wird zum einen die Entwicklung und Validierung einer konstruktbasierten, instrumentenunabhängigen Skala auf Basis eines probabilistischen Testmodells zur Erhebung von Depressivität beschrieben. Dabei zeigte sich, dass eine Messung der latenten Variable Depressivität mit verschiedenen Instrumenten möglich ist, Modellparameter in unabhängigen Stichproben angewendet werden können und Bayesianische Methoden genutzt werden können, um Modellparameter anhand neu erhobener Daten zu aktualisieren. Zum zweiten wird die Vergleichbarkeit von PROMIS Instrumenten über verschiedene Sprachen untersucht. Dabei zeigt sich, dass sowohl für die PROMIS Itembank zur Erhebung von Depressivität als auch im PROMIS Profile 29, das die zentralen Gesundheitsdomänen vereint, die Unterschiede in Itemparametern über Sprachen vernachlässigbar gering sind. Somit ist ein Vergleich der Testwerte über verschiedene Sprachversionen der getesteten Instrumente hinweg valide. Weitere Befunde bestätigen die Validität konstruktbasierter Skalen und auch die Ergebnisse zur Vergleichbarkeit über Sprachen wurden für andere Domänen beziehungsweise Sprachen berichtet. Eine Perspektive zur Weiterentwicklung der verwendeten Modelle sind Bayesianische IRT-Modelle, die klinisch irrelevante Unterschiede in den Itemparametern in verschiedenen Stichproben explizit modellieren können.
Metaphor-based Internet terms in English and in French.
Creators: name: Zaluski, Victoria Amy.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1997
Subjects: subject: Language, General.

description: The objectives of this thesis are to analyze (1) how English metaphor-based terms in the Internet domain are formed, and (2) how such terms are being rendered into French. By metaphor-based term (MBT), we mean a term that has derived from a metaphor. MBTs are becoming increasingly frequent and important in computer-related domains. However, they have been rather neglected in the metaphor literature in general, and in the translation literature specifically. The thesis is an attempt to begin filling this gap. Our research involved analyzing MBTs found in English and French corpora pertaining to the Internet, an exceptionally rich source of MBTs. We began by reviewing the concept of metaphor and the various ways terms are created. Drawing partly on these observations, we proposed a general classification of English MBTs in the Internet domain. Next, we investigated the available literature on the translation of metaphor, and applied some of the deriving insights to an analysis of the MBTs in our French corpus. This analysis resulted in a categorization of the various strategies used for rendering English MBTs into French. Finally, we attempted to explain why certain English MBTs may be more easily rendered into French than others.
Pulse-delay effects in the angular distribution of near-threshold EUV + IR two-photon ionization of Ne
Creators: name: Mondal, S.
name: Fukuzawa, H.
name: Motomura, K.
name: Tachibana, T.
name: Nagaya, K.
name: Sakai, T.
name: Matsunami, K.
name: Yase, S.
name: Yao, M.
name: Wada, S.
name: Hayashita, H.
name: Saito, N.
name: Callegari, C.
name: Prince, Kevin
name: Miron, C.
name: Nagasono, M.
name: Togashi, T.
name: Yabashi, M.
name: Ishikawa, K. L.
name: Kazansky, A. K.
name: Kabachnik, N. M.
name: Ueda, K.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Photoelectron angular distributions (PADs) from two-photon near-threshold ionization of Ne atoms by the combined action of femtosecond pulses from an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) free-electron laser and infrared (IR) laser have been studied experimentally and theoretically. Solutions of the time-dependent Schr ' odinger equation indicate that the PADs strongly depend on the time delay between EUV and IR pulses. The experimental results obtained for two extreme cases of completely overlapping and nonoverlapping pulses fully confirm the prediction, illustrating that the measurements of the time-delay dependence of the PAD provide a tool for investigating the fundamental problem of the relative importance of the resonant and nonresonant pathways in the two-color two-photon processes.
Science and the limits of language: An interpretation of the "Tractatus Logico-Philosphicus", 6.3-6.372.
Creators: name: Faulkner, Nadine.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: Philosophy.

description: This thesis, "Science and the Limits of Language: An Interpretation of the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, 6.3-6.372" is a detailed examination, remark by remark, of Wittgenstein's section on science in the Tractatus. In general, much less attention has been devoted to Wittgenstein's remarks about science than to other sections in the Tractatus. I bring out some of the ways in which recent interpretations by commentators are in conflict with each other and argue that they fail to account for all of Wittgenstein's remarks in this section. I then show that Wittgenstein's remarks about science, both individually and as a whole, are very much in keeping with his remark in the Preface to the Tractatus that he is "draw (ing) a limit ... to the expression of thoughts". On my view, the 6.3s is best seen not as an isolated section contributing solely to philosophy of science, but rather as an integral part of Wittgenstein's larger task of delineating the limits of the expression of thoughts.
A survey of FRB fields: Limits on repeatability
Creators: name: Petroff, E.
name: Johnston, S.
name: Keane, Evan
name: van Straten, Willem
name: Bailes, Matthew
name: Barr, Ewan
name: Barsdell, B. R.
name: Burke-Spolaor, S.
name: Caleb, M.
name: Champion, D. J.
name: Flynn, Christopher
name: Jameson, A.
name: Kramer, M.
name: Ng, Chee
name: Possenti, A.
name: Stappers, B. W.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Several theories exist to explain the source of the bright, millisecond duration pulses known as fast radio bursts (FRBs). If the progenitors of FRBs are non-cataclysmic, such as giant pulses from pulsars, pulsar-planet binaries, or magnetar flares, FRB emission may be seen to repeat. We have undertaken a survey of the fields of eight known FRBs from the High Time Resolution Universe survey to search for repeating pulses. Although no repeat pulses were detected the survey yielded the detection of a new FRB, described in Petroff et al. (2015a). From our observations we rule out periodic repeating sources with periods P <= 8.6 h and rule out sources with periods 8.6 < P < 21 h at the 90 per cent confidence level. At P >= 21 h our limits fall off as similar to 1/P. Dedicated and persistent observations of FRB source fields are needed to rule out repetition on longer time-scales, a task well-suited to next generation wide-field transient detectors.
Emission Balance of Renewable Energy Sources in 2014
Creators: name: Dreher, Marion
name: Memmler, Michael
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Emissionsminderung
subject: Ökostrom
subject: Energiebedingte Emissionen
subject: GHG emission balance
subject: greenhouse gas emission balance
subject: emission balance
subject: greenhouse gas emission
subject: air pollutant emission
subject: renewable energies
subject: renewable energy source
subject: Klima | Energie
subject: Luft
subject: Climate | Energy
subject: Air

description: Calculations for the year 2014 show that the expansion of renewable energies contributes substantially to achieving national climate goals in Germany. Over all energy sectors (i.e. electricity, heat and transport) fossil fuels are increasingly replaced by renewable energies thereby permanently avoiding energy related emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) and air pollutants. In 2014, GHG-emissions amounting to 151 million tons of CO2-eqivalents have been avoided in Germany through the use of renewables. The main share of these avoided GHGs are coming from the electricity sector.
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Creators: name: Morizet, Joséphine
name: Ducourthial, Guillaume
name: Supatto, Willy
name: Boutillon, Arthur
name: Legouis, Renaud
name: Schanne-Klein, Marie-Claire
name: Stringari, Chiara
name: Beaurepaire, Emmanuel
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplementary figures and protocols
title: Treatment of Severely Resorbed Maxilla Due to Peri-Implantitis by Guided Bone Regeneration Using a Customized Allogenic Bone Block
title: A Case Report
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Blume, Oliver
name: Hoffmann, Lisa
name: Donkiewicz, Phil
name: Wenisch, Sabine
name: Back, Michael
name: Franke, Joerg
name: Schnettler, Reinhard
name: Barbeck, Mike
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: bone block
subject: allograft
subject: tissue reaction
subject: Guided Bone Regeneration (GBR)
subject: CAD/CAM
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: The objective of this case report is to introduce a customized CAD/CAM freeze- dried bone allograft (FDBA) block for its use in Guided Bone Regeneration (GBR) procedures for severely deficient maxillary bones. Additionally, a special newly developed remote incision technique is presented to avoid wound dehiscence. The results show optimal integration behavior of the FDBA block after six months and the formation of new vital bone. Thus, the results of the present case report confirm the use of the customized CAD/CAM bone block for augmentation of complex defects in the maxillary aesthetic zone as a successful treatment concept. View Full-Text
Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): The bright void galaxy population in the optical and mid-IR
Creators: name: Penny, S. J.
name: Brown, M. J. I.
name: Pimbblet, K. A.
name: Cluver, Michelle
name: Croton, Darren
name: Owers, M. S.
name: Lange, R.
name: Alpaslan, M.
name: Baldry, I.
name: Bland-Hawthorn, J.
name: Brough, S.
name: Driver, S. P.
name: Holwerda, B. W.
name: Hopkins, A. M.
name: Jarrett, T. H.
name: Jones, D. Heath
name: Kelvin, L. S.
name: Lara-López, M. A.
name: Liske, J.
name: López-Sánchez, A. R.
name: Loveday, J.
name: Meyer, M.
name: Norberg, P.
name: Robotham, A. S. G.
name: Rodrigues, M.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: We examine the properties of galaxies in the Galaxies and Mass Assembly (GAMA) survey located in voids with radii >10 h−1 Mpc. Utilizing the GAMA equatorial survey, 592 void galaxies are identified out to z ≈ 0.1 brighter than Mr = −18.4, our magnitude completeness limit. Using the WHα versus [N II]/Hα (WHAN) line strength diagnostic diagram, we classify their spectra as star forming, AGN, or dominated by old stellar populations. For objects more massive than 5 × 109 M⊙, we identify a sample of 26 void galaxies with old stellar populations classed as passive and retired galaxies in the WHAN diagnostic diagram, else they lack any emission lines in their spectra. When matched to Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer mid-IR photometry, these passive and retired galaxies exhibit a range of mid-IR colour, with a number of void galaxies exhibiting [4.6] − [12] colours inconsistent with completely quenched stellar populations, with a similar spread in colour seen for a randomly drawn non-void comparison sample. We hypothesize that a number of these galaxies host obscured star formation, else they are star forming outside of their central regions targeted for single-fibre spectroscopy. When matched to a randomly drawn sample of non-void galaxies, the void and non-void galaxies exhibit similar properties in terms of optical and mid-IR colour, morphology, and star formation activity, suggesting comparable mass assembly and quenching histories. A trend in mid-IR [4.6] − [12] colour is seen, such that both void and non-void galaxies with quenched/passive colours <1.5 typically have masses higher than 1010 M⊙, where internally driven processes play an increasingly important role in galaxy evolution.
Life in the big city: Understanding the context of HIV prevention for rural-to-urban migrant Cambodian garment factory workers
Creators: name: Webber, Gail
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Health Sciences, Public Health.
subject: Sociology, Ethnic and Racial Studies.
subject: Health Sciences, Epidemiology.

description: Objectives. The purpose of this two phase research study was to better understand the socio-ecologic context of HIV prevention for rural-to-urban migrant female garment factory workers in Cambodia. Methods. The research used a mixed methods exploratory sequential design. Phase one consisted of interviews with migrant garment factory workers and key informants, and focus group interviews with health care providers about the women's migration experience and factors affecting HIV prevention. Phase two was a cross-sectional survey of health care providers (doctors, nurses, midwives, and pharmacists) about their HIV knowledge and attitudes, and their intentions to take a sexual history from migrant garment workers using constructs from the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB). The qualitative data were analyzed by comparison of the key themes discussed by the participant groups, while the quantitative survey data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, bivariate analysis, and multiple linear regression of the TPB constructs. Results. Migrant women garment factory workers were at risk of HIV infection because of both economic and social vulnerability. These women migrated in order to support their poor families financially. They worked long hours in factories, sending a large proportion of their income home. Despite overall good knowledge about HIV transmission, there was a spectrum of discourses on condom use in relationships: many women maintained that their partners refused to wear condoms, or the women did not discuss the issue of condom use with their partner. Cambodian health care providers were generally knowledgeable about HIV transmission, although attitudes about people with HIV were not always positive. The TPB constructs explained 55.5% of the variance in generalized intention to take a sexual history; the construct of perceived behavioural controls was the strongest contributor at 50.6%, subjective norms contributed 2.8%, and attitudes construct was non-significant. Conclusions. There were multiple, contextual factors that put migrant women garment factory workers in Cambodia at risk for HIV: gender norms promoting a sexual double standard, AIDS stigma limiting condom use, and limitations in access to health care were predominant themes. These important issues should be considered in the development of interventions to improve HIV prevention for these migrant garment factory workers.
Soft X-ray absorption spectroscopy of Ar 2 and ArNe dimers and small Ar clusters
Creators: name: Jabbari, Ghazal
name: Miteva, Tsveta
name: Stumpf, Vasili
name: Gokhberg, Kirill
name: O'Keeffe, Patrick
name: Ciavardini, Alessandra
name: Bolognesi, Paola
name: Coreno, Marcello
name: Avaldi, Lorenzo
name: Keshavarz, Elham
name: Ghandehari, Maryam
name: Tozihi, Manijeh
name: Callegari, Carlo
name: Alagia, Michele
name: Prince, Kevin
name: Kivimäki, Antti
name: Richter, Robert
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The X-ray absorption spectra (XAS) of Ar2 and ArNe dimers and small Ar clusters in the L2,3 region (244–252 eV) of the Ar atom have been recorded using synchrotron light and a combination of coincidence methods and kinetic energy discrimination of energetic ions. The absorption peaks in the spectra of the dimers and clusters were found to be shifted and broadened relative to the peaks in the spectrum of the Ar atom. In order to unambiguously relate these chemical shifts to the electronic structure of the core excited states in dimers, we performed ab initio calculations of the XAS spectra. Implications of the results for the use of XAS as a structure determination method in large rare gas clusters are discussed.
title: Von der Welt auf den Teller
title: Von der Welt auf den Teller
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Jungmichel, Norbert
name: Nill, Moritz
name: Wick, Kordula
Publisher: name: Umweltbundesamt
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Konsumverhalten
subject: Lebensmittelkonsum
subject: Emission der Landnutzung
subject: Umweltwirkung der Landwirtschaft
subject: Wirtschaft | Konsum
subject: Nachhaltigkeit | Strategien | Internationales
subject: Boden | Fläche
subject: Landwirtschaft

description: Die Studie beleuchtet die globale Umweltinanspruchnahme unserer Lebensmittel. Wie viel landwirtschaftliche Fläche wird durch unseren Lebensmittelkonsum belegt? Wie viel Wasser benötigen der Anbau und die Erzeugung und welche Lebensmittel stammen aus Regionen mit hoher Trockenheit? Wie hoch sind die globalen Emissionen an klimaschädlichen Treibhausgasen für unsere Nahrungsmittel? Antworten zu diesen und weiteren Fragen gibt die Studie "Von der Welt auf den Teller". Grundlage der Studie sind statistische Daten zu globalen Handelsströmen, Ressourcenverbräuchen und Emissionen, die im Rahmen des Forschungsvorhabens "Globale Umweltinanspruchnahme durch Produktion, Konsum und Importe" erhoben wurden. Quelle: www.umweltbundesamt.de
description: Die Studie beleuchtet die globale Umweltinanspruchnahme unserer Lebensmittel. Wie viel landwirtschaftliche Fläche wird durch unseren Lebensmittelkonsum belegt? Wie viel Wasser benötigen der Anbau und die Erzeugung und welche Lebensmittel stammen aus Regionen mit hoher Trockenheit? Wie hoch sind die globalen Emissionen an klimaschädlichen Treibhausgasen für unsere Nahrungsmittel? Antworten zu diesen und weiteren Fragen gibt die Studie „Von der Welt auf den Teller“. Grundlage der Studie sind statistische Daten zu globalen Handelsströmen, Ressourcenverbräuchen und Emissionen, die im Rahmen des Forschungsvorhabens „Globale Umweltinanspruchnahme durch Produktion, Konsum und Importe“ erhoben wurden.
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Creators: name: Hoghooghi, Nazanin
name: Wright, Robert
name: Makowiecki, Amanda
name: Swann, William
name: Waxman, Eleanor
name: Coddington, Ian
name: Rieker, Gregory
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2018
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: 1 Supplemental document
The Gigaparsec WiggleZ simulations: Characterizing scale-dependant bias and associated systematics in growth of structure measurements
Creators: name: Poole, Gregory B.
name: Blake, Chris
name: Marin Perucci, Felipe
name: Power, Chris
name: Mutch, Simon J.
name: Croton, Darren
name: Colless, Matthew
name: Couch, Warrick
name: Drinkwater, Michael J.
name: Glazebrook, Karl
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 510103
subject: Cosmology and extragalactic astronomy

description: We present the Gigaparsec WiggleZ simulation suite and use this resource to characterize galaxy bias and its scale dependence for a range of redshifts and halo masses in a standard Λ cold dark matter cosmology. Under the ansatz that bias converges to a scale-independent form at large scales, we develop an eight-parameter phenomenological model which fully expresses the mass and redshift dependence of bias and its scale dependence in real- or redshift space. This is then used to illustrate how scale-dependent bias can systematically skew measurements of the growth rate of cosmic structure obtained from redshift-space distortion measurements. When data is fit only to scales kmax ≤ 0.1 [h- 1 Mpc]- 1, we find that these effects are significant only for large biases (b ≳ 3) at large redshifts (z ≳ 1). However, when smaller scales are incorporated (kmax ≲ 0.2 [h- 1 Mpc]- 1) to increase measurement precision, the combination of reduced statistical uncertainties and increased scale-dependent bias can result in highly significant systematics for most large haloes across all redshifts. We identify several new interesting aspects of bias, including a significant large-scale bias boost for small haloes at low redshifts due to substructure effects (˜20 per cent for Milky Way-like systems) and a nearly redshift-independent halo mass (corresponding to a redshift-space bias of ˜1.5) for which halo bias has little or no scale dependence on scales greater than 3 [h-1Mpc]. This suggests an optimal strategy of targeting bias ˜1.5 systems for clustering studies which are dominated more by systematic uncertainties in how observed halo (or galaxy) distributions map to their underlying mass distribution than by observational statistical precision, such as cosmological measurements of neutrino masses. Code for generating our fitting formula is publicly available at http://gbpoole.github.io/Poole_2014a_code/
Seismic Retrofitting of Reinforced Concrete Beam-Column Joints Using Diagonal Haunch
Creators: name: Zabihi, Alireza
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The thesis investigates the feasibility of using single diagonal haunch with post-installed anchors for improving the seismic performance of limited-ductile beam-column joints in reinforced concrete structures. This straightforward, less-invasive and architecturally-favourable solution can result in reducing the effect of seismic actions on buildings and consequently diminishing casualties.
The prediction of CHF in cross flow.
Creators: name: Tain, Ra-Min.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1990
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Mechanical.

description: A semi-empirical model to predict the Critical Heat Flux (CHF) in cross-flow boiling is presented in this work. This model, using an empirical correlation to calculate the vapor sheet thickness, is able to predict the CHF in subcooled or saturated region. The empirical correlation presented by Ungar and Eichhorn (1988) to calculate the vapor sheet thickness is modified by this work to include the quality effect. The RMS error for this semi-empirical correlation against the 271 experimental data obtained from various investigations is around 22%. A correction factor resulting from the investigation of the relationship for CHF's between cross-flow and axial-flow boiling is obtained from this work. During this investigation, an empirical correlation to predict the cross-flow CHF is also discovered. The correction factor method and the empirical correlation have wider ranges of mass flux effect than the semi-empirical correlation does. The RMS error for the correction factor method and the empirical correlation against the 177 experimental data are 16.2% and 13.4%, respectively. Because these prediction methods are in dimensionless forms, they can be applied to water as well as the non-aqueous fluids.
title: Hand-related physical function in rheumatic hand conditions
title: a protocol for developing a patient-reported outcome measurement instrument
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Klokker, Louise
name: Terwee, Caroline B.
name: Waehrens, Eva Ejlersen
name: Henriksen, Marius
name: Nolte, Sandra
name: Liegl, Gregor
name: Kloppenburg, Marg
name: Westhoven, Rene
name: Wittoek, Ruth
name: Kjeken, Ingvild
name: Haugen, Ida K.
name: Schalet, Ben
name: Gershon, Richard
name: Bliddal, Henning
name: Christensen, Robin
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Introduction: There is no consensus about what constitutes the most appropriate patient-reported outcome measurement (PROM) instrument for measuring physical function in patients with rheumatic hand conditions. Existing instruments lack psychometric testing and vary in feasibility and their psychometric qualities. We aim to develop a PROM instrument to assess hand-related physical function in rheumatic hand conditions. Methods and analysis: We will perform a systematic search to identify existing PROMs to rheumatic hand conditions, and select items relevant for hand-related physical function as well as those items from the Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Physical Function (PF) item bank that are relevant to patients with rheumatic hand conditions. Selection will be based on consensus among reviewers. Content validity of selected items will be established through the use of focus groups. If patients deem necessary, we will develop new items based on the patients' input. We will examine whether it is valid to score all selected and developed items on the same scale as the original items from the PROMIS PF item bank. Our analyses will follow the methods used for calibrating the original PROMIS PF item bank in US samples, which were largely based on the general PROMIS approach. Ethics and dissemination: This study will be carried out in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration. Ethics approvals will be obtained where necessary, and signed informed consent will be obtained from all participants. We aim to disseminate the results of the study through publication in international peer-reviewed journals and at international conferences.
A study of multifrequency polarization pulse profiles of millisecond pulsars
Creators: name: Dai, S.
name: Hobbs, G.
name: Manchester, R. N.
name: Kerr, M.
name: Shannon, Ryan
name: van Straten, Willem
name: Mata, A.
name: Bailes, Matthew
name: Bhat, N. D. R.
name: Burke-Spolaor, S.
name: Coles, W. A.
name: Johnston, S.
name: Keith, M. J.
name: Levin, Y.
name: Oslowski, Stefan
name: Reardon, Daniel
name: Ravi, V.
name: Sarkissian, J. M.
name: Tiburzi, C.
name: Toomey, L.
name: Wang, H. G.
name: Wang, J.- B.
name: Wen, L.
name: Xu, R. X.
name: Yan, W. M.
name: Zhu, X.- J.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 5101
subject: Astronomical sciences
classificationCode: 5109
subject: Space sciences

description: We present high signal-to-noise ratio, multi-frequency polarization pulse profiles for 24 millisecond pulsars that are being observed as part of the Parkes Pulsar Timing Array (PPTA) project. The pulsars are observed in three bands, centred close to 730, 1400 and 3100 MHz, using a dual-band 10 cm/50 cm receiver and the central beam of the 20 cm multibeam receiver. Observations spanning approximately six years have been carefully calibrated and summed to produce high S/N profiles. This allows us to study the individual profile components and in particular how they evolve with frequency. We also identify previously undetected profile features. For many pulsars we show that pulsed emission extends across almost the entire pulse profile. The pulse component widths and component separations follow a complex evolution with frequency; in some cases these parameters increase and in other cases they decrease with increasing frequency. The evolution with frequency of the polarization properties of the profile is also non-trivial. We provide evidence that the pre- and post-cursors generally have higher fractional linear polarization than the main pulse. We have obtained the spectral index and rotation measure for each pulsar by fitting across all three observing bands. For the majority of pulsars, the spectra follow a single power-law and the position angles follow a λ2 relation, as expected. However, clear deviations are seen for some pulsars. We also present phase-resolved measurements of the spectral index, fractional linear polarization and rotation measure. All these properties are shown to vary systematically over the pulse profile.
High-Throughput miRNA and mRNA Sequencing of Paired Colorectal Normal, Tumor and Metastasis Tissues and Bioinformatic Modeling of miRNA-1 Therapeutic Applications
Creators: name: Röhr, Christina
name: Kerick, Martin
name: Fischer, Axel
name: Kühn, Alexander
name: Kashofer, Karl
name: Timmermann, Bernd
name: Daskalaki, Andriani
name: Meinel, Thomas
name: Drichel, Dmitriy
name: Börno, Stefan T.
name: Nowka, Anja
name: Krobitsch, Sylvia
name: McHardy, Alice C.
name: Kratsch, Christina
name: Becker, Tim
name: Wunderlich, Andrea
name: Barmeyer, Christian
name: Viertler, Christian
name: Zatloukal, Kurt
name: Wierling, Christoph
name: Lehrach, Hans
name: Schweiger, Michal R.
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: MiRNAs are discussed as diagnostic and therapeutic molecules. However, effective miRNA drug treatments with miRNAs are, so far, hampered by the complexity of the miRNA networks. To identify potential miRNA drugs in colorectal cancer, we profiled miRNA and mRNA expression in matching normal, tumor and metastasis tissues of eight patients by Illumina sequencing. We validated six miRNAs in a large tissue screen containing 16 additional tumor entities and identified miRNA-1, miRNA-129, miRNA-497 and miRNA-215 as constantly de-regulated within the majority of cancers. Of these, we investigated miRNA-1 as representative in a systems-biology simulation of cellular cancer models implemented in PyBioS and assessed the effects of depletion as well as overexpression in terms of miRNA-1 as a potential treatment option. In this system, miRNA-1 treatment reverted the disease phenotype with different effectiveness among the patients. Scoring the gene expression changes obtained through mRNA-Seq from the same patients we show that the combination of deep sequencing and systems biological modeling can help to identify patient-specific responses to miRNA treatments. We present this data as guideline for future pre-clinical assessments of new and personalized therapeutic options.
Genetic considerations in bisphenol F (BPF) exposures
Creators: name: Wagner, Valerie Ann
Publisher: name: University of Iowa
Year: 2023
Subjects: bisphenol F
endocrine disrupting chemicals
environmental exposure
gene environment interactions
genetic background
Rattus norvegicus
public abstract
Environmental Health

description: Bisphenols are ubiquitous endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) used in consumer and industrial products. Bisphenol A (BPA) is implicated in adverse outcomes involving obesity and related metabolic processes (obesogen) and the cardiovascular system (cardiometabolic disease). Bisphenol F (BPF), a structural homolog of BPA, is increasingly used in consumer products, such as epoxy resins and dental sealants. Unlike BPA, no regulations exist on BPF. Recent toxicological studies indicate that BPF is an EDC having disruption potential like BPA and impacts nearly every body system. The metabolic effects of BPF in either humans or animal models have not been characterized. Interindividual variation in bisphenol levels suggests that gene environment interactions (GxE) influence risk of physiological dysfunction due to bisphenol exposure. The Heterogeneous Stock (HS) rats are a genetically tractable, outbred population with high genetic and phenotypic diversity and known genetic risk for cardiometabolic traits that can provide the genetic variation necessary for GxE studies in the laboratory. The central hypothesis of this research is that BPF interacts with genomic risk factors to induce endocrine and metabolic dysfunction. These studies presented in this work deepen the health profiles of the HS rat founder strains and investigate genetic background interactions with human relevant BPF exposure in the HS rat population and its founder strains. We report novel endocrine and metabolic health traits in the HS rat founders, that BPF exposure can induce sex- and strain-specific outcomes depending on genetic background, and that the HS rat population reveals obesogenic effects of BPF exposure and suggests BPF interacts with genetics to influence trait heritability. Overall, this work demonstrates that GxE are pivotal in exposure interpretation at the population level and in determining precision environmental health risks.