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Design and implementation of a personal assistant using agent technology
Creators: name: El Karimi, Naoual
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Electronics and Electrical.

description: Intelligent agents are rapidly gaining popularity in our increasingly networked world since their emergence at the beginning of the last decade as a promising design and implementation solution for future applications. They provide information monitoring, searching filtering, and decision aiding that help people focus on the information that is most pertinent to them in a particular context. One central class of agents is personal assistants. They can be distinguished from ordinary agents by the fact that they work at the interface level rather than the application level. They model their owners' interests, provide services to them, and act on their behalf when required. Their domains of application include Internet information retrieval, E-commerce, telecommunication, and network management. This thesis aims to present a general model of personal assistants using agent technology. The proposed model aims to efficiently provide all necessary functionality regardless of the application. Our system architecture consists of three distinct agents. They are the User Interface Agent, Information Management Agent, and Personal Agent. They communicate with each other, with the human user, and with other agents using Agent Communication Language in order to provide services to their owners. The model was applied in the Virtual Team Collaboration project as an agent that helps the user managing his Agenda, managing the team, scheduling meetings, and acting on the user's behalf. The thesis work show also how can we use our model of personal assistant in E-commerce.
Recherche et analyse d'interactions de neutrinos dans l'émulsion nucléaire.
Creators: name: Côte, Pierre.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: Physics, Elementary Particles and High Energy.

description: Cette these decrit le travail effectue dans l'emulsion nucleaire pour l'experience E-531 qui avait pour but de mesurer les temps de vie des particules charmees. Les plaques d'emulsion ont ete exposees au faisceau de neutrinos produit par l'interaction de protons de 400 GeV avec une cible de BeO au Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. Les evenements neutrinos trouves ont ete analyses et les candidats charmes identifies. Un evenement en particulier a ete etudie en profondeur. Il s'agit de la desintegration par interaction faible d'une particule neutre qui n'a pu etre reconstruite en un $D\sp0$. Apres l'essai de plusieurs hypotheses, l'interpretation la plus probable pour l'evenement est celle qui implique la production et la desintegration d'une particule contenant un quark beaute et probablement aussi un quark etrange (le meson $B\sbsp{s}{0}$). Le temps de vie de cette particule d'une etrange beaute serait d'environ 10$\sp{-12}s$. Les distributions de pseudorapidites provenant des evenements neutrino sont analysees a l'aide de moments factoriels. Ces moments manifestent une variation en loi de puissance en fonction de la resolution de la pseudorapidite. Ce comportement est appele intermittence et peut etre caracterise par l'exposant d'echelle $\nu$ qui possede des qualites universelles. La valeur obtenue pour les interactions neutrino-emulsion, $\nu$ = 1.84 $\pm$ 0.14, est plus elevee que pour toute autre interaction. Ceci est le reflet d'un processus dynamique autosimilaire base sur des mecanismes de cascade. L'etude multifractale, effectuee a l'aide des dimensions generalisees et des moments $G\sb{q}$ de Hwa, corrobore cette observation.
Pour l'enseignant, quelle compétence? : étude de la pensée éducative d'Olivier Reboul.
Creators: name: Watson-Senecal, Lynn.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: Education, Philosophy of.

description: Au cours des denieres annees, on a vu surgir le mouvement connu sous le nom de teacher empowerment (Maeroff, 1988). Si les enseignants reclament aujourd'hui le statut professionnel, c'est surtout pour remedier a un probleme d'impuissance professionnelle: les enseignants sont trop souvent, dans leur travail, reduits au niveau d'executants. On pourrait croire qu'il s'agit la d'un phenomene nord-americain, mais en 1992, un rapport de l'International Labor Organization (I.L.O.) reconnaissait "The slow but unmistakable decline in teachers' professional status" (p.4). Telle que nous la voyons, cette situation problematique pose la question de la competence, c'est-a-dire la capacite et le droit reconnus legalement a une personne de juger et de decider dans certaines matieres determinees, dans lesquelles elle a fait preuve de connaissance approfondie et publiquement reconnue. Mais en quoi consisterait la competence enseignante? L'oeuvre d'Olivier Reboul fournit une reponse qui merite d'etre etudiee. L'auteur montre d'abord le point de depart de la situation problematique actuelle: le rejet de l'image traditionnelle de la competence enseignante ou le professeur-disserteur. Ensuite, il presente des reponses inadequates a la question de la competence enseignante, soit: l'enseignant camarade, l'enseignant fonctionnaire-technicien. Enfin, il trace le profil de la competence enseignante. Il s'agit d'une competence quadridimensionnelle, puisqu'elle marque (a) le rapport de l'enseignant avec le savoir; (b) la relation de l'enseignant avec l'apprenant; (c) les liens de l'enseignant avec le milieu socioculturel; (d) les references de l'enseignant aux valeurs de l'education. En derniere analyse, ce sont les valeurs de l'education qui constituent le fondement de la competence--c'est-a-dire du savoir et du pouvoir-bien-juger--de l'enseignant.
The effect of varying the sieve tray perforation size on liquid-phase controlled absorption.
Creators: name: Laudie, Harry A.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1969
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Chemical.

description: A pilot plant sieve plate absorption column was used to study the effect of varying the perforation size in liquid phase controlled absorption. Four separate test trays were utilized which had hole diameters of 0.125, 0.250, 0.500, and 1.000 inches but which, at the same time had equal total gas flow areas. The gas-liquid systems used were carbon dioxide with water and carbon dioxide with aqueous glycol solution. Test runs were performed at 77°F. and at a pressure of approximately 830 mm. of mercury. Liquid flow rates ranged from 0.1 to 4.0 gpm. while gas flow rates ranged from 0.0 to 1.0 cu. ft./sec.. Experiments included the measurement of dry plate pressure drops, wet plate pressure drops, clear liquid depths and froth heights, the determination of Murphree liquid efficiencies, and also the determination of concentration profiles within the liquid froth for carbon dioxide and water. The Murphree liquid efficiencies were found to be almost independent of the hole diameter, and unexpectedly almost independent of liquid flow rates and also of gas flow rates. That is, the Murphree liquid efficiency was found to be approximately constant (70-90 percent). Murphree liquid efficiencies were found to be dependent on liquid viscosity and solute gas diffusivity. The wet plate pressure drops and depths of clear liquid were both found to be almost independent of hole diameter. The froth heights were found to be somewhat dependent on the hole diameter, smaller holes yielding greater froth heights. The concentration profiles showed that the major concentration gradient of the liquid in the froth occurred in the region below the weir height. From the results obtained by the integration of the concentration profiles, it was concluded that the mixing of the liquid on the tray could be adequately described by the "plug flow" mixing model.
A fast and robust iterative algorithm for prediction of RNA pseudoknotted secondary structures
Creators: name: Jabbari, Hosna
name: Condon, Anne
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2015

description: Background: Improving accuracy and efficiency of computational methods that predict pseudoknotted RNA secondary structures is an ongoing challenge. Existing methods based on free energy minimization tend to be very slow and are limited in the types of pseudoknots that they can predict. Incorporating known structural information can improve prediction accuracy; however, there are not many methods for prediction of pseudoknotted structures that can incorporate structural information as input. There is even less understanding of the relative robustness of these methods with respect to partial information. Results We present a new method, Iterative HFold, for pseudoknotted RNA secondary structure prediction. Iterative HFold takes as input a pseudoknot-free structure, and produces a possibly pseudoknotted structure whose energy is at least as low as that of any (density-2) pseudoknotted structure containing the input structure. Iterative HFold leverages strengths of earlier methods, namely the fast running time of HFold, a method that is based on the hierarchical folding hypothesis, and the energy parameters of HotKnots V2.0. Our experimental evaluation on a large data set shows that Iterative HFold is robust with respect to partial information, with average accuracy on pseudoknotted structures steadily increasing from roughly 54% to 79% as the user provides up to 40% of the input structure. Iterative HFold is much faster than HotKnots V2.0, while having comparable accuracy. Iterative HFold also has significantly better accuracy than IPknot on our HK-PK and IP-pk168 data sets. Conclusions Iterative HFold is a robust method for prediction of pseudoknotted RNA secondary structures, whose accuracy with more than 5% information about true pseudoknot-free structures is better than that of IPknot, and with about 35% information about true pseudoknot-free structures compares well with that of HotKnots V2.0 while being significantly faster. Iterative HFold and all data used in this work are freely available at http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~hjabbari/software.php .
Validation des méthodes de prescription d'intensité d'exercice chez les obèses sédentaires
Creators: name: Pinet, Bernard
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Health Sciences, Recreation.
subject: Biology, Physiology.

description: Cette thèse est un comparatif des méthodes de la VO 2 de réserve (VO2R), de la fréquence cardiaque de réserve (FCR) et de la fréquence cardiaque maximale (FC max) pour prescrire une intensité d'exercice cible selon les recommandations émises par l'American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) chez des individus obèses. La première analyse démontre que plus le degré d'obésité est élevé, plus la régression du %FCR et du %VO2R s'éloigne de la norme de l'ACSM et que la régression du %FCmax et du %VO2R est très différente de la norme de l'ACSM. La deuxième analyse suggère que le degré d'obésité n'affecte pas les écarts des FC cibles entre les méthodes et que la méthode de la FCR semble mieux refléter celle de la VO2R. En somme, le degré d'obésité n'a pas l'impact escompté sur l'équivalence des FC cibles entre les méthodes. Par contre, la méthode de la FCR est plus appropriée que celle de la FCmax pour représenter celle de la VO 2R chez cette population.
title: The UN 2030 Agenda in the EU Trade Policy: Improving Global Governance for a Sustainable New World
Creators: name: Baroncini, Elisa
name: Daza Vargas, Ana Maria
name: Fontanelli, Filippo
name: Kostka, Genia
name: Regueiro Dubra, Raquel
name: Szwedo, Piotr
name: Toivanen, Reetta
Publisher: name: Dipartimento di scienze giuridiche, Università di Bologna
Year: 2025

description: The European Union is proposing herself as a major actor on the international scene by systematically founding her approach to the reform processes of rules and procedures of the global economic governance on the realization of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the UN 2030 Agenda. The EU trade policy appears the most articulated, complete and innovative commercial policy at world level, producing most advanced Preferential Trade Agreements (PTAs) with highly relevant trade and sustainable development chapters combining free trade and investment promotion with environmental, forestry and biodiversity protection, the fight against climate change, the respect of fundamental rights and the attention to gender and cultural diversity issues, while developing unilateral tools as the due diligence directive, the carbon border adjustment mechanism, the deforestation regulation, and tabling most innovative sustainability documents for the WTO reform process. Together with the green transition, the EU is also facing the huge challenges of the economic sanctions against Russia and the energy and food crisis. The Seed Funding Project “ImprovEUorGlobe - The UN 2030 Agenda in the EU Trade Policy: Improving Global Governance for a Sustainable New World”, funded by the Una Europa Alliance, has been implemented in order to provide for a critical interdisciplinary overview and analysis of the SDGs oriented EU trade policy, constantly considering the participation of civil society in the shaping and implementation of the EU trade policy and tools, and the EU ability to play a significant and influential role in the international political debate to promote sustainability values in international relations. ImprovEUorGlobe has involved six Una Europa Universities: Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna, Freie Universität Berlin, Uniwersytet Jagielloński w Krakowie (Jagellonian University in Kraków), University of Edinburgh, Helsingin Yliopisto (The University of Helsinki) and Universidad Complutense de Madrid. The ImprovEUorGlobe Coordinator is Professor Elisa Baroncini (University of Bologna), and the ImprovEUorGlobe Chair is Prof. Filippo Fontanelli (University of Edinburgh). The Academic Leads are Dr. Ana Maria Daza Vargas (University of Edinburgh), Prof. Genia Kostka (Freie Universität Berlin), Prof. Reetta Toivanen (The University of Helsinki), Prof. Piotr Szwedo (Uniwersytet Jagielloński w Krakowie), and Prof. Raquel Regueiro Dubra (Universidad Complutense de Madrid). The rich debate and discussion within the ImprovEUorGlobe Research Team and with the speakers selected for the ImprovEUorGlobe Workshop of July 2023 produced the papers presented in this open access publication.
A risk-based classification scheme for genetically modified foods: Establishing levels of concern to guide testing requirements
Creators: name: Chao, Eunice
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Health Sciences, Public Health.

description: Public discourse on genetically modified (GM) foods tends to focus on those aspects of recombinant DNA (rDNA) technology that heighten concerns about the potential risks of GM foods. Despite this focus of concern, a wide range of GM foods exist, including those that are modified by conventional approaches, the safety of which has not been assessed in detail. Also in contention is the likelihood of unintended effects with adverse health consequences in foods derived from crops genetically modified by more modern techniques such as rDNA, compared to those derived from crops modified by conventional techniques. Divergent views exist regarding the methods by which unintended effects should be detected and monitored. With advances in genomic technology, boundaries between conventional and modern approaches to genetic modification may become blurred. There is the need for a reliable method to efficiently differentiate GM foods that require more extensive testing and regulatory oversight from those that do not, regardless of the method of modification. I propose a risk-based classification scheme (RBCS) to differentiate foods derived from GM crops based on levels of concern reflecting their potential to produce human health risks. Two categories of health effects are included in the scheme: (1) the potential for toxic/antinutritional effects, and (2) the potential for allergenic effects. To differentiate the sources of uncertainty about GM food risks, intended and unintended changes are classified separately with respect to potential toxic/antinutritional effects. Factors that may affect the level of risk are identified for each category of adverse health effects. Criteria for differentiating potential health risks are developed for each factor. The extent to which each factor satisfies the applicable criteria is rated separately. A concern level for each category of health effects is then determined by aggregating the ratings for the respective factors. This thesis describes the factors, criteria, and aggregation rules used in determining concern levels in the proposed RBCS and the process used in its development. An exploratory evaluation of selected functional aspects of the scheme is provided. The implications of the classification scheme for the graded testing of GM foods are also discussed.
ToRR Use Case: Air Nitrification at Room Temperature: "Phase-Sync Fertilizer Reactor"
Creators: name: Schwemler, Shivero
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: 1. What I was thinking so far:

What We’re Changing

Classical Reaction: N₂ + O₂ → 2 NO (ΔH° ≈ +180 kJ/mol)

Problem: Needs ∼2000 K and plasma arcs.

Goal: Phase-lock molecular modes, collapse the reaction barrier through harmonic alignment.

Result: NO generation at room temperature and ambient pressure, using femtosecond IR + microwave fields.

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Demonstration of the equivalence between two district heating networks optimization problems
Creators: name: Vrain, Maxime
name: Dussartre, Virginie
name: Lhuillier, Nicolas
name: Girard, Robin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: This paper presents a demonstration of the equivalence between the optimization problem minimizing the supply cost of p independent District Heating Networks (DHN) and the optimization problem minimizing the supply cost of a single aggregated DHN. This demonstration is presented in three stages. First, we demonstrate the equivalence in the case of two DHNs, each one composed of two plants. In the second stage, we enlarge the demonstration for two DHNs with n plants. Finally, the general demonstration (p DHNs and n plants) is presented. Although the last demonstration includes the previous cases, the two first sections are necessary to understand the general demonstration.
Sexual dimorphism in northern map turtles (Graptemys geographica): Ecological causes and consequences
Creators: name: Bulte, Gregory
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Biology, Ecology.

description: Sexual dimorphism in traits such as colour, size, and shape is very ubiquitous in animals. The direction and intensity of sexual dimorphism, however, varies between species and understanding the causes for the evolution and maintenance of sexual dimorphism has been a central quest in evolutionary biology. The purpose of my thesis was to explore the ecological causes and consequences of sexual dimorphism in northern map turtles. I integrated a variety of approaches to test hypotheses associated with sexual size dimorphism (SSD) as well as sexual dimorphism in trophic morphology. In my first chapter provided evidence through dietary and functional analysis that dimorphism in feeding structures has evolved to increase the energy intake of females to fuel egg production. In my second chapter, I investigated factors contributing to sex differences in diet and habitat use. I found no sex differences in habitat despite marked differences in prey distribution. Using stable isotopes analysis and fecal analysis, I found a large dietary overlap between males and females, indicating no intersexual competition for food. Patterns of prey selection in females, however, were again concordant with the reproductive role hypothesis. In my third chapter, I studied SSD from an ontogenetic perspective. I investigated sexual bimaturation (sex differences in age at maturity) and its relation to the operational sex ratio. Females take twice as long as males to reach sexual maturitd but the estimated operational sex ratio was even in my study population contrary to a male bias sex ratio as predicted by the pattern of maturation in this species. I also tested if fast growing juvenile females incur the metabolic cost of growth compared to similar size non-growing males. Based on respirometry, I found no evidence of such metabolic cost. In my fourth chapter, I investigated thermoregulatory implications of sexual size dimorphism. I showed that large females have a more limited range of daily body temperature than small turtles. This difference appears to lead to a lower accuracy of thermoregulation in large females. Maturation in males, however, does not appear to involve a thermoregulatory cost that could lead to a decrease in growth rate.
title: Integrating supply chain partners into the front end of the innovation process : Empirical evidence from the German automotive industry
Creators: name: Homfeldt, Felix
Publisher: name: University of Bayreuth
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Open innovation
subject: External collaboration
subject: Supply chain partners
subject: Fuzzy front end
subject: Automotive industry
subject: 330

description: In today’s global competitive environment, firms are being challenged by developing new products not only quickly but also economically, whilst simultaneously ensuring greater novelty and market fit. The notion that product innovation should emerge primarily from within a firm is becoming obsolete and integrating external actors into the new product development process has evolved to an essential part of managerial strategy to meet the mentioned challenges. However, there is still limited empirical knowledge about the value of integrating diverse external partners for a focal firm’s innovation capability and about how to integrate these partners successfully. This holds particularly true for the front end of the innovation process, which has been recognized as critical to the innovation success, because decisions made during the early stages of new product development can make the difference between success and failure. Because integrating external partners also comes with challenges and requires resources, an effective management of the front end of new product development is virtually indispensable. The four research papers included in this thesis have two overarching objectives: (1) Creating empirical evidence about the benefits that a firm can obtain from the front-end involvement of certain partners in terms of innovative outcome; (2) Providing a better understanding of the successful design of integrating external partners into the front end of innovation. Specifically, this thesis focuses on customers and suppliers as crucial external partners along the supply chain of a focal firm, that is, from a downstream and upstream perspective. The included research papers use various empirical settings within the German automotive industry. Hence, this thesis considers an industry that would hardly be better suited as it has been undergoing a major upheaval for several years and increasingly relies on external partners to maintain competitiveness. This thesis thereby contributes important empirical findings to a highly relevant research area and its results provide valuable implications for managers who are developing strategies to access and exploit innovation ideas from external partners.
Sacred objects as tools of connection with the transcendent: The essential structure of prayer with a sacred object
Creators: name: Miller, Linda Mayorga
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Philosophy.

description: The main aim of this study was to gain a better understanding of the experience of praying with a sacred object during a time of stress and to examine the influence this process has on coping and spiritual growth. Using a transcendental phenomenological methodology, the essential structure of the prayer experience was uncovered. Several unexpected features of the nature and function of sacred prayer objects revealed themselves. (1) Sacred prayer objects are often introduced to the individual in childhood becoming vital components of spiritual life by adulthood. (2) As symbols of the sacred the objects become a source of comfort, guidance and strength, providing short term relief from negative emotions. (3) As symbols of a faith tradition as well as personal spiritual beliefs, ongoing prayer with the objects provides a rich framework within which rumination and reflection on the stressful event may take place. This process supports positive meaning making often resulting in positive reappraisal and spiritual growth.
Andalusi Arabic
Creators: name: Vicente, Ángeles
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020

description: This chapter covers an ancient contact language situation: Andalusi Arabic with two other languages – the Romance varieties spoken by the local population, and the Berber varieties brought by different Berber speakers arriving in al-Andalus during its existence. The situation of bilingualism whereby the Romance language was sociolinguistically dominant for most of the population over the course of several centuries resulted in numerous contact-induced changes in all areas of grammar. In addition, interaction between Arabic-speaking and Berber-speaking populations constituted a second locus of language contact with consequences for Andalusi Arabic.
Population attributable fraction of type 2 diabetes due to physical inactivity in adults: a systematic review
Creators: name: Al Tunaiji, Hashel
name: Davis, Jennifer Colleen
name: Mackey, Dawn C.
name: Khan, Karim
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2016

description: Background: Physical inactivity is a global pandemic. The population attributable fraction (PAF) of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) associated with physical inactivity ranges from 3% to 40%. The purpose of this systematic review was to determine the best estimate of PAF for T2DM attributable to physical inactivity and absence of sport participation or exercise for men and women. Methods: We conducted a systematic review that included a comprehensive search of MEDLINE, EMBASE, SportDiscus, and CINAHL (1946 to April 30 2013) limited by the terms adults and English. Two reviewers screened studies, extracted PAF related data and assessed the quality of the selected studies. We reconstructed 95% CIs for studies missing these data using a substitution method. Results: Of the eight studies reporting PAF in T2DM, two studies included prospective cohort studies (3 total) and six were reviews. There were distinct variations in quality of defining and measuring physical inactivity, T2DM and adjusting for confounders. In the US, PAFs for absence of playing sport ranged from 13% (95% CI: 3, 22) in men and 29% (95% CI: 17, 41) in women. In Finland, PAFs for absence of exercise ranged from 3% (95% CI: -11, 16) in men to 7% (95% CI: -9, 20) in women. Conclusions: The PAF of physical inactivity due to T2DM is substantial. Physical inactivity is a modifiable risk factor for T2DM. The contribution of physical inactivity to T2DM differs by sex; PAF also differs if physical inactivity is defined as the absence of ‘sport’ or absence of ‘exercise’.
Innovation in education: towards a qualitative approach to higher education stakeholder feedback
Creators: name: Spark, Mike
name: Trimble, Ken
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Most universities today have survey programs in place to obtain feedback from students on a range of issues. From general observation, these programs tend to be centralised and narrowly focussed on student expectations and satisfaction as to course delivery and facilities availability. These evaluation programs are, in the main, quantitatively based. This research project employs focus groups at all levels of an undergraduate Marketing program to gather data on student attitudes, opinions and perceptions. The aim is to provide timely and specific information as to the currency and relevance of course structure, subject content, learning and teaching approach, and the availability of needed facilities. This new qualitative approach enables us to tap into real underlying attitudes rather than the more superficial 'top of mind' response commonly associated with the traditional quantitative approach. The approach differs from the traditional approach in that the students can raise and comment on any topic or issue they perceive as important and relevant to them. The outcomes include much valuable data on the gamut of student expectations, not only with regard to more rigidly defined academic matters pursued using the traditional survey method but also with career, social and equity considerations.
CoreTrustSeal+FAIR Landscape of Capability Maturity Modeling - A FAIRsFAIR Discussion Paper
Creators: name: L'Hours, Hervé
name: Huigen, Frans
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Trustworthy Digital Repositories
Capability Maturity Modeling
CoreTrustSeal
FAIR Data
Compliance

description: This discussion paper provides an overview of the FAIRsFAIR project approach to evaluating Capability Maturity Modelling for use alongside the alignment of the CoreTrustSeal Requirements with the FAIR data Principles. At this stage of the iterative process we have a draft alignment between the FAIR Principles and the CoreTrustSeal Requirements, which will be published at the end of May 2020. This paper serves as a component of that deliverable which focuses on the certification of Trusted Digital Repositories that enable curation of FAIR data.
Should we screen patients with venous thromboembolism for previously undiagnosed malignancy? A systematic review and pilot trial
Creators: name: Carrier, Marc
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Health Sciences, Public Health.
subject: Health Sciences, Epidemiology.

description: Statement of the problem. Malignancy screening for patients with venous thromboembolism (VTE) is controversial. Methods of investigation. A systematic review was performed to quantify the additional value of an extensive malignancy screening strategy compared to a more limited screen. A pilot study assessing the utility of a comprehensive computed tomography as a malignancy screening tool was performed. Results. The systematic review demonstrated that an extensive malignancy screening strategy increases the proportion of previously undiagnosed malignancy detected from 49.5% (95% CI: 40.5-58.5) (limited screening alone) to 67.4% (95% CI: 59.0-75.6) (limited screen + CT). The pilot study showed that approximately 6 eligible consenting patients can be recruited per month. Conclusion. Previously undiagnosed malignancies are common in patients with unprovoked VTE. These malignancies are more likely to be detected by an extensive screening strategy (limited screen and CT). A clinical trial in that particular clinical setting is feasible.
Children and adolescents adjustment to parental multiple sclerosis: a systematic review
Creators: name: Razaz, Neda
name: Nourian, Reza
name: Marrie, Ruth A
name: Boyce, W T
name: Tremlett, Helen
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2015

description: Background: Families are the primary source of support and care for most children. In Western societies, 4 to 12% of children live in households where a parent has a chronic illness. Exposure to early-life stressors, including parenting stress, parental depression and parental chronic disease could lead to harmful changes in children’s social, emotional or behavioural functioning. Little is known about the child living with a parent who has Multiple Sclerosis (MS). We systematically reviewed the literature regarding possible effects of having a parent with MS on the child’s or adolescent's psychosocial adjustment. Methods The following databases: MEDLINE, PsychInfo, CINAHL, EMBASE, Web of Knowledge, ERIC, and ProQuest Digital Dissertations were searched (from 1806 to December 2012). References from relevant articles were also manually searched. Selected studies were evaluated using the Graphic Appraisal Tool for Epidemiology (GATE). Results The search yielded 3133 titles; 70 articles were selected for full text review. Eighteen studies met inclusion criteria. Fourteen studies employed quantitative techniques, of which 13 were cross-sectional and one was longitudinal. Four studies were both qualitative and cross-sectional in design. Only 2 of 18 studies were rated as having high methodological quality. Overall, eight studies reported that children of MS patients exhibited negative psychosocial traits compared with children of “healthy” parents. Specifically for adolescents, greater family responsibilities were linked to lower social relationships and higher distress. Three studies indicated that parental MS was associated with positive adjustment in children and adolescents, such as higher personal competence, while four found no statistically significant differences. Conclusion Although having a parent with MS was often reported to have negative psychosocial effects on children and adolescents, there was a lack of consensus and some positive aspects were also found. However, few high quality studies were identified which makes it difficult to draw evidence-based conclusions at this point. There are potentially important, long-term impacts of early life stressors, such as having a parent with a chronic disease, on subsequent life chances and health, and thus more extensive and higher quality research in this area is greatly needed.
Pengaruh Kepercayaan Diri Terhadap Kecemasan Dalam Menghadapi Dunia Kerja Pada Mahasiswa Semester Akhir di Kampus Kota Bekasi
Creators: name: Muhammad Rafli Al Kariim, Tugimin Supriyadi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Pada penelitian ini membahas mengenai kecemasan mahasiswa akhir dalam dunia kerja. Dalam menghadapi dunia kerja mahasiswa perlu banyak menyiapkan bekal untuk kesiapannya dalam menjalani kehidupan setelah lulus dari perguruan tinggi. Tantangan dunia kerja yang akan dihadapi mahasiswa setelah lulus dari perguruan tinggi dapat memunculkan perasaan negatif, salah satunya yaitu kecemasan. Hasil pada penelitian ini adalah terdapat pengaruh kepercayaan diri terhadap kecemasan dalam menghadapi dunia kerja pada mahasiswa semester akhir. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh kepercayaan diri terhadap kecemasan dalam menghadapi dunia kerja pada mahasiswa semester akhir. Jumlah sampel penelitian ini sebanyak 110 responden pada mahasiswa yang memiliki kriteria responden yaitu Laki Laki dan Perempuan, Mahasiswa Aktif Semester Akhir dan kuliah di Kota Bekasi. Hasil dari penelitian dari uji korelasi yang dilakukan menggunakan Spearman diatas menunjukkan nilai koefisien korelasi sebesar -0.534** dengan taraf signifikansi sebesar 0.000 (sig < 0.05). Dapat diartikan bahwa adanya hubungan yang negatif antara kepercayaan diri dengan kecemasan, dengan kekuatan korelasi -0.534** yang berarti tingkat kekuatan hubungannya cukup. dapat disimpulkan bahwa hipotesis alternatif (Ha) diterima dan hipotesis nihil (Ho) ditolak. Sehingga dapat diartikan bahwa terdapat hubungan antara kepercayaan diri dengan kecemasan pada mahasiswa akhir aktif yang ada di Kota Bekasi. Adapun bentuk hubungannya adalah negatif yang menandakan semakin tinggi kepercayaan diri yang dimiliki mahasiswa maka semakin rendah kecemasan mahasiswa tersebut dan sebaliknya semakin rendah kepercayaan diri yang dimiliki mahasiswa maka semakin tingginya kecemasan dari mahasiswa tersebut.
The role of PPAR ligands in collecting duct growth and apoptosis
Creators: name: Clark, Jordan
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Biology, Molecular.
subject: Biology, Cell.

description: The collecting duct (CD) has considerable expression of PPARdelta and PPARgamma. While their roles are unknown in the CD, in other cells they have been shown to regulate both growth and apoptosis. We thus investigated the hypothesis that PPARs reduce apoptotic responses in the mouse collecting duct IMCD-K2 and M-1 cells and that while PPARgamma has an inhibitory effect on cell growth, PPARdelta stimulates growth in these cells. This study characterized the growth and apoptotic responses in the collecting duct cells, M-1 and IMCD-K2, in response to the PPARdelta and PPARgamma ligands, GW501516 and troglitazone. The extent of apoptosis in IMCD-K2 and M-1 cells, induced by anisomycin, was only affected by troglitazone, which reduced the protein levels of cleaved caspase-3 in M-1 cells. GW501516 treatment increased DNA synthesis in IMCD-K2 cells, decreased DNA synthesis in M-1 cells, and decreased protein synthesis in both IMCD-K2 and M-1 cells. Additionally, troglitazone reduced DNA and protein synthesis in M-1 cells, and this effect was unaltered in the presence of the PPARgamma antagonist and ERK inhibitor. However, troglitazone treatment alone increased the levels of pERK. These results show PPAR ligands negatively regulate growth and apoptosis in CD cell lines, but more work is needed to ascertain the therapeutic potential of PPAR ligands in the prevention of CD injury.
title: Hard Times in an African Eden: Aminata Sow Fall's L'Appel des Arenes
Creators: name: Henderson, Heather
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 1992

description: Like Charles Dickens' Hard Times, L' appel des arenes depicts a modern wasteland: just as factories and industrial cities blight the landscape of the English midlands in Dickens' novel, so Aminata Sow Fall depicts a land laid waste by "the winds of the West" (88). The harmattan blows throughout the book: the countryside is ravaged by drought and villages are emptied by the exodus of young people to the cities. In both novels, traditional agrarian ways of life are devastated by the arrival of technology and foreign values. Personal relationships, particularly the close kinship network of family ard community, are shattered by the alienating, isolating tendencies of the modern world.
Participation in structured diabetes mellitus self-management education program and association with lifestyle behavior: results from a population-based study
Creators: name: Carmienke, Solveig
name: Baumert, Jens
name: Gabrys, Lars
name: Heise, Marcus
name: Frese, Thomas
name: Heidemann, Christin
name: Fink, Astrid
Publisher: name: Robert Koch-Institut
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Objective Whether participation in structured diabetes self-management education programs (DSME) for participants with diabetes mellitus is associated with a healthy lifestyle in routine care apart from randomized-controlled studies remains unclear and is this studies’ research question. Research design and methods We identified 1300 persons with diabetes mellitus drawn from the cross-sectional population-based analysis German Health Update 2014/2015 (GEDA 2014/2015), which integrated the modules of the European Health Interview Survey (EHIS) wave 2. Of those, 816 were ever-DSME participants and 484 never-participants. We conducted multivariable weighted logistic regression analyses for lifestyle differences comparing ever-DSME and never-DSME participants. Lifestyle was defined by physical activity (PA), current smoking, fruit/vegetable consumption and body mass index (BMI). Age, sex, socioeconomic status, living together, limitation due to health problems for at least for 6 months, self-efficacy and attention to one’s health were included as confounders in the regression models. Results Ever-DSME participants engaged significantly more often in cycling at least 1 day per week (OR 1.62, 95% CI: 1.15–2.30) and performed significantly more often aerobic endurance training of 150 min per week (including walking: OR 1.42, 95% CI: 1.03–1.94, without walking: OR 1.48, 95% CI: 1.08–2.03) compared with never-DSME participants. Ever-DSME participants were significantly more often ex-smoker compared with never-DSME participants (OR 1.39, 95% CI: 1.03–1.88). DSME attendance was not significantly associated with current smoking, BMI and fruit or vegetable consumption. Conclusion DSME participation is associated with a moderately healthier lifestyle particularly for PA even in routine healthcare. Study results emphasize the importance of a broadly dissemination of DSME access for nationwide diabetes healthcare. Future studies should adjust for DSME participation when investigating lifestyle in persons with diabetes.
Specific circulating microRNAs during hepatitis E infection can serve as indicator for chronic hepatitis E
Creators: name: Harms, Dominik
name: Choi, Mira
name: Allers, Kristina
name: Wang, Bo
name: Pietsch, Heiko
name: Papp, C.-Patrick
name: Hanisch, Lina
name: Kurreck, Jens
name: Hofmann, Jörg
name: Bock, C.-Thomas
Publisher: name: Robert Koch-Institut
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Viral host response
subject: Virology
subject: 610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Hepatitis E virus (HEV) genotypes 3 and 4 (HEV-3, HEV-4) infections are an emerging public health issue in industrialized countries. HEV-3 and −4 are usually self-limiting but can progress to chronic hepatitis E in immunocompromised individuals. The molecular mechanisms involved in persistent infections are poorly understood. Micro RNAs (miRNAs) can regulate viral pathogenesis and can serve as novel disease biomarkers. We aimed to explore the modulation of serum miRNAs in patients with acute (AHE) and chronic (CHE) hepatitis E. Both AHE- and CHE-patients exhibited high viral loads (median 3.23E + 05 IU/mL and 2.11E + 06 IU/mL, respectively) with HEV-3c being the predominant HEV-genotype. Expression analysis of liver-specific serum miRNAs was performed using real-time PCR. miR-99a-5p, miR-122-5p, and miR-125b-5p were upregulated in AHE (4.70–5.28 fold) and CHE patients (2.28–6.34 fold), compared to HEV-negative controls. Notably, miR-192-5p was increased 2.57 fold while miR-125b-5p was decreased 0.35 fold in CHE but not in AHE patients. Furthermore, decreased miR-122-5p expression significantly correlates with reduced liver transaminases in CHE patients. To our knowledge, this marks the first investigation concerning the regulation of circulating liver-specific miRNAs in acute and chronic HEV infections. We found that miR-125b-5p, miR-192-5p, and miR-99a-5p may prove useful in the diagnosis of chronic hepatitis E.
Les magazines pour adolescentes: Qu'en pensent les principales intéressées?
Creators: name: Clennett-Sirois, Laurence
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Women's Studies.
subject: Sociology, General.
subject: Mass Communications.

description: Dans la foulée des débats sur l'hypersexualisation des filles qui rendent les magazines pour adolescentes partiellement responsables de ce phénomène, nous nous sommes intéressée aux lectrices de cette presse. Nous appuyant sur les contributions des cultural et feminist cultural studies, dont la typologie de Hall (1980a), la féminité hégémonique, le plaisir, l'autonomisation et les intersections des rapports de pouvoir, nous avons tenté de dégager les significations liées à la lecture de tels magazines. Notre recherche a été guidée par la question suivante: quelle réception les lectrices âgées de 15 à 17 ans font-elles aux magazines pour adolescentes? Des entrevues semi-dirigées avec neuf adolescentes ont notamment révélé les insuffisances du modèle de Hall. Les propos des adolescentes illustrent leur positionnement critique face aux éléments qui leur sont présentés - dont les conseils sur les relations interpersonnelles et les photos - et le potentiel autonomisant des plaisirs éprouvés à la lecture des magazines.
title: Boehmeria (Archived 29/05/2020 11:11 AM)
title: Version 2
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: W.-L.Chew
Publisher: name: Flora of Australia
Year: 2020
Subjects: Boehmeria (Archived 29/05/2020 11:11 AM)

description: Taxonomic treatment for Boehmeria (Archived 29/05/2020 11:11 AM)
Textual design and moral response in three novels by Mordecai Richler.
Creators: name: Robbeson, Angela.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1994
Subjects: subject: Literature, Modern.

description: This thesis analyzes the effects of the design strategies Mordecai Richler employs in three novels--Son of a Smaller Hero (1955), The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1959), and St Urbain's Horseman (1971)--with a view to exploring his thematic concern with morality in the modern world. After briefly examining some of the inadequacies of an exclusively text-centred critical approach to Richler's fiction--a critique informed by the writings of Wolfgang Iser--the thesis outlines and then applies an alternative reading model that emphasizes the role of textual design and reader response in the production of literary meaning. The Introduction outlines Iser's theories of the reading process and the role of the implied reader. The ensuing three chapters explore the effects on readers of the design strategies of the three novels. These novels form a group that traces the life of one man, exploring the various moral dilemmas he faces on the journey from youth to adulthood. Thus, Richler's novels encourage readers to formulate and to defend their own moral positions in relation to the fictional worlds and characters while reflexively enacting the difficulty of making moral judgments.