cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Qwu?gwes - A Squaxin Island tribal heritage wet site, Puget Sound, USA
Creators: name: Croes, Dale R.
name: Foster, Rhonda
name: Ross, Larry
name: Diedrich, Melanie
name: Hubbard, Nea
name: Kelly, Katherine M.
name: McCullough, Mandy
name: McCullough, Tom
name: Myers, Karen
name: Sharron, Cassandra
name: Vargo, Barbara
name: Wigen, Rebecca
name: Valley, Lauren
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2007
Subjects: Archaeology

description: The Qwu?gwes wet site is located at the very head of Puget Sound in Washington State, USA (fig 1). Puget Sound has been referred to as an inland sea, but is better termed as a large glacially cut fjord that is approximately 145km long, running north to south, where the ocean salt water from the Pacific mixes with fresh water draining from the surrounding watersheds. Puget Sound was formed into the north–south fjord it is today by glaciers that advanced from the north at least four times, scouring and carving it for millions of years (Waitt & Thorson 1983). The Vashon Stade was the last major advance, reaching its maximum about 18,000 years ago, covering everything between the Olympic and the Cascade mountains and spreading as far south as our specific region of study. As the Vashon Stade retreated, its melting ice created a massive fresh water lake that released through the Black Lake spillway at the head of Eld Inlet, our site location, and down the Chehalis River drainage to the Pacific Ocean. Once the glaciers melted far enough north, the Straits of Juan de Fuca were open and salt water from the Pacific Ocean entered Puget Sound, making it the salt water ‘inland sea’ it is today (fig 1). Our research area encompasses the southern reaches of the traditional territory of the Lushootseed-speaking Coast Salish People and language family, sometimes referred to as Puget [Sound] Salish (Suttles & Lane 1990, 485–502; Thompson & Kinkade 1990, 38; fig 1). Few systematic archaeological investigations have occurred in this region, especially in the southern section of Lushootseed traditional territory, so this paper should be considered a much needed synthesis of a well-preserved waterlogged site. Qwu?gwes forms the main reference point for our synthesized presentations, and this work is based on the original papers presented by the authors at the 11th International Wetland Archaeology Research Project (WARP) conference in Edinburgh (21–24 September 2005). This joint investigation of the Squaxin Island Tribe and South Puget Sound Community College has been ongoing for several years and provides both a scientific and cultural perspective of the many findings. Earlier publications stress the basis of this joint co-operative effort and the need for co-ordinated scientific and Native cultural understandings and explanations (Foster & Croes 2002, 2004).
Explanatory perspectives of enjoyment during deliberate practice sessions for competitive swimmers of varying levels of expertise.
Creators: name: Watanabe, Garry.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: Education, Physical.

description: The Ericsson framework (1996) for the acquisition of expertise describes deliberate practice as the most relevant training for the improvement of performance within a domain of expertise. The framework describes deliberate practice as highly relevant, highly effortful forms of training that are inherently non-enjoyable. Subsequent studies seeking to apply the framework in the domain of sport (Starkes et al., 1996; Helsen et al., 1998; Young & Salmela, 1998) found that many subjects described highly relevant, highly effortful forms of practice to be enjoyable. Following the findings of previous deliberate practice studies in the sport setting, this study sought to seek out swimmers who were currently training and who described deliberate practice as being enjoyable and to discover the sources of this pleasure. A questionnaire was administered to 237 male and female competitive swimmers from three different performance groups to identify how they rated swimming specific deliberate practice activities regarding the relative relevance, effort, concentration and enjoyment of each. Subsequently, 18 subjects who had rated deliberate practice as enjoyable, were interviewed regarding the nature of their enjoyment of the deliberate practice. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Strukturelle und produktionstechnische Determinanten der Ressourceneffizienz: Untersuchung von Pfadabhängigkeiten, strukturellen Effekten und technischen Potenzialen auf die zukünftige Entwicklung der Rohstoffproduktivität (DeteRess)
Creators: name: Dittrich, Monika
name: Kämper, Claudia
name: Ludmann, Sabrina
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Natürliche Ressource
subject: Ressourceneffizienz
subject: Rohstoffbedarf
subject: Stoffstrom
subject: Substitution von Rohstoffen
subject: Volkswirtschaft
subject: Sozialstruktur
subject: Metastudie
subject: Ersatzbrennstoff
subject: Biomassenutzung
subject: Natürliche Ressourcen
subject: Ressourceneffizenz
subject: Begrenzte Rohstoffe
subject: Materialfluss
subject: Gesamtrohstoffproduktivität
subject: ökonomische Indikatoren
subject: RMI
subject: RMC
subject: Abfall | Ressourcen

description: Im Projekt DeteRess wurden die Chancen und Grenzen einer technikorientierten Dematerialisierungspolitik beschrieben und ein Handlungskorridor bestimmt, der die Potenziale zur Reduktion und Produktivitätssteigerung der Rohstoffnutzung in Deutschland beschreibt. Der Schwerpunkt lag hierbei auf den technischen Triebkräften und strukturellen Nachfragen, die im Wesentlichen nicht durch individuelles Konsumverhalten zu beeinflussen sind. Die erarbeiteten Szenarien können die Politik bei konkreten Zielformulierungen im Bereich der Ressourceneffizienz unterstützen und Auswirkungen von politischen Strategien und Technologieförderungen auf den gesamtwirtschaftlichen Rohstoffbedarf aufzeigen.
Secondary traumatization in parents following child disclosures of extrafamilial sexual abuse.
Creators: name: McIntyre, Joanne E.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1993
Subjects: subject: Psychology, Clinical.

description: This was a 6-month cohort study of secondary traumatization in parents following child disclosures of extrafamilial sexual abuse. Sixty-one case families (59 mothers, 27 fathers) were matched on child's age, sex, family constellation and occupational status with a normative comparison group of 59 families (58 mothers, 40 fathers) recruited from the local children's hospital. Case parents were recruited from the hospital's Child Protection Team, as well as from regional Children's Aid Societies, and Victim/Witness Programs. Parents were assessed at 3 and 6 months post-disclosure using the Brief Symptom Inventory, the Dyadic Adjustment Scale, the Parent Sense of Competence Scale, the Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scales III, the Impact of Event Scale, and the Child Behavior Checklist. Adjustment was conceptualized as being related to 2 sources of trauma: the type of abuse, and the subjective experience of the event (cognitive appraisal, environmental sensitivity, and baseline emotional functioning). Two mediating variables, parent sexual abuse history, and court involvement were examined. Results indicated a generalized pattern of distress for case mothers. They experienced poorer functioning in all areas except dyadic adjustment relative to comparison mothers at both time periods. Case fathers did not show such distress but had significantly higher levels of parent efficacy relative to the comparison group. Although case parents initially had significantly better dyadic adjustment, case primary caretakers showed a significant deterioration in marital adjustment over time. Case mothers also experienced significantly higher levels of intrusive and avoidant symptoms and lower parent satisfaction relative to case fathers at both time periods. Although the nature of the sexual abuse was not a significant predictor of parent emotional distress, intrusive symptoms, parenting satisfaction, perceptions of child internalizing problems, quality of social support, and satisfaction with family adaptability were relevant predictors for mothers at 3 months. At 6 months, social support was no longer a significant predictor. No significant differences emerged as a function of court status. Parent and child sexual abuse history were significantly related to clinical risk for parent emotional distress. The clinical and research implications of working with parents following disclosure are discussed; risk groups for secondary traumatization are identified; and revisions to the secondary traumatization model are recommended.
Glyceria maxima as new test species for the EU risk assessment for herbicides: a microcosm study
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2015
Subjects: Tausendblatt
Toxizität

description: In its recent guidance document on tiered risk assessment for plant protection products for aquatic organisms, the EuropeanFood SafetyAuthority (EFSA) proposed to use Glyceriamaximaas monocotyledonous grass species for the testing of special herbicide groups. However, published toxicity data for this species is very limited and there is no test guideline for Glyceriasp. For this reason a microcosm study was conducted in order to gain experience on the degree of sensitivity of G.maximato the herbicidal substances clodinafop-propargyl (grass herbicide) and fluroxypyr (auxin) in comparison to the already established test organism water milfoil Myriophyllum spicatumand the duckweed species Landoltiapunctata. Five concentrations without replicates were tested for each test substance using 10 microcosms and three microcosms served as controls. The experiment was run for 8 weeks. Morphological endpoints were used to determine growth and EC50values. The results show that M. spicatumwas most sensitive to fluroxypyr (37 days EC50for roots: 62 ng/L) and G.maximamost sensitive to clodinafop-propargyl (22 days EC50for total shoot length: 48 ng/L) whereas the duckweed species was considerable less sensitive. Hence, G.maximaturns out to be a good candidate for testing grass specific herbicides, supporting its inclusion as an additional macrophyte test for the risk assessment of herbicides as proposed by the EFSA. Quelle: http://link.springer.com
The road to hell is paved with good intentions: The role of implicit processes in understanding the intention-behaviour gap and predicting health behaviours
Creators: name: Godwin, Rebecca
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Despite nearly 50% of Australian adults trying to lose weight (Dieticians Association of Australia, 2017), two thirds were overweight or obese (AIHW, 2020) a clear example of the “intention-behaviour gap”. This thesis sought to advance understanding of this gap by focusing on circumstances under which chocolate consumption may be predicted by unconscious, impulsive processes in place of conscious intentions according to the Reflective-Impulsive Model of Health Behaviour (RIM-H) (Hofmann, Friese, &Wiers, 2008). Predominantly, predictions according to the RIM-H were not supported. Reasons for this were explored, including issues with measurement of unconscious processes, another focus area of this thesis. Suggestions for further research to progress this area were made.
Agentur 2.0
Creators: name: Bachmann, Sebastian
Publisher: name: Hochschule für Wirtschaft FHNW
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Agentur
subject: self-service Angebote
subject: assisted-service Angebote
subject: Vertriebsstrategie
subject: Vertriebsnetwerk
subject: Vertriebskanäle
subject: Retail Banking
subject: Agenturkonzept
subject: 330 - Wirtschaft

description: Die Schweizer Bankenbranche wird aktuell durch viele Entwicklungen geprägt. Der technologische Fortschritt beeinflusst die Entwicklung und das Geschäftsmodell der Banken stark. Der Vertrieb von Bankdienstleistungen wird durch technische Entwicklungen stark verändert.
Translation Proofing: Quantitative Tools for Connecting Metadata Dialects
Creators: name: Habermann, Ted
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: metadata
metadata translation

description: Metadata comes in many dialects, some standard and some community conventions. Translating between dialects is an important way to increase the cross-domain or community reach of the metadata. Understanding what content is lost in translation is critical to maintaining integrity of the information across translations. This presentation introduces an approach to quantitatively measuring what is lost in translation.
3378879.pdf
Creators: name: Xiao, Ya
name: Xu, Zhen
name: li, qiang
name: Su, Hong
name: Sun, Kai
name: Cabello, Adan
name: Xu, Jin-Shi
name: jingling, chen
name: Li, Chuanfeng
name: Guo, Guang-can
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: more experimental and theoretical details
The "Faint Hope Clause" (C.C.C. s.745.6): The judicial review process with special reference to the 1996 amendments.
Creators: name: Stein, Karin.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Law.

description: This study examines data provided by Correctional Service of Canada and the National Parole Board on applications for early parole under s.745.6 (the "Faint Hope Clause") both before and after the 1996 amendment to the clause. The data come from a Correctional Service Canada database containing comprehensive information about 1,325 individual case files of inmates convicted of first and second degree murder between 1961 and 2000. The data analyzed consist of statistics on counts of murder, inmates' current status as well as information on application and success rates. Similar data from the National Parole Board provide more detailed information on inmates' parole status. Overall, 82% of applicants have positive outcomes at judicial review. While there are substantially more applications from inmates convicted of first-degree murder (82%) than from inmates convicted of second-degree murder (18%), the second-degree murder applications have a higher success rate (89% vs. 80%). At the same time, applicants convicted of first-degree murder are granted greater reductions in parole ineligibility than are those with second-degree murder convictions. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
3378879.pdf
Creators: name: Xiao, Ya
name: Xu, Zhen
name: li, qiang
name: Su, Hong
name: Sun, Kai
name: Cabello, Adan
name: Xu, Jin-Shi
name: jingling, chen
name: Li, Chuanfeng
name: Guo, Guang-can
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2018
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: more experimental and theoretical details
Phytochemical variation and immunopharmacology of Panax quinquefolius L. (American ginseng).
Creators: name: Assinewe, Valerie Ann.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Health Sciences, Pharmacology.

description: The ethnopharmacological use of Panax quinquefolius L. (American ginseng) led to assessment of the immunostimulating properties of this eastern North American herb, and to investigate the phytochemical variation in its associated North American Araliaceae relatives. An analysis of the effect of different processing methods on ginsenoside content, a determination of the bioactive compounds in ginseng, and testing of an HPLC method were also undertaken in this thesis. A survey of wild North American P. quinquefolius populations showed phytochemical variation exemplified by differences in the levels of major ginsenosides between populations. The investigation of the phytochemical variation in eastern North American Araliaceae revealed the presence of ginsenosides in Aralia nudicaulis L. (Wild sarsaparilla) and Aralia racemosa L. (Spikenard). Major ginsenosides were also quantified in P. quinquefolius stem, and the ginsenoside-Rb2 was shown to be a significant saponin in P. quinquefolius leaves. Although the results obtained for system suitability, intea-laboratory repeatability, and inter-laboratory reproducibility were generally consistent among the collaborators, the HPLC method was held not to be rigorous enough for the analysis of Rg1 and Re. The second investigation of ginsenoside analyses examined the effect of different processing methods. The results for this investigation indicated that the most promising processing method for obtaining the highest levels of total ginsenoside content and the best quantities of Rb1, Rg1 and Rd was drying at high temperature, as performed to obtain white ginseng. A pre-steam treatment before drying to obtain red ginseng and particularly freeze-drying yielded lower ginsenoside levels. Aqueous extracts from a four-year old cultivated root significantly stimulated the release of immunoreactive tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha) in culture. The crude extractable polysaccharide fraction was analysed, and was found to contain glucose, uronic acid, galactose, arabinose, rhamnose, fucose and mannose. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Proteolytic processing of the X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein during Fas-mediated apoptosis.
Creators: name: Gibson, Hilary D. F.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Biology, Molecular.

description: Apoptosis is a natural cellular function which is tightly controlled along its multiple pathways by positive and negative regulator proteins. Among the negative regulators are the gene family called the IAPs (inhibitor of apoptosis proteins) which were initially identified in baculoviruses. To date, five vertebrate members of this family have been identified (NAIP, HIAP1, HIAP2, XIAP and survivin). The X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein (XIAP), is proteolytically processed during the course of apoptosis in Jurkat lymphoma cells when triggered with anti-Fas monoclonal antibodies and cycloheximide (CHX). Native 55 kDa XIAP undergoes proteolytic processing producing a single 30 kDa fragment containing the carboxy terminus of the protein. In vitro cell-free studies, the type I calpain isoform is capable of cleaving XIAP. Calpains are calcium-dependent cysteine proteases, which are activated during apoptosis. Calpain and 26S proteasome specific inhibitors are ineffective in blocking both XIAP cleavage and cell death in Fas/CHX-stimulated Jurkat cells when used individually. However, when used together these two classes were able to block death, but not XIAP cleavage. Caspase specific inhibitors block both cell death and XIAP cleavage. In this study, I have shown that XIAP cleavage is likely induced by a member of the caspase family and that the event occurs upstream of calpain and 26S proteasome activation during the apoptotic cascade. The proteolysis of XIAP during Fas/CHX mediated apoptosis may represent an important step in the propagation of the apoptotic cascade.
Ökonomien des Untergangs. Krisen und Kreisläufe bei Fritz Lang und Thea von Harbou, Joseph Roth und Franz Kafka
Creators: name: Populorum, Stefanie
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2024

description: This dissertation explores how crises in capitalism are depicted in Austrian novels and film of the 1920s. It undertakes an extensive investigation of economic theories that negotiate the prevalence of different economic systems considering socioeconomic factors of Austria and Germany during the interwar period. While the focus of the theoretical framework lies on the Austrian School of Economics, opponent theories are consulted to put the contemporary economic schools of thought into a dialogue. In Fritz Lang’s and Thea von Harbou’s silent film Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler (1922), in Joseph Roth’s novel Hotel Savoy (1924), and in Franz Kafka’s novel fragment The Man Who Disappeared (1927), crises are represented not just in a close relation to the financial instabilities of their characters. Their portrayal and the formal structure of each work are inextricably linked with how the capitalist system of the early twentieth century shaped and changed the European social order. Lang’s and Harbou’s Mabuse illustrates the tension between liberalism and interventionism that was highly debated in politics and economic theory in the context of hyperinflation. While addressing manifold themes of the time, the plot oscillates between critically commenting on neoclassical ideas and elevating liberal ideals. The analysis of Roth’s Hotel Savoy reveals the circular movements of the capitalist system, thus referencing contemporary business cycle theories, through the protagonist’s migration from ascent to descent, from destruction to reinvention, keeping him in a constant loop of unfulfilled dreams. Kafka’s The Man Who Disappeared maps out several stages of the history of capitalism in a series of ironic and nightmarish visions of power dynamics which decipher “free” capitalist societies as systems of radical dependencies. My examination shows how features of today’s form of capitalism have already been observed and reflected in film and literature a century ago: Economic concepts like game theory, animal spirits, creative destruction, hegemony, and surveillance capitalism are discussed in Mabuse, Hotel Savoy, and The Man Who Disappeared. While approaching these issues very differently, the fate of the protagonists and the narrative structures of all three works allow one common conclusion: It is easier to imagine no end than the end of capitalism.
D1.4: Diagnostic methods for automotive fuel cell systems
Creators: name: Pivac, Ivan
name: Radica, Gojmir
name: Barbir, Frano
name: Benouioua, Djedjiga
name: Harel, Fabien
name: Candusso, Denis
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Catalyst degradation
Accelerated Stress Test
Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy
Low Frequency Intercept
Balance-of-Plant Components Ageing
Air compressor

description: The deliverable presents the obtained measurement and analysis results of the accelerated ageing test protocols and different diagnostic methods (polarization curves, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, cyclic voltammetry, linear sweep voltammetry), which were performed at FESB on an already conditioned 50 cm2 (single) fuel cell provided by ElringKlinger to verify the available data and gather any missing data points. In collaboration with SINTEF, an idea of new, time-efficient, direct measurement approach of low-frequency intercept in the impedance spectrum, as the quick indicator of catalyst degradation which can provide the possibility to determine the current state of the fuel cell from just one parameter value, is also briefly given at the end of this deliverable, which is very promising for the future implementation in the fuel cell control system, but the direct identification approach will be further explored. University of Franche-Comté /FCLab contribution in WP1 is to develop diagnostic strategies to ensure the FC System Air Line (FCSAL) State-of-Health (SoH) monitoring. Three diagnostic strategies are implemented and validated on data gathered from previous FC LAB projects. The diagnostic approaches are based on data-driven diagnostic techniques – algorithms are fed by physical signals such as stack voltage and pressure signal measurements. Guidelines for implementation of each strategy in the Giantleap project on data to be recorded on FCEB prototype from Bosch are provided.
Synthetic compounds related to reserpine.
Creators: name: McNeely, Kenneth H.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1960
Subjects: subject: Chemistry, Inorganic.

description: Woodward's synthesis of sempervirine has been used to prepare 18-methoxysempervirine and 18-benzyloxysempervirine. In each case, the appropriate 4-alkoxyxyxlohexanone was condensed with ethylformate in the presence of sodium methoxide, and then with 2-iodopropane in acetone solution containing potassium carbonate. The resulting 2-isopropoxymethylene-4-alkoxyxyxlohexanone was reacted with the di-lithium salt of harman to give, after acid hydrolysis, the sempervivrine derivative. Attempts to demethylate the methoxysempervirvine or its reduction product 18-methoxyalloyohimbane were unsuccessful. Hydrogenolysis of 18-benzyloxysempervirine in the presence of palladium gave 18-hydroxysempervirine, which on further reduction with Adams' catalyst gave 18-hydroxyalloyohimbane. The sterochemistry of the hydroxyl group was shown in two different ways. The alcohol was oxidized to alloyohimbane-18-one, and the reduction of the ketone with lithium tri tertiary-butoxyaluminum hydride returned the original alcohol. This reducing agent is known to give almost entirely the equatorial isomer. The nuclear magnetic resonsance spectrum of the acetate prepared from the 18-hydroxyalloyohimbane showed that the acetoxy group, and therefore the original hydroxyl group was equatorial. The compound was therefore 18-beta-hydroxyalloyohimbane. The oxidation of 18-beta-hydroxyalloyohimbane with mercuric acetate gave 3-dehydro-18-beta-hydroxyalloyohimbane (isolated as a perchlorate salt) and reduction of thos with zinc and aqueous acetic acid gave 18-hydroxyepialloyohimbane. The sterochemical assignment of this compound was confirmed by the nuclear magnetic spectrum of its' acetate. The 3,4,5-trimethoxybenzoate of 18-beta-epialloyohimbane was prepared for pharmacological testing.
Detection of Salivary Insulin Following Low versus High Carbohydrate Meals in Humans
Creators: name: Myette-Côté, Étienne
name: Baba, Katie
name: Brar, Raj
name: Little, Jonathan P.
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2019

description: Developing non-invasive alternatives to monitor insulin levels in humans holds potential practical value for identifying individuals with, or at risk of developing, insulin resistance. The aims of this study were: (1) to determine if saliva insulin can be used to delineate between low and high postprandial insulin levels following the ingestion of mixed breakfast meals; and (2) to determine if expected differences in postprandial hyperinsulinemia between young lean and young overweight/obese participants could be detected in saliva. Sixteen individuals (n = 8 classified as normal weight (NW); BMI 20.0–24.9 kg/m², and n = 8 classified as overweight/obese (OO); BMI ≥ 28.0 kg/m²) completed two isocaloric mixed-meal tolerance tests following an overnight fast, consisting of a low-carbohydrate (LC) breakfast or a high-carbohydrate (HC) breakfast. Blood and saliva samples were collected at regular intervals for two hours postprandially. In both groups, plasma and saliva insulin total area under the curve (AUC) and incremental AUC (iAUC) were significantly higher after the HC as compared to the LC meal (all p ≤ 0.005). Insulin AUC and iAUC in both plasma and saliva were higher in OO than in NW after the HC meal (all p ≤ 0.02) but only plasma and saliva total AUC were higher in OO after the LC meal (both p ≤ 0.01). Plasma insulin AUC was significantly correlated with salivary insulin AUC in LC (r = 0.821; p < 0.001) and HC (r = 0.882; p < 0.001). These findings indicate that saliva could potentially be used to delineate between low and high insulin levels following mixed breakfast meals.
title: Permanently Temporary: Roma Refugee Youth Seeking Schooling
Creators: name: Binger, Karen N.
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Roma
subject: Refugees
subject: Youth
subject: Kosovo
subject: War
subject: Education
subject: Marginalization
subject: Access
subject: Well-being
subject: Multilingual
subject: Trauma
subject: Family
subject: Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education
subject: Developmental Psychology
subject: Disability and Equity in Education
subject: Health Psychology
subject: Military History
subject: Multicultural Psychology
subject: Political History

description: This study investigates the experiences of education in exile from a small case study of Roma refugee male youths from Kosovo temporarily settled in Macedonia as ‘asylum seekers.’ These refugees are at an overlooked age where they have slipped through the cracks between the post-war, short-term relief and longer-term development efforts in terms of education. Many of the frustrations of this community stem from their difficulties in accessing education, and their uncertain legal limbo or ‘permanently temporary’ situations. As adolescents, refugees, and Roma, the youth are at a triple jeopardy of marginalization and invisibility. Through conversations with four Roma refugee youth and their extended families, this study chronicles the obstacles they are encountering while trying to access education, their attitudes towards schooling, and the role and the importance of education in refugees’ lives by providing stability, agency, and an invaluable investment for the future. The study also discusses the critical role that schooling plays in the psychosocial well-being of refugees. Other emerging themes include multilingualism as means of portable capital and preparation for the future, and strong family bonds as a source of healing from the traumatic effects of war. The study concludes with insights into what refugees need in order to pursue schooling.
Corporate Sustainability Reporting: Evidence from the first Swiss benchmark survey
Creators: name: Daub, Claus-Heinrich
name: Karlsson, Ylva Elisabet
Publisher: name: Springer
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: 330 - Wirtschaft
subject: 650 - Management

description: This is the fourth in a series of books publishing the best contributions on environmental management accounting (EMA) from around the world. It has been developed by the Environmental Management Accounting Network (EMAN). Contributions are drawn primarily from papers presented at EMAN-EU and EMAN-Asia Pacific conferences in the last two years. Brought together in this volume are international examples of leading thinking and practice in this rapidly developing area.
Implication of anti-apoptotic genes in neuronal death following focal cerebral ischemia in rats.
Creators: name: Huang, Zhigao.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Biology, Anatomy.

description: Accumulating biochemical and morphological evidence suggests that apoptosis contributes to neuronal cell death following cerebral ischemia. Recent research which has examined changes in expression of proapoptotic proteins has further strengthened the important role of apoptosis in ischemic cell death. In this thesis I first addressed the role of apoptosis in ischemic death by examining p53, which is itself a complex multifunctional tumor suppresser gene, following transient focal ischemia. Of particular note were the alterations of the anti-apoptosic gene, naip, that were observed under stress conditions. The anatomical distribution of naip expression and neuronal survival following middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCA-o) were closely examined. In experiment I, SHR rats were subjected to 90 minute MCA-o followed by 22.5 hr reperfusion (RP) and compared with sham operated controls. In experiment II, sections obtained from fresh frozen or fixed brain tissue of long-Evans hooded rats (n = 3--4) that had been subjected to hippocampal kindling were used for ISHH or immunohistochemistry for naip expression. Neuronal protection against cerebral ischemia by hippocampal kindling was assessed in experiment III. Hippocampal kindled animals were also used to study the time course of naip expression in the frontoparietal cortex, which is mainly supplied by MCA. Both p53 mRNA and protein were elevated in the ischemic penumbra in experiment I. The induction of p53 peaked within 8--12 hr then returned to basal levels within 24 hr after RP. The short duration of p53 induction in ischemic penumbra may suggest that p53 activate downstream genes responsible for growth arrest, DNA repair or/and apoptosis. Experiment II demonstrated a significant elevation in naip mRNA and proteins in piriform cortex and hippocampus, where neuronal populations known to be protected by kindling. The duration of the elevation lasted up to three weeks. In contrast, naip mRNA and protein remained at baseline levels in regions that are not protected, such as endopiriform cortex and medial thalamus. We also demonstrated that hippocampal kindling attenuated cortical infarct induced by MCA-o to 57.7 +/- 4.6mm3 as compared to 156.5 +/- 12.6mm3 in controls. This neuroprotection was associated with a two to three fold elevation of naip expression in the corresponding areas by kindling treatment. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Vision-based navigation and control of a robotic vehicle
Creators: name: Gagne-Roussel, Dave
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Mechanical.
subject: Engineering, Robotics.

description: A recurrent problem in mobile robotics is the difficulty to accurately estimate a robot's localization. The ability to successfully estimate the localization of a mobile robot is highly dependent on the type of sensory data used to infer its pose. Traditionally, this has been achieved with odometry and the integration of wheel encoders signals. A major drawback of this approach, however, is the inability to provide an accurate estimate of the heading orientation; a significant cause of odometry drift leading to navigation failure. Accordingly, there is a need for improved localization methods, and vision-based estimation holds promise for this purpose. This research proposes an alternative solution to pure odometry localization. To that end a visual pose estimation algorithm which combines robotic vision and odometry is proposed. The method utilizes scene image vanishing points for recovering the orientation of a mobile robot in a two-dimensional space. To assess the performance of the visual pose estimation algorithm on an operational prototype robotic vehicle developed in the course of the current research, an original pose tracking controller using the geometrical properties of Cardinal splines is implemented. The visual pose estimation algorithm is validated experimentally and compared against six sensory fusion schemes. The results show that the localization accuracy can be improved by one order of magnitude when compared to pure wheel encoder odometry. With regards to motion control, the pose tracking controller is also evaluated for the case of rectilinear trajectories. Future work on large-scale navigation strategies will be developed based on these ideas.
Loss of Ptpn11 (Shp2) drives satellite cells into quiescence
Creators: name: Griger, Joscha
name: Schneider, Robin
name: Lahmann, Ines
name: Schoewel, Verena
name: Keller, Charles
name: Spuler, Simone
name: Nazare, Marc
name: Birchmeier, Carmen
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: The equilibrium between proliferation and quiescence of myogenic progenitor and stem cells is tightly regulated to ensure appropriate skeletal muscle growth and repair. The non-receptor tyrosine phosphatase Ptpn11 (Shp2) is an important transducer of growth factor and cytokine signals. Here we combined complex genetic analyses, biochemical studies and pharmacological interference to demonstrate a central role of Ptpn11 in postnatal myogenesis of mice. Loss of Ptpn11 drove muscle stem cells out of the proliferative and into a resting state during muscle growth. This Ptpn11 function was observed in postnatal but not fetal myogenic stem cells. Furthermore, muscle repair was severely perturbed when Ptpn11 was ablated in stem cells due to a deficit in stem cell proliferation and survival. Our data demonstrate a molecular difference in the control of cell cycle withdrawal in fetal and postnatal myogenic stem cells, and assign to Ptpn11 signaling a key function in satellite cell activity.
Commanding language: Linguistic authority and female autonomy in Thomas Hardy's fiction.
Creators: name: Malton, Sara.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: Literature, English.

description: This thesis examines the fluid relationship between linguistic control and female autonomy and power in four novels by Thomas Hardy. Chapter One attends to the way in which the constructive use of dialogue in Far From the Madding Crowd (1874) enables Bathsheba Everdene's integration into generative social, economic, and personal relationships. Chapter Two examines The Return of the Native (1878), focusing on gossip's role in Eustacia Vye's destruction, which is the consequence of her defiance of public discourse. Chapter Three explores A Laodicean (1881), centering on Hardy's depiction of Paula Power's control of language, which is facilitated by her access to property, wealth, and communication technologies. Chapter Four addresses Jude the Obscure (1895), particularly the portrayal of Sue Bridehead, whose demise results from her unorthodox challenge to the way patriarchal texts circumscribe human relationships and identity.
3396304.pdf
Creators: name: Wu, Yichen
name: Rivenson, Yair
name: Zhang, Yibo
name: Wei, Zhensong
name: Günaydın, Harun
name: Lin, Xing
name: Ozcan, Aydogan
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplementary material
El discurso del amor en tres compositoras de canción popular, 1940-1950, ciudad de México.
Creators: name: Ramírez Roa, Angélica.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Language, Modern.

description: The aim of this investigation is to analyze texts by women composers of popular songs, in particular those by Maria Grever, Consuelo Velazquez and Emma Elena Valdelamar, written between 1930 and 1950 in Mexico. In the first chapter we discuss the way these women conceive love as a gender subject. We first define the concept of gender as well as some aspects of the language they use in relation to gender. Then we focus on the role of the women composers in Western tradition music, particularly Mexican women composers of popular songs. In the second chapter, we analyze the concept of popular song, discussing its origins and influences. We attempt a classification by theme. This allows us to establish the cultural historic framework delimited as the urban song of love. In the third chapter, we discuss the concepts of metaphor, metonymy and synecdoque (following Lakoff and Johnson understanding of this concept), to arrive at a definition of a general metaphor, i.e the way the three women composers understand the concept of love. To achieve this goal we allude to the body conception, the concrete action of love-making, the kiss, the opposition between love and reason, jealousy and destiny. To conclude, we explore the differences in language used by women composers and men composers of this period.
Wissensmanagement ist der Schlüssel des Handels zum Erfolg Das Problem ist, in welche Richtung soll gedreht werden.
Creators: name: Ergenzinger, Rudolf
name: Krulis-Randa, Jan S.
Publisher: name: Deutscher Fachverlag
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: 330 - Wirtschaft
subject: 650 - Management

description: In der Konsumgüterindustrie bedarf es seit jeher der gleichzeitigen Berücksichtigung der Akteure in Industrie und Handel. Die Beiträge im Jahrbuch 2006 zeigen vor diesem Hintergrund auf, welche Potenziale das gemeinsame Agieren von Industrie und Handel besitzt und gibt damit Antworten auf die Frage, wie Märkte zeitgemäß zu bearbeiten sind.
Chapter 18 of the Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement: A comprehensive analysis and the NAFTA dimension.
Creators: name: Mendez Lopez, Carlos Fradique.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1993
Subjects: subject: Political Science, International Law and Relations.

description: The provisions set out in Chapter 18 of the C-U.S. FTA created a complex structure of bilateral institutions and designed a general system to assist in the avoidance and the resolution of bilateral trade disputes. In the first chapter of the thesis, I will look at the provisions of Chapter 18 in a broad context. From this departure point, I will go through the dispute management and settlement techniques available in the Agreement and the institutional structure designed for its management. I will attempt to present a systematic analysis of the overall system created in the bilateral treaty, by referring to the various aspects and features of the regime created by virtue of Chapter 18. This first part includes a detailed examination of the techniques available to the Parties, such as notification, the request for information and consultation, and the resort to arbitration and advisory panels. With respect to the institutional framework, attention will be given to the general structure and functioning of the bodies involved in the dispute resolution process. Within the second chapter, an analysis of the current status of the Chapter 18 cases establishes a background to facilitate a further evaluation of the mechanism to date. A brief and general examination of the procedural and substantive issues related to the panel experience is provided to present a global picture of the actual functioning of the dispute settlement provisions of the Agreement. Finally, in the third chapter, I will focus on the perspectives and options available to improve the dispute settlement regime, with special regard to the current process of establishing a North American Free Trade Agreement between Canada, Mexico and the United States. Once a basic analysis of the structure and the functioning of the Agreement is provided for in the two preliminary chapters, I will study the alternatives for the management of a more complex trade relationship. At this last stage of the research, I will examine the main issues embodied in a NAFTA dimension, such as the adjudicative alternative to solve international trade disputes, the formal right of individuals to become part of the process of settlement of commercial conflicts and the enhancement of a more rule-based regime to manage the broader North American framework.
Dealing with an Open Stakeholder Society - An Investigation into the Camisea Project
Creators: name: Schmitt, Ruth
Publisher: name: Haupt
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: 330 - Wirtschaft
subject: 650 - Management

description: The following book presents a textbook example of dealing with corporate social responsibility and a dynamic stakeholder environment through the Camisea case. The Camisea case, named after the Peruvian region in which Shells gas exploration project took place in the nineties, shows in detail how a company can learn from its negative experiences, and how it can turn them into a new form of governance to successfully lead projects that respect social, ecological and economic concerns. Managers are constantly reminded to be open and transparent with their stakeholders they should listen and learn in order to receive and maintain their licence to operate. This book demonstrates the kind of challenges that occur from these posits within a global and continually changing stakeholder environment. It is difficult for managers, economists, and business scholars to accept the fact that in projects similar to Camisea, a predefined management plan is not always the best plan to follow. Rather, new forms of governance similar to those comprehensively described in this book need to be applied.
Arzneimittelrückstände in Rezyklaten der Phosphorrückgewinnung aus Klärschlämmen
Creators: name: Stenzel, Fabian
name: Jung, Rolf
name: Wiesgickl, Sonja
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Phosphorrecycling
subject: Kläranlage
subject: Klärschlamm
subject: Altmedikament
subject: Antibiotika
subject: Altarzneimittel
subject: Chemikalien
subject: Landwirtschaft

description: Derzeit bestehen Datenlücken zu Arzneimittelrückständen in Klärschlämmen und daraus erzeugten Phosphor-Recyclingprodukten (P-⁠Rezyklate⁠). Ziel des Projektes war es, Phosphorrückgewinnungs- und Karbonisierungsanlagen in Deutschland hinsichtlich folgender Arzneimittel Ciprofloxacin, Levofloxacin, Clarithromycin, Carbamazepin, 17-α-Ethinylestradiol, Diclofenac, Cefuroxim, Sulfamethoxazol, 17-β-Estradiol, Metoprolol und Bezafibrat zu untersuchen. Die Studie zeigt klar, dass Phosphor-Rückgewinnungsverfahren die Arzneimittelbelastung in P-Rezyklaten im Vergleich zu den Ausgangsmaterialien wie Klärschlamm signifikant reduzieren. Die Ergebnisse wurden auf einem technischen Workshop diskutiert.
Kunden als Co-Designer: Schweizer Uhr - der Zeit voraus
Creators: name: Göckel, Matthias
Publisher: name: Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz FHNW
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: E-Commerce
subject: 330 - Wirtschaft
subject: 005 - Computer Programmierung, Programme und Daten

description: Unter www.121TIME.com kreieren Sie Ihre Designer Uhr. Bei Factory 121 ist der Fertigungspartner auf der Internet-Plattform dabei, die Händler stehen aussen vor. Ein Drittel der Kosten werden eingespart.
Human Health Risk Assessment (HHRA) for Environmental Development and Transfer of Antibiotic Resistance
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2013

description: Background: Only recently has the environment been clearly implicated in the risk of antibiotic resistance to clinical outcome, but to date there have been few documented approaches to formally assess these risks.
Objective: We examined possible approaches and sought to identify research needs to enable human health risk assessments (HHRA) that focus on the role of the environment in the failure of antibiotic treatment caused by antibiotic-resistant pathogens.
Methods: The authors participated in a workshop held 4-8 March 2012 in Québec, Canada, to define the scope and objectives of an environmental assessment of antibiotic-resistance risks to human health. We focused on key elements of environmental-resistance-development "hot spots,Ł exposure assessment (unrelated to food), and dose response to characterize risks that may improve antibiotic-resistance management options.
Discussion: Various novel aspects to traditional risk assessments were identified to enable an assessment of environmental antibiotic resistance. These include a) accounting for an added selective pressure on the environmental resistome that, over time, allows for development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria (ARB); b) identifying and describing rates of horizontal gene transfer (HGT) in the relevant environmental "hot spotŁ compartments; and c) modifying traditional dose-response approaches to address doses of ARB for various health outcomes and pathways.
Conclusions: We propose that environmental aspects of antibiotic-resistance development be included in the processes of any HHRA addressing ARB. Because of limited available data, a multicriteria decision analysis approach would be a useful way to undertake an HHRA of environmental antibiotic resistance that informs risk managers.
Quelle: http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/1206316/
Staatliches im Unternehmen: Projektmanagementmethode Hermes 5
Creators: name: Dannecker, Achim
name: Knechtli, Hanspeter
Publisher: name: Swiss Professional Media
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 330 - Wirtschaft
subject: 005 - Computer Programmierung, Programme und Daten

description: Hermes 5 ist der Standard der Schweizer Bundesverwaltung, vieler Kantone und Gemeinden. Nach nunmehr zwei Jahren ist das Wissen von der Existenz dieses Standards durchaus auch bei vielen Unternehmen angekommen. Nur ist nicht immer klar, ob dieser Standard tatsächlich in Unternehmen zum Einsatz kommen könnte, denn schliesslich ist es ja «etwas vom Bund».
3396304.pdf
Creators: name: Wu, Yichen
name: Rivenson, Yair
name: Zhang, Yibo
name: Wei, Zhensong
name: Günaydın, Harun
name: Lin, Xing
name: Ozcan, Aydogan
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2018
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplementary material