cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Hydrothermal Fe-Carbonate Alteration Associated with Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide (VMS) Deposits in Cycle IV of the Noranda Mining Camp, Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec
Creators: name: Wilson, Ryan
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: Carbonate alteration
VMS deposit
Sulfide destruction
Noranda
Mass balance
Short-wave infrared spectroscopy (SWIR)
Magmatic degassing
Origin of hydrothermal carbonate
Delbridge
Pinkos

description: Massive sulfide deposits in the Noranda mining camp, northwestern Québec, are mainly associated with extensive footwall alteration defined by intense chloritization and sericitization. However, Fe-carbonate alteration also occurs in proximity to some deposits. To test the exploration significance of carbonate alteration in the camp, two areas of intense carbonate alteration were examined, around the small Delbridge deposit and near the new Pinkos occurrence in the Cyprus Rhyolite. Between 1969 and 1971, the Delbridge deposit produced 370,000 t of ore grading 9.6% Zn, 0.61% Cu, 110 g/t Ag, and 2.1 g/t Au. Recent drilling at the new Pinkos occurrence intersected 2.64 m of massive to semi-massive sulfides grading 8.1% Zn and 18.2 g/t Ag. Alteration mapping has shown that the distribution of Fe-carbonates can be used to identify vertically extensive zones of hydrothermal upflow at both properties. At Delbridge, intense Fe-carbonate alteration in brecciated rhyolite defines a pipe-like upflow zone that extends vertically for up to 300 m within the stratigraphic footwall of the massive sulfides and 100 m into the hanging wall. The location of known massive sulfide mineralization coincides with the intersection of the alteration pipe and a favorable horizon marked by the occurrence of fine-grained volcaniclastic rocks. At Pinkos, a similar zone of Fe-carbonate alteration occurs in outcrops of coherent rhyolite. Fe-carbonate alteration is most intensely developed along polygonal cooling fractures in massive rhyolite and decreases in intensity towards the centers of the columns. Fe-carbonate stringers and locally abundant matrix carbonate occur in fragmental rocks at the stratigraphic top of the coherent rhyolite flows and are most intense at the location of sulfide-bearing outcrops that mark the known mineralized horizon. Whereas Fe-carbonate alteration defines the central part of the hydrothermal upflow zones at both properties, disseminated pyrite occurs at the margins and is widespread outside the main upflow zones. This may indicate that Fe-carbonate in the main upflow zones formed at the expense of earlier disseminated sulfides. Replacement of pyrite by synvolcanic Fe-carbonate alteration at Delbridge and Pinkos can probably be attributed to a relatively high concentration of dissolved CO2, possibly of magmatic origin, in the main-stage ore-forming fluids.
Skala zur Erfassung von Aufmerksamkeitsdefiziten
SEA
Creators: name: Gauggel., S.
name: Volz-Sidiropoulou
name: Niemann, H.
Publisher: name: Psychometrikon, Aachen, Germany
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: 610
subject: 150

description: SEA dient der Erfassung wahrgenommener Aufmerksamkeitssymptome im Alltag. Das Itemset besteht aus einer Reihe typischer Alltagsaufgaben, deren Ausführung durch die Beeinträchtigung vornehmlich eines Aufmerksamkeitaspektes unmittelbar erschwert ist. Die Items sind in Form von Aussagen formuliert. Die Probanden werden gebeten, auf einer 5stufigen Likert-Skala anzugeben, wie häufig die jeweilige Aussage auf sie zutrifft. Die Items der SEA beinhalten verschiedene Aspekte der Aufmerksamkeit (Aktivierung/Alertness, Daueraufmerksamkeit, selektive, geteilte und exekutive Aufmerksamkeit). Erste psychometrische Analysen mit einem Rasch Modell (Andrich´s Rating-Skalen-Modell), durchgeführt auf der Basis der Selbstbeurteilungen von 202 Patienten, ergab allerdings eine eindimensionale Struktur der SEA. Obschon die Patienten der Analysestichprobe nicht in der Lage schienen, zwischen den verschiedenen Komponenten der Aufmerksamkeit zu differenzieren, bestätigte die Rasch-Analyse der SEA eine hohe testmethodische Qualität: (1) Bis auf zwei Items erfüllte der Itemset der SEA die Modellerwartungen. Die Faktorenanalyse der Residuen ergab eine einheitliche Messdimension, welche 69.4% der Gesamtvarianz erklärte und sich als 25mal stärker erwies als der erste Residualfaktor. (2) Der SEA Itemset ermöglicht mit einer hohen Präzision zwischen mindestens drei Patientengruppen (mit einer niedrigen, moderaten und schweren Beeinträchtigung) und zwischen mindestens vier Itemschwierigkeitsabstufungen zu unterscheiden. (3) Auch die Analyse der Antwortskala ergab eine konsistente Anwendung seitens der Patienten, d.h., dass die einzelnen Antwortkategorien tatsächliche Beeinträchtigungsbereiche auf dem Konstruktkontinuum darstellen. Auf der Basis der derzeitigen psychometrischen Analysen bringt SEA die Voraussetzungen mit, sensitiv Veränderungen im Aufmerksamkeitsprofil der Patienten im Verlauf des gesamten Rehabilitationsprozesses zu erfassen.
Everyday Memory Questionaire, erweiterte Version
EMQ-erw
Creators: name: Sunderland
name: , Harris
name: Baddeley
name: Volz-Sidiropoulou, E.
name: Gauggel, S.
Publisher: name: Psychometrikon, Aachen, Germany
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: 610
subject: 150

description: "Everyday Memory Questionaire" (EMQ) soll typische Gedächtnisprobleme im Alltag erfassen. Die Langform des EMQ beinhaltet 35 Items Diese Version wurde übersetzt und um 10 Items, welche prospektives Gedächtnis erfassen sollen, erweitert. Das Projekt befindet sich in der Datengewinnungsphase und deshalb werden Ergebnisse zur psychometrischen Qualität des Verfahrens im deutschsprachigen Raum erst zu einem späteren Zeitpunkt vorgestellt. Der Fragebogen liegt in zwei Versionen vor: Selbstbeurteilung und Fremdbeurteilungs-Version.
Tissue concentrations of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in German freshwater fish: derivation of fillet-to-whole fish conversion factors and assessment of potential risks
Creators: name: Duffek, Anja
name: Rüdel, Heinz
name: Radermacher, Georg
name: Koschorreck, Jan
name: Fliedner, Annette
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Bioakkumulation
Umweltstandard
EG-Wasserrahmenrichtlinie

description: The European Water Framework Directive requires monitoring of bioaccumulative contaminants in fish to assess risks to human health by fish consumption and wildlife by secondary poisoning of predators. The list of priority substances for which environmental quality standards (EQSs) have been derived covers also perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS). No EQSs have yet been set for other per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) that are frequently detected in fish and of which some have a non-negligible risk potential compared to PFOS. As a case study, burdens for a set of PFAS were investigated for different fish species from five German freshwater sites and a Baltic Sea lagoon. PFAS concentrations were determined for composite samples of both, fillet and whole fish. On average, sum concentrations of C9-C14 perfluoroalkyl carboxylic acids, which will be banned in the European Union in 2023, reached 87% and 82% of the PFOS burdens in fillet and whole fish, respectively. The potential risk of several PFAS other than PFOS was assessed using a previously suggested relative potency factor approach, which is also applied for a proposed EQS revision. Only five of 36 fillet samples (mostly perch) exceeded the current EQS for PFOS alone. By contrast, all fillet samples exceeded the newly proposed draft EQS, which considers potential effects of further PFAS but also a lower tolerable intake value. Additionally, the dataset was used to derive fillet-to-whole fish conversion factors, which can be applied to assess human health risks by consumption of fillet if only whole fish concentrations are available. © 2021 The Authors
Chaos, death and suffering on our doorstep
Creators: name: Neumann, Klaus
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Australia's immigration minister, Senator Amanda Vanstone, recently argued that proponents of West Papuan independence should not be offered Australia's protection under the 1951 Refugee Convention because 'Separatism is a toxic cause that could, if encouraged, result in chaos, death and suffering on our doorstep.' Klaus Neumann comments on the extraordinary events prompted by the arrival of 43 West Papuan asylum seekers in Australia in January 2006 to reflect on the historical origins and overall direction of Australia's current response to refugees and asylum seekers.
Effects of Chronic Insulin and High Glucose on Insulin-Stimulated Responses in Human Preadipocytes
Creators: name: El Bilali, Jason
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: adipose tissue
insulin signaling
preadipocyte

description: The preadipocyte is crucial for healthy adipose tissue (AT) remodeling, and insulin resistance in these cells may contribute to AT dysfunction. Chronic exposure to insulin and high glucose induces insulin resistance in the 3T3-L1 mouse adipocyte cell line in vitro, however, whether this occurs in human preadipocytes is not known. To investigate this, human preadipocytes were isolated from subcutaneous AT obtained from 6 female patients undergoing elective surgery (Research Ethics Board-approved). Human preadipocytes were incubated in 5 mM glucose or 25 mM glucose in the presence or absence of 0.6 nM insulin for 48 hours, followed by acute 100 nM insulin stimulation. 25 mM glucose + 0.6 nM insulin inhibited insulin-stimulated tyrosine phosphorylation of IR-β (77%) and IRS-1 (81%) compared to NG (p<0.01), however, insulin-stimulated Ser473 Akt phosphorylation was not affected. 25 mM glucose and/or 0.6 nM insulin did not significantly change levels of pro-inflammatory adipokines. 25 mM glucose and/or 0.6 nM, prior to and/or during 14 days of adipogenic induction, did not affect levels of adipogenic markers or intracellular triglyceride accumulation.
Tributary System, Global Capitalism and the Meaning of Asia in Late Qing China
Creators: name: Ren, Zhijun
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: Chinese tributary system
global capitalism
modernity
Asianism

description: At the turn of the nineteenth century, global capitalism has introduced an unprecedented phenomenon: the reorientation of temporality and spatiality. Capitalist temporality and global space allowed Asian intellectuals to imagine, for the first time, a synchronized globe, where Asia became consciously worldly. Asian intellectuals began to reinterpret the indigenous categories such as the tributary system in order to make sense of the regionalization of Asia in the capitalist world system. The unity of Asian countries formed an alliance which resisted the homogeneity and universality claimed by European hegemony. Along with the revival of the Asian ideal, the tributary system was reimagined as the incarnation of Asian heterogeneity, a source that could be utilized in the common struggle of resisting European hegemony. What the tributary system represented in the discourse of Asianism at the turn of the twentieth century, then, is a new possibility of relation between nation-states.
Observational Learning of Junior Residents During Surgery: Exploring Promoters and Barriers to Learning
Creators: name: Raîche, Isabelle
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: Surgical observation
Junior residents
Apprenticeship
Instruction

description: Surgical observation is an integral part of surgical training. Junior residents, who have limited understanding of the procedure being performed, frequently engage in observation in order to gain exposure to surgical techniques. This limited experience, and the relative lack of guidance currently provided to them, might limit their ability to learn by observing. This thesis examines learners’ perceptions of the value of surgical observation, the barriers to learning in the surgical environment, and the factors that facilitate learning within the context of the operating room. An intervention, employing predefined objectives in the form of sets of questions, was introduced and the impacts of this intervention in terms of junior residents’ attitudes toward observation were explored. Two rounds of focus groups examined learners’ perceptions: one before introducing the intervention and one after it. Transcripts from these focus groups were analyzed using a qualitative interpretative approach and focus group participants provided considerable insight into observational learning. Many barriers were identified, including logistical constraints and lack of guidance. The surgical culture, within which observation is perceived as less effective than performing the surgery itself, was also mentioned as a factor that impedes learning during observation. Following the intervention, participants felt more validated as learners in the operating room and appreciated having clear objectives when observing procedures. Participants did mention that their busy clinical obligations would likely limit their use of any educational intervention. It was also noted that interventions to promote learning through observation would have to be fully supported by their program to be used on a regular basis. In conclusion, many factors that impact learning during surgical observation were identified. While trainees felt that increased guidance for observation was helpful, the environment in which learning takes place would have to be optimized to facilitate junior trainees’ learning.
Skalen zur Beurteilung von Handlungs-, Planungs- und Problemlösestörungen
HPP
Creators: name: Gauggel, S.
name: Deckersbach, T.
Publisher: name: Psychometrikon, Aachen, Germany
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: 610
subject: 150

description: Mit der Skalen zur Beurteilung von Handlungs-, Planungs- und Problemlösestörungen bei hirngeschädigten Patienten sollen Störungen der Planung und Kontrolle von Handlungen (sogenannte exekutive Funktionsstörungen) nach Schädigung des Gehirns anhand von Verhaltensbeobachtungen erfasst werden. Die Selbstbeurteilungsskala (HPP-S) erlaubt ferner in Verbindung mit der Fremdbeurteilung (HPP-F) Rückschlüsse darüber, ob ein mangelndes Störungsbewusstsein bei den untersuchten Patienten vorliegt. Die HPP besteht aus zwei Beurteilungsskalen: eine 24 Item umfassende Fremdbeurteilungsskala (HPP-F) und eine 12 Item umfassende Selbstbeurteilungsskala für Patienten (HPP-S). Die Items sind als Aussagen formuliert, die auf einer dreistufigen Ratingskala in Bezug auf ihr Vorhandensein und ihre Auftretenshäufigkeit beurteilt werden sollen.
Aeroelastic model test of a tall building.
Creators: name: Felbor, Juergen.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1992
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Civil.

description: An aeroelastic model test of a 500 metre tall building was carried out with the length scale of 1:200. The building response was found to be mostly buffeting due to oncoming flow turbulence. The thesis describes the test program and its results, general theory of buffeting analysis and its application to the project and some discussion on them.
Preparing learners for the innovation economy: it's time to rethink almost everything about technology education
Creators: name: Seemann, Kurt
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Have you ever noticed that when the economy shows strong growth in wages in manufacturing sectors, the stock value in those sectors often drops, but when jobs are slashed by as many as thousands or that when a company invests in new labour replacing technology in its production, the stock value of the companies involved rises (Chasan, 2006; Isidore, 2005)? Despite all the efforts to produce skilled people in traditional fields, the tide of sustainable employment in those areas, appears to be structurally prohibitive raising basic questions of whether traditional perceptions of Technology in school curriculum remains viable and whether a rethink of why Technology ought be taught is now due for a new discourse. In our complex new world, the one right here and now and unfolding outside the school gate, we ought cast forward and rethink the new opportunities before us with Technology studies as a subject in waiting. This paper explores the proposition that, in the context of understanding the role of innovation and knowledge in the world economy, it may be time to completely rethink the role of Technology in schooling as having a unique purpose in the curriculum. One that is characterised by its focus on graduate attributes rather than specific traditional equipment skilling alone expressed in the finish of ‘objects’ and by its responsive behaviour to a modern world economy, with complex social and ecological pressures.
Measuring value added along the supply chain: a transfer pricing perspective
Creators: name: Clements, Michael D. J.
name: Price, Nigel J.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This paper introduces and explains a conception of measuring value added along the supply chain from a transfer pdcing perspective. This non-conventional supply chain (valuechain) perspective invites the reader to consider measuring added value as it moves between organisations using a model which encourages congruent behaviour between supply chain partners. A proposed model adapted from the Balanced Score Card model (Kaplan and Norton, 1996) provides a tool to measure tangible and intangible value between firms using transfer pricing. It is argued that embracing and appropdately engaging this model will enable organisations to better measure inter-organisational performance along their supply chain.
ProGes: A User Interface for Multimedia Devices over the Internet of Things
Creators: name: Ahmadi Danesh Ashtiani, Ali
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: Proxemic interaction
Gesture interaction

description: With the rapid growth of online devices, a new concept of Internet of Things (IoT) is emerging in which everyday devices will be connected to the Internet. As the number of devices in IoT is increasing, so is the complexity of the interactions between user and devices. There is a need to design intelligent user interfaces that could assist users in interactions. Many studies have been conducted on different interaction techniques such as proxemic and gesture interaction in order to propose an intuitive and intelligent system for controlling multimedia devices over the IoT, though most could not propose a universal solution. The present study proposes a proximity-based and gesture-enabled user interface for multimedia devices over IoT. The proposed method employs a cloud-based decision engine to support user to choose and interact with the most appropriate device, reliving the user from the burden of enumerating available devices manually. The decision engine observes the multimedia content and device properties, learns user preferences adaptively, and automatically recommends the most appropriate device to interact. In addition to that, the proposed system uses proximity information to find the user among people and provides her/him gesture control services. Furthermore, a new hand gesture vocabulary is proposed for controlling multimedia devices through conducting a multiphase elicitation study. The main advantage of this vocabulary is that it can be used for all multimedia devices. Both device recommendation system and gesture vocabulary are evaluated. The device recommendation system evaluation shows that the users agree with the proposed interaction 70% of the times. Moreover, the average agreement score of the proposed gesture vocabulary (0.56) exceeds the score of similar studies. An external user evaluation study shows that the average score of being a good-match is 4.08 out of 5 and the average of ease-of-performance equals to 4.21 out of 5. The memory test reveals that the proposed vocabulary is easy to remember since participants could remember and perform gestures in 3.13 seconds on average. In addition to that, the average accuracy of remembering gestures equals to 91.54%.
Candidate stress biomarkers for queen failure diagnostics
Creators: name: McAfee, Alison
name: Milone, Joseph
name: Chapman, Abigail
name: Foster, Leonard J.
name: Pettis, Jeffery S.
name: Tarpy, David R.
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2020

description: Background: Queen failure is a persistent problem in beekeeping operations, but in the absence of overt symptoms it is often difficult, if not impossible, to ascertain the root cause. Stressors like heat-shock, cold-shock, and sublethal pesticide exposure can reduce stored sperm viability and lead to cryptic queen failure. Previously, we suggested candidate protein markers indicating heat-shock in queens. Here, we further investigate these heat-shock markers and test new stressors to identify additional candidate protein markers. Results: We found that heat-shocking queens for upwards of 1 h at 40 °C was necessary to induce significant changes in the two strongest candidate heat-shock markers, and that relative humidity significantly influenced the degree of activation. In blind heat-shock experiments, we tested the efficiency of these markers at assigning queens to their respective treatment groups and found that one marker was sufficient to correctly assign queens 75% of the time. Finally, we compared cold-shocked queens at 4 °C and pesticide-exposed queens to controls to identify candidate markers for these additional stressors, and compared relative abundances of all markers to queens designated as ‘healthy’ and ‘failing’ by beekeepers. Queens that failed in the field had higher expression of both heat-shock and pesticide protein markers, but not cold-shock markers. Conclusions: This work offers some of the first steps towards developing molecular diagnostic tools to aid in determining cryptic causes of queen failure. Further work will be necessary to determine how long after the stress event a marker’s expression remains elevated, and how accurate these markers will be for field diagnoses.
Étude du processus d'acculturation lors d'une rencontre interculturelle entre des Congolais et des Canadiens catholiques dans la région d'Ottawa-Gatineau
Creators: name: Forget, Francine L.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: communication interculturelle
acculturation
cosmopolitisme
ethnoscape
méthode mixte

description: Dans le cadre de ce projet de recherche, le processus d’acculturation a été étudié en l’occurrence du phénomène global du flux de migration des Congolais catholiques dans la region d’Ottawa- Gatineau. Nous avons cherché à comprendre la signification que peuvent donner les participants à la rencontre interculturelle lorsque la chorale congolaise catholique anime en rite zaïrois une messe hebdomadaire dans deux paroisses franco- canadiennes. Dans ce contexte d’interculturalité et d’intégration de nouveaux arrivants au Canada, nous nous sommes intéressés au phénomène culturel de l’animation de la chorale Lisanga de la communauté Congolaise-catholique Bondeko d’Ottawa-Gatineau. C’est ainsi que nous avons examiné cette expérience comme une rencontre dans un contexte d’acculturation et d’un espace de convivialité interculturelle. Pour aborder ce sujet, nous avons recueilli des données quantitatives, des données qualitatives et nous nous sommes attachés à l’analyse des données récoltées à partir de notre observation afin de faire ressortir les points d’influence interrelationnels. Nous nous sommes inspirées du modèle d’acculturation interactif (MAI) de Bourhis et coll. (1997) pour recueillir nos données quantitatives puisque ce modèle « tient compte de la réciprocité dynamique qui se crée lors d’une interaction entre deux cultures » (p. 370). De plus, nous avons présenté la notion de cosmopolitisme d’Appiah (2006) et la perspective culturelle sur la mondialisation d’Appadurai (2005) au modèle non seulement pour le bonifier, mais encore pour tenir compte de la réciprocité des énigmes face à une interaction interculturelle. Par le biais de notre étude, nous avons pu constater que cette rencontre interculturelle déclenche un processus d’acculturation interrelationnel de la chorale vers les communautés paroissiales et des communautés paroissiales vers la chorale. Même si certains maintiennent une certaine distance, et qu’il puisse y avoir des bris dans la communication interculturelle, l’événement a suscité la reconnaissance mutuelle chez plusieurs participants dans le cadre d’une activité de détente au sein de l’Église catholique. Ceci veut dire que notre recherche a pu faire avancer les connaissances dans le processus d’acculturation cosmopolite où chacun peut oser sortir de sa zone de confort et reconnaître la richesse de l’autre.
Supplementary document for Construction and electrical performance improvement of MoS2 FET with Graphene/metal contact - 5398999.pdf
Creators: name: Han, Tao
name: Liu, Hongxia
name: Chen, Shupeng
name: Wang, Shulong
name: Yang, Kun
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplement Document
La compression d'impulsion numérique et son application pour réduire le brouillage radar.
Creators: name: Blanchette, Martin.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1992
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Electronics and Electrical.

description: La compression d'impulsion est une technique qui permet d'ameliorer la detection des cibles radar tout en conservant un bon pouvoir de resolution en distance. Cette technique consiste a transmettre une plus longue impulsion codee et de la recevoir avec un filtre adapte au code transmis. Les systemes numeriques de compression d'impulsion peuvent posseder une plus grande variete codes que les systemes analogiques, et utiliser un nouveau code a chaque transmission. Ces deux avantages, l'amelioration du rapport signal/bruit et l'agilite de code, sont conjugues pour reduire le brouillage radar. Cette these evalue les performances de la compression d'impulsion numerique en presence de differents types de brouillage radar. Pour contrer certains types de brouillage comme les repliques de code, il est necessaire d'utiliser un nouveau code a chaque transmission. Les deux categories de codes etudiees ici sont les codes biphases pseudo-aleatoires et les codes polyphases derives des signaux FM lineaires ou "chirp". Des methodes supplementaires, comme la detection cumulative et l'integration coherente d'une salve d'impulsions, sont parfais necessaires pour supprimer les residus du brouillage. Cette these traite aussi de la mise ende la compression d'impulsion numerique en temps reel et presente un prototype experimental construit conjointement par la compagnie Marconi Canada et le CRDO. Les resultats sont appuyes par des simulations sur ordinateur ou par des simulations sur le prototype experimental.
Franchising: A comparison of the EEC and US legislative approaches, with particular reference to territorial exclusivity.
Creators: name: Goldstein, Oded.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1992
Subjects: subject: Business Administration, General.

description: Most of the thesis will concentrate on the two jurisdictions in which the franchise method is already well established, the European Economic Community (EEC) and the United States (US). The first chapter of this thesis is a general introduction to the franchise method and its main characteristics and features. Also included, is an introduction to the different types of franchise specific legislation. In the second chapter, the development of the approach taken towards the franchise method in the EEC is examined. The chapter includes an analysis of the Court of Justice's (COJ) well-known Pronuptia judgment, the EEC individual exemptions for franchise agreements issued by the EEC Commission and the Commission's franchise regulation. The first part of the third chapter, deals with the antitrust law in the US to the extent it concerns franchise agreements. The second part of the third chapter examines franchise legislation to protect franchises in the US, both at the federal and at the state level. The study in both parts of the third chapter is done through concentrating in the status of territorial exclusivity. The fourth and last chapter presents broad comparisons and general conclusions. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Сортовые агротехнологии возделывания сои в Приамурье
Creators: name: Синеговская Валентина Тимофеевна
Publisher: name: Дальневосточный аграрный вестник
Year: 2007

description: На основе изучения фотосинтетической деятельности растений в посевах сои сортов Соната и Гармония определена оптимальная норма высева и способ их возделывания. Предлагаемая структура посева обеспечивает получение урожайности семян сои сорта Соната не менее 22,8 ц/га, сорта Гармония — 32,1 ц/га. Показано влияние гербицидов на площадь листьев и продолжительность их функционирования, урожайность семян и их качество для сортов Соната, Гармония и Лидия.
Marburger Kompetenz Skala
MKS
Creators: name: Gauggel, S.
Publisher: name: Psychometrikon, Aachen, Germany
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: 610
subject: 150

description: Mit der Marburger Kompetenz Skala (MKS) werden die Auswirkungen einer Hirnschädigung oder -verletzung auf das funktionelle Leistungsvermögen (Aktivitäten und Partizipation) der Betroffenen erfasst. Die MKS besteht aus einer Selbst- und Fremdbeurteilung, welche jeweils 30 Fragen zur Kompetenz bei typischen Alltagsaktivitäten beinhaltet. Durch den Vergleich der beiden Beurteilungen können zusätzlich Aussagen über die Validität des Patientenratings (und somit auch indirekt über die Krankheitseinsicht bzw. das Störungsbewusstsein) gemacht werden.
Determining the Growth Limiting Conditions and Prevalence of Clostridium difficile in Foods
Creators: name: Sugeng, Clarissa K.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: Clostridium difficile
Growth no growth modelling
Clostridium difficile/isolation & purification
Food microbiology
Foodborne diseases/microbiology

description: Community-acquired Clostridium difficile infections have recently been increasing in incidence and severity. Several studies have isolated C. difficile spores from livestock and retail meats, suggesting that food may play a role in transmission. No research has been done, however, on what food conditions might allow for the survival and/or growth of the bacterium. We therefore modelled the minimum thresholds for C. difficile growth under low pH, water activity (aw), and temperature. We also sampled retail ground meats, cheese, and milk for the presence of C. difficile spores and subtyped food isolates for comparison with clinical strains. We found that C. difficile growth could be prevented by refrigeration temperatures. C. difficile spores were also detected for the first time in Canada in ground lamb, ground turkey, ground chicken, cheese and milk. The majority of these food isolates were genetically similar to epidemic strain NAP7/078, suggesting that food may not be a direct vector for C. difficile transmission, but could still be clinically relevant.
Book Review: Understanding Local Economic Development
Creators: name: Markley, Deborah M.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2000

description: Understanding Local Economic Development is a successful attempt to couple a wide range of theoretical concepts with the applications sought by economic development professionals. In accomplishing this synthesis, the authors also have produced a coherent and relevant text for economics, planning, geography, and other students engaged in studying the economic development process. Understanding Local Economic Development can serve as the core reading material, supplemented by focused journal articles, around which an economic development course can be built. In this dual role, the book makes an important contribution to the economic development literature.
Heredity and Environment in the Growth and Decline oflntelligence
Creators: name: Vernon, Philip E.
Publisher: name: Journal of Educational Thought / Revue de la Pensée Educative
Year: 2018

description: Though we can describe the characteristics of mental growth in childhood and mental decline in old age, there are great difficulties in demonstrating the main causal factors. A stimulating or a deprived environment has greater effects on the development of intelligence than used to be believed; but there are also strong grounds for recognizing that genetic differences, which underlie biological maturation and decay, determine human capacities to a large extent.
description: Journal of Educational Thought / Revue de la Pensée Educative, Vol 9 No 2 (1975)
Rasch-basiertes Depressionsscreening
DESC
Creators: name: Forkmann, T.
name: Böcker, M.
name: Wirtz, M.
name: Gauggel, S.
name: Norra, C.
Publisher: name: Psychometrikon, Aachen, Germany
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: 610
subject: 150

description: Das Rasch-basierte Depressionsscreening (DESC) ist ein Selbstbeurteilungsfragebogen, der sowohl zur Beurteilung der Depressionsschwere als auch als Screeningverfahren für eine Depressive Episode eingesetzt werden kann. Er wurde unter Verwendung der Rasch-Analyse - eines Verfahrens aus der Familie der Item Response Modelle - und Strukturgleichungsmodellierung entwickelt und besteht aus zwei parallelen Formen zu je 10 Items. Es ist besonders geeignet für die Depressionsdiagnostik bei körperlich erkrankten Menschen sowie – durch seine beiden parallelen Formen – für wiederholte Testungen und Verlaufsmessungen.
Das DESC besteht aus jeweils 10 Items zur Messung von Depressivität in zwei parallelen Formen. Beide Formen sind eindimensional, so dass die Auswertung durch einfache Aufsummierung erfolgt. Die Items beginnen alle mit „Wie oft in den letzten zwei Wochen…“ und orientieren sich damit im Bezugszeitraum an den gängigen Klassifikationssystemen ICD-10 und DSM-IV. Die Items sind fünfstufig Likert-skaliert von nie (0) bis immer (4). Die Testdurchführung dauert in der Regel deutlich weniger als fünf Minuten. Die Interpretation kann mittels Cut-off-Vergleichs (Summenwert ≥ 12 spricht für das Vorliegen einer depressiven Episode) als auch mittels Verwendung der zur Verfügung stehenden Normtabellen (N=2509, bevölkerungsrepräsentative Stichprobe) erfolgen. Es liegen Daten zu Validität, Reliabilität, Sensitivität und Spezifität des DESC vor, die auf sehr gute psychometrische Eigenschaften des Instrumentes hinweisen.
L'appréciation de l'humour engagé et de l'humour absurde au Québec : une étude exploratoire comparative
Creators: name: Kennedy, Karelle
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2013
Subjects: humour
Québec
étude de réception
critique
rire
humour absurde
humour engagé
humour sociopolitique

description: Inspirée par le fait que l’humour engagé tend à disparaître de la sphère humoristique au Québec, cette recherche exploratoire s’intéresse à l’appréciation de l’humour engagé en comparaison avec l’humour absurde. Deux figures représentatives québécoises de ces types d’humour ont été retenues, soit Guy Nantel et André Sauvé. À l’aide d’une méthodologie mixte, c’est-à-dire une analyse du contenu manifeste (quantitatif) complétée par une analyse de contenu latent (qualitatif), nous avons analysé des critiques ayant pour objet les spectacles des deux sujets humoristes. Les critiques analysées proviennent de deux sources : les spectateurs et les médias. Dans un premier temps, l’analyse de contenu manifeste a dévoilé un écart d’appréciation entre les critiques concernant Nantel et celles concernant Sauvé, ce dernier ayant obtenu une moyenne plus élevée. Dans un deuxième temps, l’analyse de contenu latent a permis de dégager certaines tendances au sujet de l’appréciation des deux types d’humour qui ont été examinées en fonction de six thèmes récurrents dans les critiques. Entre autres, la rigueur intellectuelle et l’intelligibilité du discours sont ressorties comme des propriétés très appréciées des critiques des médias et des spectateurs.
This is not a test: user-oriented evaluation of the digital academic library
Creators: name: McKay, Dana
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The distinction between digital libraries and traditional academic libraries is becoming increasingly blurred. Users are moving away from library information resources, and toward ubiquitous, usable Internet-based information seeking. User testing is one way to improve library services for users. This paper presents the case for user oriented evaluations of the digital interfaces to academic libraries.
Population Genome-wide Analysis of Geographically Distant Isolates of the Bee Pathogen Nosema Ceranae
Creators: name: Pelin, Adrian
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2015

description: Microsporidia are a peculiar phylum of ancestral fungal relatives who have remained enigmatic and largely unknown up until the end of last century. Recent research has revealed some clues about their parasitic life style, and provided some answers regarding their basic biology. Research done as part of my Master’s degree has combined next generation genome sequencing and with powerful bioinformatics analyses to make new contributions in the field of microsporidian biology. In this dissertation, I will focus on describing the results of my main project, a population genomic study of an economically important microsporidium, Nosema ceranae. Infections from this species have been associated with recent global declines in the populations of western honeybees (Apis mellifera). Despite the outstanding economic and ecological threat that N. ceranae may represent for honeybees worldwide, many aspects of its biology, including its mode of reproduction, propagation and ploidy, are either very unclear or unknown. In my thesis, I aimed to expand our knowledge of N. ceranae biology by sequencing the genome of 8 isolates (i.e. a population of spores isolated from one single beehive) of this species harvested from 8 geographically distant beehives, and by investigating their level of polymorphism. Consistent with previous analysis performed using single gene sequences, my analyses exposed a very high genetic diversity within each isolate, but also very little hive-specific polymorphism. My investigations on the nature, location and distribution of this variation revealed that that beehives around the globe are infected by a population of N. ceranae cells that are polyploid (4n or more) and clonal. Furthermore, phylogenetic analyses I performed using genome-wide SNP data extracted from these parasites and mitochondrial sequences from their hosts all failed to support the current geographical structure of our isolates, suggesting that the isolates we analyzed have probably spread through human intervention. Altogether, research done as part of my Master’s degree has resulted in essential breakthroughs in our biological understanding of an economically and ecologically important parasite of honeybees.
Survival by histology among patients with bone and soft tissue sarcoma who undergo metastasectomy: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
Creators: name: Wang, Ying
name: Delisle, Megan
name: Smith, Denise
name: Srikanthan, Amirrtha
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2020

description: Background: Metastasectomy is performed on a select cohort of patients with advanced and/or recurrent bone and soft tissue sarcomas because of the potential for long term relapse free and overall survival associated with the procedure. However, the evidence supporting metastasectomy is difficult to summarize without a systematic examination of existing literature. The objective of this systematic review will be to examine survival among both adults and children with advanced and recurrent bone and STS who undergo metastasectomy. Methods: We designed and registered a study protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis. We will include data from survival studies (e.g., randomized trials, cohort studies, routine case registries, and case control) conducted in children and adults with advanced and recurrent bone and soft tissue sarcoma who undergo metastasectomy. The primary outcome will be overall survival. Secondary outcomes will be 30-day post-operative mortality, recurrence-free survival, time off systemic therapy, and patient-reported outcomes including quality of life end points where available. Literature searches will be performed in multiple electronic databases including Ovid MEDLINE ® (1946 to present), Ovid EMBASE (1974 to present), Web of Science, and Cochrane Library. Grey literature will be identified through searching references, conference abstracts, Papers First, and Google Scholar. Two investigators will independently screen all citations, full-text articles, and abstract data. Full-text articles selected for analysis will be assessed for quality and risk of bias. If feasible, we will conduct a random effects meta-analysis. Estimates will be stratified according to histology comparing survival based on organ of metastasectomy. Additional analysis will be conducted to explore the potential sources of heterogeneity according to various patient, disease, and treatment characteristics (e.g., metastasis status, age, disease burden, and concomitant interventions). Discussion: This systematic review and meta-analysis will identify, evaluate, and integrate data on survival of metastasectomy of bone and soft tissue sarcoma by organ of metastasis. Our findings may have implications for clinicians, patients, and their families when considering selection for resection of oligometastatic disease in de novo, or recurrent bone and soft tissue sarcoma. Implications for future research will be identified to improve the outcomes of these complex patients. Systematic review registration PROSPERO CRD42019126906
Die Reform der Gemeinsamen Agrarpolitik braucht eine verbindliche und wirkungsvolle Ökologisierung der ersten Säule
Creators: name: Balzer, Frederike
name: Schulz, Dietrich
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Landwirtschaft
subject: Agrarbereich
subject: Agrarpolitik
subject: EU-Agrarpolitik
subject: Abfall | Ressourcen
subject: Waste | Resources
subject: Landwirtschaft
subject: Soil | Land

description: Im Rahmen der Reform der Gemeinsamen Agrarpolitik (GAP) für 2014-2020 ist eine Stärkung ökologischer Aspekte unverzichtbar. Eine Rechtfertigung des EU-Agrarhaushalts ist aus Sicht der Kommission Landwirtschaft am Umweltbundesamt (KLU) künftig nur noch nach dem Prinzip „Öffentliche Gelder für öffentliche Güter“ möglich. Gerade in der ersten Säule der GAP (den Direktzahlungen) ist dieses Prinzip bisher jedoch nicht verankert. Um dies innerhalb des politisch realistischen Rahmens zu erreichen, ist die Einführung einer effektiven und verbindlichen Ökologisierungskomponente („Greening“) innerhalb der ersten Säule unverzichtbar.
Over the Top: Canadian Red Cross Fundraising during the Second World War
Creators: name: Walker, Eric Keith
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011
Subjects: Red Cross
Canada
humanitarianism
women
homefront
Second World War

description: Throughout the Second World War, the Canadian Red Cross Society (CRCS) exerted its significant influence in the field of voluntary homefront labour to provide a vast number of services for the benefit of Canadian, Commonwealth and Allied servicemen, prisoners of war, and civilians affected by the horrors of war. These wartime programs, which cost the Society over $90 000 000, were made possible through voluntary contributions of millions of dollars from Canadian citizens mainly through the yearly Red Cross national campaigns. Because of the organization’s claim to reach over cultural, ethnic, linguistic and religious lines, it benefitted from the support of various national groups within Canada. Another important group of contributors to the Red Cross structure were women who formed the backbone of the organization’s structure. Women served in nearly every capacity within the CRCS, which allowed them to gain valuable experience in a working environment outside of the home.
Numerical Optimization Techniques for Secure Communications Over MIMO Channels
Creators: name: Urlea, Maria
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: Secrecy capacity
Physical layer secutiry
Renk-adaptive monte-carlo

description: As multimedia applications become more popular, wireless communication systems are expected to reliably provide increased data rates. Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) technologies can meet this demand without using additional bandwidth or transmit power. MIMO is part of modern wireless communication standards. Another critical aspect of communications is to secure the confidentiality of data transmission. Cryptography accomplishes this at the upper layers of the protocol stack. At the physical layer, data travels unencrypted and can be secured by using the channel characteristics to ``hide'' data transmission from potential eavesdroppers. We consider a Gaussian MIMO wiretap channel and are looking for the maximal rate at which data can be transmitted both reliably and securely to the intended receiver: the secrecy capacity. This quantity is difficult to find analytically and is known precisely in only a few cases. This thesis proposes several numerical optimization methods, both stochastic and deterministic, to evaluate the secrecy capacity and to find the optimal transmit covariance matrix. The stochastic approaches are based on Monte-Carlo and on Differential Evolution (a genetic algorithm). The deterministic approaches are based on successive linear approximation. The accuracy of the results obtained with these methods is, in general, better than the one offered by popular numerical optimization tools such as CVX or YALMIP.
A Model of Effective IT Governance for Collaborative Networked Organizations
Creators: name: Safdar, Morooj
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2015
Subjects: IT Governance
Collaborative networked organizations
Collaboration

description: Inter-organizational collaboration based on the use of IT systems is now essential for organizations working as Collaborative Networked Organizations (CNOs). However, little research has been done to examine the critical success factors involved in shared IT governance among members of a CNO. Accordingly, this research develops a model of inter-organizational IT-governance composed of critical success factors (CSFs) and key performance indicators. The study defines fourteen CSFs that are classified under the main four categories of IT governance, which include strategic alignment, resource management, value delivery and risk management, and performance measurement. In addition, the study identifies key performance indicators that measure the CSFs and evaluate the effectiveness of how partners work together in joint processes for a common goal. The main dimensions of the KPIs include consensus, alignment, accountability, trust, involvement and transparency. The model was validated by gathering feedback from participants in a healthcare on the importance of the CSFs and performance indicators. The findings confirm the importance of the CSFs but suggest that they could be ranked in order of criticality. In addition, certain CSFs were re-defined based on the experience of CNO participants and questions were raised related to the context of the CNO, which influences participant perceptions, as well as the degree of formalization noted in the CNO.