cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
An updated checklist of the wetland vascular flora from Morocco
Creators: name: Abdelmajid Khabbach
name: Libiad, Mohamed
name: Ennabili, Abdeslam
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Botany
subject: 60202 Community Ecology (excl. Invasive Species Ecology)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 60299 Ecology not elsewhere classified

description: This work consists of a synthesis of previous data in order to establish an updated inventory of the wetland flora of Morocco, increased by state of conservation (risk of extinction), geographical distribution and autoecolgical data. A total of 672 wetland plant species, subspecies, varieties, and forma from Moroccan wetlands are inventoried, corresponding to 92 botanical families. Cyperaceae and Poaceae have the most wetland plant taxa (20.4%), followed by Asteraceae and Fabaceae (13.9%). Of these wetland vascular plant taxa, 16.2% are endemic and 44.8% are on the IUCN Red List. The floristic regions of North Atlantic Morocco and Rif house around 69.6% and 68.5% of wetland vascular flora respectively. The eutrophic wet habitats favour the growth of 32.4% of the taxa inventoried. Three taxa are invasive among some 17 introduced ones.
Charles S. Peirces's "affective" realism
Creators: name: Poggiani, Francesco
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2011

description: Entrando direttamente nel cuore del realismo di Peirce, il presente articolo vuole rispondere alla domanda: come si può affermare l’essenziale conoscibilità dell’essere senza minarne l’irriducibile alterità? La risposta a questa domanda esigerà un radicale ripensamento del concetto stesso di realtà. L’ipotesi di Peirce è che l’indipendenza del reale, invece che determinarne la costitutiva inaccessibilità, è al contrario condizione per l’emergenza, lo sviluppo e il compimento finale della ricerca. Charles S. Peirce's "affective" realismPointing directly to the core of Peirce's Realism, the present article asks the question: how can we affirm the essential intelligibility of being without undermining its irreducible alterity? To answer this question requires a radical re-conception of the notion of reality. Peirce's hypothesis is that the independence of reality, far from determining its constitutive inaccessibility, represents the very condition for the emergence, development and final settlement of inquiry.
description: Nóema, N° 2 (2011): Oggettività e realismo: l'ultima impresa della verità
Spinoza: la verità utile
Creators: name: Scandella, Maurizio
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2011

description: Come intendere la completa intelligibilità del reale affermata da Spinoza? Da un  lato essa porta alla perdita di senso della nozione di miracolo, di cui si  mostrano la contradditorietà e l'inutilità. Dall'altro lato essa espone però la  verità stessa al rischio della propria dissoluzione all'interno di un Dio in cui  tutte le idee sono vere. Il confronto con tale difficoltà porta ad indagare il  ruolo positivo dell'immaginazione nella filosofia di Spinoza e ad ipotizzare  nella nozione di vera religione un possibile esempio di "verità utile", capace  di efficacia pratico-politica.Spinoza: the useful truth What does the full  intelligibility of reality proposed by Spinoza mean? On the one hand, it turns  the notion of miracle into a nonsense, both contradictory and useless. On the  other hand, it seems that the truth itself could disappear into a God in which  all ideas are true. The confrontation with this problem requires an analysis of  Spinoza’s positive approach to imagination and brings to considers the notion of  true religion as a possible example of “useful truth”, effective on a practical  and political level.
description: Nóema, N° 2 (2011): Oggettività e realismo: l'ultima impresa della verità
Exploring the Use of Procedural Policy Instruments in the Development and Implementation of French Second Language Policy in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia
Creators: name: Mitchell, Sara
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: Public policy
languages in education policy
educational policy
French second language policy
policy instruments
eastern Canada

description: From 2006-2008, both New Brunswick and Nova Scotia proposed changes to their French second language (FSL) policies and programs. In observing the cases, it becomes clear that government officials made use of policy instruments to both implement policy and navigated the policy process. This work builds off existing literature that seeks to understand the instrument selection process, as well as the impact of policy tools on the policy-making process and more specifically, on the actors involved directly and indirectly in it. Using a framework that incorporates components of Contextual Interaction Theory and elements of procedural policy instrument scholarship, the project endeavours to identify what instruments were used to develop and implement FSL policy in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, as well as to comprehend why the tools were selected. The dissertation relies on document analysis and semi-structured interviews conducted with government officials and stakeholders to determine that instrument selection is based on the actors’ cognitions, motivations, and available/accessible resources. Furthermore, legitimacy plays an integral role in the selection of instruments. Government policymakers are faced with varying degrees of legitimacy, as expressed by actors indirectly involved in the policy process. Inevitably, these actors react to policy content and the policy process, which leads to sometimes contentious interactions. The current research expands on the educational policy literature by using a lens that accounts for the role of instruments in the policy process and provides a nuanced understanding of how the actors’ interactions shape and influence policy-making. It makes an original contribution to the policy instruments literature by developing a framework that accounts for the selection criteria used by both policymakers and stakeholders when choosing policy tools and resources. This dissertation contributes to the discipline of public administration and the field of public policy primarily by expounding the explanatory value of policy instruments regarding what they can tell us about the policy process, policy-making and policy outcomes. It does this by looking at how it is actors both directly and indirectly involved in the policy process interpret policy instruments and shows how government’s policy-making capacity is constrained not only by the resources available to it but by the resources accessible to actors indirectly involved in the policy process. Looking at the reciprocal nature of tool selection and tool implementation helps to explain policy-making and outcomes, as well as accounts for the roles of actors both proximately and peripherally involved in the process.
Pornographisation de la culture populaire : analyse de contenu des vidéoclips
Creators: name: Aubin, Isabelle
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011
Subjects: Pornographie
Analyse de contenu
Vidéoclips

description: La recherche qui suit consiste en une analyse des vidéoclips de musique, mais plus précisément l’influence pornographique dans les vidéoclips de musique. L’arrivée des médias de masse a permis à la pornographie à s’introduire dans des éléments qui ne lui étaient pas auparavant accessibles. Nous retrouvons maintenant les codes pornographiques et techniques de caméra utilisé dans les films pornographiques au sein des vidéoclips. Cette étude a deux composantes, premièrement une analyse des liens entre l’industrie pornographique et l’industrie de la musique et, deuxièmement, deux différentes analyses de contenu des vidéoclips diffusés par la chaîne de télévision Much Music. La première analyse concerne une émission spécialisée diffusée l’hiver 2007 intitulée « The top 50 sexiest music videos » et la deuxième couvre les vidéoclips diffusés du top trente de la période de janvier 2009 à avril 2009. En comparant nos trouvailles à ceux des autres chercheurs, il est possible de postuler qu’il y a aujourd’hui une importante augmentation de la représentation sexuelle implicite et explicite dans les vidéoclips. Les liens établis entre l’industrie pornographique et l’industrie de la musique sont désormais directs.
Design and Synthesis of Collagen-binding Anti-microbial Proteins
Creators: name: Ghannad, Mona
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011
Subjects: Cornea
Anti-microbial peptide
LL-37

description: The Herpes simplex virus (HSV) is a virus that commonly infects the skin, and mucous membrane of the mouth, genitalia, and the eye. HSV-1 is the strain that is most commonly associated with corneal infections, and it is the most frequent cause of corneal blindness in North America [1]. Currently no cure is available, and many limitations are characterized by the currently available synthetic antiviral drugs, which suggest the need for other potential drug alternatives and delivery strategies. Anti-microbial peptides are naturally occurring peptides that are potent killers of a broad range of micro-organisms, including bacteria, fungi, and viruses [2]. AMPs are known to be a key component of the innate immune response at the human ocular surface. The human cathelicidin-derived AMP, LL-37, expressed in human corneal epithelial cells provides a wide range of protection against viral pathogens such as HSV-1 [3]. My thesis research addressed the design and recombinant production of hybrid AMP sequences containing LL-37 with the potential ability to form chemical or physical associations with a Collagen scaffold material, such as those used in current artificial cornea constructs to address the need for alternative anti-viral drugs. Three fusion proteins were tested, and compared for feasible design anti-microbial peptide expression and purification in E. coli. It was illustrated that the thioredoxin and SUMO fusion systems are good candidates for successful recombinant production of active designed peptides. The point-mutated LL-37 sequence was successfully expressed and purified using the thioredoxin fusion system. It was demonstrated that this modified LL-37 was effective against HSV-1 infection. The SUMO system was used to express the bio-functional LL-37 containing a collagen-binding sequence. Further work is required to address issues regarding recombinant AMP production, such as increasing enzymatic cleavage efficacy, and minimizing proteolytic degradation or modification.
Atti volontari ed atti involontari in Aristotele. Una lettura in chiave giuridica contemporanea
Creators: name: Conte, Riccardo
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2011

description: L’autore rilegge alcune pagine dell’Etica Nicomachea evidenziando come alcuni concetti aristotelici sono tuttora a fondamento di nozioni giuridiche contemporanee, con particolare riferimento alle categorie del diritto penale.
description: Nóema, N° 1 (2010): Il luogo pubblico della filosofia
Understanding the Role of Culture in Health-Seeking Behaviours of Chinese International Students in Canada
Creators: name: Shen, Xueyi
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011
Subjects: Chinese International Students
Culture
Health-seeking Behaviours
Semi-structured Interviews
Multicultural Context
Intercultural Communication

description: In the 21st century, the mobility of world population has posed greater challenges to healthcare practitioners, since they are facing an increasingly diverse patient population from all over the world. At the same time, patients also find it difficult to access and utilize quality health care services in a culturally diverse context. This study examines the role of culture in Chinese international students’ health-seeking behaviours in Canada. The study explores any barriers/perceived barriers that Chinese international students may confront when accessing health care which can prevent them from obtaining quality health care services in Canada. To this end, an intercultural health communication model was employed as a theoretical framework, and semi-structured interviews were used as a data collection tool. While contributing to existing literature on health communication and culture, this study also hopes to contribute to providing Canadian universities and institutions important information regarding Chinese international students’ access to and utilization of health care services with the hope of enhancing the quality of ethnic health care and promoting better health outcomes.
Macrophytes ecology and productivity in the Smir swamps (Tétouan, Morocco).
Creators: name: Ennabili, Abdeslam
name: Ater, Mohammed
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Botany
subject: 60202 Community Ecology (excl. Invasive Species Ecology)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 60204 Freshwater Ecology
subject: 60310 Plant Systematics and Taxonomy

description: The present study has identified several plant communities
in the Smir marsh and established a simplified vegetation map. Further more we discussed the main macrophytes' ecology in terms of local conditions. The assessment of the maximal aboveground biomass of some macrophytes displays the high productivity of Phragmites australis and Typha angustifolia. ln addition to traditional uses ofthese macrophytes, we proposed other utilisations, more especially in pollution control.
Modulation of Voltage-Gated Calcium Channels by Group II Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors in the Paraventricular Nucleus of the Thalamus
Creators: name: Borduas, Jean-Francois
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011
Subjects: Paraventricular Nucleus of the Thalamus

description: Compounds that interact with Group II metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs) have antipsychotic effects in animal models. These drugs have also shown efficacy in the treatment of schizophrenia in humans. The mechanism of action is believed to arise from a reduction of glutamatergic transmission in limbic and forebrain regions commonly associated with this disorder. Previous anatomical tracer and lesion studies have revealed that neurons of the paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus (PVT) are an important source of the glutamatergic drive to these specific regions. However, the function of Group II mGluRs in the PVT remains to be determined. Whole-cell recordings from PVT neurons reveal that activation of these receptors has two interesting effects; it reduces calcium entry through voltage-gated calcium channels and it causes neurons to hyperpolarize. These two effects may contribute to affect the excitability of PVT neurons, an action that may underlie the effectiveness of Group II mGluR-activating compounds.
Depositional Architecture of a Near-Slope Turbidite Succession: Upper Kaza Group, Windermere Supergroup, Castle Creek, British Columbia, Canada
Creators: name: Rocheleau, Jonathan
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011
Subjects: geology
turbidite
deep marine
basin floor
sediment gravity flow
Neoproterozoic

description: An expansive panel of well exposed (periglacial) strata of the Upper Kaza Group permitted a detailed study of the stratal architecture of proximal basin floor deposits in the Neoproterozoic Windermere turbidite system. Detailed stratigraphic and petrographic analyses identified six lithofacies: poorly-sorted, clast-rich mudstone (F1), thin-bedded siltstone and mudstone (F2), thick-bedded, massive sandstone (F3), medium-scale, cross-stratified sandstone (F4), mudstone-clast breccia (F5), and medium-bedded turbidites (F6). The spatial distribution of these facies identify five architectural elements: heterolithic feeder channel deposits (FA1), thin-bedded intralobe turbidites (FA2), terminal splay deposits (FA3), distributary channel deposits (FA4), and isolated scours (FA5). FA 1-4 are genetically related and form the basic building blocks of large-scale basin floor depositional lobes. FA 5, which is isolated to the stratigraphic top of the study area, is interpreted to have formed in a base-of-slope setting, and its superposition on FA 1-4 suggests the long-term progradation of the Windermere turbidite system.
Probabilistic Proof-carrying Code
Creators: name: Sharkey, Michael Ian
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: proof-carrying code
Lua
verification

description: Proof-carrying code is an application of software verification techniques to the problem of ensuring the safety of mobile code. However, previous proof-carrying code systems have assumed that mobile code will faithfully execute the instructions of the program. Realistic implementations of computing systems are susceptible to probabilistic behaviours that can alter the execution of a program in ways that can result in corruption or security breaches. We investigate the use of a probabilistic bytecode language to model deterministic programs that are executed on probabilistic computing systems. To model probabilistic safety properties, a probabilistic logic is adapted to out bytecode instruction language, and soundness is proven. A sketch of a completeness proof of the logic is also shown.
title: Long Term Feasibility of Inductive Power Transfer Systems Embedded in Concrete Pavement Panels
Creators: name: Raine, Nathan J.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2022

description: Electric vehicles (EVs) have a variety of issues that prevent widespread acceptance. Range limitations, charging times, and lack of accessible locations are all viable concerns when considering the future of EVs. This research seeks to address lack of useable infrastructure and battery life by embedding wireless chargers directly into roadway concrete. These embedded chargers would make it possible to charge an EV while it is in transit, addressing many concerns associated with owning an EV.
Embedding a wireless charger, or Inductive Power Transfer System (IPTS), can cause premature failure in the concrete. To determine the long-term feasibility of the technology, it was necessary to test two realistic specimens under normal traffic conditions. Using a hydraulic actuator, the specimens underwent simulated traffic loadings to determine if the concrete or electronics would catastrophically fail. After the cycling was completed, both specimens were reconfigured to be broken to determine if there was a point in which the IPTS would completely fail.
It was determined that both specimens were able to withstand normal and extreme traffic conditions. It was not until the specimens were completely broken that a degradation in performance was found. Utilization of embedded IPT systems in concrete was shown in the laboratory and with modeling to be a viable solution to the growing needs of EV infrastructure.
"Without Conquest or Purchase": The Annexation Moment in British Columbia, 1866-1871
Creators: name: Holloway, Brent
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: British Columbia
British North America
Great Britain
United States
Annexation
Confederation

description: While the annexation movement in British Columbia appears to have been short-lived and disorganized, it was nevertheless understood as a serious threat to British rule. This study seeks to reconcile this contradiction through an examination of newspapers, debates, despatches, and correspondence drawn from British Columbia, Britain, Canada, and the United States. In examining the movement, this study reveals both the peculiar capacity of the minor agitation to present an exaggerated image of its popularity, and the key geopolitical assumptions which led observers to overestimate its importance. As the narrative spectre of annexationism outpaced the actual strength of the movement, confederationist leaders and British and American authorities were led to embark on misguided political strategies. The British Columbian annexation movement’s disproportionate impact reveals the complex interaction between local politics and global forces in British North American history, and demonstrates the role of ideology and rumour-making in shaping global political narratives.
Review of environmental impacts and applications of biotechnology in the pulp and paper industry in Canada.
Creators: name: Nguyen, Quang A.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1991
Subjects: subject: Business Administration, General.

description: This thesis examines the environmental issues facing the Canadian pulp and paper industry and the potential application of biotechnology to solve some of these problems and contribute to a sustainable growth in the future. Biotechnology can offer a wide scope of applications including: (1) Plant biotechnology: silvicluture, reforestation, replacement of chemical pesticides with biological control agents. (2) Biopulping and biobleaching: reduce the amount of polluting chemicals used in the production of pulp. (3) Effluent treatment: micro-organisms can be selected to treat mill effluent more effectively. (4) By-product conversion: wood waste can be hydrolyzed by enzyme to sugar, then fermented to ethanol that can be used as a renewable transportation fuel. One of the federal government's objective outlined in the Green Plan is to stabilize the total carbon dioxide emission in Canada. The substitution of gasoline by biomass ethanol would contribute significantly to this goal. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
title: Benzene metabolite SPMA and acrylamide metabolites AAMA and GAMA in urine of children and adolescents in Germany - human biomonitoring results of the German Environmental Survey 2014-2017 (GerES V)
title: Benzene metabolite SPMA and acrylamide metabolites AAMA and GAMA in urine of children and adolescents in Germany
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Bethke, Robert
name: Kolossa-Gehring, Marike
name: Murawski, Aline
name: Rucic, Enrico
name: Schmied-Tobies, Maria Irene Hilde
name: Schwedler, Gerda
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2020
Subjects: Exposition
Kanzerogener Stoff
Rauchen

description: Benzene and acrylamide are carcinogenic substances contained inter alia in tobacco smoke. The mercapturic acid metabolites of benzene, N-acetyl-S-phenyl-L-cysteine (SPMA), and of acrylamide, N-acetyl-S-(3-amino-3-oxopropyl)-cysteine (AAMA) and N-acetyl-S-(3-amino-2-hydroxy-3-oxopropyl)-cysteine (GAMA), were analysed in 2260 first-morning void urine samples from children and adolescents aged 3-17 years, participating in the population-representative German Environmental Survey on Children and Adolescents, GerES V 2014-2017. SPMA was detected in 98% of the participants with a geometric mean (GM) of 0.097 (my)g/L urine. Smokers had about 10-fold higher levels of the benzene metabolite SPMA than non-smokers. The sample comprises of 48 self-reported smokers, mainly in the oldest age group (14-17-year-olds). Second-hand smoke exposure, living near busy or very busy roads, and using domestic fuels for heating were additionally associated with higher benzene metabolite levels. SPMA levels in GerES V were lower compared to levels found in other countries, which in part however may reflect different proportions of smokers. The acrylamide metabolites AAMA and GAMA were detected in 100% of the participants with a GM of 72.6 (my)g/L urine for AAMA and 15.0 (my)g/L urine for GAMA. Smoking children and adolescents had about 2.5-fold higher AAMA levels than non-smoking ones. The frequency of consumption of french-fried potatoes and potato crisps consumption was also positively associated with urinary AAMA and GAMA levels. Compared to the urinary AAMA and GAMA levels in Germany and other countries, levels in GerES V tended to be higher than in the few studies reported. The urinary levels of the benzene biomarker SPMA, and the acrylamide biomarkers AAMA and GAMA build the basis to derive reference values for the exposure of children and adolescents in Germany. The results reveal options for exposure reduction mainly in personal choices regarding smoking and diet, but also requiring policy to maintain efforts in non-smoking regulations and improving ambient air quality. Providing these results also to the European HBM Initiative HBM4EU will contribute to gain knowledge on the exposure of the European population, the health impact of carcinogens and thus providing support for substantiated exposure assessment. © 2020 The Author(s)
The question of assumptions in economics.
Creators: name: Eschuk, Craig Anthony.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1999
Subjects: subject: Economics, General.

description: The first chapter provides an overview of some of the main developments in the discussion of unrealistic assumptions in economics since Friedman's (1953) contribution. The subsequent chapters are devoted to clarifying the issue of unrealistic assumptions in economics. It is asserted that posing the issue in terms of the "realism of assumptions" is hampered by severe ambiguities. Rather, we should think of assumptions in terms of whether they are false or not, and ask how false assumptions pose problems to making true claims. After this, a discussion of the essential and often unacknowledged role that deductive arguments play in orthodox economics and in economics in general is given. It is argued that it is difficult to test theories by their empirical implications alone as is often asserted, by orthodox economists, in defence of the use simplifying assumptions. The importance of deductive arguments points to the necessity of evaluating whether any false/simplifying assumptions used in deductive arguments falsify the conclusion. A false assumption is not necessarily problematic. but this must be evaluated to determine whether this is so. A chapter is spent discussing what is involved in making this evaluation. The thesis ends with a chapter discussing two other important reasons for the refusal of orthodox economists to evaluate consistently the impact of simplifying assumptions on conclusions. These are the ideas that optimizing behaviour is somehow equivalent to self-interested behaviour and the apparently greater predictive power of orthodox economics afforded by the use of certain assumptions.
Alcoholism treatment digest (Release No. 85, June 15, 1967)
Creators: name: Keller, Mark
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1967

description: The Alcoholism Treatment Digest was a subscription-based publication prepared for special clients by the editorial department of the Quarterly Journal of Studies on Alcohol / Journal of Studies on Alcohol from 1950 to 1973 with Mark Keller as editor. It was published in February, April, June, October, and December, summarizing scholarly content on four topics, available to republish with attribution. Some of the reviews were simultaneously published in the "Connecticut Review on Alcoholism" under the identical subtitle "Alcoholism Treatment Digest" every other month. The authors of the reviews were first noted in 1964, in the June issue.Contents, Release No. 851.The Alcoholic in the State Mental Hospital2.Treatment of Near-fatal Intoxication3.Psychoanalytic Contributions to the Treatment of Alcoholism4.Drugs Versus Psychotherapy in Alcoholism5.Trial of Therapeutic Community with Tuberculous Skid Row Alcoholics
Energy Non-Conservation in Quantum Mechanics
Creators: name: Lodman, Jackie
Publisher: name: California Institute of Technology
Year: 2020
Subjects: Physics
Everettian QM
Entanglement
Quantum Mechanics
Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics

description: Conservation of energy is an integral component of modern physics, but questions remain in quantum mechanics. In traditional quantum mechanics, superpositions of energy eigenstates collapse into a single energy eigenstate upon measurement, and any change in energy after measurement is thought to be lost/gained in the measurement process. However, we argue that energy non-conservation in quantum mechanics cannot be entirely accounted for by leakage to the apparatus/environment. We first present a comprehensive Hamiltonian where energy is not conserved in any considered interpretation according to an observer. Next, we present a protocol for developing experiments to observe this non-conservation, then we use our protocol to develop an example thought experiment. In both the comprehensive Hamiltonian and thought experiment examples, energy is not conserved to an observer in all considered interpretations, but it is conserved when considering the universe's global wave function in Everettian quantum mechanics. Finally, we discuss implications for the status of conservation of energy and other conservation laws. The work presented in this thesis will be adapted into an upcoming paper, Carroll and Lodman.
El tiempo en la poesía de Fernando Ortiz.
Creators: name: Sánchez Sánchez, Antonio Miguel.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1999
Subjects: subject: Literature, Modern.

description: This work intends to study the concept and treatment of time and the passing of time in the poetry of the Spanish author Fernando Ortiz. It is our purpose to establish a link between the obsessive twentieth-century concern with time in the field of Philosophy and the aesthetic expression of that concern in poetry in general and in Fernando Ortiz's poetry more specifically. We have also endeavoured ourselves in placing his interest in time within the larger framework of contemporary Spanish poetry. That has allowed us to analyse his place in the history of Spanish poetry as well as to determine what he has taken from the poetic tradition to which he belongs, and what he has renovated with regard to that tradition. To achieve our aim, we have analysed a considerably representative amount of his poems. The data obtained from the said analysis have proved very useful to help us enumerate a number of literary devices as well as several recurrent themes that contribute to highlight his preoccupation with time and the temporal character of his poetry. As a result, we have been able to carry out a thorough description of his poetic work. In doing so, we have also tried to determine his standpoint with reference to current trends in Spanish poetry.
The Relationship Between Movement Imagery and Online Control in Typically Developing Children
Creators: name: Sooley, Marcus
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: online control
movement imagery
children

description: The ability to mentally represent actions is suggested to have a role in the online control of movement in healthy adults. Children’s movement imagery ability and online control have been shown to develop at similar non-linear rates. The current study investigated the relationship between movement imagery and online control in children by comparing implicit and explicit movement imagery measures with the ability to make online trajectory corrections. Imagery ability was a significant predictor of children’s online control of reaching once age and general reaching efficiency were controlled for. These findings extend the proposed relationship between movement imagery and online control.
Periostin Activation of Integrin Receptors on Sensory Neurons Induces Allergic Itch
Creators: name: Mishra, Santosh K.
name: Wheeler, Joshua J.
name: Pitake, Saumitra
name: Ding, Huiping
name: Jiang, Changyu
name: Fukuyama, Tomoki
name: Paps, Judy S.
name: Ralph, Patrick
name: Bäumer, Wolfgang
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: atopic dermatitis
subject: AD
subject: chronic allergic itch
subject: integrin
subject: JAK/STAT
subject: keratinocytes
subject: NPPB
subject: periostin
subject: sensory neuron
subject: TRPV1
subject: TRPA1
subject: TSLP
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::615 Pharmakologie, Therapeutik

description: Chronic allergic itch is a common symptom affecting millions of people and animals, but its pathogenesis is not fully explained. Herein, we show that periostin, abundantly expressed in the skin of patients with atopic dermatitis (AD), induces itch in mice, dogs, and monkeys. We identify the integrin αVβ3 expressed on a subset of sensory neurons as the periostin receptor. Using pharmacological and genetic approaches, we inhibited the function of neuronal integrin αVβ3, which significantly reduces periostin-induced itch in mice. Furthermore, we show that the cytokine TSLP, the application of AD-causing MC903 (calcipotriol), and house dust mites all induce periostin secretion. Finally, we establish that the JAK/STAT pathway is a key regulator of periostin secretion in keratinocytes. Altogether, our results identify a TSLP-periostin reciprocal activation loop that links the skin to the spinal cord via peripheral sensory neurons, and we characterize the non-canonical functional role of an integrin in itch.
Development and evaluation of a breast cancer prevention decision aid to address the needs of women aged 50 and older at high risk for breast cancer.
Creators: name: Stacey, Carolyn Dawn.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: Women's Studies.

description: Objectives. To describe the support needs of high risk women; and to develop and evaluate a decision aid to meet their decision making needs. The Ottawa Decision Support Framework was the conceptual framework that guided the needs assessment and decision aid development and evaluation. Setting. Urban breast health clinic for women at high risk of breast cancer. Methods. The support needs of high risk women were identified using a self-assessment survey completed before and a satisfaction survey completed after a consultation visit with breast health practitioners. Guided by six key considerations for the development of decision aids, a breast cancer prevention decision aid was designed to address high risk women's informational and decisional support needs. The evaluation included a pre-test with 10 high risk women using the decision aid alone and a before/after study with 17 high risk women using the decision aid combined with decision support counselling. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Quantum well intermixing of indium gallium arsenide(phosphorus)/indium phosphorus heterostructures.
Creators: name: Haysom, Joan E.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Physics, Condensed Matter.

description: This thesis studies several aspects of the interdiffusion of InGaAs(P)/InP quantum well (QW) heterostructures, from the fundamental defect mechanisms, through optimization of processing parameters, to novel device applications. Conclusions from each of these areas have been drawn which further the scientific understanding and the manufacturability of the technique. The thermal stability of a series of different wafers is studied to highlight how poor quality of growth can cause increased interdiffusion, and to review the requirements for achieving repeatable annealing. Purposeful and controlled interdiffusion is accomplished through the introduction of excess defects into layers above the QWs, which during a subsequent anneal, diffuse through the QWs and enhance interdiffusion of atoms of the QWs with atoms of the barriers. These excess defects are introduced using two different techniques, via growth at low temperatures (LT) using chemical beam epitaxy (CBE), and via implantation of phosphorus ions. The CBE LT growth technique is new, and reported for the first time in this thesis. Characterization of the as-grown layers leads us to believe that they have an excess of phosphorus. The diffusion rate of the mobile defects which cause the intermixing is also measured, and the interdiffusion is shown to occur predominantly on the group-V sublattice. Due to many similarities between this and the results of the implantation technique, it is proposed that these mobile defects are the same for both intermixing approaches, and that the behaviour can be explained by a phosphorus interstitial mechanism. Annealing recipes for the implantation-induced technique are optimized, and the sample-to-sample reproducibility of the blueshift for this method was found to be quite good (standard deviations of ∼6 meV on blueshifts of ∼70 meV). The lateral selectivity and refractive index changes are characterized, and used in combination to create novel buried waveguide devices.
Materials science based on synthetic polysaccharides
Creators: name: Delbianco, Martina
name: Seeberger, Peter H.
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: synthetic polysaccharides
subject: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie::570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie

description: Supramolecular architectures, based on synthetic peptides or DNA, are the essence of modernbionanotechnology. Carbohydrates, the most abundant biopolymers in Nature tend to form hierarchicalarchitectures. Limited access to pure and well-defined carbohydrates hampered the molecular levelunderstanding of polysaccharides, preventing the production of tailor-made materials. AutomatedGlycan Assembly produces now well-defined natural and unnatural oligosaccharides for detailedstructural characterization. Defined glycans can assemble into supramolecular materials with differentmorphologies, depending on their chemical structure. Here, we describe how synthetic oligo- andpolysaccharides help to establish structure–property correlations to guide the development of novelpolysaccharide materials.
Repairing Toyota: Image, Public Relations, and Crisis Communication
Creators: name: Brennan, Marisa
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: Public relations
Crisis communication
Image repair

description: Toyota faced a massive international recall crisis in 2009 that threatened to destroy its image in relation to the quality and safety of its vehicles. The majority of Toyota’s recalls were issued in the United States, where Toyota was heavily scrutinized in media coverage. This exploratory study examines media and public relations content to examine how the media framed the crisis, and how Toyota framed image repair efforts during the crisis. It explores the foundations of image and communication, drawing upon William James and Jürgen Habermas, in addition to the theoretical underpinnings of impression management and framing analysis (e.g., Goffman, 1959; 1974), source selection (e.g. Hall et al., 1978), and image repair and crisis communication (e.g., Benoit, 1997; Coombs, 2007). Qualitative framing analysis is employed to code and analyze data sourced from three American newspapers, as well as Toyota U.S.A.’s press releases during the crisis period. The framing analysis revealed the fundamental role of customers and industry experts in defining a crisis when an organization’s credibility is diminished in the media, as well as the strong presence of culturally embedded themes in media framing. Toyota’s recovery was strongly linked to its actions to communicate transparently, remedy the situation, and demonstrate cultural sensitivity to its American customers. Drawing upon the findings, this study provides general recommendations for corporate crisis communication at the various stages of issue management, the crisis, and post-crisis.
title: On the Dominant Ninth Chord, Updated Index
Creators: name: Neumeyer, David
Publisher: name: The University of Texas at Austin
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: music theory
subject: music history

description: On the Dominant Ninth Chord: (1) List of posts to the blog; (2) List of essays published on the Texas ScholarWorks platform; (3) Repertoire list for the essays. Updated 5 November 2024
Message framing effects on consumer behaviour in disposing of technology products: A cross-cultural analysis
Creators: name: Florence, Emma
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Social marketing
subject: sustainability marketing
subject: marketing communications
subject: consumer technology use
subject: technology product disposal
subject: waste disposal
subject: message framing
subject: congruency effect
subject: cross-cultural research
subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: With less than 10 years left before the target year of 2030 to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), pressing environmental issues remain unaddressed. This thesis aims to contribute towards global sustainability, especially SDG Goal 12 on sustainable consumption. A systematic review of sustainability marketing studies was performed, which identified three major research gaps: (1) the combined impact of multiple message frames on consumer behaviour in disposing of technology products, (2) cultural differences in message framing effects, (3) the psychological process which explains how message frames increase sustainable disposal, which this thesis seeks to address.
description: In addressing the above gaps, this thesis expands consumer technology research to technology product disposal from a cross-cultural perspective. Four theories and models were applied, including construal level theory, prospect theory, the theory of planned behaviour, and Hofstede’s cultural model. The following three research questions (RQs) were investigated:
description: RQ1: What message frame combinations are the most effective in promoting sustainable disposal of technology products?
description: RQ2: What are the cultural differences, if any, in the message framing effects?
description: RQ3: What are the cultural differences, if any, in the psychological process by which message frames increase sustainable disposal?
Computational models to predict pelvic bone architecture and fracture
Creators: name: Zaharie, Dan T.
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2018

description: The pelvic construct is a crucial component of the human musculoskeletal appa- ratus as it facilitates the transfer of the upper body weight to the lower limb and it protects a number of important blood vessels and organs. Its importance is further highlighted by the high mortality rates associated with pelvic trauma. As the structure of the pelvic construct has not been studied extensively and the mechanisms of pelvic fractures are not well understood, this project aims to use computational tools to develop a series of predictive models, with the purpose of gaining a deeper understanding of its bone architecture and its behaviour in loading environments associated with pelvic injuries. A number of predictive structural and continuum finite element models of the pelvic construct were developed and their structure was adapted to a loading environment associated with daily physical activities. The models were compared to a subject specific model derived from medical imaging data to assess the different modelling techniques used. The optimised structural model was used in conjunction with a damage elasto-plasticity material model to predict fracture patterns and fracture loads in dynamic loading scenarios associated with pelvic injuries. The comparison between adaptive FE models highlights the strengths and weaknesses of each modelling technique implemented. In addition, the ability of the structural model to predict fracture initiation and progression enables the user to obtain more in depth information on the outcome of a simulated injury scenario. The computational models presented in the thesis provide a useful information on the particularities of pelvic bone and can be used in a variety of applications ranging from rehabilitation tools to additive manufacturing of massive endoprostheses or frangible surrogates for ethical and low cost testing of injury scenarios.
L’Oriente nei racconti di viaggiatrici europee: Gertrude Bell & Isabelle Eberhardt
Creators: name: Hamad, Adlane Mohamed
Publisher: name: Università degli  Studi di Milano
Year: 2012

description: L’Oriente nei racconti di viaggiatrici europee: Gertrude Bell & Isabelle Eberhardt
Scheda tesi di Adlane Mohamed Hamad
description: Altre Modernità, N° 8 (2012): Orientalismi
The Discourse and Practice of Child Protagonism: Complexities of Intervention in Support of Working Children’s Rights in Senegal
Creators: name: Lavan, Daniel
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: child rights
child labour
child work
working children
marginalized youth
alternative education
skills training
basic education
Africa
Senegal
informal economy
child domestics
international development
NGOs
aidnography
child protagonism
child participation
capacity building

description: Contesting international strategies for combatting child labour that derive from modern, Western conceptions of childhood, several developing country organizations have embraced the principle of child protagonism by declaring that working children can become the leading agents in struggles to advance their interests when they are mentored in forming their own independent organizations. This thesis first explores how an African NGO, informed by its urban animation experiences, developed its own specific discourse of child protagonism and employed it as the basis for establishing an African working children’s organization designed to provide compensatory literacy and skills training and to empower members to improve their own and other children’s working conditions. The thesis considers this foundational child protagonism discourse in light of data collected in Senegal by means of participant observation and interviews in grassroots groups and associations of working children, as well as in the offices of both the local NGO and its international NGO donor. Fieldwork revealed limitations of the specific child protagonism practice pursued over the past two decades. Specifically, redirecting resources from direct pedagogical accompaniment of grassroots working child groups towards bureaucratic capacity building for the “autonomization” of higher hierarchical levels of the organization, as well as towards international meetings, has resulted in the organization’s diminished impact for vulnerable groups in Dakar, particularly migrant girl domestic workers. Deepening implication with international donors has forced shifts in the priorities of the local NGO and the working children’s organization it facilitates, yet the two have been largely successful in buffering donor probes precisely into the ground level effectiveness of their child protagonism strategy. No previous independent research has sought to confront the discourse of child protagonism with a comprehensive examination of a working children’s organization’s practice, from its most local processes to its international dimensions and donor relations.