cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Botryocladia wrightii W. E. Schmidt, D. L. Ballantine et Fredericq 2017
Creators: name: Burel, Thomas
name: Helias, Mathieu
name: Duff, Michel Le
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Rhodophyta
Florideophyceae
Rhodymeniales
Rhodymeniaceae
Botryocladia
Botryocladia wrightii

description: 3.2 Botryocladia wrightii (Harvey) W.E. Schmidt, D.L. Ballantine et Fredericq 2017
 Botryocladia wrightii is a Rhodymeniaceae originating from the North-West Pacific, initially described from Japan by Harvey in 1860 as Halosaccion wrightii. It was first found outside its native distribution area in 1978 in the Thau Lagoon as Chrysymenia wrightii Harvey (Ben Maiz 1986). Botryocladia wrightii was found in 2005 in the North-East Atlantic (Galicia, North-West Spain) under the name Chrysymenia wrightii (Bárbara et al. 2008). It was discovered in the Gulf of Morbihan in 2010 (Le Roux 2018) and reached the coasts of England in 2013 (Bunker 2014). All specimens found in this study were collected in the lower part of the intertidal zone with a deposit of sand. This species develops a tubular hollow thallus, somewhat gelatinous, more or less cylindrical, with a color from golden orange to purplish (Figure 5a). The largest sampled specimens were up to 20 cm, with main axes up to 0.6 cm wide (Figure 5b). The thallus is attached to the substratum by a discoid holdfast and shows numerous branches with an irregular branching pattern. In transverse section, the center of the thallus appears hollow with a cortex consisting of small cortical cells and large subcortical cells (Figure 5c). Cystocarpic plants were found in Tréveneuc (Figure 5d). When present, cystocarps (up to 1000 µm) are numerous and protrude all over the thallus. Specimens of B. wrightii can be confused with the native Dumontia contorta (S. G. Gmelin) Ruprecht, but differ in the branching pattern, the inner structure of the thallus and the arrangement of cystocarps.
description: Published as part of Burel, Thomas, Helias, Mathieu & Duff, Michel Le, 2023, Range expansion of some non-indigenous seaweeds along the coasts of Brittany - English Channel, pp. 151-164 in Botanica Marina (Warsaw, Poland) (Warsaw, Poland) 66 (3) on page 154, DOI: 10.1515/bot-2023-0002, http://zenodo.org/record/11360276
Does the Prostate Health Index Depend on Tumor Volume?—A Study on 196 Patients after Radical Prostatectomy
Creators: name: Friedersdorff, Frank
name: Gross, Britt
name: Maxeiner, Andreas
name: Jung, Klaus
name: Miller, Kurt
name: Stephan, Carsten
name: Busch, Jonas
name: Kilic, Ergin
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: prostate cancer
subject: Prostate Health Index
subject: tumor volume
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: The Prostate Health Index (PHI) has been used increasingly in the context of prostate cancer (PCa) diagnostics since 2010. Previous studies have shown an association between PHI and a tumor volume of >0.5 cm3. The aim of this study was to investigate the correlation between PHI and tumor volume as well as the Gleason score. A total of 196 selected patients with prostate cancer treated with radical prostatectomy at our institution were included in our study. The tumor volume was calculated and preoperative serum parameters total prostate- specific antigen (tPSA), free PSA (fPSA), [−2]proPSA, and PHI were evaluated. The association between the pathological findings such as Gleason score, pathological T-stage (pT stage), and tumor volume were evaluated. We further used logistic regression and Cox proportional hazard regression analyses for assessing the association between tumor volume and PHI and for predicting biochemical recurrence. With an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.79, PHI is the most accurate predictor of a tumor volumes >0.5 cm3. Moreover, PHI correlates significantly with the tumor volume (r = 0.588), which is significantly different (p = 0.008) from the correlation of the Gleason score with tumor volume (r = 0.385). PHI correlates more strongly with the tumor volume than does the Gleason score. Using PHI improves the prediction of larger tumor volume and subsequently clinically significant cancer. View Full-Text
Les captifs britanniques en temps de guerre en Nouvelle-France aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles: Étude socio-politique et militaire
Creators: name: Bellerose, Karine
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: History, Canadian.

description: Durant les trois premières guerres intercoloniales en Amerique du Nord aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles, des Britanniques de tous âges furent capturés et amenés en Nouvelle-France par les forces canadiennes et leurs alliés amérindiens. Ces individus, plus particulièrement leur captivité dans la colonie française et leur sort à la fin des hostilités, représentent l'objet de notre thèse. Alors que des captifs décidèrent de demeurer en Nouvelle-France après la fin de la guerre, d'autres retournèrent dans les colonies britanniques par l'entremise d'échanges de captifs, négociés par les autorités coloniales françaises et britanniques. Lors de l'arrivée des captifs en Nouvelle-France, des familles canadiennes et les institutions religieuses de la colonie achetèrent les droits de plusieurs Britanniques. Ces individus, particulièrement les enfants en bas âge, furent convertis au catholicisme peu après leur achat. Les captifs qui demeurèrent en Nouvelle-France furent naturalisés, devenant ainsi sujets de la couronne française. Le mariage avec un habitant de la colonie française et l'ordination dans une institution religieuse, comme la Congrégation Notre-Dame de Montréal, furent les raisons de la décision de ces captifs de s'installer en Nouvelle-France. La diplomatie joua un rôle déterminant dans la libération des captifs britanniques qui désirèrent retourner dans les colonies anglaises, particulièrement à la fin des conflits. Même si les négociations entre les autorités coloniales françaises et britanniques furent relativement aisées à la fin de la Guerre de la Ligue d'Augsbourg, ce ne fut pas le cas pour les deux guerres suivantes. Les difficultés rencontrées durant la Guerre de la Succession d'Espagne concernant le retour des captifs dans les colonies britanniques immédiatement après la fin de la guerre, furent résolues lorsque des directives spécifiques de Londres et Versailles furent envoyées dans les colonies. Enfin, la situation fut plus sérieuse à la fin de la Guerre de la Succession d'Autriche. Alors que le conflit prit fin en 1748, la Nouvelle-France et les colonies britanniques négociaient toujours le retour des captifs en 1750. Ce ne fut qu'apràs l'intervention de Londres et Versailles, dans le but d'atténuer les tensions et d'éviter un renouvellement des hostilités en Amérique, que la situation concernant la libération des captifs britanniques connut une résolution.
Quantum Computing Threats to Cloud Data Warehousing: Future-proofing cloud-based data warehousing againstquantum threats
Creators: name: Blessing, Elisha
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 460601
subject: Cloud computing
classificationCode: 460501
subject: Data engineering and data science
classificationCode: 461307
subject: Quantum computation

description: The advent of quantum computing poses unprecedented challenges to the security of cloud-based data warehousing systems. This paper provides an in-depth exploration of the quantum threats that jeopardize the confidentiality and integrity of data stored in the cloud. Beginning with a foundational overview of quantum computing principles, the document highlights the vulnerabilities introduced by quantum advancements, notably Shor's algorithm and its impact on widely-used encryption methods. Recognizing the urgency of addressing these quantum threats, the paper outlines proactive strategies for future-proofing cloud-based data warehousing. This includes the adoption of post-quantum cryptography, the implementation of quantum key distribution (QKD), and continuous monitoring and updates to security protocols. The importance of industry collaboration, involvement of cloud service providers, and the establishment of best practices and guidelines is emphasized.
Impact of quality payment program on providers’ performance
Creators: name: Shrestha, Mina
Publisher: name: University of Iowa
Year: 2024
Subjects: Medicare
Performance of Providers
Quality of Care
Quality Payment Program
Value in Care
public abstract

description: Traditional Medicare (TM) uses fee-for-service (FFS) payment model which is considered to increase health care costs without improvement in quality of care. To shift from this volume-based FFS model to value-based payment model, TM adopted Quality Payment Program (QPP) in 2017 that rewards providers by linking their payments with performance on cost and quality of care. QPP offers two major payment tracks - Advanced Alternative Payment Models (APMs) and Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). Advanced APMs track applies to providers participating in APMs like Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) who bear financial risks of their attributed beneficiaries. MIPS is a default track that requires all eligible providers to report their performances on quality, promoting interoperability, improvement activities, and cost categories. QPP rewards in the form of payment adjustment rates applied to Medicare Part B professional services payments adjustments. The two QPP tracks differ in the size and design of their payment adjustment rates, and the way providers’ performances are assessed.
description: This dissertation examines the impact of financial incentives provided by QPP on the performance of providers participating in QPP. With the first aim, I compared the use of preventive services by ACO and MIPS providers participating in the QPP using difference-in-difference research design. The second aim of this dissertation analyzed the differential effect of incentive size on Medicare Part B medical services payments for ACO and MIPS providers. For this study, we used two-way provider-year fixed effect research design and Medicare provider payment data from 2014 to 2018. For the third aim, I examined the association between the number of reported measures and the receipt of exceptional performance bonuses by MIPS providers for the years 2017 to 2019.
Thyroxine 5'-deiodinase in cells isolated from brown adipose tissue of warm- and cold-acclimated guinea pigs.
Creators: name: Kucharczyk, Stanislaw Adam.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1991
Subjects: subject: Biology, Cell.

description: The long-term objective of this study was to prepare isolated brown adipose tissue (BAT) cells which contain either a high or a low level of thyroxine 5$\sp\prime$-deiodinase (T5$\sp\prime$D) activity for future use in the study of the role of this enzyme, which produces the thermogenically active thyroid hormone, 3,5,3$\sp\prime$-triiodothyronine (T$\sb3$), in the regulation of metabolic processes in BAT cells. Cold acclimation was used to increase T5$\sp\prime$D activity in BAT, since it is known to have this effect in rats, hamsters and mice. However, the guinea pig was chosen as experimental animal because this is known to be the only species for which cells isolated from BAT of the cold acclimated animal have a much greater thermogenic response to noradrenaline (NA) than cells from BAT of the warm acclimated animal. T5$\sp\prime$D had not hitherto been studied in BAT of the guinea pig. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
3406878.pdf
Creators: name: Qin-Qin, Wang
name: Xu, Xiao-Ye
name: Pan, Wei-Wei
name: Sun, Kai
name: Xu, Jin-Shi
name: Chen, Geng
name: Han, Yong-Jian
name: Li, Chuanfeng
name: Guo, Guang-can
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2018
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: the detailed description of the experiment setup and the Lempel-Ziv complexity of sequences
An absence of fast radio bursts at intermediate galactic latitudes
Creators: name: Petroff, E.
name: van Straten, Willem
name: Johnston, S.
name: Bailes, Matthew
name: Barr, Ewan
name: Bates, S. D.
name: Bhat, N. D. R.
name: Burgay, M.
name: Burke-Spolaor, S.
name: Champion, D.
name: Coster, P.
name: Flynn, Christopher
name: Keane, Evan
name: Keith, M. J.
name: Kramer, M.
name: Levin, L.
name: Ng, C.
name: Possenti, A.
name: Stappers, B. W.
name: Tiburzi, C.
name: Thornton, D.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are an emerging class of bright, highly dispersed radio pulses. Recent work by Thornton et al. has revealed a population of FRBs in the High Time Resolution Universe (HTRU) survey at high Galactic latitudes. A variety of progenitors have been proposed, including cataclysmic events at cosmological distances, Galactic flare stars, and terrestrial radio frequency interference. Here we report on a search for FRBs at intermediate Galactic latitudes (-15°
Polyopes lancifolius Kawaguchi et Wang 2002
Creators: name: Burel, Thomas
name: Helias, Mathieu
name: Duff, Michel Le
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Rhodophyta
Florideophyceae
Halymeniales
Halymeniaceae
Polyopes
Polyopes lancifolius

description: 3.4 Polyopes lancifolius (Harvey) Kawaguchi et Wang 2002
 Polyopes lancifolius is a red seaweed belonging to the order Halymeniales and the family Halymeniaceae (Kawaguchi et al. 2002). This species was first described as Gigartina lancifolia Harvey and is native to Japan, China (Liu 2008) and Korea (NW Pacific Ocean). The species was found during summer 2008 on the shore of Toulindac (Baden, Gulf of Morbihan) (Mineur et al. 2010). This finding, the first outside the native distribution range of the species, is the result of a recent introduction because the species does not appear in the list of marine species introduced in Morbihan published in 2008 (Le Roux 2008). For many years the species was circumscribed to this single location. It has since spread in the Gulf of Morbihan and is found now at Locmiquel and in the port of Arradon. The second European record of the species, outside the Gulf of Morbihan, was in May 2011 on the island of Jersey, English Channel (Chambers 2011) but it has not been observed there since 2013. In North Brittany, it was found in August 2021 on the island of Bréhat and more recently on October 8, 2021, on the island of Carantec (île Callot). Specimens collected in North Brittany are smaller and narrower than those observed by Mineur et al. (2010) in the Gulf of Morbihan. They reach a total length of 15–20 cm and a width of 1–1.5 cm (Figure 7c). Their shape and texture are similar to that already reported: main axes are elongated and lanceolate, they have little to no branching, the texture is cartilaginous and the thickness of blade is 350–500 µm (Figure 7d). They are covered with lanceolate proliferations found on both blade and margins of the thallus, whose size is around 1 cm. These proliferations are very characteristic of the species and give the thallus a spiky appearance (Figure 7a). Even if young thalli are reddish-brown in color, they discolor by late summer and become yellowish or greenish (Figure 7b).
description: Published as part of Burel, Thomas, Helias, Mathieu & Duff, Michel Le, 2023, Range expansion of some non-indigenous seaweeds along the coasts of Brittany - English Channel, pp. 151-164 in Botanica Marina (Warsaw, Poland) (Warsaw, Poland) 66 (3) on page 156, DOI: 10.1515/bot-2023-0002, http://zenodo.org/record/11360276
Numerical analysis of stochastic elliptic variational inequalities of second kind
Creators: name: Sui, Mingxiu
Publisher: name: University of Iowa
Year: 2022
Subjects: public abstract

description: Variational inequalities form an important family of nonlinear boundary value and initial-boundary value problems and they arise in a wide variety of applications in science and engineering. They describe physical and mechanical problems with more complicated and challenging features. In the existing literature on variational inequalities, most of the studies deal with deterministic variational inequalities, i.e., those variational inequalities for which all the data are assumed to be known exactly. For example, if a variational inequality arises as a weak formulation of a mechanical deformation problem, then the material properties, including the constitutive law and its coefficients, external forces, domain of the material, are all assumed to be known exactly. However, in real-world applications, many times the problem data are only known approximately. When the data come from measurements, they are subject to measurement errors. Modeling the data via stochastic processes can be a useful way to study such problems. In some areas such as mathematical finance, stochastic models are overwhelmingly used.
description: This thesis is devoted to a numerical study of stochastic elliptic variational inequalities of the second kind with random coefficients or additive random noise. The linear finite element method is used for the numerical approximations, and error estimates for numerical solutions are derived under certain solution regularity assumptions. The multi-level Monte Carlo approach is used to estimate the numerical solution's expected value. Numerical results are reported that illustrate the theoretically predicted convergence orders of the numerical solutions.
3413893.pdf
Creators: name: Sadeghi, Sadra
name: Ganesh Kumar, Baskaran
name: Melikov, Rustamzhon
name: Mohammadi Aria, Mohammad
name: Bahmani Jalali, Houman
name: Nizamoglu, Sedat
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: supplementary material
The acute effect of flavonoid-rich apples and nitrate-rich spinach on cognitive performance and mood in healthy men and women
Creators: name: Bondonno, Catherine P.
name: Downey, Luke
name: Croft, Kevin D.
name: Scholey, Andrew
name: Stough, Con
name: Yang, Xingbin
name: Considine, Michael J.
name: Ward, Natalie C.
name: Puddey, Ian B.
name: Swinny, Ewald
name: Mubarak, Aidilla
name: Hodgson, Jonathan M.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 520201
subject: Behavioural genetics
classificationCode: 520202
subject: Behavioural neuroscience
classificationCode: 520203
subject: Cognitive neuroscience
classificationCode: 520205
subject: Psychopharmacology
classificationCode: 520206
subject: Psychophysiology
classificationCode: 520207
subject: Social and affective neuroscience
classificationCode: 520301
subject: Clinical neuropsychology
classificationCode: 520401
subject: Cognition
classificationCode: 520403
subject: Learning, motivation and emotion

description: Flavonoids and nitrate in a fruit and vegetable diet may be protective against cardiovascular disease and cognitive decline through effects on nitric oxide (NO) status. The circulating NO pool is increased via distinct pathways by dietary flavonoids and nitrate. Our aim was to investigate the acute effects of apples, rich in flavonoids, and spinach, rich in nitrate, independently and in combination on NO status, cognitive function and mood in a randomised, controlled, cross-over trial with healthy men and women (n = 30). The acute effects of four energy-matched treatments (control, apple, spinach and apple + spinach) were compared. Endpoints included plasma nitric oxide status (determined by measuring S-nitrosothiols + other nitroso species (RXNO)), plasma nitrate and nitrite, salivary nitrate and nitrite, urinary nitrate and nitrite as well as cognitive function (determined using the Cognitive Drug Research (CDR) computerized cognitive assessment battery) and mood. Relative to control, all treatments resulted in higher plasma RXNO. A significant increase in plasma nitrate and nitrite, salivary nitrate and nitrite as well as urinary nitrate and nitrite was observed with spinach and apple + spinach compared to control. No significant effect was observed on cognitive function or mood. In conclusion, flavonoid-rich apples and nitrate-rich spinach augmented NO status acutely with no concomitant improvements or deterioration in cognitive function and mood.
Polysiphonia morrowii Harvey 1857
Creators: name: Burel, Thomas
name: Helias, Mathieu
name: Duff, Michel Le
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Rhodophyta
Florideophyceae
Ceramiales
Rhodomelaceae
Polysiphonia
Polysiphonia morrowii

description: 3.5 Polysiphonia morrowii Harvey 1857
 Polysiphonia morrowii was originally described from Japan, and its native range is the north-western Pacific (Chihara 1970; Kudo and Masuda 1992). The species was introduced in several locations in the Pacific Ocean (Kim et al. 2004; Raffo et al. 2014) and in the Atlantic Ocean (Geoffroy et al. 2016). This filamentous species, belonging to the Tribe Polysiphonieae in the Rhodomelaceae can be difficult to identify. The occurrence of uncut rhizoids (Figure 8e), arising directly from periaxial cells, distinguishes P. morrowii from most other Polysiphonia s. l., but it was previously misidentified with the native Polysiphonia stricta (Mertens ex Dillwyn) Greville (see illustrations for P. stricta in Loiseaux-de Goër and Noailles 2008, pp. 118–119). It differs from the latter species by the shape of its apical cells, which are always rounded in P. stricta, but spiky in P. morrowii (Figure 8b, c and f). Plants of P. morrowii collected in Brittany can be found as epiliths in tidepools or on pontoons, growing up to 25–30 cm (Figure 8a), and as a floating mass of freeliving entangled filaments in marinas. The species was also found in intertidal maerl beds, growing on Lithothamnion corallioides (Helias and Burel 2023). In transverse section, plants of P. morrowii have a central cell surrounded by four periaxial cells (Figure 8d). Tetrasporangia develop on ultimate and auxiliary branchlets, in series of 3–5 mature tetrasporangia (Figure 8g). Some plants bearing urceolate cystocarps were observed. Intertidal plants living in tidepools are most fully developed during winter and early spring, disappear in summer and are absent in autumn.
description: Published as part of Burel, Thomas, Helias, Mathieu & Duff, Michel Le, 2023, Range expansion of some non-indigenous seaweeds along the coasts of Brittany - English Channel, pp. 151-164 in Botanica Marina (Warsaw, Poland) (Warsaw, Poland) 66 (3) on page 157, DOI: 10.1515/bot-2023-0002, http://zenodo.org/record/11360276
MAGnesium sulphate for fetal neuroprotection to prevent Cerebral Palsy (MAG-CP)—implementation of a national guideline in Canada
Creators: name: De Silva, Dane A.
name: Synnes, Anne
name: Von Dadelszen, Peter
name: Lee, Tang
name: Bone, Jeffrey N.
name: Magee, Laura A.
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2018

description: Background: Evidence supports magnesium sulphate (MgSO4) for women at risk of imminent birth at < 32–34 weeks to reduce the likelihood of cerebral palsy in the child. MAGnesium sulphate for fetal neuroprotection to prevent Cerebral Palsy (MAG-CP) was a multifaceted knowledge translation (KT) strategy for this practice. Methods: The KT strategy included national clinical practice guidelines, a national online e-learning module and, at MAG-CP sites, educational rounds, focus group discussions and surveys of barriers and facilitators. Participating sites contributed data on pregnancies with threatened very preterm birth. In an interrupted time-series study design, MgSO4 use for fetal neuroprotection (NP) was tracked prior to (Aug 2005–May 2011) and during (Jun 2011–Sept 2015) the KT intervention. Effectiveness of the strategy was measured by optimal MgSO4 use (i.e. administration when and only when indicated) over time, evaluated by a segmented generalised estimating equations logistic regression (p < 0.05 significant). Secondary outcomes included maternal effects and, using the Canadian Neonatal Network (CNN) database, national trends in MgSO4 use for fetal NP and associated neonatal resuscitation. With an anticipated recruitment of 3752 mothers over 4 years at Canadian Perinatal Network sites, we anticipated > 95% power to detect an increase in optimal MgSO4 use for fetal NP from < 5 to 80% (2-sided, alpha 0.05) and at least 80% power to detect any increases observed in maternal side effects from RCTs. Results: Seven thousand eight hundred eighty-eight women with imminent preterm birth were eligible for MgSO4 for fetal NP: 4745 pre-KT (18 centres) and 3143 during KT (11 centres). The KT intervention was associated with an 84% increase in the odds of optimal use (OR 1.00 to 1.84, p < 0.001), a reduction in the odds of underuse (OR 1.00 to 0.47, p < 0.001) and an increase in suboptimal use (too early or at ≥ 32 weeks; OR 1.18 to 2.18, p < 0.001) of MgSO4 for fetal NP. Maternal hypotension was uncommon (7/1512, 0.5%). Nationally, intensive neonatal resuscitation decreased (p = 0.024) despite rising MgSO4 use for fetal NP (p < 0.001). Conclusion: Multifaceted KT was associated with significant increases in use of MgSO4 for fetal NP, with neither important maternal nor neonatal risks.
A comparative study of machine learning methods for time-to-event survival data for radiomics risk modelling
Creators: name: Leger, Stefan
name: Zwanenburg, Alex
name: Pilz, Karoline
name: Lohaus, Fabian
name: Linge, Annett
name: Zöphel, Klaus
name: Kotzerke, Jörg
name: Schreiber, Andreas
name: Tinhofer, Inge
name: Budach, Volker
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Cancer imaging
subject: Prognostic markers
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Radiomics applies machine learning algorithms to quantitative imaging data to characterise the tumour phenotype and predict clinical outcome. For the development of radiomics risk models, a variety of different algorithms is available and it is not clear which one gives optimal results. Therefore, we assessed the performance of 11 machine learning algorithms combined with 12 feature selection methods by the concordance index (C-Index), to predict loco- regional tumour control (LRC) and overall survival for patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. The considered algorithms are able to deal with continuous time-to-event survival data. Feature selection and model building were performed on a multicentre cohort (213 patients) and validated using an independent cohort (80 patients). We found several combinations of machine learning algorithms and feature selection methods which achieve similar results, e.g., MSR-RF: C-Index = 0.71 and BT-COX: C-Index = 0.70 in combination with Spearman feature selection. Using the best performing models, patients were stratified into groups of low and high risk of recurrence. Significant differences in LRC were obtained between both groups on the validation cohort. Based on the presented analysis, we identified a subset of algorithms which should be considered in future radiomics studies to develop stable and clinically relevant predictive models for time-to-event endpoints.
Effect of tube diameter on critical heat flux in vertical steam-water flow.
Creators: name: Wong, Wai-Chuen.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1997
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Mechanical.

description: The effect of tube diameter on critical heat flux (CHF) has been examined by (1) analyzing existing experimental data, (2) reviewing existing correlations and semi-analytical models, and (3) obtaining CHF measurements in two vertical tubes of different diameters. Based on constant local flow conditions, the parametric trend of available CHF data shows generally a decreasing CHF with increasing tube diameter. Due to the large data scatter (inherent uncertainty within different sets of data), a definite conclusion cannot be drawn. The observations indicated that the tube-diameter effect on CHF is a complex phenomenon and is affected by pressure, mass flux and thermodynamic quality as well as tube diameter itself. An improved correction factor has been derived to account for the effect of tube diameter on CHF. It is also presented in terms of the tube diameter to a power "n", consistent with existing recommendations. Rather than a constant value, the coefficient is expressed as a function of mass flux and thermodynamic quality to include other compounded effects. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
title: Punk pedagogy
title: rebellion, critique, self-examination, exploration, and diy in the secondary visual arts classroom
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Andresen, Steven
Publisher: name: University of Iowa
Year: 2022
Subjects: arts-based research
pedagogy
punk
Educational philosophy
public abstract
Art Education
Education

description: During this study, punk pedagogy was used as a foundation for teaching in a secondary art classroom. Punk pedagogy is a merging of punk ideals and philosophy with teaching methodology and practice. Punk pedagogy encourages students to take control of their own education and encourages individual knowledge seeking. In contrast, traditional schooling methods such as data-driven decision making and traditional grades decrease student motivation and exploration in schools. Punk pedagogy offers an alternative approach to education through the use of rebellion, critique, self-examination, exploration, and do-it-yourself, or DIY.
description: This arts-based and autoethnographic study was conducted in a secondary art classroom with students ranging from 14 to 18 years old. The use of punk pedagogy served as a cornerstone for all teaching and learning in the classroom. The study was documented using arts-based research in the form of a zine as well as reflective notes. Students learned the history and use of zines in punk culture as well as explored their own ideas and individual interests. In conclusion, teachers and administrators need to examine how students most effectively learn and create alternative teaching methods to support their growth.
title: The angel who never fell from grace
title: approaching trauma through translation in Yu Lihua’s 【小三子, 回家吧】
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Najmulski, Grace
Publisher: name: University of Iowa
Year: 2026
Subjects: Chinese diaspora
Chinese diaspora writers
literary translation
Please Come Home XinMei
Yu Lihua
Asian American studies
Trauma

description: This thesis contains a translation of several chapters from the beginning and end of author Yu Lihua’s 【小三子, 回家吧】(Please Come Home, XinMei). It’s then followed by an afterword that analyzes the text and contextualizes it in the literary scene. Discussed are the ethical questions that arise when choosing to translate a trauma narrative; my own approach to a responsible translation; and a critical analysis of the translated text that examines how the original work differentiates itself from the appropriative “trauma porn.” Ultimately, the thesis concludes with a reflection on how writing and translating trauma can be a means to rewrite victimhood and aid in the healing process.
3413893.pdf
Creators: name: Sadeghi, Sadra
name: Ganesh Kumar, Baskaran
name: Melikov, Rustamzhon
name: Mohammadi Aria, Mohammad
name: Bahmani Jalali, Houman
name: Nizamoglu, Sedat
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2018
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: supplementary material
Galaxy stellar mass functions from zfourge/candels: An excess of low-mass galaxies since z = 2 and the rapid buildup of quiescent galaxies
Creators: name: Tomczak, Adam R.
name: Quadri, Ryan F.
name: Tran, Kim-Vy H.
name: Labbe, Ivo
name: Straatman, Caroline M. S.
name: Papovich, Casey
name: Glazebrook, Karl
name: Allen, Rebecca
name: Brammer, Gabriel B.
name: Kacprzak, Glenn
name: Kawinwanichakij, Lalitwadee
name: Kelson, Daniel D.
name: McCarthy, Patrick J.
name: Mehrtens, Nicola
name: Monson, Andrew J.
name: Persson, S. Eric
name: Spitler, Lee R.
name: Tilvi, Vithal
name: van Dokkum, Pieter
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 510103
subject: Cosmology and extragalactic astronomy

description: Using observations from the FourStar Galaxy Evolution Survey (ZFOURGE), we obtain the deepest measurements to date of the galaxy stellar mass function (SMF) at 0.2 < z < 3. ZFOURGE provides well-constrained photometric redshifts made possible through deep medium-bandwidth imaging at 1-2 μm. We combine this with Hubble Space Telescope imaging from the Cosmic Assembly Near-IR Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey, allowing for the efficient selection of both blue and red galaxies down to stellar masses of ~109.5 M ☉ at z ~ 2.5. The total surveyed area is 316 arcmin2 distributed over three independent fields. We supplement these data with the wider and shallower NEWFIRM Medium-Band Survey to provide stronger constraints at high masses. Several studies at z ≤ 1.5 have revealed a steepening of the slope at the low-mass end of the SMF, leading to an upturn at masses <1010 M ☉ that is not well described by a standard single-Schechter function. We find evidence that this feature extends to at least z ~ 2 and that it can be found in both the star-forming and quiescent populations individually. The characteristic mass (M*) and slope at the lowest masses (α) of a double-Schechter function fit to the SMF stay roughly constant at Log(M/M ☉) ~ 10.65 and ~ - 1.5, respectively. The SMF of star-forming galaxies has evolved primarily in normalization, while the change in shape is relatively minor. Our data allow us, for the first time, to observe a rapid buildup at the low-mass end of the quiescent SMF. Since z = 2.5, the total stellar mass density of quiescent galaxies (down to 109 M ☉) has increased by a factor of ~12, whereas the mass density of star-forming galaxies only increases by a factor of ~2.2.
Protein purification, sequencing, and cDNA cloning of P68: A sperm surface protein.
Creators: name: Taylor, Tanya.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: Biology, Molecular.

description: P68/62, an $\sim$68 kDa doublet, is a sperm surface protein whose ability to bind to the egg zona pellucida has been documented in vitro and in vivo (Tanphaichitr et al., 1992, 1993). This study aimed to purify P68/62 from boar sperm for P68 protein microsequencing and to isolate the cDNA for P68 from boar testis. Early attempts were made to isolate the P68 cDNA from boar testis using reverse-transcription PCR and primers based on previously obtained P68 peptide sequences. One PCR product, clone A, showed 82% and 78% overall nucleotide and amino acid homology to human cleavage signal 1 (HCS1) protein, respectively. Clone A is most likely the pig homolog of HCS1. No other clones sequenced showed any potential as the P68 cDNA clone. Therefore, more P68/62 was purified to obtain more protein sequences for future P68 cDNA cloning work. P68/62 was isolated from a boar sperm protein extract using chromatofocusing in conjunction with fast pressure liquid chromatography. Pure P68/62 fractions were defined by silver-stained SDS-PAGE and immunoblotting results using antiSLIP1, antiRSA, and anti-keratin. Approximately 0.5 $\mu$g of pure P68 was obtained for microsequencing. Trypsin digestion of P68 and sequencing of four peptides resulted in sequences highly homologous to a casein peptide and three different regions of the human testis arylsulfatase-A protein. Preliminary analyses and studies suggest that AS-A and the casein peptide are components of the P68 polypeptide.
Impairment of force development in K(ATP) channel deficient skeletal muscle involves calcium ion influx through L-type calcium ion channels
Creators: name: Cifelli, Carlo
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Biology, Molecular.
subject: Biology, Cell.

description: ATP-sensitive potassium (KATP) channels link membrane excitability to metabolism. They are regulated by intracellular nucleotides and other factors, and have been shown to play a role in development of skeletal muscle force, but controversy surrounds their role during fatigue. The aim of this research project was to determine the role of KATP channel under conditions that allow for better assessment of changes in force during fatigue, by virtue of using a smaller whole muscle model less subject to anoxia. Thus, the first objective was to determine the effect of the loss of KATP channel activity on force during fatigue in small FDB muscle bundles. KATP channel deficient fibers had faster and greater decreases in peak tetanic force during fatigue, developed greater resting tension, and had lower force recovery following fatigue compared to control wild type muscles. The second objective was to determine whether the functional impairment in skeletal muscle without KATP channel activity was due to an increase in Ca 2+ influx. When [Ca2+]e was reduced or L-type Ca2+ channels partially blocked, Kir6.2-/- FDB muscle had slower fatigue development, less resting tension, and had an improved force recovery. A novel phenomenon was observed while studying the effect of KATP channel activity in vitro. During a second bout of fatigue the decrease in peak tension was significantly lower than the decrease during the first bout of fatigue. Furthermore, the deleterious effects of the loss of KATP channel activity during an initial fatigue were absent during the second fatigue in FDB exposed to glibenclamide. It is concluded (i) that the KATP channel is important to prevent impairment of function during fatigue, (ii) that this impairment of function is due to an increase in Ca2+ influx through L-type Ca2+ channels, causing Ca2+ overload, and (iii) that fatigue resistance increases while the dependency on the KATP channel to prevent function impairment and fiber damage decreases following one fatigue bout at 37°C; a phenomenon here termed fatigue pre-conditioning.
Using environmental monitoring data from apex predators for chemicals management: towards better use of monitoring data from apex predators in support of prioritisation and risk assessment of chemicals in Europe
Creators: name: Badry, Alexander
name: Slobodnik, Jaroslav
name: Claßen, Daniela
name: Alygizakis, Nikiforos A.
name: Koschorreck, Jan
name: Treu, Gabriele
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Bioakkumulation
Frühwarnsystem

description: A large number of apex predator samples are available in European research collections, environmental specimen banks and natural history museums that could be used in chemical monitoring and regulation. Apex predators bioaccumulate pollutants and integrate contaminant exposure over large spatial and temporal scales, thus providing key information for risk assessments. Still, present assessment practices under the different European chemical legislations hardly use existing chemical monitoring data from top predators. Reasons include the lack of user-specific guidance and the fragmentation of data across time and space. The European LIFE APEX project used existing sample collections and applied state-of-the-art target and non-target screening methods, resulting in the detection of>4,560 pollutants including legacy compounds. We recommend establishing infrastructures that include apex predators as an early warning system in Europe. Chemical data of apex species from freshwater, marine and terrestrial compartments should become an essential component in future chemical assessment and management across regulations, with the purpose to (1) validate registration data with ââą Ìreal worldââą Ì measurements and evaluate the predictability of current models; (2) identify and prioritise hazardous chemicals for further assessment; (3) use data on food web magnification as one line of evidence to assess biomagnification; (4) determine the presence of (bio)transformations products and typical chemical mixtures, and (5) evaluate the effectiveness of risk management measures by trend analysis. We highlight the achievements of LIFE APEX with regard to novel trend and mixture analysis tools and prioritisation schemes. The proposed advancements complement current premarketing regulatory assessments and will allow the detection of contaminants of emerging concern at an early stage, trigger risk management measures and evaluations of their effects with the ultimate goal to protect humans and the environment. This is the second policy brief of the LIFE APEX project. © The Author(s) 2022
Symphyocladiella dendroidea Bustamante, B. Y. Won, S. C. Lindstrom
Creators: name: Burel, Thomas
name: Helias, Mathieu
name: Duff, Michel Le
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Rhodophyta
Florideophyceae
Ceramiales
Rhodomelaceae
Symphyocladiella
Symphyocladiella dendroidea

description: 3.7 Symphyocladiella dendroidea (Montagne) Bustamante, B.Y. Won, S.C. Lindstrom    et T. O. Cho 2019
 Symphyocladiella dendroidea is a species belonging to the family Rhodomelaceae. It is native to the Pacific (Bustamante et al. 2016, 2019). The first European record was from the Thau Lagoon in 1995 as Pterosiphonia sp. (Verlaque et al. 2015). It was then found in 2005 in the Bay of Arcachon (Verlaque et al. 2008) and in the Gulf of Morbihan (Le Roux 2018) as Pterosiphonia tanakae Uwai et Masuda, probably introduced by oyster spat. The species has continued to spread northward and is now present in the marinas of the bay of Concarneau, the marinas of Brest and of Perros-Guirec. In this study, all specimens were found attached on pontoons, suggesting an extension through maritime traffic. Symphyocladiella dendroidea is a small dark red to blackish purple Pterosiphonieae growing up to 7 cm (Figure 10a and b). Fertile tetrasporophytes were found in Brest, growing tetraspores in series of 8–12 within lateral branchlets (Figure 10e). Female specimens were also observed with mature cystocarps (Figure 10d). Cystocarps were ovoid, with dimensions equal to 126–136 × 95 µm and were oriented toward apices. Morphologically, S. dendroidea may be easily distinguished from most other native Pterosiphonieae by the pyramidal outline of the thallus (Figure 10c). Symphyocladiella dendroidea can still be confused with the local Deltalsia parasitica (Hudson) DÍaz-Tapia et RodrÍguez-Buján which differs by the number of pericentral cells in the axes (8–12 vs. 7–9, respectively) and the cortication (light cortication vs. absence of cortication). Identification can be difficult as cryptic diversity occurs in the latter species as described by DÍaz-Tapia et al. (2022). Further studies are needed to clarify the taxonomic status of the complex Symphyocladiella dendroidea (DÍaz-Tapia et al. 2018).
description: Published as part of Burel, Thomas, Helias, Mathieu & Duff, Michel Le, 2023, Range expansion of some non-indigenous seaweeds along the coasts of Brittany - English Channel, pp. 151-164 in Botanica Marina (Warsaw, Poland) (Warsaw, Poland) 66 (3) on page 158, DOI: 10.1515/bot-2023-0002, http://zenodo.org/record/11360276
Woodpile photonic crystal for beam collimation
Creators: name: Maigyte, Lina
name: Trull, Jose
name: Mizeikis, Vygantas
name: Malinauskas, Mangirdas
name: Juodkazis, Saulius
name: Cojocaru, Crina M.
name: Rutkauskas, Marius
name: Peckus, Martynas
name: Sirutkaitis, Valdas
name: Staliunas, Kestutis
name: Míguez, Hernán R.
name: Romanov, Sergei G.
name: Andreani, Lucio C.
name: Seassal, Christian
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: We report and analyze experimental observation of the formation of a narrow, well collimated laser beam at optical frequency behind the woodpile photonic crystal fabricated using a femtosecond laser multi-photon polymerization technique. We show that the collimation depends on the input laser beam focusing conditions. We discuss the experimental results and give theoretical interpretation.
Le sans frontières : un droit en mutation.
Creators: name: Dion, Lucie M. C.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1999
Subjects: subject: Law.

description: Le monde informatique est une réalité nouvelle qui donne à la vie une extensibilité et une mouvance où se reconnaît le changement; une réalité qui déstabilise, de se fait, la certitude des connaissances acquises, tout autant que la linéarité des structures et des institutions, enclenchant, de ce fait, une profonde mutation. Une mutation de société qui oblige à repenser le savoir-vivre ensemble et forcément les modes de gouverner, réglementer et contrôler l'harmonie des sociétés, désormais soumises au changement et à ses effets. Dans ce contexte nouveau, l'objectif de la présente analyse est de comprendre le pourquoi et le comment de ces transformations de société, plus particulièrement dans leur impact sur le droit, plus particulièrement sur le droit administratif dans sa préoccupation réglementaire. La recherche, menée largement, veut aussi comprendre, de ce point de vue, la complexité nouvelle de la société: comprendre l'actuelle mouvance des espaces interreliés en un nombre incalculable de réseaux; comprendre comment cette mouvance échappe au rationalisme millénaire, et conséquemment à la stabilité des institutions et de leurs contrôles et; comprendre comment elle change la nature des relations qui existent entre l'État, le droit et les citoyens. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Solieria undefined-I
Creators: name: Burel, Thomas
name: Helias, Mathieu
name: Duff, Michel Le
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Rhodophyta
Florideophyceae
Gigartinales
Solieriaceae
Solieria
Solieria undefined-I

description: 3.6 Solieria sp. Į. Agardh, 1842
 Solieria sp. has been present since at least 2005 in the Gulf of Morbihan, and was also detected in 2011 in the Thau Lagoon (Mineur et al. 2012). This species, first identified and sequenced by Mineur et al. (2012), is a NIS for Brittany and closely related, morphologically and molecularly, to unidentified specimens first detected in New Zealand in 1992. Furthermore specimens from both locations are closely related to Solieria chordalis (C. Agardh) J. Agardh and  Solieria fi liformis  (Kützing) Gabrielson (Fredericq et al. 1999; Mineur et al. 2012). Specimens in both localities were lacking conspicuous reproductive structures. Solieria sp. specimens from Morbihan ranged from 5 to 26 cm long, with a pale-red to orange-red color (Figure 9a). Main axes were 500–1570 µm wide. The ramifications were irregular to sub-dichotomous, straight and bearing tapering apices (Figure 9b). Plants that have been dried for herbarium leave behind a characteristic brown mark on the paper. Plants of Solieria sp. can be distinguished from S. chordalis by a bright orange color (S. chordalis plants are red to dark-red), by the larger axes and the irregular branching pattern. Specimens of Solieria sp. can also be misidentified as Gracilaria spp. (Nelson et al. 2015), but in transverse section, Solieria plants have a two-part medulla with big round cells surrounding more elongated rhizoidal cells, while Gracilaria spp. have a medulla only composed of rounded cells.
description: Published as part of Burel, Thomas, Helias, Mathieu & Duff, Michel Le, 2023, Range expansion of some non-indigenous seaweeds along the coasts of Brittany - English Channel, pp. 151-164 in Botanica Marina (Warsaw, Poland) (Warsaw, Poland) 66 (3) on page 157, DOI: 10.1515/bot-2023-0002, http://zenodo.org/record/11360276
Pygmalion à l'école : synthèse de la littérature (1968-1986)
Creators: name: Pépin, Monique.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1990
Subjects: subject: Education, Curriculum and Instruction.

description: Pygmalion est-il une realite dans les ecoles, comme le suggerait la recherche de Rosenthal et Jacobson, parue en 1968, "Pygmalion in the classroom. Teacher expectations and pupil's intellectual development"? Une synthese de la litterature qui a porte sur les attentes des enseignants et les effets de ces attentes sur le developpement des eleves a ete entreprise dans le but de repondre a cette question. Les resultats de deux cent trente-deux (232) recherches nord-americaines qui ont etudie les attentes des enseignants aux niveaux elementaire et secondaire ont ete analyses. Les recherches ont ete regroupees antour de trois grands aspects qui ont ete consideres par les chercheurs, a savoir la formation des atentes des enseignants, la communication de ces attentes dans la relation educative et les effets de ces attentes sur le developpement des eleves. Comme methode d'analyse des resultats des recherches, nous avons utilise une approche criteriee, fondee sur le pourcentage de recherches dont les resultats convergent. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)