cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Application of the Bayesian belief network model to evaluate variances in a clinical caremap: Radical prostatectomy case study
Creators: name: Li, Mingmei
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Health Sciences, Health Care Management.
subject: Engineering, System Science.

description: A clinical caremap is a cost-effective tool for clinical process improvement that has been accepted in hospitals and various healthcare organizations in many countries. However, compared to the literature describing the initial development of the clinical caremaps, the evaluation of the impact of the variances in the caremap pathway on the patient's expected outcomes and the patient's length of stay (LOS) remains relatively less analyzed. In this research, we deal with the issue of variances in the clinical caremap by building a Bayesian belief network named BBN_RPC to model the radical prostatectomy caremap. The BBN_RPC model provides insight into probabilistic dependencies that exist among the activities (variables) in the caremap. We then use the BBN_RPC model to analyze possible variances and to make inferences. The results show that most of the activities in the caremap are related with each other and to some extent linked with the patient's length of stay (LOS), whereas different activities have different weights on the LOS. Using radical prostatectomy patients' data from a retrospective chart study conducted at the Ottawa Civic Hospital, we have applied the BBN_RPC model to predict a patient's future conditions and the LOS, based on the current observations. Predictive accuracy of the BBN_RPC model was evaluated by cross validation tests, which showed the accuracy for predicting the patient's LOS, given the patient's observations during the first two post-op days, is at approximately 94% level.
Les chinois de Paris et de Montréal: Analyse comparative de deux communautés en situation d'immigration
Creators: name: Nicholls, Natalie
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Sociology, Public and Social Welfare.

description: La présente thèse consiste en une analyse comparative des communautés chinoises de deux pays différant tant par leur histoire que par leur orientation politique face à leurs populations immigrantes: le Canada et la France. Selon notre hypothèse, les différences proclamées ne sont pas tant significatives en regard des situations concrètes, et ces populations ont bien plus en commun que l'on pourrait le croire de premier abord. Nous basant sur les écrits de sociologues et d'anthropologues, nous décrirons la situation des Chinois dans deux villes, Montréal et Paris, et mettrons en lumière le fonctionnement interne de leurs communautés via l'étude des réseaux, commerces et associations. Enfin, nous nous interrogerons sur le rôle actuel des États quant à la gestion de leurs populations en ces temps de transnationalisme et de mondialisation de l'économie.
Diavik Waste Rock Project: Evolution of Mineral Weathering, Element Release, and Acid Generation and Neutralization during a Five-Year Humidity Cell Experiment
Creators: name: Langman, Jeff B.
name: Moore, Mandy L.
name: Ptacek, Carol J.
name: Smith, Leslie
name: Sego, David
name: Blowes, David W.
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2019

description: A five-year, humidity-cell experiment was used to study the weathering evolution of a low-sulfide, granitic waste rock at 5 and 22 °C. Only the rock with the highest sulfide content (0.16 wt %) released sufficient acid to overcome a limited carbonate acid-neutralization capacity and produce a substantial decline in pH. Leached SO₄ and Ca quickly increased then decreased during the first two years of weathering. Sulfide oxidation continued to release acid and SO₄ after carbonate depletion, resulting in an increase in acid-soluble elements, including Cu and Zn. With the dissolution of Al-bearing minerals, the pH stabilized above 4, and sulfide oxidation continued to decline until the end of the experiment. The variation in activation energy of sulfide oxidation correlates with changes in sulfide availability, where the lowest activation energies occurred during the largest releases of SO₄. A decrease in sulfide availability was attributed to consumption of sulfide and weathered rims on sulfide grains that reduced the oxidation rate. Varying element release rates due to changing carbonate and sulfide availability provide identifiable geochemical conditions that can be viewed as neutralization sequences and may be extrapolated to the field site for examining the evolution of mineral weathering of the waste rock.
Barsine meyi Volynkin & Cerny 2019, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Volynkin, Anton V.
name: Černý, Karel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Erebidae
Barsine
Barsine meyi

description: Barsine meyi Volynkin & Černý, sp. nov.
(Figs 9, 10, 19)
 Type material. Holotype (Figs 9, 19): male, “ Myanmar, Chin- Hills, Myohaung Camp, 2060m, 3–5.X.2002, leg. W. Mey, LF” / “Natma Taung NP, Area of Mt. Victoria ”, slide AV4239 Volynkin (Coll. ZMB).
 Paratype: 1 male, same data as in the holotype, slide AV4235 Volynkin (Coll. ZMB).
 Diagnosis. Forewing length is 10.5–11 mm in males (wingspan 22.5–23 mm). Externally, B. meyi (Figs 9, 10) is very similar to B. phaeodonta (Figs 1–4), and can be distinguished by its slightly narrower subbasal forewing area only. The male genitalia of B. meyi (Fig. 19) differ from B. phaeodonta (Fig. 17) by their less curved costal margin of valva, less prominent costa apex, broader medial costal process directed ventrally (in B. phaeodonta that is narrower and directed basally), much shorter distal saccular process being apically blunt, much broader aedeagus, the presence of the sclerotized dentate band at the base of the vesica ejaculatorius, shorter and much broader dorsal diverticulum bearing a broader apical bunch of spinules, and narrower distal diverticulum bearing a broader apical bunch of spinules.
The female is unknown.
 Distribution. The new species is known from its type locality only (North West Myanmar, Chin State).
 Etymology. The species is dedicated to Dr. Wolfram Mey, collector of the type series.
description: Published as part of Volynkin, Anton V. & Černý, Karel, 2019, A review of the Barsine phaeodonta (Hampson, 1911) species-group, with descriptions of four new species from Indochina and India (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae), pp. 70-79 in Ecologica Montenegrina 21 on page 76, DOI: 10.37828/em.2019.21.8, http://zenodo.org/record/13356247
Die Monte Abatone-Nekropole von Cerveteri. Vorbericht zur Grabungskampagne 2022, KuBA 11/12, 2021/22, 95-111
Creators: name: Bentz, Martin
name: Briesack, Christian
name: Beck, Dennis
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Archaeology

description: In the joint excavation project at the Monte Abatone necropolis of Cerveteri, the participating partners have continued and expanded the excavations in the southwestern part of the necropolis near the Tumulus Campana, which started in 2018. The aim was to complete the investigation of a cluster of early small tumuli as well as to examine some larger burial structures in the area, detected by previous geophysical investigations. Altogether, 15 new graves were examined as well as some anomalies in the geophysical survey east and north of the Tumulus Campana. Additionally, a survey campaign has been carried out to study more open visible burial structures at the western slope of the plateau, including a tomb-lined access to the plateau at the northern limit of the necropolis.
title: Self-Labeling of Body Weight: Relationships with Body Image Eating Behaviors and Well-Being
Creators: name: Hicks, Karen
Publisher: name: Old Dartmouth Historical Society
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/05y9wk989
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 1988

description: This research consists of two studies. Study I compares normal-weight subjects self-labeled as overweight (NSLO, 99 females, 65 males) and weight matched subjects self-labeled as normal weight (NSLN, 99 females, 65 males), and examined the differences between these groups in their body-image, eating behaviors, and well-being. Results indicated NSLO versus NSLN subjects felt more body-image dissatisfaction, less attractive, fit, and healthy, were more likely to report binge eating and dietary restriction to lose weight, and reported poorer psychosocial well-being. Study 2 compared self-labeled overweight subjects who were overweight (OSLO, 56 females, 53 males) versus normal weight subjects self-labeled as overweight (NSLO, 56 females, 53 males). The results of this study indicated that actually being overweight has some additive negative effect beyond the overweight self-label, more for females than males. Research directions and clinical implications are discussed.
Smokers with cardiac disease: A qualitative study
Creators: name: Bradfield, Annette C
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Health Sciences, Nursing.
subject: Health Sciences, Public Health.

description: The purpose of this thesis is to describe the experiences of individuals who continue to smoke following a myocardial infarction. This manuscript-based thesis consists of three distinct papers to be submitted to nursing journals for publication. The first manuscript provides a critique of the research literature pertaining to predictors and perceptions of continued smoking for individuals with coronary artery disease. The second manuscript reports the findings of a qualitative study that was conducted to describe the meaning of smoking within the context of a myocardial infarction, and to determine factors that influence continued smoking. The third manuscript explores ethical implications that emerged from the first two manuscripts. This thesis illustrates how addictive behaviours often have underlying meanings, how continued smoking becomes more understandable when viewed in the context of people's lives, and how possibilities for change can be derived from the ways that clients view their heart disease and smoking.
Application Layer Protocol for Haptic Networking
Creators: name: Al Osman, Hussein
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Electronics and Electrical.

description: The transmission of haptic information over the network has recently received significant attention. The wide spectrum of haptic applications makes it difficult to capture the widely varying requirements of these applications into one generic protocol. In this paper, we introduce ALPHAN (Application Layer Protocol for Haptic Networking), a novel application layer protocol for haptic communication. The protocol is strategically placed at the application layer so that it can easily be customized according to the application requirements and needs. An extension to the HAptic Meta-Language (HAUL) is proposed to define its networking parameters. The protocol introduces the concept of Multiple Buffering where priorities are attributed to different sending buffers in a collaborative haptic environment. The protocol also supports some concepts introduced in previous haptic communication protocols like local lag and key packets.
An empirical investigation of the relationship between personality traits, prestige sensitivity, and fashion consciousness of Generation Y in Australia
Creators: name: Casidy, Riza
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between the personality traits of Generation Y consumers, their degree of fashion consciousness, and prestige sensitivity in the context of fashion brands. Data were collected using a convenience sampling method involving university students. A self-administered questionnaire was distributed and 251 usable responses were returned with the sample falling between the ages of 18-25. The results revealed that certain personality traits were found to be significantly associated with fashion consciousness and prestige sensitivity. Furthermore, fashion consciousness was found to perform a mediating role in the relationship between personality traits and prestige sensitivity. Personality traits were found to perform an important role in affecting people's attitude towards prestige fashion brands. It is crucial for marketers to understand the significance of certain personality traits on fashion consciousness and prestige sensitivity to enhance the effectiveness of brand appeals. This study has extended the scope of personality research in marketing by utilising the Big Five construct to examine the phenomenon of fashion consciousness and prestige sensitivity among Gen Y consumers.
Influence of land use on the chemistry and microbial abundance in groundwater
Creators: name: Carberry, D. D
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Geography.
subject: Biology, Microbiology.
subject: Environmental Sciences.

description: Groundwater is a major source of water for many Canadians. It has been shown that in many parts of Canada, wells exceed the guidelines for nitrate and bacteria and there is a lack of detailed information available on the state of wells in general. Water samples from 54 private potable wells in the South Nation River and Raisin River watershed areas were collected for water quality analysis in 2003. Water quality indicators tested for in the well water samples consisted of the following: nitrate, total coliforms (TC), Escherichia coli (EC), background colonies (BC), conductivity, oxygen (dissolved oxygen), redox potential (Eh), pH, total inorganic carbon (TIC), total organic carbon (TOC) and methyl mercury (MeHg). Dug wells have a greater risk of contamination than drilled wells. I predicted that there would be a difference in the bacteria and nitrate levels in these two type of wells. Well water samples were subdivided based on three categories of land use: residential, agricultural and agricultural intensive. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Charles de Mouy, diplomate et littérateur : regards d'un français sur l'Empire Ottoman, 1875-1880.
Creators: name: Durand, Edwige Renée.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1997
Subjects: subject: Biography.

description: Charles de Mouy, nai t en 1834 a Paris, et est un homme qui a de l'ambition tout en etant brillant; il va en quelque sorte se creer lui-meme dans la societe francaise. Apres avoir envisage une carriere litteraire et travaille dans la presse, il entre au Ministere des Affaires etrangeres sans intention particuliere d'y faire carriere. Le sort en decidera autrement, lorsqu'en 1875, il est envoye a Constantinople. De Mouy, fascine par la Grece antique, a laquelle il oppose un Empire ottoman barbare, arrive a Constantinople un an avant la conference du meme nom, qui va decider du depart des ambassadeurs, et ne laisser sur place que des charges d'affaires. Il sera d'ailleurs charge d'en rediger les protocoles. C'est donc ainsi que de Mouy va faire connaissance avec l'Orient, en pleine guerre russo-ottomane, et qu'il sera responsable de l'ambassade de France. Ces responsabilites developpent en lui une bonne connaissance de la Question d'Orient, principal probleme politique et diplomatique dans les relations intemationales de la seconde moitie du XIXe siecle, et une envie de faire carriere dans le domaine diplomatique. De plus, s'etant fait de bonnes relations et une solide reputation dans le milieu des diplomates en poste, il sera naturellement designe pour rediger les protocoles du Congres de Berlin en 1878, et de la Conference de Berlin en 1880. C'est alors qu'il obtiendra le poste tant attendu de ministre plenipotentiaire, toujours en Orient, puisqu'il s'agit d'Athenes. Mais, de Mouy ne s'est pas seulement occupe de diplomatie en Orient. II a ecrit des recits de voyage et des souvenirs qui, bien entendu, se passent en Orient. Ses appreciations litteraires semblent, au premier abord, etre assez differentes que ses discours politiques. Il va meme se servir de l'Empire ottoman pour rever d'une societe francaise regeneree. En effet, de Mouy, meme s'il s'en accomode, n'apprecie guere de voir son pays gouverne par la IIIe Republique. C'est un bonapartiste, catholique, et assez conservateur. Mais c'est aussi un romantique, un patriote passionne et marque par la situation de la France apres le desastre de 1870. Politique et sentiments ne font pas toujours bon menage, mais c'est quand meme le meme homme qui nous parle de "son" Orient. Finalement tous ses discours, qui semblent dans un premier abord assez dissemblables, finissent par se rejoindre. Quoiqu'il en soit, de Mouy a sincerement aime les Ottomans, meme s'il ne les a pas toujours compris.
title: CATE meets ML
title: Conditional average treatment effect and machine learning
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Jacob, Daniel
Publisher: name: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Causal inference
subject: CATE
subject: Machine learning
subject: Tutorial
subject: 332 Finanzwirtschaft

description: For treatment effects—one of the core issues in modern econometric analysis—prediction and estimation are two sides of the same coin. As it turns out, machine learning methods are the tool for generalized prediction models. Combined with econometric theory, they allow us to estimate not only the average but a personalized treatment effect—the conditional average treatment effect (CATE). In this tutorial, we give an overview of novel methods, explain them in detail, and apply them via Quantlets in real data applications. We study the effect that microcredit availability has on the amount of money borrowed and if 401(k) pension plan eligibility has an impact on net financial assets, as two empirical examples. The presented toolbox of methods contains meta-learners, like the doubly-robust, R-, T- and X-learner, and methods that are specially designed to estimate the CATE like the causal BART and the generalized random forest. In both, the microcredit and 401(k) example, we find a positive treatment effect for all observations but conflicting evidence of treatment effect heterogeneity. An additional simulation study, where the true treatment effect is known, allows us to compare the different methods and to observe patterns and similarities.
Étude comparative des théories des mouvements sociaux: Le cas de l'altermondialisation
Creators: name: Cardinal, Martin
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Sociology, Social Structure and Development.

description: L'étude des mouvements sociaux est dominée par deux écoles: la théorie de la mobilisation des ressources et la théorie des nouveaux mouvements sociaux. Il est souvent nécessaire de les combiner afin de créer une théorie "juxtaposée" plus complète. Quatre critères d'analyse sont proposés dans le but de non seulement comparer les deux écoles, mais aussi d'étudier un mouvement concret, l'altermondialisation. Ces critères sont: le contexte, l'émergence, l'organisation et les fins/l'évaluation du mouvement altermondialiste. Ces critères sont appliqués au mouvement dans le but de créer un modèle analytique synthétique capable d'étudier son caractère unique. Une telle approche est essentielle pour l'étude d'un mouvement comme l'altermondialisation qui est à la fois hétérogène (dans sa composition) et homogène (dans son objet d'opposition).
Unimolecular and collision dynamics of gas-phase ions
Creators: name: Poon, Clement
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Chemistry, Physical.

description: This thesis describes the research work on two aspects of gas-phase ion reactions. In the first project, the unimolecular chemistry of a series of nitroalkane proton-bound pairs was investigated by mass spectrometry and theoretical calculations. In addition to a simple dissociation reaction in which the hydrogen bond is cleaved to form protonated and neutral nitroalkanes, the nitroalkane proton-bound pairs can also lose nitrous acid via an internal SN2 rearrangement and t-butanol via a nitro-nitrite isomerization. The dissociations of (CH3NO2)((CH3)3CNO2)H + and (CH3CH2NO2)((CH3) 3CNO2)H+ proton-bound pairs were studied by variational transition state theory. Delta(DeltaS ‡) and Delta(DeltaS) of the two dissociation channels are similar for the dissociations of (CH3NO2)((CH 3)3CNO2)H+ but deviation becomes larger in the case of (CH3CH2NO2)((CH 3)3CNO2)H+. One should therefore be cautious when assuming Delta(DeltaS‡ ) = Delta(DeltaS) in competitive dissociation reactions of proton-bound pairs. In the second part of the research work, keV N2+./He, N2+./Ar and CO2+./He collisions were investigated by emission spectroscopy. The results provide two pieces of evidence that support the curve-crossing mechanism for collisional activation. Firstly, the relative emission intensities of the molecular ions and the fragments are independent of the ion translational energy within the studied energy range and secondly, the difference in the N2+. B 2Sigmau+ → X 2Sigma g+ emission intensities from N2+./He and N2+./Ar collisions can be accounted for by the slope difference at the crossing points based on the Landau-Zener curve-crossing model. Although the investigation of the relative intensities within the A 2piu → X 2pig emission of CO2+. resembles the Franck-Condon picture at high collision energy, the Franck-Condon principle can also be applied to the curve-crossing model as it is purely based on the grounds of short transition time. Therefore, linking this principle immediately to vertical transitions for collisional excitation could be misleading.
Cyana insularis
Creators: name: Volynkin, Anton V.
name: Černý, Karel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Erebidae
Cyana
Cyana insularis

description: The Cyana insularis species-group
 Remarks. 1. The group was reviewed by Lourens (2017), who included to it (sensu lato) 20 species and 3 subspecies: C. carmina (Černý, 1993), C. kasperi Lourens, 2017, C. ridleyi ridleyi (Hampson, 1900), C. ridleyi siberuta Lourens, 2017, C. ridleyi roberti Lourens, 2017, C. martinii Lourens, 2017, C. determinata determinata (Walker, 1862) (= insularis Draudt, 1914), C. determinata sausae Bucsek, 2012, C. paukstadti Lourens, 2017, C. maaikeae Lourens, 2017, C. aurora (Roepke, 1935), C. erythrostigma Roepke, 1946, C. aurantiorufa (Rothschild, 1912), C. malacca Lourens, 2017, C. juliettae Lourens, 2017, C. weerawoothi Lourens, 2017, C. coccinea (Moore, 1878), C. gabika Bucsek, 2012, C. bianca (Walker, 1856) (incorrect identification of C. malayana Bucsek, 2012), C. clama Bucsek, 2012, C. barlowi Lourens, 2017, C. crasizona Wileman & West, 1928, C. johani Lourens, 2017 and C. libulae Cerný, 1993. Nevertheless, some taxa were not included to this paper, and status of some taxa is still debatable. The group is under revision by Volynkin & Černý (in prep.). 2. Here we downgrade malacca to the subspecies of carmina, thus, the group currently includes 19 species and 4 subspecies.
description: Published as part of Volynkin, Anton V. & Černý, Karel, 2019, On the correct identification of Cyana bianca (Walker, 1856), with description of a new species and notes on the taxonomy of the Cyana insularis (Draudt, 1914) species-group (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae), pp. 53-61 in Ecologica Montenegrina 21 on page 54, DOI: 10.37828/em.2019.21.6, http://zenodo.org/record/13356264
Perceptions of individuals living with spinal cord injury toward preference-based quality of life instruments: a qualitative exploration
Creators: name: Whitehurst, David G.
name: Suryaprakash, Nitya
name: Engel, Lidia
name: Mittmann, Nicole
name: Noonan, Vanessa K.
name: Dvorak, Marcel F.
name: Bryan, Stirling
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2016

description: Background: Generic preference-based health-related quality of life instruments are widely used to measure health benefit within economic evaluation. The availability of multiple instruments raises questions about their relative merits and recent studies have highlighted the paucity of evidence regarding measurement properties in the context of spinal cord injury (SCI). This qualitative study explores the views of individuals living with SCI towards six established instruments with the objective of identifying ‘preferred’ outcome measures (from the perspective of the study participants). Methods: Individuals living with SCI were invited to participate in one of three focus groups. Eligible participants were identified from Vancouver General Hospital’s Spine Program database; purposive sampling was used to ensure representation of different demographics and injury characteristics. Perceptions and opinions were solicited on the following questionnaires: 15D, Assessment of Quality of Life 8-dimension (AQoL-8D), EQ-5D-5L, Health Utilities Index (HUI), Quality of Well-Being Scale Self-Administered (QWB-SA), and the SF-36v2. Framework analysis was used to analyse the qualitative information gathered during discussion. Strengths and limitations of each questionnaire were thematically identified and managed using NVivo 9 software. Results: Major emergent themes were (i) general perceptions, (ii) comprehensiveness, (iii) content, (iv) wording and (v) features. Two sub-themes pertinent to content were also identified; ‘questions’ and ‘options’. All focus group participants (n = 15) perceived the AQoL-8D to be the most relevant instrument to administer within the SCI population. This measure was considered to be comprehensive, with relevant content (i.e. wheelchair inclusive) and applicable items. Participants had mixed perceptions about the other questionnaires, albeit to varying degrees. Conclusions: Despite a strong theoretical underpinning, the AQoL-8D (and other AQoL instruments) is infrequently used outside its country of origin (Australia). Empirical comparative analyses of the favoured instruments identified in this qualitative study are necessary within the context of spinal cord injury.
Factorial validity and gender invariance of the Beck Depression Inventory -- Second Edition (BDI-II) and the Multidimensional Pain Inventory (MPI) in individuals with chronic pain
Creators: name: Harris, Cheryl A
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Psychology, Clinical.
subject: Psychology, Psychometrics.

description: The factorial validity and gender invariance of the Beck Depression Inventory -- Second Edition (BDI-II) and the Multidimensional Pain Inventory (MPI) were examined in large samples of women and men with chronic pain. These measures are commonly employed in the assessment of individuals with chronic pain. Moreover, the BDI and the MPI Interference subscale are recommended by the Initiative on Methods, Measurement, and Pain Assessment in Clinical Trials (IMMPACT) committee for use in pain research. In Article I, four competing models of the BDI-II factor structure were examined and confirmatory factor analysis supported the conceptualization of depression as a singular latent construct, within a hierarchical factor structure consisting of three first-order factors -- Negative Attitude, Performance Difficulty, and Somatic Elements. Factor structure, item-total correlations, and correlations between subscale means and subjective pain experience, support the inclusion of somatic items despite concerns regarding their overlap with pain symptoms. Given partial measurement gender invariance, an examination of mean gender differences was warranted. The scores of women and men were similar. In Article II, models of the MPI factor structure [Kerns et al., 1985 with admendments by Rudy, 1989 and Deisinger et al., 2001] were examined. The Interference factor was cross-validated except for one problematic item, and is gender invariant. When configured according to the Deisinger Model, the Punishing Responses and Pain Severity factors provide valid, gender equivalent, information. The Support, Solicitous and Distracting Responses factors operated differently by gender. Although neither model is optimal for Section III, the Kerns Model is best. The Activities Away From Home and Social Activities factors are gender invariant, but Outdoor Work and Household Chores are not. Revisions to Sections II and III are recommended. With its focus on construct validity and gender equivalence, this dissertation complements recent calls for empirically supported measurement and is consistent with gender-fair research initiatives. Results impact chronic pain clinicians and researchers.
Resources on how to create a research software engineering (RSE) group (within an organisation) or association (national, etc)
Creators: name: Barker, Michelle
name: Katz, Daniel S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: research software
research software engineering
RSE

description: The Research Software Alliance (ReSA) has compiled a list of resources on how to create an RSE group (within an organisation) or association (national, etc). This document collates existing advice, some of which is also collated in resources such as RSE Groups in the UK; Origins, Organisational Context, and Practices - ‘RSE Roadtrip’ Planning Document by Kim Martin, CommuneRS: A Community of Research Software Communities by Ella Kaye et al., ADORE.software toolkit by ReSA, and RSE Resources by US-RSE. 

Contributions to the list are welcome either as comments in the open document, or by emailing info@researchsoft.org.
From outside contributors to inside participants: Exploring how NGOs contribute to and participate in creating international law Examining the negotiations for the Ottawa convention banning landmines and the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
Creators: name: Hill, Gina E
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Law.
subject: Political Science, International Law and Relations.

description: Within the current accepted paradigm of the international legal system, states are the only entities with the right to create international law. Recent experience however, shows that non-state entities, in particular non-governmental organizations, are increasingly becoming directly involved in the process of creating international law. This dissertation examines two cases -- the Ottawa Process to ban landmines, and the International Criminal Court negotiations -- to explore how NGOs contribute to international law creation, and whether they participate in the process of creating international law. In both cases NGOs engaged in a multitude of activities as they interacted with other entities involved in the negotiations. NGOs contributed to the process through: (a) agenda-setting; (b) creating conference agendas; (c) providing knowledge, expertise, and analysis; (d) negotiating with and between states; and (e) drafting instruments. In addition to these traditional activities, in these two cases NGOs also worked in coalition with each other, and with core-group and like-minded states to advance shared purposes. Multilateral negotiation theory and coalition dynamics offer a lens through which to understand how NGOs and states interacted with one-another in the process of creating international law. In working in alliances with similarly inclined states, NGOs contributed to three key aspects of coalition strength: (1) coalition size; (2) coalition diversity -- through naming and shaming, contributing different resources and bargaining skills, taking risks, and securing support from civil society to leverage governments; and (3) communication functions -- through intelligence networks, enrolment power, monitoring and analytical capacity, and institutionalized communications. NGOs worked alongside states, contributing to the effectiveness and strength of coalitions, and fulfilling the same roles as states, indeed, in some instances roles states could not fulfill on their own. By contributing to coalition strength and success, NGOs participated in the exercise of creating international law, even though they are not states. The result of this study is the recognition that two recent instances of international law creation fall outside the widely accepted understanding stating that only states create international law.
Changes to the school food and physical activity environment after guideline implementation in British Columbia, Canada
Creators: name: Watts, Allison W.
name: Mâsse, Louise C.
name: Naylor, Patti-Jean
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2016

description: Background: High rates of childhood obesity have generated interest among policy makers to improve the school food environment and increase students’ levels of physical activity. The purpose of this study was to examine school-level changes associated with implementation of the Food and Beverage Sales in Schools (FBSS) and Daily Physical Activity (DPA) guidelines in British Columbia, Canada. Methods: Elementary and middle/high school principals completed a survey on the school food and physical activity environment in 2007–08 (N = 513) and 2011–12 (N = 490). Hierarchical mixed effects regression was used to examine changes in: 1) availability of food and beverages; 2) minutes per day of Physical Education (PE); 3) delivery method of PE; and 4) school community support. Models controlled for school enrollment and community type, education and income. Results: After policy implementation was expected, more elementary schools provided access to fruits and vegetables and less to 100% fruit juice. Fewer middle/high schools provided access to sugar-sweetened beverages, French fries, baked goods, salty snacks and chocolate/candy. Schools were more likely to meet 150 min/week of PE for grade 6 students, and offer more minutes of PE per week for grade 8 and 10 students including changes to PE delivery method. School community support for nutrition and physical activity policies increased over time. Conclusion: Positive changes to the school food environment occurred after schools were expected to implement the FBSS and DPA guidelines. Reported changes to the school environment are encouraging and provide support for guidelines and policies that focus on increasing healthy eating and physical activity in schools.
Tissue engineering a human conjunctiva-scleral model for in vitro testing
Creators: name: Muzakare, Lea
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Biology, Molecular.
subject: Biology, Cell.
subject: Health Sciences, Medicine and Surgery.

description: My objective was to tissue engineer a human conjunctiva-scleral equivalent with very basic inflammatory components, using a combinatorial approach. The complete model would comprise an innervated, vascularised stroma, overlaid by a stratified epithelium within a bio-synthetic matrix. Matrices fabricated from fibrin and either poly (N-isopropylacrylamide) or poly (N-isopropylacrylamide)-co-acrylic acid, supported differentiation of a human vascular endothelial cell line I immortalized into vessel-like structures. Human neutrophils and a granulocytic cell line, HL60 were able to migrate through these matrices and produce matrix metalloproteinases, in response to chemotactic stimuli. Innervation was introduced by embedding dorsal root ganglia as nerve sources within the matrices, while epithelial cells were seeded on top of the matrix. Contributions of this thesis include: (1) methodology for tissue engineering a conjunctiva-scleral tissue substitute, and (2) demonstrating basic functionality. This model may be further developed for use as an alternative to animals for in vitro toxicology testing.
Cyana bianca
Creators: name: Volynkin, Anton V.
name: Černý, Karel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Erebidae
Cyana
Cyana bianca

description: Cyana bianca (Walker, 1856)
(Figs 1, 11)
 Bizone Bianca Walker, 1856, List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 7: 1684 (Type locality: “Hindostan”).
 Type material examined. Holotype (Figs 1, 11): male, “Hind[ostan]” / “ Bizone bianca type Walk.” / “ Bianca n.” / “Type” / “226” / “501” / “A, Walker"s type of Bizone bianca 7-1684” / “ TYPE LEP.: No. 429 Bizone bianca Walker HOPE DEPT. OXFORD ” (Coll. OUMNH).
 Diagnosis. Forewing length is 13 mm in the male holotype. Cyana bianca (Fig. 1) is most similar externally to C. juliettae (Fig. 2) and C. carmina (Figs 3, 4), but can be distinguished by the red parts of its ante- and postmedial lines being less broadened posteriorly. In addition, its black outer margin of the antemedial line is stronger curved at costa than that of C. carmina. In the male genital capsule (Fig. 11), the valva apex is slightly broader than that of C. juliettae (Fig. 14) and C. carmina (Figs 12, 13). The vesica shape of C. bianca is most similar to that of C. carmina, but differs by its smaller dorsal medial diverticulum, narrower dorsal distal diverticulum covered with weaker spinules and granulation, larger apical diverticulum, smaller lateral diverticulum bearing narrower cluster of smaller spinules, and less granulated ventral distal diverticulum bearing smaller patch of spinules. The female is unknown.
 Distribution. India (Walker 1856). The species" distribution needs clarification based on freshly collected materials.
description: Published as part of Volynkin, Anton V. & Černý, Karel, 2019, On the correct identification of Cyana bianca (Walker, 1856), with description of a new species and notes on the taxonomy of the Cyana insularis (Draudt, 1914) species-group (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae), pp. 53-61 in Ecologica Montenegrina 21 on page 54, DOI: 10.37828/em.2019.21.6, http://zenodo.org/record/13356264
Le traitement lexicographique du vocabulaire politique Trois études de cas: Nationalisme, nationaliste et nation
Creators: name: Ayotte, Nathalie
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Language, General.

description: Our study builds on the metalexicographical studies devoted to the ideological representations contained within dictionaries. While the myth of objectivity of the dictionary keeps prevailing in the general public, many researchers are striving to deconstruct it. Their studies have helped depicting the sometimes subjective nature of the dictionary, particularly when describing the lexicon related to certain topics such as sexuality, religion or politics. Therefore, as part of our study, we wished to confirm the assumption, commonly accepted by researchers in the field, according to which the dictionary conveys ideological representations and subjectivity. The primary objective of our study was to explore and compare the lexicographical treatment of three terms pertaining to politics: nationalism, nationalist and nation, in six standard monolingual dictionaries of three important languages throughout the world, i.e. German, English and French. The dictionaries chosen for this study are: the Deutsches Universalworterbuch (or Duden), Wahrig's Deutsches Worterbuch, the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, the Random House Webster's Dictionary of the English Language, Le Petit Robert and Le Petit Larousse. We have chosen words from the political field since it is considered by many researchers to be conducive of ideological representations. Moreover, the analyses deal with four microstructural components: definitions, examples, usage labels and cross-references. Our second objective was to establish, in the light of the studies carried out, whether the concepts of nation, nationalism and nationalist are addressed objectively in the dictionaries related to the corpus or, on the contrary, whether their treatment lets a certain ideology show through. At the completion of our study, we were indeed able to observe a certain subjectivity in the lexicographical treatment suggested for the concepts of nationalism, nationalist and nation in some of the dictionaries related to the corpus.
Cyana malayana Bucsek 2012
Creators: name: Volynkin, Anton V.
name: Černý, Karel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Erebidae
Cyana
Cyana malayana

description: The Cyana malayana Bucsek, 2012 species-group
 Remark. The species-group has recently been reviewed by Volynkin et al. (2018) as „ C. bianca species-group"). At the moment, it includes four species and one subspecies: C. abrupta Volynkin & Černý, sp. nov., C. indosinica Volynkin & Černý, 2018, C. malayana Bucsek, 2012, C. quadripartita quadripartita (Wileman, 1910) and C. quadripartita vieta Volynkin & Černý, 2018.
description: Published as part of Volynkin, Anton V. & Černý, Karel, 2019, On the correct identification of Cyana bianca (Walker, 1856), with description of a new species and notes on the taxonomy of the Cyana insularis (Draudt, 1914) species-group (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae), pp. 53-61 in Ecologica Montenegrina 21 on page 57, DOI: 10.37828/em.2019.21.6, http://zenodo.org/record/13356264
On the design of Raptor codes over Gaussian channels
Creators: name: Cheng, Zhong
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Electronics and Electrical.

description: We investigate the design of Raptor codes---a class of fountain codes---over Gaussian channels. In this thesis, we prove that there exists no universal choice of input degree distribution or constructing capacity-achieving Raptor codes using mean-LLR, EXIT chart approach. An approach of finding input and output degree distribution jointly is proposed. Through the codes constructed by this approach, we show our approach uniformly outperforms an existing heuristic approach over all Gaussian channels. However, there still exists a gap to channel capacity for Raptor codes constructed by mean-LLR. EXIT chart based approach.
Mechanisms of the pro-inflammatory action of the thyroid stimulating hormone on human abdominal subcutaneous differentiated adipocytes
Creators: name: Langille, Melanie L
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Chemistry, Biochemistry.

description: Subclinical hypthyroidism characterized by elevated thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) levels with normal thyroid hormone levels, is associated with an increased risk for cardiovascular disease. Human adipocytes express the TSH receptor and may be a bystander target of TSH action. Treatment of human differentiated adipocytes with TSH stimulates interleukin (IL)-6 release through activation of the nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-kappaB) pathway. I identified intermediates implicated in TSH-induced activation of NF-kappaB and is upstream regulator, inhibitor of kappa B (IkappaB) kinase (IKK)beta. My results also suggest that TSH-induced NFkappaB activation and IL-6 production are not dependent on protein kinase A (PKA) activity. Studies demonstrate that protein kinase Cdelta and reactive oxygen species are upstream of IKKbeta/NF-kappaB activation. Furthermore, TSH induces monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 production in an IKKbeta- and PKA-dependent manner. Further analysis of the TSH-induced inflammatory response in human adipocytes will broaden our understanding of TSH action in subclinical hypothyroidism.
Additional file 1 of CICERO: a versatile method for detecting complex and diverse driver fusions using cancer RNA sequencing data
Creators: name: Liqing Tian
name: Yongjin Li
name: Edmonson, Michael N.
name: Zhou, Xin
name: Newman, Scott
name: McLeod, Clay
name: Thrasher, Andrew
name: Liu, Yu
name: Tang, Bo
name: Rusch, Michael C.
name: Easton, John
name: Ma, Jing
name: Davis, Eric
name: Trull, Austyn
name: J. Robert Michael
name: Szlachta, Karol
name: Mullighan, Charles
name: Baker, Suzanne J.
name: Downing, James R.
name: Ellison, David W.
name: Zhang, Jinghui
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Additional file 1. Additional figures. This file presents all supplementary figures referenced in the main text.
Architecture and programming paradigm for a scalable, metamorphic and cloud-collaborative user environment
Creators: name: Tropper, Robin
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Computer.

description: A growing number of enterprise applications on the Internet ranging from banking transactions to business management make use of real-time collaboration. Simultaneous access from any device to any set of applications shared among many users is a hot area of research and development. This thesis designed a thick-client for real-time collaboration supporting the applications development and interoperability. It introduces a new programming paradigm, algorithms and protocols to bring real-time collaboration to a web-based platform. Its component-oriented metamorphic architecture supports a run-time scalable multi-desktop environment connecting client applications through automated remote procedure call and the object request broker pattern while providing new mechanisms for dynamic resource loading. The new architecture supports unsolicited server control actions on the client using an event model to simulate interruptions and sustained user-activity during network failure. Results obtained validate the correctness of the approach and the feasibility of an extensible web-based platform for real-time collaboration.
Can You Pinch More Than An Inch: Understanding Representations of the Healthy Woman in Special K Advertisements
Creators: name: Reimer, Vanessa
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Business Administration, Marketing.
subject: Women's Studies.
subject: Mass Communications.

description: Stereotypical representations of women provide a critical concern to scholars in the realm of communication and women's studies, pertaining particularly to the naturalized and perpetual mass media demand for women's slimness. However the question remains as to why women's attainment and maintenance of the thin ideal is continuously necessitated within North American media culture. An ethnographic content analysis of Special K television advertisements from the past ten years reveals the latent cultural values that necessitate all women's perpetual pursuit of the thin ideal. While Special K is marketed as a dieting aid to be used in the pursuit of a healthy lifestyle, the lenses of feminist and objectification theories reveal a stereotypical equating of health with slimness for women within Special K advertisements, emphasizing the aesthetic pleasure that women's bodies provide for others rather than the benefits that women may reap from their own bodies; a sentiment that arguably encourages self-objectifying and self-monitoring behaviours among women. The naturalness of these mass media paradigms, as well as the latent cultural values that necessitate them, is a critical communication and feminist issue for which this study suggests possible constructive remedies.