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The general congregation as an instrument of governance in the Society of Jesus.
Creators: name: Blangiardi, B. Jeffrey.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1997
Subjects: subject: Biography.

description: The focus of this dissertation concerns the proper law of the Society of Jesus, specifically its Constitutions, Part VIII, which deals with the general congregation as an instrument of governance, and how it functions as the Order's supreme legislative authority. As a means for analyzing the basic question or problem, an historical methodology has been used throughout the study. Thus, the dissertation looks at specific examples of how various general congregations throughout the Society's history have functioned as the supreme authority and as an instrument of governance, and at how well these assemblies accomplished their intended purpose. By analyzing selected congregations, the dissertation offers an historical survey of the general congregation's accomplishments and shortcomings over time. As a result, this study presents a critical evaluation of the general congregation as an instrument of governance. The first chapter is entitled "St. Ignatius and the Early Years of the Society" and it focuses on a few key events that help shed light on the spiritual background and psychology of the man who founded the Society of Jesus and wrote its Constitutions. These events give an insight into Ignatius' fundamental belief-system and help establish his general philosophy of governance. The second chapter is entitled "The General Congregation According to the Constitutions"; it closely examines Part VIII of the Constitutions and, in particular, its six chapters which deal specifically with the general congregation. Thus, Chapter Two constitutes a thorough examination of the Society's proper law, updated to the most recent congregation, as it relates to the general congregation as an instrument of governance. The third chapter is entitled "The General Congregation and the Superior General"; it looks at certain aspects of the executive office in light of the superior general's significant role vis-a-vis the general congregation. Although the general congregation is the supreme legislative body, the Roman pontiff remains the "Supreme Legislator" of this pontifical Institute. Therefore, the fourth chapter, entitled "The General Congregation and the Papacy," examines the Society's special relationship with the Roman pontiff and the enormous influence of the papacy, especially with regard to papal interventions both preceding and during the general congregations. Finally, the fifth chapter is entitled "By Way of Conclusion ...," and it concludes this study with certain observations on the general congregation's strengths and weaknesses as an instrument of governance. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Immigrazione al femminile: modelli femminili , valori, identità.
Female immigration: women’s models, values and identities.
Creators: name: Malfone, Carlotta
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 2009

description: In questo articolo possiamo distinguere varie tipologie di donne immigrate che riflettono come la popolazione femminile straniera sia diversificata, tanto nella composizione, quanto nelle modalità di adattamento e di inserimento in Italia. Il fenomeno migratorio sta assumendo, negli ultimi anni, connotati diversi: se, da una parte, si va facendo più considerevole dal punto di vista quantitativo, dall'altra rivela nuove dinamiche e nuove tipologie. Infatti, le immigrate sembrano assumere nuove posizioni rispetto ai percorsi migratori, alle scelte di espatrio, alle modalità di inserimento nella società di arrivo anche e, soprattutto, rispetto alla collocazione tra la propria cultura e quella in trasformazione nei paesi ospiti. Addirittura, in alcuni casi, la donna costituisce l'anello primario della catena migratoria o, comunque, è parte attiva nel mercato del lavoro e nel processo decisionale del progetto stesso. Questo nuovo scenario dell'immigrazione femminile vede protagoniste non solo donne che seguono il marito e che sono alla ricerca di lavori domestici, ma anche donne portatrici di un progetto migratorio autonomo, spinte dalla possibilità di affermarsi e fare carriera. In questo senso le testimonianze e i racconti delle straniere pongono, chiaramente, il problema delle differenze esistenti all'interno del gruppo donne immigrate, in cui possiamo individuare alcuni percorsi caratteristici dell'esodo "al femminile" e ritrovare tipologie e modelli familiari differenti, per modalità costitutive e composizione del nucleo.
description: The article contemplates different typologies of immigrant women, who reflect how the foreign women population in Italy varies in composition, models of adaptation and integration. In recent years, immigration trends are taking on different connotations, on the one hand with the increase in female migration, and on the other hand with its new dynamics and typologies. Immigrant women actually seem capable of assuming new positions with respect to the migration paths, the choice to emigrate and the integration into the new country, and above all the link between their original culture and the changing culture of the accepting country. Indeed, in some cases, the woman is the main ring of a long migration chain, or else she is an active part of the labour market and of the decision of the entire plan. This new background of women immigration is made up not only of women who decide to follow their husbands but also women wishing to look for new jobs as home help, or wishing to improve their careers of their own accord. In this respect, the testimonials and reports of foreigners underpins the problems present within their group, where we can spot some of the typical paths of the “female exodus” and where we can also find different family systems according to the different composition of the family group and the way the group was formed.
Leggere testi migranti. RacContamiNazioni, Cremona 2-X-04.
Reading Italian texts produced by foreign migrant writers
Creators: name: Pezzarossa, Fulvio
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 2009

description: L'articolo ripercorre alcune fasi dell'esperienza ormai quindicinale delle scritture dei migranti in lingua italiana, riflettendo sulla difficoltà della cultura nazionale ad accogliere il contributo complesso e "dissonante" di voci provenienti da altre culture, capaci perciò di mettere in gioco facili posizioni consolatorie su razzismo e colonialismo italiani. In chiave di rapida sintesi, a partire dai celebri testi comparsi nel 1990 di Salah Methnani e di Pap Khouma, si suggersicono alcune tracce di svolgimento delle tematiche letterarie offerte dalle nuove scritture, e si indicano alcune delle voci di maggior interesse, da Gezim Hajdari per la poesia, a Vesna Stanic e Jadeline Gangbo per la prosa, fino alle sorprendenti pagine, niente affatto "per ragazzi", della italo-egiziana Randa Ghazy.
description: The author describes some of the steps in the fifteen-year-old writing experience of immigrants in Italian, considering the difficulty of the national culture to accept the complex and ‘dissonant’ contribution of voices from other cultures, able to undermine simplistic and patronizing viewpoints on Italian racism and colonialism. By way of a quick outline, some of the most interesting literary themes are quoted, from the famous 1990 texts by Salah Methnani and Pap Khouma, and some of the most interesting voices are highlighted, such as the poet Gezim Hajdari, the novelists Vesna Stanic and Jadeline Gangbo, up to the surprising pages of the Italo-Egyptian writer Randa Ghazy – not at all meant just for ‘young readers’.
Apoptosis in the isolated perfused rat heart: Involvement of reperfusion, oxidants and protein synthesis.
Creators: name: Dean, David C.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1997
Subjects: subject: Biology, Animal Physiology.

description: Reperfusion of an ischemic myocardium has been shown to cause increased injury to the post-ischemic myocardium. Studies exploring the mechanisms of ischemia/reperfusion (IR) injury are abundant and have shown that oxidants, as well as accumulation of metabolic byproducts, play major roles in IR. The isolated perfused heart model has been used very successfully in the past, allowing examination of IR, as well as the application of agents to combat IR injury. However, in the last few years there has been increased interest in a newly discovered component of IR. Apoptosis has recently been determined to occur in the post ischemic heart in vivo by this laboratory, as well as others. It remains unknown whether active cell death contributes to the decrease in myocardial performance characteristic of IR, however, the manipulation of apoptosis using various agents has been successfully documented in many different systems, including cardiac myocytes. Therefore, we sought to determine for the first time if: (1) Apoptosis occurs in the isolated buffer perfused heart and (2) If manipulation of apoptosis would protect against IR injury. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
What superheroes looked like in 2015
Creators: name: Burke, Liam
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The Golden Age of Comic Book Filmmaking began in 2000 when Bryan Singer's X-Men (2000) dragged superheroes to the centre of popular culture. Today superpowered protagonists are as familiar to cinemagoers as sticky floors and popcorn.
E-learning e Università. Riflessioni tratte dalle interviste a quattro esperti italiani: Antonio Calvani, Luigi Guerra, Roberto Maragliano, Pier Cesare Rivoltella.
E-learning and Universities. Relections based on interviews with 4 Italian experts: Antonio Calvani, Luigi Guerra, Roberto Maragliano, Pier Cesare Rivoltella
Creators: name: Corazza, Laura
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 2009

description: Quattro esperti italiani di e-learning in ambito universitario hanno accettato di rispondere ad alcune domande su vantaggi e svantaggi, caratteristiche attuali e prospettive future di una nuova forma di didattica, l’e-learning, che richiede un ripensamento
complessivo del modo di intendere l’apprendimento, lo sviluppo del sapere e la formazione della conoscenza.
description: Four Italian experts on e-learning in a university environment reply to questions on the advantages and disadvantages offered by e learning, current applications and future prospects of this new form of didactics which requires a comprehensive re-thinking of our way of understanding learning and the development of knowledge .
Cellulose acetate metal-impregnated membranes for air separations.
Creators: name: El-Taki, Wassim.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Chemical.

description: Polymeric membranes are widely used in the oxygen enrichment of air for medical purposes and in the preparation of nitrogen for use in blanketing applications. Membranes having both high selectivity and permeability are essential for these applications. In this work, several membranes were prepared by the phase inversion technique. Casting solutions containing cellulose acetate, EDTA and acetone were spread onto a backing material and gelled in iced water. The membranes were then subjected to several post-treatments such as annealing, silver impregnation and silver impregnation followed by reduction to silver metal. The effects of EDTA and film post-treatments were determined with respect to air permeability and oxygen concentration in the permeate. The porosity of the resulting membranes were determined using gas sorption techniques. The presence of EDTA in the casting solution increased the entrapment of silver within the membrane. The air permeability of the membrane and oxygen concentration of the permeate were individually normalized. An objective function was defined as the product of the normalized air permeability and the normalized oxygen concentration in the permeate. The objective function exhibited an optimum at the solubility limit of 2% EDTA in water. However, the excessive presence of EDTA reduced both membrane air permeability and oxygen separation. The presence of silver in the membrane caused the blockage of pores in the 30-100 A diameter range. The pore size distributions of the membranes, measured using gas sorption techniques, provided a good explanation for the observed air permeability and oxygen separation of the membranes.
Elaborazione didattica di Learning Objects.
The didactic development of learning objects
Creators: name: Guerra, Luigi
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 2009

description: L’idea di un modello didattico problematico per la realizzazione di Learning Objects riprende i temi del problematicismo pedagogico e si impegna a definire un’ipotesi formativa complessa capace di valorizzare la possibile positiva compresenza integrata di strategie didattiche diverse (finanche antitetiche) ma componibili in una logica appunto di matrice problematicista. Il punto di partenza del modello proposto è rappresentato dalla opportunità di definire tre tipologie fondamentali di Learning Objects, rispettivamente centrati sull’oggetto, sul processo e sul soggetto dell’apprendimento.
description: The author offers a didactic model for the creation of Learning Objects as part of a complex training hypothesis which is capable of exploiting various didactic strategies. He defines three fundamental types of Learning Objects which focus respectively on the object, on the process and on the subject of the learning process.
title: Smarte umweltrelevante Infrastrukturen: Anwendungsfelder, Bedarfe, Praxiserfahrung aus kommunaler Sicht
title: Smarte umweltrelevante Infrastrukturen: Anwendungsfelder, Bedarfe, Praxiserfahrung aus kommunaler Sicht
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Schnabel, Frieder
name: Heydkamp, Constanze
name: Schmitz, Michael
Publisher: name: Umweltbundesamt
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Standardisierung
subject: Digitalisierung
subject: Urbaner Umweltschutz
subject: Smart Cities
subject: umweltrelevante Infrastrukturen
subject: Normen und Regelwerke
subject: Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien
subject: Umweltauswirkungen
subject: Nachhaltigkeitsziele
subject: Nachhaltigkeit | Strategien | Internationales
subject: Sustainability | Strategies | International matters

description: Die intelligente Vernetzung von Infrastrukturen und Entwicklung smarter Anwendungen an der Schnittstelle verschiedener Sektoren, Technologien und Akteure stehen im Mittelpunkt der Smart City-Diskussion. Gleichzeitig spielen Normung und Standardisierung eine große Rolle bei der Einführung neuer Technologien und der Umsetzung von Umweltschutzzielen. Das Vorhaben hat daher zentrale Ansätze zur Vernetzung der technischen Infrastrukturen (Wasser/Abwasser, Strom, Gas, Verkehr, Telekommunikation) sowie Dienstleistungen im städtischen Bereich beleuchtet und den Bedarf für eine Anpassung der Rahmenbedingungen und insbesondere der Normen und technischen Regelwerke in Deutschland im Kontext der Smart City Aktivitäten der unterschiedlichsten Akteure ausgelotet.
The regulation of preadipocyte differentiation by glucocorticoids
Creators: name: Tomlinson, Julianna Jade
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Chemistry, Biochemistry.

description: The adipogenic stimulus provided by glucocorticoids is most obvious in the central obesity of individuals with Cushing's syndrome. Glucocorticoids promote preadipocyte differentiation in culture, in part by enhancing the transcriptional potential of a key adipogenic factor, C/EBPbeta. They do so by promoting proteasome dependent degradation of a pool of C/EBPbeta-associated HDAC1, a transcriptional repressor protein. This potentiates C/EBPbeta-mediated transcription of C/EBPalpha, a master regulator of differentiation. Analysis of the mechanisms by which HDAC1 is targeted for degradation has led to the identification of TIF1beta as a cofactor of C/EBPbeta-mediated transcription. TIF1beta expression modulates the association of C/EBPbeta with HDAC1 and promotes the ubiquitylation and proteasome dependent turnover of HDAC1 that appears to be required for the transactivation potential of TIF1beta. Furthermore, TIF1beta promotes 3T3 L1 preadipocyte differentiation through both HDAC1-dependent and independent mechanisms. The elucidation of the molecular mechanisms by which glucocorticoids potentiate adipogenesis has been largely limited to murine model systems. In this work, I defined glucocorticoid requirements and their effects on the early transcriptional events that drive human primary preadipocyte differentiation. I identified striking similarities and some differences between the 3T3 L1 and human preadipocyte systems. Notably, accumulation of C/EBPbeta was enhanced by glucocorticoids and C/EBPalpha was differentially expressed upon induction of differentiation in human preadipocytes. Furthermore, glucocorticoids provided a survival signal that was required for differentiating 3T3 Ll cells to progress through clonal expansion when cultured in chemically defined medium. Clonal expansion is a specific property of the 3T3 Ll cell line that is not shared by human preadipocytes, which did not require glucocorticoids for survival of the initial stages of differentiation. Lastly, I have shown that exposure of preadipocytes to glucocorticoids primes the cells with increased differentiation capacity. Microarray analysis of gene expression following pretreatment in human preadipocytes yielded factors that represent (1) previously unidentified, potential adipogenic targets of glucocorticoids and (2) potential mediators of this priming effect. Notably, pretreatment of human preadipocytes with physiological concentrations of steroid promoted increased insulin responsiveness. This response was specific to the human preadipocytes and was not observed in either the 3T3 Ll preadipocytes or human adipocytes.
Interleukin-1β more than mechanical loading induces a degenerative phenotype in human annulus fibrosus cells, partially impaired by anti-proteolytic activity of aesenchymal stem cell secretome
Creators: name: Gonçalves, Raquel M.
name: Saggese, Taryn
name: Yong, Zhiyao
name: Ferreira, Joana R.
name: Ignatius, Anita
name: Wilke, Hans-Joachim
name: Neidlinger-Wilke, Cornelia
name: Teixeira, Graciosa Q.
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: disc degeneration
subject: disc herniation
subject: annulus fibrosus cells
subject: mechanical loading
subject: secretome
subject: DDC 570 / Life sciences
subject: DDC 610 / Medicine & health
subject: Inflammation
subject: Mesenchymal stem cells
subject: Matrix Metalloproteinases
subject: Bandscheibendegeneration
subject: Entzündung

description: Mesenchymal stem/stromal cell (MSC)–based therapies for low back pain and intervertebral disc (IVD) degeneration have been emerging, despite the poor knowledge of their full mechanism of action. As failure of the annulus fibrosus (AF) is often associated with IVD herniation and inflammation, the objective of the present study was to investigate the impact of the MSC secretome on human AF cells exposed to mechanical loading and a pro-inflammatory environment. Human AF cells isolated from IVD biopsies from patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) or disc degeneration (DD) were exposed to physiological cyclic tensile strain (CTS) for 72 h in a custom-made device, with or without interleukin (IL)-1β medium supplementation. AF cells stimulated with CTS + IL-1β were then treated with secretome from IL-1β–preconditioned MSCs for 48 h. AF cell metabolic activity, gene expression, protein secretion, matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) activity, and tissue inhibitor of MMPs (TIMP) concentration were evaluated. Expanded AF cells from AIS and DD patients revealed similar metabolic activity and gene expression profiles. CTS stimulation upregulated collagen type I (COL1A1) expression, while IL-1β significantly stimulated IL-6, IL-8, MMP-1, and MMP-3 gene expression and prostaglandin E2 production by AF cells but downregulated COL1A1. The combination of CTS + IL-1β had a similar outcome as IL-1β alone, accompanied by a significant upregulation of elastin. The MSC secretome did not show any immunomodulatory effect on CTS + IL-1β–stimulated AF cells but significantly decreased MMP-1, MMP-2, MMP-3, and MMP-9, while increasing the production of TIMP-1. The obtained results demonstrate a stronger impact of the inflammatory milieu on human AF cells than upper physiologic mechanical stress. In addition, a new MSC mechanism of action in degenerated IVD consisting of the modulation of AF MMP activity was also evidenced, contributing to the advancement of knowledge in AF tissue metabolism.
Participation, partisanship and the electoral reform process
Creators: name: Hoffman, Robert
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This thesis is about the maximisation of electoral participation, and the ways in which processes of institutional development impact upon this pursuit. It considers the interaction between electoral participation, electoral policy and the broader institutional context within which both are embedded. Providing the first comprehensive overview of these issues in the Australian context, the thesis demonstrates how electoral policy development can only be explained with recourse to the influence and constraint exerted by the broader institutional structure, particularly the role of partisan self-interest. Through this, the thesis grants illumination to those interested in shaping electoral policy in the future.
Identification and molecular characterisation of a putative gene for cell detaching factor from Trichomonas vaginalis.
Creators: name: Delgaty, Kiera L.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: Biology, Molecular.

description: Trichomonas vaginalis (Tv) is the etiologic agent of trichomoniasis, a sexually transmitted disease of significant socio-economic importance. Cell-free filtrate from Tv growth media causes rounding and detachment of adherent monolayers of human epithelial cells in culture. Cell detaching factor (CDF), a 200 kDa glycoprotein in the purified preparation of the cell-free filtrate, is believed to play an important role in the pathogenesis of Tv. The identification of the gene for CDF would therefore allow further characterisation of the protein and its expression. A cDNA clone (CDF-2) was identified in a Tv cDNA library by immunological screen with rabbit anti-serum prepared against a purified preparation of CDF. This clone contained an open reading frame (ORF) that was believed to represent a partial coding sequence for CDF. A genome walk initiated from CDF-2 using Rapid Amplification of Genomic DNA Ends (RAGE) identified a contiguous 6.5 kb ORF Northern analysis, which identified a 6.5--7 kb transcript, supported the size of the ORF, while Rapid Amplification of cDNA Ends (RACE) identified a putative 5' end of the ORF and identified a 31 bp 3' untranslated region. The ORF is predicted to encode a 232 kDa polypeptide containing 42 EEKPKL repeats, but has no sequence homology with any previously reported protein. The full-length ORF was amplified from Tv genomic DNA by PCR and cloned into the plasmid vector pCR2.1-TOPO. The ORF was transcribed in vitro using T7 RNA polymerase and translated in rabbit reticulocyte lysate in the presence of 35S-methionine. Several high molecular weight proteins (>200, 165, 150, 130, 118, 80, 47 kDa) were produced. Two polypeptides of 205 and 220 kDa were immunoprecipitated from the in vitro translation mix by the anti-CDF serum. These data suggest that the gene encoding Tv CDF has been identified.
Experimental Investigations and CFD Modeling of Contaminant Intrusion in a Water Network during Transient Events
Creators: name: Mahmoud, Mohammed
name: Farahat, Ashraf
name: Hamouda, Mohamed A.
name: Al-Zahrani, Muhammad
name: Sharif, Muhammad Nadeem
name: Sadiq, Rehan
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2019

description: Intrusion in drinking water networks (DWN) can be triggered by transient low-pressure events. This intrusion may result in the contamination of drinking water supplied to consumers, which may have major health impacts. This research aims to investigate the influence of a DWN’s operating parameters on the intrusion and progression of the contaminant in a pilot drinking water network setup. Results show that the minimum time required for the contaminant to begin entering the system was influenced by the system operating pressure. Faster initial intrusion times were observed under low operating pressure. In addition, the crack size influenced the time required for the contaminant to fully intrude the system. Similarly, the time required for the contaminant to reach certain points in the DWN was influenced by the operating pressure. These results were verified using two additional tools; a high-speed camera was used to monitor the contaminant transient progression through the DWN under different pressures; and computational fluid dynamics modeling was used to calculate the corresponding contaminant concentration. The results suggest that the ability of the system to quickly stabilize its operating pressure would reduce the probability of a contaminant intrusion into the DWN.
Young women's decision to pursue non-traditional science: Intrapersonal, interpersonal and contextual influences.
Creators: name: Gill, Kelly.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: Women's Studies.

description: Much research has been conducted on the issue of the under-representation of women in math, science and engineering careers. This research has largely focused on a single factor and has usually taken the form of survey research. Little research has taken a holistic approach, nor has it looked exclusively at young women who have recently begun a program in math, science or engineering. The present study was qualitative in nature and it took a holistic approach to the study of the under-representation of women in math, science and engineering in order to gain a better understanding of the influences involved in this decision. This study focused on three factors which are involved in the decision to continue in math and science and they include Interpersonal Influences, Contextual Influences and Intrapersonal Influences. Thirteen in-depth interviews were conducted with young women who were in their first or second year of a math, science or engineering program. Interviews focused on these three factors. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Preliminary results from optimisation models validation and experimentation: project deliverable D6.2
Creators: name: Svorobej, Sergej
name: Byrne, James
name: Castañé, Gabriel González
name: Krzywda, Jakub
name: Groenda, Henning
name: Stier, Christian
name: Domaschka, Jörg
name: Ahir, Mayur
name: Byrne, Peter J.
name: Östberg, Per-Olov
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Optimisation
subject: Validation
subject: Experimentation
subject: Model
subject: Simulation
subject: Cloud
subject: Analytics
subject: Context-aware cloud topology
subject: Cloud services
subject: Data management
subject: DDC 004 / Data processing & computer science
subject: Cloud computing
subject: Electric network topology
subject: Datenmanagement
subject: Cloud Computing

description: Since the arrival of cloud computing, a significant amount of research has been and continues to be carried out towards the creation of efficient optimisation strategies for meeting certain optimisation goals such as energy efficiency, resource consolidation or performance improvement within virtualised data centres. However, investigating whether specific optimisation algorithms can achieve the desired function in a production environment, and investigating how well they operate are quite complex tasks. Untested optimisation rules typically cannot be directly deployed in the production system, instead requiring manual test-bed experiments. This technique can be prohibitively costly, time consuming and cannot always account for scale and other constraints. This work presents a design-time optimisation evaluation solution based on discrete event simulation for cloud computing. By using a simulation toolkit (CactoSim) coupled with a runtime optimisation toolkit (CactoOpt), a cloud architect is able to create a direct replica model of the data centre production environment and then run simulations which take into account optimisation strategies. Results produced by such simulations can be used to estimate the optimisation algorithm performance under various conditions. In order to test the CactoSim and CactoOpt integration concept, a validation process has been performed on two different scenarios. The first scenario investigates the VM placement algorithm performance within a simulated testbed when admitting new VMs into the system. The second scenario analyses consolidation optimisation strategy impact on resource utilisation, with the objective being to free up nodes towards the goal of energy saving. This deliverable represents the initial part of two iterative pieces of work.
If They Come, Where will We Build It? Land-Use Implications of Two Forest Conservation Policies in the Deep Creek Watershed
Creators: name: Anputhas, Markandu
name: Janmaat, Johannus
name: Nichol, Craig
name: Wei, Xiaohua
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2019

description: Research Highlights: Forest conservation policies can drive land-use change to other land-use types. In multifunctional landscapes, forest conservation policies will therefore impact on other functions delivered by the landscape. Finding the best pattern of land use requires considering these interactions. Background and Objectives: Population growth continues to drive the development of land for urban purposes. Consequently, there is a loss of other land uses, such as agriculture and forested lands. Efforts to conserve one type of land use will drive more change onto other land uses. Absent effective collaboration among affected communities and relevant institutional agents, unexpected and undesirable land-use change may occur. Materials and Methods: A CLUE-S (Conversion of Land Use and its Effects at Small Scales) model was developed for the Deep Creek watershed, a small sub-basin in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia, Canada. The valley is experiencing among the most rapid population growth of any region in Canada. Land uses were aggregated into one forested land-use type, one urban land-use type, and three agricultural types. Land-use change was simulated for combinations of two forest conservation policies. Changes are categorized by location, land type, and an existing agricultural land policy. Results: Forest conservation policies drive land conversion onto agricultural land and may increase the loss of low elevation forested land. Model results show where the greatest pressure for removing land from agriculture is likely to occur for each scenario. As an important corridor for species movement, the loss of low elevation forest land may have serious impacts on habitat connectivity. Conclusions: Forest conservation policies that do not account for feedbacks can have unintended consequences, such as increasing conversion pressures on other valued land uses. To avoid surprises, land-use planners and policy makers need to consider these interactions. Models such as CLUE-S can help identify these spatial impacts.
Intrecci tra le prospettive interculturali e il ciberspazio: un nuovo approccio interpretativo delle tecnologie telematiche.
Links between the intercultural perspective and cyberspace: a new interpretive approach to technology in telematics
Creators: name: Zanetti, Federica
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 2009

description: Telematica e interculturalità costituiscono due importanti sfide educative nell’attuale scenario socioculturale che richiede una riflessione pedagogica sempre più attenta a coglierne le specificità, le contraddizioni, la complessità. L’autrice propone un paradigma interpretativo delle nuove tecnologie telematiche come ambienti multiculturali.
description: Telematics and Interculturalism: two important challenges in the current socio-cultural scene. The author propose a interpretative paradigm of new telematic technologies as multicultural environments.
Etica ed educazione.
Ethics and Education.
Creators: name: Manini, Milena
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 2009

description: La sostanza di questo binomio lessematico, etica ed educazione e le implicazioni della loro relazione possono essere interpretate e coniugate secondo due tipi di approccio: uno prevalentemente teorico, un altro tendenzialmente operativo; ambedue si possono svolgere secondo molteplici direzioni, con criteri ermeneutici differenti in relazione a diversi paradigmi di riferimento.
Il significato del presente contributo si colloca in uno spazio logico preliminare ad un vero e proprio dibattito, esprimendosi attraverso alcune domande e qualche breve risposta, in attesa di essere approfondito in prossimi scritti, specie in relazione alle forme di educazione così come si presentano nei servizi e nelle istituzioni educative secondo le loro più recenti configurazioni storiche e sociali.
description: The author joins the debate regarding ethics and education through questions and brief answers especially in relation to the forms of education present in services and institutions.
Frabboni F. (2005), Società della conoscenza e scuola, Trento, Erickson.
Creators: name: D'Ugo, Rossella
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 2009

description: Guardandoci intorno appare ormai lampante anche ad un occhio poco attento che siamo immersi in una società complessa e in transizione. Una società in cui le superpotenze economiche dominano grazie ad un monopolio colonialistico che si fa strada noncurante di quella metà della terra relegata a vivere con pochi euro al giorno: siamo all’orrore economico, all’orrore di paesi sempre più ricchi a scapito di paesi sempre più poveri. In questo quadro i compiti della pedagogia risultano di notevole importanza.
The good, the bad, and the clever: faking ability as a socio-emotional ability?
Creators: name: Geiger, Mattis
name: Bärwaldt, Romy
name: Wilhelm, Oliver
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: faking good
subject: faking bad
subject: faking ability
subject: socio-emotional abilities
subject: productive and receptive abilities
subject: general mental abilities
subject: DDC 150 / Psychology
subject: Ability
subject: Fähigkeit

description: Socio-emotional abilities have been proposed as an extension to models of intelligence, but earlier measurement approaches have either not fulfilled criteria of ability measurement or have covered only predominantly receptive abilities. We argue that faking ability—the ability to adjust responses on questionnaires to present oneself in a desired manner—is a socio-emotional ability that can broaden our understanding of these abilities and intelligence in general. To test this theory, we developed new instruments to measure the ability to fake bad (malingering) and administered them jointly with established tests of faking good ability in a general sample of n = 134. Participants also completed multiple tests of emotion perception along with tests of emotion expression posing, pain expression regulation, and working memory capacity. We found that individual differences in faking ability tests are best explained by a general factor that had a large correlation with receptive socio-emotional abilities and had a zero to medium-sized correlation with different productive socio-emotional abilities. All correlations were still small after controlling these effects for shared variance with general mental ability as indicated by tests of working memory capacity. We conclude that faking ability is indeed correlated meaningfully with other socio-emotional abilities and discuss the implications for intelligence research and applied ability assessment
Loiodice, I. (2004), Non perdere la bussola. Orientamento e formazione in età adulta, Milano, FrancoAngeli.
Creators: name: D'Ugo, Rossella
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 2009

description: Quali le “identità molteplici” nell’attuale società del cambiamento? Quali le modalità della “formazione per tutta la vita”? Come orientarsi e ri-orientarsi in età adulta? In quali luoghi e attraverso quali pratiche? E quali sono le figure professionali impegnate in questo scenario? A questi quesiti di grande attualità l’Autrice, accompagnata dalle due parole chiave formazione e orientamento, risponde attraverso la sua riflessione.
Umweltschutzgerechte Verwertung nicht etablierter Stoffströme in Abfallverbrennungsanlagen
Creators: name: Faulstich, Martin
name: Vodegel, Stefan
name: Fedianina, Elena
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Abfallverbrennungsanlage
subject: Abfallverwertung
subject: Energetische Verwertung
subject: Versteckte Stoffströme
subject: Abfall | Ressourcen
subject: Waste | Resources

description: In Deutschland führten die gesetzlichen Maßnahmen zur Kreislaufwirtschaft in den beiden letzten Jahrzehnten zu einem Anstieg des stofflichen Recyclings. Mit der fünfstufigen Abfallhierarchie erhält die energetische Verwertung einen nachrangigen Charakter. Daraus kann auf eine entstehende mangelhafte Auslastung und Schließung von Abfallverbrennungsanlagen spekuliert werden. Viele Anlagen sind allerdings mittlerweile als Strom- und Wärmelieferanten regional unverzichtbar geworden.
A high abundance of massive galaxies 3-6 billion years after the Big Bang
Creators: name: Glazebrook, Karl
name: Abraham, Roberto G.
name: McCarthy, Pahlek J.
name: Savaglio, Sandra
name: Chen, Hsiao Wen
name: Crampton, David
name: Mirowinski, Rick
name: Jørgensen, Inger
name: Roth, Kathy
name: Hook, Isobel
name: Marzke, Ronald O.
name: Carlberg, R. G.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Hierarchical galaxy formation is the model whereby massive galaxies form from an assembly of smaller units. The most massive objects therefore form last. The model succeeds in describing the clustering of galaxies, but the evolutionary history of massive galaxies, as revealed by their visible stars and gas, is not accurately predicted. Near-infrared observations (which allow us to measure the stellar masses of high-redshift galaxies) and deep multi-colour images indicate that a large fraction of the stars in massive galaxies form in the first 5 Gyr (refs 4-7), but uncertainties remain owing to the lack of spectra to confirm the redshifts (which are estimated from the colours) and the role of obscuration by dust. Here we report the results of a spectroscopic redshift survey that probes the most massive and quiescent galaxies back to an era only 3 Gyr after the Big Bang. We find that at least two-thirds of massive galaxies have appeared since this era, but also that a significant fraction of them are already in place in the early Universe.
Persi R. (2005), Didattica e ricerca ambientale, Roma, Caroc-ci.
Creators: name: D'ugo, Rossella
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 2009

description: L’ambiente è intorno a noi. Noi viviamo nell’ambiente e ne facciamo parte, deter-minandone la qualità. L’industrializzazione, nel corso degli anni, ha portato verso miglioramenti evidenti: disponibilità di una notevole quantità di beni di consumo, miglioramento delle condizioni igienico-sanitarie e diminuzione della povertà. L’ascesa sembrava perenne e si pensava avrebbe, prima o poi, inglobato tutti i Pae-si. Negli anni ’70 ci si rese, invece, conto che non sarebbe stato così, anzi, l’ottimismo economico, lasciò il posto alla chiara consapevolezza che le risorse della Terra erano, e sono, limitate e che l’attività dell’uomo sull’ambiente stava portando a pericolose forme d’inquinamento. Nei confronti di questa situazione si assunsero due posizioni: una che definiamo “catastrofismo” e l’altra, invece, che chiamiamo “ottimismo”.
Bourgois, F. (2005), Cercando rispetto. Drug economy e cultura di strada, Roma, DeriveApprodi.
Creators: name: Scandurra, Giuseppe
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 2009

description: Philippe Bourgois, professore presso il Dipartimento di Antropologia, Storia e Medicina Sociale dell’Università della California, si trasferisce per cinque anni a East Harem, uno dei ghetti più degradati e malfamati di New York. Qui frequenta spacciatori di crack di origine portoricana, passa il tempo nelle sale sotto casa dove questi ultimi giocano, entra nelle case delle loro famiglie allargate.
Valeurs communes. Progetto della Commissione Europea.
Creators: name: Bonora, Nadia
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 2009

description: Titolo: Valori comuni Titolo originale: Valeurs communes 2004/2005 Project leader: cooperativa Lai-momo Partner: Africa e Mediterraneo, Italia; Grupo Comunicar, Spagna; L'Afrique dessineé, Francia; Translit, Spagna; Le Comptoir du livre, Belgio; CS Associazione di Cooperazione allo Sviluppo, Italia; Agronomi senza frontiere, Italia; Fumo di China, Italia. Riferimento: Andrea Marchesini Reggiani - redazione@africaemediterraneo.it I fumetti e la guida didattica, realizzati per il progetto, sono acquistabili sul sito web www.laimomo.it, materiali e informazioni sono disponibili sul sito www.valeurcommunes.org. Il materiale di Valori comuni è utilizzato per laboratori di educazione interculturale nelle classi.
Scaffolding student learning in information-dense technology-enhanced teaching and learning environments
Creators: name: Naidu, Som
name: Keppell, Michael
name: Kennedy, Gregor
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This paper is fundamentally about supporting learning in technology-enhanced educational settings where students are often confronted with very large amounts of information, and where they are also required to exercise a great deal of independence as part of their learning activity. First, it outlines very briefly, the critical attributes of such educational settings, the challenges to learning that they pose, and some ways of supporting students in their learning as they are confronted with these challenges. The paper also discusses the pedagogical foundations for building these types of cognitive supports and discusses some preliminary work that is being carried out on these lines at The University of Melbourne in Australia.
Immigration: An Expedient Complement To Disaster Response? An Examination of Canada's Post-Earthquake Immigration Measures for Haiti and the Influence of the Haitian Diaspora in Canada
Creators: name: D'Aoust, Sarah
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: Haiti
Canadian immigration policy
Humanitarian Sponsorship Program for Haitians
Complementary protection
environmental displacement
Haitian Diaspora
Quebec immigration policy
Haitian earthquake

description: The Canadian response following the Haitian earthquake of 2010 was not solely focused on providing humanitarian assistance. Canada also used several immigration measures both at the federal level and the provincial level in Quebec in order to facilitate the immigration of eligible Haitians to Canada and their subsequent reunification with their Canadian family members. This thesis explores these immigration measures and evaluates their effectiveness. In addition, the research examines the role that the large Haitian Diaspora in Canada played in bringing about the adoption of a set of immigration measures specifically for Haitians. The research shows that the Canadian measures implemented were both multi-dimensional – as a variety of immigration mechanisms were used, and multi-level – as the Canadian response included both federal and provincial initiatives in Quebec. While a number of measures were introduced federally, none of these measures could be considered “special” as they were all possible under Canada’s immigration legislation, and they were not unique to the post-earthquake context. In contrast, Quebec’s Humanitarian Sponsorship Program for Haitians was very “special” in that it was the first time such a program was implemented for a large group of people. The research also points to the fact that although using immigration mechanisms to respond to a humanitarian crisis has its benefits, these mechanisms are not designed to provide prompt protection and relief to individuals affected by crisis situations. The research also demonstrates that the use of the available complementary protection measures (humanitarian and compassionate considerations, moratorium and protected person status) did not make up the primary thrust of the Canadian immigration response to the earthquake in Haiti. This fact is indicative of the inadequacy of these measures in providing protection to individuals displaced by environmental factors. Finally, it is argued that although the existence of a large Haitian Diaspora was influential in creating a climate open to the adoption of special measures for Haitians, the Haitian Diaspora did not necessarily influence the specifics of the measures adopted to a significant degree.
A study of TCP performance and buffer occupancy over a fading wireless link
Creators: name: Vu, Hai
name: Hanly, Stephen V.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This paper presents a use of M/G/1 queuing theory to study the impact of fading, and also the benefits of link layer re-transmission mechanisms on the performance of the TCP protocol. Our results show that both TCP throughput and buffer occupancy are varying as a function of a speed of a mobile host, and TCP performance improves with higher vehicle speed. We also show that when the propagation delay in the wire-line network is large, link layer re-transmissions can significantly improve the TCP performance, though it also increases the buffer occupancy.
Unusual echolocation behaviour of the common sword-nosed bat Lonchorhina aurita: an adaptation to aerial insectivory in a phyllostomid bat?
Creators: name: Gessinger, Gloria
name: González-Terrazas, Tania Paulina
name: Page, Rachel A.
name: Jung, Kirsten
name: Tschapka, Marco
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Sensory ecology
subject: Bat echolocation
subject: Neotropics
subject: Foraging
subject: DDC 590 / Animals (Zoology)
subject: Bat sounds
subject: Latin America
subject: Animals Food

description: Most insectivorous bat species in the Neotropical family Phyllostomidae glean insects from ground, water or vegetation surfaces. They use similar and stereotypical echolocation calls that are generally very short (less than 1–3 ms), multi-harmonic and frequency-modulated (FM). By contrast, the common sword-nosed bat, Lonchorhina aurita, which has the longest noseleaf in the entire phyllostomid family, produces distinctly different echolocation calls. They are composed of a constant frequency (CF) component with a peak frequency of 45 kHz, followed by a short FM down-sweep at the end. With a mean call duration of 6.6 ms (max. 8.7 ms) when flying in the open they have the longest echolocation calls reported from phyllostomid bats. In cluttered environments, the CF-component is very short. In open habitats, however, L. aurita can emit pure CF-calls without the terminal FM-component. We also recorded in the field a distinct terminal group that closely resembles the feeding buzzes of aerial hawking bat species from other bat families. This is the first time the echolocation call design of L. aurita is presented. In addition, we contrast the echolocation behaviour of individuals flying in open and confined situations. Our results suggest that the unique echolocation system of L. aurita represents an adaptation to aerial hawking, a very unusual hunting mode within the phyllostomid family.