cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Mesonauta insignis
Creators: name: Escobar-Camacho, Daniel
name: Valdiviezo-Rivera, Jonathan
name: Carrillo-Moreno, Carolina
name: Argüello, Pablo
name: Swing, Kelly
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Perciformes
Cichlidae
Mesonauta
Mesonauta insignis

description: Mesonauta cf. insignis
Distribution
Amazon River and Orinoco River Basins (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela).
Notes
Barriga (1994).
description: Published as part of Escobar-Camacho, Daniel, Valdiviezo-Rivera, Jonathan, Carrillo-Moreno, Carolina, Argüello, Pablo & Swing, Kelly, 2025, Exceptional concentration of fish diversity in Yasuní National Park, Ecuador (Napo River Basin), pp. e 136476 in Biodiversity Data Journal 13 on page e136476, DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.13.e136476
OSJ_832665_Supplementary_online_material_STROBE-Checklist-v4-MS-Word - Comparison of gait variability and symmetry in trained individuals with transtibial and transfemoral limb loss
Creators: name: Keklicek, Hilal
name: Kirdi, Elif
name: Yalcin, Ali
name: Topuz, Semra
name: Ozlem Ulger
name: Erbahceci, Fatih
name: Sener, Gul
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 110314 Orthopaedics
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 110604 Sports Medicine
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110323 Surgery

description: OSJ_832665_Supplementary_online_material_STROBE-Checklist-v4-MS-Word for Comparison of gait variability and symmetry in trained individuals with transtibial and transfemoral limb loss by Hilal Keklicek, Elif Kirdi, Ali Yalcin, Semra Topuz, Ozlem Ulger, Fatih Erbahceci, and Gul Sener in Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery
Additional file 1 of Clinical characteristics and outcomes of children with single or co-detected rhinovirus-associated acute respiratory infection in Middle Tennessee
Creators: name: Amarin, Justin Z.
name: Potter, Molly
name: Thota, Jyotsna
name: Rankin, Danielle A.
name: Probst, Varvara
name: Haddadin, Zaid
name: Stewart, Laura S.
name: Yanis, Ahmad
name: Talj, Rana
name: Rahman, Herdi
name: Markus, Tiffanie M.
name: Chappell, James
name: Lindegren, Mary Lou
name: Schaffner, William
name: Spieker, Andrew J.
name: Halasa, Natasha B.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Virology

description: Additional file 1. Supplementary analyses of the clinical characteristics and outcomes of children with single or co-detected rhinovirus-associated acute respiratory infection in Middle Tennessee.
Supplemental Material, Neuert_Online_Supplement - How Effective Are Eye-Tracking Data in Identifying Problematic Questions?
Creators: name: Neuert, Cornelia E.
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Science Policy
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: Supplemental Material, Neuert_Online_Supplement for How Effective Are Eye-Tracking Data in Identifying Problematic Questions? by Cornelia E. Neuert in Social Science Computer Review
Additional file 3 of Safer cycling in older age (SiFAr): effects of a multi-component cycle training. a randomized controlled trial
Creators: name: Keppner, Veronika
name: Krumpoch, Sebastian
name: Kob, Robert
name: Rappl, Anja
name: Sieber, Cornel C.
name: Freiberger, Ellen
name: Siebentritt, Hanna Maria
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Mental Health
subject: Computational Biology

description: Supplementary Material 3. Cycle course errors
Figures_S1_to_S6_-_R1 – Supplemental material for Non-Cross-Linked Collagen Mesh Performs Best in a Physiologic, Noncontaminated Rat Model
Creators: name: Kaufmann, Ruth
name: Jairam, An P.
name: Mulder, Irene M.
name: Zhouqiao Wu
name: Verhelst, Joost
name: Vennix, Sandra
name: Giesen, Louis J. X.
name: Groningen, Marian C. Clahsen-Van
name: Jeekel, Johannes
name: Lange, Johan F.
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 110314 Orthopaedics
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 110604 Sports Medicine
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110323 Surgery
subject: 99999 Engineering not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Other engineering and technologies
subject: 91299 Materials Engineering not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Materials engineering

description: Supplemental material, Figures_S1_to_S6_-_R1 for Non-Cross-Linked Collagen Mesh Performs Best in a Physiologic, Noncontaminated Rat Model by Ruth Kaufmann, An P. Jairam, Irene M. Mulder, Zhouqiao Wu, Joost Verhelst, Sandra Vennix, Louis J. X. Giesen, Marian C. Clahsen-van Groningen, Johannes Jeekel and Johan F. Lange in Surgical Innovation
We Were Here: a waypoint for library workers in a changing climate circa 2023 CE & 1.47 ± 0.09 °C above the preindustrial average
Creators: Hackborn, Daniel J
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

The contemporary practice of librarianship and the discipline of Library and Information Studies (LIS) have both begun to reckon with the threat that a changing climate poses to vocational and cultural continuity. The vocation’s subjects, culture and information, have already been transformed in recent decades through mass digitization and integration into planetary-scale information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructures. Now the effects of anthropogenic climate change are increasingly felt throughout the full domain of terrestrial activity, impacting cultural knowledges, communities, and the libraries that serve both. Articulating a proportionate vocational response has, thus far, proven challenging. This thesis attempts to contribute to the emerging discourse taking place at the intersection of cultural memory work and climate change by offering narrative and integrative literature reviews. The first presents a history of the vocation’s understanding, as represented in scholarly and professional library discourse, of the library’s role and responsibilities in addressing climate change from the late 20th century to the present. The second synthesizes research from multiple disciplines to determine how contemporary librarianship is implicated in the causes and impacts of ongoing climate change, situating and scoping the work within the locale of Treaty 6 Alberta. These reviews serve to lay the groundwork for introducing the Mitigation Adaptation Community Knowledges (MACK) Compass, a conceptual framework for assisting library practitioners and scholars developing locally relevant strategies and tactics for climate action within the unique context of their own work or organization.
Supplemental_Material - Mitochondrial Respiratory Capacity is Restored in Hibernating Cardiomyocytes Following Co-Culture with Mesenchymal Stem Cells
Creators: name: Stone, Laura L. Hocum
name: Chappuis, Erin
name: Marquez, Maribel
name: McFalls, Edward O
name: Kelly, Rosemary F.
name: Butterick, Tammy
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2019
Subjects: Medicine
Cell Biology

description: Supplemental_Material for Mitochondrial Respiratory Capacity is Restored in Hibernating Cardiomyocytes Following Co-Culture with Mesenchymal Stem Cells by Laura L. Hocum Stone, Erin Chappuis, Maribel Marquez, Edward O McFalls, Rosemary F. Kelly, and Tammy Butterick in Cell Medicine
Supplemental_material - Sodium/Hydrogen Exchanger 1 Participates in Early Brain Injury after Subarachnoid Hemorrhage both in vivo and in vitro via Promoting Neuronal Apoptosis
Creators: name: Song, Huangcheng
name: Yuan, Shuai
name: Zhang, Zhuwei
name: Zhang, Juyi
name: Zhang, Peng
name: Cao, Jie
name: Li, Haiying
name: Li, Xiang
name: Shen, Haitao
name: Wang, Zhong
name: Chen, Gang
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2019
Subjects: Medicine
Cell Biology

description: Supplemental_material for Sodium/Hydrogen Exchanger 1 Participates in Early Brain Injury after Subarachnoid Hemorrhage both in vivo and in vitro via Promoting Neuronal Apoptosis by Huangcheng Song, Shuai Yuan, Zhuwei Zhang, Juyi Zhang, Peng Zhang, Jie Cao, Haiying Li, Xiang Li, Haitao Shen, Zhong Wang, and Gang Chen in Cell Transplantation
Tibraca limbativentris Stal 1860
Creators: name: Fernandes, José Antonio Marin
name: Grazia, Jocélia
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1998
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Pentatomidae
Tibraca
Tibraca limbativentris

description: Tibraca limbativentris Stal, 1860
Figs 1, 2, 7, 8,11, 16,17,22, 23,28
Tibraca Iimbativelltris Stâl, 1860: 19. - Stãl, 1872: 30. - Berg, 1879: 48. - Lethierry & Severin, 1893: 132. - Kirkaldy, L909: 72. - Bosq, 1937: 127. - BarbeI', 1941: ILI. - Costa Lima, L947: 3 L2.­ Pirán, 1956: 32. - Ruffinelli & Pirán, 1959: 21. - Benvegnú, 1968: 88. - Becker & Grazia, 1971: 20.
Momzidea bosa/is Walker, 1868: 553 (praeoc.).
Mormidea lValkeri Lethierry & Severin, 1893: 124 (nom.n.). - Kirkaldy, 1909: 72 (syn.).
Tibraca basalis; Distant, 1899: 438.
Ogmocoris reinigeri Costa Lima, 1935: 16. - Silva, 1945: 596 (syn.). - Costa Lima, 1947: 3 11.
Holotype female labeled " Brasilia [Rio de Janeiro]; 6582; Typus; Naturhis­toriska Riksmuseet Stockholm Loan n° 747/91 " (NI-IRM), examined.
One hundred and lwenty three specimens were examined from: DOMTNICAN REpUBLIC: Juma-Ponao; GUADALUPE: Estación de Rujol (on rice); COSTA RICA: Heredia: Sarapiqui (on rice); COLOMBIA: Valie dei Cauca, Palmira (on rice); VENEZUELA: Guarico, Calabozo, Portuguesa: La Aparición, Payara; BRAZIL: Amazonas, Pará, Maranhão, Tocantins, Goiás, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso, Espirito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul; PERU: Lamarca: Bagua, Loreto: Yurimaguas; BOLIVIA: La Paz, Sapecho, Alto Beni (on rice). According to COSTA LIMA (1947) e TRUJILLO (199 t) T. limbativentris occurs on rice in Argentina.
Body length from 13.0-16.0. Pronotal width 6.7-8.0. Abdominal width 6.6-8.0. Male. Pronotal lateral margin impunctured or rarely punctured in the posterior half. Ostiolar ruga two or three times larger than openning of scent gland, developed through 1 /3 to 1/4 metapleural width. Legs concolorous with the body. Abdominal area between trichobothria and lateral margin yellow sparsely punctured, punctures shallower than the abdominal ones. Basal processes of proctiger in a posteriorly directed hornlike projection (Fig. 21). Processus conjunctivae 1a little widened at apex, in profile (Fig. 23).
Female. Similar to male. Ductus receptaculi, before vesicular area, all110st three times longer than this area; ductus equal in diameter, before and after vesicular area (Fig. 28).
Comments: The holotype female of Mormidea basa/is Walker, 1868 (= Mormidea walkeri) was also examined.
description: Published as part of Fernandes, José Antonio Marin & Grazia, Jocélia, 1998, Revision of the genus Tibraca Stål (Heteroptera, Pentatomidae, Pentatominae), pp. 1049-1060 in Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 15 (4) on pages 1052-1053, DOI: 10.1590/s0101-81751998000400022, http://zenodo.org/record/14996827
Generalized Anomaly Detection in Medical Imaging with Vision-Language Models
Creators: Bao, Jinan
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

In the realm of image processing, machine learning models have achieved remarkable progress in tasks such as classiffcation, recognition, and video analysis. However, their reliance on closed-set assumptions limits their performance in real-world scenarios where unseen anomalies frequently occur. This limitation is particularly critical in medical applications, where undetected anomalies can have severe consequences. Addressing this open-set problem through anomaly detection is imperative for developing robust systems capable of adapting to unpredictable real-world scenarios.

In this context, medical anomaly detection stands as a pivotal challenge due to the inherent unpredictability of pathological conditions. Despite recent advances, existing benchmarks for anomaly detection primarily focus on industrial and natural

images, neglecting the speciffc requirements of medical domains. This has led to inconsistencies in data utilization and a lack of standardized evaluation protocols, impeding fair comparisons among methods. To bridge this gap, we introduce BMAD, a uniffed benchmark tailored speciffcally for assessing anomaly detection methods on medical images. BMAD comprises six reorganized datasets spanning ffve medical domains, alongside standardized evaluation metrics and a comprehensive codebase

supporting 15 state-of-the-art algorithms.

The analysis on BMAD reveals that no single model achieves universal effectiveness across multiple medical domains, emphasizing the need for more generalized approaches. To this end, we propose a novel multimodal framework leveraging the

Contrastive Language-Image Pre-training (CLIP) model to identify anomalies within medical data. By employing language models to describe and reconstruct image information , our approach achieves state-of-the-art performance across multiple domains, demonstrating improved generalization capabilities.
Additional file 1 of Experience and perspectives of end-of-life care discussion and physician orders for life-sustaining treatment of Korea (POLST-K): a cross-sectional study
Creators: name: Im, Hyeon-Su
name: Lee, Insook
name: Kim, Shinmi
name: Lee, Jong Soo
name: Kim, Ju-Hee
name: Moon, Jae Young
name: Park, Byung Kyu
name: Lee, Kyung Hee
name: Lee, Myung Ah
name: Han, Sanghoon
name: Hong, Yoonki
name: Kim, Hyeyeoung
name: Cheon, Jaekyung
name: Koh, Su-Jin
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1. Life-sustaining treatment pilot project questionnaire for doctors.
Tibraca similima Barber 1941
Creators: name: Fernandes, José Antonio Marin
name: Grazia, Jocélia
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1998
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Pentatomidae
Tibraca
Tibraca similima

description: Tibraca similima Barber, 1941
Figs 3, 4, 9,10,13,18, 19,24,25,30
Tibraca simi/imaBarber, 1941: 110; Costa Lima, 1947:313.
Holotype male labeled " Santa Ana, Ecuador, VI- 1939, F. Campos; Pest in Rice field; male; Tibraca similima Barb., Type det. H.G. Barber; Type n° 55160 USNM" (USNM), examined.
Thirty one specimens were examined from: ECUADOR: Azuay: Cuenca, Manabi: Portoviejo, Santa Ana, Guayas: Guayaquil.
Body length from 13.0- 15.0. Pronotal width 6.7-8.0. Abdominal width 6.6-8.0. Male. Pronotal lateral margin punctured; punctures not uniform in size. Ostiolar ruga two or three times larger than openning of scent gland, developed through 1/3 to 1/4 metapleural width. Legs concolorous with the body. Abdominal area between trichobothria and lateral margin yellowish with punctures almost as concentrated as in the abdomen. Basal processes ofproctiger in a conical projection (Fig. 3). Processus conjzlnctivae I widened at apex, in profile (Fig. 25).
Female. Similar to male. Ductus receptaculi, before vesicular area around five times longer than this area; diameter ofthe ductus, before vesicular area, larger than the diameter afier vesicular area (Fig. 30).
description: Published as part of Fernandes, José Antonio Marin & Grazia, Jocélia, 1998, Revision of the genus Tibraca Stål (Heteroptera, Pentatomidae, Pentatominae), pp. 1049-1060 in Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 15 (4) on page 1054, DOI: 10.1590/s0101-81751998000400022, http://zenodo.org/record/14996827
Supplemental Material5 - Supplemental material for The prevalence of headache in German pupils of different ages and school types
Creators: name: Nieswand, Vera
name: Richter, Matthias
name: Berner, Reinhard
name: von der Hagen, Maja
name: Klimova, Anna
name: Roeder, Ingo
name: Koch, Thea
name: Sabatowski, Rainer
name: Gossrau, Gudrun
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Endocrinology
subject: Neurology and Neuromuscular Diseases
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Psychology not elsewhere classified
subject: Psychiatry (incl. Psychotherapy)
subject: Neuroscience

description: Supplemental material, Supplemental Material5 for The prevalence of headache in German pupils of different ages and school types by Vera Nieswand, Matthias Richter, Reinhard Berner, Maja von der Hagen, Anna Klimova, Ingo Roeder, Thea Koch, Rainer Sabatowski and Gudrun Gossrau in Cephalalgia
The Impact of Sociocultural Structures on Female Body Formation: Genderized Norms in Iran
Creators: Soufisiavash, Maryam
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

This thesis studies the role of musicocultural exchanges in female musician’s body formation within sociocultural context of Iran. By examining the impact of genderized norms in Iran, the thesis explores the discourse which shapes and influences female musicians’ lived experiences and internalization of regulatory

disciplines and genderized values. Drawing on Michel Foucault’s concepts of discourse and discursive formation, this thesis analyzes the power dynamics in Iran society, focusing on how sociocultural structures generate knowledge and construct

bodies as sites of social and cultural Knowledge. Borrowing from Sarah Ahmed’s Cultural Politics of Emotion, this thesis explores how emotion of fear shapes the surface of female musicians in Iran.
Supplemental Material1 - Supplemental material for Oligoclonal bands increase the specificity of MRI criteria to predict multiple sclerosis in children with radiologically isolated syndrome
Creators: name: Makhani, Naila
name: Lebrun, Christine
name: Siva, Aksel
name: Narula, Sona
name: Wassmer, Evangeline
name: Brassat, David
name: J Nicholas Brenton
name: Cabre, Philippe
name: Dallière, Clarisse Carra
name: Seze, Jérôme De
name: Francoise Durand Dubief
name: Inglese, Matilde
name: Langille, Megan
name: Mathey, Guillaume
name: Neuteboom, Rinze F
name: Pelletier, Jean
name: Pohl, Daniela
name: Reich, Daniel S
name: Rojas, Juan Ignacio
name: Shabanova, Veronika
name: Shapiro, Eugene D
name: Stone, Robert T
name: Tenembaum, Silvia
name: Tintoré, Mar
name: Ugur Uygunoglu
name: Vargas, Wendy
name: Venkateswaren, Sunita
name: Vermersch, Patrick
name: Kantarci, Orhun
name: Okuda, Darin T
name: Pelletier, Daniel
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 110904 Neurology and Neuromuscular Diseases
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Neuroscience

description: Supplemental material, Supplemental Material1 for Oligoclonal bands increase the specificity of MRI criteria to predict multiple sclerosis in children with radiologically isolated syndrome by Naila Makhani, Christine Lebrun, Aksel Siva, Sona Narula, Evangeline Wassmer, David Brassat, J Nicholas Brenton, Philippe Cabre, Clarisse Carra Dallière, Jérôme de Seze, Francoise Durand Dubief, Matilde Inglese, Megan Langille, Guillaume Mathey, Rinze F Neuteboom, Jean Pelletier, Daniela Pohl, Daniel S Reich, Juan Ignacio Rojas, Veronika Shabanova, Eugene D Shapiro, Robert T Stone, Silvia Tenembaum, Mar Tintoré, Ugur Uygunoglu, Wendy Vargas, Sunita Venkateswaren, Patrick Vermersch, Orhun Kantarci, Darin T Okuda, Daniel Pelletier and on behalf of Observatoire Francophone de la Sclérose en Plaques (OFSEP), Société Francophone de la Sclérose en Plaques (SFSEP), the Radiologically Isolated Syndrome Consortium (RISC) and the Pediatric Radiologically Isolated Syndrome Consortium (PARIS) in Multiple Sclerosis Journal – Experimental, Translational and Clinical
Supplemental material for Exploring the effect of streamlining multidisciplinary care pathways on orbital trauma outcomes at a regional referral centre
Creators: name: Gillam, Matthew
name: Niraj Mandal
name: Lee, Vickie
name: Vihba Vora
name: Perry, Michael
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 111708 Health and Community Services
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Supplemental Material for Exploring the effect of streamlining multidisciplinary care pathways on orbital trauma outcomes at a regional referral centre by Matthew Gillam, Niraj Mandal, Vickie Lee, Vihba Vora and Michael Perry in International Journal of Care Coordination
Using fNIRS to Examine the Impact of Skill and Goal-Based Training on Resting State Functional Connectivity in Adults with Dyslexia
Creators: Orchard, Madilyn R
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

Dyslexia is a lifelong reading disability characterized by poor spelling and decoding abilities, and difficulty in word recognition. Studies on the neurobiological mechanisms of dyslexia and related intervention programs are prevalent. However, as the majority of these studies are conducted with children, little is known about the plasticity and functional connectivity in the brain of an adult with dyslexia. Methods. The current study addressed this gap by analyzing resting state functional connectivity (RSFC), via functional near-infrared spectroscopy, in a group of adults with dyslexia (N = 25), both before and after administration of a skill (N = 13) or psychosocial-based (N = 12) remediation program. The bilateral superior temporal gyrus and the bilateral fusiform gyrus were selected as seed regions to explore connectivity. Results. Compiled group data revealed a significant increase in resting state connectivity for seven channels within the left based reading network, and 2 additional channels in the right hemisphere. Across training groups, 3 regions of interest showed a significant increase in resting state functional connectivity following the 8 week goal-based remediation program, while the skill-based program has increased resting state functional connectivity in only one region of interest (left fusiform gyrus). Conclusion. Both literacy and psychosocial-based training programs can induce brain changes (as measured by functional connectivity) in the brain of adults with dyslexia. These findings highlight the importance of developing diverse and accessible remediation programs to support cognitive and functional brain changes in adults with dyslexia, potentially improving their quality of life and social integration.
Supplemental Material - Supplemental material for Sex differences in stroke metrics among Southeast Asian countries: Results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015
Creators: name: Hwong, Wen Yea
name: Bots, Michiel L
name: Sharmini Selvarajah
name: Sheamini Sivasampu
name: Reidpath, Daniel D
name: Law, Wan Chung
name: Kamarul Imran Musa
name: Vaartjes, Ilonca
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Cardiology
subject: Medicine
subject: 110904 Neurology and Neuromuscular Diseases
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Supplemental material, Supplemental Material for Sex differences in stroke metrics among Southeast Asian countries: Results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015 by Wen Yea Hwong, Michiel L Bots, Sharmini Selvarajah, Sheamini Sivasampu, Daniel D Reidpath, Wan Chung Law, Kamarul Imran Musa and Ilonca Vaartjes in International Journal of Stroke
Today is a Different Day: Exploring First Nations Emergency Preparedness in the Province of Alberta, Canada
Creators: Polard-Yopek, Nathan Alexander
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

First Nations in Canada bear disproportionate risk posed by environmental hazards. Existing literature indicates that colonization and systemic underinvestment in First Nations have historically led to low levels of preparedness. As climate change is causing the impacts of environmental hazards to grow in size, severity, and frequency – there is a critical need to examine if First Nations are prepared for hazards. This exploratory study aimed to explore First Nations preparedness by identifying the factors that positively and negatively influence First Nations preparedness in Alberta. Research data was collected using semi-structured interviews with key informants. Key informants were selected for their closeness and expertise in First Nations emergency management. Inductive and deductive coding techniques were employed to identify the strengths and challenges to First Nations preparedness. Challenges were identified from location, the lack of resources in many communities, and with communication. A key challenge for First Nations is managing knowledge and capacity challenges including the over reliance on individuals for emergency preparedness, dealing with burnout and turnover, and insufficient support from local leadership. Strengths for First Nations were strong hazardscape understanding, knowledge from past experiences, and support and empowerment from the provincial government and the Treaty organizations. A key strength to highlight are knowledgeable and capable First Nations individuals and teams improving preparedness for their communities. This study found that First Nations in Alberta are prepared for environmental hazards despite the challenges they face. The findings of this study are important because they show how as First Nations self-determination in preparedness increases, their resilience to environmental hazards increases.
Online_Appendix – Supplemental material for Impact of Medicare Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion Policies in Patients With Type 1 Diabetes
Creators: name: Argento, Nicholas B.
name: Liu, Jingwen
name: Hughes, Allyson S.
name: McAuliffe-Fogarty, Alicia H.
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2019
Subjects: Health and Community Services
Endocrinology
Medicine
Nutrition and Dietetics not elsewhere classified

description: Supplemental material, Online_Appendix for Impact of Medicare Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion Policies in Patients With Type 1 Diabetes by Nicholas B. Argento, Jingwen Liu, Allyson S. Hughes and Alicia H. McAuliffe-Fogarty in Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology
Additional file 1 of A look through Latin America truck drivers’ health, a systematic review and meta-analysis
Creators: name: Zamparoni Victorino, Silvia Veridiana
name: Oliveira, Fernanda Silva
name: Marques, Vlaudimir Dias
name: Pujals, Constanza
name: Bitencourt, Mariá Romanio
name: Alarcão, Ana Carolina Jacinto
name: Santos, Thais Silva
name: Silva, Mariana Teixeira da
name: Pelloso, Fernando Castilho
name: Salvarani, Wagner Sebastião
name: Egger, Paulo Acácio
name: Barbanti, Patrícia Costa Mincoff
name: Santos, Lander dos
name: Romani, Isaac
name: Borghesan, Deise Helena Pelloso
name: Santos, Daniel Augusto Message dos
name: Pelloso, Sandra Marisa
name: Pedroso, Raíssa Bocchi
name: Barros Carvalho, Maria Dalva de
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1. Supplement material 1.
Learning Policies and Heuristics for Bidirectional Search
Creators: Tjhia, Kenneth G
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

This thesis empirically investigates the comparative ease of learning policies and heuristics for bidirectional versus unidirectional search in satisficing classical planning. Our research explores the potential advantages of bidirectional search in terms of learnability and efficiency of the resulting guidance mechanisms. We employ a learning framework where neural networks parameterize policies and heuristics, trained on solutions generated by bidirectional and unidirectional search methods across three classical planning domains: Sliding Tile Puzzle, Witness Puzzles (Triangles and Colours), and Pancake Puzzle. We compare base algorithms that span a spectrum from pure heuristic-based to pure policy-based approaches. As models improve, they solve more problems and find different solutions, potentially enhancing the quality of training data. Experimental results suggest that learning satisficing policies and heuristics for bidirectional search is often easier and leads to more efficient search guidance. Consistently, during training, bidirectional searches achieved greater or equal solve rates after seeing fewer problems and using fewer cumulative expansions. The resulting learned bidirectional guidance mechanisms were efficient in terms of expansions and generalized well to test sets. These findings were particularly pronounced in the Witness and Pancake domains. We propose several possible explanations for these observations, including the potential for bidirectional search to yield different solution distributions, allow for complementary interaction between the two directions predictions, and reduce the effective search depth. This research contributes to the ongoing exploration of learning in planning, raising new questions about the relationship between search strategies and the ease of learning effective guidance.
Complementarities Between Psychological and Technical Policy Interventions: Evidence from Child Health Programs in Rural Tanzania
Creators: Katulunga, Innocent B
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

Child stunting is a public health issue that affects millions of children under five years of age around the world. This condition hinders cognitive development, posing challenges for academic success and future earning potential. Consequently, it perpetuates a cycle of poverty and malnutrition. Over the long term, stunting threatens overall health and economic development. The Empowered World View (EWV) is a faith-based psychological related to beliefs and practices that contribute to poverty, and negative outcomes for children's well-being such as stunting. The program is currently being carried out in rural Tanzania alongside technical interventions in the areas of health, livelihood and child protection.

My first objective is to evaluate the complementary impact of combining technical and psychological behavior change interventions compared to implementing technical interventions alone in improving Height-for-Age Z-scores (HAZ) for children under five in two years in rural Tanzania. Our second objective is to identify which components of technical interventions complement (or substitute) the psychological intervention in improving Height-for-Age Z-scores (HAZ) for children under the age of five in two years in rural Tanzania.

I employ a longitudinal quasi-experiment design among households with children aged 0-59 months [n=867 at baseline (2020) and n=867 at follow-up (2022)]. The treatment group received technical programs and psychological intervention. The control group received only technical programs. I derive difference-in-difference impact estimates to achieve our first objective and include interaction terms of components of technical intervention and treatment to achieve our second objective.

I observe a decrease in Height-for-Age Z-scores (HAZ) and an increase in stunting prevalence in the control group, while these measures remain constant in the treatment group. I find a significant differential improvement in Height-for-Age Z-scores (HAZ) of about 0.36 in the two years among boys and girls under the age of five in the treatment group. I also find complementarity between the psychological intervention and the following components of technical interventions: food security, maternal health, access to health services, and age-appropriate feeding practices for improving Height-for-Age Z-scores (HAZ) for children under the age of five years.

I conclude that the delivery of technical and psychological interventions simultaneously is more effective in reducing child stunting than delivering technical interventions alone. I also conclude that technical interventions which are tailored to address components such as food security, access to health services, and good complementary feeding practices will work best with psychological interventions in reducing stunting for children under the age of five years in rural Tanzania.
Optimization of Bandwidth Usage in Wireless Federated Learning Systems
Creators: Zamani, Pedram
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

Machine learning (ML) and the Internet of Things (IoT) have many promises but also raise many concerns and challenges. In particular, when several users collaborate in training an ML model, preserving the privacy of their data is quite challenging. Federated learning (FL), as an ML technique based on distributed computing, has been proposed to address this and other challenges of collaborative ML training.

While FL has gained vast popularity in both academia and industry, its deployment in practice, especially in time-sensitive and energy-limited wireless applications, is challenging. Moreover, scarce communication resources such as bandwidth must be efficiently utilized. In wireless FL systems, bandwidth allocation plays a crucial role in determining the overall performance, including training latency, model accuracy, and energy consumption. The limited availability of bandwidth, coupled with the need for synchronized communication among FL clients, makes bandwidth allocation a complex optimization problem.

Hence, in this work, we explore the problem of minimizing the total bandwidth usage in a wireless FL system under time and energy constraints. We formulate this problem as a non-convex optimization problem that aims to minimize the total bandwidth usage of the system while respecting the mentioned practical constraints. By decomposing the problem into two subproblems, we show that it can be solved efficiently using convex optimization and iterative search techniques. Our proposed algorithm finds the optimal solution while enjoying low complexity, making it suitable for real-world implementations. Through comprehensive simulations, we demonstrate the efficiency of our approach and analyze different aspects of the problem.

This work contributes to the ongoing research efforts in optimizing FL for wireless networks, addressing the critical challenges of bandwidth allocation along with cost constraints. The insights gained from this study can help in developing more robust and efficient FL systems for a wide range of time-sensitive and energy-constrained wireless applications.
Woods Cree (nîhithawîwin): A Grammatical Description and Computational Modelling
Creators: Dacanay, Daniel B.
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

In writing this thesis, I aim to accomplish three primary objectives, all of which are intended to increase the quality and quantity of language resources available in Woods Cree (nîhithawîwin, ISO:cwd). Firstly, I provide here a thorough descriptive overview of the Woods Cree phonological and morphological systems, describing in detail their mutual interactions and variations across geographic and cross-generational lines. Secondly, I describe the compilation of an online, bilingual Woods Cree-English corpus, containing tens of thousands of tokens from geographically, diachronically, and stylistically diverse sources, making use of this corpus throughout to evaluate various phenomena in the language. Thirdly, I describe the synthesis of my metalinguistic findings into a computational model of Woods Cree morphology, capable of both recognising and generating inflected wordforms in the language. In turn, this model was used to create a morphologically intelligent online dictionary of Woods Cree (https://itwiwina.altlab.dev/), adapted from existing computational tools created for the related dialect of Plains Cree.
MSJ886070_supplemental_material_1 – Supplemental material for Trigeminal neuralgia associated with multiple sclerosis: A multimodal assessment of brainstem plaques and response to Gamma Knife radiosurgery
Creators: name: Li, Cathy Meng Fei
name: Hung, Peter Shih-Ping
name: Chu, Powell PW
name: Sarasa Tohyama
name: Hodaie, Mojgan
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 110904 Neurology and Neuromuscular Diseases
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 111702 Aged Health Care
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Supplemental material, MSJ886070_supplemental_material_1 for Trigeminal neuralgia associated with multiple sclerosis: A multimodal assessment of brainstem plaques and response to Gamma Knife radiosurgery by Cathy Meng Fei Li, Peter Shih-Ping Hung, Powell PW Chu, Sarasa Tohyama and Mojgan Hodaie in Multiple Sclerosis Journal
The Development of a Biogenic CO2 Valorization Framework for Kraft Pulp and Paper Mills
Creators: Khan, Fahim M
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

As global efforts to combat climate change intensify, reducing industrial carbon emissions has become a critical focus. The kraft pulp industry, a significant source of biogenic CO2 emissions, offers a promising opportunity for carbon capture and utilization. This thesis explores the integration of carbon capture and methanol synthesis in kraft pulp mills, aiming to assess both the technical feasibility and economic viability of such an approach.Canada has the potential to capture approximately 24 million tonnes of biogenic CO2 annually from these mills. The study estimates the flue gas composition and flow rates through development of process models; these estimates then serve as inputs to a CO2 capture framework. This framework includes CO2 absorption with a 30% monoethanolamine (MEA) solution, MEA regeneration, CO2 dehydration, and compression. The analysis shows CO2 capture costs with a range of $42.61 to $79.51 per tonne, with a capture rate exceeding 95%. The optimal plant capacity for carbon capture was found to be 2000 tonnes per day, with the capital cost per unit output determined by a scale factor of 0.59. Sensitivity analysis highlights the process's sensitivity to capital cost, internal rate of return (IRR), and utility cost, while Monte Carlo simulations indicate capture cost uncertainties of $55.46 ± 3.71 per tonne at a 95% confidence level.The thesis further explores the economic feasibility of methanol synthesis via CO2 hydrogenation, using steam methane reforming with carbon capture and storage (SMR-CCS) based blue hydrogen. Two production pathways are evaluated: decentralized methanol plants near individual kraft pulp mills and a centralized plant with CO2 transported via pipelines. Production costs range from $611 to $712 per tonne in the decentralized pathway and $617 to $666 per tonne in the centralized, both of which are competitive with the market price of $722 per tonne. The optimal methanol plant capacity is determined to be 1200 tonnes per day, with a scale factor of 0.60. Hydrogen cost emerges as the primary driver, influencing over 69% of production costs, with Monte Carlo simulations showing production cost uncertainties of $651.43 ± 59.45 per tonne at a 95% confidence level.This study contributes to ongoing discussions on mitigating industrial carbon emissions by providing a detailed analysis of the economic viability of integrated carbon capture and methanol synthesis in kraft pulp mills. The findings offer valuable insights that can inform future investments and policy decisions.
Additional file 1 of The effectiveness of a motivational text-messaging program for smoking cessation after coronary angioplasty: a quasi-experimental study
Creators: name: Mobaraki, Mohammad Sadegh
name: Khademian, Zahra
name: Shirazi, Fatemeh
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health

description: Additional file 1: The text messages used in the present investigation.
Estimation of Ground Reaction Force Based  on Computer Vision and Mobile Sensing for Floor Vibration Assessment
Creators: Qian, Yuchen
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

Floor  vibrations caused  by human activities, such as walking and  running,  should  typically be

addressed  during  the design phase. However, post-construction evaluations  often  fail  to  revisit

these  vibrations.  This  gap  suggests  a  need  for  ongoing  assessments  to  ensure  that  living

experiences  align  with  initial  design  intentions.  To  analyze  the  vibration  levels  of  structures,

accurately determining the Ground Reaction Force (GRF) is crucial, as it is one of the most critical

components  for  identifying  and  predicting  floor  vibration  serviceability.  Estimating  the  floor

response to vibrations requires precise input of the excitation load, which involves real-time data

from human walking  or  running  activities.  In  this  study,  the  real-time GRF  is  estimated  using

mobile sensing and computer vision methods. The thesis is divided into three key parts. The first

part involves developing a Computer Vision (CV) based method to estimate the human walking

GRF on a treadmill. This method, based on OpenPose, a deep learning algorithm for multi-person

pose estimation, detects key points of the human skeleton. The time-history of displacement from

the middle waist is converted into GRF, and the results are compared with those obtained from

professional wearable force measurement sensors (Loadsol). The findings indicate that the CV-

based method can accurately measure real-time human walking GRF on a treadmill with a root

mean square error (RMSE) of 10% in total.

The second part of the thesis demonstrates the use of a smartphone accelerometer to measure GRF.

Smartphone  accelerometers  can  record  the  real-time  acceleration  of  GRF,  which  can  then  be

converted to real-time GRF. The output GRF is compared with that from the force measurement

sensor Loadsol. The results show that the smartphone accelerometer method can accurately record

the vertical GRF (with a RMSE of 9.6% in total) when Newton's second law is applied. In the final

part, the smartphone mobile sensing method and CV estimation method are evaluated as a cost-

effective and efficient alternative to the Loadsol reference. The thesis concludes with a discussion

of the current work's limitations, recommendations, and potential directions for future research.
Supplementary_Figure_S1 – Supplemental material for Patient and Caregiver Outcomes and Experiences With Team-Based Memory Care: A Mixed Methods Study
Creators: name: Tsai-Ling Liu
name: Yates, Traci D.
name: Yhenneko J. Taylor
name: Rossman, Whitney
name: Mangieri, Deanna
name: Black, Sheila
name: Stephens, Casey
name: C. Danielle Connor
name: Skudlarska, Beata
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 110306 Endocrinology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 110308 Geriatrics and Gerontology
subject: 111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Supplemental material, Supplementary_Figure_S1 for Patient and Caregiver Outcomes and Experiences With Team-Based Memory Care: A Mixed Methods Study by Tsai-Ling Liu, Traci D. Yates, Yhenneko J. Taylor, Whitney Rossman, Deanna Mangieri, Sheila Black, Casey Stephens, C. Danielle Connor and Beata Skudlarska in Journal of Applied Gerontology
Attitudes of European older workers towards digitalisation from the ecological perspective
Creators: name: Lakomý, Martin
name: Šácha, Jakub
name: Vystrčil, Filip
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Science Policy

description: The dynamic processes of automation and digitalisation rapidly transform the labour market. Better adaptation to these processes at the individual level relies on knowledge and perceptions of the situation, as reflected by attitudes in large-scale data. This paper combines the theory of the digital divide, which focuses on inequalities, with the ecological perspective providing a framework for studying how attitudes towards digitalisation are connected to several micro-, meso-, and macro-factors. The topic is addressed with data from the Eurobarometer via multilevel regression analysis of respondents nested in contexts, focusing on the attitudes of older workers towards the impact of digitalisation and their differences indicating the digital divide. Generally, digitalisation of work is perceived rather positively, with large differences between groups of individuals. New technologies are consistently perceived more negatively by workers that are older, have lower skills, work in manual jobs, live in a village, and do not support the EU, whilst other characteristics show more complex relationships. Moreover, attitudes towards the digitalisation of work are more negative in contexts characterised by higher unemployment, lower prevalence of training for older workers, and a lower level of digitalisation. The paper discusses the need to identify groups of older workers with a more negative approach to technologies and develop appropriate policies to reduce the digital divide and the potential exclusion of these groups from the labour market.
Rapid Quality Assessment of Ceftriaxone Using Near-Infrared Spectroscopy
Creators: name: Lodder, Robert
name: Isaacs, James
name: Almeter, Philip
name: Hunter, Aaron
name: Lyman, Thomas
name: Zapata, Stephanie
name: Henderson, Bradley
name: Larkin, Seth
name: Hasani, Eleonora
name: Yoon, Uiyeol
name: Crumrin, Adler
name: Smith, Jerod
name: Pergrem, Spencer
name: Plymale, Ashton
name: Ramnes, Bailee
name: Melson, Joshua
name: Reynolds, Jeffrey
name: Naseman, Ryan
name: Platt, Thomas
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 340101
subject: Analytical spectrometry

description: Ceftriaxone for injection, USP is a sterile, semisynthetic, broad-spectrum cephalosporin antibiotic for intravenous or intramuscular administration.  Ceftriaxone sodium is a white to yellowish crystalline powder which is readily soluble in water, sparingly soluble in methanol and very slightly soluble in ethanol. The color of ceftriaxone sodium solutions ranges from light yellow to amber, depending on the length of storage, concentration and diluent used. Each vial contains ceftriaxone sodium equivalent to 250 mg, 500 mg, 1 gram or 2 grams of ceftriaxone activity. Ceftriaxone sodium contains approximately 83 mg (3.6 mEq) of sodium per gram of ceftriaxone activity.Intra-lot variability was detected in the spectra of 6 vials of ceftriaxone sampled from one lot.  One of the vials was more than 8.3 multidimensional SDs away from the center of the cluster of the other 5 vials from the same lot, suggesting that the manufacturing process may not be in a state of control. Interlot variability was detected between two lots of the drug using a subcluster detection test (rtn=0.9629, rts=0.9148, p=0.02).
Predicting Concussion Symptoms: The Impact of Pre-Injury Risk Factors on Post-Concussion Symptom Severity in Football Players
Creators: White, Ryan
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

This thesis explores how pre-existing mental health factors—anxiety, depression, concussion history, learning disorders, and ADHD—affect post-concussion outcomes in Canadian Football League (CFL) athletes. The study addresses a gap in the literature by investigating whether baseline mental health risks predict post-concussion symptom severity, offering insights for improved concussion management and athlete welfare. Using a longitudinal repeated measures design, baseline data from 793 CFL athletes, collected during 2017-2018 pre-season medical evaluations, were analyzed. Participants completed SCAT3 and BSI-18 assessments to measure concussion history and mental health variables. Pearson correlations, t-tests, and stepwise regression analyses assessed relationships between pre-injury mental health factors and post-concussion outcomes. Results showed significant increases in somatization and depression post-concussion, while anxiety remained stable. SCAT symptom severity emerged as a key predictor of post-injury psychological outcomes, with pre-injury anxiety and somatization influencing post-injury anxiety. These findings underscore the importance of assessing baseline mental health to better manage post-concussion symptoms and guide personalized interventions.