cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
The Physiological and Behavioural Adjustments of the Zebrafish 'Danio rerio' Exposed to the β-blocker Propranolol
Creators: name: Mitchell, Kimberly
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2013
Subjects: propranolol
beta blocker
stress
behaviour

description: Propranolol (PROP) is a β-blocker prescribed mainly to treat human cardiac diseases but with its wide usage it often makes its way into the aquatic environment. This study examined whether PROP alters developmental patterns and catecholamine (CA)-regulated processes in the zebrafish (Danio rerio) and if exposure during early life alters the stress response and behaviors of adults. The 48 h LC50 was 21.6 mg/L, well above environmental levels (0.00059 mg/L). Embryos/larvae continuously PROP-exposed had decreased and increased transcript levels of the β1-adrenoceptor at 1 dpf and 5 dpf, respectively. Stressed, PROP-exposed zebrafish had reduced testosterone and estradiol levels and exhibited less anxiety behaviours than control fish. Furthermore, adults previously PROP-exposed as embryos/larvae had decreased growth in terms of body length (0.0006 mg/L PROP) and mass (20 mg/L PROP). Changes in cholesterol and testosterone levels occurred in PROP-exposed fish. Thus PROP-exposure alters developmental patterns and CA-regulated process that are essential for normal behaviours and responses to stress, and at least some of these changes persist in the adult zebrafish.
The effect of dynamic exercise on the blood pressure response to isometric exercise in normotensive males.
Creators: name: Vanderluit, Jacqueline L.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1991
Subjects: subject: Biology, Animal Physiology.

description: The purpose of this study was to determine whether the pressor response to a static handgrip exercise would be blunted if performed during or immediately following dynamic exercise. Male subjects performed one minute handgrip (HG) contractions under three conditions (1) standing at rest, (2) during the 4th to 5th min of treadmill walking exercise and (3) during recovery one min following the combined exercise. The handgrip exercises were performed at 30% and 40% of maximum voluntary contraction (MVC). The results indicated that there was a main effect of intensity, such that HG exercises performed at 40% MVC produced a significantly greater blood pressure response than HG at 30% MVC for all three conditions. The systolic response to static exercise is blunted when a HG at 30% MVC is performed during moderate dynamic exercise but not with HG contractions at 40% MVC. In addition, the systolic response to static exercise is also blunted when HG contractions at both 30% and 40% MVC are performed following dynamic exercise. Also, dynamic exercise augments the diastolic response to static contractions (30% & 40% MVC) performed following dynamic effort. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Auswirkungen von Mindestabständen zwischen Windenergieanlagen und Siedlungen
Creators: name: Plappert, Marie-Luise
name: Rudolph, Manuel
name: Vollmer, Carla
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2019
Subjects: Windenergieanlage
Wohngebäude
Windenergie
Abstandsregelung

description: Als vermeintlich akzeptanzsteigernde Maßnahme werden aktuell erneut größere Abstände zwischen Windenergieanlagen und Wohnbereichen diskutiert. Eine Untersuchung im Rahmen eines UBA-Forschungsvorhabens zeigt: Bereits ein pauschaler Abstand von 1.000 m würde die vorhandene Flächenkulisse um 20 bis 50 Prozent reduzieren. Eine Steigerung der Windenergiekapazität gegenüber dem Status quo wäre auf der verbleibenden Fläche kaum möglich. Quelle: Verlagsinformation
Supplementary document for Ratiometric photon reassignment based on fluorescence lifetime to improve resolution in pulse STED microscopy - 5269362.pdf
Creators: name: Liu, Shaocong
name: zhang, zhimin
name: Han, Yubing
name: Yang, Lu
name: Kuang, Cuifang
name: Liu, Xu
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Microtechnology

description: A detailed description of the proposed method and more experiment results quantitatively analyzed by FRC.
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Creators: name: Teusch, Christoph-Daniel
name: Prakash, Siddhartha
name: Gailhofer, Peter
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Produktlanglebigkeit
subject: Gewährleistung
subject: Verbraucherrechte
subject: Kaputte Geräte
subject: Reparatur
subject: Wirtschaft | Konsum
subject: Nachhaltigkeit | Strategien | Internationales

description: Die Herstellung von neuen Elektro- und Elektronikgeräten ist mit einem hohen Energie- und Ressourcenverbrauch verbunden. Trotzdem werden sie von Verbraucherinnen und Verbrauchern immer früher weggeschmissen. Aber selbst bei sachgerechter Entsorgung können die wertvollen Ressourcen nicht vollständig zurückgewonnen werden. Deshalb gilt: Nutzen Sie Ihre Produkte so lange wie möglich.
Cosimo I, lo scrittoio del bachiacca, una carcassa di capodoglio e la filosofia naturale
Creators: name: Vossila, Francesco
Publisher: name: Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz
Year: 2019

description: Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz, 1993: Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz
Exploring the Role of Leaders and Employees in Workplace Wellness: A Multiple Case Study of Australia Medium-Sized Organisations
Creators: name: Derok, Vesna
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2024
Subjects: workplace
wellness
leaders
corporate
Strategy, management and organisational behaviour

description: Wellness in the workplace is gaining attention due to the importance of investigating and exploring the experiences of leaders in organisations of the modern workplace. Equally important is the role of leadership in the Australian business context, and the complex but integral associations between leaders, employees, and the workplace. This research critically evaluates the upsurge of wellness through a leadership lens and builds a deeper understanding of analysis of how CEO perceptions and experiences impact wellness in the workplace. For organisations to function effectively, they need to establish and maintain a healthy and productive workforce. Over the past decade, an approach that has increasingly been used to promote productivity and efficiency is wellness programs. Yet, the effectiveness of these wellness programs has delivered mixed results. They have been overly prescriptive with low employee engagement rates and no consensus as to which wellness programs are recognised as best practice.
description: This study suggests that promoting wellness programs is limiting, thereby wellness needs to evolve in the workplace. Moving towards an inclusive workplace wellness approach that adopts not only programs but also workforce design, workplace recruitment practices, and the influencing characteristics of the leaders and their workplace culture is vital. Therefore, CEOs play an important leadership role in managing the business by being made aware of the barriers and enablers of effective workplace wellness implementation.
description: Leadership continues to be a complex phenomenon with little research elucidating the subtleties of internal and external forces operating and impacting the potential to influence workplace wellness. Effective leaders in the 21st Century are faced with ever-increasing workplace pressure and complexity. Of equal importance, organisations are seeking new approaches to doing business and delivering better overall experiences for their employees.
description: This study interviewed leaders and employees in four organisations from different industry sectors and undertook a case study analysis. The study concluded that the role of leaders as agents of change provides a better understanding of wellness across different organisational levels. A new conceptualisation of workplace wellness is presented.
La régénération de la France par l'Antiquité : les références antiques dans la presse révolutionnaire (1789-1794)
Creators: name: Guilbault, Marie-Hélène
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: Révolution française
Presse révolutionnaire
Antiquité
Rhétorique

description: Alors que les Français de 1789 souhaitaient s’éloigner de tout ce qu’avait été l’Ancien Régime, ils se tournèrent vers les civilisations antiques afin d’y trouver des modèles d’institutions à reproduire et de comportements politiques et moraux pour les citoyens. Cette présence de références antiques ne se retrouva pas seulement dans les discours tenus à l’Assemblée nationale, mais fut aussi très importante dans les journaux révolutionnaires grâce à la liberté de la presse nouvellement acquise. Les journalistes souhaitaient faire de leurs journaux l’agora des citoyens français. Cette thèse étudie donc l’utilisation des références antiques dans la presse révolutionnaire française. Elle s’intéresse à la manière dont les Révolutionnaires français s’en servirent et à la façon dont elles créèrent une rhétorique propre à chaque élément du spectre politique, qui donna naissance à divers types d’hommes politiques. Effectuée à partir d’un échantillonnage de journaux révolutionnaires couvrant l’ensemble du spectre politique, soit le courant radical, modéré et contre-révolutionnaire, de la période allant de 1789 à 1794, la méthode employée permit de démontrer les évolutions au sein des idéaux politiques et à travers le temps. Ce furent les événements tels que la fuite de Louis XVI à Varennes, le procès du roi ou encore les luttes de factions entre les Girondins et les Montagnards qui justifièrent le recours à l’Antiquité. Confrontés à l’inconnu, les journalistes tentèrent de se rassurer en cherchant des précédents chez les peuples romain et grecs. Ils se firent tour à tour tribuns du peuple pour éduquer leurs concitoyens, orateurs patriotes pour les secouer alors que la liberté était en danger, et « fils de Brutus » pour juger et condamner le roi. Ce phénomène longtemps associé aux Révolutionnaires était aussi présent dans les journaux contre-révolutionnaires. Alors que ces premier s’en servirent pour se distancier de l’Ancien Régime, les royalistes l’utilisèrent plutôt pour démolir les arguments de leurs ennemis et pour glorifier la monarchie. Ainsi l’Antiquité servit à l’ensemble du spectre politique de la Révolution. Sa présence fut plus significative en 1789 alors que la liberté de presse était totale et plus générique et moins recherchée à mesure que la censure fut rétablie.
Additional file 2 of The prevalence and impact of comorbidities on patients with axial spondyloarthritis: results from a nationwide population-based study
Creators: name: Redeker, Imke
name: Callhoff, Johanna
name: Hoffmann, Falk
name: Marschall, Ursula
name: Haibel, Hildrun
name: Sieper, Joachim
name: Zink, Angela
name: Poddubnyy, Denis
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 2:. Association of depression, chronic pulmonary disease and hypertension with disease activity and functional impairment in a multivariable analysis in patients with axial spondyloarthritis (N=1,776). Results from multivariable linear regression models analysing the association of specific comorbidities with disease activity and functional impairment. Comorbidities were only counted to be present if indicative medications were prescribed.
Engaging Futures: Futures methods transforming governance
Creators: name: Russo, Colin
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2016
Subjects: futures studies
scenarios
CLA
community engagement
governance
city futures

description: This thesis for PhD by publication has provided a critical analysis about the foresight methods and processes that help to shape and design city futures in South East Queensland. Causal Layered Analysis is applied to four city visioning initiatives to help clarify the phases of the initiatives and how they might inform futures knowledge. The four South East Queensland councils in this study were responding to the perceived challenges posed by rapid growth. The initiatives aimed first to deliver, explore and shape the multiple opportunities anticipated from this growth, and second to protect against potential threats that unrestrained growth implied. These city futures initiatives devised imaginative city visions and themes that when implemented guided the popular development of whole of city strategies such as cultural, transport and sustainable economic development.
An Abstract Meta-model for Model Driven Development of Web Applications Targeting Multiple Platforms
Creators: name: Fatolahi, Ali
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: Web Engineering
Model-Driven Development
UML
QVT

description: In this thesis, we present an abstract meta-model for model driven development of web applications targeting multiple platforms. We review the existing technologies and the related work in order to obtain a list of requirements for such an abstract model. The abstract model is built by extending an existing UML-based model for web applications. We demonstrate that it is possible to map this abstract model to more than one specific development platform by providing transformations for these mappings. We also lay out the general outline of a model-driven process based on the proposed abstract model. The abstract model and the model-driven process are supported by a set of tools, case studies and a visual modeling notation. Model-driven techniques have been used in the area of web development to a great extent. Most of the existing approaches are tuned toward specific platforms or develop only certain parts of web applications. These approaches generally use meta-models adapted to their targeted platforms. In order to flexibly target multiple platforms, the level of abstraction of the meta-model must be raised. Such a meta-model must allow the description of relevant features of web applications independently from the specificities of specific platforms. Additionally, transformations mapping from abstract to specific web descriptions must be expressible in a flexible way. In this thesis, we propose such an abstract meta-model. Mappings that transform abstract models to specific platforms are also presented. Different benefits can be foreseen from this approach. By relieving developers from low-level platform-specific related design, the approach has the potential to shift the development task to issues related to business needs. Another benefit is shortened development time. This could help web developers to overcome the problem of schedule delays, which is recognized as one of the top five most-cited problems with large-scale web systems. The approach is specifically suitable for information-intensive web-based systems. These applications typically involve large data stores accessed through a web interface. A distinctive aspect of this approach is its use of a specification of the data mapping as part of its high-level input. More importantly, the common features required to process data and communicate data objects between different layers and components are targeted.
Zu Madonnenreliefs des Niccolo di Giovanni Fiorentino
Creators: name: Kokole, Stanko
Publisher: name: Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz
Year: 2019

description: Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz, 1993: Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz
Investigation of Factors Associated with Spontaneous Preterm Birth in Pregnant Women Living with HIV
Creators: name: Albert, Arianne
name: Elwood, Chelsea
name: Wagner, Emily C.
name: Pakzad, Zahra
name: Chaworth-Musters, Tessa
name: Berg, Kyra
name: Van Schalkwyk, Julie
name: Maan, Evelyn J.
name: Azampanah, Arezou
name: McClymont, Elisabeth
name: Alimenti, Ariane
name: Forbes, John C.
name: Money, Deborah M.
Publisher: name: Wolters Kluwer
Year: 2021

description: Objective: To investigate factors contributing to preterm birth (PTB), including cART use and clinical and social determinants of health, in women living with HIV (WLWH) from British Columbia, Canada. Design: Retrospective observational cohort. Methods: We investigated the effect of cART use and other clinical and demographic factors on spontaneous PTB (sPTB) rates (<37 weeks gestational age) among 631 singleton pregnancies between 1997-2018. Exposure to cART was modelled in comparison to no exposure, exposure in the first trimester, and between regimens. Differences in sPTB risk were estimated using time52 dependent Cox’s proportional hazards models. Results: Overall, the sPTB rate was 16%. Cumulative cART use was associated with lower risk of PTB (Wald test p=0.02; HR=0.98, 95% CI=0.96-0.99) and specific cART regimens were not associated with increased risk of sPTB. Exposure in the first trimester was not associated with sPTB and for each week of cART exposure, the risk of sPTB decreased by 2%. In a multivariable model, HIV viral load and substance use remained associated with risk of sPTB, but not cART exposure. Conclusions: The sPTB rate among pregnant WLWH was more than three times higher than in the general population. However, sPTB was not related specifically to use of cART; in fact, cART appeared to reduce the risk of sPTB. Uncontrolled HIV replication and substance use were associated with increased risk of sPTB among pregnant WLWH. This emphasizes the important role of prenatal care, access to cART, and smoking cessation and harm reduction to reduce the risk of sPTB in WLWH.
title: Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz, Bd. 37 Nr. 2/3 (1993): Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz
title: Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Mitteilungen Des Kunsthistorischen Institutes In Florenz
Publisher: name: Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz
Year: 2019

description: Band XXXVII (1993), Heft 2/3
description: Il Lauro di Laura e delle 'Maritate Venetiane'...257-292
Cosimo I, lo scrittoio del bachiacca, una carcassa di capodoglio e la filosofia naturale...381-395
Giuliano da Maiano und Lorenzo de' Medici...235-256
Zu Madonnenreliefs des Niccolo di Giovanni Fiorentino...211-234
Das Ende der sienesischen Tradition in San Gimignano...152-186
Study of Factors Influencing Surface Infiltration in Permeable Interlocking Concrete Pavers
Creators: name: Vicic, Vincent
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2016

description: Urbanisation increases impervious surface areas including car parking areas, roads, driveways, and rooftops. As a result of this are increased stormwater runoff volumes, which can result in increased soil erosion and stormwater pollution, and additional risk of downstream flooding. One potential solution that has been developed as a response to this challenge is Permeable Interlocking Concrete Pavers (PICPs). PICPs allow surface infiltration of stormwater into bedding layers and also trap pollutants in the aggregate matrix. Furthermore, stormwater volume entering drainage infrastructure is reduced as PICP systems store and gradually release water. As with all drainage infrastructure PICP systems require maintenance to ensure ongoing performance. PICPs are prone to clogging, which reduces their infiltration function and necessitates regular maintenance. It is hoped that investigating the factors that influence surface infiltration, new knowledge will be gained for the improvement of the infiltration function of PICP design.
Temperature Modulates the Strength of Density-dependent Habitat Selection in Ectotherms: Expanding and Testing Theory with Red Flour Beetles and Common Gartersnakes
Creators: name: Halliday, William
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Behaviour
subject: Habitat Selection
subject: Fitness
subject: Ectotherm
subject: Common Gartersnake
subject: Red Flour Beetle

description: Density dependence is a common phenomenon in nature, and the intensity of density dependence is driven by competition over depletable resources. Habitat selection patterns are often density-dependent, and are driven by decreasing population mean fitness in a habitat as population density increases in that habitat. Yet not all resources are depletable, and non-depletable resources may sometimes be most important in dictating patterns of habitat selection. Ectotherms, for example, are defined by their dependence on environmental temperature to regulate body temperature, and temperature is often the most important resource for ectotherms. Is density dependence an important mechanism in ectotherms, especially when temperature is a limiting factor? In this thesis, I examine density dependence of fitness and habitat selection by ectotherms using red flour beetles and common gartersnakes. In chapter one and three, I test whether density-dependent habitat selection occurs when habitats differ in both temperature and food availability with red flour beetles and common gartersnakes, respectively. In chapter two, I modify the isodar model of habitat selection to account for the effect of temperature on ectotherms, derive predictions from the modified model, and test these predictions with controlled experiments with red flour beetles selecting between habitats that differ in food quantity and temperature. Finally, in chapter four, I examine the effect of density on metrics of fitness and habitat selection with common gartersnakes. Red flour beetles exhibited strong density dependence in both habitat selection and fitness at their optimal temperature, but density dependence weakened at lower temperatures. Common gartersnakes exhibited mostly density-independent habitat selection with a strong preference for warm field habitat over cool forest habitat, but exhibited some density dependence in habitat selection within field habitat. Overall, my thesis demonstrates that ectotherms have variable density-dependent responses, and that these responses are strongly modulated by temperature.
Quality of Diabetes Care Among the Canadian Regular Forces: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Creators: name: Khadilkar, Amole
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: diabetes
quality of care
clinical practice guidelines
Canadian Forces
electronic medical record
diagnostic validation

description: The objective of the thesis was to evaluate the quality of diabetes care in the Canadian Forces by determining the extent to which physicians adhere to recommendations outlined in the 2008 Canadian Diabetes Association (CDA) clinical practice guidelines. In addition, the effect of patient age, sex, rank and size of base on quality of care was assessed and the accuracy of a diagnosis of diabetes in an extract of the electronic medical record (EMR) was evaluated. Fourteen bases within the Canadian Forces were selected for investigation, representing roughly half of the Canadian Forces population. Cases of diabetes were ascertained based on laboratory criteria following a chart review. Twenty-one CDA guideline recommendations were considered. The Canadian Forces demonstrated greater than 75% adherence with each of 9 recommendations, 50-75% adherence with each of 7 recommendations and less than 50% adherence with each of 5 recommendations. The overall adherence with all applicable recommendations per patient was 60.3% (SE 0.66). Age, sex, rank and size of base were not important factors influencing guideline adherence. The sensitivity of a diabetes diagnosis in an extract of the EMR was 84.5%, the specificity was 99.8%, the positive predictive value was 85.1% and the negative predictive value was 99.8%. This is similar to the performance of provincial and national diabetes registries. The quality of diabetes care in the Canadian Forces compared favourably with that of the civilian population within Canada and internationally. The creation of a diabetes registry is expected to lead to further improvements in diabetes care.
Bemerkungen zum römischen Stil Tizians um 1540
Creators: name: Passavant, Günter
Publisher: name: Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz
Year: 2019

description: Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz, Bd. 35 Nr. 1 (1991): Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz
Supplementary document for Rapid chemically selective 3D imaging in the mid-infrared - 5269522.pdf
Creators: name: Potma, Eric
name: Knez, Dave
name: Chen, Yong
name: Davydova, Yulia
name: Durkin, Amanda
name: Fast, Alexander
name: Balu, Mihaela
name: Norton-Baker, Brenna
name: Martin, Rachel
name: Baldacchini, Tommaso
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Nonlinear Optics and Spectroscopy

description: Supplementary Information
Lodovico Cigoli on the Origins and ragione of Painting
Creators: name: Kemp, Martin
Publisher: name: Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz
Year: 2019

description: Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz, Bd. 35 Nr. 1 (1991): Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz
Evaluierung des gestuften Planungs- und Genehmigungsverfahrens Stromnetzausbau
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Genehmigungsverfahren
subject: Stromnetzversorgung
subject: Stromnetzausbau
subject: Klima | Energie
subject: Climate | Energy

description: Das vom Umweltbundesamt (⁠UBA⁠) fachlich begleitete und vom Bundesumweltministerium (⁠BMUB⁠) im Rahmen des Umweltforschungsplans finanzierte Forschungsprojekt evaluiert das gestufte Planungs- und Genehmigungsverfahren der Übertragungsnetze anhand repräsentativer Fallstudien und analysiert das Spannungsverhältnis zwischen beschleunigenden Verfahrenselementen und dem Umweltschutz. Im Ergebnis werden daraus Verbesserungsvorschläge für die Politik abgeleitet. Aufbauend auf einer Analyse des nationalen Rechts und einem Blick in drei europäische Länder soll das Projekt anhand repräsentativer nationaler Netzausbauprojekte das Spannungsverhältnis zwischen beschleunigenden Verfahrenselementen und Umweltschutz evaluieren, und daraus Verbesserungsvorschläge für die Politik ableiten.
An Arts-Informed Narrative Inquiry into the Lived Experience of Women Casual Academics
Creators: name: Crimmins, Gail
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2015
Subjects: arts-informed inquiry
narrative inquiry
verbatim drama
casual academics
sessional staff

description: In this PhD dissertation I present an account of a person-centred, feminist research project that explores the lived experience of women casual academics in Australia. Casual academics comprise more than 60% of academics employed in Australia, most of whom are women. Yet very little is known about the lived experience of these women. As I understand lived experience to be known and communicated through story and narrative, I employ a narrative epistemology as a foundation to this research project's design and communication. In addition, I understand lived experience to be fully embodied, messy and contextually situated. I therefore employ a narrative inquiry to elicit the emotionally and cognitively lived experience of six women casual academics from three different universities in South East Queensland. I then re-present these stories in the form of proto-verbatim theatre. Proto-verbatim theatre is a contemporary form of performance which employs the words and stories of research participants within a highly theatricalised aesthetic. The form of the genre makes explicit the constructedness of the re-presentation and cognitively and emotionally engages an audience in the stories of Others. I employ this form as it is congruent with the fully embodied stories of the research participants and their doubly Othered status as women and casual academics.
Effect of Azoxystrobin and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Colonization on Four Non-Target Plant Species
Creators: name: Tbaileh, Tarek
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: solidago canadense
geum canadense
chenopodium album
phalaris arundinacea
AMF
Glomus intraradices
Azoxystrobin
fungicide

description: Azoxystrobin (AZY), a systemic broad-spectrum fungicide, is applied on crops to control soil-borne pathogenic fungi. This study aimed to determine the effects of AZY on non-target plant species and Glomus intraradices Schenck & Smith, an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus (AMF) associated with plants' roots. We hypothesized that AZY negatively affects AMF viability; and that, if the plants were dependent on this symbiosis, AZY exerts an indirect detrimental effect on plant growth. To test this, three mycotrophic (Phalaris arundinacea L., Solidago canadense L., Geum canadense Jacq.) and one non-mycotrophic (Chenopodium album L.) native plant species were subjected to five AZY doses with or without AMF. Plants were grown for 60 days in a greenhouse, in individual pots, (4 plants X 2 AMF X 5 AZY X 6 replicates), and mesocosms (1 mes. X 2 AMF X 5 AZY X 6 replicates), and harvested 30 days after spraying, and dry mass was taken. Fresh root samples were used for microscopic assessment of AMF colonization. The results from the individual pot experiment show that the effects of AZY on biomass varied across plant species. AZY led to a significant increase in shoot and root mass of P. arundinacea, and a decrease in shoot mass of AMF inoculated G. canadense. The presence of AMF resulted in a significant increase in root and shoot mass of P. arundinacea, and an increase in root mass of S. canadense and shoot mass of C. album. In the mesocosm experiment AZY did not have a significant effect on the measured parameters, although the presence of AMF significantly increased root, shoot, and total dry mass of G. canadense and P. arundinacea. Conversely, AMF significantly decreased shoot and total dry mass of S. canadense. The results suggest that both direct and indirect effects should be taken into account when assessing the impact of pesticides on non-target plant species.
Precise Size Control and Noise Reduction of Solid-state Nanopores for the Detection of DNA-protein Complexes
Creators: name: Beamish, Eric
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: Solid-state nanopore
Size control
Noise reduction
Single-molecule sensing
Biomarker detection
Diagnostics
DNA-protein conjugation

description: Over the past decade, solid-state nanopores have emerged as a versatile tool for the detection and characterization of single molecules, showing great promise in the field of personalized medicine as diagnostic and genotyping platforms. While solid-state nanopores offer increased durability and functionality over a wider range of experimental conditions compared to their biological counterparts, reliable fabrication of low-noise solid-state nanopores remains a challenge. In this thesis, a methodology for treating nanopores using high electric fields in an automated fashion by applying short (0.1-2 s) pulses of 6-10 V is presented which drastically improves the yield of nanopores that can be used for molecular recognition studies. In particular, this technique allows for sub-nanometer control over nanopore size under experimental conditions, facilitates complete wetting of nanopores, reduces noise by up to three orders of magnitude and rejuvenates used pores for further experimentation. This improvement in fabrication yield (over 90%) ultimately makes nanopore-based sensing more efficient, cost-effective and accessible. Tuning size using high electric fields facilitates nanopore fabrication and improves functionality for single-molecule experiments. Here, the use of nanopores for the detection of DNA-protein complexes is examined. As proof-of-concept, neutravidin bound to double-stranded DNA is used as a model complex. The creation of the DNA-neutravidin complex using polymerase chain reaction with biotinylated primers and subsequent purification and multiplex creation is discussed. Finally, an outlook for extending this scheme for the identification of proteins in a sample based on translocation signatures is presented which could be implemented in a portable lab-on-a-chip device for the rapid detection of disease biomarkers.
Diagnostic strategies for managing dengue virus and insecticide resistance in Aedes mosquitoes
Creators: name: Ahmed, Madeeha
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: rapid diagnostics
subject: Dengue
subject: insecticide resistance
subject: edes aegypti
subject: recombinase polymerase amplification
subject: lateral flow detection
subject: isothermal amplification
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Environmental biotechnology
subject: FOS: Environmental biotechnology

description: More than half the world’s global population is currently at risk of dengue virus (DENV) exposure, a mosquito-borne disease with four different serotypes (DENV 1-4). This project focused on improving surveillance of DENV by developing low-resource rapid tests to detect DENV and insecticide resistance in the primary DENV mosquito vector Aedes aegypti. Following a review of strategies for mosquito-based surveillance, four diagnostic improvements were advanced. (1) Development of rapid singleplex tests for each DENV serotype, demonstrating 92-100% diagnostic sensitivity and 90-100% diagnostic specificity when tested for detection in individual and pooled Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. (2) Investigation into proof-of-concept rapid tests for a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) conferring insecticide knockdown resistance, F1534C, and identification of one test that enabled a 3-log distinction between wild-type and mutant template in only 15 minutes. (3) Trialling the rapid F1534C test to distinguish between wild-type and F1534C mutant Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, demonstrating 100% diagnostic sensitivity and specificity for detection of both heterozygous and homozygous mutants in only 25 minutes. (4) Development of duplex DENV-1/2 and DENV-3/4 rapid tests, demonstrating 96.15% and 100% diagnostic sensitivity respectively, and 100% and 97.14% diagnostic specificity, respectively. Collectively, the rapid tests developed during this thesis provide time-efficient, user friendly and field-amenable tools without compromising sensitivity and specificity. The tests are promising alternative diagnostic tools for DENV and insecticide resistance detection in resource-limited settings and could improve the accessibility of mosquito-based surveillance.
Work motivation and entrepreneurial intentions
Creators: name: Douglas, Evan
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Since becoming an entrepreneur typically entails a change from employment to self-employment, and since entrepreneurship may involve harder work than being an employee, it is instructive to consider the nascent entrepreneur's preference to work more or less hard as a potential antecedent of the decision to become an entrepreneur. In this paper we examine worker types in the context of types of entrepreneurship, and suggest propositions for empirical testing concerning whether particular worker types are more or less likely to start their own business and whether they are more or less likely to start particular types of new ventures.
title: Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz, Bd. 35 Nr. 1 (1991): Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz
title: Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Mitteilungen Des Kunsthistorischen Institutes In Florenz
Publisher: name: Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz
Year: 2019

description: Band XXXV (1991), Heft 1
description: Lodovico Cigoli on the Origins and ragione of Painting...133-152
Bemerkungen zum römischen Stil Tizians um 1540...85-114
Mercurius quadratus...61-84
Der Hochaltar des Benedetto da Maiano für die Collegiata von San Gimignano...21-60
Errata corrige...XXXIX
Abkürzungsschlüssel...XXXIII-XXXVIII
Verzeichnisse...V-XXXI
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Titelei
Strategies for Improving Small-scale Native Forest Management In Papua New Guinea
Creators: name: Scudder, Micah
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2019
Subjects: community forestry
eco-forestry
financial analysi
forest policy
portable sawmills

description: This thesis assessed past small-scale native forest management strategies used in Papua New Guinea and explored options for improving future operations. In the early 1990s, multiple organizations began facilitating small-scale native forest management by Indigenous landowners as an alternative approach to the industrial-scale timber harvest approach to forest management. This approach to small-scale management was referred to as 'eco-forestry' and involved the selective harvesting of timber to produce rough-sawn lumber with portable sawmills for export. This thesis assessed the effectiveness of the eco-forestry management model by conducting a thematic analysis on the outcomes of the eco-forestry organizations and by executing a discounted cash flow analysis of portable sawmill operations that incorporated Monte Carlo risk assessment simulation. This thesis also analysed log export revenue cash flow distributions, to assess the forest resource rents received by the forest resource owners relative to the portions captured by the PNG government and the logging industry. Finally, this thesis conducted a case study on the small-scale forest products informal market in PNG to identify causal linkages between the informal market operators so that opportunities for future improvement could be identified. Four themes emerged from this research; 1) the eco-forestry management model failed because the eco-forestry organizations struggled to maintain financial viability and meet the quality and quantity lumber production targets; 2) using portable sawmills in tropical forests to produce rough-sawn lumber has a high probability of non-financial viability due to the high variable costs of operating portable sawmills relative to the sales prices received for the rough-sawn milled lumber; 3) the existing forest policies regarding forest resource rents has caused the forest resource owners to receive little compensation for the timber harvested on their lands with almost all the value has been captured by the PNG government and the logging industry; 4) the existing forest policies are a hindrance to the economic development of the small-scale forest industry participants. Implications and recommendations of this research are; 1) future small-scale forest management should re-focus to serve domestic markets; 2) competency-based training for future timber harvests and portable mill processing should be developed prior to implementing commercial activities; 3) additional processing of the rough-sawn lumber into value-add products is necessary to improve profitability; and 4) forest policies should be revised to increase the resource rents received by landowners and to improve the legality and productivity of the small-scale forest products market.
Additional file 2 of A qualitative study of community perspectives surrounding cleaning practices in the context of Zika prevention in El Salvador: implications for community-based Aedes aegypti control
Creators: name: Leontsini, Elli
name: Maloney, Sean
name: Ramírez, Margarita
name: Rodriguez, Eric
name: Gurman, Tilly
name: Sara, Anne Ballard
name: Hunter, Gabrielle C.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 2. PUBH-D-20-01205 Focus Group Guide 4.15.18 English translation.docx
Biomechanics of highly proficient Karate practitioners during changing task constraints
Creators: name: Gavagan, Colin
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2021
Subjects: karate
martial-arts
point-sparring
Kumite
combat sports
World Karate Federation (WKF)
performance analysis

description: Karate is practised worldwide and is built on a grading system that emphasises specific criteria that need to be met to progress in rank, including the level of training and the skilful use of techniques individually or in Kumite 1-6. This standardisation of assessing skills presents an opportunity to examine the movement strategies of Karate practitioners who have been defined as experts by their discipline. The unique series of studies that constitute this thesis are based on the combined use of an Ecological Dynamic framework, performance analysis, and biomechanical analytical techniques to identify and quantify patterns, frequencies, and strategic behaviours in competitive points-sparring as well as investigating how expert Karate practitioners adapt their movements to meet changes in constraints (physical and instructional) and nested tasks.
Additional file 3 of A qualitative study of community perspectives surrounding cleaning practices in the context of Zika prevention in El Salvador: implications for community-based Aedes aegypti control
Creators: name: Leontsini, Elli
name: Maloney, Sean
name: Ramírez, Margarita
name: Rodriguez, Eric
name: Gurman, Tilly
name: Sara, Anne Ballard
name: Hunter, Gabrielle C.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 3. PUBH-D-20-01205 Interview Guide men 4.15.18 Spanish.docx
Goodness-of-Fit for Length-Biased Survival Data with Right-Censoring
Creators: name: Younger, Jaime
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: Length-bias
Right-censoring
Left-Truncation
Kolmogorov-Smirnov
Prevalent cohort
Cross-sectional sampling

description: Cross-sectional surveys are often used in epidemiological studies to identify subjects with a disease. When estimating the survival function from onset of disease, this sampling mechanism introduces bias, which must be accounted for. If the onset times of the disease are assumed to be coming from a stationary Poisson process, this bias, which is caused by the sampling of prevalent rather than incident cases, is termed length-bias. A one-sample Kolomogorov-Smirnov type of goodness-of-fit test for right-censored length-biased data is proposed and investigated with Weibull, log-normal and log-logistic models. Algorithms detailing how to efficiently generate right-censored length-biased survival data of these parametric forms are given. Simulation is employed to assess the effects of sample size and censoring on the power of the test. Finally, the test is used to evaluate the goodness-of-fit using length-biased survival data of patients with dementia from the Canadian Study of Health and Aging.
Additional file 1 of A qualitative study of community perspectives surrounding cleaning practices in the context of Zika prevention in El Salvador: implications for community-based Aedes aegypti control
Creators: name: Leontsini, Elli
name: Maloney, Sean
name: Ramírez, Margarita
name: Rodriguez, Eric
name: Gurman, Tilly
name: Sara, Anne Ballard
name: Hunter, Gabrielle C.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1. PUBH-D-20-01205 Focus Group Guide 4.15.18 Spanish.docx
Bitkisel Gıda Takviyesi Olarak Karvakrol
Creators: name: ARDUÇ, Galip
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Karvakrol, başta kekik olmak üzere birçok bitkide doğal olarak bulunan fenolik bir bileşiktir. Antimikrobiyal, antioksidan ve antiinflamatuar özellikleri nedeniyle geniş bir araştırma konusu olmuştur. Bu makalede, karvakrol'ün bitkisel gıda takviyesi olarak potansiyel faydaları, biyolojik etkileri ve güvenlik değerlendirmeleri ele alınmaktadır. Yapılan çalışmalar, karvakrol'ün çeşitli sağlık sorunları üzerinde olumlu etkileri olabileceğini göstermektedir; ancak, bu bileşiğin güvenli ve etkili bir şekilde kullanılabilmesi için daha fazla klinik çalışmaya ihtiyaç duyulmaktadır.
description: İÇİNDEKİLER

1.      Giriş

1.1.   Karvakrol Nedir? (Tanımı ve Kimyasal Yapısı)

1.2.   Karvakrol'ün Doğal Kaynakları (Özellikle Kekik ve Benzeri Bitkiler)

1.3.   Bitkisel Gıda Takviyesi Nedir? (Tanım ve Genel Bilgiler)

1.4.   Karvakrol'ün Bitkisel Gıda Takviyesi Olarak Önemi ve Kullanımının Artması

2.      Karvakrol'ün Biyolojik Etkileri

2.1.   Antimikrobiyal Etkiler

2.2.   Antioksidan Özellikler

2.3.   Antiinflamatuar Etkiler

2.4.   Potansiyel Diğer Sağlık Faydaları (Örneğin, Anti-Kanser Etkiler)

3.      Karvakrol'ün Bitkisel Gıda Takviyesi Olarak Kullanımı

3.1.   Karvakrol İçeren Ticari Ürünler

3.2.   Güvenlik ve Toksikoloji Değerlendirmeleri

3.3.   Dozaj Önerileri ve Kullanım Rehberi

4.      Sonuç: Genel Değerlendirme ve Gelecekteki Araştırma Önerileri

5.      Kaynaklar
Development of a Systems Thinking–Based Incident Analysis Method for Construction
Creators: name: Woolley, Matthew
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2020
Subjects: incident investigation
construction safety performance
systems thinking

description: Serious occupational safety incidents in the construction industry continue to represent an alarming global problem. Despite advances in safety management, the plateauing of global reductions in fatal workplace incidents suggests that existing approaches to incident investigation, analysis and countermeasure development have not been fully effective. Contemporary incident causation models advocate the application of systems theory and systems thinking approaches to incident analysis. However, the incident analysis method most commonly used in construction, the incident cause analysis method (ICAM) (BHP Billiton, 2001), is underpinned by an outdated model, Reason’s Swiss cheese model (SCM). Although a limited number of existing methods for construction incident investigation are underpinned by complex systems concepts, none are based on complex non-linear incident causation models. The aim of this thesis is to develop and test a systems thinking–based incident analysis method for construction. The research involves a review of the extent to which existing literature in construction safety has demonstrated a systems thinking approach, an analysis of 100 construction investigation reports, the development of a construction system control structure using Leveson’s (2004) systems theoretic accident model and processes (STAMP) and the development and testing of a new construction-specific incident analysis method, the control failure and incident analysis response method (ConFIRM).
Lärmminderung durch Bürgerbeteiligung
Creators: name: Supplies, Tino
name: Mothes, Fritjof
name: Guschel, Robert
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2019
Subjects: Lärmminderung
Aktiver Schallschutz
Bürgerbeteiligung
Lärmaktionsplan

description: Das Machs leiser-Handbuch bietet Kommunen aber auch privaten Akteuren, Interessensgemeinschaften und einer breiten Öffentlichkeit praktikable Lösungswege, um die Städte leiser und damit wieder lebenswerter zu gestalten. Dabei greift das Handbuch auf einen großen Fundus etablierter, sowie innovativer Maßnahmen und Strategien zurück, die in Städten bereits zu spürbaren Verbesserungen der Lärmbelastung geführt haben. Damit liefert es einen Bottom-Up-Ansatz der strategischen Lärmminderungsplanung unter der Annahme, dass diese umso erfolgreicher ist, je aktiver die Öffentlichkeit eingebunden wird. Quelle: Bericht
Supplementary document for Improvement in thinness of optical section by pseudo confocal effect in multidirectional digital scanned laser light-sheet microscopy - 5270238.pdf
Creators: name: Kaneshiro, Junichi
name: Watanabe, Tomonobu
name: Shioi, Go
name: Okamoto, Kazuko
name: Onami, Shuichi
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplemental Figures