cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Avian sex ratios—considerations and applications for the conservation management of birds
Creators: name: Hall, Clancy
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: sex ratio
subject: sex skew
subject: sex allocation
subject: sex reversal
subject: avian conservation
subject: ex-situ conservation
subject: integrated management
subject: threatened species management
subject: incubation
subject: egg candling
subject: inovo sexing
subject: Zoology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Animal developmental and reproductive biology

description: With one in eight bird species now threatened with extinction and many others in decline, there has never been a greater need to understand avian reproductive biology and expand management options. Despite a vast array of conservation efforts worldwide, many bird species will require an ongoing integrated management approach, that is, combining in-situ and ex-situ strategies to achieve species conservation goals and ultimately ecosystem functionality.
description: As populations decline in size, the combined effects of factors such as environmental stochasticity, inbreeding depression, and allee effects are exacerbated. Advancements in our knowledge of the fluidity of avian sex determination processes have revealed additional contributors to the extinction vortex. Female birds (carrying both Z and W sex chromosomes) may skew the primary or secondary sex of their offspring in response to physiological stressors in the maternal environment. Endocrine disrupting chemicals and the stress hormone corticosterone for example, are known to disrupt normal reproductive pathways and redirect the primary or secondary sex of their offspring. Sex reversed birds are most commonly genetic females with testes; however, genetic males may also feminise. Such individuals are often reproductively redundant, potentially produce only male (ZZ) offspring and exacerbate the demise of small or otherwise threatened populations.
description: Here, I compared the genetic sex with the morphological characteristics of deceased wild birds to identify the incidence of sex reversals in five common species from four avian orders. This first of its kind study suggests that sex reversals occur at higher-thanexpected rates in free-living avian populations and the occurrence is expected to be widespread amongst the orders. In subsequent research chapters I examine sex ratio differences in global captive populations at various levels of governance, threat status and between and within orders and develop a novel technique to expand the practice of in-ovo sexing of embryos to species producing thick or opaque eggs, thus allowing the preferential hatching of threatened species such as cassowary (Casuarius spp.), crane species (Grus spp.) and isolated populations of emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae).
Modernity and the Idea: Liberalism, Fascism, Materialism in Showa Japan
Creators: name: Hurdis, Jeremy
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Japan
subject: Modernity
subject: Intellectual History
subject: Philosophy
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: Kyoto School
subject: Marxism
subject: Fascism

description: After the Meiji Restoration of 1862, Western philosophy was imported and infused into Japanese culture and its intellectual climate. By the early 20th Century, Kyoto School philosophers and romantic authors sought to reaffirm Japanese culture, believed jeopardised by the hastened development of Western capitalist modernity. This movement became politically charged, and is not without fascist allegations. After the Second World War modernism again became a primary intellectual concern, as modernists and Asianists alike attempted to struggle with the idea of fascism in Japan. Works of Nishida Kitaro (1870-1945) and Watsuji Tetsuro (1889-1960), and the prewar contexts within which they were written, will be compared to the postwar thinkers Maruyama Masao (1914-1996) and Takeuchi Yoshimi (1910-1977). The purpose of this thesis is to examine how Japanese thinkers before and after the Second World War understood and responded to the global process of modernity, and how it relates to such political movements as liberalism and fascism.
Guide on green public procurement
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Elektrofahrrad
subject: Elektrozweirad
subject: Beschaffung
subject: Umweltfreundliche Beschaffung
subject: Öffentliche Beschaffung
subject: Umweltfreundliche öffentliche Beschaffung
subject: electric bicycle
subject: electric bike
subject: green public procurement
subject: green procurement
subject: public procurement
subject: Economy | Consumption
subject: Transport

description: Electric bicycles are an important environmentally and socially sustainable alternative to cars for covering distances of up to around 20 kilometres. Compared to cars, electric bicycles are more economical and at the same time healthier and more eco-friendly, and are often quicker – and indisputably space-saving. This guide is based on the June 2015 edition of the Blue Angel eco-label criteria for electric cycles (DE-UZ 197).
The differentiated nature of visual power: an investigation into the effect of cultural and educational background in the aesthetic responses of website users
Creators: name: Chen, Ju Yi
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: People continuously make aesthetic choices on the basis of the relative power of visual stimuli. With regard to websites, measuring visual power can be used to predict the effectiveness of aesthetic elements in attracting audience attention. Moreover, research suggests that the perception of visual power is not a fixed or universal response; it varies between people of different backgrounds. This thesis investigates the aesthetic elements that make websites desirable for audiences of different cultural and educational backgrounds, and that enable web pages to better communicate information and affective experience. It tests the visual appeal of websites with groups of university students from the disciplines of Communication Design and Information Technology, and from both Australia and Taiwan, investigating variations in affective responses. The investigation adopts Kress and van Leeuwens’ coding orientation for visual modality, that is, abstract coding, naturalistic coding, sensory coding and scientific/ technological coding (1996, p. 107). Cleveland (2005) applies these coding categories to ascertain the visual power of magazine design. The present study applies them to four categories of digital design to establish the key factors leading to website preference or selection. A questionnaire using a 10-point Likert-scale established students’ affective responses to the four categories of digital design. The results show that both Dynamic Impact and Aesthetic Appeal emerge as underlying dimensions of visual presentation and that these vary for students of different cultural and educational backgrounds. In measuring and assessing the contribution of web aesthetics to visual appeal, the study serves as a useful reference for website designers.
Supplementary document for Eu3+-doped Bi2MoO6 phosphors for high sensitive and visible H2S gas indicator material: optical and color properties, and gas sensing performance - 5277589.pdf
Creators: name: Kang, Taewook
name: Park, Young Ji
name: Jeong, Gyu Jin
name: Bae, Byungseo
name: Kim, Sun Woog
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

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Casualties of schooling? An examination of the levels of academic preparedness among 18 to 22 year old students in a tertiary bridging course
Creators: name: Whannell, Robert
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2010
Subjects: bridging course
regional university
academic preparedness

description: This study utilised a case study approach to investigate how the background of students aged 18 to 22 years in a tertiary bridging course at a regional university influenced their preparedness for study at the tertiary level. The research aims to provide educators teaching in the bridging course with an understanding of the student cohort which will facilitate the development of a learning environment which maximises the opportunities for student learning. This study also aims to provide educators at the secondary level of education with insights into the influence that student social context has on academic performance for students such as those in the tertiary bridging course. A mixed methods approach to the case study was used, a first stage which involved the completion of a questionnaire by 157 students of all ages from the second semester 2009 cohort of the Tertiary Preparation Pathway (TPP) at the University of the Sunshine Coast. The second stage of the study involved the conducting of semi-structured interviews with 13 questionnaire participants between the ages of 18 and 22 years of age which further developed the findings from the initial quantitative analysis.
In Vitro Macrophage Response to Nanometer-size Particles from Materials Used in Hip Implants
Creators: name: Vanos, Robilyn
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011
Subjects: wear particles
implant
arthroplasty
macrophages
inflammatory response
periprosthetic osteolysis

description: Wear particle-induced inflammation leading to periprosthetic osteolysis remains a major cause of hip implant failure. As polyethylene particles from conventional metal-on-polyethylene implants have been associated with these failures, an interest in lower wear metal-on-metal (MM) bearings has emerged. However, the biological effects of nanometer-size chromium oxide particles, predominant type of wear particles produced by MM implants, remain mostly unknown. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the cytotoxicity of nanometer-size Cr2O3 particles on macrophages in vitro, by analyzing their effects on cell mortality and cytokine release and comparing them with those of similarly-sized alumina (Al2O3) particles (known to be relatively bioinert). Results showed that at high concentrations, nanometer-size Cr2O3 particles can be cytotoxic to macrophages, inducing significant decreases in total cell numbers and increases in necrosis. Results also showed that, at high concentrations, the cytotoxicity of Cr2O3 particles was overall higher than that of Al2O3 particles, even though Cr2O3 and Al2O3 are both stable forms of ceramic materials. However, it appeared to be lower than that of previously reported conventional polyethylene and CoCrMo particles. Therefore, chromium oxide particles may not be the main culprit in initiating the inflammatory reaction in MM periprosthetic tissues.
A molecular investigation of germ cell specification and migration within the tilapia Oreochromis mossambicus (Order Perciform)
Creators: name: Amat-Fernandez, Jorge
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2016
Subjects: perciform
oreochromis
ovary
testis
germ cell
specification

description: This thesis reports on the investigation of gonad development in the tilapia, Oreochromis mossambicus. The project aimed to advance the field of reproductive development, aquaculture and pest management by understanding the molecular gene and protein components involved in germ cell specification and migration. Primordial germ cells (PGCs) are progenitors of the germ cell lineage, giving rise to either spermatogonia or oogonia after the completion of gonadal differentiation. Prior to this study, there was little information on the mechanism of PGCs migration leading to the formation of the primordial gonad in Perciform fish. This thesis presents the transcriptomes of ovary and testis, from which we identify the major germ cell components, including the Nanos-1, Vasa-1, Dead end, Oct-4, GFRa-1, SDF and CXCR4. Using a variety of molecular approaches, those components have been further investigated to reveal their conservation, spatial and temporal distribution within larvae and adult O. mossambicus.
Supplementary document for Eu3+-doped Bi2MoO6 phosphors for high sensitive and visible H2S gas indicator material: optical and color properties, and gas sensing performance - 5277589.pdf
Creators: name: Kang, Taewook
name: Park, Young Ji
name: Jeong, Gyu Jin
name: Bae, Byungseo
name: Kim, Sun Woog
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

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Workplace Violence among British Columbia Nurses Across Different Roles and Contexts
Creators: name: Havaei, Farinaz
name: MacPhee, Maura
name: Ma, Andy
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2020

description: Workplace violence in healthcare settings is on the rise, particularly against nurses. Most healthcare violence research is in acute care settings. The purpose of this paper is to present descriptive findings on the prevalence of types and sources of workplace violence among nurses in different roles (i.e., direct care, leader, educator), specialties, care sectors (i.e., acute, community, long-term care) and geographic contexts (i.e., urban, suburban, rural) within the province of British Columbia (BC), Canada. This is a province-wide survey study using a cross-sectional descriptive, correlational design. An electronic survey was emailed by the provincial union to members across the province in Fall 2019. A total of 4462 responses were analyzed using descriptive and chi-square statistics. The most common types of workplace violence were emotional abuse, threats of assault and physical assault for all nursing roles and contexts. Findings were similar to previous BC research from two decades ago except for two to ten times higher proportions of all types of violence, including verbal and physical sexual assault. Patients were the most common source of violence towards nurses. Nurses should be involved in developing workplace violence interventions that are tailored to work environment contexts and populations.
The Traumatic is Political: A trauma-informed narrative on the psychological impact of political discourse on women
Creators: name: Lewis, Hollie
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: trauma-informed
subject: psychology
subject: political discourse
subject: women
subject: Political science
subject: FOS: Political science
subject: Other psychology

description: Individuals identify with a community to fulfil the need to belong, creating a sense of safety within the ingroup. The grouping of individuals within broader society creates an opportunity for politicians to gain political power by discursively constructing social hierarchies. The institutions of politics and media hold a unique and significant power over public discourse that facilitates the development of a public language, one that empowers men and constrains women. The aim of this research is to analyse the political and psychological methods men in power employ to reinforce and reproduce male hegemonic power.
Social Network Dynamics and Information Transmission in Wild Black-capped Chickadees (Poecile atricapillus)
Creators: name: Jones, Theresa
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: Social Information
Social Networks
Behavioural Ecology
Group Foraging
Black-capped Chickadee
Dominance
Animal Personality
Paridae

description: Animals exhibit a wide variety of social behaviours that are shaped by the external group social structure. Thus, understanding social behaviours and processes requires examining the individual social associations that form the basis of a group’s social network. The first objective of this thesis was to assess the consistency of social position within wild networks of black-capped chickadees (Poecile atricapillus) and to evaluate the effects of individual behavioural traits (exploratory personality and social dominance) on network position. Intra-annual social position was found to be repeatable and centrality increased with dominance rank, suggesting that dominant individuals occupy more central positions. The second objective of this thesis was to evaluate how network position and individual traits influence the transmission of social information through groups; the use of information acquired by other group members is expected to be an important benefit to group living. Social information regarding the location of novel foraging patches was observed to be transmitted through all eight chickadee groups. The rate of information transmission was found to be positively associated with dominance rank, but was not influenced by exploratory personality, indicating that dominant individuals may have greater access to social information than more subordinate individuals. The final aim of this thesis was to assess if social information transmission varied between urban and rural environments, as increased resource variability in more rural sites was expected to lead to higher reliance on social foraging cues. However, no effect of level of urbanisation was detected on the transmission of social information regarding novel food sources, which may indicate a habitat-independent strategy of social information use in chickadees. In general the results from this thesis indicate the importance of dominance status on individuals’ position within a social group, which can lead to differential exposure to social processes, such as social information transmission.
The role of external influences in high involvement purchase behaviour
Creators: name: Nayeem, Tahmid
name: Casidy, Riza
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This paper aims to discover the consumer decision-making styles clusters within the context of automobile purchases in Australia. It also examines the differences between consumer decision-making styles in terms of the importance given to external influences, such as importance of dealers, importance of friends/family members, number of cars test driven, time spend researching final decision and importance of information sources (e.g., internet, magazines, TV ads, word of mouth etc.), prior to making their final purchase decision. Data was collected from 209 respondents using self-administered questionnaires. Cluster Analysis and ANOVA were employed to identify and analyze the differences between consumer decision-making styles clusters. Consumer Styles Inventory (CSI: Sproles and Kendall, 1986) was used to measure respondents’ consumer decision-making styles in relation to automobile purchases. Three clusters were identified from the analysis, namely ‘innovative informed’, ‘rational confused’, and ‘traditional habitual’. Significant differences were found between the clusters in terms of the average time they spent with each car dealer, the time they spent on researching final decision, and the importance of consulting with family members prior to making their final purchase decision. The study found that some consumers rely heavily on friends/families and dealers as the most important sources of information. Other sources of information consumers’ use include television advertisements, newspapers, billboards and magazines. Based on the findings, marketers should focus on providing similar types of information/messages by using these above-mentioned sources when communicating with this type of consumers. Dealers could be trained to spend time explaining product features and benefits in full with these consumers and their friends and family members whom they are likely to bring along before making the final purchase decision. The findings of this study have extended the knowledge by determining the impact of external influences on consumer decision making styles using the CSI in context of specific product which is yet to be known in relation Australian automobile consumers.
Interprétation et implantation de l’innovation au sein de la Société Radio-Canada
Creators: name: Lacoste, Karine
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: Innovation
Radiodiffusion publique
Société Radio-Canada
Gestion des médias
Convergence
Médias publics
Télévision
Médias sociaux

description: Dans le cadre de cette thèse, nous nous sommes intéressés à la radiodiffusion publique canadienne dans un contexte où l’évolution technologique de même que des facteurs financiers obligent Radio-Canada à se réinventer par le biais de l’innovation. L’objectif de la recherche est de mieux comprendre comment s’implante l’innovation à Radio-Canada, et plus spécifiquement au sein d’une station régionale, puisque les conditions y sont plus précaires et que la polyvalence des employés y est grandement sollicitée. Les témoignages recueillis lors d’entrevues auprès de douze employés et trois cadres nous permettent de dresser un portrait détaillé de l’innovation à ICI Ottawa-Gatineau. Des stratégies de gestion adéquates apparaissent comme essentielles au succès de l’implantation d’innovations dans un contexte de convergence où les ressources sont limitées et les employés débordés. Nous présentons ainsi un aperçu de la radiodiffusion publique canadienne en région et nous analysons l’efficacité des stratégies et des choix qui en infléchissent son évolution.
Supplementary document for Feedback-based positioning and diffusion suppression of particles via optical control of thermoviscous flows - 5277739.pdf
Creators: name: Erben, Elena
name: Seelbinder, Benjamin
name: Stoev, Iliya
name: Klykov, Sergei
name: Maghelli, Nicola
name: Kreysing, Moritz
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Classical and Physical Optics

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Die Umweltschutzwirtschaft in Deutschland
Creators: name: Gehrke, Birgit
name: Schasse, Ulrich
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2019
Subjects: Umweltschutz
Umweltpolitik
Kenngröße
Internationale Wettbewerbsfähigkeit
Umweltschutzindustrie

description: Umwelt- und insbesondere Klimaschutz rücken weltweit immer stärker in den Fokus der politischen und öffentlichen Diskussion. Diese Entwicklung schlägt sich nicht nur in wachsenden Investitionen für Umweltschutz nieder, sondern hat auch zu einer wachsenden Bedeutung von Umweltschutz als Wirtschaftsfaktor geführt. Diese Studie untersucht die deutsche Umweltschutzwirtschaft anhand verschiedener Indikatoren zur Produktions- und Umsatzentwicklung sowie zur internationalen Wettbewerbsfähigkeit. Während die Produktion von potenziellen Umweltschutzgütern von 2013 bis 2016 überdurchschnittlich gewachsen war, hat sich diese Entwicklung 2017 umgekehrt. Hierfür sind vornehmlich massive Produktionseinbrüche bei Windenergiegütern verantwortlich. Hierin schlägt sich neben dem gestiegenem Preis- und Wettbewerbsdruck in der Branche auch der Übergang zu wettbewerblichen Ausschreibungsverfahren nieder. Dies bestätigt, dass die Märkte für Umweltschutzgüter, vor allem bei Erneuerbaren Energien, noch immer stark von nationalen Regelungen und Förderpolitiken beeinflusst sind. Im Außenhandel mit potenziellen Umweltschutzgütern hat Deutschland noch immer klare Spezialisierungsvorteile in allen Umweltbereichen und nahezu allen Weltregionen, auch wenn die Vorteile bei Klimaschutzgütern infolge der ungünstigen Entwicklung bei erneuerbaren Energien etwas gesunken sind. Quelle: Forschungsbericht
description: Environmental and, in particular, climate protection are increasingly becoming the focus of political and public debate worldwide. This development is not only reflected in rising costs and investments for environmental purposes but also in a growing economic relevance of environmental protection. This study examines the German environmental industry using various indicators on the development of production and sales as well as on international competitiveness. While the production of potential environmental goods grew at an above-average rate between 2013 and 2016, this trend reversed in 2017. This is due primarily to massive drops in the production of wind energy goods. In addition to the increased price and competitive pressure in the wind industry, this also reflects the transition to competitive tendering procedures. This confirms that the markets for environmental protection goods, particularly those for renewable energies, are still strongly influenced by national regulations and promotion policies. In foreign trade with potential environmental goods, Germany still depicts clear specialisation advantages in all environmental areas and almost all world regions, even if the advantages for climate protection goods have declined somewhat as a result of the unfavourable development in renewable energies. Quelle: Forschungsbericht
Additional file 12 of Optimizing the genetic prediction of the eye and hair color for North Eurasian populations
Creators: name: Balanovska, Elena
name: Lukianova, Elena
name: Kagazezheva, Janet
name: Maurer, Andrey
name: Leybova, Natalia
name: Agdzhoyan, Anastasiya
name: Gorin, Igor
name: Petrushenko, Valeria
name: Zhabagin, Maxat
name: Pylev, Vladimir
name: Kostryukova, Elena
name: Balanovsky, Oleg
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 12 Figure S2. SNP selection scheme.
Butyl acrylate/vinyl acetate emulsion copolymerization: Reaction monitoring and property evaluation.
Creators: name: Jovanovic, Renata.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Chemical.

description: Several aspects of butyl acrylate/vinyl acetate (BA/VAc) polymerizations were investigated in this thesis. Polymerization process monitoring is a key factor in obtaining high quality products with prespecified properties. Therefore, a considerable part of this work was devoted to the real-time monitoring of BA/VAc emulsion polymerization reactions. An Attenuated Total Reflectance - Fourier Transform Infrared (ATR-FTIR) spectroscopy sensor was used for monitoring conversion and copolymer composition. Due to the novelty of this technique, in the first part of the study, the suitability of this technique for polymerization monitoring was investigated. In the second part of this thesis, the knowledge obtained from the off-line monitoring of the solution polymerizations was employed for the real time monitoring of six high-solids BA/VAc emulsion polymerizations. Finally, the latexes obtained in the second part of this thesis were characterized for a variety of polymer properties of interest to adhesive industry. Among the properties investigated were particle size, rheology, dynamic mechanical properties of the dry polymers and the shear and tensile strength of adhesive bonds when hard maple wood is used as a substrate. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Teaching and Learning of English in Libyan Universities. A case study investigating the English language teaching knowledge of Libyan pre-service teachers of English in the University of Benghazi, Agdabia Faculty of Arts and Sciences in Libya
Creators: name: Ibrahim, Abed
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2015
Subjects: teaching
learning
English
Libyan universities
Agdabia

description: This single case study explores the teaching knowledge of Libyan pre-service teachers of English (PELTs) at the Agdabia Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the University of Benghazi, Agdabia, Libya. The study further investigates the ways to improve this knowledge and develop better teaching skills through introducing the PELTs to the Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) method as an alternative to the Grammar Translation Method (GTM) which is a common teaching method in the Libyan ELT context. A mixed method research approach was adopted which involved methods of data collection such as conducting a 7 week English language and English teaching methodology course. I worked with the PELTs in this course both as a teacher and as a researcher to investigate ways to assist the participants to develop better attitudes and knowledge about English language and English teaching through action research whereby I adopted an "adopt, adapt, reject" teaching and research procedure to adopt methodological aspects that suited the participants, adapt those that required modification for the Libyan context and reject those that were not suitable. Other methods of data collection I used were observation, artefact review, pre and post intervention surveys and a Teaching Knowledge Test (TKT) to determine the PELTs' attitudes and knowledge about the English language and English teaching before and after the course. English Language lecturers (ELLs), stakeholders and PELTs were interviewed individually and in focus groups. A thematic data analysis procedure was conducted to reduce the data, highlight its relevance, significance, and then interpret it in relation to the overarching research aim "how can Libyan pre service English language teachers (PELTs) become better teachers of English"?
The seasonal and stage-related cycles of lipid droplets in Sertoli cells in the seasonal breeding mink Mustela vison.
Creators: name: Keeping, Lyndon E.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1991
Subjects: subject: Biology, Cell.

description: The relationship between Sertoli cell lipid inclusions and spermatogenic activity was investigated using light microscopy and morphometric analysis of the lipid droplet content of Sertoli cells and spermatids from the seasonal breeding mink. Tissue was obtained and analyzed each month during a twelve month period to establish the presence of seasonal and stage-related cycles of lipid droplet content in these cells. It is concluded that the amount of lipid inclusions in Sertoli cells varies with the degree of spermatogenic activity being lowest after the release of mature spermatids in the lumen during the active spermatogenic phase and at the time of maximal testicular regression. Furthermore, cholesterol esters are a component of these lipid inclusions and the seasonal changes in lipid inclusions of Sertoli cells are reflected by seasonal changes in the amount of Sertoli cell cholesterol esters. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Supplementary document for Feedback-based positioning and diffusion suppression of particles via optical control of thermoviscous flows - 5277739.pdf
Creators: name: Erben, Elena
name: Seelbinder, Benjamin
name: Stoev, Iliya
name: Klykov, Sergei
name: Maghelli, Nicola
name: Kreysing, Moritz
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Classical and Physical Optics

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Reproductive conditioning and spawning of the sea cucumber Holothuria scabra for hatchery production
Creators: name: Turner, Luke
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2016
Subjects: sea cucumber
reproduction
aquaculture
broodstock
neuropeptide
transcriptome
sandfish

description: Reported in this thesis is an investigation of brood stock reproductive conditioning methods for the tropical sea cucumber Holothuria scabra. The project aims were to advance the field of sea cucumber aquaculture by developing improved methods for the conditioning and spawning of brood stock.
Interactive hierarchical generate and test search.
Creators: name: Xu, Xin.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1991
Subjects: subject: Artificial Intelligence.

description: Most of the search methods used in AI are inflexible. Interactive search is a new kind of search in which the search system can communicate and cooperate with external agents. There are two kinds of agents: human agents and non-human agents. Through interaction with human agents (man-machine interaction), the search system can make use of the human talent of judging the quality of a solution. Through interaction with non-human agents (machine-machine interaction), the search system can automatically exploit knowledge from its environment. An interactive search system has the ability to take advice from external agents. The ordinary non-interactive search models are the special instances of interactive search when the advice sequences are empty. We are investigating a particular kind of Interactive Search, IHGT (Interactive Hierarchical Generate and Test) search, which is established by introducing interactive ability into HGT (Hierarchical Generate and Test) search. To make HGT search interactive, we created an editor called GE (Generator Editor). GE was implemented in Prolog. GE is a bottom level language shell outside the HGT search model which translates advice into dynamic changes of all the three search factors. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Integration of modal and fuzzy methods for agent's knowledge representation
Creators: name: Popek, Grzegorz
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: An application of the natural language in articial systems is not a new idea and follows from a natural need for an improvement of a process of communication between a man and a machine. A system { the machine { can be either a receiver or a source of messages. The thesis focuses on the latter and deals with a task of a generation of semantic messages in an arti cial system. This research follows a pragmatic example for an application of the natural language in articial systems. The example consists of a system which provides textual summaries of numerical data. In particular, an application scenario focusing on a provision of textual description of city-tra c states to an external user of a system is investigated. The research focuses on situations with incomplete observational data in which case the information about said incompleteness is aggregated and conveyed to the user. In the past a task of describing the data with words and a task of introducing the notion of sign of a language into articial systems have been considered separately. Proposed solutions follow two methodologies known in an area of Articial Intelligence. The first methodology is related to the modelling of a binding between numerical data and concepts of the natural language. It proposes to use a fuzzy-linguistic (FL) model introduced by Zadeh in 1975. The second methodology deals with the problem of grounding i.e. the problem of introducing notions of sign and meaning into an articial system stated by Harnad in 1990. In particular, it follows a branch of the grounding-research which focuses on grounding of modal statements with autoepistemic operators of possibility, belief, and knowledge. The theory of grounding enables articial agents to deal with incomplete knowledge and ground autoepistemic operators in their experiences. The main accomplishment of an undertaken research is an integration of a fuzzy-linguistic approach to modelling concepts with a theory of grounding of modal statements with autoepistemic operators of possibility, belief and knowledge. The author integrates the grounding of a fuzzy-linguistic variable with existing mechanisms of grounding of modal statements in articial agents. In particular, the thesis shows that it is possible to design an articial agent equipped with a hybrid mechanism of grounding, which fulfills commonsense requirements known from the natural language discourse.
Moessbauer study of synthetic hematite aggregates.
Creators: name: Dang, Mei-Zhen.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1992
Subjects: subject: Physics, Nuclear.

description: Synthetic hematite aggregates that result from a process that may have industrial and environmental relevance are studied by Mossbauer spectroscopy at room temperature and liquid nitrogen temperature. The Mossbauer results are compared to measurements involving chemical analysis, scanning electron microscopy, and X-ray diffraction on the same samples. Factors such as the crystalline quality of the hematite and the overall sample purity (wt%Fe$\sb2$O$\sb3)$ are followed as functions of the known synthesis conditions. Pure bulk hematite (high quality $\alpha$-Fe$\sb2$O$\sb3$) serves as a reference throughout. Mossbauer spectroscopy is useful in two ways in this problem: (i) it can detect and identify iron-bearing impurities (i.e. non-hematite Fe-compounds), and (ii) it gives much detailed microscopic information on the intra-sample hematite. We find that all of the sulphur seen by chemical analysis probably resides in an iron-bearing compound which, most often, is probably a quenstetite-like material: Fe$\sb2$(SO$\sb4)\sb3\cdot$nH$\sb2$O (n = 9-11). The synthesis conditions are understood to determine both the hematite yield (or sample purity: wt%Fe$\sb2$O$\sb3$) and the intra-hematite crystalline quality, in that these two factors are correlated. Our interpretation of the room temperature Mossbauer spectra resolves coexisting bulk-like and high-defect-density regions whose relative amounts and sample-dependent Mossbauer characteristics can be quantified accurately. On going to liquid nitrogen temperature, a Morin transition is seen to have occurred in all regions of the most bulk-like samples, to have occurred in some regions of intermediate samples, or not to have occurred at all in the samples with the highest defect-density hematites. This illustrates the intricate interplay between microstructural details and cooperative magnetism in hematite materials.
A Positive Transition for Local People in an Area of Rapid Economic Development: A Case Study of the Ban Pho and Bangkhla Districts, Chachoengsao Province, Thailand
Creators: name: Cheevapattananuwong, Pornsiri
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2021
Subjects: land use
food security
social capital
community organizing
EEC Thailand
land protection
Asset Base Community Development (ABCD)
dialogue
Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC)
rapid economic development
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Thailand

description: Globally, local communities and governments are challenged to minimise social and environmental impacts while enabling fair distribution of the benefits of rapid economic development. Since 2016, the Thai Government has pursued a twenty-year national economic growth policy, Thailand 4.0, promoting innovation and stimulating international investment through the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) plan. The EEC plan involves land acquisition that has resulted in relocation, as well as water and food insecurity in major food production areas.
description: This research explores how local residents in Chachoengsao Province (part of the EEC areas) have influenced, and benefited from top-down development, while minimizing impacts on local community in terms of water supply and food security.
Synthesis of Single Isomer Trisubstituted and Tetrasubstituted Olefins from E-β-Chloro-α-Iodo-α,β-Unsaturated Esters and Bergman Cycloaromatizations With and Without a Radical Trapping Agent
Creators: name: Pianosi, Anthony
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011
Subjects: Bergman cyclization
olefin
alkene
trisubstituted olefins
tetrasubstituted olefins
radical trapping agent
photoisomerization

description: Optimized methods for the regioselective and stereospecific synthesis of both trisubstituted and tetrasubstituted olefins as single isomers from E-β-chloro-α-iodo-α,β-unsaturated esters have been developed from previous work done in the Ogilvie lab. These optimized methods have led to the synthesis of trans isomeric enediynes that can be photoisomerized to their respective cis isomers and subsequently undergo microwave-assisted Bergman cycloaromatizations. Furthermore, both cis and trans isomeric enediynes that have propargyl ether substituents have been found to be able to undergo photoactivated Bergman cyclizations without the need for an intermolecular hydrogen donor. A mechanism study has confirmed that the Bergman cyclization products that form without the presence of an intermolecular hydrogen donor undergo a series of 1,5-hydrogen shifts as intermediates. A series of optimizations to these reactions were carried out, in part by utilizing electron-donating or electron-withdrawing functional groups to help stabilize the resulting radicals that form on the intermediates, and thus increase the yield of the associated Bergman cyclization products.
Additional file 9 of Optimizing the genetic prediction of the eye and hair color for North Eurasian populations
Creators: name: Balanovska, Elena
name: Lukianova, Elena
name: Kagazezheva, Janet
name: Maurer, Andrey
name: Leybova, Natalia
name: Agdzhoyan, Anastasiya
name: Gorin, Igor
name: Petrushenko, Valeria
name: Zhabagin, Maxat
name: Pylev, Vladimir
name: Kostryukova, Elena
name: Balanovsky, Oleg
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 9 Figure S1. ROC-AUC curves for hair color prediction on North Eurasian dataset for the four-grades scale. Panel A: results for the 11 SNPs set. Panel B: results for the 33 SNPs set.
Combined Calcium Looping and Chemical Looping Combustion Process Simulation Applied to CO2 Capture
Creators: name: Duhoux, Benoit
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2015
Subjects: Process simulation
CO2 capture
Calcium looping
Chemical looping combustion
Pressurized fluidized bed combustion

description: The new Canadian laws on CO2 emissions aim to lower the emissions of coal-fired power plants down to those of natural gas combined cycle units: 420 kg CO2/MWeh. In order to meet these requirements, calcium looping and two process variants are investigated through process simulations using Aspen Plus V8.2. The combination of calcium looping and chemical looping combustion, replacing the required air separation unit, is a way to reduce the energy penalty of the capture process. The addition of copper as an oxygen carrier in two different process configurations is compared to calcium looping and shown to reduce the efficiency penalty from 7.8% to 4.5% points but at the price of circulations rates up to about 3800 kg/s. The other improvement path studied is the implementation of calcium looping to a pressurized fluidized bed combustion unit. The pressurized carbonator acts as a reheater for the gas turbine and operating the carbonator at temperatures up to 798°C results in a reduction of the energy penalty from 5.1% to 3.1% points.
The underestimated role of stratosphere-to-troposphere transport on tropospheric ozone
Creators: name: Ries, Ludwig
name: Trickl, Thomas
name: Vogelmann, Hannes
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2018
Subjects: Ozon
Wasserdampf
Aerosol
Lidar

description: The atmospheric composition is strongly influenced by changing atmospheric dynamics, in potential relation to climate change. A prominent example is the doubling of the stratospheric ozone component at the summit station Zugspitze (2962 m a.s.l., Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany) between the mid-seventies and 2005, roughly from 11 ppb to 23 ppb (43 %). Systematic efforts for identifying and quantifying this influence have been made since the late 1990s. Meanwhile, routine lidar measurements of ozone and water vapour carried out since 2007, combined with in-situ and radiosonde data and trajectory calculations, have revealed the presence of stratospheric intrusion layers on 84 % of the yearly measurement days. The seasonal cycle for deep intrusions with a pronounced summer minimum seen at Alpine summit stations disappears if one looks at the entire free troposphere. The seasonal cycle previously obtained for the Zugspitze summit is rather well reproduced by the lidar data. The mid- and upper-tropospheric intrusion layers seem to be dominated by very long downward transport up to a full tour around the northern hemisphere in an altitude range starting at about 4.5 km a.s.l. Unless there is a strong perturbation, these layers remain considerably dry, typically with RH = 5 % at the centre of the intrusion. It is interesting to note that, in recent years, most pronounced ozone maxima have been related to a stratospheric origin rather than to long-range transport from remote boundary layers. This fact could be caused by improving air quality in the most relevant source regions or changing transport patterns. © Author(s)
Additional file 1 of Griseococcin (1) from Bovistella radicata (Mont.) Pat and antifungal activity
Creators: name: Ye, Yong
name: Qinghua Zeng
name: Qingmei Zeng
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: Additional file 1.
Projective presage: a grounded theory of baby boomer divorcees approaching retirement
Creators: name: Mackenzie, Janet
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This research has investigated how recent increases in the eligibility age to the age pension have impacted upon the life trajectories of divorced, single women in private rental accommodation, who will be the most economically disadvantaged of all retirees. A grounded theory analysis was conducted of a cohort of women within this category and a model of 'Projective Presage' was developed. This model shows how the affected women have developed a sense of foreboding with respect to their ability to sustain a comfortable retirement. In order to cope with this foreboding the participants have developed a range of cognitive and emotional strategies which are analysed within the model of Projective Presage.
Defining and Quantifying Load and Fatigue in the Rugby Football Codes: Determining the Role of Collisions in the External Load to Fatigue Relationship
Creators: name: Naughton, Mitchell
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2023
Subjects: load
fatigue
rubgy
Sports science and exercise

description: Background: Team-based contact sports such as rugby league, rugby union, and rugby sevens (collectively termed ‘rugby’) are considered stochastic and intermittent, with players completing periods of low intensity activity including walking or low speed running, interspersed with high-intensity activities including high speed running, changes of direction, rapid accelerations and decelerations, and tackles. These various activities (encompassed under the term ‘external load’) completed during training and match-play induce complex psycho-physiological and biomechanical responses (termed ‘internal load’) that post-match require a period of time to return to pre-match levels (termed ‘fatigue’). Whilst the locomotor activities of match-play and their importance to fatigue has been well described, understanding the role of collisions (e.g., tackles, rucks, ball carries etc.) in the external load to fatigue relationship in the rugby codes is an emerging area of research. Fatigue in rugby is inherently complex and not well defined or characterised, having been primarily quantified using multiple objective and subjective methods and metrics pre-, and post-match. The overall aim of this programme of research was to determine how collisions, external load, and fatigue are and should be quantified, and the role that collisions play in the match-play external load to post-match fatigue relationship in adult male rugby players.