cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Challenges in Canadian Cultural Discourses: Multiculturalism vis-à-vis Interculturalism and the Political 'Othering' of Canada's Cultural Fabric
Creators: name: Nassrallah, Mireille
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: Multiculturalism
Postmodernism
Identity
Canadian Citizenship
Culture

description: The process of identification for émigrés in host countries requires an investigation into the “politics of identity”, and epistemological tensions of how identity is conceptualized and practiced in the context of multicultural environments. Indeed, multiculturalism frameworks in Canada have emerged from attempts to manage coexisting cultures living in the nation-state. This research is a comparative theoretical discussion that mobilizes postmodern perspectives to open limited notions of Canadian identity, and describes the potential challenges that English Canadian and Francophone Quebec multicultural frameworks raise in cultural identification for Canada as a whole, and specifically for émigrés. Secondary literature for the analysis of multicultural frameworks is examined with citizenship markers from Census of Canada questionnaires, to conceptualize Canadian identity through discourse. The findings: (1) postulate how the multiculturalist framework in English Canada and the politics of intercultural identity in Quebec intervene in the meaning-making process of national identity and thus impede on the preservation and development of different cultural identities; and (2) discover that both frameworks of multiculturalism and interculturalism, as an institutionalization of social justice and equality, should be reframed or refined due to the limiting conceptualization of cultural identity as fluid. The findings conclude that multiculturalism, interculturalism, and citizenship frameworks may not provide effective strategies to balance the relationship between different groups with regards to ethnic and cultural rights and equality, and that these frameworks should be revisited to account for, and represent, the complexities of identity in Canada.
AN INTRODUCTION OF PRODUCT QUALITY COSTS INTO AN ENTERPRISE ACCOUNTING SYSTEM
Creators: name: Margarita Manichkina, Elena Popova
Publisher: name: TuEngr Group
Year: 2020
Subjects: Accounting procedures
Product quality
Development costs
accounting, Product life cycle
Accounting policies
Taxation.

description: International Transaction Journal of Engineering, Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies, 11, 12, 11A12O: 1-10
Steam Enhanced Calcination for CO2 Capture with CaO
Creators: name: Champagne, Scott
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: Calcium Looping
Carbon Capture and Storage
Fluidized Bed
Oxy-fuel Combustion
Greenhouse Gas Control
Solid-Gas Reaction
Fluidized Bed Combustion

description: Carbon capture and storage technologies are necessary to start lowering greenhouse gas emissions while continuing to utilize existing thermal power generation infrastructure. Calcium looping is a promising technology based on cyclic calcination/carbonation reactions which utilizes limestone as a sorbent. Steam is present in combustion flue gas and in the calciner used for sorbent regeneration. The effect of steam during calcination on sorbent performance has not been extensively studied in the literature. Here, experiments were conducted using a thermogravimetric analyzer (TGA) and subsequently a dual-fluidized bed pilot plant to determine the effect of steam injection during calcination on sorbent reactivity during carbonation. In a TGA, various levels of steam (0-40% vol.) were injected during sorbent regeneration throughout 15 calcination/carbonation cycles. All concentrations of steam were found to increase sorbent reactivity during carbonation. A level of 15% steam during calcination had the largest impact. Steam changes the morphology of the sorbent during calcination, likely by shifting the pore volume to larger pores, resulting in a structure which has an increased carrying capacity. This effect was then examined at the pilot scale to determine if the phase contacting patterns and solids heat-up rates in a fluidized bed were factors. Three levels of steam (0%, 15%, 65%) were injected during sorbent regeneration throughout 5 hours of steady state operation. Again, all levels of steam were found to increase sorbent reactivity and reduce the required sorbent make-up rate with the best performance seen at 65% steam.
QUALITY OF WORK LIFE OF EMPLOYEES IN CORPORATE SECTOR OF INDIA
Creators: name: B P Mahesh, T S Nanjundeswaraswamy
Publisher: name: TuEngr Group
Year: 2020
Subjects: Quality of Work Life (QWL)
EFA
CFA
Work environment and freedom
Compensation
Work-life balance
Social integration
Growth and security
Training and development programs.

description: International Transaction Journal of Engineering, Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies, 11, 12, 11A12P: 1-10
title: Influence of VNTR 2 intron genetic polymorphism of IL-1Ra gene on the development of a duodenal ulcer and erosive gastroduodenitis in children
Creators: name: Ikhsanov, Sabit D.
name: Sergienko, Diana F.
Publisher: name: Astrakhan State Medical University
Year: 2020

description: The evolution of all forms of life on Earth is associated with two fundamental properties – heredity and variability. This definition suggests that under the influence of both exogenous and endogenous factors, heredity is variable.Due to the diversity of allele frequencies of homozygotes, the studied and proven phenotypic picture of the disease often changes. Such changes are inherent in erosive and ulcerative lesions of the stomach and duodenum. Violations of cytokine regulation of immune inflammation are reduced to the study of polymorphisms of their genes.The paper clarifies the effect of VNTR 2 intron polymorphism of the IL-1Ra gene on the course of chronic erosive gastroduodenitis and duodenal ulcer in children. The genotype 2/2+2/3 and its effect on the phenotypic changes of erosive gastroduodenitis and duodenal ulcer were analyzed. The results obtained can serve as additional criteria for diagnosing and predicting the course of the disease. Key words: VNTR 2 intron polymorphism of the IL-1Ra gene, duodenal ulcer, erosive gastroduodenitis, age, children, heredity, helicobacteriosis.
description: Astrakhan Medical Journal, Volume 15, Issue 2, 2020, Pages 37–44
Synchronous chat and electronic ink for distance support in mathematics
Creators: name: Loch, Birgit
name: McDonald, Christine
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: For online mathematics instructors, synchronous communication can be a challenge due to the need for specialized symbols, graphics, or notations to explain key concepts. While software tools exist to support such communication, they can often be cumbersome and time-consuming for users to adopt in online exchanges. As one way of addressing this problem, Birgit Loch and Christine McDonald investigate the feasibility of employing a freely available chat client for the teaching of mathematics to distance students. The distinctive value of this chat client comes from a handwriting or 'electronic ink' tool that allows users to create and edit mathematical formulae and diagrams rapidly in real time, thereby allowing for a more fluid pace of communication. To assess this tool, Loch and McDonald conducted a pilot study in two undergraduate mathematics-based courses taught at a distance; in this study the authors used the client in a series of online tutorials with student volunteers, and they then evaluated the quality of communication in the tutorials as well as the results of a survey administered to the students. The results indicate that while the tool may require some practice to use, it was sufficiently flexible to accommodate both textual and graphic-based communications; moreover, the students found it a valuable resource for online tutorials in the discipline. The authors conclude with a recommendation of this convenient tool as a viable option for online mathematics instructors.
Supplementary document for Aperiodic bandgap structures for enhanced quantum two-photon sources - 5309176.pdf
Creators: name: Dal Negro, Luca
name: Chen, Yuyao
name: Gorsky, Sean
name: Sgrignuoli, Fabrizio
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The supplemental document includes the multifractal scaling analysis of the LDOS in a region surrounding the highest-frequency TM-bandgaps, the spatial distributions of additional scattering resonances surrounding the first two bandgaps of the system
Hospital pharmacists understanding of available health literacy assessment tools and their perceived barriers for incorporation in patient education – a survey study
Creators: name: Chan, Sara
name: Spina, Sean P
name: Zuk, Dalyce M
name: Dahri, Karen
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2020

description: Background: Patients with low health literacy experience difficulty in understanding their medications leading to worse health outcomes. Pharmacists need to use formal assessment tools to be able to identify these patients, so they can better tailor their patient education. The objective of the study was to characterize hospital pharmacists understanding of health literacy and their use of screening and counselling strategies before and after completion of an educational module and to identify barriers that hospital pharmacists perceive to exist that prevent them from using health literacy tools. Methods: Pharmacists in three health authorities were administered a pre-survey and then given access to an online 11 min educational video. The post-survey was distributed 1 month later. Descriptive statistics were used to quantify survey responses with comparisons made between pre and post responses. The main outcome measure was pharmacists’ understanding of health literacy and their current practice related to health literacy. Results: There were 131 respondents for the pre-survey and 39 for the post-survey. In the pre-module survey, 84% of pharmacists felt they understood what health literacy was, but only 53% currently assessed patients for their health literacy status and 40% were aware of what strategies to use in low health literacy patients. Lack of time (74%) was the biggest barrier in assessing patients’ health literacy. In the post-module survey, 87% felt they understood what health literacy was and 64% incorporated health literacy status evaluation into their clinical practice. The educational module was helpful to the clinical practice of 74% of respondents. Conclusion: As health literacy can affect a patient’s ability to adhere to their medications it is important for pharmacists to assess this in their patients. While pharmacists self-reported a high degree of understanding of health literacy, they are not regularly assessing their patients’ health literacy status and are unaware of what strategies to use for low literacy patients.
Succes Strategies of Elite First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Athletes
Creators: name: Jacko, Maria J.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: Succes
First Nations
Inuit
Métis
Aboriginal
Indigenous
Elite Athletes

description: The purpose of this study was to interview elite First Nations, Inuit, and Métis athletes to gain an in-depth understanding of their personal journeys to excellence. Semi-structured interviews were conducted and a narrative analysis was used to analyze the research findings. The three objectives were to find success strategies, obstacles and advice the elite athletes would provide to Aboriginal youth. The main success strategies were found to be Aboriginal elements, focus, mental preparation for competition, parental support, passion, and positive self-talk. Multiple obstacles were faced by the athletes in this study, with racism and leaving home being the commonalities. The advice they provided for young First Nations, Inuit, and Métis athletes was rich and inspiring. The findings of this study provide useful information for aspiring Aboriginal athletes, and for future ongoing meaningful research, that may lead to reducing the gaps in the literature.
title: The choice of antibacterial and antimicotic therapy of chronic endometritis based on the results of microbiological examination of the endometrium
Creators: name: Lyzikova, Yuliya A.
Publisher: name: Astrakhan State Medical University
Year: 2020

description: To assess the etiological factor of inflammation in patients with chronic endometritis, 122 patients of reproductive age were examined based on the results of a microbiological study of the endometrium and its sensitivity to antibacterial agents. The main group was 101 patients with immunohistochemical signs of chronic endometritis, the comparison group was 21 women without chronic endometritis. Reproductive disorders were significantly more common in patients with chronic endometritis – 68 (67,33 %), compared with 3 (14,29 %) patients of the comparison group (χ2 = 18,85; p < 0,001). The growth of microorganisms in material from the uterine cavity is obtained at 60 (59,41 %) women of the main group, 41 (40,59 %) etiological factor of inflammation is not founded in 4 (3,96 %) identified a mixed inflammatory factor. In the comparison group, microorganisms in the uterine cavity were determined 3,11 times less frequently – in 4 (19,05 %) cases (χ2 = 11,35, p = 0,001). In the main group, 42 (41,58 %) patients showed massive growth of microorganisms, in the comparison group, all patients had poor growth (χ2 = 11,37, p = 0,001). There was a high frequency of resistance of microorganisms in patients of both groups to penicillins, macrolides, in patients with chronic endometritis to tetracycline, clindamycin. It should be noted that 41 (40,59 %) patients of the main group etiological factor of inflammation are not founded , antibacterial therapy in this case will not be effective and may lead to the antibiotic resistance. Thus, the choice of antibacterial therapy for chronic endometritis should be based on the results of microbiological examination of the endometrium, taking into account drug resistance. Key words: chronic endometritis, antibacterial therapy, microbiological study.
description: Astrakhan Medical Journal, Volume 15, Issue 2, 2020, Pages 45–52
Alterations in Lipid Metabolism and Exercise Performance During Passive Heat Exposure and Subsequent Exercise in the Heat
Creators: name: O'Hearn, Katharine
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2013
Subjects: non-esterified fatty acids
hyperthermia
lipid metabolism
work capacity

description: Heat exposure causes several physiological and metabolic alterations. Although lipids are vital in sustaining energy production, heat-induced alterations in lipid metabolism have not been clearly established. CHAPTER 1 reviews the known metabolic alterations resulting from heat stress, with a specific focus on changes in whole-body lipid utilization and plasma lipids. CHAPTER 1also outlines the physiological changes caused by heat stress, and their role in reducing exercise performance. The study presented in CHAPTER 2 has shown that, compared to thermoneutral conditions, NEFA concentrations were 37% higher following passive heating and 34% higher following exercise in the heat, without significant changes in whole-body lipid utilization. In addition, the level of hyperthermia attained during passive pre-heating and exercise in the heat resulted in a 13% decrease in total external work and a significantly higher rate of perceived exertion. CHAPTER 3 summarizes the study results and presents the limitations and applications of the study.
Insights gained from a comprehensive all-against-all transcription factor binding motif benchmarking study
Creators: name: Ambrosini, Giovanna
name: Vorontsov, Ilya
name: Penzar, Dmitry
name: Groux, Romain
name: Fornes, Oriol
name: Nikolaeva, Daria D
name: Ballester, Benoit
name: Grau, Jan
name: Grosse, Ivo
name: Makeev, Vsevolod
name: Kulakovskiy, Ivan
name: Bucher, Philipp
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2020

description: Background: Positional weight matrix (PWM) is a de facto standard model to describe transcription factor (TF) DNA binding specificities. PWMs inferred from in vivo or in vitro data are stored in many databases and used in a plethora of biological applications. This calls for comprehensive benchmarking of public PWM models with large experimental reference sets. Results: Here we report results from all-against-all benchmarking of PWM models for DNA binding sites of human TFs on a large compilation of in vitro (HT-SELEX, PBM) and in vivo (ChIP-seq) binding data. We observe that the best performing PWM for a given TF often belongs to another TF, usually from the same family. Occasionally, binding specificity is correlated with the structural class of the DNA binding domain, indicated by good cross-family performance measures. Benchmarking-based selection of family-representative motifs is more effective than motif clustering-based approaches. Overall, there is good agreement between in vitro and in vivo performance measures. However, for some in vivo experiments, the best performing PWM is assigned to an unrelated TF, indicating a binding mode involving protein-protein cooperativity. Conclusions: In an all-against-all setting, we compute more than 18 million performance measure values for different PWM-experiment combinations and offer these results as a public resource to the research community. The benchmarking protocols are provided via a web interface and as docker images. The methods and results from this study may help others make better use of public TF specificity models, as well as public TF binding data sets.
title: Blauer Engel - 40 Jahre
title: Blauer Engel - 40 Jahre
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: Umweltbundesamt
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Produktkennzeichnung
subject: Umweltzeichen
subject: Ökodesign
subject: Umweltbewusstes Konsumverhalten
subject: Blauer Engel
subject: Umweltbewusste Produktgestaltung
subject: Umweltbewusstes Kaufverhalten
subject: Wirtschaft | Konsum

description: Mit der Jubiläumspublikation 40 Jahre Blauer Engel lassen wir Sie hinter die Kulissen blicken: Wie alles begann in den 1970er-Jahren, als es noch Spraydosen mit FCKW gab und der Club of Rome der Welt die Grenzen des Wachstums vor Augen führte. Außerdem erfahren Sie, wie wir das Umweltzeichen zukunftsfest gestalten und schon jetzt die kommende Generation im Blick haben. Quelle: https://www.umweltbundesamt.de
description: Mit der Jubiläumspublikation 40 Jahre Blauer Engel lassen wir Sie hinter die Kulissen blicken: Wie alles begann in den 1970er-Jahren, als es noch Spraydosen mit ⁠FCKW⁠ gab und der Club of Rome der Welt die „Grenzen des Wachstums“ vor Augen führte. Außerdem erfahren Sie, wie wir das Umweltzeichen zukunftsfest gestalten und schon jetzt die kommende Generation im Blick haben.
A Neural Model of Call-counting in Anurans
Creators: name: Houtman, David B.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: counting
anuran
frog
neural modeling
facilitated excitation

description: Temporal features in the vocalizations of animals and insects play an important role in a diverse range of species-specific activities such as mate selection, territoriality, and hunting. The neural mechanisms underlying the response to such stimuli remain largely unknown. Two species of anuran amphibian provide a starting point for the investigation of the neurological response to species-specific advertisement calls. Neurons in the anuran midbrain of Rana pipiens and Hyla regilla exhibit an atypical response when presented with a fixed number of advertisement calls. The general response to these calls is mostly inhibitory; only when the correct number of calls is presented at the correct repetition rate will this inhibition be overcome and the neurons reach a spiking threshold. In addition to rate-dependent call-counting, these neurons are sensitive to missed calls: a pause of sufficient duration—the equivalent of two missed calls—effectively resets a neuron to its initial condition. These neurons thus provide a model system for investigating the neural mechanisms underlying call-counting and interval specificity in audition. We present a minimal computational model in which competition between finely-tuned excitatory and inhibitory synaptic currents, combined with a small propagation delay between the two, broadly explains the three key features observed: rate dependence, call counting, and resetting. While limitations in the available data prevent the determination of a single set of parameters, a detailed analysis indicates that these parameters should fall within a certain range of values. Furthermore, while network effects are counter-indicated by the data, the model suggests that recruitment of neurons plays a necessary role in facilitating the excitatory response of counting neurons—although this hypothesis remains untested. Despite these limitations, the model sheds light on the mechanisms underlying the biophysics of counting, and thus provides insight into the neuroethology of amphibians in general.
Sedimentology and sequence stratigraphic framework of the Lower Cretaceous Bluesky Formation, Valhalla area, west-central Alberta.
Creators: name: Walsh, Warren J. A.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1999
Subjects: subject: Geology.

description: The Lower Mannville (Aptian) Bluesky and underlying Gething formations of northwestern Alberta were deposited during the transgressive phase of a third order sequence. In west-central Alberta the Bluesky Formation forms a relatively thin succession of mostly shallow-marine strata that overlies a thick succession of non-marine to coastal plain coal, shale and sandstone of the Gething Formation. At the end of Bluesky time a marine basin covered much of Alberta, and in the study area this period of sea level high-stand is characterized by a thick, generally northward prograding succession of marine shale and sandstone that make up the Wilrich, Falher and Notikewin formations of the Spirit River Group. The study area is located in west central Alberta and is bounded north-south by Townships 74--76, and east-west by Ranges 7--9 west of the 6th meridian. Here the Bluesky Formation consists of a complex succession of marine and fluvial strata that were deposited during high order fluctuations of relative sea level (RSL). (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Supplementary document for Spectrally resolved linewidth enhancement factor of a semiconductor frequency comb - 5309262.pdf
Creators: name: Opacak, Nikola
name: Pilat, Florian
name: Kazakov, Dmitry
name: Dal Cin, Sandro
name: Ramer, Georg
name: Lendl, Bernhard
name: Capasso, Federico
name: Schwarz, Benedikt
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: supplemental document
"Role of SRY-related HMG box (SOX)-7 in Skeletal Muscle Development" and "Effect of an extracellular matrix on skeletal and cardiac muscle development"
Creators: name: Ebadi, Diba
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011
Subjects: Stem cells
Biomaterials
Transcription factors
Myogenesis

description: A complex network of transcription factors, which are regulated by signalling molecules, is responsible in coordinating the formation of differentiated skeletal and cardiac myocytes from undifferentiated stem cells. The present study aims to understand and compare the transcriptional regulation of skeletal and/or cardiac muscle development in the absence of Sox7 or in the presence of a collagen-based matrix in P19 embyonal carcinoma (EC) and mouse embryonic stem (ES) cells. First, knock-down of Sox7 , by shRNA, in muscle inducing conditions (+DMSO) and in the absence of RA (-RA), decreased muscle progenitor transcription factor and myogenic regulatory factor (MRF) levels, suggesting that Sox7 is necessary for myogenesis. However, knock-down of Sox7 in the presence of RA (+RA) and DMSO increased expression of muscle progenitor markers and MRFs, suggesting that Sox7 is inhibitory for myogenesis +RA. Furthermore, Sox7 overexpression enhanced myogenesis -RA, but inhibited myogenesis and enhanced neurogenesis +RA. These results suggest an important interplay between RA signalling and Sox7 function during P19 differentiation. Second, Q-PCR analysis showed that compared to the mouse ES cells differentiated on the regular TC plates, differentiation on the collagen matrices had a higher expression of skeletal and cardiac precursors, MRFs and terminal differentiation markers. Collagen alone enhanced myotube formation. The enhanced collagen matrix, containing the oligosaccharide sialyl LewisX (sLeX), specifically enhanced cardiomyogenesis. These studies have added to our understanding of the transcriptional regulation of premyogenic mesoderm factors and the role of Sox7 in this process. In addition these studies provide a vision for possible use of biomaterials in directed differentiation of stem cells for the purpose of cell therapy.
A health audit for social entrepreneurship: susteaining innovation in the aged care industry
Creators: name: Hazelton, Lois
name: Gillin, Laurence
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This paper assesses the findings of a study on aged care facilities to act entrepreneurially and support innovation that delivers resident valued services and meets policy guidelines aligned to community and government expectations and standards. A validated and adapted audit instrument is used to: identify the opportunities for corporate social entrepreneurship within the Victorian aged care industry; evaluate the role of the board, management, and staff as care providers in targeted innovation initiatives; and measure sustainable innovation. Analysis indicates that the adopted health audit can both assess the climate for social entrepreneurship and identify the training areas for sustained innovation within aged care organisations.
High-Valent Perfluoronickelacycles: Intermediates for “Green” Routes to Fluorocarbons and Their Derivatives
Creators: name: Hunter, Nicole Marie
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011
Subjects: high-valent nickel
fluorocarbons
organofluorometallic chemistry
catalysis

description: Fluorocarbons (FCs) and their derivatives (FCDs) are heavily relied on due to their wide range of uses (e.g. solvents, surfactants, refrigerants, and pharmaceuticals). Currently, FCs and FCDs are produced on an industrial scale via energy-intensive processes, using hazardous materials. Hence, new catalytic chemical technologies are required to provide cleaner and greener synthetic routes to partially fluorinated materials. The exploration of fundamental organofluorometallic chemistry of base metals, such as nickel, has potential to advance the development of novel catalytic processes towards this end. It has been established previously that zero-valent nickel complexes have the ability to efficiently catalyze the hydrodimerization of polyfluoroalkenes. The reactivity of the intermediate polyfluoronickelacycles was found to be influenced by modifications in the ligand sphere. Furthermore, an increase in oxidation state of the central metal atom was proposed as an additional strategy to increase the reactivity of the M-RF bond. In this thesis, through variation of the ligand environment and oxidation state of nickel, we have further developed the chemistry of high-valent polyfluoronickelacycles. Synthesis and characterization (NMR, EPR, UV/Vis, IR spectroscopy and electrochemistry) of new trivalent polyfluoronickelacycles are described as well as attempts to generate the corresponding tetravalent cations. Attempts to induce nucleophilic insertion of acetonitrile into the Ni-RF bond were also investigated herein. Challenges were encountered with the isolation of the tetravalent cations due to decomposition to the corresponding divalent nickelacycle.
HOW CHINESE MEDIA COVER THE INDO-PAK ANTAGONISM OVER KASHMIR ISSUE: CASE STUDY OF PEACE AND WAR JOURNALISM PRACTICE AND ITS NEXUS WITH FOREIGN POLICY
Creators: name: Muhammad Aftab Madni Memon, Shen Hui
Publisher: name: TuEngr Group
Year: 2020
Subjects: Peace Journalism
China's policy on Kashmir
Chinese press
Pak-India conflict
News Framing
Role of media
Chinese newspaper
Media conflict coverage
War journalism frame.

description: International Transaction Journal of Engineering, Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies, 11, 12, 11A12Q: 1-14
Supplementary document for Spectrally resolved linewidth enhancement factor of a semiconductor frequency comb - 5309262.pdf
Creators: name: Opacak, Nikola
name: Pilat, Florian
name: Kazakov, Dmitry
name: Dal Cin, Sandro
name: Ramer, Georg
name: Lendl, Bernhard
name: Capasso, Federico
name: Schwarz, Benedikt
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: supplemental document
Closing the Gap Together - Connecting Communities with NASA Data through Earthdata Partnership
Creators: name: Elizabeth R. Joyner
name: Hazem Mahmoud
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Closing the Gap Together - Connecting Communities with NASA Data through Earthdata Partnership 

Elizabeth Joyner, Earth Science Data Systems, Community Coordinator, GSFC, SSAI

Hazem Mahmoud, Atmospheric Science Data Center, DAAC Scientist, LaRC, ADNET

NASA User Needs Technical Interchange Meeting (UN-TIM)

November 20-21, 2024

NASA Langley Research Center
Supplementary document for Diffraction efficiency optimization for multilayered parametric holographic gratings - 5309531.pdf
Creators: name: Pinto, José
name: Aylwin, Rubén
name: Silva-Oelker, Gerardo
name: Jerez-Hanckes, Carlos
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Details on optimization problem formulation, algorithm and convergence data
Coordination-oriented architecture for large software systems.
Creators: name: Coifan, Gabriel M.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1999
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Electronics and Electrical.

description: After nearly fifty years of existence, software development. evolved from craftsmanship to science, only lately breaking grounds towards an engineering discipline. The last ten years brought along a tremendous development of the software industry, fueled by a multitude of factors like the exponential increase in the computing power (associated with lower costs), combined though with increasing user needs, expectations, and increasing costs of software development. This rapid advance caught the software community ill prepared and suddenly uncovered what proved to be the two most important problems of the software industry today: how to derive proper requirements for a wide class of applications and how to handle the complexity of the solution. A number of significant attempts have been made so far in order to cope with complexity; taken chronologically, modularization and information hiding, object orientation, design patterns and software architectures are the most popular of them. None of them is complete; for good design one needs to have, along with the appropriate structure, the matching design methodologies, processes and tools. Development of more reliable software at a reasonable cost is more and more of a problem; today's demands from software products outgrow development capabilities. By analogy with more established engineering fields, it is clear that one needs disciplined and well defined requirement management, design and implementation methodologies in order to develop quality software. The purpose of the thesis is to introduce coordination-based design, as a step forward towards managing software complexity on the architectural level and improving non-functional characteristics of software systems: reliability, efficiency, maintainability, and usability. We also provide a critical view on basic ideas, trends and terminology in Software Architecture, develop a framework to define the need for Software Architecture and properly place it in the design context.
Supplementary document for Diffraction efficiency optimization for multilayered parametric holographic gratings - 5309531.pdf
Creators: name: Pinto, José
name: Aylwin, Rubén
name: Silva-Oelker, Gerardo
name: Jerez-Hanckes, Carlos
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Details on optimization problem formulation, algorithm and convergence data
Green Productivity, Sustainability, and the Law: Incorporating Green Productivity into the Policy Cycle and Legal Instrument Choice Frameworks to Address Legal Commitments to Sustainability
Creators: name: Besco, Laurel Jean
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: Legal instrument choice
policy cycle
green productivity
efficiency
natural capital
sustainable economic growth
intergenerational equity

description: Over the past number of decades, Canadian governments (both federal and provincial) have made commitments to preserving and protecting the natural environment and to using its components efficiently in order to benefit both current and future generations. These commitments, this thesis argues, translate into duties to strive for sustainable economic growth and intergenerational equity. One of the key challenges is to figure out which are the best policy tools and legal instruments that are capable of leading Canada towards these goals. Unfortunately, the economic measures typically employed by decision makers (GDP, GNP, productivity) tend to exclude or under represent natural capital, which may lead to decisions which actually degrade and deplete the natural environment and therefore violate the aforementioned legal commitments. One clear strategy to help Canada meet its commitments to sustainable economic growth and intergenerational equity is to ensure it uses its natural capital as efficiently as possible. This thesis proposes that green productivity is a useful tool for improving decision making because it considers the efficiency of use of natural capital a criteria important to helping achieve both sustainable economic growth and intergenerational equity. Green productivity is presented in this thesis as an umbrella term for productivity measures which include or account for, in some way, the (mis)use of natural capital. Specifically, the dissertation discuses three measures of green productivity used within economics: natural resource productivity, environmentally adjusted productivity, and natural capital and the residual. In addition to exploring the differences between these three measures of green productivity, the dissertation shows that they can be used to improve decision making in a number of ways, including as a broader public policy agenda item used by the government to target sustainability objectives. Additionally, measures of green productivity can be used to identify more specific policy and legal instrument goals, in designing and evaluating legal instruments, and in stakeholder consultation. For example, natural resource productivity can help identify leaders and laggards, thereby allowing decision makers to target certain industries or areas which are lagging. It can also help decision makers learn from leading jurisdictions which may ultimately lead to the implementation of new ideas in legal instrument design. The dissertation concludes with a case study of one type of green productivity measure (water productivity) in order to illustrate how the information it produces could be applied by decision makers.
ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE FRAGMENTS AS CATALYST FOR MEANING TRANSFORMATION: CASE OF THE TRADITIONAL CENTER OF BAGHDAD
Creators: name: Saba Sami Al-Ali, Nawar Sami Al-Ali
Publisher: name: TuEngr Group
Year: 2020
Subjects: Historic Architecture
Heritage mosque conservation
Architecture semiotics
Mosque significations
Suq el Ghazl
Mosque type
Mohamad Makya
Mosque architecture.

description: International Transaction Journal of Engineering, Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies, 11, 12, 11A12R: 1-14
METHOD OF BOUNDARY STATES IN PROBLEMS OF INTERACTIONS OF TWO CAVITIES
Creators: name: M.V. Polikarpov, V.B. Penkov
Publisher: name: TuEngr Group
Year: 2020
Subjects: Fourier coefficients
3D spherical cavities problems
Singularity
Stress-strain state
Method of boundary states
Elastostatic body.

description: International Transaction Journal of Engineering, Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies, 11, 12, 11A12S: 1-10
Sedimentology and Stratigraphy of a Matrix-Poor to Matrix-Rich Depositional Continuum in Proximal Basin Floor Strata, Upper Kaza Group, Windermere Supergroup, B.C., Canada.
Creators: name: Popovic, Natasa
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: sedimentology
matrix-rich
turbidites
avulsion
lateral trends
basin floor

description: Matrix-rich strata (20-70% mud matrix) have been increasingly recognized in deep-marine systems. These beds are thought to be deposited from mud-rich flows in a distal basin-floor setting; however they remain poorly understood, partly because details of lateral lithological changes are poorly known. In this study, matrix-rich strata are common in proximal basin-floor strata of the Neoproterozoic Windermere Supergroup. The objective of this thesis is to provide detailed description and interpretation of the lithological and mineralogical make-up and lateral facies trends of matrix-rich strata in in a unit 40 m thick and 800 m wide. Here, stratigraphic and petrographic analyses identified five facies: classic turbidites; sandstones; clayey sandstones; sandy claystones and fine-grained banded couplets, which laterally are arranged systematically from matrix-poor sandstones to thin-bedded turbidites. This lateral change is interpreted to represent a depositional continuum along the margins of an efflux jet that formed immediately downflow of an avulsion node.
Globular clusters and satellite galaxies: companions to the Milky Way
Creators: name: Forbes, Duncan
name: Kroupa, Pavel
name: Metz, Manuel
name: Spitler, Lee
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Our Milky Way is host to a number of companions. These companions are gravitationally bound to the Milky Way and are stellar systems in their own right. They include a population of about 150 globular clusters (GCs) and some 30 dwarf satellite galaxies (DSGs).
Genetic and Expression Analyses of the 'Nkrp1-Clr' Gene Cluster
Creators: name: Zhang, Qiang
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: Nkrp1
Clr
In situ hybridization
natural killer cell

description: Natural killer (NK) cells, lymphocytes of the innate immune system, can recognize a wide array of cells via several receptors families such as Ly49 and NKR-P1. The Nkrp1 gene family encode for C-type lectin-like receptors which can recognize their ligands, Clr, on target cells. Nkrp1 and Clr genes are intertwined in the NK gene complex and are thus inherited together. The Nkrp1-Clr genes in 129S6 and BALB/c mouse strains show significant sequence polymorphism compared to those of C57BL/6 mice while the overall gene organization and gene number are conserved. RT-PCR was utilized to study the expression of individual Nkrp1-Clr genes. In situ hybridization was performed to validate expression results from RT-PCR, as well as to verify the cell types in which Nkrp1-Clr genes are expressed. Surprisingly, our expression studies reveal an interesting pattern of expression of Nkrp1 and Clr genes not only in lymphoid tissues but also in the epithelial cells of the intestine, kidney, eye and lung, the myocytes of the heart and skeletal muscle, and possibly some endothelial cells, indicating novel functions of NK cells in these tissues.
Book review: 'Applied intelligence', by Robert J. Sternberg, James C. Kaufman and Elena L. Grigorenko
Creators: name: Scott, Catherine
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Review of the book 'Applied intelligence', by Robert J. Sternberg, James C. Kaufman and Elena L. Grigorenko, published by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2008.
title: Frequency of normotransferrinemia and hypotransferrinemia among patients with acute coronary syndrome
Creators: name: Polunina, Ekaterina A.
name: Kuzmichev, Kirill Yu.
name: Voronina, Lyudmila P.
name: Polunina, Olga S.
name: Panova, Vera V.
Publisher: name: Astrakhan State Medical University
Year: 2020

description: In total, 104 patients with acute coronary syndrome were examined, from which 63 patientshad acute myocardial infarction and 41 patients had unstable angina, 15 patients with first-time angina and 26 patients with progressive angina. Among patients with acute MI, there were patients with non-Q wave and Q-wave MI, and patients with uncomplicated and complicated myocardial infarction. Among the complications, there were registered pulmonary edema and cardiogenic shock. Also, 20 somatically healthy individuals were examined as a control group. The level of transferrin was determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. As a result of the study, it was found that in all patients with acute coronary syndrome, the level of transferrin was statistically significantly lower than in somatically healthy individuals. The highest percentage of patients with normotransferrinemia was in the group of patients with first-time angina and accounted 60 %. In the group of patients with myocardial infarction there were the smallest percentage of patients with normotransferrinemia, which was 8 % compared to 92 % with hypotransferrinemia. At the same time, normotransferrinemia was found both in patients with non-Q wave myocardial infarction (17 %) and in patients with uncomplicated myocardial infarction (10 %). In patients with Q-wave myocardial infarction, with complicated myocardial infarction, and among patients with life-threatening myocardial infarction complications-pulmonary edema and cardiogenic shock, patients with normotransferrinemia were not detected. Key words: acute coronary syndrome, transferrin, first-time angina, progressive angina, acute myocardial infarction.
description: Astrakhan Medical Journal, Volume 15, Issue 2, 2020, Pages 53–60
Pacific seasonal workers for Australian horticulture: a neat fit?
Creators: name: Mares, Peter
name: Maclellan, Nic
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Seasonal labor shortages hinder the expansion of Australia’s multi-billion dollar horticultural industry because primary producers find it difficult to secure sufficient workers at peak times such as harvests. In the labor surplus economies of Pacific Island nations un(der)employment and a lack of income inhibit social and economic development, restrict educational opportunities and contribute to social unrest. This article investigates the potential to address both these issues through the development of temporary labor programs to allow Pacific Islanders to fill seasonal gaps in Australian horticulture. The authors outline key policy considerations for the design and regulation of seasonal work schemes in order to maximize social and economic development outcomes, protect workers’ rights, dignity and entitlements and minimize the social costs of temporary migration on the home society.
The Foederati, the Phoideratoi, and the Symmachoi of the Late Antique East (ca. A.D. 400-650)
Creators: name: McMahon, Lucas
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: Rome
Byzantium

description: This thesis is a systematic examination of the use of the term phoideratos in Greek and how it relates to the Greek word symmachos. The term was recognized as not precisely equivalent to its Latin cognate foederatus over a century ago by Jean Maspero, but no complete study of every use of the term has been made until now. This has been facilitated by the Thesaurus Linguae Graecae, an online database of searchable Greek texts. These terms are important since they provide a framework within which foreigners came to serve the Roman army. They also reveal the changing nature of that army, and how the foederati, formerly allies who came to serve the Roman state in exchange for a combination of land, supplies, and cash became the phoideratoi, an elite regular unit in the Roman army. Meanwhile, symmachos came to refer to those who were formerly called phoideratoi. This interpretation is crucial since some modern historiography has considered the phoideratoi of the sixth century as equivalent to the foederati of the fourth.
COLLABORATION: EFFORTS TO STRENGTHEN GOVERNMENT'S ROLE
Creators: name: Rustan Amarullah
name: Wildan Lutfi Arieyasmieta
name: Wahyuni, Tri
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 140218 Urban and Regional Economics
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This study uses qualitative research methods with a descriptive approach. Information was obtained from statements by regional officials in official forums that were published.
Perceptions of Be(com)ing a Guidance Counsellor in Ontario: A Qualitative Inquiry
Creators: name: Nadon, Daniel
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: guidance counselling
guidance counsellor
Ontario education
education
conseiller d'orientation
teachers
thematic analysis
orientation scolaire
qualitative research

description: In Ontario, career and guidance services are offered by teachers who have completed additional undergraduate studies. The training required to become a guidance counsellor appears to be insufficient to properly deliver the necessary guidance and counselling services. Many guidance counsellors are still operating as teachers within their new role as guidance counsellors. The aim of this qualitative research was to explore the professional identity of guidance counsellors’ working in Ontario, from their perspective. A semi-structured questionnaire was developed and twelve guidance counsellors were interviewed. Eight participants had completed the required undergraduate studies and four had completed a master’s degree in the field. The thematic analysis revealed four major themes that articulated and explained their professional identity: peer support, contextual factors, professional experience and formal training. The study’s limitations are discussed and suggestions for future research are offered.
Gasetagenheizungen der Arten C4, C8 und B3
Creators: name: Schuberth, Jens
name: Wachau, André
name: Schuhmann, Kai-Uwe
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2018

description: Seit September 2015 gelten für neue Heizgeräte EU-weit einheitliche Mindeststandards; Heizkessel müssen seitdem mindestens den Standard der Brennwerttechnik erreichen (ausgenommen sind B1- Gasetagenheizungen für Mehrfachbelegung). Wird ein alter Kessel ausgetauscht, so muss daher stets der Schornstein für die Abgasabführung im Überdruck geeignet sein und gegen Kondensat ertüchtigt werden, also feuchtebeständig sein. Handelt es sich um eine mehrfach belegte Abgasanlage der Arten C4, C8 oder B3, sind alle am Schornsteinstrang angeschlossenen Gasgeräte betroffen. In einem Expertengremium des DVGW wurden vor diesem Hintergrund Handlungsempfehlungen erarbeitet: Einige Lösungsansätze vermeiden einen sofortigen Austausch aller Geräte an einem gemeinsamen Schornsteinstrang. Sind die installierten Geräte ohnehin schon recht alt, lohnt sich die Modernisierung besonders. Quelle: https://www.energie-wasser-praxis.de/
Estimation of Limiting Conditional Probabilities for Regularly Varying Time Series
Creators: name: Dimy Anguima Ibondzi, Herve
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: Conditional Probabilities

description: In this thesis we are concerned with estimation of clustering probabilities for univariate heavy tailed time series. We employ functional convergence of a bivariate tail empirical process to conclude asymptotic normality of an estimator of the clustering probabilities. Theoretical results are illustrated by simulation studies.