cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
An Analysis of Infant Bouncing at Different Spring Frequencies
Creators: name: Habib Perez, Olinda D
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011
Subjects: infant bouncing
ground reaction forces
skill adaptation
variability
correlation
range of motion
phase planes

description: Infants explore environments through repetitive movements which are constrained or facilitated by the environmental context. The current studies analyzed how typically developing infants bounced in four environments that differed by system natural frequency. Four pre-walking infants (age 9.7 months ±1.8) were placed in four spring conditions with natural spring frequencies of 0.9, 1.15, 1.27 and 1.56 Hz. All infants bounced above the natural spring frequency in all conditions suggesting that they do not solely behave like a mass-spring system. Two patterns of bouncing adaptations were identified. Three infants regulated bounce frequency, while one infant regulated the percentage of time on the ground. When infants matched their bounce frequency to the natural frequency, trunk vertical displacement and joint ranges of motion decreased across conditions and demonstrated a shift from non-spring like to circular spring-like phase planes. Moderate to high correlations were found for inter- and intra-limb coordination. Conversely, when an infant regulated time on the ground, trunk vertical displacement and joint ranges of motion remained the same across conditions and inter- and intra-limb correlations were low to moderate. Phase planes remained circular spring-like for this infant. Asymmetrical loading patterns and decreasing vertical ground reaction forces were found in all infants suggesting that a timing component is always regulated. The difference in bouncing pattern may be indicative of different bouncing skill level.
In-situ fixed bed denitrification in sequential biofiltration: laboratory testing of solid substrates
Creators: name: Filter, Josefine
name: Bosinsky, Christin
name: Kilinc, Sefine Oksal
name: Ruhl, Aki Sebastian
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2020

description: High nitrate concentrations in wastewater treatment plant effluents and aquifers can challenge sequential biofiltration systems in preventing nitrite and gas formation in the sand bed, as well as to achieve the regulated limit value for nitrate in potable water reuse applications. This study investigates the introduction of electron donors in the form of organic fixed bed materials as an in-situ anoxic zone into sequential biofiltration systems. Laboratory batch and column tests with straw, soft wood, peat, polylactic acid (PLA), and polycaprolacton (PCL) revealed incomplete denitrification with a hydraulic retention time below 10 h, high organic carbon leaching, especially during the first three months, and gas accumulation within the filter bed. Therefore, ex-situ denitrification prior to oxic biofilters or in a defined side-stream treatment is recommended. No enhanced transformation of trace organic chemicals was observed under nitrate reducing conditions. Peat revealed a sorption potential for 5-methyl-benzotriazole, carbamazepine, benzotriazole, and metoprolol. © 2020 The Authors
From second board to angels: an analysis of government support for new ventures, 1984-1994
Creators: name: Diemont-Ebes, Anja
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: During the past decade (1984-1994), Australia experienced its worst recession since the depression of the 30's, followed by a no-growth period and an unemployment rate hovering around nine per cent. The awareness of Commonwealth and State Governments of the need for specific policies to stimulate new ventures and support small and medium enterprises (SME's), was increased by a range of reviews which resulted in a variety of initiatives. However, two key national initiatives, licensed Management and Investment Companies (MIC's) and the Second Board Stock Market, which aimed at making access to funds easier for new ventures, failed to provide sustained financial support to new innovative firms. Small businesses in Australia account for some 80 per cent of all businesses and 50 per cent of employment in the private sector. While many factors contribute to the successful establishment and growth of new businesses, a key factor is the availability of and access to affordable finance. The major objective of this study was to identify key success/failure factors in new venture creation and to review in detail the rise and fall of the Second Board Stock Market (1984-1992) - arguably one of the most significant Government initiatives during the 80's to provide access to equity funds. A survey of Melbourne companies listed on the Second Board was to provide valuable information on the success/failure of the Second Board Stock Market and to illuminate desirable Government initiatives meeting SME's survival needs.
Perceptions of women in management: Tokenism, relative deprivation and social change.
Creators: name: Beaton, Ann Marie.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: Women's Studies.

description: Statistics indicate that women in management remain concentrated in junior levels while underrepresented in senior positions (Employment and Immigration Canada, 1992). Researchers have pointed to the effects of sex discrimination as responsible for women's slow progress into upper-management (Morrison & Von Glinow, 1990). Given this disadvantageous situation, the question remains: What activities do women managers initiative to improve their conditions in the organization? The purpose of the present study is to examine this issue while considering a significant situational factor: women's proportional representation. Moreover, the concept of relative deprivation was used to account for women's motivation to take an active role in the promotion of their personal and collective situation. Reactions from a total of 253 women managers were solicited. Univariate and multivariate analyses of variance uncovered four noteworthy findings: (1) greater personal deprivation was expressed among women managers who either perceived themselves as underrepresented or perceived the entrance of no new female recruits in their work group; (2) greater collective relative deprivation was reported among women who held high, rather than low personal relative deprivation scores; (3) the preferred group enhancement activity for women who expressed high, rather than low levels of collective deprivation was endorsement of employment equity programmes and (4) priority was given to the individual strategy, intention to leave, for women who expressed high, rather than low personal deprivation. Theoretical and practical implications of these results are discussed.
title: Norm(ative) Change in International Relations
title: A Conceptual Framework
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Wiener, Antje
Publisher: name: Universität Potsdam
Year: 2020

description: Current contestations of the liberal international order stand in notable contrast with the earlier rise of international law during the post-cold war period. As Krieger and Liese argue, this situation calls for assessment of the type of change that is currently observed, i.e. norm change (Wandel) or a more fundamental transformation of international law – a metamorphosis (Verwandlung)? To address this question, this paper details the bi-focal approach to norms in order to reflect and take account of the complex interrelation between fact-based and value-based conceptions of norms. The paper is organised in three sections. The first section presents three axioms underlying the conceptual framework to study norm(ative) change which are visualised by a triangular operation to analyse this change in relation with practices and norms. The second section recalls three key interests that have guided IR norms research after the return to norms in the late 1980s. They include, first, allocating change in and through practice, second, identifying behavioural change with reference to norm- following, and third, identifying norm(ative) change with reference to discursive practice. The third section presents the two analytical tools of the conceptual frame, namely, the norm-typology and the cycle-grid model. It also indicates how to apply these tools with reference to illustrative case scenarios. The conclusion recalls the key elements of the conceptual framework for research on norm(ative) change in international relations in light of the challenge of establishing sustainable normativity in the global order.
description: KFG Working Paper Series, 44
Face masks bolsters the characteristics from looking at a face even when facial expressions are impaired
Creators: name: Lau, Wee Kiat
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: face masks
subject: emotion recognition
subject: traits
subject: DDC 150 / Psychology
subject: DDC 610 / Medicine & health
subject: Facial recognition
subject: Masks
subject: Facial expression
subject: Emotions
subject: Face
subject: Mimik
subject: Gesichtserkennung
subject: Maske
subject: Gefühlsausdruck
subject: Interaktion

description: Face masks impact social interactions because emotion recognition is difficult due to face occlusion. However, is this enough to conclude that face masks negatively impact social interactions? We investigated the impact of face masks on invariant characteristics (sex, age), trait-like characteristics (trustworthiness, attractiveness, and approachability), and emotional expressions (happiness and excitability). Participants completed an online survey and rated masked and no-masked faces. The same face remained masked or no-masked throughout the survey. Results revealed that, when compared to no-masked faces, masked happy faces appeared less happy. Face masks did not negatively impact the ratings of other characteristics. Participants were better at judging the sex of masked faces. Masked faces also appeared younger, more trustworthy, more attractive, and more approachable. Therefore, face masks did not always result in unfavorable ratings. An additional post hoc modeling revealed that trustworthiness and attractiveness ratings for masked faces predicted the same trait ratings for no-masked faces. However, approachability ratings for no-masked faces predicted the same trait ratings for masked faces. This hinted that information from masked/no-masked faces, such as from the eye and eye region, could aid in the understanding of others during social interaction. Future directions were proposed to expand the research.
Addressing RFID misreadings to better infer bee hive activity
Creators: name: Susanto, Ferry
name: Gillard, Thomas
name: de Souza, Paulo
name: Vincent, Benita
name: Budi, Setia
name: Almeida, Auro
name: Pessin, Gustavo
name: Arruda, Helder
name: Williams, Raymond N.
name: Engelke, Ulrich
name: Marendy, Peter
name: Hirsch, Pascal
name: He, Jing
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This paper proposes a method to address misreadings and consequent inadequacy of Radio- Frequency Identification (RFID) data for social insect monitoring. Six months worth of field experiment data were collected to demonstrate the application of the method. The data is transformed into a linear combination of Gaussian model and curve-fitted using evolutionary algorithm. The results show that the proposed method allows us to improve the quality of data that infer honey bee behaviour at the colony level.
Supplementary document for Manoeuvring natural scatterer system in random lasing action and demonstration of speckle free imaging - 5196764.pdf
Creators: name: Kumbhakar, Pathik
name: Dey, Arindam
name: PRAMANIK, ASHIM
name: Kumbhakar, Partha
name: biswas, subrata
name: Pal, Sudip K
name: Ghosh, Sujit
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplementary information
Mycobactericidal testing of chemical germicides: Comparison of conventional culture with a reporter gene assay.
Creators: name: Zafer, Ahmed Abu.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1999
Subjects: subject: Biology, Microbiology.

description: Infections caused by members of the genus Mycobacterium , particularly Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB), are responsible for significant morbidity and mortality worldwide. On the other hand, nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM), which are found in the environment, are increasingly being implicated in human disease, especially in the immunocompromised. There is concern about the escalating risk of spread of M. tuberculosis and NTM through the increasing use of semi-critical medical devices such as flexible endoscopes and several cases of iatrogenic infection have already been documented in recent years. This concern is further reinforced by the realization that current methods for testing the mycobactericidal activity of high level disinfectants are slow, labor-intensive, non-quantitative and use unsuitable surrogates. Therefore, the first objective of this study was to adapt a quantitative carrier test for sporicidal activity developed in our laboratory to assess the mycobactericidal activity of chemical germicides. The second objective of this study was to develop a fluorescence assay utilizing mycobacteria expressing GFP that would reduce the turn-around time in the testing of mycobactericidal activity of germicides. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
The implications for brand extension when the extension is later sold: using member perceptions to investigate brand extension
Creators: name: Rodwell, John
name: Vieceli, Julian
name: McDonald, Heath
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Heading into the third millennium much has been written about the effects of branding and in particular, brand extensions, on equity. However, little research has examined the impact of the sale of a brand extension. Further, little is known about the impact of brand extensions in organisations that have on-going members rather than customers. Subsequently, this paper examines the effects of a company selling off a successful brand extension on the members' perceived brand equity. The members' perceptions of the parent company and the newly sold brand extension were examined through a series of 21 focus groups throughout Victoria. The brand extension studied did have clear, beneficial links with the core brand. However, the sale of the successful extension introduced confusion into the minds of the members, causing damage to not only the core, parent brand but also to the previously successful extension. Upon analysis, it appears that the key linkages between the core brand and its extension were not explicitly addressed. That is, while the links were there, they were not leveraged. At a practical level, the firms' marketing activities should explicitly leverage the key characteristics of the brand to maximise the success of an extension.
Stefano Calabrese, Neuronarratologia. Il futuro dell’analisi del racconto
Creators: name: Ballerio, Stefano
Publisher: name: Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia - Università degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2010

description: Recensiamo Neuronarratologia. Il futuro dell’analisi del racconto, a cura di S. Calabrese, Archetipolibri, Bologna, 2009.
description: ENTHYMEMA, N° 1 (2010)
Recent Development of Predictive Encoderless Control for AC Motor Drives-Slides
Creators: Zhenbin Zhang
Publisher: name: IEEE
Year: 2024

PELS Webinar Slides

Abstract: Encoderless control for AC motor drives is an important technique to improve system reliability and reduce hardware cost. In recent years, fundamental/high frequency model-based observers, accompanied with vector control technique, has accomplished numerous advances and has been partially applied in industry areas. However, a single fundamental/high frequency model-based method cannot achieve full speed operation, requiring the combination of two methods. Recent studies have shown that predictive control has the potential to replace additional pulse-signal injection because it can accurately determine the output voltage pulse sequences, which can obtain the position information of the salient pole motor by detecting the current slope. This keynote aims to introduce the recent development of predictive encoderless control for AC motor drives. In addition to the expected combination of predictive control and pulse signal injection method, the combined predictive control with fundamental frequency model method will also be introduced.
Maurizio Ferraris, Documentare la documentalità prima del collasso ontologico
Creators: name: Feis, Guglielmo
Publisher: name: Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia - Università degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2010

description: Recensiamo l’ultimo lavoro di Maurizio Ferraris, dedicato all’ontologia sociale: Documentalità. Perché è necessario lasciar tracce.  Nel primo paragrafo sono esposte quelle che Ferraris caratterizza come le tesi portanti del suo lavoro, che quindi sono presentate nel secondo paragrafo. Il terzo e il quarto paragrafo sono dedicati alle critiche: prima quelle che Ferraris fa a Barry Smith e a John Searle servendosi della sua teoria e poi, tenendo conto del dibattito e delle recensioni seguite all’uscita del libro, quelle a Ferraris e alla sua teoria.
description: ENTHYMEMA, N° 1 (2010)
Antonin Artaud : trad-auctor. L'acte traductif à la lumière du « théâtre de la cruauté »
Creators: name: Avci, Alice
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: Antonin Artaud
traduction
théâtre de la cruauté

description: La présente thèse a pour objet de porter un regard traductologique sur l’œuvre protéiforme d’Antonin Artaud afin de dégager sa vision de l’acte traductif et du statut du traducteur. Le corpus à l’étude comprend non pas les textes traduits ou adaptés par Artaud, mais plutôt les paratextes qui les accompagnent (p. ex., préfaces, postfaces, notes, correspondance, manifestes). Nous partons du postulat qu’Artaud considère la traduction comme une forme de réécriture, c’est-à-dire un vecteur créatif dans lequel l’original et sa traduction sont deux entités interdépendantes. En guise de cadre théorique, nous faisons un survol de l’évolution du rapport entre l’original et la traduction. Il s’agit de montrer comment, dans le prolongement de la pensée poststructuraliste, ce rapport s’est inversé pour faire de l’original un texte dérivé dont le sens est tributaire du regard d’autrui. N’ayant pas laissé de « théorie » proprement dite sur la traduction, Artaud a pourtant largement écrit sur le théâtre et le cinéma. Ces deux domaines ont peut-être ceci de comparable avec la traduction qu’ils font appel à la représentation et mettent en jeu une triade quasi identique : le dramaturge/l’auteur, le metteur en scène/le traducteur et le spectateur/le lecteur. Dans Le théâtre et son double, Artaud souhaite mettre fin à l’assujettissement du metteur en scène à l’auteur et au texte, revendication qui s’apparente beaucoup à sa démarche traductive. Cet ouvrage nous sert donc d’appui pour brosser un portrait global de la vision « artaldienne » de l’acte traductif. Après y avoir puisé des notions transposables à la traduction, comme le double, le rapport subversif à l’auteur et le rôle central du spectateur, nous nous attardons sur le message qui ressort des paratextes, afin de mieux saisir comment Artaud s’approprie le texte traduit. La mise en parallèle entre les écrits d’Artaud sur le théâtre et ses paratextes sur l’acte traductif montre qu’Artaud était un poststructuraliste avant la lettre, ayant prévu certains des principaux concepts modernes liés à l’auctorialité. Notre analyse permet aussi de constater que le cas « Artaud » met en évidence le potentiel traductif de l’écriture.
Predictive Control of Power Electronics - Basic Principles and Possible Achievements-Slides
Creators: Ralph Kennel
Publisher: name: IEEE
Year: 2024

PELS Webinar Slides

Abstract: Model Predictive Control (MPC) is a conceptually simple yet powerful methodology to control power converters, electric drives, and large systems, such as electrical power grids. MPC provides many advantages in comparison to traditional controllers including the capability to intuitively handle a large variety of control problems by considering different modes of operation and directly incorporating system constraints and additional requirements. Furthermore there is no need to linearize the models, whatever is known from the system to be controlled, can be used for the model, even tables. The underlying concepts are intuitive, the resulting controllers are inherently stable and, once calculated, easy to implement. Research works have demonstrated that it is possible to use Predictive Control to control electrical energy with the use of power converters, without using modulators and linear controllers. This keynote will introduce the basic principles of MPC, and it is going to point out in which areas further progress of MPC is necessary. Meanwhile, the circumstances under which MPC is superior to conventional (linear) control and the possibilities for the future of MPC will also be discussed.
The character pieces of Clara Wieck-Schumann and Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel: A stylistic comparison of gender traits and idioms proper to the genre.
Creators: name: Lucciola, Iolanda Maria.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Music.

description: This thesis is a product of my inquiries into the questions surrounding women and music. It discusses some interesting patterns about the lives of women composers, and reveals through a social-critical approach the factors that contributed to the isolation and marginalization of two women composers, Clara Wieck-Schumann and Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel and their conformity toward the prevailing norms and values of the nineteenth century. Analysing their character pieces inform us about their lives, style and the era in which they lived and in turn gives us new insights into these women's incursion into male territory. I chose to study character pieces because the character piece as a genre was very common among female composers and in the parlour environment. Understanding that music as a signifier of cultural and socio-political issues supports the idea that genres composed most often by women, such as the character piece in the nineteenth century are a result of the social ramifications that were part of that era. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Supplementary document for Manoeuvring natural scatterer system in random lasing action and demonstration of speckle free imaging - 5196764.pdf
Creators: name: Kumbhakar, Pathik
name: Dey, Arindam
name: PRAMANIK, ASHIM
name: Kumbhakar, Partha
name: biswas, subrata
name: Pal, Sudip K
name: Ghosh, Sujit
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplementary information
Creating a new city. Municipal restructuring: The case of the Ottawa Transition Board and the amalgamation exercise in the Ottawa-Carleton region (2000).
Creators: name: Gervais, Marc.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Political Science, General.

description: The issue of municipal amalgamation has been the subject of much political debate in the Province of Ontario. The transition process in the Ottawa-Carleton region was viewed by the Ottawa Transition Board as more than just a simple amalgamation exercise. Rather, it was an attempt to drastically alter the way of doing politics and business at the local level. Although the provincial government and the Board's objectives and desired outcomes in the amalgamation process were clearly articulated at the outset, the path to their attainment was not as straightforward. Factors of scope and ideology as well as the serious time constraints imposed upon the Board contributed to its difficulties. Furthermore, the Board faced a number of effective prevailing democratic constraints. This thesis studies the decision-making process of the Ottawa Transition Board in order to examine its initial project and the degree to which this project was reflected in the Board's final recommendations.
Cristina Marras, Metaphora translata voce. Prospettive metaforiche nella filosofia di G. W. Leibniz
Creators: name: Reina, Riccardo
Publisher: name: Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia - Università degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2010

description: Si recensisce Cristina Marras, Metaphora translata voce. Prospettive metaforiche nella filosofia di G. W. Leibniz, Leo S. Olschki Editore, Firenze, 2010.
description: ENTHYMEMA, N° 1 (2010)
NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist Poll: August 2020
Creators: name: National Public Radio
name: PBS NewsHour
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2020

description: President Donald Trump job approval (1); Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden vs. Trump for president (1); might vote differently on election day (1); choose presidential candidate for him or against other candidate (1); Trump favorability (1); Biden favorability (1); Trump vs. Biden handling issues as president (3); issues impacting your presidential vote (3); Congressional partisan support (1); Black Lives Matter movement favorability (1); demonstrations around country after George Floyd's death (2); increased involvement of federal law enforcement at protests (1); coronavirus (COVID-19) real threat or blown out of proportion (1); trust coronavirus information from different sources (4); method of casting ballot (1); return to school/work during coronavirus pandemic (2); allow large groups of people to attend events during coronavirus (1); restaurants during coronavirus (2); children's local/school sports during coronavirus (1); national mask mandate in public places (1); coronavirus vaccine (1); Trump or Vice President Mike Pence as president (1).
Taylor rule and structural change.
Creators: name: Demers, Frédérick.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Economics, General.

description: We evaluate the Taylor rule and investigate its stability for the period 1963Q2 to 1999Q4. Using a benchmark model, we demonstrate that the equation cannot be evaluated over this period without taking into account parameter instability and structural changes, which reflect changing monetary policy preferences. Neglecting to allow for at least one shift in the equation can lead to artificial results by ignoring the heterogeneity of the long-run relationship, while it is not capturing the changes in monetary policy preferences. To estimate the equation over the 1963 Q2--1999Q4 period, we follow Bai and Perron's (1998) recent methodology, with which we find evidence for up to five breaks.
Posttraumatic stress disorder and diabetes-related outcomes in patients with type 1 diabetes
Creators: name: Lunkenheimer, Frederike
name: Eckert, Alexander J.
name: Hilgard, Dörte
name: Köth, Daniel
name: Kulzer, Bernhard
name: Lück, Ursula
name: Lüdecke, Blanca
name: Müller, Antonia
name: Baumeister, Harald
name: Holl, Reinhard W.
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Metabolic disorders
subject: Psychiatric disorders
subject: DDC 610 / Medicine & health
subject: Stress disorders, Post-traumatic; Complications
subject: Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
subject: Comorbidity
subject: Posttraumatisches Stresssyndrom
subject: Psychisches Trauma
subject: Diabetes mellitus Typ 1
subject: Sekundärkrankheit

description: Mental comorbidities in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1D) are common, and can have a negative impact on acute blood glucose levels and long-term metabolic control. Information on the association of T1D and comorbid posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with diabetes-related outcomes is limited. The aim was to examine the associations between a clinical diagnosis of PTSD and diabetes-related outcomes in patients with T1D. Patients with T1D and comorbid documented PTSD from the DPV database (n = 179) were compared to a group with T1D without PTSD (n = 895), and compared to a group with T1D without comorbid mental disorder (n = 895) by matching demographics (age, gender, duration of diabetes, therapy and migration background) 1:5. Clinical diabetes-related outcomes {body mass index (BMI), hemoglobin A1c (hbA1c), daily insulin dose, diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), hypoglycemia, number of hospital admissions, number of hospital days} were analyzed, stratified by age groups (≤ 25 years vs. > 25 years). Patients with comorbid PTSD aged ≤ 25 years compared with patients without PTSD or patients without mental disorders had significantly higher HbA1c (8.71 vs. 8.30 or 8.24%), higher number of hospital admissions (0.94 vs. 0.44 or 0.32 per year) and higher rates of DKA (0.10 vs. 0.02 or 0.01 events/year). Patients with comorbid PTSD aged ≤ 25 years compared with patients without PTSD had significantly higher BMI (0.85 vs. 0.59) and longer hospital stays (15.89 vs.11.58 days) than patients without PTSD. Patients with PTSD > 25 years compared with patients without PTSD or without any mental comorbidities had significantly fewer hospital admissions (0.49 vs. 0.77 or 0.69), but a longer hospital length of stay (20.35 vs. 11.58 or 1.09 days). We found that PTSD in younger patients with T1D is significantly related to diabetes outcome. In adult patients with T1D, comorbid PTSD is associated with fewer, but longer hospitalizations. Awareness of PTSD in the care of patients with T1D should be raised and psychological intervention should be provided when necessary.
Stefano Calabrese, La comunicazione narrativa. Dalla letteratura alla quotidianità
Creators: name: Pianzola, Federico
Publisher: name: Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia - Università degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2010

description: Si recensisce Stefano Calabrese, La comunicazione narrativa. Dalla letteratura alla quotidianità, Bruno Mondadori, Milano, 2010.
description: ENTHYMEMA, N° 2 (2010)
Assessing the dissolution of various crushed rocks and minerals for ocean alkalinity enhancement
Creators: name: Moras, Charly Andre
Publisher: name: Southern Cross University
Year: 2023
Subjects: Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement
Carbonate chemistry
CaCO3 precipitation
Dissolution kinetics

description: Anthropogenic activities, such as the burning of fossil fuels, cement production and land-use change have released huge quantities of carbon dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere, leading to climate change. To avoid major threats to natural ecosystems and human societies, a global warming limit of 1.5-2.0 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels is necessary. To achieve such goals, active CO2 removal strategies are required, among which ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE) is a prime candidate. This PhD project has been developed to gain insights into the changes in seawater chemistry during the dissolution of various crushed minerals for OAE, and to identify and tackle potential pitfalls and shortcomings. The first chapter describes the preparation of secondary reference materials for ocean carbonate chemistry measurements since certified reference materials were in short supply during the COVID-19 pandemic. The second chapter provides the first laboratory data for OAE, covering the dissolution of two alkaline minerals, quick and hydrated lime in natural seawater. It also identified the issue of runaway calcium carbonate (CaCO3) precipitation, eventually removing more alkalinity than had been added. The third chapter focuses on the use of magnesium hydroxide (Mg(OH)2) for OAE, addressing the importance of seawater salinity, alkaline mineral grain size, and dissolved organic carbon concentrations on Mg(OH)2 dissolution and CaCO3 precipitation kinetics. Finally, the fourth chapter explores the potential of other alkaline materials for OAE, such as iron and steel slag, by-products of respective industries. While using by-products for OAE could be very cost-effective, the potential release of toxic elements needs to be addressed. Across four data chapters, this thesis explores the potential of OAE as a mean to actively remove CO2 from the atmosphere by studying the dissolution of various alkaline minerals in seawater. One of the highlights of the thesis is the discovery of runaway CaCO3 precipitation, where eventually more alkalinity can be removed than had been added. This appears to occur if specific CaCO3 saturation state thresholds are exceeded which must be avoided as it would eventually turn the ocean from a sink of atmospheric CO2 to a source. Another highlight is the finding that there is an optimum grain size to avoid secondary CaCO3 formation, balancing higher pH levels around larger particles with increasing surface area for precipitation for smaller particles. Finally, the observation that hardly any of the toxic elements that can be present in slag is actually being leached out in seawater, is promising news for slag-based OAE.
Neuroscienze e teoria letteraria. II - Un esperimento di lettura
Creators: name: Ballerio, Stefano
Publisher: name: Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia - Università degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2010

description: Questa seconda parte dell'articolo sviluppa le premesse teoriche e metodologiche definite nella prima parte. Dalle conoscenze neuroscientifiche sulla memoria si ricavano alcune idee che quindi sono ripensate in termini psicologici e usate come euristica per un esame della Vita di Vittorio Alfieri. Lo scopo è valutare se le conoscenze neuroscientifiche, attraverso le mediazioni descritte, possano contribuire all'interpretazione di un'opera letteraria. L'autobiografia alfieriana è quindi studiata per il modo in cui il passato è rievocato e raccontato. Infine, si propongono alcune conclusioni teoriche e metodologiche.
description: ENTHYMEMA, N° 2 (2010)
Home advantage in the Olympic Games
Creators: name: Clarke, Stephen
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This paper investigates the extent of home advantage in the Olympic games. The number and type of medals won by each country in the Modern Olympics is analysed. The total number of medals and gold medals win are highly correlated, and many countries show a highly variable performance as measured by the percentage of total medals win. There is a large home advantage or host country effect. The home country wins about three times their away percentage of medals, and about twice their average in the games immediately before and after their home games. There is also evidence that the mix of medals is richer, with home teams winning a proportion of gold medals higher than both their historical average and the proportion available.
Heart failure management insights from primary care physicians and allied health care providers in Southwestern Ontario
Creators: name: Boa Sorte Silva, Narlon C.
name: Pulford, Roseanne W.
name: Lee, Douglas S.
name: Petrella, Robert J.
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2020

description: Background: It remains to be determined whether collaborative strategies to improve and sustain overall health in patients with heart failure (HF) are currently being adopted by health care professionals. We surveyed primary care physicians, nurses and allied health care professionals in Southwestern Ontario regarding how they currently manage HF patients and how they perceive limitations, barriers and challenges in achieving optimal management in these patients. Methods: We developed an online survey based on field expertise and a review of pertinent literature in HF management. We analyzed quantitative data collected via an online questionnaire powered by Qualtrics®. The survey included 87 items, including multiple choice and free text questions. We collected participant demographic and educational background, and information relating to general clinical practice and specific to HF management. The survey was 25 min long and was administered in October and November of 2018. Results: We included 118 health care professionals from network lists of affiliated physicians and clinics of the department of Family Medicine at Western University; 88.1% (n = 104) were physicians while 11.9% (n = 14) were identified as other health care professionals. Two-thirds of our respondents were females (n = 72) and nearly one-third were males (n = 38). The survey included mostly family physicians (n = 74) and family medicine residents (n = 25). Most respondents indicated co-managing their HF patients with other health care professionals, including cardiologists and internists. The vast majority of respondents reported preferring to manage their HF patients as part of a team rather than alone. As well, the majority respondents (n = 47) indicated being satisfied with the way they currently manage their HF patients; however, some indicated that practice set up and communication resources, followed by experience and education relating to HF guidelines, current drug therapy and medical management were important barriers to optimal management of HF patients. Conclusions: Most respondents indicated HF management was satisfactory, however, a minority did identify some areas for improvement (communication systems, work more collaborative as a team, education resources and access to specialists). Future research should consider these factors in developing strategies to enhance primary care involvement in co-management of HF patients, within collaborative and multidisciplinary systems of care.
Jolyellus Galileo & Martins, 2007, gen. nov.
Creators: name: Galileo, Maria Helena M.
name: Martins, Ubirajara R.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cerambycidae
Jolyellus

description: Jolyellus gen. nov.
 Etimologia: O nome genérico homenageia Luis José Joly (MIZA) que nos cobriu de gentilezas na viagem dos autores a Maracay, Venezuela.
Corpo e apêndices providos de pêlos eretos, os do corpo mais curtos que o dos apêndices. No escapo e no pedicelo com pêlos longos ao redor do artículo, nos demais antenômeros restritos à orla apical e à franja interna.
Fronte larga. Mandíbulas com o ápice bífido. Olhos grosseiramente facetados. Lobos oculares superiores com oito fileiras de omatídios, tão distantes entre si quanto à largura de um lobo; lobos oculares inferiores ocupam quase todo o lado da cabeça, com mais do que o quádruplo do comprimento das genas; região entre os lobos, com 4 fileiras de omatídios. Antenas com 11 artículos, apenas ultrapassam o ápice elitral. Escapo sem cicatriz apical, bem dilatado para o ápice; tão longo quanto o antenômero IV. Antenômero III mais curto que o IV. Antenômero IV um terço mais longo que o V. Antenômeros III e IV levemente mais largos na região apical; demais antenômeros subcilíndricos. Protórax mais largo que longo, levemente arredondado nos lados no nível do meio. Pronoto convexo sem gibosidades ou tubérculos. Processo prosternal estreitado entre as procoxas, com um quarto da largura da procoxa. Processo mesosternal com tubérculo manifesto. Élitros com ápices arredondados e tegumento com manchas de pubescência compacta. Fêmures gradualmente engrossados para o ápice; metafêmures robustos, clavados, o ápice atinge o urosternito III. Mesotíbias sem sulco. Tarsômeros curtos.
 Discussão: Na chave para os gêneros de Desmiphorini com os lados do protórax desarmados (Martins & Galileo, 1998), Jolyellus gen. nov. enquadra-se no ítem 10 “antenômero III subigual ou mais curto do que o IV; aspecto geral mais compacto”. Pelos olhos grosseiramente facetados e antenômero III mais curto do que o escapo aproxima-se ao gênero Inermestoloides Breuning, 1966. Difere pelo escapo clavado, pelos antenômeros III e IV levemente mais dilatados na região apical e pela presença de tubérculo no processo mesosternal.
description: Published as part of Galileo, Maria Helena M. & Martins, Ubirajara R., 2007, Descrições de táxons em Hippopsini, Desmiphorini e Pteropliini (Cerambycidae, Lamiinae), pp. 349-357 in Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 47 (25) on page 353, DOI: 10.1590/S0031-10492007002500001, http://zenodo.org/record/13236463
Umweltdelikte 2019
Creators: name: Gerstetter, Christiane
name: Duin, Laurens
name: Tröltzsch, Jenny
Publisher: name: Umweltbundesamt
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Umweltstrafrecht
subject: Statistik
subject: Umweltkriminalität
subject: Umweltordnungswidrigkeiten
subject: Nachhaltigkeit | Strategien | Internationales

description: Die Publikation "Umweltdelikte" bereitet den Stand und die Entwicklung der Umweltstraftaten in Deutschland anhand der Polizei- und Gerichtsstatistiken auf. Die Auswertung der Daten von 2010 bis 2019 zeigt etwa, dass die insgesamt bekannt gewordenen Fälle von Umweltstraftaten zwischen 2010 und 2019 um 8 % gesunken sind. Aus den Daten lassen sich die Ursachen nicht unmittelbar entnehmen. Ursachen könnten neben einem tatsächlichen Rückgang von Umwelt- straftaten vor allem auch verringerte Kapazitäten für Strafverfolgung und Vollzug des Umwelt- rechts in den zuständigen Behörden sein. Die Publikation ist Teil der vom Umweltbundesamt veröffentlichte Publikationsreihe "Umweltdelikte" an. Die letzte Ausgabe ist 2018 als "Umweltdelikte 2016" erschienen ist. Quelle: Forschungsbericht
description: The publication "Environmental Offences" presents the status and development of environ- mental offences in Germany based on police and court statistics. The evaluation of the data from 2010 to 2019 shows, for example, that the total number of known cases of environmental offences fell by 8 % between 2010 and 2019. The causes cannot be directly inferred from the data. In addition to an actual decline in environmental offences, the main causes could be reduced capacities for prosecution and enforcement of environmental law in the competent authorities. This publication is a continuation of the publication series "Environmental Offences" published by the German Environment Agency. The last edition was published in 2018 as "Environmental Offences 2016". Quelle: Forschungsbericht
description: Mit dieser Publikation setzt das Umweltbundesamt die Reihe „Umweltdelikte“ fort, die den Stand und die Entwicklung der Umweltstraftaten anhand der Polizei- und Gerichtsstatistiken beschreibt. Die Publikation erschien erstmals 1978 unter dem Titel „Umweltschutzdelikte 1976: Eine Auswertung der polizeilichen Kriminalstatistik“. Die nun vorliegende 31. Auflage aktualisiert die 30. Auflage und enthält einen Überblick über die Entwicklung der Umwelt­kriminalität in Deutschland in den Jahren 2010 bis 2019. Sie gibt einen Überblick über diejenigen Fälle, in denen eine Person für einen Verstoß gegen das Umweltrecht mit den Mitteln des Strafrechts belangt wurde.
The impact of the GST on the private rental market - how long is that piece of string?
Creators: name: Ewing, Scott
name: Wait, Kate
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Under the GST legislation, rents in the private rental market will not attract a GST directly. Rather, rents will be input taxed, meaning that whilst landlords will not have to charge GST, neither will they be able to claim credits for those costs that incur GST such as maintenance, real estate fees etc. The additional costs to the landlord of investing in their rental property will presumably be passed on to tenants. The Commonwealth Government has predicted that this will result in private rental increases of approximately 2.3%. [Introduction]
Supplementary document for Meta-grating outcouplers for optimized beam shaping in the visible - 5197218.pdf
Creators: name: Ropp, Chad
name: Yulaev, Alexander
name: Westly, Daron
name: Simelgor, Gregory
name: Aksyuk, Vladimir
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplementary Information
H3K36me3 in Muscle Differentiation: Regulation of Tissue-specific Gene Expression by H3K36-specific Histonemethyltransferases
Creators: name: Dhaliwal, Tarunpreet
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: Gene expression
Epigenetics
Muscle differentiation
Histone methylation

description: The dynamic changes in chromatin play a significant role in lineage commitment and differentiation. These epigenetic modifications control gene expression through recruitment of transcription factors. While the active mark H3K4me3 is present around the transcription start site on the gene, the function of the H3K36me3 mark is unknown. A number of H3K36-specific histone methyltransferases (HMTs) have been identified, however the focus of this study is the HMT Hypb. To elucidate the role of H3K36me3 in mediating expression of developmentally-regulated loci, native chromatin immunoprecipitation (N-ChIP) was performed at a subset of genes. Upon differentiation, we observe that H3K36me3 becomes enriched at the 3’ end of several muscle-specific genes. To further investigate the role of H3K36me3 in myogenesis, a lentiviral-mediated knockdown of the H3K36 HMT Hypb was performed in muscle myoblasts using shRNA. Upon Hypb knockdown, we were surprised to observe enhanced myogenesis. N-ChIP was also performed on differentiated Hypb knockdown cell lines in order to look at H3K36me3 enrichment on genes involved in muscle differentiation. N-ChIP data show a drop in H3K36me3 enrichment levels on myogenin and Ckm genes. The possible occupancy of Hypb on the coding regions of muscle-specific genes was experimentally observed by cross-linked chromatin immunoprecipitation (X-ChIP) on differentiated C2C12 cells and subsequently confirmed by X-ChIP on knockdown lines where the occupancy was lost. A model is proposed that links the observed phenotype with H3K36me3.
An orientation module for online marketing education
Creators: name: Wagstaff, Peter
name: Brace-Govan, Jan
name: Luxton, Sandra
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Universities and higher education institutions are rapidly implementing online teaching systems as both a primary platform for distance education, and as a supporting element for oncampus Marketing courses. In order to maximise the confidence, and subsequent activity levels, of learners using these systems, an online orientation module was developed, based on the first two stages of Salmon's five-step model. It was shown that students involved in the orientation module commenced active participation in their live subject sites sooner than nonorientated students and their initial levels of input into their online discussion forum were higher. However it remains unclear whether the initial impetus of an orientation module has long-lasting positive effects on the online learning experience.
Improving timing sensitivity in the microhertz frequency regime: Limits from PSR J1713+0747 on gravitational waves produced by supermassive black hole binaries
Creators: name: Perera, B. B. P.
name: Stappers, B. W.
name: Babak, S.
name: Keith, M. J.
name: Antoniadis, J.
name: Bassa, C. G.
name: Caballero, R. N.
name: Champion, D. J.
name: Cognard, I.
name: Desvignes, G.
name: Graikou, E.
name: Guillemot, L.
name: Janssen, G. H.
name: Karuppusamy, R.
name: Kramer, M.
name: Lazarus, P.
name: Lentati, L.
name: Liu, K.
name: Lyne, A. G.
name: McKee, J. W.
name: Oslowski, S.
name: Perrodin, D.
name: Sanidas, S. A.
name: Sesana, A.
name: Shaifullah, G.
name: Theureau, G.
name: Verbiest, J. P. W.
name: Taylor, S. R.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: We search for continuous gravitational waves (CGWs) produced by individual supermassive black hole binaries in circular orbits using high-cadence timing observations of PSR J1713+0747. We observe this millisecond pulsar using the telescopes in the European Pulsar Timing Array with an average cadence of approximately 1.6 d over the period between 2011 April and 2015 July, including an approximately daily average between 2013 February and 2014 April. The high-cadence observations are used to improve the pulsar timing sensitivity across the gravitational wave frequency range of 0.008-5μHz. We use two algorithms in the analysis, including a spectral fitting method and a Bayesian approach. For an independent comparison, we also use a previously published Bayesian algorithm.We find that the Bayesian approaches provide optimal results and the timing observations of the pulsar place a 95 per cent upper limit on the sky-averaged strain amplitude of CGWs to be ≲3.5 × 10-13 at a reference frequency of 1 μHz.We also find a 95 per cent upper limit on the sky-averaged strain amplitude of low-frequency CGWs to be ≲1.4 × 10-14 at a reference frequency of 20 nHz.