cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Extension to the three-parameter generalized correlation, and, Some applications to the virial equation of state.
Creators: name: Hsiao, Eugene Yuh-Jen.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1977
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Chemical.

description: The three-parameter generalized correlation (acentric-factor correlation) of Pitzer et al.{128) (1955) for calculating the compressibility factor of pure compounds in the Tr and Pr regions of 0.8 ≤ Tr ≤ 4.0 and 0 ≤ Pr ≤ 9.0 has been thoroughly examined and then extended to wider ranges. By collecting the P-V-T data of 57 compounds available in the literature with data points in the proximity of 15,000, the proposed form Z = Z(0) + oZ(1) of Pitzer's correlation was found to be appropriate. As a result, values of Z(0) and Z(1) were tabulated at regular intervals of Tr and Pr and with the ranges of applicability extended to 0.2 ≤ Tr ≤ 5.0 and 0 ≤ Pr ≤ 12.0. However, in the final correlation, through verifications, four compounds (hydrogen, helium, ammonia and water) were deleted from this correlation so that the necessity of excluding these compounds with quantum or highly polar nature was also confirmed. This correlation was further tested by first comparing the calculated compressibility factors with the experimental compressibility factor data for 12 compounds with 1,556 data points, and again tested by checking the satisfaction of the boundary condition of this correlation. It was shown that this presentation is not only adequate but also more accurate with improving precision for compressibility factor calculations, when compared with published works. The binary interaction coefficients of binary mixtures have also been studied by the use of the second virial coefficient approach. Using appropriate mixing rules to the second virial coefficient correlation proposed by Pitzer and Curl {129} (1957) for pure compounds in terms of the acentric factor, 493 values of the binary interaction parameters for 121 binary systems were obtained. These values indicate themselves well with the fact that the binary interaction constant is a function of temperature, not universal constant.
Laser structuring for control of coupling between THz light and phonon modes
Creators: name: Wang, Xuewen
name: Seniutinas, Gediminas
name: Balcytis, Armandas
name: Kašalynas, Irmantas
name: Jakštas, Vytautas
name: Janonis, Vytautas
name: Venckevicius, Rimvydas
name: Buividas, Ricardas
name: Appadoo, Dominique
name: Valušis, Gintaras
name: Juodkazis, Saulius
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Modification of surface and volume of sapphire is shown to affect reflected and transmitted radiation at THz spectral range. Structural modifications were made using ultra-short 230 fs laser pulses at 1030 and 257.5 nm wavelengths forming surface ripples of ~250 nm and 60 nm period, respectively. Softening of the transverse optical phonon TO1 mode due to disorder was most pronounced in reflection from laser ablated surface. It is shown that sub-surface periodic patterns of laser damage sites have also modified reflection spectra due to coupling of THz radiation with phonons. Application potential of laser structuring and disordering for phononic engineering is discussed.
Revolution in imagery : visual representation of hegemony in Iranian illustrated books before and after the 1979 revolution
Creators: name: Mohammadkhani, Maryam
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2025

description: This thesis investigates the visual representation of ideological transformation in Iranian children’s picturebooks published by Kānoon-e Parvaresh-e Fekri-e Koodakān va Nojavānān, a state-funded cultural institution that operated under the authority of the ruling regime both before and after the 1979 Iranian Revolution. Focusing on a pivotal twenty-year period (1969–1989), the study explores how illustrations in these books reflect and construct cultural hegemony across two contrasting political systems: the secular nationalism of the Pahlavi monarchy and the religious ideology of the Islamic Republic. Guided by Antonio Gramsci’s theory of cultural hegemony and employing Kathy Short’s model of critical content analysis, the research conducts a close visual and ideological reading of four focal Persian texts supplemented by the analysis of 36 additional illustrations drawn from Kānoon’s archive. The study is structured around three interrelated thematic inquiries: (1) how visual narratives articulate ideological and political messages, (2) how representations of cultural identity and heritage shift across regimes, and (3) how gender roles and social dynamics are visually constructed and communicated to young readers. Findings reveal that illustrations in Kānoon books function as ideological artifacts, closely aligned with the dominant political discourses of their respective periods. During the Pahlavi era, visual narratives foregrounded Persian myth, pre-Islamic heritage, and national unity, often through grand historical or heroic imagery. In contrast, post-revolutionary publications exhibit a marked shift toward Islamic symbolism, revolutionary iconography, and visual codes reinforcing modesty, piety, and domesticity—particularly in the portrayal of female characters, who transition from unveiled and public to veiled and domestic figures. By situating Iranian picturebooks within a broader framework of cultural production and state ideology, this study illuminates the ways in which visual storytelling serves as a subtle yet powerful vehicle of hegemonic transmission. It offers a rare English-language analysis of Iranian visual culture in children’s literature across a major sociopolitical rupture and contributes to the growing discourse on visual literacy, childhood education, and the politicization of cultural artifacts. Ultimately, it argues that picturebooks are not merely artistic or educational tools, but strategic instruments in shaping ideological consciousness in young audiences.
title: RM de Cuerpo Completo. Estudio de los Patrones de la Médula Ósea
Creators: name: Picó Fuster, Maria Luisa
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Haematologic
subject: Musculoskeletal bone
subject: Musculoskeletal system
subject: MR
subject: Observer performance
subject: Pathology

description: Objetivo docente
Revisión del tema
Conclusiones
description: Objetivo docente:
Evaluar la señal de la médula ósea en la RM de cuerpo completo,
así como los diferentes patrones de patología que permiten orientar al diagnóstico El estudio con secuencias T1 y T2FS permite evaluar el estado de la médula ósea,
especialmente...
Resource-Efficient Land Use
Creators: name: Fritsche, Uwe R.
name: Eppler, Ulrike
name: Iriarte, Leire
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Ökologische Nachhaltigkeit
subject: ecofriendly land use
subject: ecological sustainability
subject: international policy
subject: Abfall | Ressourcen
subject: Waste | Resources
subject: Boden | Fläche
subject: Soil | Land
subject: Landwirtschaft

description: Given the challenges of future land use policies addressing sustainable natural resources manage-ment and socioeconomic aspects, the inter- and transdisciplinary GLOBALANDS (Global Land Use and Sustainability) project identified relevant international policy options, their synergies and possi-ble implementation, and initiated and supported respective processes. GLOBALANDS identified also “windows of opportunity” to strengthen sustainable land use through international policies based on an extensive screening of the most important international policies - both governmental and non-governmental approaches - with relevant impacts on land use.
A survey of some problems in affine algebraic geometry
Creators: name: Pall, Raman K
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Mathematics.

description: We describe the status of the following two questions: What are the automorphisms of the affine n-space An? Given m < n, is there a unique way (up to automorphisms of An) to embed Am in A n?
Maternal PCaaC38:6 is Associated With Preterm Birth - a Risk Factor for Early and Late Adverse Outcome of the Offspring
Creators: name: Li, Jian
name: Lu, Yong Ping
name: Reichetzeder, Christoph
name: Kalk, Philipp
name: Kleuser, Burkhard
name: Adamski, Jerzy
name: Hocher, Berthold
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Metabolomics
subject: PCaaC38:6
subject: Biomarker
subject: Preterm birth
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Background/Aims: Preterm birth (PTB) and low birth weight (LBW) significantly influence mortality and morbidity of the offspring in early life and also have long-term consequences in later life. A better understanding of the molecular mechanisms of preterm birth could provide new insights regarding putative preventive strategies. Metabolomics provides a powerful analytic tool to readout complex interactions between genetics, environment and health and may serve to identify relevant biomarkers. In this study, the association between 163 targeted maternal blood metabolites and gestational age was investigated in order to find candidate biomarkers for PTB. Methods: Five hundred twenty- three women were included into this observational study. Maternal blood was obtained before delivery. The concentration of 163 maternal serum metabolites was measured by flow injection tandem mass spectrometry. To find putative biomarkers for preterm birth, a three-step analysis was designed: bivariate correlation analysis followed by multivariable regression analysis and a comparison of mean values among gestational age groups. Results: Bivariate correlation analysis showed that 2 acylcarnitines (C16:2, C2), 1 amino acids (xLeu), 8 diacyl-PCs (PCaaC36:4, PCaaC38:4, PCaaC38:5, PCaaC38:6, PCaaC40:4, PCaaC40:5, PCaaC40:6, PCaaC42:4), and 1 Acylalkyl-PCs (PCaeC40:5) were inversely correlated with gestational age. Multivariable regression analysis confounded for PTB history, maternal body mass index (BMI) before pregnancy, systolic blood pressure at the third trimester, and maternal body weight at the third trimester, showed that the diacyl-PC PCaaC38:6 was the only metabolite inversely correlated with gestational age. Conclusions: Maternal blood concentrations of PCaaC38:6 are independently associated with gestational age.
Addressing the Hubble tension in Yukawa cosmology?
Creators: name: Jusufi, Kimet
name: González, Esteban
name: Leon, Genly
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In Yukawa cosmology, a recent discovery revealed a relationship between baryonic matter and the dark sector. The relation is described by the parameter α and the long-range interaction parameter λ - an intrinsic property of the graviton. Applying the uncertainty relation to the graviton raises a compelling question: Is there a quantum mechanical limit to the measurement precision of the Hubble constant (H0)? We argue that the uncertainty relation for the graviton wavelength λ can be used to explain a running of H0 with redshift. We show that the uncertainty in time has an inverse correlation with the value of the Hubble constant. That means that the measurement of the Hubble constant is intrinsically linked to length scales (redshift) and is connected to the uncertainty in time. On cosmological scales, we found that the uncertainty in time is related to the look-back time quantity. For measurements with a high redshift value, there is more uncertainty in time, which leads to a smaller value for the Hubble constant. Conversely, there is less uncertainty in time for local measurements with a smaller redshift value, resulting in a higher value for the Hubble constant. Therefore, due to the uncertainty relation, the Hubble tension is believed to arise from fundamental limitations inherent in cosmological measurements. Finally, our findings indicate that the mass of the graviton fluctuates with specific scales, suggesting a possible mass-varying mechanism for the graviton.
description: 19 pages, 7 compound figures, 3 tables, references added, subsections added, discussion was improved
Understanding Corruption Tolerance A Behavioral Framework Based on Ecuador's Case Study
Creators: name: Bravo, Ariana
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: This study employs a Behavioral Theoretical Framework to analyze corruption tolerance in Ecuador, focusing on socio-psychological dynamics and cognitive mechanisms. It integrates the Theory of Planned Behavior and the Theory of Neutralization to explain variations in tolerance levels. By exploring individual decision-making and cognitive justifications, it aims to enhance understanding of corruption dynamics and inform targeted anti-corruption interventions.

Deze studie maakt gebruik van een Gedragsmatig Theoretisch Kader om corruptietolerantie in Ecuador te analyseren, met de focus op socio-psychologische dynamieken en cognitieve mechanismen. Het integreert de Theorie van Gepland Gedrag en de Theorieën inzake neutraliseringstechniekenNeutralisatie om variaties in tolerantieniveaus te verklaren. Door individuele besluitvorming en cognitieve rechtvaardigingen te onderzoeken,vverdiept het onderzoek onze kennis van corruptiedynamieken ten kan het anticorruptie-interventies.verbeteren.
Evolutionary Study of Android Apps
Creators: name: Tang, Lihong
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Android app evolutionary study reveals the dynamic changes of the apps as it focuses on temporal data analysis. Apart from high-level features, which can be obtained from analyzing the distribution of the temporal data. Detailed evolutionary changes can only be captured through behavioral analysis. Analysts are usually faced with the obstacle when conducting app behavior analyses because they need to have comprehensive knowledge. To address this problem, this thesis proposes a system based on app visualization to facilitate the analysis of app behavior and evolutionary study. Subsequently, two evolutionary studies of Android apps are conducted in this thesis.
Project investment analysis of the Beijing-Shanghai high speed railway: Solution selection and risk analysis
Creators: name: Qiu, Fang
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Civil.
subject: Engineering, System Science.

description: The Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway is a very big and important project in China. Whether it can succeed or not will have a direct impact on the construction of future high-speed railway network system in China and even affect China's economic development. In this thesis, an analysis of some main possible solutions and a deep research on the recommended solution were provided through using system engineering theory and Monte Carlo simulation. First the thesis introduces the background and current status of the Beijing-Shanghai railway and indicates the need for improving its traffic capacity. Analysis of the data generated as part of this thesis research has resulted in the conclusion that high-speed wheel-on-track (HSWOT) technology should be applied to the Beijing-Shanghai corridor. The thesis concludes that HSWOT technology is the best choice for the new Beijing-Shanghai railway, and it is also financially feasible. In addition, some suggestions are provided in relation to the effective implementation of the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Heterocorixa hesperia subsp. hesperia
Creators: name: Santos, Suzane Evaristo Dos
name: Barbosa, Julianna Freires
name: Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo
name: Couceiro, Sheyla Regina Marques
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Corixidae
Heterocorixa
Heterocorixa hesperia
Heterocorixa hesperia hesperia (white, 1879)

description: Heterocorixa hesperia hesperia (White, 1879)
(Fig. 13A–B)
Corixa (Heterocorixa) hesperia White, 1879: 273 (original description)
Heterocorixa hesperia hesperia: Hungerford (1948): 110 –112 (combination change; nominal subspecies)
Distribution. Brazil: Pará (White 1879; Hungerford 1928, 1948; Lundblad 1928a; Nieser 1970a).
Distribution in Pará. Prainha (White 1879; Hungerford 1928, 1948; Lundblad 1928a; Nieser 1970a).
Comments. Hungerford (1948: plate XX) included Bolivia and the Brazilian states of Goiás and Rio Grande do Norte when mapping the distribution of H. h. hesperia. However, he did not mention examining any material from these areas and Nieser (1975) doubted that specimens from these localities belonged to this subspecies.
description: Published as part of Santos, Suzane Evaristo Dos, Barbosa, Julianna Freires, Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo & Couceiro, Sheyla Regina Marques, 2025, Corixoidea and Notonectidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Nepomorpha) of Pará, Brazil, with new records from the western portion of the state, pp. 275-304 in Zootaxa 5627 (2) on page 278, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5627.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/15325988
Comparing Gene Silencing and Physiochemical Properties in siRNA Bound Cationic Star-Polymer Complexes
Creators: name: Dearnley, Megan
name: Reynolds, Nicholas
name: Cass, Peter
name: Wei, Xiaohu
name: Shi, Shuning
name: Mohammed, A. Aalam
name: Le, Tam
name: Gunatillake, Pathiraja
name: Tizard, Mark L.
name: Thang, San H.
name: Hinton, Tracey M.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The translation of siRNA into clinical therapies has been significantly delayed by issues surrounding the delivery of naked siRNA to target cells. Here we investigate siRNA delivery by cationic acrylic polymers developed by Reversible Addition Fragmentation chain Transfer (RAFT) mediated free radical polymerization. We investigated cell uptake and gene silencing of a series of siRNA-star polymer complexes both in the presence and absence of a protein "corona". Using a multidisciplinary approach including quantitative nanoscale mechanical-atomic force microscopy, dynamic light scattering and nanoparticle tracking analysis we have characterized the nanoscale morphology, stiffness, and surface charge of the complexes with and without the protein corona. This is one of the first examples of a comprehensive physiochemical analysis of siRNA-polymer complexes being performed alongside in vitro biological assays, allowing us to describe a set of desirable physical features of cationic polymer complexes that promote gene silencing. Multifaceted studies such as this will improve our understanding of structure function relationships in nanotherapeutics, facilitating the rational design of polymer-mediated siRNA delivery systems for novel treatment strategies.
title: Revisión radiológica de los tumores más frecuentes del ángulo ponto-cerebeloso. Claves diagnósticas.
Creators: name: Castañón Martinez, Rocio
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: CT
subject: MR
subject: Neuroradiology brain
subject: Head and neck
subject: Anatomy

description: Objetivo docente
Revisión del tema
Conclusiones
description: Objetivo docente:
Pretendemos,
mediante el presente trabajo,
realizar una revisión de los tumores más frecuentes que aparecen en el ángulo ponto-cerebeloso,
enumerando aquellos de menor frecuencia.
El objetivo no es realizar un estudio exhaustivo de los...
Supplementary document for Ultrabroadband Nonlinear Optics in Nanophotonic Periodically Poled Lithium Niobate Waveguides - 4166195.pdf
Creators: name: Jankowski, Marc
name: Langrock, Carsten
name: Desiatov, Boris
name: Marandi, Alireza
name: Wang, Cheng
name: Zhang, Mian
name: Phillips, Christopher
name: Loncar, Marko
name: Fejer, Martin
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplemental Document - Derivation of Nonlinear Coupling
Auswirkungen der verschiedenen NEC-Abschätzungen auf die Immissionen in Deutschland
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Feinstaub
subject: Luftverunreinigende Partikel
subject: Luftreinhaltemaßnahme
subject: Luft
subject: Air

description: Ziel des vom Umweltbundesamt vergebenen Projektes ist es, emissionsmindernde Maßnahmen zur Reduzierung der Feinstaubbelastung zu identifizieren, um die gegenwärtig noch auftretenden Überschreitungen der PM10-Grenzwerte und des geplanten PM2.5-Grenzwerts zukünftig zu vermeiden. Die immissionsseitigen Auswirkungen der geplanten Maßnahmen sollen mit Ausbreitungsrechnungen auf der Basis von Chemie-Aerosol-Transportmodellen bestimmt werden. Als Ausbreitungsmodell wird hauptsächlich das im Institut für Meteorologie der Freien Universität mit Unterstützung des Umweltbundesamts entwickelte REM-CALGRID-Modell verwendet.
Quelle: www.umweltbundesamt.de
description: Ziel des vom Umweltbundesamt vergebenen Projektes ist es, emissionsmindernde Maßnahmen zur Reduzierung der Feinstaubbelastung zu identifizieren, um die gegenwärtig noch auftretenden Überschreitungen der ⁠PM10⁠-Grenzwerte und des geplanten PM2.5-Grenzwerts zukünftig zu vermeiden. Die immissionsseitigen Auswirkungen der geplanten Maßnahmen sollen mit Ausbreitungsrechnungen auf der Basis von Chemie-Aerosol-Transportmodellen bestimmt werden. Als Ausbreitungsmodell wird hauptsächlich das im Institut für Meteorologie der Freien Universität mit Unterstützung des Umweltbundesamts entwickelte REM-CALGRID-Modell verwendet.
OIKONET Newsletters
Creators: name: Pifko, Henrich
name: Joklova, Viera
name: Madrazo, Leandro
name: Salgado, Marta
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Housing
subject: Housing
subject: Urban studies
subject: Urban planning
subject: Environmental sustainability
subject: Education
subject: Learning
subject: Educational Technology/education
subject: Information Dissemination
subject: Newsletter

description: The OIKONET Newsletters were one of the ways of communicating project activities. They were sent to the subscribers and their copy was archived and then made available through the project website. Regular issues published past and upcoming events and activities, and special releases informed readers about the project conferences. They were distributed during the project lifetime at a rate of three per year to a growing subscriber list.

Six regular and three special issues were distributed during the project:- 1 May 2014: http://www.oikonet.org/public/newsletter/newsletter_1.html - 2 September 2014:http://www.oikonet.org/public/newsletter/newsletter_2.html - 3 April 2015: http://www.oikonet.org/public/newsletter/newsletter_3.html - 4 October 2015:http://www.oikonet.org/public/newsletter/newsletter_4.html - 5 May 2016: http://www.oikonet.org/public/newsletter/newsletter_5.html - 6 February 2017:http://www.oikonet.org/public/newsletter/newsletter_6.html

In addition, there were three special issues to promote the three international conferences:- Barcelona International Conference: http://www.oikonet.org/public/communications/conference_barcelona.html - Bratislava International Conference: http://www.oikonet.org/public/communications/conference_bratislava.html - Manchester International Conference (updated): http://www.oikonet.org/public/communications/conference_manchester.html

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Peatlands, forests and the climate architecture: setting incentives through markets and enhanced accounting
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Forstwirtschaft
subject: LULUCF [Kyoto-Protokoll]
subject: Europäisches Emissionshandelssystem
subject: Peatlands
subject: agriculture and forestry
subject: LULUCF
subject: Policy approaches
subject: New Market Mechanisms
subject: REDD plus
subject: EU ETS
subject: Effort Sharing Decision
subject: Klima | Energie
subject: Climate | Energy

description: The study explores policy options to map and integrate greenhouse gas (GHG) sensitive interventions in peatlands and forests in the emerging climate change architecture both under the UNFCCC and at theEUlevel. The underlying purpose is to present incentives for tapping into the vast emission reduction potential presented by peatlands and forests, and to feed the results into the on-going climate negotiations of the 2015 agreement.Quelle: https://www.umweltbundesamt.de
description: The study explores policy options to map and integrate greenhouse gas (GHG) sensitive interventions in peatlands and forests in the emerging climate change architecture both under the ⁠UNFCCC⁠ and at the EU level. The underlying purpose is to present incentives for tapping into the vast emission reduction potential presented by peatlands and forests, and to feed the results into the on-going climate negotiations of the 2015 agreement.
title: Hemodynamic Consequences of Malignant Ascites in Epithelial Ovarian Cancer Surgery
title: A Prospective Substudy of a Randomized Controlled Trial
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Hunsicker, Oliver
name: Fotopoulou, Christina
name: Pietzner, Klaus
name: Koch, Mandy
name: Krannich, Alexander
name: Sehouli, Jalid
name: Spies, Claudia
name: Feldheiser, Aarne
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Malignant ascites (MA) is most commonly observed in patients scheduled for epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) surgery and is supposed as a major risk factor promoting perioperative hemodynamic deterioration. We aimed to assess the hemodynamic consequences of MA on systemic circulation in patients undergoing cytoreductive EOC surgery. This study is a predefined post-hoc analysis of a randomized controlled pilot trial comparing intravenous solutions within a goal-directed algorithm to optimize hemodynamic therapy in patients undergoing cytoreductive EOC surgery. Ascites was used to stratify the EOC patients prior to randomization in the main study. We analyzed 2 groups according to the amount of ascites (NLAS: none or low ascites [<500 mL] vs HAS: high ascites group [>500 mL]). Differences in hemodynamic variables with respect to time were analyzed using nonparametric analysis for longitudinal data and multivariate generalized estimating equation adjusting the analysis for the randomized study groups of the main study. A total of 31 patients in the NLAS and 16 patients in the HAS group were analyzed. Although cardiac output was not different between groups suggesting a similar circulatory blood flow, the HAS group revealed higher heart rates and lower stroke volumes during surgery. There were no differences in pressure-based hemodynamic variables. In the HAS group, fluid demands, reflected by the time to reindication of a fluid challenge after preload optimization, increased steadily, whereas stroke volume could not be maintained at baseline resulting in hemodynamic instability after 1.5 h of surgery. In contrast, in the NLAS group fluid demands were stable and stroke volume could be maintained during surgery. Clinically relevant associations of the type of fluid replacement with hemodynamic consequences were particularly observed in the HAS group, in which transfusion of fresh frozen plasma (FFP) was associated to an improved circulatory flow and reduced vasopressor and fluid demands, whereas the administration of artificial infusion solutions was related to opposite effects. Malignant ascites >500 mL implies increased fluid demands and substantial alterations in circulatory blood flow during cancer surgery. Fresh frozen plasma transfusion promotes recovering hemodynamic stability in patients with malignant ascites >500 mL, in whom artificial infusion solutions could not prevent from hemodynamic deterioration.
The Health Impacts of Rail Transit Investment : Synthesis of Evidence and Methodologies to Date
Creators: name: Frank, Lawrence D.
name: Hong, Andy
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2018

description: On March 6th, 2018, 12 researchers from across North America were brought together to form an expert panel focus group on the causal relationship between rail transit investment, health and other related topics. Findings of the panel discussion are grouped into three sections: (I) What to study; (II) Who to study; and, (III) How to study. The discussion in the first section is divided into subjects related to a topic, and subjects related to gaps and opportunities in research methodology. In terms of topics, the main themes were: health, equity, new transportation technology, and economic development. The main gaps and opportunities identified were in areas of co-investments, co-exposures, and control group selection. In the second section, the main themes were vulnerable populations (physical and economic), easiest to study populations (commuters and fare card users), and populations who can provide the most insight (choice riders, and small business owners around transit). Finally, in the third section, the main themes were in regard to the recruitment methodology, data collection, study design, and transferability of findings. These findings are to bolster an existing literature review to help guide future research.
Optical and radio astrometry of the galaxy associated with FRB 150418
Creators: name: Bassa, C. G.
name: Beswick, R.
name: Tingay, S. J.
name: Keane, E. F.
name: Bhandari, S.
name: Johnston, S.
name: Totani, T.
name: Tominaga, N.
name: Yasuda, N.
name: Stappers, B. W.
name: Barr, Ewan
name: Kramer, M.
name: Possenti, A.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: A fading radio source, coincident in time and position with the fast radio burst FRB 150418, has been associated with the galaxy WISE J071634.59-190039.2. Subsequent observations of this galaxy have revealed that it contains a persistent, but variable, radio source. We present e-Multi-Element Radio Linked Interferometer Network, Very Long Baseline Array, and Australia Telescope Compact Array radio observations and Subaru optical observations of WISE J071634.59-190039.2 and find that the persistent radio source is unresolved and must be compact (<0.01 kpc), and that its location is consistent with the optical centre of the galaxy. We conclude that it is likely that WISE J071634.59-190039.2 contains a weak radio active galactic nucleus.
Design and Fabrication of Multi-parameter Graphene Sensors
Creators: name: Zhang, Yachu
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The thesis has proposed and achieved a graphene sensor that can simultaneously monitor pressure changes and temperature changes for the first time. Taking advantage of the sensor's multi-parameter sensing capability, the sensor can be used in a wide range of applications that can benefit a variety of industries. For example, it can be applied to the construction industry to monitor the health of structures or to agriculture to monitor the cultivation of crops.
Dinitrogen activation promoted by medium-valent vanadium. Strategies for the preparation of complexes containing medium-valent vanadium supported by sulfur-containing ligands: A synthetic and theoretical study.
Creators: name: Feghali, Khalil.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: Chemistry, Inorganic.

description: $\rm \{\lbrack (TMS)NCH\sb2CH\sb2\rbrack\sb2N(TMS)\}\sb2V\sb2(\mu$-Cl)$\sb2$ was prepared by reaction of $\rm VCl\sb3(THF)\sb3$ with the corresponding amide, and then reacted with sulfur to yield what it is thought to be $\rm\{\lbrack (TMS)NCH\sb2CH\sb2\rbrack\sb2N(TMS)\}\sb2V\sb2(\mu$-S)$\sb2.$ X-ray crystallographic analysis was not possible due to the poor quality of the crystals. However reaction of $\rm\lbrack (Me\sb3Si)\sb2N\rbrack\sb2VCI(THF)$ with S$\sb8$ yielded crystals of $\rm\{\lbrack (Me\sb3Si\sb2N\rbrack\sb2V\}\sb2(\mu$-S)$\sb2\}.$ On the other hand reaction of $\rm VCl\sb2(TMEDA)\sb2$ with S$\sb8$ led to the formation of $\rm VCl\sb3(TMEDA)(THF)$ and $\rm V\sb3S\sb7Cl(TMEDA)\sb3$ which precipitated as a black powder. Reaction of $\rm V\sb3S\sb7Cl(TMEDA)\sb3$ with mercaptopyridine led to the formation of $\rm\lbrack V\sb3(\mu\sb3$-Cl)-($\mu$-$\rm S\sb2)\sb3\rbrack (Psy)\sb3Li(THF)\sb4$ meanwhile the reaction of $\rm Me\sb3Si\sb2NLi$ yielded a high valent tetrameric structure $\rm \{\lbrack (TMS)\sb2N\rbrack VS\sb3Li(THF)\sb2Li\}\sb4$ complex. Alternative sources of sulfur atoms such as diphenyl disulfide was also used. In that particular case the reaction yielded a dimer which the X-ray structure confirmed as $\rm (TMEDA)\sb2V\sb2Cl\sb2(\mu$-SPh)$\sb2(\mu$-Cl). Ab initio and extended Huckel calculations were carried out on several clusters in order to understand the electronic structures of the complexes and the interactions between the metal centers. Calculations on a vanadium-sulfur cubane cluster revealed the presence of an intricate "web" of molecular orbitals showing electronic communication between all four metallic centers.
Le droit international de l'environnement et le droit économique : vers une meilleure protection des ressources.
Creators: name: Blais, Denise.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: Law.

description: A l'aube de l'an 2000, la planete terre fait face a une crise environnementale majeure: le droit de l'environnement doit trouver des solutions etficaces pour assurer la conservation des ressources et la protection de l'environnement global pour les generations presentes et futures. D'autre part, le droit economique vise a promouvoir le developpement en favorisant la liberalisation des echanges commerciaux. Celle-ci peuf toutefois comporter des implications majeures pour l'environnement, notamment parce que la production des biens entrai ne la surexploitation des ressources, et parce que l'utilisation des technologies industrielles cause, trop souvent, la degradation de l'environnement. Le systeme des relations economiques ne tient pas compte de ces problemes fondamentaux et aucun regime coherent de conservation des ressources n'existe en droit international. Dans ce contexte, le concept de developpement durable propose aux Etats une ligne de conduite rationnelle aux Etats permettant de concilier la conservation des ressources pour les generations presentes et futures et leur utilisation dans le cadre du developpement economique. Toutefois, un encadrement juridique international constitue un element essentiel pour favoriser l'evolution et l'application du concept de developpement durable, et ce, en vue d'une une meilleure protection des ressources.
Knowing one’s place : orientation, participation, and lagos novels.
Creators: name: Atolagbe, Olusegun
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2025

description: My thesis engages anew with the representation and storyworld of Lagos in two major contemporary Nigerian city novels. Since 1954 to the present, the ways in which Lagos has manifested in literary imagination have often given it a larger-than-life presence. Scholarly debates around the spatial representation of Lagos have led to a number of affective approaches, which focus on structures of entropy, estrangement, and the ungraspable. In contrast, the twenty-first-century city novels explored in this thesis present a distinct narratological shift. Adopting the socio-spatial dialectic phrase “knowing one’s place” to read Everyday is for the Thief (2007) by Teju Cole and Welcome to Lagos (2017) by Chibundu Onuzo, this thesis offers a spatio-temporal aesthetic practices of "Orientation" and "Participation" as a strategy and tactic, respectively, for readers to think with Lagos city novels and African cities. My MA thesis begins with the introduction, where I regard the notion of knowing one’s place as an appreciation of the possibilities and potential of the urban built environment, as well as a reading process. I also define the concepts of orientation and participation here. The first research chapter, titled “Orientation,” focuses on Teju Cole’s novel to investigate how the narrator is immersed in the psychogeography of Lagos. Through a spatial orientation of the city’s signs, symbols, taxis, places, buildings, and individuals, the narrator finds their way in the labyrinth of Lagos. “Participation” is the second research chapter, where I turn to Chibundu Onuzo’s novel. Here, I show how five diverse characters collectively interact with the city of Lagos through autogestion and participatory practices. Finally, the concluding section, from the angle of “Lagos Thought,” reflects on my interdisciplinary analysis of the two city novels to answer: what does it mean to think with the city, and how can location be used to the best advantage of a story? Ultimately, my work contributes to the narratology and representations of Lagos novels in the twenty-first century. Offering the ideas of orientation and participation, I propose them as urban thought to inquire Lagos city novels.
La femme rudérale suivi d'une réflexion sur le carnet littéraire
Creators: name: Plante, Marie-Aude
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Literature, Canadian (French).

description: La présente thèse en création littéraire comporte deux parties. La première est constituée d'un carnet littéraire intitulé La femme rudérale qui présente des pensées, réflexions, anecdotes, morceaux de poésie, sous forme de fragments, composés au gré des jours et des semaines, sans ordre préétabli. L'objectif était d'étudier, par le biais d'une expérience concrète et réelle, les tenants et aboutissants du carnet, tant comme outil de travail de l'écrivain que comme objet littéraire en soi. Nous avons ensuite procédé à un travail de regroupement des fragments en différentes sections, signe d'un désir d'organisation du carnet sous-jacent au processus de rédaction aléatoire. La seconde partie comporte deux grands chapitres. Le premier consiste en une synthèse de la situation du carnet dans le champ des études littéraires: il y sera question de l'apport du carnet à la critique génétique et de la place du carnet dans les études génériques. Nous aborderons aussi les notions de fragmentation, d'hybridité générique, de formes brèves, d'instantané, tout en réfléchissant sur le caractère transitoire et paradoxal de la pratique du carnet à partir d'un corpus québécois. Le second chapitre fera l'objet d'une réflexion de type introspectif sur notre expérience de création et répondra à quelques questions laissées en suspens dans le chapitre précédent.
Play Guessing Game with LLM: Indirect Jailbreak Attack with Implicit Clues
Creators: name: Chang, Zhiyuan
name: Li, Mingyang
name: Liu, Yi
name: Wang, Junjie
name: Wang, Qing
name: Liu, Yang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Cryptography and Security (cs.CR)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Human-Computer Interaction (cs.HC)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: With the development of LLMs, the security threats of LLMs are getting more and more attention. Numerous jailbreak attacks have been proposed to assess the security defense of LLMs. Current jailbreak attacks primarily utilize scenario camouflage techniques. However their explicitly mention of malicious intent will be easily recognized and defended by LLMs. In this paper, we propose an indirect jailbreak attack approach, Puzzler, which can bypass the LLM's defense strategy and obtain malicious response by implicitly providing LLMs with some clues about the original malicious query. In addition, inspired by the wisdom of "When unable to attack, defend" from Sun Tzu's Art of War, we adopt a defensive stance to gather clues about the original malicious query through LLMs. Extensive experimental results show that Puzzler achieves a query success rate of 96.6% on closed-source LLMs, which is 57.9%-82.7% higher than baselines. Furthermore, when tested against the state-of-the-art jailbreak detection approaches, Puzzler proves to be more effective at evading detection compared to baselines.
description: 13 pages, 6 figures
Changes in sulfite liquor composition while re-profiling mill from paper-grade to dissolving pulp production
Creators: name: Magina, Sandra
name: Mendes, Inês S. F.
name: Prates, António
name: Evtuguin, Dmitry V.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: Plant Biology

description: The re-profiling from paper-grade to dissolving pulp production is a common trend for acid sulfite cooking of wood. This provides substantial changes in the composition of the spent sulfite liquor (SSL) affecting its potentialities in subsequent processing within the biorefinery concept. In this work, a comparative analysis of the chemical composition of SSL was performed from the magnesium-based acid sulfite cooking of Eucalyptus globulus wood to produce the paper-grade and dissolving pulps. More severe pulping conditions required for dissolving pulp production led to a substantial increase in volatile compounds in SSL, such as acetic acid, methanol, and furfural. At the same time, the amounts of dissolved sugars and lignosulfonates (LS) were increased to a less extent. The main changes detected in LS were related to the increase of its molecular weight, degree of condensation, and sulfonation degree. The increased concentration of the sulfuric acid in SSL was one of the reasons for these changes.
Biomechanical analysis of the effect of congruence, depth and radius on the stability ratio of a simplistic ‘ball-and-socket’ joint model
Creators: name: Ernstbrunner, L.
name: Werthel, J-D.
name: Hatta, T.
name: Thoreson, A. R.
name: Resch, H.
name: An, K-N.
name: Moroder, P.
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Shoulder instability
subject: Stability ratio
subject: Bony shoulder stability ratio
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Objectives The bony shoulder stability ratio (BSSR) allows for quantification of the bony stabilisers in vivo. We aimed to biomechanically validate the BSSR, determine whether joint incongruence affects the stability ratio (SR) of a shoulder model, and determine the correct parameters (glenoid concavity versus humeral head radius) for calculation of the BSSR in vivo. Methods Four polyethylene balls (radii: 19.1 mm to 38.1 mm) were used to mould four fitting sockets in four different depths (3.2 mm to 19.1mm). The SR was measured in biomechanical congruent and incongruent experimental series. The experimental SR of a congruent system was compared with the calculated SR based on the BSSR approach. Differences in SR between congruent and incongruent experimental conditions were quantified. Finally, the experimental SR was compared with either calculated SR based on the socket concavity or plastic ball radius. Results The experimental SR is comparable with the calculated SR (mean difference 10%, sd 8%; relative values). The experimental incongruence study observed almost no differences (2%, sd 2%). The calculated SR on the basis of the socket concavity radius is superior in predicting the experimental SR (mean difference 10%, sd 9%) compared with the calculated SR based on the plastic ball radius (mean difference 42%, sd 55%). Conclusion The present biomechanical investigation confirmed the validity of the BSSR. Incongruence has no significant effect on the SR of a shoulder model. In the event of an incongruent system, the calculation of the BSSR on the basis of the glenoid concavity radius is recommended.
Eine neue Materialgruppe in der Trinkwasserverteilung
Creators: name: Schuster, Ramona
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2014

description: Neue Forderungen an die Wasserinstallation machen die Entwicklung und den Einsatz neuer Werkstoffe notwendig. Zu einer derartigen neuen Materialgruppe gehören die thermoplastischen Elastomere. Obwohl der Artikel einige Eigenschaften und Einsatzgebiete thermoplastischer Elastomerwerkstoffe thematisiert, beschäftigt er sich unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der deutschen Trinkwasserreglementierungen hauptsächlich mit den Anforderungen, die bei ihrer Verwendung in Trinkwasserinstallationen zu erfüllen sind.
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title: Nuestra Experiencia en la estadificación del cáncer de recto por Resonancia Magnética
Creators: name: de Armas Perdomo, Raúl
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Neoplasia
subject: Staging
subject: MR
subject: Oncology
subject: Colon

description: Objetivos
Material y método
Resultados
Conclusiones
description: Objetivos:
El objetivo de este estudio es comprobar,
la correlación entre la estadificación de los tumores de recto por resonancia magnética y la histo-patológica postquirúrgica, en nuestro centro.
Se han incluido exclusivamente tumores T1N0 y T2N0 ya...
Développement durable dans la formation : une opportunité de synergie avec l'éducation ouverte
Creators: name: Dubé, Marianne
name: Soukpa, Marie-Sara
Publisher: name: Université de Sherbrooke
Year: 2024
Subjects: Développement durable
Éducation ouverte
Ressources éducatives libres

description: Support de présentation et soumission de communication au colloque 635 - Les ressources éducatives libres (REL) en contextes francophones canadiens : recherche et intégration aux pratiques éducatives au postsecondaire (ACFAS 2024) du congrès de l'ACFAS 2024.

Le développement durable (DD) dans sa définition la plus populaire est « un développement qui répond aux besoins du présent sans compromettre la capacité des générations futures de répondre aux leurs. » (Commission mondiale sur l’environnement et le développement, 1987). En 2015, l’ONU a proposé 17 Objectifs de développement durable (ODD) qui déclinent des cibles et des actions. Ces ODD offrent un cadre de référence pour réfléchir et agir de manière responsable concernant l’économie, l’environnement et le sociétal. Plus spécifiquement, à l’échelle de notre profession en enseignement supérieur, comment cela se traduit-il concrètement ? La démonstration de la contribution des ressources éducatives libres (REL) à l’atteinte des ODD n’est plus à faire. En effet, l’UNESCO fait mention que les REL contribuent à l’atteinte de six ODD. Nous avons approfondi la réflexion et avons identifié que les REL contribuent à l’atteinte de 13 ODD, dont 3 majeurs et 10 mineurs (Dube, M., Soukpa, M.-S., 2024). En matière de DD dans la formation en enseignement supérieur, les REL y contribuent, mais qu’en est-il des possibilités liées aux approches-programmes, à la pédagogie ou aux situations d’évaluation, entre autres ? Par quelles portes d’entrée le DD atterrit-t-il concrètement dans les activités de formation ?Cette communication met en lumière différents liens entre les pratiques éducatives ouvertes et le DD dans la formation à travers une démarche pédagogique élaborée à l’Université de Sherbrooke.