cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Les droits linguistiques des peuples autochtones au Québec et en Ontario
Creators: name: Baillairgé, Caroline
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: Droits linguistiques
Autochtones
Langue
Premières Nations
Inuit
Métis
Québec
Ontario
Canada

description: Cette thèse se veut un examen de la protection accordée aux droits linguistiques des autochtones du Québec et de l’Ontario par le droit international, le droit constitutionnel canadien et la législation fédérale et provinciale. Par l’étude des dispositions législatives, de la jurisprudence et de la doctrine pertinentes, on tente de déterminer la portée des obligations des gouvernements fédéral et provinciaux relativement à la protection des langues autochtones. Bien que la revitalisation de leurs langues doive se faire avant tout par les autochtones, l’État a un rôle important à jouer dans le développement et la promotion des langues, par exemple en mettant en place des programmes de financement ou en favorisant l’usage des langues autochtones à l’extérieur des communautés. On remarque une ouverture à la reconnaissance de droits linguistiques en faveur des autochtones, même s’ils ne jouissent pas encore de droits comparables à ceux reconnus aux minorités francophones et anglophones.
Testing of a complete bridge at scale with FRP stay-in-place structural forms for concrete deck failing in punching shear
Creators: name: Nelson, M.
name: Fam, A. Z.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Fibre Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Stay-in-Place (SIP) formwork has received increasing attention recently as a system for constructing concrete bridge decks, particularly in slab on girder bridges. The system offers the potential for faster construction and improved durability for bridge decks. While the system has been investigated experimentally and seen some field application, there is an absence of test data regarding the ultimate limit state performance of FRP SIP formwork decks in the context of an actual bridge. Testing is most often conducted on bridge deck sections with free edges which provides a conservative but inaccurate estimate of the actual bridge deck's capacity. This phenomenon was investigated by comparing the test results of four bridge deck tests including once bridge deck section and three deck panels within a full bridge. The testing was conducted at 1:2.75 scale. Testing of a bridge deck section revealed a 20% drop in capacity when compared to a panel in a full bridge of identical design. The deck section also exhibited a 23% lower post cracking stiffness (in terms of centreline deflection). Comparison of two bridge panels with different spans revealed span to effect on stiffness but a negligible impact on punching shear capacity. Several failure criterion were evaluated against the test results to assess their efficacy in predicting punching shear capacity. Three code equations (AASHTO, CSA A23.3 and CSA S6-06) as well as a failure criterion proposed in the literature were found to be conservative in predicting the capacity of the FRP SIP formwork decks in question.
The taxonomy and systematics of the Australian Aplysiidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda)
Creators: name: Nimbs, Matthew John
Publisher: name: Southern Cross university
Year: 2020
Subjects: Molecular systematics
Morphology
Taxonomic method
Sea hares

description: The taxonomy of the Australian Aplysiidae requires a thorough revision. In this study, molecular, morphological and other ecological data were used to develop an integrative solution. A review of known Australian sea hare species and their attendant taxonomic problems is provided and a molecular phylogenetic reconstruction using three markers is developed. Each species relationship is explored in a systematic framework. Several nomenclatural changes are suggested and three species are treated in detail resulting in the formal description of Bursatella hirsuta sp. nov. and redescriptions of Phyllaplysia viridis (Bergh, 1905) and Aplysia concava G. B. Sowerby I, 1833.
Long-term Behavioral and Neuroendocrine Consequences of Early Adversity (Juvenile Stressor Exposure), and the Buffering Effects of ‘Comfort’ Food.
Creators: name: MacKay, Jennifer Christine
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: Juvenile Stress
High Fat Diet
Palatable Food
Adolescence
Dopamine
Obesity

description: The adolescent period has been proposed to be exquisitely sensitive to the impacts of stress and juvenile stressor exposure is associated with anxiety- and depressive- like characteristics in adulthood. Among adult rats, access to a palatable diet has shown to mitigate the effects of stressors, a form of ‘self-medication.’ The present collection of studies sought to further characterize the long-term consequences of stressor exposure early in the juvenile period, as well as the use of palatable food as a coping strategy. The first study (Chapter 2) highlighted the importance of methodological rigor in the design of experiments employing social stressors. The second study (Chapter 3) provided further evidence that exposure to juvenile social defeat can have long-lasting consequences into adulthood, and access to a palatable diet may impart some resilience to initial stressor exposure. The third study (Chapter 4) demonstrated that access to a palatable diet can mitigate the long-term behavioral consequences of a 3-day sub chronic non-social stressor applied during juvenility in pair housed rats. The fourth study (Chapter 5) sought to replicate these findings in individually housed (purportedly more stressed) animals. Interestingly, access to a palatable diet was sufficient to protect against the neuroendocrine consequences of juvenile stress but did not mitigate the behavioral consequences, raising the question of an effectiveness “threshold” of self-medication via a palatable diet. The final study (Chapter 6) provided some preliminary evidence that exposure to juvenile stress amid access to a palatable diet has long-lasting changes on dopamine receptor expression in the nucleus accumbens, although the functional significance needs further characterization. Collectively, all studies provided further evidence that self-medication with a palatable diet comes at the price of poor metabolic outcomes. The results of this body of work provide further evidence that exposure to stress during juvenility can have protracted effects into adulthood, at the cost of poor metabolic outcomes. It also raises the suggestion of an effectiveness threshold of palatable food to cope with stress. Further understanding of the interplay between stress and diet may serve to inform the development of prevention based programs to mitigate the rising tide of concurrent childhood obesity and levels of perceived stress.
Examining Parental Psychopathology, Parenting, and Coparenting in Families of Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Creators: name: Luedemann, Krista
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012

description: Many questions remain regarding families of children with ADHD such as the links between parental psychopathology, parenting and coparenting variables and child adjustment. I examined self-reported parenting, coparenting and psychopathology in parents of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and in parents of children without ADHD. Mothers and fathers of 25 children (9 girls, 16 boys) aged 6-12 with ADHD and 20 children without ADHD (8 girls, 12 boys) completed the positive involvement subscale of the Alabama Parenting Questionnaire (Shelton, Frick, & Wootton, 1996), the Parenting Scale (Arnold, O’Leary, Wolff & Acker, 1993), the Child-Rearing Disagreements scale (Jouriles et al., 1991), the Parental Alliance Measure (Abidin & Brunner, 1995), the Adult Self-Report (Achenbach & Rescorla, 2003) and the Conners’ Adult Attention Rating Scale-Screening Version (Conners, Erhardt, & Sparrow, 1999). Both mothers and fathers of children with ADHD reported more symptoms of ADHD, internalizing problems, and tobacco use than did mothers and fathers of children without ADHD. In addition, children with ADHD were significantly more likely than children without ADHD to live in families where both the mother and the father experienced high levels of symptomatology. There were significant gender differences in parenting, with mothers reporting more laxness and greater involvement than did fathers. Significant group differences were found, with parents of children with ADHD reporting more overreactivity than did parents of children without ADHD. In terms of copa
Un desiderio che si fa conoscenza
Note per una rilettura di J. Leclercq
Creators: name: Rossini, Marco
Publisher: name: Doctor Virtualis
Year: 2008

description: A proposito di Cultura umanistica e desiderio di Dio, Sansoni, Firenze 1983 [1a edizione Editions du Cerf, Paris, 1957]
description: Doctor Virtualis, N° 1 (2002): Il corpo e il testo
An experimental and analytical (simulation) study on two-phase loop thermosyphons: Very small to very large systems.
Creators: name: Rhi, Seok-Ho.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Mechanical.

description: An experimental and analytical (numerical) study was carried out on the fluid flow, heat transfer and instabilities for five (5) small, medium and large scale two-phase loop thermosyphons. The five two-phase closed loop thermosyphons (TLTs) specially designed and constructed for the present study are one small scale loop (SSL: 5.4 mm ID & 1.2 m x 0.5 m; 150 W), two medium scale loops (MSL I: 0.095 mm ID & 0.423 m in width; 60 W and MSL II: 0.0202 m ID & 3 m x 2 m; 1,500 W) and two large scale loops (LSL I: 0.0202 m ID & 1.8 m x 2 m; 7,500 W and LSI II: 0.0202 m ID & 2.208 m x 10 m; 100,000 W). Experimentally, various parameters which would affect the operation of a TLT such as the total system temperature difference, saturation temperature of the working fluid in the system, coolant velocity over the condenser section, coolant temperature, the size of the condenser section, the amount of a working fluid in the system, the choice of working fluids, pressure drop, effectiveness and instability were investigated. Two simulation methods based on thermal resistance net work, lumped and sectorial, are presented. In the simplified model called here as the Lumped method, the evaporator section is dealt as one lumped boiling section, i.e., one empirical equation for a forced convective boiling. However, this model could not simulate the TLTs adequately because of its simplistic approach to cover all the heat transfer modes of the different flow regimes involved in the system by one equation. In the Sectorial method, all possible phenomena which would occur in the evaporator section due to the two-phase boiling process are considered in detail. Flow regimes (bubbly, slug, churn, annular and annular mist etc.), the flow transition between flow regimes and other two-phase parameters involved in two-phase flows are carefully analyzed. The results of two different simulation methods are compared with experimental results and the limitation of the computer simulation for such two-phase heat transfer systems as the TTLs studied is critically discussed. To complement the simulation study for five different scale of TTLs, an analysis was also made on the instability of the SSL as a separate study. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Self-determination: The case study of Hawaii.
Creators: name: Hamid, Kazi Aktar.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1991
Subjects: subject: Law.

description: The thesis examines, first, the juridicial nature of the right to self-determination as a human right, evolving primarily from the nationalist feelings of a group of people. The American and French Revolutions are examples of external and internal self-determination, respectively, developing from the nationalist feelings. Second, an examination has been undertaken of the basic reasons for a claim to the right to self-determination, out of which unequal treaties and forceful annexation have been argued to be the most important. Third, it has been submitted that the rights to self-determination and to resistance are intertwined, and that the right to resistance matures when all peaceful means of restoring the rights of a group of people fail. Fourth, the whole discussion of the right to self-determination and resistance is applied to Hawaii, which was annexed by the United States through a coercive and unequal treaty in the late nineteenth century. Thus, the thesis examines the validity of the Treaty of Annexation and supports the idea that native Hawaiians have a right to self-determination under international law, and never gave up their right to remain independent. Finally, the thesis recommends some measures to be adopted in order for native Hawaiians to regain their lost independence.
Everyday memory in healthy aging: porous but not distorted
Creators: name: Sejunaite, Karolina
name: Lanza, Claudia
name: Riepe, Matthias W.
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Healthy aging
subject: Recognition
subject: False alarms
subject: Daily life
subject: DDC 610 / Medicine & health
subject: Neuropsychology
subject: Aging
subject: Memory
subject: Neuropsychologie
subject: Altern
subject: Gedächtnis

description: Most studies targeting age-association of memory functions report a decline in recognition hits and an increase in false alarms. The goal of the present study was to assess these findings in tasks with day-to-day relevance. We investigated healthy young (YA; age 26.90 ± 3.55 years) and old (OA; age 69.80 ±5.85 years) adults. Participants were asked to watch six news and six commercials and complete a recognition task relating to the information presented in the videos. OA had a lower hit rate in both news and commercials compared to YA. However, the number of false alarms (FA) was the same in both age groups. Applying signal detection theory, we found age differences in discriminability for both news and commercials paradigm. The groups showed no differences in bias and both chose a liberal answering tendency. We interpret our finding as a result of complex recognition items in an ecologically valid task. Multi-feature items offer an advantage in correct rejection—it is enough to know that at least one feature of an item is false. This benefit does not extend to hits, where all features of an item need to be recognized. This indicates that recognition memory of naturalistic stimuli in OA is porous, but not distorted.
Supplementary document for Non-Hermitian Effective Medium Theory and Complex Dirac-like Cones - 5206780.pdf
Creators: name: Luo, Liyou
name: Shao, Yuming
name: Li, Jensen
name: Fan, Ren-Hao
name: Peng, Ruwen
name: Wang, Mu
name: luo, jie
name: Yun, Lai
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: 1. Derivation of Eq. (2); 2. Convergence of the non-Hermitian effective medium theory into the Hermitian one; 3. Verification of the non-Hermitian effective medium theory in the complex-k framework; 4. Derivation of the imaginary frequency band struc
Uncertainty-aware and lesion-specific image synthesis in multiple sclerosis magnetic resonance imaging: a multicentric validation study
Creators: name: Finck, Tom
name: Li, Hongwei
name: Schlaeger, Sarah
name: Grundl, Lioba
name: Sollmann, Nico
name: Bender, Benjamin
name: Bürkle, Eva
name: Zimmer, Claus
name: Kirschke, Jan
name: Menze, Björn
name: Mühlau, Mark
name: Wiestler, Benedikt
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: deep learning – artificial neural network (DL-ANN)
subject: double inversion recovery (DIR)
subject: synthetic MRI
subject: artificial intelligence (AI)
subject: DDC 610 / Medicine & health
subject: Neuroradiology
subject: Magnetic resonance imaging
subject: Multiple sclerosis
subject: Deep Learning
subject: Neural networks, Computer
subject: Artificial intelligence
subject: Image interpretation, Computer-assisted
subject: Neuroradiologie
subject: Kernspintomografie
subject: Künstliche Intelligenz
subject: Deep learning
subject: Neuronales Netz
subject: Multiple Sklerose

description: Generative adversarial networks (GANs) can synthesize high-contrast MRI from lower-contrast input. Targeted translation of parenchymal lesions in multiple sclerosis (MS), as well as visualization of model confidence further augment their utility, provided that the GAN generalizes reliably across different scanners. We here investigate the generalizability of a refined GAN for synthesizing high-contrast double inversion recovery (DIR) images and propose the use of uncertainty maps to further enhance its clinical utility and trustworthiness. A GAN was trained to synthesize DIR from input fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) and T1w of 50 MS patients (training data). In another 50 patients (test data), two blinded readers (R1 and R2) independently quantified lesions in synthetic DIR (synthDIR), acquired DIR (trueDIR) and FLAIR. Of the 50 test patients, 20 were acquired on the same scanner as training data (internal data), while 30 were scanned at different scanners with heterogeneous field strengths and protocols (external data). Lesion-to-Background ratios (LBR) for MS-lesions vs. normal appearing white matter, as well as image quality parameters were calculated. Uncertainty maps were generated to visualize model confidence. Significantly more MS-specific lesions were found in synthDIR compared to FLAIR (R1: 26.7 ± 2.6 vs. 22.5 ± 2.2 p < 0.0001; R2: 22.8 ± 2.2 vs. 19.9 ± 2.0, p = 0.0005). While trueDIR remained superior to synthDIR in R1 [28.6 ± 2.9 vs. 26.7 ± 2.6 (p = 0.0021)], both sequences showed comparable lesion conspicuity in R2 [23.3 ± 2.4 vs. 22.8 ± 2.2 (p = 0.98)]. Importantly, improvements in lesion counts were similar in internal and external data. Measurements of LBR confirmed that lesion-focused GAN training significantly improved lesion conspicuity. The use of uncertainty maps furthermore helped discriminate between MS lesions and artifacts. In conclusion, this multicentric study confirms the external validity of a lesion-focused Deep-Learning tool aimed at MS imaging. When implemented, uncertainty maps are promising to increase the trustworthiness of synthetic MRI.
Developing a service delivery improvement model for the Malaysian hotel sector
Creators: name: Lahap, Johanudin
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Tourism contributes significantly to GDP in Malaysia where it is a catalyst for growth and development. Dr. Lahap worked with key government and industry stakeholders and over 300 employees in Malaysian hotels, to develop a service delivery improvement model that will provide a framework to attract, train, motivate and retain hotel employees in Malaysia. The model has the potential to make a significant contribution to the economic development of Malaysia by improving overall demand for tourism, attracting high net worth visitors and increasing the number of hotel staff who are sufficiently experienced and trained to deliver services to international standards.
title: Long-term Effects of Crop-tree Release on the Growth and Quality of Upland White Oak Stands
Creators: name: Vogel, Philip Jay
Publisher: name: University of Kentucky Libraries
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences

description: The alteration of historical disturbance regimes, forest parcelization, and varying goals among landowners all present challenges to oak management in the eastern U.S. Foresters and landowners need tools to promote oak sustainability that are applicable on small forestland holdings and within complex management plans. From this perspective, this research evaluates a crop-tree release study installed in southeastern Kentucky in 1983. The experiment includes four, 2-acre replications of three treatment levels: 20 crop-trees per acre, 34 crop-trees per acre, and a control treatment in which crop-trees were selected but not released. Half-acre measurement plots were installed at the outset of the study. Crown class, dbh, and crop-tree grade were measured in year 0, 5, 10, 17, and 35 following treatment. Using these data, two facets of crop-tree release were analyzed: 1) how a crop-tree release affects white oak crop-trees in terms of tree growth rate and stem quality, 2) how a crop-tree release alters stand structure and per acre volume and value. Results indicate that crop-tree release applied to small sawtimber sized stands increases crop-tree diameter growth and the proportion of crop-trees reaching their maximum potential grade while promoting stand-wide growth.
description: Copyright © Philip Jay Vogel 2020
"His dominion" and the "yellow peril": Protestant missions to the Chinese immigrants in Canada, 1859-1967.
Creators: name: Wang, Jiwu.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: Religion, History of.

description: This is a historical study of Protestant missions to the Chinese immigrants in Canada from 1859 to 1967. It will describe and analyze, against the relevant historical background, Protestant clergy's attitudes to the Chinese, the motivation that led them to work among the Chinese, and the activities and results of the missions. It will also analyze the Chinese response to the missions, and the impact of the missions on Chinese immigrants' lives in Canada. The consensus of wanting to keep Canada's white Anglo-Saxon heritage provided the Canadian Protestant churches with a strong impetus to instill into all other ethnic groups the ideals and standards of white Anglo-Saxon Protestantism. Thus, the history of Protestant missions to the Chinese immigrants in Canada is also the history of the encounter between two different cultures and the history of a minority group's survival in a hostile society. In this sense, this history goes beyond the Chinese context and includes the interethnic relations with the dominant white English-speaking group.
The Exploration of Social Support and Social Networks in Homeless and Vulnerably-Housed Women
Creators: name: Rattelade, Stephanie Anne
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: homelessness
social support
social network
women

description: Social support is best understood from a gendered perspective. Women place more emphasis on their social relationships than men, relying on them to cope with stressful situations. Women’s social relationships become crucial during experiences of homelessness as they rely on their relationships to address basic needs. This paper explored how social support and social networks are experienced within homelessness and housing vulnerability. Two studies examined social support and social networks in homeless and vulnerably-housed women. Study One used a quantitative approach to examine group differences on social support and social network characteristics. Forty-nine homeless and forty-three vulnerably-housed women completed three measures to assess their social networks, social support networks, and global social support. Results showed similar social networks and global social support scores between groups. However, vulnerably-housed women reported fewer social support network members than homeless women, suggesting they have fewer supportive individuals in their lives. Study two used a qualitative approach to understand how homeless and vulnerably-housed women experience social support. Ten homeless and ten vulnerably-housed women discussed their social networks and social support through semi-structured interviews. Responses were used to develop a model of social support interactions and highlighted new aspects of the experience. Participants described how they used strategies to offer and elicit support with their networks, as well as how their contexts shaped their interactions. The positive and negative outcomes from these interactions also became part of the contexts that influenced future interactions. These findings offer new considerations for social support theory and suggestions for service provision.
Supplementary document for Light scattering from colloidal aggregates on a hierarchy of length scales - 5206827.pdf
Creators: name: Scheffold, Frank
name: Yazhgur, Pavel
name: Aubry, Geoffroy
name: Froufe, Luis
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplementary Methods and Figures
Alcoholism treatment digest (Release No. 80, June 15, 1966)
Creators: name: Keller, Mark
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1966

description: The Alcoholism Treatment Digest was a subscription-based publication prepared for special clients by the editorial department of the Quarterly Journal of Studies on Alcohol / Journal of Studies on Alcohol from 1950 to 1973 with Mark Keller as editor. It was published in February, April, June, October, and December, summarizing scholarly content on four topics, available to republish with attribution. Some of the reviews were simultaneously published in the "Connecticut Review on Alcoholism" under the identical subtitle "Alcoholism Treatment Digest" every other month. The authors of the reviews were first noted in 1964, in the June issue.Contents, Release No. 801.A Less Toxic Substitute for Disulfiram2.Retarding the Revolving Door: A Court -Program using Disulfiram3.An Experiment to Abolish Skid Row4.Group Therapy with Adolescent Children of Alcoholics
Quasi armarium scripturarum. Bartolomeo da San Concordio come biblioteca vivente
Creators: name: Vecchio, Silvana
Publisher: name: Doctor Virtualis
Year: 2012

description: La biografia di Bartolomeo di San Concordio contenuta nella Chronica antiqua del Convento di Santa Caterina di Pisa presenta un modello esemplare di predicatore domenicano, i cui tratti  sono lo stile di vita sobrio, la spiccata attitudine allo studio, la vasta produzione letteraria e l’abilità nella predicazione. Al di là degli stereotipi, applicabili a molti frati domenicani, la biografia lascia trasparire alcuni elementi che caratterizzano l’ambiente del convento pisano. In particolare, la metafora della ‘biblioteca vivente’ utilizzata per descrivere la vasta cultura e la straordinaria memoria di Bartolomeo, segnala da una parte l’attenzione alle tecniche della memoria, particolarmente diffusa  nell’ ambiente pisano, dall’altra l’instancabile attività di Bartolomeo  come autore di  compendi e  di opere enciclopediche destinate ad una larghissima diffusione.

 Bartolomeo of St. Concordio’s biography, contained in the “Chronica antiqua” of the Convent of Santa Caterina of Pisa, gives a model of Dominican preacher, whose characteristics are a simple lifestyle, a strong attitude towards studying, a wide literary production and the preaching ability. Beyond these stereotypes, which can be found in many Dominicans, the biography reveals some elements that characterize the environment of the convent of Pisa. In particular, the metaphor of the 'living library', used to describe Bartolomeo’s broad culture and extraordinary memory, draws attention to the techniques of memory, particularly widespread in the environment of Pisa, and describes Bartolomeo’s tireless work in writing “summae” and encyclopaedic works for a large circulation.
description: Doctor Virtualis, N° 11 (2012): Dopo la carta, dopo la pergamena
School readiness : perspectives of early childhood educators
Creators: name: Dhonsi, Tarandeep Kaur
Publisher: name: Southern Cross University
Year: 2020
Subjects: School readiness
Early childhood educator's perspectives
Early childhood education
Care
Children
Child
Learning and development

description: This research investigated early childhood educators’ perspectives about school readiness. Early childhood educators are responsible for making decisions that influence children’s learning, development, and understanding of the world while they attend the early childhood setting. In the year prior to the commencement of school, there are frequently discussions held between families and educators about their child’s readiness for school. Early childhood educators can share with the families the child’s learning and development as portrayed in the early childhood setting. But often this does not satisfy parents who may be anxious about their child’s academic achievements.
Aktuelle Erkenntnisse zu den kombinierten Wirkungen von Geräuschen
Creators: name: Wothge, Jördis
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2016

description: Die Bevölkerung ist einer Vielzahl von Lärmquellen ausgesetzt, wobei sie häufig von unterschiedlichen Quellen gleichzeitig belastet wird. So sind rund 40 Millionen Menschen in Deutschland von zwei oder mehr Quellenarten betroffen. Es ist daher naheliegend, eine wirkungsgerechte Gesamtlärmbewertung vorzunehmen. Dementsprechend zielen sowohl der Koalitionsvertrag der Parteien der Bundesregierung als auch die EU-Umgebungslärmrichtlinie auf eine solche Bewertung ab. Mit der Richtlinie VDI 3722 Blatt 2 ist ein wichtiger Schritt in diese Richtung erfolgt. Darauf aufbauend sollen in einem aktuellen Forschungsvorhaben des Umweltbundesamts die Grundlagen für eine fundierte Bewertung der Gesamtlärmproblematik deutlich erweitert werden. Hierzu zählen u. a. die Identifikation und Schließung bestehender Regelungslücken, die Erarbeitung eines Finanzierungsmodels für Lärmschutzmaßnahmen durch Gesamtlärm, die Erstellung eines Rechtsgutachtens und die Qualitätssicherung des Modells durch seine Modellierung in einer Musterstadt. Quelle: http://zeitschrift-fuer-laermbekaempfung.de
description: Summary The general public is exposed to various sources of noise. Often, citizens are faced with more than one source of noise at the same time. About 40 million people in Germany are affected by two or more sources of noise simultaneously. Thus, it stands to reason to conduct an effect-based approach to a combined noise assessment. Both, the coalition agreement of the governing parties of Germany and the EU ambient noise directive are aiming for such an approach. The guideline for effects of traffic noise (VDI 3722-2) is an important first step toward this goal. Building upon this guideline, the German Environment Agency has initiated a research project. The aim of the project is to lay the grounds for a broadened and substantiated effect-based assessment-model of combined noise. It entails broading the existing models by identifying and closing loopholes in the guidelines, as well as preparing a model for financing means of noise reduction caused by combined noise. Furthermore, it comprises the erection of a legal opinion about the potential to embed such a guideline into national and international law. Finally it includes the quality control of the broadened assessment-model by shaping it in a digital sample city. Quelle: http://zeitschrift-fuer-laermbekaempfung.de/
Evaluating networked drug checking services in Toronto, Ontario : study protocol and rationale
Creators: name: Maghsoudi, N.
name: McDonald, K.
name: Stefan, C.
name: Beriault, D. R
name: Mason, K.
name: Barnaby, L.
name: Altenberg, J.
name: MacDonald, R. D
name: Caldwell, J.
name: Nisenbaum, R.
name: Leece, P.
name: Watson, T. M
name: Tupper, K. W
name: Kufner, L.
name: Scheim, A. I
name: Werb, Dan
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2020

description: Background: The increasing incidence of fatal opioid overdose is a public health crisis in Canada. Given growing consensus that this crisis is related to the presence of highly potent opioid adulterants (e.g., fentanyl) in the unregulated drug supply, drug checking services (DCS) have emerged as part of a comprehensive approach to overdose prevention. In Canada’s largest city, Toronto, a network of DCS launched in 2019 to prevent overdose and overdose-related risk behaviors. This network employs mass spectrometry technologies, with intake sites co-located with supervised consumption services (SCS) at three frontline harm reduction agencies. The protocol and rationale for assessing the impact of this multi-site DCS network in Toronto is described herein. The aims of this study are to (1) evaluate the impact of DCS access on changes in and factors influencing overdose and related risk behaviors, (2) investigate the perceived capacity of DCS to prevent overdose, and (3) identify composition (qualitative and quantitative) trends in Toronto’s unregulated drug supply. Methods: We will use a parallel-mixed-methods design with complementary data sources (including data from chemical analysis of drug samples, quantitative intake and post-test surveys, SCS, coroners, paramedic services, and qualitative interviews), followed by a meta-inference process wherein results from analyses are synthesized. Results: Whereas most DCS globally target “recreational drug users,” in Toronto, this networked DCS will primarily target marginalized people who use drugs accessing frontline services, many of whom use drugs regularly and by injection. This evolution in the application of DCS poses important questions that have not yet been explored, including optimal service delivery models and technologies, as well as unique barriers for this population. Increasing information on the unregulated drug supply may modify the risk environment for this population of people who use drugs. Conclusions: This study addresses evidence gaps on the emerging continuum of overdose prevention responses and will generate critical evidence on a novel approach to reducing the ongoing high incidence of drug-related morbidity and mortality in Canada and elsewhere.
Laser nanostructuring for surface enhanced sensing: methods and applications
Creators: name: Buividas, Richard
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Formation of sub‐wavelength periodic surface structures ‐ ripples ‐ was studied in this work using ultra‐short laser pulses. Ripples are known from the first laser experiments however their formation mechanism is not well understood for the case of ultra‐short laser pulses. In this work the new mechanism uniting most experimental results obtained using ultra‐short pulses was proposed and validated. We have demonstrated that ripples can be used as an efficient label‐free sensing platform outperforming commercial analogues, which can be used for material science, biomedical sensing, chemical warfare agents and environmental monitoring. A quantitative label‐free detection of Amyloid−β protein, which is a biomarker for an early stage Alzheimer's disease, is demonstrated.
The Semantic and Lexical Evolution of “Divorce” Throughout the History of French Legislation
Creators: name: Curti-Contessoto, Beatriz
name: Oliveira, Isabelle
name: Alves, Ieda Maria
Publisher: name: International Language and Law Association (ILLA)
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: divorce, semantic-lexical evolution, legislative changes, France, diachronic terminology
subject: Arts and Humanities: French and Francophone Language and Literature: French Linguistics; Law: Law and Society

description: The dissolution of marriage has not always existed in the French legal field since marriages were under the control and influence of the Catholic Church for a long time. It was only in 1792 that the term “divorce” first appeared in French law in order to designate the concept of the “dissolution of civil marriages abstracted from the prerogative of death of one of the spouses and religious issues”. After the introduction of this concept into the French legal context, there were legislative changes regarding different divorce situations over the following years. In the light of these facts, this paper examines the semantic and lexical evolution of the term divorce in the domain of French law, relating this evolution to socio-cultural and historical aspects of France between 1792 (when the divorce was instituted in the country) and 2017 (when the most recent legislative change on the subject occurred). The present study is based on the theoretical and methodological assumptions of Terminology (Cabré, 1999; Barros, 2004; Krieger & Finatto, 2004), particularly on the perspective of Diachronic Terminology (Dury, 1999; Tartier, 2006). Based on the results of this investigation, it is possible to affirm that the evolution of French society has leaded to the transformation of the legal domain that, in turn, has created new concepts that caused the semantic and lexical evolution of the terminology designating types of divorce in France since the eighteenth century.
description: International Journal of Language & Law (JLL), Vol 9: Forensic Linguistics: New Procedures and Standards
Supplementary document for Light scattering from colloidal aggregates on a hierarchy of length scales - 5206827.pdf
Creators: name: Scheffold, Frank
name: Yazhgur, Pavel
name: Aubry, Geoffroy
name: Froufe, Luis
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplementary Methods and Figures
Methods for Optimal Transmission over MIMO Wiretap Channels
Creators: name: Li, Kaiya
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014

description: We discuss the architecture of wireless multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) channels with additive white Gaussian noise. The transmission optimization problem over covariance matrix for achieving MIMO channel capacity is reviewed under the assumption that the channel state information (CSI) is available from both the transmitter and the receiver. We also discuss several transmission strategies such as beamforming and water-filling algorithm. The information-theoretic approach to physical-layer security for wireless communications system is discussed. Physical-layer security which is different from cryptographic approach security is achieved by exploiting the physical-layer properties of wireless channel. The principal results and concepts in this field such as equivocation rate and secrecy capacity are reviewed. The wiretap channel model is considered. We mainly discussed the Gaussian MIMO wiretap channel and the methods for obtaining its secrecy capacity. The optimization problem for the secrecy capacity of Gaussian MIMO wiretap channel under total transmit power constraint is discussed. CVX, which is a modeling toolbox for solving convex optimization problems, is reviewed. The precision variable of CVX is also considered. The performances of CVX and Monte Carlo optimization are compared. Differential Evolution algorithm is used to compute the secrecy capacity of Gaussian MIMO wiretap channel. The case of weak eavesdropper is considered and the closed form solution based on the necessary KKT conditions is validated. The algorithm for general cases based on the linear approximation and reformulation of the original optimization problem is also investigated and validated. It has been verified that the lower bound and the upper bound of secrecy capacity can be obtained by such algorithm.
Un “servizio di reference” ante litteram. Don Salvatore Maria Di Blasi e la biblioteca di San Martino delle Scale (XVIII)
Creators: name: Cusimano, Fabio
Publisher: name: Doctor Virtualis
Year: 2012

description: La diffusione del libro nel Medioevo potrebbe essere riletta alla luce di una metafora attuale sebbene non scevra di aspetti dialettici: quella della “rete”. All’ubicazione spazio-temporale del libro nei monasteri medievali, contraddistinta da fisicità e permanenza, si sotituisce oggi un formato digitale e virtuale, che porta ad una sorta di decontestualizzazione e alla continuità del flusso di informazioni, contribuendo alla diffusione capillare del sapere. L’ottica di universalità e globalità accomuna tuttavia entrambe le epoche. Alcuni concetti-chiave dell’informatica potrebbero infatti declinarsi in ambito medievale: Server-Client per la raccolta, la conservazione e la trasmissione delle conoscenze da parte dei monasteri, quali centri del sapere in Europa, agli uomini di cultura; Firewall, per alludere alla necessità di tutelare i manoscritti, mediante la copiatura e la diffusione dei codici; Community, ad indicare non solo la comunità religiosa o monastica in senso stretto, bensì l’apertura ad una costruzione del sapere mediante un’azione partecipativa. I problemi dell’autenticità delle fonti, dell’acriticità delle informazioni e la pratica delle citazioni trovano un precedente significativo nelle Sententiae di Pietro Lombardo: una sorta di “biblioteca virtuale” grazie alla collezione di passi dalla Sacra Scrittura e da fonti latine e greche, paragonabile a un moderno modello enciclopedico di sapere.

The diffusion of the book in the Middle Ages could be critically read through a modern metaphor: the “net”. The space-temporal coordinates of the book shift from being physical and permanent in the Medieval monasteries, to being de-contextualized and continue in the flow of information of digital and virtual format. However the universal and global perspective is common to the contemporary and the Medieval periods. In fact some key-words of computer science could be applied to the Medieval context: Server-Client, for the collection, the preservation and the transmission of knowledge from monasteries, as cultural centers in Medieval Europe, to men of culture; Firewall, for the necessary protection of manuscripts, through copying and diffusing codes; Community, referred not only to the monastic and religious groups, but also to an open sharing of the building of knowledge. Problems like the authenticity of the sources, the lack of criticality in the reception of data, and the practice of quotations are well represented in Peter Lombard’s Sententiae: this work can be compared to a modern encyclopedia thanks to the collection of passages from the Holy Scripture and from Latin and Greek sources, as well as a “virtual library”.
description: Doctor Virtualis, N° 11 (2012): Dopo la carta, dopo la pergamena
Analysing the interactions between new market mechanisms and emissions trading schemes
Creators: name: Tänzler, Dennis
name: Gross, Julia
name: Li, Lina
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Ukraine
subject: Vietnam
subject: Äthiopien
subject: Market mechanisms
subject: Emission Trading
subject: Article 6 of the Paris Agreement
subject: domestic country capacities
subject: case studies
subject: Ethiopia
subject: international cooperation on carbon markets
subject: Climate | Energy

description: The project had a twofold objective. First, it aimed to conduct a detailed analysis of the provisions related to market mechanisms of the Paris Agreement (Article 6), and to identify issues that should be taken into account when elaborating the rulebook for the Paris Agreement. Second, it switched the perspective from a global discussion towards country-specific research with an aim to answer the question whether different countries are ready for engaging with market mechanisms under the Paris Agreement. To answer this question, the focus was placed on three exemplary cases from countries that have traditionally collaborated with Germany on carbon markets – Ukraine, Vietnam and Ethiopia.
Perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) adsorption in drinking water by granular activated carbon: Influence of activated carbon and PFAS characteristics
Creators: name: Cantoni, Beatrice
name: Ruhl, Aki Sebastian
name: Turolla, Andrea
name: Wellmitz, Jörg
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2021

description: Perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) persistence in the environment leads to their presence in drinking water, that is of high concern due to their potential human health risk. Adsorption onto activated carbon (AC) has been identified as an effective technique to remove PFAS. Adsorption isotherms and breakthrough curves, determined by rapid small-scale column tests (RSSCTs), were studied for eight PFAS and four granular ACs, characterized by different origins, porosities and numbers of reactivation cycles. Both batch and RSSCT results highlighted the strong interaction of AC and PFAS characteristics in adsorption capacity. The most important factor affecting AC performance is the surface charge: a positively-charged AC showed higher adsorption capacities with greater Freundlich constants (KF) and later 50% breakthroughs compared to the AC with neutral surface. Among the positively-charged ACs, a microporous AC demonstrated higher adsorption capacities for hydrophilic and marginally hydrophobic PFAS, while the mesoporous AC performed better for more hydrophobic PFAS, possibly due to lower pore blockage by organic matter. These results were confirmed at full-scale through a one-year monitoring campaign, in which samples were collected at the inlets and outlets of GAC systems in 17 drinking water treatment plants spread in a wide urban area, where the four analyzed ACs are used. © 2021 Elsevier B.V.
Enterprise-wide and cross-enterprise workflow management: concepts, systems, applications - workshop proceedings, GI-Workshop Informatik '99, Paderborn, Germany, October 6, 1999
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: DDC 004 / Data processing & computer science
subject: Workflow. Management. Congresses
subject: Prozessmanagement

description: N/A
Cost-effective metamorphic testing techniques for failure detection in software with oracle problem
Creators: name: Sim, Kwan Yong
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Many software applications are developed to find answers to unsolved problems in the first place. Detecting failures or incorrect outputs in these applications is fundamentally challenging because the correct expected outputs (oracles) are unknown. This thesis investigates failure detections in these software applications through a property-based testing approach known as metamorphic testing. Six novel cost saving strategies have been proposed and adopted in designing cost effective metamorphic testing techniques to detect failures in the absence of oracles. The proposed testing techniques enable cost-effective failure detections in software applications without knowing the correct expected outputs and contribute towards software quality improvement.
Supplementary document for Automated image-processing pipeline for adaptive optics scanning light ophthalmoscopy - 5207116.pdf
Creators: name: Salmon, Alex
name: Cooper, Robert
name: Chen, Min
name: Higgins, Brian
name: Cava, Jenna
name: Chen, Nickolas
name: Follett, Hannah
name: Gaffney, Mina
name: Heitkotter, Heather
name: Heffernan, Elizabeth
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Image Processing
Ophthalmology

description: Operator instructions for montage generation, ROI extraction, and cone counting
A synthetic approach to an immunosuppressant analogue of subglutinol.
Creators: name: Ibrahim, Rana Hosni.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Chemistry, Pharmaceutical.

description: A novel synthetic strategy for the potential analogue 17 of the immunosuppressive agents subglutinols A (3) and B ( 4) was investigated. Neither of these molecules, nor any analogues, have been synthesized previously. The route selected employed a cis -isopropylidene control group in the tether to facilitate the key synthetic step, an intramolecular Diels-Alder reaction. This approach afforded the tricyclic core of 18 in an efficient and direct manner. The Diels-Alder precursor 20 was constructed from D-isoascorbic acid (24), vinylmagnesium chloride (22), and 4-iodo-3-methoxymethoxymethyl-penta-1,3-diene (21). The synthesis of the lactone 19 and the attempts to remove the MOM group from 18 were also investigated. Unfortunately, however, the final target analogue 17 was not realized due to unsuccessful attempts at removing the MOM group from 18. Thus, an efficient route to the decalin core was established, though the coupling of the lactone 19 awaits further study.