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title: A Critical Assessment of Quality Education in Community Day Schools in Malawi: A Case Study of Mulanje District
Creators: name: Benstone Gwede, Henry English
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Education

description: Distance Education Centers (DECs) were intended to provide alternative formal secondary school education to school going age children who had passed their standard eight examinations but had failed to gain access to Conventional Secondary Schools (CSSs) due to limited places. However, despite increasing access, DECs did not offer appropriate instruction and usually produced poor results in national examinations. Among other things, there were acute shortages of teaching and learning materials in these schools. In addition, the majority of teachers in DECs were drawn from primary schools and, therefore, not qualified to teach at a secondary school. In December 1998, the Malawi Government and the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology converted a large number of DECs to CDSSs. This upgrading was meant to unify secondary education system with the aim of improving quality in DECs. In addition, it also meant that the ministry would take full control of the DECs. This would involve, among other things, purchasing and disseminating of relevant teaching and learning materials, the supply of properly trained teachers, and improving and strengthening inspection and supervision services in these schools. This study, therefore, was aimed at assessing the current situation in Community Day Secondary Schools (CDSSs) with regard to quality education. The study used mixed methods design approach. Thus, both quantitative and qualitative data collection methods were used in order to have a comprehensive analysis and understanding of the problem understudy. Qualitative data were collected through interviews, observations, and review of school documents and records. Quantitative data were collected through questionnaire survey and observations. Although the policy on CDSSs was a welcome development in that it was intended to improve the quality of education in these schools, the present study has found that the implementation of the policy has not made much impact due to lack of basic resources. The study has found that 92 percent of teachers in CDSSs are not qualified to teach at a secondary school. In addition, there is shortage of teaching and learning materials. Furthermore, these schools have inadequate infrastructure and classroom facilities. In some schools pupils are still learning in temporary shelters and borrowed premises. The study also foun dthat there is evidence of community participation through school management committees (SMCs), but this has little impact as seen from the unfinished development projects. The above scenario, therefore, cannot facilitate quality teaching and learning processes in CDSSs that lead to attainment of much need quality education.
The Making of the Everyday: A Study of Habits in Colonial Ghana (Gold Coast) during the Early Twentieth Century
Creators: name: Moyes, Samantha
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: Gold Coast
Colonial
Africa
History
Everyday habits
Youth
Ghana
Sanitation
Food

description: Everyday practice often goes unquestioned. Yet in Gold Coast society during the early twentieth century, everyday habits and practices served as an important device for both subalterns and elites to negotiate status or contest colonial control. Between 1900 and 1920, the Gold Coast was experiencing many changes that offered opportunities for actors to influence, negotiate, or contest emerging everyday habits and experiences. The monitoring and modification of everyday habits provided a way for the British colonial government to consolidate its rule in the Gold Coast following the period of military expansion in the late nineteenth century. For many Gold Coasters, increased access to education, the expansion of wage labour and the cocoa industry, led to a reconfiguration of social status and relations affecting daily life. While scholars are increasingly examining the theme of everyday practices, many tend to focus on the experiences of subaltern peoples. This study focuses instead on the role of an emerging, yet subjected, urban elite comprised of educated Africans. Caught between their understanding of African “tradition” and Western ideas of modernity, educated African elite attempted to influence everyday experiences and habits as a way to claim greater authority and enhance their position in the colony. Furthermore, this study examines how colonial administrators, too, used everyday habits and experiences to reinforce colonial governance in Gold Coast. In early twentieth century Gold Coast society, everyday habits and practices served as a battleground for contests for authority and influence as educated Africans and colonizers narrativized their own concepts of modernity and visions of the Gold Coast’s future in the pages of colonial reports, diaries, missionary correspondence, and Gold Coast newspapers. Using this and other primary source material, this thesis demonstrates how space, personhood, and food became important arenas through which various actors – African and European – vied to control, construct, and influence everyday habits and experiences in early twentieth century Gold Coast.
shellshocked: An exploration of the intergenerational transference of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), through the methodology of creative writing
Creators: name: Oliver Armstrong, Susanne
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2019
Subjects: post-traumatic stress disorder
PTSD
post-traumatic growth
PTG
trauma
suicide prevention
creative writing
Method Writing
mental health
family violence
domestic violence
war veteran
shell shock
écriture féminine
recipe

description: Utilising the expressive methodology of creative writing, 'shellshocked' explores the intergenerational impact, the multiple perspectives, polyphony and diverse presentations of those suffering post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The disabling symptoms of PTSD result from bearing witness to death, torture, or human suffering due to disasters, both natural and human-made. It is estimated over 266 million people suffer PTSD globally (World Health Organisation 2013), with recent scientific research revealing the impact of trauma affects the structure of our DNA, creating biophysical changes in the progeny of those exposed (Yehuda et al. 2014; Pembrey, Saffery & Bygren 2014; Wolynn 2016). Written in a minimalist literary style, shellshocked is designed to replicate the paralysing shock and bio-psychosocial fragmentation experienced by those suffering with PTSD. The artefact is presented as a multimodal explosion of petit récits, vignette, poetry and short story to demonstrate the multiple realities, perspectives, landscapes, narratives and incongruous experiences that manifest within the debilitating symptoms of PTSD. Interwoven throughout the artefact is the motif of recipe, implanted to impose the silenced presence of women, and create a mnemonic connection to the usual domain of PTSD-within the home. War-time newspaper articles and ephemera further extend the counter-narrative to inject the sensation of cognitive dissonance into the reader, such as is experienced by PTSD sufferers; also to depict a broader reflection on how society views 'others' suffering, the personal isolation of mental illnesses, and the agency of media. The intentional inclusion of silence, space and pausation throughout the manuscript represents the unspeakable, the mute, the state of verbal paralysis so often witnessed in those triggered by trauma (van der Kolk 1996; 2006). This unconventional exploration of the plethora of PTSD manifestations through creative writing, the author's lived experience, and her art, investigates the expressive methodology's role in the facilitation of post-traumatic growth (PTG), as this research embraces a range of Method Writing and literary techniques to explore the intergenerational nature of trauma and perpetuation of family violence.
Improving the regulatory environmental risk assessment of human pharmaceuticals: Required changes in the new legislation
Creators: name: Gildemeister, Daniela
name: Moermond, Caroline T.A.
name: Berg, Cecilia
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2023
Subjects: Umweltrisikobewertung
Arzneimittelrecht
Ökotoxikologie
Wassergüte

description: One of the flagship actions of the Pharmaceutical Strategy for Europe is to address environmental challenges associated with pharmaceutical use. This includes strengthening the Environmental Risk Assessment (ERA) at marketing authorisation (MA) of pharmaceuticals, and revision of the pharmaceutical legislation where needed. The overall aim of an ERA should be to enable comprehensive and effective identification and management of environmental risks of pharmaceuticals without affecting the availability of pharmaceuticals to patients. As experts in the evaluation of ERAs of human medicinal products submitted by pharmaceutical industries (Applicants), we have summarized the current status of the ERA and suggest legislative changes to improve environmental protection without affecting availability. Six regulatory goals were defined and discussed, including possible ways forward: 1) mandatory ERAs in accordance to the EMA guideline at the time of the MA, 2) enforcement of risk mitigation measures including re-evaluation of the ERA, 3) facilitated exchange of environmental data between pharmaceutical and environmental legislations, 4) substance-based assessments, 5) transparency of data, and 6) a catching-up procedure for active pharmaceutical ingredients that lack an ERA. These legislative proposals can be considered as prerequisites for a harmonised assessment and effective management of environmental risks and hazards of human pharmaceuticals. © 2023 The Authors.
Extreme Hydrodynamic Loading on Near-Shore Structures
Creators: name: Al-Faesly, Taofiq Qassim
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: Tsunami
Hydrodynamic loading
Debris impact
Mitigation walls
Experimental modeling
Hydraulic bore
Flow velocity
Design guidelines
Near-shore structures
FEMA P-646

description: The main objective of this study was to investigate and quantify the impact of extreme hydrodynamic forces, similar to those generated by tsunami-induced inundation, on structural elements. As part of a comprehensive experimental program and analytical study, pressures, base shear forces, and base overturning moments generated by hydraulic bores on structural models of various shapes were studied. In addition, the impact force induced by waterborne wooden debris of different shapes and masses on the structural models was also investigated. Two structural models, one with circular and the other with square cross-section, were installed individually downstream of a dam-break wave in a high-discharge flume. Three impounding water heights (550, 850 and 1150 mm) were used to produce dam-break waves, which have been shown to be analogous to tsunami-induced coastal inundation in the form of highly turbulent hydraulic bores. Time-history responses of the structural models were recorded, including: pressures, base shear forces, base overturning moments, lateral displacements, and accelerations. In addition, the flow depth-time histories were recorded at various locations along the length of the flume. Regular and high-speed video cameras were used to monitor the bore-structure interaction. The effect of initial flume bed condition (“wet” or “dry” bed) on the forces and pressures exerted on the structural models were also investigated. Moreover, the vertical distribution of pressure around the models was captured. Simple low-height walls with various geometries were installed upstream from the structural models to investigate their efficiency as tsunami mitigation measures. The experimentally recorded data were compared with those estimated from currently available formulations. The results and analysis of the simulated tsunami-induced bore presented in this study will be of significant use to better estimate forces exerted on structures by tsunami-induced turbulent bores. It is expected that this work will contribute to the new ASCE7 Chapter 6 - Tsunami Loads and Effects in which two of this author’s academic supervisors, Drs. Ioan Nistor and Dan Palermo, are members.
Получение композиций с заданным набором физико-механических свойств с использованием трех управляющих параметров
Creators: name: Бочкарева Светлана Алексеевна
name: Гришаева Наталия Юрьевна
name: Люкшин Борис Александрович
name: Панов Илья Леонидович
name: Панин Сергей Викторович
Publisher: name: Физическая мезомеханика
Year: 2020
Subjects: управляющий параметр
компьютерное конструирование
многокомпонентные полимерные композиции
эффективные механические характеристики
заданные свойства

description: Алгоритм, использованный ранее авторами для решения задач компьютерного конструирования материалов с использованием двух управляющих параметров, применен к варианту решения задачи, когда их число увеличено до трех. Этими параметрами, которые влияют на эффективные физико-механические характеристики композитов на полимерных матрицах, выступают средние размеры исходного порошка полимера (сверхвысокомолекулярно- го полиэтилена), длина армирующих волокон наполнителя (молотых и рубленных стекловолокон) и уровень ад- гезионного взаимодействия между матрицей и армирующими включениями. Выбор данных параметров в качест- ве управляющих обусловлен результатами проведенных ранее параметрических исследований, которые позволи- ли ранжировать их по степени влияния на значения эффективных характеристик. В основу решения задачи раз- работки композита с заданными свойствами заложены данные физических экспериментов. Результаты представ- лены в форме, позволяющей оценить весь спектр допустимых значений управляющих параметров, придающих заданные значения эффективным характеристикам композиционного материала.
KORRUPSIYA — OLIY TA'LIM VA INSON MA'NAVIYATI UCHUN YASHIRIN TAHDID
Creators: name: Abdimannobova, Sevara
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: Ushbu maqolada korrupsiyaning oliy ta’lim tizimi va inson ma’naviyatiga salbiy ta’siri tahlil qilinadi. Korrupsiya nafaqat ta’lim sifatini pasaytiradi, balki jamiyatda adolatsizlik va ishonchsizlik muhitini yaratadi. Shuningdek, u yosh avlodning ma’naviy qadriyatlariga putur yetkazib, ularning kelajakdagi faoliyatiga ham zarar keltiradi. Maqolada korrupsiyaning oldini olish choralari va ta’lim tizimida shaffoflikni ta’minlash yo‘llari muhokama qilinadi.
Supplementary document for Yb:GdScO₃ crystal for efficient ultrashort lasers - 5301160.pdf
Creators: name: Zhang, Yuhang
name: Li, Shanming
name: Du, Xiao
name: Guo, Jie
name: Gong, Qiaorui
name: Tao, Siliang
name: Zhang, Peixiong
name: Fang, Qiannan
name: Pan, Shilie
name: Zhao, Chengchun
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Energy levlels, absorption and emission cross sections calculated by the reciprocity and FL methods, and crystal structure of the Yb3+: GdScO3 crystal.
Les impacts sociopolitiques du Tribunal Spécial pour le Liban sur la communauté politique libanaise
Creators: name: Gauvin, Jonathan
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2015
Subjects: Tribunal Spécial pour le Liban
Justice transitionnelle

description: En date du 14 février 2005, Beyrouth fut le lieu d’un attentat meurtrier faisant 23 morts, dont l’ancien Premier ministre libanais, Rafiq Hariri. Suite à cet évènement, le 30 mai 2007, les membres du Conseil de Sécurité des Nations Unies ont mis sur pieds un tribunal spécial via le Chapitre 7 de la charte des Nations Unies. Il a comme objectif d’élucider cette affaire et de combattre l’impunité de ces crimes. Depuis sa création, le Tribunal Spécial pour le Liban en amène plusieurs à se questionner s’il n’entrainera pas plus de problèmes qu’il n’en résout. Cette recherche s’attarde plus précisément aux effets sociopolitiques du tribunal sur la communauté politique libanaise ainsi qu’aux éléments les expliquant. Trouvant en partie sa pertinence dans son angle d’analyse néo-institutionnelle, cette thèse de maîtrise démontre que le Tribunal Spécial pour le Liban renforce la polarisation de la communauté politique libanaise, entraîne davantage de conflits qu’il n’en résout et cause un blocage des institutions politiques. Il s’insère donc parfaitement dans ce qu’on appelle le dilemme de la justice et de la paix des mécanismes de sortie de crise.
Численное исследование напряженно-деформированного состояния в аддитивном алюминиево-кремниевом сплаве на уровне дендритной структуры
Creators: name: Дымнич Екатерина
name: Романова Варвара Александровна
name: Балохонов Руслан Ревович
name: Зиновьева Ольга Сергеевна
name: Зиновьев Александр Валерьевич
Publisher: name: Физическая мезомеханика
Year: 2020
Subjects: селективное лазерное плавление
силумины
дендритная структура
напряженно-деформиро- ванное состояние
численное моделирование

description: В настоящей работе проводится численный анализ особенностей напряженно-деформированного состояния на уровне дендритной структуры в аддитивном алюминиево-кремниевом сплаве, полученном селективным ла- зерным плавлением. В предположении, что на рассматриваемых масштабах применим аппарат континуальной механики, исследуется напряженно-деформированное состояние в эвтектической фазе, осредненные характерис- тики которой затем используются в качестве входных параметров при моделировании деформации фрагмента дендритной структуры зерна. При этом на каждом масштабе рассмотрения значимые структурные элементы вво- дятся в явном виде. Показано, что эвтектическая прослойка в дендритных зернах аддитивных алюминиево-крем- ниевых сплавов, с одной стороны, препятствует развитию пластической деформации в дендрите, с другой сторо- ны, может являться источником концентрации напряжений и зарождения микродефектов уже на начальной ста- дии деформирования.
Численный анализ развития разрушения в бетоне при ударно-волновом нагружении
Creators: name: Радченко Павел Андреевич
name: Батуев Станислав Павлович
name: Радченко Андрей Васильевич
Publisher: name: Физическая мезомеханика
Year: 2020
Subjects: модель
разрушение
прочность
ударная волна
волна разгрузки
бетон
напряжение

description: Особенностью бетона является его низкая прочность на растяжение. Разница между значением прочности на сжатие и растяжение может достигать 15–20 раз. Поэтому важно прогнозировать поведение бетонных конструкций при различ- ных режимах эксплуатационных и непредвиденных нагрузок. В работе представлены результаты численного исследо- вания разрушения преграды из высокопрочного бетона при ударе по ней цилиндрического ударника с оживальной го- ловной частью. Задача ударного взаимодействия решается численно методом конечных элементов, в трехмерной поста- новке, в рамках феноменологического подхода механики деформируемого твердого тела. Численное моделирование проводится с помощью авторского вычислительного комплекса EFES 2.0, обеспечивающего высокую степень распарал- леливания численного алгоритма. Разрушение бетона описывается моделью Джонсона–Холмквиста, в которую включе- на зависимость пределов прочности бетона на сжатие и растяжение от скорости деформаций. Алгоритм расчета учиты- вает образование несплошностей в материале и фрагментацию тел с образованием новых контактных и свободных по- верхностей. Поведение материала ударника описывается упругопластической средой. В качестве локального критерия разрушения для материала ударника принимается предельная величина интенсивности пластических деформаций. Для вычислительного эксперимента преграда была разбита на 19  106 конечных элементов (тетраэдров). Проведен подроб- ный численный анализ динамики напряженно-деформированного состояния бетонной преграды и влияния ударно-вол- новых процессов на разрушение преграды. Установлено, что определяющую роль в разрушении преграды при рассмот- ренных кинематических и геометрических параметрах взаимодействия играют волновые процессы. Разрушение в пре- граде происходит в волнах разгрузки, формирующихся на свободных поверхностях преграды. В результате в преграде последовательно возникают три области разрушения, распложенные перед внедряющимся ударником. Первая область формируется вблизи лицевой поверхности преграды, вторая область — откольное разрушение на тыльной поверхности преграды и третья область разрушения формируется в центральной части преграды в результате интерференции волн разгрузки, распространяющихся от боковой поверхности преграды. С течением времени наступает слияние этих зон разрушения и преграда практически не оказывает сопротивление внедрению ударника.
The Sustainable Management of Soils as a Common Concern of Humankind: How to Implement It?
Creators: name: Ginzky, Harald
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2018

description: The chapter analyzes whether the sustainable management of soils can be regarded as a common concern of humankind. It shows that there are strong arguments to support this assumption from a factual and scientific point of view. Furthermore, the chapter shows that decisions adopted at the international level underline that this is also politically acceptable. A legally binding agreement is, however, not yet in place. The chapter then asks what implementation tools and approaches could be suitable with regard to sustainable management of soils. This seems to be particularly complex because, first, at least eight different types of soil threats must be differentiated; second, the political and economic realities worldwide are different; and, third, the types of soils are almost uncountable. The chapter provides arguments that instruments applied within the bounds of the CBD could be transportable to the sustainable management of soils. Moreover, looking to the regime of the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) on Deep Seabed Mining in the Area, two different conceptual approaches on how to ensure implementation are identified. The chapter provides arguments that the approach to precisely determine the international obligations would be suitable for the sustainable management of soils provided that a certain degree of flexibility is applied. © Springer International Publishing AG 2018
Численное исследование вкладов различных систем скольжения в деформационный отклик поликристаллического титана
Creators: name: Емельянова Евгения Сергеевна
name: Романова Варвара Александровна
name: Балохонов Руслан Ревович
name: Писарев Максим
name: Зиновьева Ольга Сергеевна
Publisher: name: Физическая мезомеханика
Year: 2020
Subjects: микромеханика
физическая теория пластичности
поликристаллическая структура
числен- ное моделирование
системы скольжения

description: Деформационное поведение поликристаллического титана численно моделируется в рамках подходов микро- механики и физической теории пластичности кристаллов. Трехмерная модель поликристаллической структуры сгенерирована методом пошагового заполнения на основе экспериментальных данных. Определяющие соотно- шения для описания деформационного поведения зерен построены на основе физической теории пластичности кристаллов с учетом особенностей кристаллического строения и дислокационного скольжения в ГПУ-кристаллах по призматическим, базисным и пирамидальным системам. Краевая задача упругопластического деформирова- ния модельных структур решается численно методом конечных элементов. Для тестирования разработанной мо- дели проведены расчеты упругопластического деформирования монокристаллов титана с различной ориентаци- ей. С использованием разработанной модели численно исследованы вклады различных систем скольжения в де- формационный отклик поликристалла.
Remembering My Roots: Exploring Guatemala's Cultural Identity in Southern California
Creators: name: Martinez, Isabel Perez
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: cultural identity
first-second-third-generation
immigrant
assimilation
language
Guatemala

description: Amid political turmoil in the mid-20th century, many Guatemalan immigrant families arrived in the US. They settled in Southern California's already-established Hispanic and Latinx communities. Their cultural identity evolved through intermingling diverse ethnicities, giving rise to a new Guatemalan-American identity. An ethnographic study was conducted to discover how this new Guatemalan cultural identity came to be, and interviews were held with 11 Guatemalan or Guatemalan-heritage individuals living in Southern California, aged 2 to 48, with varied backgrounds. First-generation Guatemalan immigrants faced assimilating challenges due to language barriers and lower education levels but retained their overall cultural practices and traditions. Second and third-generation Guatemalans assimilated and acculturated more easily but lost some indigenous heritage and identity. Earlier generations mainly experienced discrimination based on their Guatemalan indigenous heritage. This type of study is essential for understanding how cultural identity evolves due to geographical location and for empowering communities to support immigrant integration and cultural diversity, especially considering Southern California's rich multicultural group of immigrant communities. Furthermore, understanding the challenges immigrant groups face in preserving their cultural heritage can aid in promoting cultural appreciation and preservation for other minority groups such as this one.
Study of low rate turbo codes: Performance comparison and improvement.
Creators: name: Long, Davan.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Electronics and Electrical.

description: This thesis investigates the performance and a possible area of improvement to the original low rate Turbo Codes in the region of low SNR, and studies some potential variants for addressing such weakness. The thesis begins with examining the design and performance of the current low rate Turbo Codes, i.e., with code rate equal to 1/3 and below, and then determining the code rate which yields optimum performance at low SNR. In particular, it attempts to demonstrate through simulations that for a power limited transmission and low SNR, rate 1/3 Turbo Codes generally achieve the best performance. Next, simulations are conducted to compare the performances of variants with the current rate 1/3 Turbo Codes. Finally, the thesis concludes with a formulation of some important characteristics that concatenated codes should have in order to outperform the current rate 1/3 Turbo Codes. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Numerical simulation of viscoplastic material flow through extrusion dies.
Creators: name: Abdali, Saleh S.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1992
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Chemical.

description: Various flows through extrusion dies have been studied for viscoplastic materials exhibiting a yield stress (Bingham fluids). These include entry flows from a reservoir into a die and exit flows from a die into the atmosphere under the influence of a pressure gradient. The materials are modelled by a constitutive equation of Bingham fluids with yield stress, as modified by Papanastasiou to include an exponential term for low strain rates and to avoid discontinuities. This equation applies everywhere in the flow field in both yielded and practically unyielded regions. The Finite Element method is used to discretize the domain and solve the set of conservation and constitutive equations along with the proper boundary conditions. The results are given as a function of a dimensionless Bingham number (Bi) or yield stress ($\tau\sbsp{y}{*}$). The emphasis is on determining the extent and shape of unyielded/yielded regions as well as the extrudate swell for planar and axisymmetric geometries. It is found that reduction in swelling occurs as the amount of yield increases, which becomes contraction and then it asymptotically increases to reach 1 as Bi $\to \infty$. The results for the pressure necessary to push the material through are used to determine the excess pressure losses over and above the Newtonian values, giving rise to entrance, exit and the total end correction. These are found to be substantially higher than the Newtonian values as Bi increases, reaching values close to 4 times their Newtonian counterparts. The results correctly capture the location and extent of solid and fluid regions in such flows, which is of considerable interest for industrial purposes. The combined effect of entry and exit flow under non-isothermal conditions has been also studied in an effort to simulate a visco-elastico-plastic material for which experimental data are available in the literature. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Supplementary document for Identification of multi-stack structure of graphene electrodes doped layer-by-layer with benzimidazole and its implication for design of optoelectronic - 5301270.pdf
Creators: name: Cho, Hyunsu
name: Song, Jinouk
name: Shin, Jin-Wook
name: Moon, Jaehyun
name: Kwon, Byoung-Hwa
name: Lee, Jeong-Ik
name: Yoo, Seunghyup
name: Cho, Nam Sung
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplemental Document
Impact of COVID-19 on Canadian medical oncologists and cancer care : Canadian Association of Medical Oncologists survey report
Creators: name: Gill, Sharlene
name: Hao, D.
name: Hirte, H.
name: Campbell, A.
name: Campbell, A.
name: Colwell, B.
Publisher: name: MDPI
Year: 2021

description: Background The covid-19 pandemic has presented unprecedented professional and personal challenges for the oncology community. Under the auspices of the Canadian Association of Medical Oncologists, we conducted an online national survey to better understand the impact of the pandemic on the medical oncology community in Canada. Methods An English-language multiple-choice survey, including questions about demographics, covid-19 risk, use of personal protective equipment (ppe), personal challenges, and chemotherapy management was distributed to Canadian medical oncologists. The survey was open from 30 March to 4 April 2020, and attracted 159 responses. Results More than 70% of medical oncologists expressed moderate-to-extreme concern about personally contracting covid-19 and about family members or patients (or both) contracting covid-19 from them. Despite that high level of concern, considerable variability in the use of ppe in direct cancer care was reported at the time of this survey, with 33% of respondents indicating no routine ppe use at their institutions and 69% indicating uncertainty about access to adequate ppe. Of the respondents, 54% were experiencing feelings of nervousness or anxiety on most days, and 52% were having feelings of depression or hopelessness on at least some days. Concern about aging parents or family and individual wellness represented the top personal challenges identified. The management of cancer patients has been affected, with adoption of telemedicine reported by 82% of respondents, and cessation of clinical trial accrual reported by 54%. The 3 factors deemed most important for treatment decision-making were ■ cancer prognosis and anticipated benefit from treatment, ■ risk of treatment toxicity during scarce health care access, and ■ patient risk of contracting covid-19. Conclusions This report describes the results of the first national survey assessing the impact of the covid-19 on Canadian medical oncologists and how they deliver systemic anticancer therapies. We hope that these data will provide a framework to address the challenges identified.
The H I cloud population in the lower halo of the Milky Way
Creators: name: Ford, Heather Alyson
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: To constrain the physical properties and distribution of the population of H I clouds in the lower halo of the MilkyWay galaxy, and to provide insight into their origin and nature, the Galactic All-Sky Survey was performed and used to identify and measure properties of H I halo clouds. Two regions of the Galaxy that are symmetricallylocated with respect to the line of sight to the Galactic centre were searched for H I halo clouds located near tangent points. The number of clouds detected within these regions are strikingly different. The physical properties of the clouds are similar, however, suggesting that they belong to the same population and may have originated from similar environments. The cloud-to-cloud velocity dispersions are also similar, despite a factor of two difference in their vertical scale heights. This suggests that the kinematics of the clouds are driven by the same physical processes in each quadrant and that the cloud-to-cloud velocity dispersions are not responsible for the heights the clouds reach. This large, homogeneously selected sample of halo clouds has allowed their spatial distribution to be determined for the first time and has revealed that they are strongly correlated with the spiral structure of the Galaxy. We propose a scenario where the H I halo clouds are related to areas of star formation in the form of superbubbles and gas that has been swept into the halo due to stellar feedback. This proposal was tested by performing three-dimensional hydrodynamic simulations of a superbubble within a realistic clumpy medium. The simulations revealed that H I clouds may form in the disk-halo interface due to the evolution of a superbubble, in the form of disk gas that has been swept into the halo from the walls of chimneys. The resulting clouds have diameters and heights similar to those of observed clouds, but are less dense. The large number of clouds detected in both regions suggest that the clouds are a major component of the Galaxy and would likely be detected throughout it. The H I halo clouds therefore play an important role in the circulation of gas between the disk and halo, and these features likely exist in many external galaxies.
Relationship Status: It's Complicated - The Role of Narcissism in the Development of Relationships Through Facebook
Creators: name: Saad, Michael
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: narcissism
social capital
facebook
social
relationship
qualitative
motive
interviews
NPI-40
NPI
internet
social network
social networking site
social ties
weak ties
strong ties

description: The presence of both narcissism and social capital in the digital social networking site Facebook is altering the dynamic of relationship development. Therefore, the central research question directing this study is as follows: What role do narcissistic personality traits play in bridging social capital on Facebook? From this, two sub-questions are raised: 1) What are the motives for users to express narcissistic traits through Facebook? 2) How is narcissistic-motivated activity influencing social capital development through Facebook? Guiding this thesis are concepts of social tie relationships (as they apply to narcissism), and digital social networks. An exploratory study of in-depth interviews was utilized to conduct such research. A key objective in this thesis is understanding motive and purpose for generating social capital in an online environment. The findings from this study suggest Facebook is a facilitator for the expression of narcissistic traits. As a result, this is influencing the disconnected and questionable value of digital social capital.
Data-driven asset management com base em Data Templates
Creators: name: Mêda, Pedro
name: Calvetti, Diego
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Data Templates

description: O presente entregável do Projeto GrowingCircle assume os pressupostos da “data-driven strategy” e detalha como os Data Templates são fundamentais para a materialização do conceito. O documento assume a forma de uma apresentação tendo em vista a sua divulgação em ações de comunicação. Este formato promove também uma melhor visualização dos conceitos, suas implicações e forma de funcionamento.

https://growingcircle.netlify.app/pt/projeto
Role of eEF1A in the Nuclear Export of the VHL Tumour Suppressor Protein
Creators: name: Francisco, Camille
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: eEF1A
VHL
TD-NEM
Nuclear-cytoplasmic shuttling

description: The ability of proteins to engage in nuclear-cytoplasmic shuttling is required for their proper function. The nuclear export of the von Hippel Lindau (VHL) tumour suppressor protein is necessary for the proteasomal degradation of the hypoxia inducible factor alpha (HIFα). Studies have identified that the nuclear export of VHL and other proteins encoding a Transcription-Dependent Nuclear Export Motif (TD-NEM) is independent of the classical CRM1 nuclear export pathway but requires ongoing transcription. Furthermore, the eukaryotic elongation factor 1 alpha (eEF1A) was identified as a mandatory component of the TD-NEM-mediated nuclear export machinery. In this study, we have uncovered the ability of eEF1A to mediate the nuclear export of proteins by accessing the nuclear compartment in its inactive, GDP-bound form. Although previously thought of as a strictly cytoplasmic protein, work conducted in this thesis has shown that eEF1A is a nuclear-cytoplasmic shuttling protein and this ability is required for the effective export of proteins encoding a TD-NEM.
Future research directions in pneumonia
Creators: name: Nusrat, R.
name: Orihuela, C.J.
name: Goldstein, D.R.
name: Niederman, M.S.
name: Khatri, P.
name: Doerschuk, C.M.
name: Mizgerd, J.P.
name: Sznajder, J.I.
name: Caler, E.V.
name: Dela Cruz, C.S.
name: Suratt, B.T.
name: Ridge, K.M.
name: Kobzik, L.
name: Yende, S.
name: Wunderink, R.G.
name: Prince, A.S.
name: Metersky, M.L.
name: Levy, B.D.
name: Kolls, J.K.
name: Peyrani, P.
name: Evans, S.E.
name: Tsalik, E.L.
name: Cormier, S.A.
name: Crothers, K.
name: Sethi, S.
name: Aggarwal, N.R.
name: Ramírez, J.A.
name: Walkey, A.J.
name: Christiani, D.C.
Publisher: name: American Thoracic Society
Year: 2018

description: Pneumonia is a complex pulmonary disease in need of new clinical approaches. Although triggered by a pathogen, pneumonia often results from dysregulations of host defense that likely precede infection. The coordinated activities of immune resistance and tissue resilience then dictate whether and how pneumonia progresses or resolves. Inadequate or inappropriate host responses lead to more severe outcomes such as acute respiratory distress syndrome and to organ dysfunction beyond the lungs and over extended time frames after pathogen clearance, some of which increase the risk for subsequent pneumonia. Improved understanding of such host responses will guide the development of novel approaches for preventing and curing pneumonia and for mitigating the subsequent pulmonary and extrapulmonary complications of pneumonia. The NHLBI assembled a working group of extramural investigators to prioritize avenues of host-directed pneumonia research that should yield novel approaches for interrupting the cycle of unhealthy decline caused by pneumonia. This report summarizes the working group’s specific recommendations in the areas of pneumonia susceptibility, host response, and consequences. Overarching goals include the development of more host-focused clinical approaches for preventing and treating pneumonia, the generation of predictive tools (for pneumonia occurrence, severity, and outcome), and the elucidation of mechanisms mediating immune resistance and tissue resilience in the lung. Specific areas of research are highlighted as especially promising for making advances against pneumonia.
Supplementary document for Identification of multi-stack structure of graphene electrodes doped layer-by-layer with benzimidazole and its implication for design of optoelectronic - 5301270.pdf
Creators: name: Cho, Hyunsu
name: Song, Jinouk
name: Shin, Jin-Wook
name: Moon, Jaehyun
name: Kwon, Byoung-Hwa
name: Lee, Jeong-Ik
name: Yoo, Seunghyup
name: Cho, Nam Sung
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplemental Document
Cryptolaundering: Optimising Cryptocurrency Laundering Interventions
Creators: name: Desmond, Dennis
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2020
Subjects: cryptolaundering
human factors
cybercrime
money laundering
bitcoin
cryptocurrency

description: Money laundering accounts for approximately US$1 trillion each year. It is difficult to estimate how much of that amount includes cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin. Despite increased global regulation and enforcement, the use of cryptocurrencies in illicit trade and laundering activities grows each year. A corresponding growth in cybercrime, ransomware, identity fraud, and cryptocurrency theft from exchanges feeds the pool of illicit digital proceeds. Recent efforts to reduce cryptolaundering activities have been insufficient despite the global implications for terrorism funding and the cost to governments in continued anticrime enforcement and lost revenue.
title: ¡Míranos!: Study Planning
Creators: name: Institute, Latino Research
Publisher: name: The University of Texas at Austin
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Latino
subject: urban
subject: planning grid
subject: newsletter
subject: timeline
subject: multi-level intervention
subject: preschool
subject: development
subject: Head Start
subject: obesity prevention
subject: nutrition
subject: physical activity
subject: policy change
subject: implementation

description: ¡Míranos! Look at Us, We Are Healthy! (¡Míranos!) is a participatory project, tailored to Latino preschool children and their parents, to promote the healthy development of predominantly Latino children in Head Start in San Antonio. The ¡Míranos! program includes center-based (policy changes, staff development, gross motor program and nutrition education) and home-based (parent engagement/education, home visits) interventions to address key enablers and barriers in obesity prevention in young children.
description: This record contains study planning materials that the ¡Míranos! research team used to keep track of the study’s design and progress. This includes a newsletter planning grid, policies implementation guide, and a study timeline with dates and deliverables.
Les dynamiques de l'action militante : le cas des citoyens issus de l'immigration dans les partis politiques québécois
Creators: name: Sauvageau, Marie-Michèle
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: militantisme
immigration
Québec
partis politiques
motilité

description: Cette thèse vise à comprendre comment les citoyens issus de l’immigration s’engagent auprès d’un parti politique de leur société d’accueil. À partir de l’approche des parcours de vie, cette étude se penche sur les récits de 25 militants originaires d’Afrique du Nord et du Moyen-Orient qui militent bénévolement au sein d’une formation politique québécoise. Ces incursions en profondeur dans les parcours individuels permettent de mieux comprendre cette pratique sociale qu’est le militantisme partisan, en parallèle avec les trajectoires migratoires de ces militants. Trois axes sont plus particulièrement analysés, soit un angle processuel, qui se penche sur les événements qui mènent à entamer une action militante auprès d’un parti ; un angle relationnel, qui s’intéresse aux relations qui s’établissent entre ces militants et les institutions que sont les partis politiques ; et un angle décisionnel et relationnel, qui évalue l’influence des relations sociales dans les différentes sphères de vie sur l’engagement militant. L’une des conclusions majeures de cette thèse est que le militantisme partisan apparaît, au Québec du moins, comme étant réservé à une certaine catégorie de personnes, tout particulièrement celles qui, par leur parcours, ont été en mesure d’acquérir de la « motilité », soit la capacité à mobiliser la mobilité (Kaufmann, 2002). En plus d’explorer cette notion de « motilité », cette thèse propose aussi deux autres notions qui émergent de l’analyse par théorisation ancrée des données, soit le concept de « projets migratoires », inhérent aux trajectoires de mobilité des participants et qui semble structurer leur incursion en politique militante active au Québec, et l’idée de se sentir « chez-soi » au Québec, différente des concepts d’intégration et d’identification que l’on retrouve habituellement en sociologie de l’immigration, mais dont la présence récurrente chez les participants témoigne de son importance dans leur cheminement migratoire.
Biofuels in Decentralised Systems
Creators: name: Mangoyana, Robert
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2011
Subjects: biofuels
decentralised systems
sustainability

description: Prompted by the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and secure the future supply of energy in light of dwindling supplies of petroleum fuels and increasing fuel prices, biofuels are becoming increasingly pivotal in the sustainable development debate. However, a number of studies have shown contradicting and diverging results regarding the potential sustainability of biofuel systems, even for the same biofuel production chains and end use applications. For example, sugarcane ethanol produced in different agro-ecological conditions or countries may yield different social, economic, environmental outcomes due differences in agricultural inputs (e.g. fertilisers and chemicals) application, crop and oil yields per given area of production, transportation distances, capital and labour costs, and institutions governing biofuel production regimes. There is, therefore, need for contextual evaluation of any biofuel system that accounts for social, economic and environmental sustainability issues. Furthermore, while the social, economic and environmental issues have been discussed widely in the biofuels literature, there are no suggested mechanisms for their integration to reflect the sustainability of the whole biofuel system. Such mechanisms require an identification of all processes involved in the biofuel production chain including planning, energy crop production, processing, marketing and distribution, and end use applications and implications on system sustainability.
Importance of periphyton as a food source for sandfish Holothuria scabra Jaeger 1833, juveniles in ocean-based nursery systems in the Philippines
Creators: name: Gorospe, Jay R
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Holothuria scabra
subject: periphyton
subject: juveniles
subject: chlorophyll
subject: organic matter
subject: Fisheries sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: The sea cucumber, Holothuria scabra, commonly known as sandfish, is one of the most expensive and thus, heavily exploited species of tropical sea cucumber. Increase in demand and high market value have driven the exploitation of this species resulting in severe depletion of wild populations. Development of culture technology for H. scabra, to augment fishery production and rebuild natural stocks through the release of hatchery-produced juveniles, has been achieved in several countries with varying levels of success. Mass production of sea cucumber (sandfish; Holothuria scabra) juveniles is carried out in periphyton-based ocean nursery systems in the Philippines. However, detailed studies on the importance of periphyton as a food source for post-settled juveniles, and on factors influencing periphyton development and composition are scarce. Such information is critical in the optimization of both culture systems and husbandry procedures, and to improve production of sea cucumber juveniles.