cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Umwelt- und gesundheitsverträgliche Bauprodukte
Creators: name: Bolland, Til
name: Däumling, Christine
name: Dürkop, Jutta
name: Dorer, Conrad
name: Horn, Wolfgang
name: Englert, Norbert
name: Fischer, Jürgen
name: Ilvonen, Outi
name: Kirschbaum, Bernd
name: Noack, Constance
name: Oehm, Anke
name: Plehn, Wolfgang
name: Rapp, Thomas
name: Scutaru, Ana-Maria
name: Utermann, Jens
name: Wolter, Rüdiger
name: Wurbs, Johanna
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2015
Subjects: Umweltverträglichkeit
Bauwirtschaft
Planung

description: Im Mittelpunkt dieser überarbeiten Fachbroschüre steht der aktuelle Stand des Wissens zu Emissionen und Schadstoffausträgen aus Bauprodukten. Die Broschüre geht den Fragen nach, wie charakteristische Emissionen aus Bauprodukten aussehen, welche Prüfmethoden zur Verfügung stehen und welche Bewertungsmaßstäbe es gibt. Sie enthält Informationen über Möglichkeiten zur Minderung von schädlichen Emissionen und Gerüchen aus Bauprodukten für beabsichtigte Bau- oder Renovierungsmaßnahmen. Die geltenden gesetzlichen Regelungen sowie weitere Kriterien und Kennzeichnungen, die bei der Produktauswahl behilflich sind, werden vorgestellt. Wir freuen uns, wenn wir damit dem Informationsbedarf bei Beschäftigten in Gesundheits-, Bauaufsichts-, Beschaffungs- und Umweltbehörden, bei Fachleuten in der Bauplanung und -ausführung, bei kleinen und mittelständischen Unternehmen und auch bei allen Interessierten entgegen kommen.
Quelle: Umweltbundesamt
Buenoa macrotrichia Truxal 1953
Creators: name: Santos, Suzane Evaristo Dos
name: Barbosa, Julianna Freires
name: Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo
name: Couceiro, Sheyla Regina Marques
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Notonectidae
Buenoa
Buenoa macrotrichia

description: Buenoa macrotrichia Truxal 1953
(Fig. 32A–B)
Buenoa macrotrichia Truxal, 1953: 1429 (original description)
Distribution. Brazil: Pará (Barbosa & Nessimian 2013a). Peru (Truxal 1953). Distribution in Pará. Vigia, Vigia/São Caetano de Odivelas (Barbosa & Nessimian 2013a).
description: Published as part of Santos, Suzane Evaristo Dos, Barbosa, Julianna Freires, Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo & Couceiro, Sheyla Regina Marques, 2025, Corixoidea and Notonectidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Nepomorpha) of Pará, Brazil, with new records from the western portion of the state, pp. 275-304 in Zootaxa 5627 (2) on page 288, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5627.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/15325988
title: COLANGIOCARCINOMA: "el feo"
Creators: name: Núñez Miguel, Elena
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Abdomen
subject: CT
subject: Neoplasia

description: Objetivo docente
Revisión del tema
Conclusiones
description: Objetivo docente:
Los objetivos planteados en esta revisión son: - Reseñar los factores de riesgo y epidemiológicos,
asi como la clasificación morfológica del colangiocarcinoma. - La descripción de las formas radiológicas de presentación del colangiocarcinoma...
Supplementary document for Simultaneous laser-driven X-ray and two-photon fluorescence imaging of atomizing sprays - 4318424.pdf
Creators: name: Guénot, Diego
name: Svendsen, Kristoffer
name: svensson, jonas björklund
name: ekerfelt, henrik
name: Persson, Anders
name: Lundh, Olle
name: Berrocal, Edouard
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: X-ray comparison, calibration and additional information
Query interface for multimedia database system.
Creators: name: Cheng, Jiandong.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: Information Science.

description: Multimedia database system differs significantly from traditional database system. The introduction of non-numerical media types, such as image, video, and audio, requests the development of database technology to handle the challenge. At the same time, the demands for multimedia applications are growing rapidly. The central repository of almost every multimedia application is exclusively a multimedia database system. Thus, the efficient query and retrieval information from the database becomes an important issue. To fulfill the task of information retrieval, a multimedia query language, which takes into account the complex spatial and temporal relationships as well as media information, should be integrated with the database system. One of the difficulties in dealing with multimedia data is how to effectively express its very rich semantics in a query. It might be with obstacle for some users to translate the perceptions of multimedia information into the expression of query language. Therefore, a friendly and easy-to-user graphical user interface is needed on top the query language to help the user to construct queries. In this thesis, an interactive query interface for multimedia database named MEDIAQUINT is proposed. It focuses on supplying visual query facilities to end-users so that they can formulate the query based on their memory representation of the interested multimedia scenario. The system architecture and implementation of the graphical user interface are presented.
Combining chemical and biological endpoints, a major challenge for twenty-first century's environmental specimen banks
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2014

description: Environmental specimen banks (ESBs) are not a new phenomenon, but in the last decades, the steep rate in the establishment of new ESBs is a sign to address new research approaches for scientists. In this way, environmental biobanking is becoming a well-organized and effective vehicle to collect samples of high quality making them available for future researchers. The endpoints promoted in the ESBs are mainly based on chemical approaches, but the necessity to add biological endpoint is fundamental (e.g., assessment of the environmental health status). Moreover, advances and development of high sensitive, high-throughput techniques along with ecotoxicological approaches based on biomarkers are stimulating a new demand for stored specimens and associated data. Like in chemically targeted environmental specimen banking, the banked samples for the assessment of biological effects also require guidance informed by knowledge of their practices and challenges, along with policies for the correct advancement of research goals and appropriate and effective biobank governance.
Quelle: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
Supplementary document for Simultaneous laser-driven X-ray and two-photon fluorescence imaging of atomizing sprays - 4318424.pdf
Creators: name: Guénot, Diego
name: Svendsen, Kristoffer
name: svensson, jonas björklund
name: ekerfelt, henrik
name: Persson, Anders
name: Lundh, Olle
name: Berrocal, Edouard
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2020
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: X-ray comparison, calibration and additional information
La adquisición de la categoría funcional determinante y los sustantivos nulos del español infantil.
Creators: name: Rosado-Villegas, Elisa.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: Language, Linguistics.

description: The interaction between syntax and morphology during the process of language acquisition is a central problem in the field of psycholinguistics because it relates directly to the issue of how linguistic knowledge is represented in the mind. The syntactic phenomenon known as N-drop, which leads to the presence of null nouns, is particularly suited because their productivity in Spanish has been related to the richness of the morphological paradigm of the Spanish determiners. In this respect, a number of studies focus on the presence of functional categories (e.g. the Determiner Phrase) versus lexical categories (e.g. nouns) in the first stages of primary and non primary language acquisition. In this thesis we analyze three different types of data from L1 and L2 Spanish in order to test whether the mastering of the Spanish morphology inside the Determiner Phrase can be related to the production of null nouns and whether functional elements are present in our subjects' grammars from the onset of their acquisitional process.
D4.3 Model of evBOW products toxicity
Creators: name: Goranov, Vitaly
name: Bergese, Paolo
name: Berger, Lukáš
name: Colombo, Paolo
name: Di Bucchianico, Sebastiano
name: Di Schiavi, Elia
name: Jaroslav, Košťál
name: Romano, Miriam
name: Revutska, Tatiana
name: Zendrini, Andrea
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: BOW project Deliverable 4.3 Model of evBOW products toxicity
Dietary Fat Intake Modulates Effects of a Frequent ACE Gene Variant on Glucose Tolerance with association to Type 2 Diabetes
Creators: name: Schueler, Rita
name: Osterhoff, Martin A.
name: Frahnow, Turid
name: Moehlig, Matthias
name: Spranger, Joachim
name: Stefanovski, Darko
name: Bergman, Richard
name: Xu, Li
name: Seltmann, Anne-Cathrin
name: Kabisch, Stefan
name: Hornemann, Silke
name: Kruse, Michael
name: Pfeiffer, Andreas F. H.
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Clinical trials
subject: Genetic interaction
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: The frequent ACE insertion/deletion polymorphism (I/D) is, albeit inconsistently, associated with impaired glucose tolerance and insulin resistance. We recently observed an enhanced upregulation of ACE by elevated fat intake in GG-carriers of the I/D-surrogate rs4343 variant and therefore investigated its potential nutrigenetic role in glucose metabolism. In this nutritional intervention study 46 healthy and non-obese twin pairs consumed recommended low fat diets for 6 weeks before they received a 6-week high fat (HF) diet under isocaloric conditions. Intravenous glucose tolerance tests were performed before and after 1 and 6 weeks of HF diet. While glucose tolerance did not differ between genotypes at baseline it significantly declined in GG-carriers after 6 weeks HF diet (p = 0.001) with higher 2 h glucose and insulin concentrations compared to AA/AG-carriers (p = 0.003 and p = 0.042). Furthermore, the gene-diet interaction was confirmed in the cross- sectional Metabolic Syndrome Berlin Potsdam study (p = 0.012), with the GG- genotypes being significantly associated with prevalent type 2 diabetes for participants with high dietary fat intake ≥37% (GG vs. AA/AG, OR 2.36 [1.02–5.49], p = 0.045). In conclusion, the association between the rs4343 variant and glucose tolerance is modulated by dietary fat intake. The ACE rs4343 variant is a novel nutrient-sensitive type 2 diabetes risk marker potentially applicable for nutrigenetic dietary counseling.
Object-oriented tools for visualization of multi-sensor data.
Creators: name: Andronic, Catalin.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1993
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Electronics and Electrical.

description: This research addresses the problem of generating source code for an object oriented image processing application by means of graphic manipulation. The visual symbols (called icons) manipulated by the user on the screen are linked through data- and/or control-connections. The acyclic graphical structure (whose nodes are visual symbols and whose edges are data- and control-connections) built by the user on the screen is parsed and the corresponding source code is generated. The programming environment developed in this research can be used to generate source code for any type of object-oriented application. An example has been implemented and demonstrated in the field of multi-sensor data visualization. The source code generated by means of graphic manipulation was cross-compiled, down-loaded into a massively parallel Single Instruction Multiple Data computer and executed.
title: Enfermedad de Crohn: Nuestra experiencia con la enterografía-RM
Creators: name: Diaz, Ignacio
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Inflammation
subject: Fistula
subject: Abscess
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Dynamic swallowing studies
subject: MR
subject: Small bowel
subject: Abdomen

description: Objetivo docente
Revisión del tema
Conclusiones
description: Objetivo docente:
-Describir nuestro protocolo de Enterografía-RM (E-RM) -Ilustrar los hallazgos en la evaluación de la enfermedad de Crohn (EC) con E- RM en el seguimiento de la actividad,
extensión y distribución de la enfermedad,
en los casos recogidos en...
Digitale Steuerungsinstrumente für das Umwelt- und Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: Umweltbundesamt
Year: 2023

description: Der rasant voranschreitende digitale Wandel von Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft wird auch die Umweltauswirkungen von Unternehmen grundlegend beeinflussen. Die Digitalisierung kann zu einem Brandbeschleuniger der aktuellen Umweltprobleme werden, aber auch ein "Enabler" für nachhaltiges Wirtschaften sein. Daher ist es wichtig, dass Unternehmen die mit dem Einsatz dieser Technologien einhergehenden Umweltauswirkungen im Blick behalten und die Chancen für den betrieblichen Umwelt- und Klimaschutz konsequent nutzen. Die vorliegende Broschüre zeigt schlaglichtartig, wie aktuelle Digitalisierungstrends von Blockchain und künstlicher Intelligenz, Big Data und Cloud Computing bis hin zum Internet der Dinge in zentralen Themenbereichen des Umweltmanagements eingesetzt werden können. Die Broschüre soll nicht nur den rund 10.000 Organisationen in Deutschland Hilfestellung bieten, die bereits ein Umweltmanagementsystem wie die internationale Umweltmanagementnorm ISO 14001 oder das europäische "Eco Management and Audit Scheme" (EMAS) umsetzen, sondern richtet sich auch an Unternehmen, die sich erstmals mit dem Thema befassen. Neben konkreten Anwendungsfällen enthält die Broschüre auch Praxisbeispiele und Umsetzungstipps. Quelle: www.umweltbundesamt.de
Simulating spin biology using a digital quantum computer: Prospects on a near-term quantum hardware emulator
Creators: name: Alvarez, Pedro H.
name: Chowdhury, Farhan T.
name: Smith, Luke D.
name: Brokowski, Trevor J.
name: Aiello, Clarice D.
name: Kattnig, Daniel R.
name: de Oliveira, Marcos C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Understanding the intricate quantum spin dynamics of radical pair reactions is crucial for unraveling the underlying nature of chemical processes across diverse scientific domains. In this work, we leverage Trotterization to map coherent radical pair spin dynamics onto a digital gate-based quantum simulation. Our results demonstrated agreement between the idealized noiseless quantum circuit simulation and established master equation approaches for homogeneous radical pair recombination, identifying approximately 15 Trotter steps to be sufficient for faithfully reproducing the coupled spin dynamics of a prototypical system. By utilizing this computational technique to study the dynamics of spin systems of biological relevance, our findings underscore the potential of digital quantum simulation (DQS) of complex radical pair reactions and builds the groundwork towards more utilitarian investigations into their intricate reaction dynamics. We further investigate the effect of realistic error models on our DQS approach, and provide an upper limit for the number of Trotter steps that can currently be applied in the absence of error mitigation techniques before losing simulation accuracy to deleterious noise effects.
description: 10 pages, 9 figures
The 2-degree Field Lensing Survey: Photometric redshifts from a large new training sample to r 19.5
Creators: name: Wolf, C.
name: Johnson, A. S.
name: Bilicki, M.
name: Blake, Chris
name: Amon, A.
name: Erben, T.
name: Glazebrook, Karl
name: Heymans, C.
name: Hildebrandt, H.
name: Joudaki, Shahab
name: Klaes, D.
name: Kuijken, K.
name: Lidman, C.
name: Marin Perucci, Felipe
name: Parkinson, D.
name: Poole, G.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 510103
subject: Cosmology and extragalactic astronomy

description: We present a new training set for estimating empirical photometric redshifts of galaxies, which was created as part of the 2-degree Field Lensing Survey project. This training set is located in a ~700 deg2 area of the Kilo-Degree-Survey South field and is randomly selected and nearly complete at r < 19.5. We investigate the photometric redshift performance obtained with ugriz photometry from VST-ATLAS and W1/W2 fromWISE, based on several empirical and template methods. The best redshift errors are obtained with kernel-density estimation (KDE), as are the lowest biases, which are consistent with zero within statistical noise. The 68th percentiles of the redshift scatter for magnitude-limited samples at r < (15.5, 17.5, 19.5) are (0.014, 0.017, 0.028). In this magnitude range, there are no known ambiguities in the colour-redshift map, consistent with a small rate of redshift outliers. In the fainter regime, the KDE method produces p(z) estimates per galaxy that represent unbiased and accurate redshift frequency expectations. The p(z) sum over any subsample is consistent with the true redshift frequency plus Poisson noise. Further improvements in redshift precision at r < 20 would mostly be expected from filter sets with narrower passbands to increase the sensitivity of colours to small changes in redshift.
Tackling the Challenges of Assessing Collective Progress for an Effective Global Stocktake
Creators: name: Jeffery, Louise
name: Siemons, Anne
name: Förster, Hannah
Publisher: name: Deutschland. Umweltbundesamt
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Emissionsminderung
subject: Klimaschutz
subject: Klimaänderung
subject: Paris Agreement
subject: global stocktake
subject: climate protection agreement
subject: Klima | Energie
subject: Climate | Energy

description: Many hope that the Global Stocktake under the Paris Agreement can become a catalyst for increased mitigation ambition over time. Based on different theories of change, this paper outlines four governance functions for the Global Stocktake. It can contribute to the Paris Agreement as a pacemaker (stimulating and synchronizing policy processes across governance levels), by ensuring accountability of Parties, by enhancing ambition through benchmarks for action and transformative learning, and by reiterating and refining the guidance and signal provided from the Paris Agreement. The paper further outlines process- and information-related preconditions that would enable an ideal Global Stocktake. Quelle: Umweltbundesamt
description: The Paris Agreement combines collective goals with individual countries’ contributions. This hybrid approach does not guarantee that the individual contributions add up to what is required to meet the collective goals. The Paris Agreement therefore established the Global Stocktake. Its task is to “assess collective progress” towards achieving the long-term goals of the agreement as of 2023 and every five years thereafter. Corresponding to this role, this paper addresses three questions: What should an effective Global Stocktake look like? What information and data are needed? Is it possible to execute an effective Global Stocktake within the mandate of the Paris Agreement?
Congestion control using dynamic routing and flow control in store-and-forward computer networks.
Creators: name: Chouikha, Wahida.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1991
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Electronics and Electrical.

description: In this thesis, the problem of congestion control in computer communication networks is studied. The method employed consists of a combination of a dynamic routing policy that minimizes the delay, and buffer management schemes to control the flow of data. These schemes include (1) Complete Sharing, (2) Square Root Sharing, and (3) Sharing with Minimum Allocation. A dynamic model for a computer queueing network with finite buffer size, stochastic input and random channel errors, is used. Simulations using linear programming have been carried out on a simple 3-node network, under balanced and unbalanced traffic conditions. The important performance measures such as average delay, average throughput, the number of packets lost due to limitation in the buffer size, the total queues and the total external arrivals, are obtained from the simulation and compared. The relative merits and drawbacks of each approach are discussed.
How to Improve Your App - Learning from Competitors and Beyond
Creators: name: Uddin, MD Kafil
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Mobile app stores provide a wealth of information and are a useful place for mobile app developers to learn about other apps. An app store is an ecosystem of users, developers and store owners where app users can download the app and express their opinions, sentiments, ratings, etc. Given the large amount of information available for these apps, it is a very challenging task for the developers to effectively analyse this information to improve their apps. In this thesis, we develop techniques for automatically identifying, extracting and analysing specific information for the purpose of improving any given target app.
title: El papel de la resonancia mágnetica para el diagnóstico, valoración de actividad y de complicaciones en la enfermedad de Crohn.
Creators: name: Rudski Ricondo, Luciana
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: MR
subject: Gastrointestinal tract
subject: Abdomen

description: Objetivo docente
Revisión del tema
Conclusiones
description: Objetivo docente:
-Conocer las principales ventajas de la resonancia magnética (RM) frente a otros métodos diagnósticos. - Saber elaborar un protocolo adecuado para la correcta valoración de la enfermedad. - Describir los principales hallazgos en la enfermedad de...
La différence des sexes au regard du religieux dans l'Émile de Rousseau.
Creators: name: Lachapelle, Stéphane.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1997
Subjects: subject: Philosophy.

description: Le procede educatif de l'Emile suit un cheminement ordonne que Rousseau a trace et mis en evidence des les premieres pages. Nous constatons dans son ouvrage pedagogique a l'endroit des garcois, qu'il reserve aussi une place a la femme; il la construit pour Emile, pour faciliter son destin. Des lors, il est question d'un deuxieme sexe, different du premier peut-etre, en ce que celui-ci sert a transformer l'autre. Une lecture attentive selon cette hypothese nous revele alors des aspects singuliers de la construction de l'ouvrage en entier. Il y aurait, dans l'etalage chronologique de l'education ideale, y incluant surtout l'avenement de Sophie, quelque chose a creuser. Il s'agira donc ici de souligner ou et comment l'education masculine et l'education feminine different, en abordant par cela meme l'instruction religieuse, et comment ces differences expliquent, maintiennent et renforcent l'idee de chaque sexe a sa place a l'interieur d'une realite construite par l'auteur Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
title: The Protein Cost of Metabolic Fluxes
title: Prediction from Enzymatic Rate Laws and Cost Minimization
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Noor, Elad
name: Flamholz, Avi
name: Bar-Even, Arren
name: Davidi, Dan
name: Milo, Ron
name: Liebermeister, Wolfram
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit
subject: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie

description: Bacterial growth depends crucially on metabolic fluxes, which are limited by the cell’s capacity to maintain metabolic enzymes. The necessary enzyme amount per unit flux is a major determinant of metabolic strategies both in evolution and bioengineering. It depends on enzyme parameters (such as kcat and KM constants), but also on metabolite concentrations. Moreover, similar amounts of different enzymes might incur different costs for the cell, depending on enzyme-specific properties such as protein size and half-life. Here, we developed enzyme cost minimization (ECM), a scalable method for computing enzyme amounts that support a given metabolic flux at a minimal protein cost. The complex interplay of enzyme and metabolite concentrations, e.g. through thermodynamic driving forces and enzyme saturation, would make it hard to solve this optimization problem directly. By treating enzyme cost as a function of metabolite levels, we formulated ECM as a numerically tractable, convex optimization problem. Its tiered approach allows for building models at different levels of detail, depending on the amount of available data. Validating our method with measured metabolite and protein levels in E. coli central metabolism, we found typical prediction fold errors of 4.1 and 2.6, respectively, for the two kinds of data. This result from the cost-optimized metabolic state is significantly better than randomly sampled metabolite profiles, supporting the hypothesis that enzyme cost is important for the fitness of E. coli. ECM can be used to predict enzyme levels and protein cost in natural and engineered pathways, and could be a valuable computational tool to assist metabolic engineering projects. Furthermore, it establishes a direct connection between protein cost and thermodynamics, and provides a physically plausible and computationally tractable way to include enzyme kinetics into constraint-based metabolic models, where kinetics have usually been ignored or oversimplified.
Supplementary document for Multifunctional 2.5D metastructures enabled by adjoint optimization - 4320487.pdf
Creators: name: Mansouree, Mahdad
name: Kwon, Hyounghan
name: Arbabi, Ehsan
name: McClung, Andrew
name: Faraon, Andrei
name: Arbabi, Amir
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplementary Material
Supplementary document for Multifunctional 2.5D metastructures enabled by adjoint optimization - 4320487.pdf
Creators: name: Mansouree, Mahdad
name: Kwon, Hyounghan
name: Arbabi, Ehsan
name: McClung, Andrew
name: Faraon, Andrei
name: Arbabi, Amir
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2020
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplementary Material
Processing speed enhances model-based over model-free reinforcement learning in the presence of high working memory functioning
Creators: name: Schad, Daniel J.
name: Jünger, Elisabeth
name: Sebold, Miriam
name: Garbusow, Maria
name: Bernhardt, Nadine
name: Javadi, Amir-Homayoun
name: Zimmermann, Ulrich S.
name: Smolka, Michael N.
name: Heinz, Andreas
name: Rapp, Michael A.
name: Huys, Quentin J. M.
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: 100 Philosophie und Psychologie::150 Psychologie::150 Psychologie

description: Theories of decision-making and its neural substrates have long assumed the existence of two distinct and competing valuation systems, variously described as goal-directed vs. habitual, or, more recently and based on statistical arguments, as model-free vs. model-based reinforcement-learning. Though both have been shown to control choices, the cognitive abilities associated with these systems are under ongoing investigation. Here we examine the link to cognitive abilities, and find that individual differences in processing speed covary with a shift from model-free to model-based choice control in the presence of above-average working memory function. This suggests shared cognitive and neural processes; provides a bridge between literatures on intelligence and valuation; and may guide the development of process models of different valuation components. Furthermore, it provides a rationale for individual differences in the tendency to deploy valuation systems, which may be important for understanding the manifold neuropsychiatric diseases associated with malfunctions of valuation.
Local T/B cooperation in inflamed tissues is supported by T follicular helper- like cells
Creators: name: Van, Dana Vu
name: Beier, Katja C.
name: Pietzke, Lea-Jean
name: Baz, Maysun S. Al
name: Feist, Randi K.
name: Gurka, Stephanie
name: Hamelmann, Eckard
name: Kroczek, Richard A.
name: Hutloff, Andreas
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie

description: Autoimmune diseases and other inflammatory conditions are characterized by large lymphocytic tissue infiltrates in which T and B cells can be found in close contact. Here, using a murine airway inflammation model, we compare antigen-specific T and B cells in lung tissue versus lung-draining lymph node. In the lung we identify a B-cell population exhibiting a classical germinal centre phenotype without being organized into ectopic lymphoid tissue. By contrast, classical CXCR5+ Bcl-6+ T follicular helper cells are not present. Nevertheless, lung-infiltrating T cells exhibit follicular helper-like properties including the potential to provide help to naive B cells. The lung tissue is also a survival niche for memory T and B cells remaining in residual peribronchial infiltrates after resolution of inflammation. Collectively, this study shows the importance of T/B cooperation not only in lymph nodes but also in inflamed peripheral tissues for local antibody responses to infection and autoimmunity.
Combining reference-star and angular differential imaging for high-contrast imaging of extended sources
Creators: name: Juillard, Sandrine
name: Christiaens, Valentin
name: Absil, Olivier
name: Stasevic, Sophia
name: Milli, Julien
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: High-contrast imaging (HCI) is a technique designed to observe faint signals near bright sources, such as exoplanets and circumstellar disks. The primary challenge in revealing the faint circumstellar signal near a star is the presence of quasi-static speckles, which can produce patterns on the science images that are as bright, or even brighter, than the signal of interest. Strategies such as angular differential imaging (ADI) or reference-star differential imaging (RDI) aim to provide a means of removing the quasi-static speckles in post-processing. In this paper, we present and discuss the adaptation of state-of-the-art algorithms, initially designed for ADI, to jointly leverage angular and reference-star differential imaging (ARDI) for direct high-contrast imaging of circumstellar disks. Using a collection of high-contrast imaging data sets, we assess the performance of ARDI in comparison to ADI and RDI based on iterative principal component analysis (IPCA). These diverse data sets are acquired under various observing conditions and include the injection of synthetic disk models at various contrast levels. Our results demonstrate that ARDI with IPCA improves the quality of recovered disk images and the sensitivity to planets embedded in disks, compared to ADI or RDI individually. This enhancement is particularly pronounced when dealing with extended sources exhibiting highly ambiguous structures that cannot be accurately retrieved using ADI alone, and when the quality of the reference frames is suboptimal, leading to an underperformance of RDI. We finally apply our method to a sample of real observations of protoplanetary disks taken in star-hopping mode, and propose to revisit the protoplanetary claims associated with these disks.
description: 21 pages, 18 figures, Accepted to A&A
"A sense of wider fields and chances": Towards a literary history of English-Canadian satiric fictions of the nineteenth century.
Creators: name: Robbeson, Angela.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: Literature, Canadian (English).

description: This dissertation combines literary analysis with genre study and cultural history to trace the evolution of a tradition of nineteenth-century Canadian satiric fiction. Through a close reading of canonical texts examined within the contexts of their production, I analyze the moral, social, and political norms that inform nineteenth-century Canadian satire and determine how these norms have either been maintained or modified. The introduction defines the key terms of the thesis by reviewing the principle theoretical arguments surrounding the study of satire, and by elaborating the critical stance as one informed by the reading practices of New Criticism and Historicism. Part One explores the development of the satiric sketch in the Colonial Period and focuses on Thomas McCulloch's The Stepsure Letters (1821--3) and Thomas Chandler Haliburton's The Clockmaker (first series, 1836). In their condemnation of the vices and follies exhibited by their neighbours, McCulloch and Haliburton share many of the same norms; however, the evolution of the satiric viewpoint is one of ever-broadening scope. Both writers focus on similar class and social issues, for instance, but Haliburton also considers larger political matters centred around the complicated issue of Imperialism. Part Two examines the rise of the satiric novel in the Confederation Period and focuses on James De Mille's A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder (1888) and Sara Jeannette Duncan's The Imperialist (1904), which both take up the "Imperial Question." De Mille's fantastical adventure questions both Christian doctrine and Victorian values in its profound exploration of the individual challenge to define a code of values by which to live, and its thoughtful inquiry into the imperialistic urge to impose those values on others. Duncan's authentic depiction of turn-of-the-century small town Ontario's emotional and intellectual responses to the political debate on international relations satirizes the ignorant assumptions and lack of imagination displayed by both Canadians and Britons. The conclusion surveys the ways in which these writers urge their readers to recognize the "wider fields and chances" available to them; that is, the geographical, philosophical, and imaginative spaces open to all colonists/Canadians, and the attendant social, economic, and spiritual opportunities, risks, and responsibilities to be encountered there.
Predictive value of early magnetic resonance imaging measures is differentially affected by the dose of interferon beta-1a given subcutaneously three times a week: an exploratory analysis of the PRISMS study
Creators: name: Traboulsee, Anthony
name: Li, David K. B.
name: Cascione, Mark
name: Fang, Juanzhi
name: Dangond, Fernando
name: Miller, Aaron
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2018

description: Background: On-treatment magnetic resonance imaging lesions may predict long-term clinical outcomes in patients receiving interferon β-1a. This study aimed to assess the effect of active T2 and T1 gadolinium-enhancing (Gd+) lesions on relapses and 3-month confirmed Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) progression in the PRISMS clinical trial. Methods: Exploratory analyses assessed whether active T2 and T1 Gd + lesions at Month 6, or active T2 lesions at Month 12, predicted clinical outcomes over 4 years in PRISMS. Results: Mean active T2 lesion number at Month 6 was significantly lower with interferon beta-1a given subcutaneously (IFN β-1a SC) 44 μg and 22 μg 3×/week (tiw) than with placebo (p < 0.0001). The presence of ≥4 versus 0 active T2 lesions predicted disability progression at Years 3–4 in the IFN β-1a SC 22 μg group only (p < 0.05), whereas the presence of ≥2 versus 0–1 active T2 lesions predicted disability progression in the placebo/delayed treatment (DTx) (Years 2–4; p < 0.05) and IFN β-1a SC 22 μg groups (Years 3–4; p < 0.05). Greater active T2 lesion number at 6 months predicted relapses in the placebo/DTx group only (≥4 vs. 0, Years 1–4; ≥2 vs. 0–1, Years 2–4; p < 0.05), and the presence of T1 Gd + lesions at 6 months predicted disability progression in the IFN β-1a SC 44 μg group only (Year 1; p < 0.05). The presence of ≥2 versus 0–1 active T2 lesions at 12 months predicted disability progression over 3 and 4 years in the IFN β-1a SC 44 μg group. Conclusion: Active T2 lesions at 6 months predicted clinical outcomes in patients receiving placebo or IFN β-1a SC 22 μg, but not in those receiving IFN β-1a SC 44 μg. Active T2 lesions at 12 months may predict outcomes in those receiving IFN β-1a SC 44 μg and are possibly more suggestive of poor response to therapy than T2 results at 6 months.
Buenoa pallipes
Creators: name: Santos, Suzane Evaristo Dos
name: Barbosa, Julianna Freires
name: Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo
name: Couceiro, Sheyla Regina Marques
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Notonectidae
Buenoa
Buenoa pallipes

description: Buenoa pallipes (Fabricius, 1803)
(Fig. 30A–B)
Notonecta pallipes Fabricius, 1803: 103 (original description)
Anisops pallipes: Stål (1868): 137 (combination change)
Buenoa pallipes: Kirkaldy (1904): 123 (combination change)
Distribution. Bolivia (Kirkaldy 1899b). Barbados (Nieser 1967). Brazil: Alagoas (Jordão et al. 2025), Amazonas, Pará (Nieser 1970b), Pernambuco (Jordão et al. 2025). Colombia (Kirkaldy 1899c). Costa Rica (Torre-Bueno 1906). Cuba (Nieser 1967). Ecuador (Kirkaldy 1899c). Guadeloupe (Kirkaldy 1904). Hawaiian Islands (Kirkaldy 1913). Honduras (Truxal 1953). Jamaica (Kirkaldy 1900). Martinique (Kirkaldy 1904). Mexico (Champion 1901). Panama (Kirkaldy 1899d). Paraguay. Peru (Truxal 1953). Puerto Rico (Fieber 1851). St. Barthélemy (Lethierry 1881). St. Vincent & the Grenadines (Uhler 1893). U.S. Virgin Islands (Fieber 1851).
Distribution in Pará. Óbidos/Oriximiná (Nieser 1970b).
Comment. Records in the Americas north of Mexico are erroneous.
description: Published as part of Santos, Suzane Evaristo Dos, Barbosa, Julianna Freires, Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo & Couceiro, Sheyla Regina Marques, 2025, Corixoidea and Notonectidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Nepomorpha) of Pará, Brazil, with new records from the western portion of the state, pp. 275-304 in Zootaxa 5627 (2) on pages 288-289, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5627.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/15325988
Advancing Cross-Cultural Approaches to Forensic Risk Assessment
Creators: name: Ashford, Linda J.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This thesis examined the Level of Service/Risk Needs Responsivity, a commonly used forensic risk assessment instrument that assesses an individual's risk of recidivism. By evaluating several different definitions of statistical fairness, this thesis looked at whether this risk assessment instrument was performing fairly between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and non-Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders previously charged with a serious violent offence. Using novel statistical learning techniques, this thesis then sought to improve the fairness between these two groups while also examining the inherent trade-offs that exist between certain fairness definitions.
Living electrically: The British Columbia Electric Railway Company and the development of the domestic electric appliance market in Victoria, 1919-1939.
Creators: name: Tothill, Blair Elliot.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1997
Subjects: subject: History, Canadian.

description: This thesis examines the introduction of electric household appliances in Victoria, British Columbia between the world wars. As of 1919, electric lighting had already replaced gas, but electric appliances were still uncommon. Expensive to buy and use, their diffusion was further retarded by poor household wiring standards and uneven service from the monopoly utility, the British Columbia Electric Railway Company (BCER). This firm at first showed little interest in developing the domestic market. However, problems with industrial and corporate customers showed that household customers provided more stable and reliable revenues. Simultaneously, time payments, standardized electrical outlets, and improved wiring standards made its service more attractive to Victoria's consumers. Even so, the BCER remained cautious in developing this market though, maintaining high rates and at first discouraging the spread of electric ranges, as these intensified peak demand. Overall, one does not find a patriarchal, manipulative corporation imposing appliances on Victorians. Consumers, women in particular, were more autonomous than most scholars suggest. Electrical capitalists trailed behind rather than led demand.
Supplementary document for Experimental certification of an informationally complete quantum measurement in a device-independent protocol - 4329310.pdf
Creators: name: Smania, Massimiliano
name: Mironowicz, Piotr
name: Nawareg, Mohamed
name: Paw, Mar
name: Cabello, Adan
name: Bourennane, Mohamed
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplementary experimental and theoretical details - Latex source
Is There a Threshold Concentration of Cat Allergen Exposure on Respiratory Symptoms in Adults?
Creators: name: Chen, Chih-Mei
name: Thiering, Elisabeth
name: Zock, Jan-Paul
name: Villani, Simona
name: Olivieri, Mario
name: Modig, Lars
name: Jarvis, Deborah
name: Norbäck, Dan
name: Verlato, Giuseppe
name: Heinrich, Joachim
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Background and Objective Cat allergen concentrations higher than 8 μg/g in settled house dust, have been suggested to provoke exacerbation of allergic respiratory symptoms. However, whether the 8μg/g of indoor cat allergen concentration is indeed the minimal exposure required for triggering the asthma related respiratory symptoms or the development of sensitization has not yet been confirmed. We studied the associations between domestic cat allergen concentrations and allergic symptoms in the European Community Respiratory Health Survey II, with the aim of confirming this suggested threshold. Methods Cat allergen concentrations were measured in the mattress dust of 3003 participants from 22 study centres. Levels of specific immunoglobulin E to cat allergens were measured in serum samples using an immunoassay. Information on allergic symptoms, medication use, home environment and smoking was obtained from a face-to-face interview. Results Domestic cat allergen concentrations were not associated with allergic/ asthmatic symptoms in the entire study population, nor in the subset sensitized to cat allergen. We also found no association among individuals exposed to concentrations higher than 8 μg/g. However, exposure to medium cat allergen concentrations (0.24-0.63 μg/g) was positively associated with reported asthmatic respiratory symptoms in subjects who have experienced allergic symptoms when near animals. Conclusions The proposed 8 μg/g threshold of cat allergen concentrations for the exacerbation of allergic/ respiratory symptoms was not confirmed in a general European adult population. Potential biases attributable to avoidance behaviours and an imprecise exposure assessment cannot be excluded.
Phosphorylation of diacylglycerol kinase-zeta by protein kinase C regulates its interaction with the PDZ domain of syntrophins
Creators: name: Daher, Elias
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Biology, Neuroscience.

description: Diacylglycerol kinase-zeta (DGK-zeta) attenuates diacylglycerol (DAG) signaling by converting it into phosphatidic acid (PA). DGK-zeta binds via its C-terminus, which contains a PSD-95/ Discs-Large/ZO-1 (PDZ)-binding motif, to a family of PDZ domain-containing scaffold proteins called syntrophins. Previous studies showed that some PDZ-mediated interactions are regulated by phosphorylation of the C-terminal PDZ-binding motif, however, to my knowledge, there are no published reports which demonstrate that a phosphorylation outside of this motif regulates PDZ interactions. Here, I provide evidence that protein kinase C-mediated phosphorylation of the MARCKS domain of DGK-zeta increases its association with syntrophins by a PDZ-dependent mechanism. Compared to wild-type (wt) DGK-zeta, a mutant mimicking phosphorylation of the MARCKS domain (DGK-zeta M1) bound more to recombinant syntrophin PDZ domains in in vitro binding assays. Moreover, more endogenous syntrophin co-immunoprecipitated from lysates of COS cells infected with HA-tagged DGK-zetaM1 than with wt HA-DGK-zeta. Protein kinase C (PKC) activation by phorbol myristate acetate enhanced the interaction of wt DGK-zeta and syntrophin PDZ domains, an effect that was blocked by a specific PKC inhibitor. Consistent with the idea that the MARCKS domain regulates binding, deletion of this domain decreased binding to syntrophin PDZ domains. Surprisingly, phosphorylation-mimicking mutants of extracellular signal-regulated kinase phosphorylation sites closer to the C-terminus had no detectable effect on syntrophin binding. Collectively, my findings suggest PKC-mediated phosphorylation of the MARCKS domain regulates the PDZ-dependent interaction between DGK-zeta and syntrophins.
Supplementary document for Experimental certification of an informationally complete quantum measurement in a device-independent protocol - 4329310.pdf
Creators: name: Smania, Massimiliano
name: Mironowicz, Piotr
name: Nawareg, Mohamed
name: Paw, Mar
name: Cabello, Adan
name: Bourennane, Mohamed
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2020
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplementary experimental and theoretical details - Latex source
Torque ripple reduction control of brushless DC motor drive systems with extended switching schemes
Creators: name: Feng, Ziliang (Bruce)
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2025

description: Hall-sensor-controlled brushless DC (BLDC) motors are extensively utilized in many applications due to their simple manufacturing and straightforward control. The conventional commutation methods use the 120º and 180º commutation logics. The 120º commutation directly derives from the Hall signals and naturally approximates the maximum torque per Ampere (MTPA) operation, achieving higher efficiency. The 180º commutation is preferred in applications requiring higher DC voltage utilization. The common drawback of the 120º and 180º commutated BLDC motors is the presence of a significant torque ripple. This represents a challenge for high-precision applications and necessitates further research and improvements. This thesis proposes three novel control schemes to advance the state-of-the-art torque ripple reduction of BLDC motors. First, a proportional-plus-integral (PI) controller is proposed to directly regulate the torque under 180º commutation. Second, a more accurate torque control under 180º commutation is proposed, which adjusts the pulse-width-modulation (PWM) duty cycle of the inverter in every switching interval based on the torque derivatives to minimize the torque ripple while tracking the torque reference. This method achieves better dynamic response and torque ripple reduction by 86.3% compared to the conventional 180º commutation. Third, the switching logic is extended to cover any conduction angle between 120º and 180º while maintaining effective torque control during the conduction and commutation intervals for BLDC motors with either sinusoidal or trapezoidal back EMFs. The proposed generalized algorithm is demonstrated to effectively reduce torque ripple over a wide range of speeds by extending the conduction angle beyond 120º and achieving higher DC link voltage utilization. The new method is envisioned for many applications utilizing Hall-sensor controlled BLDC motors where reduced torque ripple, higher efficiency, and faster transient response are desirable.