cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Les femmes dans l'histoire de la traduction : de la Renaissance au XIXe siècle : domaine français.
Creators: name: Sirois, Andrée.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1997
Subjects: subject: Biography.

description: Motivated by the apparent absence of women in the history of translation, this study was undertaken both as a first step towards recognition of the women in this profession and their role in its history, and as a "tool" for subsequent research in this largely unexplored field. The first chapter provides an overview of the issue: although women were active in translation prior to the twentieth century, these women are not known today and are for the most part completely absent from material dealing with the history of translation. The methodology used to bring these translators to light is also presented in this chapter. The seventy-four women identified in this research as translators who worked towards French are introduced in chapter two. Some biographical details and a short list of works they translated are provided for each. The third chapter focuses on the life and work of four women translators who played a significant role in the history of translation: Anne de Marquets (religion--sixteenth century), Emilie du Chatelet (science--eighteenth century), Albertine Necker de Saussure (literature--early nineteenth century), and Clemence Royer (science--late nineteenth century). The thesis concludes with a synthesis and an analysis of the findings and of the conclusions drawn from these findings. Finally, an appendix containing a list of women translators who have worked towards languages other than French, an index of the women translators mentioned in the thesis, and a bibliography of works cited and consulted represent the "practical" aspect of this study. This information is intended as a starting point for researchers interested in studying French women translators in more detail or in defining the role of women in the field of translation over a given period. It may also be used for research on women who have translated towards languages other than French.
Synthesis of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors using dynamic kinetic resolution. Synthesis of the highly methylated tryptophan residue of hemiasterlin using glycidic ester ring opening reactions. Synthesis of benz(o)indenes.
Creators: name: Jaquith, James B.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1999
Subjects: subject: Chemistry, Organic.

description: This thesis consists of four separate chapters. The first three chapters contain a common theme; the diastereoselective synthesis of medicinally relevant compounds using Dynamic Kinetic Resolution (DKR). Unfortunately, in chapter three DKR could not be applied to our desired target, and an alternate route was found. This chemistry allowed for the preparation of two novel classes of bis-indole compounds. Chapter four is unrelated to the first three chapters and describes the synthesis of two tricyclic chiral ligand precursors, using known ring annulation techniques. Chapter One. DKR was applied to the preparation of the core structures of several Angiotensin-converting Enzyme (ACE) inhibitors. High levels of diastereoselectivity were observed in the DKR of [ R]-pantolactone 2-iodo-4-phenylbutanoate with benyl and dibenzylamine, several chiral alpha-amino esters, and [S]-2-aminocaprolactam. The benzolactam core of benazepril was prepared by the DKR of [R]-pantolactone 2-iodo-4-(2-nitrophenyl)butanoate with benzylamine, and reductive cyclization of the resultant DKR product. Chapter Two. The treatment of alpha-halo [ R]-pantolactone esters with various diamines resulted in the formation of optically active 6 membered heterocycles, via DKR mediated displacement of the halide followed by transamidation. Alternately, this reaction yielded diastereomerically enriched bis-alpha-amino esters when the chain length between the amines was greater than 3 carbon atoms. Similarly, alpha-halo [R]-pantolactone acrylates provided 6 membered heterocyclic esters, via a 1,4-Michael addition of one amine to the acrylate, followed by DKR mediated halide displacement by the second amine. Moderate to high levels of diastereoselectivity were observed in these reactions. Chapter Three. beta,beta-Disubstituted and beta-monosubstituted glyoxylate esters reacted with substituted indoles and SnCl4, to provide highly substituted tryptol derivatives in 45 to 70% yield. Conversion of these trytols to the corresponding azides was facilitated by the Mitsunobu reaction, however, it proved difficult to reduce these azides to the corresponding tryptophan derivatives. Ringing opening reaction using ZnI2 as the Lewis acid provided access to alpha,alpha-bis(indolyl) esters. Modifications to this chemistry provided access to alpha,beta- bis(indolyl) esters. Chapter Four. 4,5-Benz-1-indene was prepared regioselectively, in 45--50% yield, after 5 steps, via a modified ring annulation/dehydration process. This new synthetic strategy dramatically increased the overall yield while simplifying the synthetic manipulations required for its preparation. A similar procedure was used in the preparation of a new ligand precursor 8,9,10,11-tetrahydro-4,5-benz(o)indene, in 22% overall yield, after 7 steps.
Application of Meta Pseudo Labels for semantic segmentation of axons within optic nerve cross sections
Creators: name: Mann, Ashelyn
Publisher: name: University of Iowa
Year: 2023
Subjects: public abstract

description: Deep learning methods for medical imaging often face challenges due to limited and difficult-to-produce ground truth images for training. This thesis investigates the effects of a semi-supervised training model called Meta Pseudo Labels (MPL) for the semantic segmentation of axons within optic nerve cross-sectional images. The MPL training model is integrated with the AxonDeep feature pyramid network architecture, previously employed for axon segmentation in optic nerve cross-section images. To evaluate MPL's performance with limited labeled training data, four model versions are trained using 10%, 25%, 50%, and 100% of the available labeled data, replicating the experiments conducted with AxonDeep.
description: The same training, validation, and testing data used in the original AxonDeep experiments are employed to ensure a fair comparison. MPL operates in a semi-supervised manner, leveraging both labeled and unlabeled data, and employs self-supervised learning principles by generating pseudo labels for unlabeled images to enhance the training process. The results show that MPL can effectively utilize minimal training data to achieve an accurate segmentation, with the 10% MPL model yielding a similar Dice score to the 100% generative adversarial network (GAN) AxonDeep model, though the axon counts do not achieve better results than AxonDeep (GAN).
Mobilitätsumfrage des Umweltbundesamtes 2013
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Nachhaltige Mobilität
subject: Mobilitätsmanagement
subject: Umweltbundesamt
subject: Dienstreise
subject: Das UBA
subject: The UBA
subject: Verkehr
subject: Transport

description: DasUBAhat im Rahmen seines umwelt- und gesundheitsorientierten Mobilitätsmanagements zum dritten Mal in Folge seine Beschäftigten zu ihren täglichen Arbeitswegen und Dienstreisen befragt. Knapp 70 Prozent der Beschäftigten nutzen ihre Füße, das Rad oder Bus und Bahn, um zur Arbeit zu kommen. Im Bundesdurchschnitt liegt der Anteil nur bei 40 Prozent. Der Radverkehrsanteil an den täglichen Arbeitswegen ist gegenüber dem Jahr 2009 von 20,1 auf 24,2 Prozent gestiegen. Damit liegt er dreimal höher als im Bundesdurchschnitt. Auch der Anteil am ÖPNV und der Bahn hat im UBA leicht zugenommen. Dies hat neben einer Verkürzung der Länge der Arbeitswege dazu geführt, dass die durchschnittlichen CO2-Emissionen pro Arbeitswoche und Beschäftigten gegenüber 2009 um 17 Prozent gesunken sind.
Quelle: www.umweltbundesamt.de

description: Das ⁠UBA⁠ hat im Rahmen seines umwelt- und gesundheitsorientierten Mobilitätsmanagements zum dritten Mal in Folge seine Beschäftigten zu ihren täglichen Arbeitswegen und Dienstreisen befragt. Knapp 70 Prozent der Beschäftigten nutzen ihre Füße, das Rad oder Bus und Bahn, um zur Arbeit zu kommen. Im Bundesdurchschnitt liegt der Anteil nur bei 40 Prozent. Der Radverkehrsanteil an den täglichen Arbeitswegen ist gegenüber dem Jahr 2009 von 20,1 auf 24,2 Prozent gestiegen. Damit liegt er dreimal höher als im Bundesdurchschnitt. Auch der Anteil am ÖPNV und der Bahn hat im UBA leicht zugenommen. Dies hat neben einer Verkürzung der Länge der Arbeitswege dazu geführt, dass die durchschnittlichen CO2-Emissionen pro Arbeitswoche und Beschäftigten gegenüber 2009 um 17 Prozent gesunken sind.
Artificial muscles for soft robotics and underwater applications
Creators: name: Kotak, Parth
Publisher: name: University of Iowa
Year: 2024
Subjects: Artificial Muscles
Bioinspired
Octopus
Polymer fibers
Soft Robotics
public abstract
Smart Materials
Materials Science

description: Mechanical actuators are defined as mechanical devices that convert an input energy into motion. Since the 1990s, advancements in the fields of robotics and automation have produced a critical need for the development of lightweight and efficient actuators capable of human-like motion. In the past few decades, extensive research activities in the fields of materials science and smart materials have led to the development of a novel type of actuator known as artificial muscles. This work is focused on the manufacturing, modeling, and applications of two emerging types of artificial muscles called twisted and coiled artificial muscles (TCAMs) and twisted spiral artificial muscles (TSAMs) for soft robotics and underwater applications. Scalable manufacturing systems are first fabricated for the rapid fabrication of both TCAMs and TSAMs. Manufacturing is followed by the development of physics-based dynamic models that can accurately predict the time-varying electrothermal actuation of TCAMs and TSAMs. Finally, TCAMs are mechanically characterized for their application in a powered ankle-foot orthosis. Muscular hydrostats for underwater applications inspired by the arms of octopi and powered by TCAMS are also proposed in this work. A cephalopod-inspired self-morphing smart skin containing TSAMs, and 3D-printed embedded electrodes is also developed in this work. A fouling-release smart skin actuated by TSAMs is proposed as a solution for marine biofouling. Finally, TSAMs are deployed as active vortex generators for delaying stall in small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) operating at low Reynolds numbers.
Calcineurin and associated signals gate multiple forms of synaptic homeostasis
Creators: name: Armstrong, Noah Scott
Publisher: name: University of Iowa
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Calcineurin
subject: Drosophila
subject: Homeostasis
subject: Neuromuscular junction
subject: Neurotransmission
subject: Synaptic plasticity
subject: public abstract
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Synapses need to function within a normal range of physiological activity to maintain neuronal stability. Various perturbations can challenge synaptic function and disrupt neurotransmission; however, synapses compensate for disruptions using homeostatic signaling mechanisms. At the Drosophila neuromuscular junction (NMJ), presynaptic homeostatic potentiation (PHP) is a homeostatic signaling system by which a retrograde signal is sent from the postsynaptic muscle to the presynaptic nerve. This signal triggers compensatory mechanisms to increase the number of glutamatergic vesicles that are released following an action potential.
description: Prior work in Drosophila has studied PHP using short-term pharmacological tools or long-term genetic tools that reduce glutamate receptor function and initiate homeostatic signaling mechanisms. There is evidence to suggest that these temporally different types of perturbations are functionally distinct and are dependent on cytoplasmic calcium signaling. However, it is unclear what calcium-dependent molecules are required for PHP expression following chronic genetic impairment of glutamate receptors. Here, we demonstrate that specific pre- or postsynaptic tissue manipulations of a Drosophila gene regulating calcineurin, sarah (sra), block PHP. The acute pharmacological and chronic genetic phases of PHP were found to be functionally separable dependent on the specific sra manipulation.
description: Following this work, we tested if the blocks in PHP that we observed were calcineurin-dependent. As we found with sarah dysregulation, we found that impairments in either the calcineurin regulatory subunit CaNB2 or the catalytic subunit Pp2B-14D blocked either acute or chronic phases of PHP. Additionally, pharmacological inhibition of calcineurin using FK506 or Cyclosporin A (CsA) potentiated synaptic release in either acute or chronically challenged conditions.
description: Finally, we investigated how increasing calcium influx through CaV2 channels potentiates homeostatic mechanisms. Using a CaV2 channel agonist, GV-58, we found that multiple pharmacological and genetic glutamate receptor challenges are able to increase evoked response, but the commonly used GluRIIASP16 allele was unresponsive to increased calcium. When GV-58 was applied to mutant CaV2 (cacs) synapses, evoked neurotransmission was able to increase, but not fully to wild-type levels.
description: Collectively, this thesis demonstrates calcineurin, its regulator sarah and associated calcium-dependent signals gate multiple forms of synaptic homeostasis.
title: Polyphonic anarchy
title: the (de)construction of the scale
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Hurlin, David P.
Publisher: name: University of Iowa
Year: 2024
Subjects: drumming
improvisation
intermedia
percussion
performance
Musical composition
Sculpture

description: With a professional background in drums and tabla, I investigate the poetics of improvisation and percussion in the theater of objecthood. In embodied sound performances with objects and sculptural instruments, I seek chance encounters between elements within and beyond control. Not a rejection of control, but an allowance of autonomy and freedom in performance.
description: Polyphonic Anarchy is a generative manifesto, the bones of a mischievous method book, a treatise on the marriage of drumming and anti-drumming, and the mapping of the musically forbidden. Its aim is the reconstruction of the musical scale, the liberation of melody, rhythm, and notation, along with wild new instruments, and the deliciously unknown techniques for playing them.
description: Additionally, I seek to create a record of my time here as a graduate student at University of Iowa, through the lens of my creative practices as they have evolved, culminating in my MFA thesis exhibition, Polyphonic Anarchy, at the Levitt Gallery. 2 I investigate experimentation in the studio as well as the final installation of the show and live performance. I include thoughts about collaborations, concerts here and abroad, references to other artists and concepts, and essentially create a map of theory and technique, for myself and for those seeking to push their improvisation and creativity to the edge.
title: Neckerology
title: fiction, technology, and theory after postmodernism
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Kirbach, Benjamin
Publisher: name: University of Iowa
Year: 2023
Subjects: Narrative Theory
Object-Oriented Ontology
Phenomenology
Postmodernism
Science Fiction
public abstract
Technology

description: Around the time that academics like Antonio Negri, Nicholas Dames, Jeffrey Nealon, Raoul Eshelman, Stephen Best, and Sharon Marcus had announced the death of postmodernism, internet talking heads such as Jordan Peterson began blaming it for the ills of the twenty-first century. Postmodernism as such seems to be caught Janus-faced, a signifier which as a singular surface marks the intersection between two incongruent points of view.
description: This dissertation tracks the transformations of postmodernism in the digital era. Grounded in phenomenology and object-oriented ontology, my central concern becomes the pervasive material networks sunk beneath the threshold of perceptual awareness, an implosion of technics producing new and unseen sites of commoditization, surveillance, and posthegemonic power. I trace this lineage through the critical category of “surface,” arguing that numerous contemporary fictions, SF in particular, both engage with, and are themselves the products of, the subsumption of the machine into interface: the apparatus under erasure in the digital age.
description: My metaphor for this impossible double-one-sidedness is the Necker Cube, that ambiguous line drawing dreamed up by nineteenth-century Swiss crystallographer Louis Albert Necker. Look at the 2D image one way and a 3D figure will emerge—which in a moment will invert itself. This gestalt switch involves no new information and yet appears to produce a new point of view. The cube flickers and flits—it neckers—back-and-forth, and any particular orientation registers only as the difference between the foremost face and its opposite.
description: Neckerology thus becomes an interpretive protocol for seeking out the liminal thresholds between surfaces. Much like how slips of the tongue were for Freud no mere absentminded mistakes but the signifiers of a hidden discourse, neckerological slips in perception can reveal the gaps or inconsistencies in our being-in-the-world. From humans’ coevolution with technology in 2001: A Space Odyssey and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? to the conspiracy theories and mutual unseeing of The Crying of Lot 49 and China Miéville’s The City & The City to the viral replication of Bennett Sims’s A Questionable Shape and Dave Eggers’s The Circle, I examine the state—and stakes—of moving ever more of our lives online.
Intestinal permeability in the irradiated ferret.
Creators: name: Lang, Mia E.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1991
Subjects: subject: Biology, Animal Physiology.

description: Ferrets received whole-body irradiation (5 Gy, gamma). At different times post-irradiation (PIRR, 2, 24, and 48 hours), measurements of fluid and electrolyte fluxes, and of the blood-to-lumen clearance of $\sp{51}$Cr-EDTA, were compared between in situ perfused loops of jejunum and ileum. Intestinal permeation of $\sp{51}$Cr-EDTA was increased (4x control) in both the jejunum and ileum at 2 hours PIRR. At 24 hours PIRR, $\sp{51}$Cr-EDTA permeation was the same as control. At 48 hours PIRR, jejunal permeation of $\sp{51}$Cr-EDTA was not statistically different from control animals, whereas in the ileum, $\sp{51}$Cr-EDTA permeation was increased 10x control. Absorption of luminal fluid was abolished 2 hours PIRR in the ileum. Sodium and chloride fluxes were unaffected by radiation exposure, but at 48 hours PIRR there was a significant secretion of potassium in the ileum. Diarrhea rarely occurred after the first hour post-irradiation. Serotonin, acting via 5-HT$\sb3$ receptors, was investigated as a possible mediator of radiation-induced alterations in intestinal permeability. Pretreatment with the 5-HT$\sb3$ antagonist and anti-emetic BRL 43694 significantly reduced the severity of radiation-induced vomiting. It offered some therapeutic benefit to radiation-induced diarrhea. However BRL 43694 pretreatment had no effect on intestinal permeability. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
title: Effects of copper ions on non-target species: a case study using the Grazer Theodoxus fluviatilis (Gastropoda: Neritidae)
title: Effects of copper ions on non-target species: a case study using the Grazer Theodoxus fluviatilis (Gastropoda: Neritidae)
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Feibicke, Michael
name: Rothmeier, Louisa Marie
name: Gergs, René
name: Martens, Andreas
name: Kullwatz, Jan Christopher
name: Watermann, Burkard
name: Sahm, René
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biofilm
Schnecke
Fortpflanzung

description: The heavy metal copper has been widely used in industrial processes as well as a pesticide product in agriculture or as biocide. Anthropogenic activities by which copper can enter the environment are rather diverse including mining, metal finishing factories, discharging in industry, or sewage treatment plants. In agriculture, copper compounds are used mainly as fungicides or herbicides (e.g. reviewed by Flemming and Trevors 1989). Furthermore, it was formerly used in reservoirs, streams and ponds for controlling algae blooms and is now commonly used as a biocide in antifouling paintings for ships to protect hulls from corrosion and for fuel efficiency (Piola et al. 2009; Watermann et al. 2017). When copper is released into freshwater systems, for example via agricultural runoff, it exists in surface waters in the form of free ions (Cu2+), complexed with ligands or bound to particles, occurring at median water concentrations often ranging between 4 to 10 Ìg Cu2+/L (ATSDR 2004). As a persistent element, copper is able to accumulate in biofilms (Morin et al. 2008) and sediments of rivers, lakes and estuaries, from where it can also be remobilised (Watermann et al. 2017). Absorption of copper ions into biofilms increases with increasing ion concentration (Bhaskar and Bhosle 2006), leading to highly contaminated biofilms in polluted environments. © 2020 Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Supervision trajectories of male juvenile offenders: growth mixture modeling on SAVRY risk assessments
Creators: name: Hilterman, Ed L. B.
name: Bongers, Ilja L.
name: Nicholls, Tonia L.
name: Van Nieuwenhuizen, Chijs
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2018

description: Background: Structured risk/need assessment tools are increasingly used to orientate risk reduction strategies with juvenile offenders. The assumption is that the risk/need items on these tools are sufficiently sensitive to measure changes in the individual, family and/or contextual characteristics of juvenile offenders. However, there is very little research demonstrating the capacity of these tools to measure changes in juvenile offenders. Congruent with the developmental and life-course criminology theories (DLC) the objective of this study is to explore the existence of heterogeneous trajectories of juvenile offenders across the juvenile justice system as measured through five empirical risk/need areas based on the Structured Assessment of Violence Risk in Youth (SAVRY), one of the most widely applied risk assessment tools for juveniles. Methods: This longitudinal study included 5205 male juvenile offenders who transitioned through the Catalan juvenile justice system between 2006 and 2014. During intervention they received at least two, and a maximum of seven, consecutive SAVRY risk/need assessments over an 18-month period. The heterogeneity of latent class trajectories was explored through growth mixture modeling (GMM). The trajectory class membership was linked to covariates through multinomial logistic regression analyses. Results: Through GMM three to four heterogeneous trajectories, with high quality of separation, were identified in each of the risk/need areas. The trajectories with low risk/needs (45–77% of the sample) remained low and presented a very limited increase in risk/needs during the 18-month period. The high risk/need trajectories (20–37% of the sample) showed a limited decrease or no change. Between 5 and 13% of the sample had large reductions in their risk/needs levels, and approximately 5% showed a large increase in risk/needs. Conclusions: In line with the DLC theories this study shows that trajectories on criminogenic risk/needs can be heterogeneous and indicate distinct rates of change over time. The results of this study also may suggest a limited sensibility to measure change over time of SAVRY’s risk and protective items. Suggestions to improve the sensitivity of measuring change over time, such as shorter time frames or future-oriented time frames for the scoring of the items, are offered.
Cold atmospheric pressure plasma comb - a physical approach for pediculosis treatment
Creators: name: Bosch, Lars Ten
name: Habedank, Birgit
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2018
Subjects: Kopflaus
Physikalisches Verfahren

description: Pediculosis, that is the infestation of humans with Pediculus humanus capitis (head lice), poses a worldwide problem that is as old as mankind itself. Over the centuries, man has developed a variety of remedies, all of which have ultimately culminated in the use of chemical agents. Some of these remedies are known to produce successful results. A large portion of the effective remedies used to kill lice and their eggs contain insecticides, but there is an increasing number of reports of head lice populations revealing an increased resistance. This study presents an alternative treatment approach, the efficacy of which is based on physical effects. Cold atmospheric pressure plasmas have successfully shown their formidably wide application range within the field of plasma medicine. This study presents a plasma device in its current stage of development that is engineered as a consumer product to enable an alternative physical and insecticide-free option for the treatment of pediculosis. An efficacy study concerning different developmental stages of P. humanus humanus is presented. P. humanus humanus was chosen as a substitute test organism for P. humanus capitis due to possible laboratory rearing and high anatomic similarity. The study shows how a single stroke of the plasma device over a hair strand (approximately 22 cm in length with a weight of 1.5 g) led to mortality rates of 68.3% (50.0; 79.7) (95% CI) in the juvenile test group, a mortality rate of approx. 67.7% (54.9; 78.8) (95% CI) in the female test group, and approx. 46.7% (28.3; 65.7) (95% CI) in the male test group. When single eggs were introduced directly into the plasma for approx. 1 s, younger eggs (0-2 d) showed a higher mortality of 66.7% (42.7; 82.7) than the older (4-6 d) eggs, with 16.7% (5.6; 34.7) (CI). Furthermore, the results of a risk assessment of the device are described. The article concludes with necessary handling instructions as well as further developmental steps, derived from the results of the efficacy and the risk assessment study. Quelle: https://www.mdpi.com
Studien zur Chargino-Produktion in Photon-Photon Kollision
Creators: name: Klamke, Gunnar
Publisher: name: Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, DESY, Hamburg
Year: 2004
Subjects: thesis
photon photon: interaction
electron positron: interaction
backscatter: laser
helicity
photon: polarization
counters and detectors
supersymmetry
supergravity
chargino: photoproduction
chargino: decay
chargino: branching ratio
background
channel cross section: energy dependence
angular distribution
jet
W: mass
transverse momentum: spectrum
planarity
numerical calculations
electron positron: linear collider

description: Friedrich Schiller Universität Jena, Diplomarbeit, 2004; 67 pp., (2004). doi:10.3204/DESY-THESIS-2004-037
description: Published by Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, DESY, Hamburg
Cloze probability norms for a dual-sentence prediction paradigm
Creators: name: Van Hoveln, Monica
Publisher: name: University of Iowa
Year: 2023
Subjects: public abstract

description: A central component of sentence comprehension is prediction in which listeners and readers anticipate impending words. This prediction takes place as the sentence unfolds, indicating an incremental view of sentence processing based heavily upon prediction (Tyler & Marslen-Wilson, 1977). Additionally, the brain organizes semantic information such that words whose referents share semantic features are partially activated (McRae et al., 1997). Therefore, if we predict a word incorrectly, our language processing system is better equipped to deal with the unpredicted word if it shares features with the predicted word (Federmeier & Kutas, 1999). This is often tested by using high-constraint sentences with high cloze probability. However, the common single sentence paradigm does not allow for multiple experiments or better understanding prediction of semantically related words as there are very few plausible endings to a single sentence with high contextual constraint. A two-sentence design with a heavily contextual first sentence and a carrier phrase that can feasibly end with any number of words opens the door for researchers to add many different plausible sentence endings, thereby adding more adaptability into the experimental design while maintaining a high cloze probability.
description: The aim of the present study was to extend this contribution by expanding the existing database of high-constraint, high cloze probability sentences to designs with two sentences, and is especially useful for experiments that examine featural similarity in greater depth. In total, 120 high-constraint sentences were validated and normed.
Globalization and Chinese Buddhism: The Canadian experience
Creators: name: Liu, Tannie
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Religion, General.

description: This thesis examines three major Chinese Buddhist temples in Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa and argues that the local manifestations of these Chinese temples cannot be understood simply as devices developed by immigrants in order to adapt to Canadian life. Rather, they are part of transnational movements within Chinese Buddhism which are geared to the global migration of the religion in the context of a competition between different ideologies. The thesis, therefore, argues that the development of these temples cannot be understood without situating them within a global context and examining the social and historical developments that led to the modern transformation of Chinese Buddhism. The contemporary form of Chinese Buddhism is to a large extent a response to the challenge placed on Buddhism by the globalization process. This process led to a significant influx of foreign ideologies and religious practices into China---such as Marxism, modern positivistic science, and in particular Christianity. This juxtaposition of different ideologies in China in the early part of the twentieth century posed a severe challenge to Chinese Buddhism and inspired some of the religious leaders to initiate reforms. The thesis also argues that religious identity in the contemporary world, when religious institutions are stripped from their traditional authority and total support from the government, has to be continuously negotiated within the global context. This ongoing negotiation produces change. However, the thesis also argues that certain ideological aspects within a culture are perceived as sacred, and this will tend to buffer the culture to some extent in its responses to outside influences. For instance, the belief in Taoism within Chinese culture has withstood Chinese openness to Buddhism, Christianity, Marxism and positivistic science. This constant renegotiation process within a particular culture and the larger group culture can best be described in Roland Robertson's terms as the interpenetration of the local and the global, a continuous give and take between the cultural and universal models. This thesis concludes that the three temples under investigation---that is, the Cham Shan Temple in Toronto, the Fo Guang Shan Temple in Ottawa, and the True Buddha School in Montreal, reflect the transformation of Buddhism due to the historical and social developments in China. The temples are differently established on each of these three sites due to the different orientations of the founders to various global influences, and in turn cater to different needs and preferences of Chinese immigrants in Canada.
3790452.pdf
Creators: name: Tajiri, Takeyoshi
name: Takahashi, Shun
name: Ota, Yasutomo
name: Watanabe, Katsuyuki
name: Iwamoto, Satoshi
name: Arakawa, Yasuhiko
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2019
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplementary document with red mark for showing revision parts
Serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is not regulated by testosterone in transmen
Creators: name: Auer, Matthias K.
name: Hellweg, Rainer
name: Briken, Peer
name: Stalla, Günter K.
name: T’Sjoen, Guy
name: Fuss, Johannes
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Transsexualism
subject: Estradiol
subject: Sex steroids
subject: Testosterone
subject: Brain-derived neurotropic factor
subject: BDNF
subject: Gender dysphoria
subject: Brain morphology
subject: Platelets
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Brain morphology significantly differs between the sexes. It has been shown before that some of these differences are attributable to the sex-specific hormonal milieu. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is involved in myriads of neuroplastic processes and shows a sexual dimorphism. Transsexual persons may serve as a model to study sex steroid-mediated effects on brain plasticity. We have recently demonstrated that serum levels of BDNF are reduced in transwomen following 12 months of cross-sex hormone treatment. We now wanted to look at the effects of testosterone treatment on BDNF in transmen. In contrast to our initial hypothesis, BDNF levels did not significantly change, despite dramatic changes in the sex-hormonal milieu. Our data indicate that testosterone does not seem to play a major role in the regulation of BDNF in females.
Exploring the association of perceived teacher autonomy support with academic procrastination in applied statistics courses
Creators: name: Zou, Yuqing
Publisher: name: University of Iowa
Year: 2024
Subjects: Academic emotions
Academic procrastination
Academic self-efficacy
Applied statistics course
Self-determination theory
Teacher autonomy support

description: Academic procrastination among university students in applied statistics courses is a vital issue that can negatively impact achievement in statistics courses and future academic and career development. Despite its importance, there has been little research on factors associated with procrastination in these courses. In this study, which was grounded in self-determination and control-value theories, I aimed to investigate the association between perceived teacher autonomy support (TAS) and academic procrastination, both directly and indirectly through academic self-efficacy (ASE) and specific academic emotions.
description: Data from 364 university students were collected through self-reported surveys and analyzed using path analysis and follow-up mediation analysis. The results indicated that among the 364 students, perceived TAS was not directly associated with academic procrastination. Instead, it showed a significant indirect association via the chain of enhanced ASE and reduced negative academic emotions, namely shame and boredom.
description: This study contributes to a comprehensive understanding of how the social-contextual factor of perceived TAS is related to university students’ academic procrastination in applied statistics courses through motivational and emotional factors. The findings offer practical implications for instructors in applied statistics courses regarding possible ways to reduce student procrastination in such contexts. This, in turn, may positively impact students’ statistics achievement and future development.
The 'good' in John Rawls' contractarian theory of justice.
Creators: name: Erumevba, Joseph Tunde.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1977
Subjects: subject: Philosophy.

description: The aim of this study is to investigate Rawls' theory of moral justification by placing his concept of "Goodness as Rationality" in the context of his overall account of justice and morality. More specifically, my purpose is to determine how far Rawls' account has been able to undermine the challenge of moral scepticism. Does Rawls' account give an effective reply to the question "why be moral?"? Has he succeeded in making good his claim that he has constructed a theory of justice that while remaining normative, is both descriptive and objective? Has he been able to show that moral judgments are among the kinds of judgments whose truth can be determined publicly by any rational observer who is acquainted with the facts? Conclusions. (1) Rawls' attempt to revise the traditional contract theory does not succeed. He is unable to provide a moral basis for the social contract doctrine because his interpretation of the original position cannot yield principles that are uniquely acceptable from the moral point of view. (2) Rawls' method of reflective equilibrium does not succeed in the context of a prescriptive justificatory theory of justice. The method is only effective to the extent to which Rawls' theory can be regarded as a purely descriptive-explanatory theory of justice. (3) The two principles of justice as fairness need not commend themselves to all reflective persons as correct and impartial principles of justice. In particular the principles are influenced by certain ideologies of contemporary liberalism. (4) Rawls' account of the 'good' suffers from an inadequate theoretical basis. His attempt to extend his thin theory to the full theory of the 'good' does not work for at least one important reason: an effective sense of justice (one of the fundamental virtues which rational members of a well-ordered society would desire in one another) cannot be derived from Rawls' original position. In view of the motivational assumptions in the original position, as well as Rawls' reliance on an economic theory of rationality, an effective distinction cannot be made between a morally good person and a person of good morals. One of the important lessons from the failure of Rawls' theory is that contemporary writers in ethics would be reminded once more about what is possible and what is not possible in ethics. The study also stresses the need for further investigation of the notion of rationality, in particular, how this concept applies to morality.
Is IPTV an Internet service under Australian broadcasting and copyright law?
Creators: name: Brennan, David
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This paper questions the common legal assumption that Internet protocol television (IPTV) in its typical form is necessarily a service delivered using or over the Internet. It uses two aspects of Australian law - one in broadcasting and the other in copyright - to examine whether the Internet exclusions enacted truly apply to such IPTV. The conclusion reached is that neither applies for the same reason; IPTV in the form outlined does not implicate the Internet.
Reducing time-to-unit among patients referred to an outpatient stroke assessment unit with a novel triage process: a prospective cohort study
Creators: name: Bibok, Maximilian B
name: Votova, Kristine
name: Balshaw, Robert F
name: Lesperance, Mary L
name: Croteau, Nicole S
name: Trivedi, Anurag
name: Morrison, Jaclyn
name: Sedgwick, Colin
name: Penn, Andrew M
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2018

description: Background: To evaluate the performance of a novel triage system for Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) units built upon an existent clinical prediction rule (CPR) to reduce time to unit arrival, relative to the time of symptom onset, for true TIA and minor stroke patients. Differentiating between true and false TIA/minor stroke cases (mimics) is necessary for effective triage as medical intervention for true TIA/minor stroke is time-sensitive and TIA unit spots are a finite resource. Methods: Prospective cohort study design utilizing patient referral data and TIA unit arrival times from a regional fast-track TIA unit on Vancouver Island, Canada, accepting referrals from emergency departments (ED) and general practice (GP). Historical referral cohort (N = 2942) from May 2013–Oct 2014 was triaged using the ABCD2 score; prospective referral cohort (N = 2929) from Nov 2014–Apr 2016 was triaged using the novel system. A retrospective survival curve analysis, censored at 28 days to unit arrival, was used to compare days to unit arrival from event date between cohort patients matched by low (0–3), moderate (4–5) and high (6–7) ABCD2 scores. Results: Survival curve analysis indicated that using the novel triage system, prospectively referred TIA/minor stroke patients with low and moderate ABCD2 scores arrived at the unit 2 and 1 day earlier than matched historical patients, respectively. Conclusions: The novel triage process is associated with a reduction in time to unit arrival from symptom onset for referred true TIA/minor stroke patients with low and moderate ABCD2 scores.
Homoclinic tangencies in $\mathbb{R}^n$
Creators: name: Rayskin, Victoria
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 37B10, 37C05, 37C15, 37D10

description: Let $f: M \to M$ denote a diffeomorphism of a smooth manifold $M$. Let $p$ in $M$ be its hyperbolic fixed point with stable and unstable manifolds $W_S$ and $W_U$, respectively. Assume that $W_S$ is a curve. Suppose that $W_U$ and $W_S$ have a degenerate homoclinic crossing at a point $B\ne p$, i.e., they cross at $B$ tangentially with a finite order of contact.
 It is shown that, subject to $C^1$-linearizability and certain conditions on the invariant manifolds, a transverse homoclinic crossing will arise arbitrarily close to $B$. This proves the existence of a horseshoe structure arbitrarily close to $B$, and extends a similar planar result of Homburg and Weiss.
title: Risk of Invasive Meningococcal Disease in Men Who Have Sex with Men
title: Lessons Learned from an Outbreak in Germany, 2012-2013
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Hellenbrand, Wiebke
name: Claus, Heike
name: Schink, Susanne
name: Marcus, Ulrich
name: Wichmann, Ole
name: Vogel, Ulrich
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::614 Inzidenz und Prävention von Krankheiten

description: Background We undertook investigations in response to an invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) outbreak in men who have sex with men (MSM) in Berlin 2012–2013 to better understand meningococcal transmission and IMD risk in MSM. Methods We retrospectively searched for further IMD cases in MSM in Germany through local health departments and undertook exploratory interviews. We performed antigen sequence typing, characterized fHbp and aniA genes of strains with the outbreak finetype and reviewed epidemiologically or spatiotemporally linked cases from 2002–2014. Results Among the 148 IMD-cases notified from 01.01.2012–30.09.2013 in 18–59 year-old men we identified 13 MSM in 6 federal states: 11 serogroup C (MenC, all finetype C:P1.5–1,10–8:F3-6), 2 MenB. Interviews with 7 MSM revealed frequent meeting of multiple partners online or via mobile apps and illicit drug use as potential risk factors. MenC incidence was 13-fold higher in MSM than non-MSM. MenC isolates from 9/11 MSM had a novel fHbp allele 766. All C:P1.5–1,10–8:F3-6 strains from MSM versus 16/23 from non-MSM had intact aniA genes (p = 0.04). Although definitive evidence for transmission among MSM in epidemiological or spatiotemporal clusters in 2002–2014 was lacking, clusters were more frequent in men aged 20–49 years. Molecular analysis of C:P1.5–1,10–8:F3-6 strains revealed cases with intact aniA since 2007, mainly associated with fHbp361, fHbp766 and fHbp813, all involving one or more MSM. Conclusions MenC incidence was elevated in MSM during the study period. Multiple casual sexual contacts and illicit drug use were common in affected MSM. In all strains from MSM we detected an intact aniA gene coding for a nitrite reductase, which permits survival in microanaerobic environments and could play a role in meningococcal transmission in MSM through urogenital colonization. Furthermore, meningococcal transmission among MSM may be sustained over large areas and thus require modified spatiotemporal scanning algorithms for timely detection and control.
L'information internationale dans les bulletins de nouvelles de Radio-Canada: L'influence du traitement journalistique sur l'acquisition de connaissances des jeunes adultes québécois
Creators: name: Bruneau, Véronique
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Mass Communications.

description: Cette étude tente de répondre aux questions suivantes: Les choix de traitements de la nouvelle jouent-ils sur l'acquisition des connaissances des téléspectateurs? Si oui, quel traitement de l'information internationale facilite davantage l'acquisition de connaissances sur les enjeux internationaux pour les jeunes adultes québécois? La démarche méthodologique à deux étapes principales. D'abord, une analyse de contenu de deux nouvelles du Téléjournal et de RDI Junior permet d'identifier et les éléments du traitement utilisés pour chacun des bulletins de nouvelles. Ensuite, un devis expérimental "avant-après" permet de vérifier l'acquisition de connaissances des participants suite au visionnement de chaque nouvelle. Les résultats indiquent que les nouvelles de RDI Junior sont plus vulgarisées que celles du Téléjournal et que les participants ayant visionné les nouvelles de RDI Junior ont acquis plus de connaissances. Bref, cette étude contribue à identifier les types de traitement de l'information favorisant l'acquisition de connaissance, entre autres par la vulgarisation et la glocalisation.
Identification of a novel gene for brachydactyly type A1
Creators: name: Byrnes, Ashley M
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Biology, Molecular.
subject: Biology, Genetics.

description: Brachydactyly type A1 (BDA1) is a congenital disorder that affects normal bone development and patterning. Affected individuals have short fingers, broad hands and are generally short in stature. BDA1 was the first human trait described in terms of autosomal dominant Mendelian inheritance. Missense mutations in the Indian hedgehog (IHH) gene have been shown to be responsible for the disorder, and a second locus has been mapped to a region on chromosome 5p13.3-p13.2 in a single kindred. We have since obtained DNA from four new BDA1-affected kindreds. We were successful in identifying IHH mutations in 3 of these families, thus further supporting a role for IHH in the pathogenesis of BDA1. We have also obtained DNA from a consanguineous BDA1-affected kindred in which mutations in IHH, as well as linkage to the chromosome 5p13.3-p13.2 region, have been excluded. Taken together, this data supports existence of a third locus for BDA1. A genome-wide linkage screen was initiated in the family, and linkage was observed at a region on chromosome 20q11.22-q11.23. Subsequent screening of the candidate gene GDF5, located in the chromosome 20 disease locus, revealed a homozygous c.1138C>T nucleotide change in all affected members of the sibship. This mutation is hypothesized to disrupt the highly-conserved tertiary structure of the GDF5 monomer which is critical for the dimerization and maturation of GDF5, thus leading to interrupted GDF5 signaling and severe BDA1 pathogenesis in homozygous individuals. This thesis identifies GDF5 as the second disease gene for BDA1, and describes the first case of BDA1 in a consanguineous family.
Phase noise measurements of the new master oscillator for TTF2
Creators: name: Lorbeer, Bastian
Publisher: name: Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, DESY, Hamburg
Year: 2004
Subjects: thesis
electron positron: linear collider
linear collider: proposed
free electron laser
RF system: superconductivity
RF system: control system
control system: time
electronics: background
measurement: background
DESY TESLA Linac

description: Fachhochschule Lübeck, Diplomarbeit, 2004; 78 pp., (2004). doi:10.3204/DESY-THESIS-2004-023
description: Published by Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, DESY, Hamburg