cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Nouveau modèle de participation citoyenne en Colombie? La sociabilité civile analysée à partir du cas de la Minga
Creators: name: Laurin-Gravel, Amélie
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2015
Subjects: démocratie
citoyenneté
Colombie
nouveaux mouvements sociaux
Amérique latine
sécurisation

description: La Colombie possède des institutions politiques et judiciaires solides ainsi qu’une constitution parmi les plus avancées et des plus complètes d’Amérique latine. Cependant, parallèlement à cette démocratie qui semble encourager une plus grande participation citoyenne depuis 1990 et une garantie des droits plus élargie, il existe une situation de violence extrême ciblée envers les citoyens mobilisés. Cette perception anti-conflit social de la démocratie va particulièrement influencer la façon dont les mouvements contestataires seront traités et reconnus et aussi, légitimera la sécurisation des espaces de contestation comme les mobilisations pacifiques. Ainsi, dans un contexte paradoxal comme la Colombie où le conflit social est endigué, qu’advient-il du rôle participatif des nouveaux mouvements sociaux dans la construction de la démocratie et de la citoyenneté?
Assessing the Contraception and Abortion Content of Nurse Practitioner and Midwifery Programs in Canada: A Survey of Program Directors
Creators: name: Sheinfeld, Lindsay
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2015

description: Objective: This study was done to assess the contraception and abortion content of nurse practitioner (NP) and midwifery programs in Canada. Methods: In June 2014, we mailed out surveys to program directors for each of the 32 accredited NP programs in Canada and seven accredited midwifery programs. The mailing included a copy of the questionnaire, a cover letter explaining the purpose of the study, a pre addressed envelope for return of the survey and a pre addressed response card to determine if the respondent wanted a copy of the results. We analyzed the responses using descriptive statistics and content and thematic analysis Results: We received sixteen NP surveys and two midwifery surveys making the response rate 70% and 40% respectively. More than half of the NP programs reported that they did not offer information about options counseling, first-trimester abortion procedures, and/or post-abortion care in their didactic curriculum. Our study found that if the mifepristone/misoprostol regimen was introduced in Canada 50% of NP programs and 100% of midwifery programs would teach it didactically. Conclusion: Abortion education in Canadian NP and midwifery programs is severely limited. It is important to incorporate comprehensive information on contraception and abortion in both didactic and clinical curricula. Medication abortion receives the lowest rates of inclusion in both NP and midwifery programs, but there is overall support for the inclusion of mifepristone into existing didactic curriculum. In programs that cater to rural and remote communities there is a definite need to incorporate medication abortion training, particularly given the anticipated approval of mifepristone for use in early pregnancy termination.
Issues with notation at the interface between technologies
Creators: name: Barling, Christopher Robert
name: Jones, Peter
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Mathematics is underpinned by the notation in which we write it. Traditional notation is not free of ambiguity, but on the whole the conventions we use to write mathematics on paper are flexible and visually clear. It is important, though, to view this as the product of a particular technology. When we wish to transfer our mathematics from one technology to another, the interface between the systems of notation becomes paramount. The problem is highlighted particularly when students are introduced to computer algebra systems (CAS). In this paper we highlight the differences between pencil-and-paper and electronic (linear) notation, some well-recognized and others not, particularly noting certain points at which students often encounter difficulties. The solution to these problems is not intuitive or obvious, and students encountering the interface between traditional and CAS technologies need specific intervention to assist them in overcoming the many difficulties they encounter.
Supplementary document for Ultrasmooth, Biocompatible, and Removable Nanocoating for Hollow-Core Microstructured Optical Fibers - 5411521.pdf
Creators: name: Ermatov, Timur
name: Novoselova, Marina
name: Skibina, Julia
name: Machnev, Andrey
name: Gorin, Dmitry
name: Noskov, Roman
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplemental Document
Cost-effectiveness of brentuximab vedotin in advanced stage Hodgkin’s lymphoma: a probabilistic analysis
Creators: name: Raymakers, A. J. N.
name: Costa, S.
name: Cameron, D.
name: Regier, Dean A.
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2020

description: Background: Treatment with ABVD (doxorubicin, bleomycin, vinblastine, and dacarbazine) is a well-established therapy for advanced Hodgkin’s lymphoma (HL). However, the recently completed ECHELON-1 trial showed potential net clinical benefit for brentuximab vedotin (BREN+AVD) compared to ABVD as frontline therapy in patients with advanced Hodgkin’s lymphoma. The objective of this analysis is to determine whether, on current evidence, BREN+AVD is cost-effective relative to ABVD as frontline therapy in patients with advanced HL. Methods: We constructed a probabilistic Markov model with two arms and six mutually exclusive health states, using six-month cycle lengths, and a 15-year time horizon. Time-dependent transition probabilities were calculated from ‘real-world’ data collected by the BC Cancer’s Centre for Lymphoid Cancer database or from the literature for ABVD. Time-dependent transition probabilities for BREN+AVD were taken from the ECHELON-1 trial. We estimated the incremental cost and effects per patient of each therapy and calculated the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER). Costs were measured in 2018 Canadian dollars and effects measured in quality-adjusted life years (QALYs). A probabilistic analysis was used to generate a cost-effectiveness acceptability curve (CEAC). Results: The incremental cost between standard therapy with ABVD and therapy with BREN+AVD was estimated to be $192,336. The regimen of BREN+AVD resulted in a small benefit in terms of QALYs (0.46 QALYs). The estimated ICER was $418,122 per QALY gained. The probabilistic analysis suggests very few (8%) simulations fall below $100,000 per QALY. Even at a threshold of $200,000 per QALY gained, there was only a 24% chance that BREN+AVD would be considered cost-effective. Sensitivity analyses evaluating price reductions for brentuximab showed that these reductions needed to be in excess of 70% for this regimen to be cost-effective at a threshold of $100,000 per QALY. Conclusions: There may be a clinical benefit associated with BREN+AVD, but on current evidence the benefit is not adequately substantive compared to ABVD therapy given the cost of brentuximab vedotin. Agencies responsible for making decisions about BREN+AVD as frontline therapy for patients with advanced HL should consider whether they are willing to implement this treatment given the current uncertainty and cost-benefit profile, or negotiate substantial price-reductions from the manufacturer should they choose to reimburse.
Girls' Online Agency: A Cyberfeminist Exploration
Creators: name: Milford, Trevor Scott
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2013
Subjects: cyberfeminism
cyberbullying
gender
agency
feminism
identity

description: Cyberfeminist scholars have identified the Internet as a site where feminist issues are substantiated. This exploratory study investigates young women’s lived experiences of agency within online social networking, also looking at the ways in which their assertion of agency is constrained. Analysis identified four biographically consistent identity narratives within which participants experienced online agency, each with a unique operationalization of agency, constraints upon agency, and role of a heteronormative boyfriend. Identity narratives tended to invoke socially- and media-entrenched representations of how to ‘properly’ perform ‘girl’ online, including stereotypes of girls vigilantly managing online risk or portraying themselves as professional, ethically sensible, family-oriented, or popular and celebrity-oriented. However, these representations were also inherently conflictual, presenting incompatible expectations that were difficult to simultaneously negotiate. In conclusion, this study recommends that future research and policy abandon patriarchal, neoliberal underpinnings in favour of deconstructing problematic stereotyped representations of femininity within online spaces.
title: Was fördert seelische Gesundheit?: Editorial
Creators: name: Elgeti, Hermann
name: Altgeld, Thomas
name: Sterner, Janine
Publisher: name: Medizinische Hochschule Hannover Bibliothek
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 610

description: Sozialpsychiatrische Informationen, vol. 50, no. 2, p. 1
The Role and Regulation of the Phosphatase PPM1D in Chemoresistant Gynecological Cancers
Creators: name: Ali, Ahmed Y.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: Gynecological cancers
Cisplatin chemoresistance
PPM1D
p53
Akt

description: Cisplatin (CDDP; cis-diamminedichloroplatinum) resistance presents a major impediment in the treatment of several gynecologic solid tumors, including ovarian and cervical tumors. p53, a critical regulator of cellular apoptosis, is a determinant of CDDP sensitivity. In our study, we have observed that the dysregulation of p53 regulators, checkpoint kinase 1 (Chk1) and protein phosphatase magnesium-dependent 1 (PPM1D), significantly reduced CDDP responsiveness in human cancer cells. Isogenic wt-p53 CDDP-sensitive (OV2008) and -resistant (C13*) cervical cancer cells, and isogenic wt-p53 CDDP-sensitive (A2780s) and p53 mutant resistant (A2780cp) ovarian cancer cells, along with CDDP-resistant ovarian cancer cell lines (OCC-1 and OVCAR-3, mutant p53; SKOV-3, p53 null) were used to elucidate the mechanisms of p53 regulation in human gynecologic cancer cells. We have complemented our study with a xenograft model (A2780s) and a tissue microarray of human ovarian tumors to validate our in vitro observations. We have demonstrated that CDDP differentially regulated the p53 activator Chk1 in sensitive and resistant cancer cells; it enhances Chk1 activation in sensitive but not resistant cells. This differential regulation also extended to PPM1D, whereby CDDP enhanced PPM1D content in resistant but not sensitive cells. PPM1D knockdown sensitized resistant cells to CDDP, which was associated with up-regulation of Chk1 and p53 activations, while PPM1D over-expression had the opposite effect. We have also shown that CDDP sensitivity in response to PPM1D down-regulation was p53-dependent. Moreover, CDDP promotes PPM1D nuclear localization in resistant cells and nuclear exclusion in sensitive cells and xenograft tumors. Enhanced PPM1D expression in human ovarian tumors is significantly associated with tumor aggression. Dysregulation of the oncogene Akt has been implicated in a variety of human malignancies, including ovarian cancer. We have demonstrated that Akt regulates PPM1D stability, since activated Akt over-expression in sensitive cells rescued PPM1D from CDDP-induced proteasomal degradation and Akt down-regulation in resistant cells lead to PPM1D de-stabilization and down-regulation. We have shown for the first time that PPM1D is downstream of Akt through which it can modulate CDDP sensitivity in human cancer cells. These findings extend the current knowledge on the molecular basis of CDDP resistance in gynecological cancers and may help in developing effective therapeutic strategies.
Reconciling heterogeneous information sources
Creators: name: Lister, Kendall
name: Sterling, Leon
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This paper discusses the results of experiments in automatic ontological reconciliation using AReXS, an implementation of the Example-Based Frame Mapping algorithm. Modications and extensions to the base algorithm are discussed in the context of comparing heterogeneous data from multiple on-line information sources. Consideration is given to the types of data encountered and their impact on the task of reconciling meaning. Other less automatic approaches to meaning negotiation are discussed and an argument is made for combining automatic and manual reconciliation techniques.
Between Marxism and Postmodernism: Slavoj Zizek Doing the Impossible
Creators: name: Del Duca, Alexander M.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2013
Subjects: Zizek
reading methodology
networks
text as practice
post-Marxism
Althusser

description: This work seeks to address the major texts of Slavoj Zizek using a reading methodology which treats political philosophy as a practice, rather than a series of logical propositions or claims of truth or falsity. Philosophy is herein understood as a field of relations among authors who occupy precise theoretical and political coordinates. Writing produces and reproduces an author's position within this field via the way in which an author communicates with his/her peers, draws on past concepts, and designs new ones. This paper argues that Zizek cannot usefully be grasped as a theorist attempting to provide positive political solutions or analyses, but rather as a 'negative' force who occupies an impossible position by attempting to negate his peers and popular contemporary theoretical concepts - Zizek wishes to create a new intellectual space where political possibilities can be rethought and rediscovered, and he does this in his texts by ephemerally occupying multiple positions only to displace them.
The impact of COVID-19 on globalization
Creators: name: Shrestha, Nistha
name: Shad, Muhammad Yousaf
name: Ulvi, Osman
name: Khan, Modasser Hossain
name: Karamehic-Muratovic, Ajlina
name: Nguyen, Uyen-Sa D.T.
name: Baghbanzadeh, Mahdi
name: Wardrup, Robert
name: Aghamohammadi, Nasrin
name: Cervantes, Diana
name: Nahiduzzaman, Kh Md
name: Zaki, Rafdzah Ahmad
name: Haque, Ubydul
Publisher: name: Elsevier
Year: 2021

description: Globalization has altered the way we live and earn a livelihood. Consequently, trade and travel have been recognized as significant determinants of the spread of disease. Additionally, the rise in urbanization and the closer integration of the world economy have facilitated global interconnectedness. Therefore, globalization has emerged as an essential mechanism of disease transmission. This paper aims to examine the potential impact of COVID-19 on globalization and global health in terms of mobility, trade, travel, and countries most impacted. The effect of globalization were operationalized in terms of mobility, economy, and healthcare systems. The mobility of individuals and its magnitude was assessed using airline and seaport trade data and travel information. The economic impact was measured based on the workforce, event cancellations, food and agriculture, academic institutions, and supply chain. The healthcare capacity was assessed by considering healthcare system indicators and preparedness of countries. Utilizing a technique for order of preference by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS), we calculated a pandemic vulnerability index (PVI) by creating a quantitative measure of the potential global health. The pandemic has placed an unprecedented burden on the world economy, healthcare, and globalization through travel, events cancellation, employment workforce, food chain, academia, and healthcare capacity. Based on PVI results, certain countries were more vulnerable than others. In Africa, more vulnerable countries included South Africa and Egypt; in Europe, they were Russia, Germany, and Italy; in Asia and Oceania, they were India, Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey; and for the Americas, they were Brazil, USA, Chile, Mexico, and Peru. The impact on mobility, economy, and healthcare systems has only started to manifest. The findings of this study may help in the planning and implementation of strategies at the country level to help ease this emerging burden.
title: Wie lässt sich Gesundheitsförderung und Prävention psychischer Erkrankungen zu einem Bestandteil kommunaler Daseinsvorsorge machen?
Creators: name: Gapski, Jörg
name: Elgeti, Hermann
Publisher: name: Medizinische Hochschule Hannover Bibliothek
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 610

description: Sozialpsychiatrische Informationen, vol. 50, no. 2, p. 49
Supplementary document for Experimental Quantification of the Robustness of Adiabatic Rapid Passage for Quantum State Inversion in Semiconductor Quantum Dots - 5412177.pdf
Creators: name: Ramachandran, Ajan
name: Fraser-Leach, James
name: ONeal, Sabine
name: Deppe, Dennis
name: Hall, Kimberley
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplementary Materials
Facebook and Communicative Action: The Power of Social Media During the 2011 Egyptian Revolution
Creators: name: Bowerbank, Joel
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2013
Subjects: facebook
social media
communicative action
habermass
communication
political crisis

description: Social media had an impactful role in the 2011 Egyptian Revolution. Facebook as a public sphere space was used as a powerful tool to enhance communicative action among Egyptians, dissidents, and global observers. Drawing on the philosophical and theoretical notions of individuality and the responsibilities of the state of John Locke (1689; 1690), Jean Jacques Rousseau (1762); the public sphere and communicative action of Jürgen Habermas (1981; 1989); and Manuel Castells network society and new public sphere (2004; 2006; 2008), this thesis empirically investigates the role of social media, specifically Facebook, during the 2011 Egyptian Revolution. Theories and concepts including the strength of weak ties, social movement theory, and Internet and organizational theory, a discussion of recent writings from both sides of the spectrum—those believing social media to hold power and those with the opposite view—inform the theoretical foundation of this thesis. The primary purpose of this thesis is to better understand what power lies in Facebook as used during the Egyptian Revolution. Using a qualitative approach, a methodological frame is employed to examine both the form and content of Facebook posts. This study concludes three major findings regarding the social power of Facebook during the 2011 Egyptian Revolution: the power of attention and momentum, the power of cooperation, and the creation of a repository of information and communication.
Chemical Vapour Deposition Growth of Carbon Nanotube Forests: Kinetics, Morphology, Composition, and Their Mechanisms
Creators: name: Vinten, Phillip A.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2013
Subjects: Nanotube
Carbon nanotube
Chemical vapour deposition
Chemical vapor deposition
CVD
CNT
Synthesis

description: This thesis analyzes the chemical vapour deposition (CVD) growth of vertically aligned carbon nanotube (CNT) forests in order to understand how CNT forests grow, why they stop growing, and how to control the properties of the synthesized CNTs. In situ kinetics data of the growth of CNT forests are gathered by in situ optical microscopy. The overall morphology of the forests and the characteristics of the individual CNTs in the forests are investigated using scanning electron microscopy and Raman spectroscopy. The in situ data show that forest growth and termination are activated processes (with activation energies on the order of 1 eV), suggesting a possible chemical origin. The activation energy changes at a critical temperature for ethanol CVD (approximately 870°C). These activation energies and critical temperature are also seen in the temperature dependence of several important characteristics of the CNTs, including the defect density as determined by Raman spectroscopy. This observation is seen across several CVD processes and suggests a mechanism of defect healing. The CNT diameter also depends on the growth temperature. In this thesis, a thermodynamic model is proposed. This model predicts a temperature and pressure dependence of the CNT diameter from the thermodynamics of the synthesis reaction and the effect of strain on the enthalpy of formation of CNTs. The forest morphology suggests significant interaction between the constituent CNTs. These interactions may play a role in termination. The morphology, in particular a microscale rippling feature that is capable of diffracting light, suggest a non-uniform growth rate across the forest. A gas phase diffusion model predicts a non-uniform distribution of the source gas. This gas phase diffusion is suggested as a possible explanation for the non-uniform growth rate. The gas phase diffusion is important because growth by acetylene CVD is found to be very efficient (approximately 30% of the acetylene is converted to CNTs). It is seen that multiple mechanisms are active during CNT growth. The results of this thesis provide insight into both the basic understanding of the microscopic processes involved in CVD growth and how to control the properties of the synthesized CNTs.
Involvement of the Polypyrimidine Tract-Binding Protein-Associated Splicing Factor (PSF) in the Hepatitis Delta Virus (HDV) RNA-Templated Transcription
Creators: name: Zhang, Da Jiang
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: Hepatitis delta virus
RNA polymerase II
RNA promoter
Polypyrimidine tract-binding protein-associated splicing factor PSF / SFPQ
Co-immunoprecipitation
RNA recognition motif RRM
Proline-rich region PRR
Carboxyl-terminal domain CTD
Transcription

description: Hepatitis delta virus (HDV) is the smallest known mammalian RNA virus, containing a genome of ~ 1700 nt. Replication of HDV is extremely dependent on the host transcription machinery. Previous studies indicated that RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) directly binds to and forms an active preinitiation complex on the right terminal stem-loop fragment (R199G) of HDV genomic RNA, and that the polypyrimidine tract-binding protein-associated splicing factor (PSF) directly binds to the same region. Further studies demonstrated that PSF also binds to the carboxyl-terminal domain (CTD) of RNAP II. In my thesis, co-immunoprecipitation assays were performed to show that PSF stimulates the interaction of RNAPII with R199G. Results of co-immunoprecipitation experiments also suggest that both the RNA recognition motif 2 (RRM2) and N-terminal proline-rich region (PRR) of PSF are required for the interaction between PSF and RNAPII, while the two RNA recognition motifs (RRM1 and RRM2) might be required for the interaction of PSF with R199G. Furthermore, in vitro run-off transcription assays suggest that PSF facilitates the HDV RNA transcription from the R199G template. Together, the above experiments suggest that PSF might act as a transcription factor for the RNAPII transcription of HDV RNA by linking the CTD of RNAPII and the HDV RNA promoter. My experiments provide a better understanding of the mechanism of HDV RNA-dependent transcription by RNAP II.
Additional file 1 of Chronic hepatitis and HIV risks amongst Pakistani migrant men in a French suburb and insights into health promotion interventions: the ANRS Musafir qualitative study
Creators: name: Cailhol, Johann
name: Khan, Nichola
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1. Consolidated criteria for reporting qualitative studies. COREQ guidelines checklist applied to our paper.
Additional file 2 of Chronic hepatitis and HIV risks amongst Pakistani migrant men in a French suburb and insights into health promotion interventions: the ANRS Musafir qualitative study
Creators: name: Cailhol, Johann
name: Khan, Nichola
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 2. Interview guide Musafir study. Semi-structured interview guide developed for the purpose of this study.
Supplementary document for Experimental Quantification of the Robustness of Adiabatic Rapid Passage for Quantum State Inversion in Semiconductor Quantum Dots - 5412177.pdf
Creators: name: Ramachandran, Ajan
name: Fraser-Leach, James
name: ONeal, Sabine
name: Deppe, Dennis
name: Hall, Kimberley
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2022
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplementary Materials
Additional file 3 of Chronic hepatitis and HIV risks amongst Pakistani migrant men in a French suburb and insights into health promotion interventions: the ANRS Musafir qualitative study
Creators: name: Cailhol, Johann
name: Khan, Nichola
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 3. Focus group discussion guide. Focus Group Discussion guide developed for the purpose of this study.
Editorial
Creators: name: Arthurson, Kathy
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The author focuses on the issue concerning social exclusion in Australian's government social policy. She articulates the advantages and disadvantages of adopting social exclusion in contemporary research and policy debates related to housing, disability and place-based initiatives, as well as welfare reform. She also discusses the relevance housing system to social exclusion and inclusion.
Additional file 2 of Weight maintenance interventions for people with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a systematic review protocol
Creators: name: Sauchelli, Sarah
name: Bradley, Julia
name: Cox, Jennifer
name: England, Clare
name: Perry, Rachel
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 2. Draft Search Strategy. Document providing an example of a search strategy to be used during the database search of the systematic review.
Supplementary document for Diffuse photon-remission associated with single-fiber geometry may be a simple scaling of that collected over the same area when under centered-illumination - 5412716.pdf
Creators: name: Piao, Daqing Daching
name: Sun, Tengfei
name: Murari, Kartikeya
name: Yu, Linhui
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplemental Materials
Additional file 1 of Weight maintenance interventions for people with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a systematic review protocol
Creators: name: Sauchelli, Sarah
name: Bradley, Julia
name: Cox, Jennifer
name: England, Clare
name: Perry, Rachel
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1. PRISMA-P 2015 Checklist. Table guiding reader to guide the reader through the sections of the protocol depicting the recommended items to be addressed by a systematic review.
Understanding Evidence-Informed Decision-Making in a Community-Based Network Working Towards the Baby Friendly Initiative
Creators: name: Lukeman, Sionnach
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2013
Subjects: Evidence-Informed Decision-Making
Baby Friendly Initiative
Social Network Analysis
mixed methods case study
case study
Interorganizational network
Canada
breastfeeding
network leadership

description: Objective: To understand the use of evidence-informed decision-making within an interorganizational network, and identify the facilitators and barriers to achieving network goals. Design: Case study. Setting: Rural health district in Nova Scotia, Canada (2006 to 2011). Participants: Members from 4 organizations representing community and hospital groups participating in a regional Baby Friendly Initiative network. Methods: A descriptive mixed methods study using focus group and questionnaire methodology. Data were analyzed using framework analysis and social network analysis (SNA). Results: The SNA results highlighted the role that relationships have on the sharing of knowledge among network members. The findings highlight the need for leadership at multiple levels (community, network members, primary organizations, and the provincial government). A lack of resources to achieve the network’s goals was a key barrier. Conclusions: The role of multi-level leadership is important for future network development and community consideration. The case study methodology facilitated momentum towards the network’s goals.
Dating market opportunities
Creators: name: van Gelderen, Marco
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The dating market (searching, matching and/or interacting services, whether internet based or real-life) is fast evolving because of ICT developments on the one hand and increasing demand on the other hand. This study aims to point at future possibilities in the dating market. Participants in this research are Australians or New Zealanders providing dating services. The elicitation strategy is to present information conducive to conjecturing opportunities. This information concerns social psychological research outcomes on what factors contribute to attraction and forming bonds, and specific issues relevant to the dating market, e.g., gender imbalances in enrollment. Apart from reporting opportunities this paper also presents a range of implications for opportunity recognition research and practice.
Additional file 3 of Weight maintenance interventions for people with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a systematic review protocol
Creators: name: Sauchelli, Sarah
name: Bradley, Julia
name: Cox, Jennifer
name: England, Clare
name: Perry, Rachel
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 3. Data Extraction Form. Template to be used to extract relevant data of all included studies.
L'entre-deux des jeunes migrants franco-ontariens : appartenances territoriales et réseaux sociaux virtuels
Creators: name: Cloutier, Kayla
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2013
Subjects: migration
jeunes franco-ontariens
sentiment d'appartenance territoriale
réseaux sociaux virtuels
Facebook
Entre-deux
transrégionalisme

description: À partir de 45 profils Facebook de jeunes franco-ontariens du Nord qui ont quitté leur région d'origine pour s'installer à Ottawa, la thèse s’intéresse au sens qu'ils donnent à ces deux milieux. Nous cherchions à mesurer la force du sentiment d’appartenance de ces migrants à leur milieu d'origine, tout en étudiant celui qu’ils développent à leur milieu d’accueil. Le rôle joué par les réseaux sociaux virtuels dans cette appartenance primait dans l'analyse. La recherche montre en fait que les jeunes ont des appartenances aussi fortes au nord de l'Ontario qu’à Ottawa, se situant ainsi dans l’entre-deux territorial. Notre analyse révèle que ce sont des dimensions différentes du milieu qui jouent dans l’appartenance aux milieux d’origine et d’accueil. Alors que les réseaux sociaux virtuels lient le migrant, maintenant dans le Sud, à sa région d'origine, l'imaginaire et les activités pratiquées dans les deux milieux servent eux aussi à maintenir cet attachement.
The development of a predictive damage condition model of light structures on expansive soils using hybrid artificial intelligence techniques
Creators: name: Osman, Norhaslinda Y.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Expansive soils have damage light structures due to movement of soil which was a common problem all around the world. Soils exhibiting expansive properties were common throughout Australia. The damage to light structures founded on expansive soils in Victoria occurred mainly in properties built on quaternary basaltic clays and Tertiary to Ordovician clays. A review of existing literature in the area of expansive soils showed a lack of a thorough scientific diagnostic of the damage to light structures founded on expansive soils. Very few studies had been performed on damage to light structures on expansive soils in Victoria. There were no models so far to predict damage condition to light structures. More over, most of the reports on damage to light structures on expansive soils in Victoria were poorly documented. The aim of this research project was to develop a model to predict the damage condition of light structure on expansive soils in Victoria. A hybrid Neural Network trained with Genetic Algorithm was adopted for the de-velopment of the Predictive Damage Condition model. The Neural Network and Genetic Algorithm toolboxes from MATLAB ® version 7.1 were used. The development of a Predictive Damage Condition model was driven by the shortage of defined quanti-tative studies and methods of selecting the factors that influenced the damage to light structure on expansive soils. The data used was based on information extracted from the Building Housing Commission which was recorded by different engineering companies based only on the tenants complain and site investigation of the properties. A series of factors that were believed to be dominant in influencing damage to light structures were chosen including: structural type, foundation, the presence of vegetation, soil type, age, and climate change. The model showed that it was able to resolve the problems facing light structures on expansive soils. First and foremost, the Predictive Damage Condition model was able to predict the damage condition or damage class using different combinations of fac-tors. It was also possible to identify the factors contributing to the damage of the struc-ture and to assess their relative importance in causing damage to light structures on expansive soil. It was found that the construction footing and vegetation were the most important among all the other input parameters. Change in Thornthwaite Moisture In-dex or climate was ranked second. Construction wall and age, were ranked third and fourth respectively while both region and geology were ranked fifth. In addition, Change in Thornthwaite Moisture Index was noted to have the strongest correlation with other input parameters.
Disciplining Women/Disciplining Bodies: Exploring how Women Negotiate Health and Bodily Aesthetic in the Carceral Context
Creators: name: De Graaf, Kaitlyn
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2013
Subjects: Agency
Health
Body
Bodily Aesthetic
Women
Incarceration
Bodily Management
Resistance
Compliance
Appearance
Gender Performance
Normative Femininity
Imperatives of Health
Power
Discipline
Hygiene
Diet
Weight
Medication

description: Traditionally, much criminological research has focused on male complexities of confinement, sidelining the experiences of federally and especially provincially incarcerated women in Canada. This thesis seeks to capture some of the experiences and challenges faced by incarcerated women as they attempt to negotiate agency and maintain choice and control over their health and bodies while inside correctional institutions. In order to do so, this study draws from Foucaultian-inspired concepts of discipline, governance, regulation, power, and resistance as a means to theoretically analyze the daily, often strategic, actions of women prisoners. This research is qualitative, and emerges from the data secured through in depth interviews with twelve previously incarcerated women, who were asked to speak of their experiences inside Canadian prisons with respect to issues of choice and control over hygiene, diet, exercise, and access to over-the-counter medication. The data were coded and organized into three substantial themes: opportunity for choice or learned dependence, the ‘layering’ of punishment, and creating space for agency. The analysis revealed that incarcerated women attempt to manage and maintain control over their health but meet ongoing punitive carceral responses when making decisions about their bodies that conflict with institutional mandates, discourses, or goals. Without the opportunity to perform culturally accepted norms of health and femininity, women in prison fail to achieve a positive or ‘good’ womanly status, which comes to impact their self-worth, self-esteem, and identity. These findings create direct implications for Corrections, as they inevitably produce docile and institutionally dependent women rather than responsible and productive citizens, the stated rehabilitational goal of correctional services.
Why virtual-world economies matter
Creators: name: Salomon, Mandy
name: Soudoplatoff, Serge
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: In this special edition on virtual-world goods and trade, we are pleased to present articles from a global cohort of contributors covering a wide range of issues. Some of our writers, such Edward Castronova, Julian Dibbell or KZero's Nic Mitham will be well known to you as distinguished leaders in the field, but it is equally our pleasure to introduce exciting new voices. Here you will find pieces written by academics, practitioners, journalists, a documentary filmmaker and perhaps the youngest contributor to JVWR yet, Eli Kosminksy, who attends high school in upstate New York. We would also point out that this issue extends its format to include Anthony Gilmore's pictorial story, Julian Dibbell's audio interview, and Lori Landay's machinima. In real life, most contributors live in the US, the UK and Europe, and we, the editors, are based in Australia and France. We express warm thanks to the team at the University of Texas, especially to Jeremiah Spence, our editor-in-chief for his guidance throughout this process. We begin with our own thought piece, which is designed to contextualise the deeper contents herein by way of plotting the virtual goods path and placing some historical sign posts along the way.
Erfolgsbedingungen für gesellschaftliche Veränderungsprozesse
Creators: name: Kristof, Kora
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2019
Subjects: Nachhaltigkeit

description: Ressourcenleicht, immissionsneutral, gerecht - das sind die zentralen Ziele der anstehenden großen Veränderungen, wenn wir die Belastungsgrenzen des Systems Erde, das Wohlergehen aller Menschen und die Idee einer globalen, generationenübergreifenden Gerechtigkeit ernst nehmen. Dafür reicht es nicht, sich mit dem "Was soll sich ändern?" zu beschäftigen. Zu fragen ist auch: "Was sind die zentralen Erfolgsfaktoren für gesellschaftliche Veränderungen?" Quelle: https://budrich-journals.de
description: Resource-light, immission-neutral, equitable - these are the central goals of the upcoming major changes if we take seriously the limits of the system Earth, the well-being of all people and the idea of global, generation-spanning justice. But it is not enough to deal with the "What is to change?". We must also ask: "What are the central success factors for social change?". Quelle: https://budrich-journals.de
Trojan horse or adaptive institutions? Some reflections on urban commons in Australia
Creators: name: McShane, Ian
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The rubric of 'new' commons signals the re-assessment of old dilemmas about resource management and collaborative action in new social, spatial and technological settings. Urban commons feature in the expanding register of new commons, but there has been little analysis of the meaning and application of the concept. This article explores the urban commons in an Australian context, focusing on the provision of social infrastructure. While noting criticism of the concept's imprecision and ideological valency, the article argues that the urban commons offers new perspectives on public resources, urban governance and sustainability.
Additional file 1 of Contraception and post abortion services: qualitative analysis of users’ perspectives and experiences following Zika epidemic in Honduras
Creators: name: Belizan, Maria
name: Maradiaga, Edna
name: Roberti, Javier
name: Casco-Aguilar, Maricela
name: Ortez, Alison F.
name: Avila-Flores, Juan C.
name: González, Gloria
name: Bustillo, Carolina
name: Calderón, Alejandra
name: Bock, Harry
name: Cafferata, María L.
name: Tavares, Adriano B.
name: Alger, Jackeline
name: Ali, Moazzam
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1.
Aiming for a shorter time to diagnosis: pediatric eosinophilic esophagitis in British Columbia
Creators: name: Jia, Jocelyn
name: Chan, Edmond S.
name: Avinashi, Vishal
name: Hsu, Elaine
name: Ko, Hin H.
name: Soller, Lianne
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2020

description: Longer time to diagnosis for patients with eosinophilic esophagitis can lead to adverse patient outcomes, but the length of diagnostic delay has not been quantified for patients with eosinophilic esophagitis in Canada. Our study defines the time to diagnosis (TTD) for pediatric patients with eosinophilic esophagitis in British Columbia and identifies factors that predict increased time to diagnosis. The median TTD was 21 months (1.75 years; IQR = 7, 45) with a median age at EoE diagnosis of 105 months (8.75 years; IQR = 44, 156). Caucasians experienced significantly longer TTD compared to other ethnicities (24 months (IQR = 7, 52) and 12 months (IQR = 4.5, 23) respectively, p = 0.008). Caucasian ethnicity (p = 0.037) and older age at the time of diagnosis (p = 0.006) predicted increased TTD. Our model explained 7.9% (Adjusted R² = 0.079) of the total variance for our cohort.
Additional file 3 of Contraception and post abortion services: qualitative analysis of users’ perspectives and experiences following Zika epidemic in Honduras
Creators: name: Belizan, Maria
name: Maradiaga, Edna
name: Roberti, Javier
name: Casco-Aguilar, Maricela
name: Ortez, Alison F.
name: Avila-Flores, Juan C.
name: González, Gloria
name: Bustillo, Carolina
name: Calderón, Alejandra
name: Bock, Harry
name: Cafferata, María L.
name: Tavares, Adriano B.
name: Alger, Jackeline
name: Ali, Moazzam
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 3.
Supplementary document for Diffuse photon-remission associated with single-fiber geometry may be a simple scaling of that collected over the same area when under centered-illumination - 5412716.pdf
Creators: name: Piao, Daqing Daching
name: Sun, Tengfei
name: Murari, Kartikeya
name: Yu, Linhui
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplemental Materials
Additional file 1 of Which interventions increase hearing protection behaviors during noisy recreational activities? A systematic review
Creators: name: Loughran, Michael T.
name: Lyons, Stephanie
name: Plack, Christopher J.
name: Armitage, Christopher J.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1. Search Strategy Supplement.
Catalysis via Induced Intramolecularity: Carbonyl-catalyzed Hydration of α-Amino Nitriles
Creators: name: Hussain, Bashir
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: enzyme
preorganization
preassociation
nitrile
amide
intramolecular
tether
catalysis

description: In the last decade, there has been a surge of interest from the chemistry community in developing synthetic catalysts that emulate the remarkable rate accelerations observed for enzymatic reactions. One approach utilized by enzymes involves preorganization of substrate(s) using a favourable binding event to orient the substrate(s) in a reactive arrangement. Although the “induced intramolecularity” is entropically unfavourable, it is facilitated by the enzymes and utilized to accelerate the subsequent chemical transformation. Chemists have often used a conceptually related stepwise approach in which temporary tethers are assembled to induce a temporary intramolecularity. This preorganization often enables difficult intermolecular reactions, and typically leads to increased regio-, chemo-, and stereoselectivity in chemical reactions. Seeking to develop a catalytic approach, we focused our efforts in developing a mild, carbonyl-catalyzed hydration protocol for - and -amino nitriles to give the corresponding - and -amino amide and acid. This work highlights the value of employing induced intramolecularity in accessing structurally important chemical motifs that otherwise require harsh reaction conditions. Additionally, this thesis presents the background material, design process, optimization and scope of this reactivity.
Additional file 2 of Which interventions increase hearing protection behaviors during noisy recreational activities? A systematic review
Creators: name: Loughran, Michael T.
name: Lyons, Stephanie
name: Plack, Christopher J.
name: Armitage, Christopher J.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 2. Supplement Table.