cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Innovating Education for Sustainable Urban Development through Problem Based Learning in Latin America
Creators: name: Coppens, Tom
name: Pineda, Andres Valderrama
name: Henao, Kelly
name: Rybels, Stijn
name: Samoilovich, Daniel
name: De Jonghe, Nina
name: Camacho, Heillyn
Publisher: name: Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education
Year: 2020

description: This article discusses the challenges and opportunities identified in the implementation of the Citylab project in Latin America during the period of 2015-2018. The project was funded by the Erasmus+ Key action 2 programme of the European Union. The project aims to innovate teaching for sustainability in higher education institutions through Problem Based Learning (PBL). Opposed to traditional teaching methods, the pedagogical approach of PBL is a learner-centred approach that takes a complex problem as point of departure instead of existing established knowledge. Since application of such learning methods is limited in Latin America, the Citylab project attempts to introduce PBL in the existing curricula of 12 Latin American universities through the implementation and development of interdisciplinary Citylab modules focusing on sustainable urban development. First, the role of PBL in education for sustainability is discussed in a broader theoretical context. Second, the goals, implementation strategies and results of the Citylab project will be presented. Third, we highlight some critical issues and success factors experienced during the project. The findings of this paper are based on (1) self-reported questionnaires from the partners at the end of 2017; (2) on-site visits by the authors and expert visits; (3) focus groups, interviews and conversations with project leaders of the participating institutions during the project. Depending on the institution, the project results were varying in terms of innovation and upscaling potential. Critical factors were related to the role of the project leader in the organization, the flexibility of the implementation and cultural differences. Internal regulations created both incentives and disincentives for participation. Competitive elements in the project and available resources for equipment can act as stimulators in some cases. The challenge lies moreover in detecting windows of opportunities for change in order to accomplish curriculum reform and by doing so, pursue continuation of the PBL approach after the project’s horizon.
description: Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education, Vol. 8 No. 1 (2020): Special Issue: PBL for Sustainability and Sustainable Cities
Increasing health policy and systems research capacity in low- and middle-income countries: results from a bibliometric analysis
Creators: name: English, Krista M
name: Pourbohloul, Babak
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2017

description: Background: For 20 years, substantial effort has been devoted to catalyse health policy and systems research (HPSR) to support vulnerable populations and resource-constrained regions through increased funding, institutional capacity-building and knowledge production; yet, participation from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is underrepresented in HPSR knowledge production. Methods: A bibliometric analysis of HPSR literature was conducted using a high-level keyword search. Health policy and/or health systems literature with a topic relevant to LMICs and whose lead author’s affiliation is in an LMIC were included for analysis. The trends in knowledge production from 1990 to 2015 were examined to understand how investment in HPSR benefits those it means to serve. Results: The total number of papers published in PubMed increases each year. HPSR publications represent approximately 10% of these publications, but this percentage is increasing at a greater rate than PubMed publications overall and the discipline is holding this momentum. HPSR publications with topics relevant to LMICs and an LMIC-affiliated lead authors (specifically from low-income countries) are increasing at a greater rate than any other category within the scope of this analysis. Conclusions: While the absolute number of publications remains low, lead authors from an LMIC have participated exponentially in the life and biomedical sciences (PubMed) since the early 2000s. HPSR publications with a topic relevant to LMICs and an LMIC lead author continue to increase at a greater rate than the life and biomedical science topics in general. This correlation is likely due to increased capacity for research within LMICs and the support for publications surrounding large HPSR initiatives. These findings provide strong evidence that continued support is key to the longevity and enhancement of HPSR toward its mandate.
L'impact de la Révolution tranquille sur les rapports entre le Québec et les francophones minoritaires du Canada.
Creators: name: Leblanc, Jeffrey.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Canadian Studies.

description: Deux phénomènes de la Révolution tranquille, le développement du néo-nationalisme et la construction d'un État provincial interventionniste, détruisent les anciennes bases de solidarité entre le Québec et les francophones minoritaires du Canada (FMC), sans les remplacer par de nouveaux terrains d'entente. Avant 1960, les Canadiens français partageaient une définition commune de leur nation, promue par un réseau associatif assez actif. Avec la Révolution tranquille, ce réseau s'écroule, déchiré par un conflit de nationalismes. L'État du Québec s'engage à venir en aide aux FMC, mais ses efforts, loin de renforcer la solidarité canadienne-friançaise, ne font qu'accentuer les tensions. Les discussions constitutionnelles des années 1960 permettent de constater les priorités discordantes du Québec et des FMC, qui se tourneront vers le gouvernement fédéral pour la défense de leurs droits.
title: Empowering Narratives
title: Understanding Consent, Personal Boundaries and Body Autonomy in Children's Literature
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Johnson, Opeyemi Victoria
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2026
Subjects: Child sexual abuse
Consent education
Content analysis
Parent-child communication

description: Child sexual abuse (CSA) remains a concerning issue affecting a significant portion of youth in the United States, with underreporting contributing to underestimated rates. Education about consent emerges as a crucial tool in empowering children to recognize and report inappropriate behavior. However, existing literature predominantly focuses on adult sexual consent, necessitating a clearer understanding of consent for children. This study presents a comprehensive analysis of children's books focusing on consent and prevention of child sexual abuse (CSA), exploring their approaches in addressing sensitive topics for young readers. A sample of 100 books was coded, revealing distinct trends between consent-focused and CSA-prevention literature. The analysis uncovers nuanced portrayals of adults as protectors or potential perpetrators and highlights the diverse representation of potential perpetrator characteristics. Additionally, the responsibility placed on children to establish boundaries raises questions about practicality and age-appropriateness. The study reveals linguistic disparities, especially regarding anatomical terminology and boundary depiction, indicating the need for further exploration into their impact on children's comprehension. Findings underscore the need for comprehensive research to understand the effects of differing approaches in children's literature on young readers' perceptions and behaviors regarding consent and personal boundaries. These insights offer valuable guidance for developing more effective educational resources for children on sensitive topics.
Development and evaluation of simulation models for shared autonomous mobility-on-demand systems
Creators: name: Javanshour, Farid
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This PhD dissertation presents the development of a microscopic agent-based simulation approach to investigate the performance of Autonomous Mobility on Demand (AMoD) systems in the context of a case study in Melbourne, Australia. Findings of this research show that the benefits of AMoD systems have mainly been overestimated. The current study has also discovered a strong quadratic relationship between AMoD fleet size and vehicle kilometers travelled.
The Ovipositor System of Isostasius (Platygastroidae: Platygastreidae)
Creators: name: Reynolds, Sydney
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Entomology
subject: Biology
subject: Reproductive biology
subject: Functional morphology
subject: Comparative morphology

description: The ovipositor of Isostasius species is unique to the Platygastridae family and is characterized by a system of coiled valvulae. This morphological structure acts as a hypodermic needle comprising hollow tubes that facilitate egg-laying. The coiling mechanism assists in oviposition in parasitoid wasps, encouraging egg deposition in isolated larvae with a high degree of precision.
Home, yard and neighbourhood: Women's work and the urban working-class family economy, Ottawa, 1871.
Creators: name: McLean, Lorna Ruth.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1990
Subjects: subject: History, Canadian.

description: This thesis examines the work of married women in working-class families in Ottawa in 1871. It demonstrates that home production by women for consumption, sale and/or exchange, together with arrangements of household structures, made a primary and fundamental contribution to the survival of the family unit. Women laboured and their labour was vital. Using the 1871 manuscript census, the study analysed the myriad of ways that married women utilized their available resources to reduce expenditures and to increase the wage-based family income. It was the work of women that provided some protection against the insecurity of inadequate wages, seasonal employment, illness or death.
Overexpression of COP9 signalosome subunits, CSN7A and CSN7B, exerts different effects on adipogenic differentiation
Creators: name: Huang, Xiaohua
name: Ordemann, Juergen
name: Pratschke, Johann
name: Dubiel, Wolfgang
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: adipogenesis
subject: COP9 signalosome
subject: CSN7A
subject: CSN7B
subject: LiSa-2 cells
subject: mouse embryonic fibroblasts
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: The COP9 signalosome (CSN) is an essential regulator of cullin-RING-ubiquitin (Ub) ligases (CRLs), which ubiquitinate important cellular regulators and target them for degradation by the Ub proteasome system (UPS). The CSN exhibits deneddylating activity localized on subunit CSN5, which removes the ubiquitin-like protein Nedd8 from the cullins of CRLs. CSN-mediated deneddylation is an important step in the process of CRL remodeling, in which new substrate recognition units are incorporated into Ub ligases to meet changed requirements for proteolysis in cells. For instance, extensive CRL remodeling occurs during adipogenic differentiation when new CRL3s are formed. Diversification of CSN complexes during evolution is most likely another adaptation to meet different cellular requirements. Best known CSN variants are formed by different CSN subunit isoforms. For instance, in plant cells, isoforms have been identified for the MPN-domain subunits CSN5 (CSN5A and CSN5B) and CSN6 (CSN6A and CSN6B) which form four distinct CSN variants. In mammalian cells CSNCSN7A and CSNCSN7B variants are generated by CSN7 isoforms. We demonstrate that the two variants coexist in human LiSa-2 cells and in mouse embryonic fibroblasts. During adipogenic differentiation of LiSa-2 cells CSN7B increases in parallel with an elevation of the total CSN complex. Permanent overexpression of Flag-CSN7B but not of Flag-CSN7A accelerates adipogenesis in LiSa-2 cells indicating a specific function of the CSNCSN7B variant in stimulating adipogenesis. Silencing of CSN7A as well as of CSN7B in LiSa-2 cells and in mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs) reduces adipogenic differentiation demonstrating that both CSNCSN7A and CSNCSN7B variants are involved in the process.
Kitsap County 4-H Newsletter, April 2021
Creators: name: Washington State University Kitsap County Extension
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2021
Subjects: 4-H Club

description: Contents:
description: Important Dates
description: In the Spotlight
description: 4-H in Kitsap County
description: 4-H Fundraisers
description: State & National 4-H Opportunities
description: Scholarship Opportunities
description: Volunteer News
description: 4-H Office Contact Information
Unité et continuité chez Aristote : ontologie et politique.
Creators: name: Giroux, André.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1997
Subjects: subject: Philosophy.

description: Et celui qui, dans chaque ordre de recherche, adopte une attitude philosophique et ne se borne pas a considerer le cote pratique des choses, a pour caractere distinctif de ne rien negliger ni omettre, mais au contraire de mettre en evidence la verite en chaque cas. Aristote, LA POLITIQUE On a dit d'Aristote que pour l'etudier, il fallait faire appel a une certaine dose d'intuition. Le probleme est que quand on a une intuition, que ses observations semblent encourager, mais que l'on ne trouve pas de commentateur qui voit d'oeil a oeil avec soi, on se dit qu'il faut fouiller encore plus qu'on pensait devoir le faire a l'origine pour chercher a denicher quelqu'un qui soit au moins partiellement de son avis. A moins de plonger dans les textes memes d'Aristote, et de fouiller la pour son argumentation. Et c'est la que la limitation de langue, le manque de formation en etudes anciennes et en philosophie deviennent des obstacles lourds, difficiles a surmonter et, j'admets, minusculisants. Cet exercice de recherche, de lecture, et de reflexion en est un qui aura d'ailleurs donne a cet etudiant-ci un sens nouveau au mot "humilite". (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
QUALITY EDUCATION – THE FOUNDATION OF PROGRESS
Creators: name: Sayfullayeva, Marjona
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: In today’s era of globalization and information, the development and economic growth of every nation is closely linked to the quality of its education system. Quality education is not only about imparting knowledge, but also about fostering all-round development, encouraging independent thinking, creativity and critical engagement. This article explores the role of quality education in societal development, its key criteria, the inherent connection between education and economic growth, as well as the strategic directions necessary for the advancement of the education system. The article illustrates how quality education takes shape through modern educational concepts, innovative methods, advanced practices, leading to socio-economic progress.
Correctly ordered postman tours and synchronizable test sequence generation for protocol conformance testing.
Creators: name: Perez, Maria Eugenia.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1994
Subjects: subject: Computer Science.

description: In this thesis, we will consider the distributed architecture for communication protocol conformance testing, where there are two remote testers, called the lower tester and the upper tester. During the application of a predetermined test sequence in the distributed architecture, the upper and the lower testers are bound to synchronize with each other only through their interaction with the implementation. However, this requirement may lead to a synchronization problem when the upper and the lower tester processes are forced to consider the timing of an interaction in which they have not taken part. We present a heuristic for generating a minimum length synchronizable test sequence for protocol conformance testing. The approach is based on a variation of a well-known problem in graph theory known as the Chinese postman problem. In this variation, for each edge e = (i,j) in a digraph D, we specify a subset of edges leaving j as the eligible successors for e, and require that each edge in the postman tour be followed by an eligible successsor. We present a heuristic to solve this variation of the Chinese postman problem, and develop a specialized version of this heuristic for the problem of generating a minimum length synchronizable test sequence. We show empirically that our specialized heuristic has superior performance compared to other known heuristics for this problem.
Development and validation of a real-time PCR assay for the detection of clinical acanthamoebae
Creators: name: Karsenti, Nessika
name: Lau, Rachel
name: Purssell, Andrew
name: Chong-Kit, Ann
name: Cunanan, Marlou
name: Gasgas, Jason
name: Tian, Jinfang
name: Wang, Amanda
name: Ralevski, Filip
name: Boggild, Andrea K
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2018

description: Background: Suboptimal agreement between molecular assays for the detection of Acanthamoeba spp. in clinical specimens has been demonstrated, and poor assay sensitivity directly imperils the vision of those affected by amoebic keratitis (AK) through delayed diagnosis. We sought to develop and validate a single Taqman real time PCR assay targeting the Acanthamoeba 18S rRNA gene that could be used to enhance sensitivity and specificity when paired with reference assays. Methods: Biobanked DNA from surplus delinked AK clinical specimens and 10 ATCC strains of Acanthamoeba was extracted. Sequence alignment of 66 18S rRNA regions from 12 species of Acanthamoeba known to cause keratitis informed design of a new TaqMan primer set. Performance of the new assay was compared to the 2 assays used currently in our laboratory. Results: Among 24 Acanthamoeba-positive and 83 negative specimens by the CDC reference standard, performance characteristics of the newly designed primer set were as follows: sensitivity 100%, specificity 94%, PPV 82.8%, and NPV 100%. Compared to culture, sensitivity of the new primer set was 100%, and specificity 96%. No cross-reactivity of the primer set to non-acanthamoebae, including Balamuthia and Naegleria, was found. Conclusions: We have validated a real time PCR assay for the diagnosis of AK, and in doing so, have overcome important barriers to rapid and sensitive detection of acanthamoebae, including limited sensitivity and specificity of commonly used assays.
Alocação de disciplinas para professores com modelagem em grafos
Creators: name: Teixeira de Araújo, Rafael
name: Jean Farias Lima, Francisco
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 469999
subject: Other information and computing sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Nos dias atuais, a grande maioria dos centros de ensino tem uma quantidade enorme de estudantes. Em resposta a isso, as estruturas estão cada vez mais grandiosas, com vários professores, para poder acolher todos esses alunos. Com isso, surge um problema para as grandes instituições de ensino: como alocar as disciplinas para professores de acordo com horários que não se choquem e que se possa utilizar melhor o tempo disponível de cada docente. Com este pressuposto, é proposto neste trabalho uma forma de otimizar a alocação dos professores. Para atingir este objetivo, a proposta utiliza uma solução em modelagem de grafos. Para demonstrar a viabilidade, será utilizado um pseudocódigo para chegar a uma solução otimizada.
Prevalence and co-occurrence of symptoms of mental and substance use disorders among people with HIV age 40 and older in low- and middle-income countries: a cross-sectional study
Creators: name: Nimkar S.
name: Lopez A
name: Tlali M
name: Musabyimana F.
name: Murenzi G
name: Perazzo H.
name: Maruri F
name: Bernard C
name: Minga A
name: Stockton M
name: Ross J
name: Parcesepe A.M
name: Kwobah E.K
name: Consortium I
name: Kanguya T
name: Lancaster K.
name: Goodrich S.
Publisher: name: John Wiley and Sons Inc
Year: 2024

description: Introduction: Due to the increased effectiveness of and access to antiretroviral therapy (ART), people with HIV (PWH) are living longer. As a result, the population of older PWH has increased. Mental and substance use disorders (MSDs) are common and frequently co-occurring among PWH and are associated with poor HIV care outcomes. Research into the prevalence and co-occurrence of MSDs among ageing PWH remains limited, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Methods: We analysed data collected between 2020 and 2022 from the International epidemiology Databases to Evaluate AIDS (IeDEA) Sentinel Research Network cohort of PWH aged 40 years or older on ART at 11 HIV clinics in Brazil, Côte d'Ivoire, India, Kenya, Mexico, Uganda, Rwanda, Togo, Vietnam, Zambia and Zimbabwe. We estimated the prevalence and co-occurrence of unhealthy alcohol use (AUDIT-C ≥3 for women, ≥4 for men), unhealthy drug use (ASSIST >3 for cannabis, cocaine, amphetamines, inhalants, sedatives, hallucinogens and/or opioids), and moderate to severe symptoms of depression (PHQ-9 ≥10), anxiety (GAD-7 ≥10) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) (PCL-5 ≥33). Psychiatric multimorbidity was defined as having symptoms of two or more disorders assessed. Log binomial models assessed the association between socio-demographic and HIV care characteristics and symptoms of anxiety, depression, PTSD or unhealthy substance use. Results: Of 2821 participants, the prevalence of unhealthy alcohol and drug use was 21% and 5%, respectively. The prevalence of moderate to severe symptoms of depression, anxiety and PTSD was 14%, 9% and 6%, respectively. Overall, the prevalence of psychiatric multimorbidity was 11%. Among those with symptoms of at least one mental health or substance use outcome assessed (n = 1036), the prevalence of psychiatric multimorbidity was 31%. In binomial models, the prevalence of symptoms of depression and anxiety was higher, while the prevalence of unhealthy alcohol and drug use was lower among women than men. Conclusions: Unhealthy alcohol use and symptoms of depression were most commonly reported, among this cohort of PWH aged 40 or older across 11 LMICs. Integration of MSD screening and treatment into HIV care should be prioritized. The effectiveness and implementation of transdiagnostic or multi-focus mental health treatment approaches in HIV care settings should be examined.
Reconnaissance automatique de modulation de signaux à accès multiples répartis dans le temps
Creators: name: Benoit, Charles F
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Electronics and Electrical.

description: Les dernières décennies ont témoigné de l'émergence et de l'accroissement en popularité des systèmes personnels de communication sans fil. Il en résulte une augmentation de la congestion du spectre, rendant d'autant plus nécessaire l'élaboration de méthodes facilitant la surveillance spectrale. Cette thèse propose des algorithmes permettant la reconnaissance automatique de signaux radio-électriques AMRT, cette forme de multiplexage temporel étant très répandue dans les systèmes de communication sans fil d'aujourd'hui. La reconnaissance des signaux implique l'identification du type de modulation et l'extraction de paramètres caractérisant le système de transmission. Les résultats des simulations, comprenant principalement des signaux réels de type GSM, sont présentés dans un canal additif gaussien. L'indentification de la modulation GMSK est effectuée à un taux de réussite de 90.8% pour un SNR de 5 dB alors qu'un taux de classification de 95.6% est démontré pour la reconnaissance du systeme GSM.
Justice or Just Us? How Brandeisians Conceptualize Racial Justice and the Role of Curricula in Facilitating Racial Literacy
Creators: name: Eggers, Elinor Amy
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2023
Subjects: Social Justice,Racial Justice, Racial Discourse, Brandeis

description: This multi-year qualitative study explores students' perceptions of, and experiences, with talking about race at Brandeis, both in and outside of the classroom. Based on analyses of empirical and archival data, this study examines in-depth interviews, 19 with students in 2021, and 6 follow-up interviews in 2023, to ascertain the dominant discursive frames and political strategies undergraduates use to talk about race. While the existing sociological literature offers critical conceptions of what race frames are and their significance in everyday racial interactions writ large, this thesis adds to this body of scholarship by examining how racial discourse frames operate in conversations about race and racism among college students. This thesis contributes to sociological and educational research by developing four distinct interpretive frames for how students talk about race. These include race avoidance, race hesitance, race responsiveness, and race assertiveness. The aforementioned frames illuminate the racial literacy gaps students encounter when entering higher education, and how these gaps impact one’s ability to participate in racial discourse meaningfully. The primary argument guiding this thesis is that the university is a critical site of intervention for understanding and altering students’ racial discourse frames. The thesis closes by highlighting practical steps Brandeis University can take to transform students’ relationship to talking about race confidently, and the role of college curricula in facilitating racial literacy.
Performance evaluation of access control mechanism corresponding to stochastic inputs
Creators: name: Yan, Hong
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Engineering, System Science.

description: In this thesis, we construct traffic models, which exhibit both short-range dependence (SRD) and long-range dependence (LRD) using Poisson process and doubly stochastic Poisson (or Cox) process (DSPP) driven by fractional Brownian motion (FBM). We also develop a novel dynamic system model for the token bucket (TB) control algorithm used in computer networks. In this model, token buckets police incoming traffic; and one multiplexor serving all the token pools multiplexes conforming traffic using round robin scheme. The state of the system is formally defined and control strategies are also proposed. We study several issues related to performance corresponding to different stochastic inputs using the proposed model located at the edge of the backbone network. The numerical results demonstrate that this system can be adapted to any kind of stochastic traffic. The results can be served as a tool for the designers of such controllers to set up different system parameters.
Neonatal assessment in the delivery room – Trial to Evaluate a Specified Type of Apgar (TEST-Apgar)
Creators: name: Rüdiger, Mario
name: Braun, Nicole
name: Aranda, Jacob
name: Aguar, Marta
name: Bergert, Renate
name: Bystricka, Alica
name: Dimitriou, Gabriel
name: El-Atawi, Khaled
name: Ifflaender, Sascha
name: Jung, Philipp
name: Matasova, Katarina
name: Ojinaga, Violeta
name: Petruskeviciene, Zita
name: Roll, Claudia
name: Schwindt, Jens
name: Simma, Burkhard
name: Staal, Nanette
name: Valencia, Gloria
name: Vasconcellos, Maria Gabriela
name: Veinla, Maie
name: Vento, Máximo
name: Weber, Benedikt
name: Wendt, Anke
name: Yigit, Sule
name: Zotter, Heinz
name: Küster, Helmut
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Background Since an objective description is essential to determine infant’s postnatal condition and efficacy of interventions, two scores were suggested in the past but weren’t tested yet: The Specified-Apgar uses the 5 items of the conventional Apgar score; however describes the condition regardless of gestational age (GA) or resuscitative interventions. The Expanded-Apgar measures interventions needed to achieve this condition. We hypothesized that the combination of both (Combined-Apgar) describes postnatal condition of preterm infants better than either of the scores alone. Methods Scores were assessed in preterm infants below 32 completed weeks of gestation. Data were prospectively collected in 20 NICU in 12 countries. Prediction of poor outcome (death, severe/moderate BPD, IVH, CPL and ROP) was used as a surrogate parameter to compare the scores. To compare predictive value the AUC for the ROC was calculated. Results Of 2150 eligible newborns, data on 1855 infants with a mean GA of 286/7 ± 23/7 weeks were analyzed. At 1 minute, the Combined- Apgar was significantly better in predicting poor outcome than the Specified- or Expanded-Apgar alone. Of infants with a very low score at 5 or 10 minutes 81% or 100% had a poor outcome, respectively. In these infants the relative risk (RR) for perinatal mortality was 24.93 (13.16-47.20) and 31.34 (15.91-61.71), respectively. Conclusion The Combined-Apgar allows a more appropriate description of infant’s condition under conditions of modern neonatal care. It should be used as a tool for better comparison of group of infants and postnatal interventions.
Geometric Approach to a Trigonometric Maximum
Creators: name: Kerem Aydemir
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Mathematics
subject: Geometry
subject: Trigonometry

description: A new approach to a trigonometric maximum problem which is quite interesting because it is almost only geometric. And it might be useful for educators too because i think it is pretty easy to understand.
Optimal task offloading for cloud networked robotics: a genetic algorithm approach
Creators: name: Rahman, Akhlaqur
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The thesis is on the topic of developing task offloading methods for Cloud Networked Robotics, where genetic algorithm based approaches are designed to optimally allocate tasks between robots and cloud virtual machines by utilizing the "on-demand" mobility and network selection features of the robot in the context of smart city and smart manufacturing applications, that results in lesser energy and completion time as well as increased efficiency of the system.
Geometric Approach to a Trigonometric Maximum
Creators: name: Kerem Aydemir
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Mathematics
subject: Geometry
subject: Trigonometry

description: A new approach to a trigonometric maximum problem which is quite interesting because it is almost only geometric. And it might be useful for educators too because i think it is pretty easy to understand. (Edit: Added the minimum value proof.)
Differentially Expressed MicroRNAs in Maternal Plasma for the Noninvasive Prenatal Diagnosis of Down Syndrome (Trisomy 21)
Creators: name: Kamhieh-Milz, Julian
name: Moftah, Reham Fadl Hassan
name: Bal, Gürkan
name: Futschik, Matthias
name: Sterzer, Viktor
name: Khorramshahi, Omid
name: Burow, Martin
name: Thiel, Gundula
name: Stuke-Sontheimer, Annegret
name: Chaoui, Rabih
name: Kamhieh-Milz, Sundrela
name: Salama, Abdulgabar
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Objectives. Most developmental processes are under the control of small regulatory RNAs called microRNAs (miRNAs). We hypothesize that different fetal developmental processes might be reflected by extracellular miRNAs in maternal plasma and may be utilized as biomarkers for the noninvasive prenatal diagnosis of chromosomal aneuploidies. In this proof-of-concept study, we report on the identification of extracellular miRNAs in maternal plasma of Down syndrome (DS) pregnancies. Methods. Using high-throughput quantitative PCR (HT-qPCR), 1043 miRNAs were investigated in maternal plasma via comparison of seven DS pregnancies with age and fetal sex matched controls. Results. Six hundred and ninety-five miRNAs were identified. Thirty-six significantly differentially expressed mature miRNAs were identified as potential biomarkers. Hierarchical cluster analysis of these miRNAs resulted in the clear discrimination of DS from euploid pregnancies. Gene targets of the differentially expressed miRNAs were enriched in signaling pathways such as mucin type-O-glycans, ECM-receptor interactions, TGF-beta, and endocytosis, which have been previously associated with DS. Conclusions. miRNAs are promising and stable biomarkers for a broad range of diseases and may allow a reliable, cost-efficient diagnostic tool for the noninvasive prenatal diagnosis of DS.
Correlation of viscosity of dense gases with an equation of state.
Creators: name: Wong, Henry H. L.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1992
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Chemical.

description: This research was undertaken with the objective of calculating the viscosity of pure gases and their mixtures using the Enskog theory together with a volume translated Peng-Robinson (TPR) equation of state. The TPR equation was used to predict the density which is an independent variable of the radial distribution function ($\chi$) involved in the Enskog equation. In the original Enskog equation,$$\eta=\eta\sb0b\sb0\rho(1/b\sb0\rho\chi + 0.800 + 0.7614(b\sb0\rho\chi))$$the radial distribution function $\chi$ was added to the $\eta\sb0 b\sb0\rho$ term and the constant 0.8 was treated as substance and temperature dependent in this research. The modified Enskog equation$$\eta = \eta\sb0(b\sb0\rho\chi)({1.000\over (b\sb0\rho\chi)} + H\sb{(T)} + 0.7614(b\sb0\rho\chi))$$was found to be satisfactory for the representation of the viscosity for real gases. Extensive comparisons of calculated viscosities with experimental data for pure gases were undertaken over a temperature range from 200 to 1000 K and a pressure range from 1 to 980 atm. The overall average absolute deviations for the viscosity of gas mixtures such as carbon dioxide-methane, argon-neon, carbon dioxide-krypton and hydrogen-nitrogen were less than one percent. The procedure for the prediction of the viscosities for mixtures is simple and straightforward. Only the critical parameters, the accentric factor, and the viscosity at low pressure for the gases are required.
Open Science und digitaler Kulturwandel in den Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften
Creators: name: Möllenkamp, Andreas
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Open Science
Open Scholarship
Digitalisierung
Digitaler Kulturwandel
Wissenschaft
Geisteswissenschaften
Sozialwissenschaften
Kulturwissenschaften
Hamburg
Hamburg Research Academy

description: Präsentation zum Spotlight-Webinar "Open Science und digitaler Kulturwandel in den Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften" am 9.6.2020 für die Hamburg Research Academy.
 Die Digitalisierung ist nicht nur ein spannendes Forschungsfeld in den Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften, sondern betrifft auch die wissenschaftliche Arbeit: Forschung, Lehre und Wissenschaftskommunikation werden mit digitalen Medien erweitert und transformiert. Offenheit gilt dabei als Kernkonzept und Schlüsselkompetenz in der Digitalisierung der Wissenschaft. Politik, Wissenschaftsförderer und wissenschaftliche Communities erwarten heute zunehmend einen kompetenten Umgang mit Forschungsdaten, nachvollziehbare Methoden und möglichst frei zugängliche Veröffentlichungen (Open Access). Was bedeutet das konkret für die wissenschaftliche Praxis? Welche Potentiale, Herausforderungen und Probleme existieren bei der Öffnung der wissenschaftlichen Arbeit in den Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften? Was bedeutet Open Science für die eigene wissenschaftliche Karriere? Die Veranstaltung reflektiert den digitalen Kulturwandel in den Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften und diskutiert kritische Perspektiven ebenso wie die Potentiale der Digitalisierung für die Zukunft der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften. Die Veranstaltung stellt Strategien, Best Practice Beispiele sowie Tools vor und gibt einen Überblick über Geschichte und Gegenwart der Open Science-Bewegung. Die Veranstaltung gibt konkrete Tipps und Hilfestellungen bei Fragen rund um Open Science.
Automated Water Quality Survey and Evaluation Using an IoT Platform with Mobile Sensor Nodes
Creators: name: Li, Teng
name: Xia, Min
name: Chen, Jiahong
name: Zhao, Yuanjie
name: De Silva, Clarence W.
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2019

description: An Internet of Things (IoT) platform with capabilities of sensing, data processing, and wireless communication has been deployed to support remote aquatic environmental monitoring. In this paper, the design and development of an IoT platform with multiple Mobile Sensor Nodes (MSN) for the spatiotemporal quality evaluation of surface water is presented. A survey planner is proposed to distribute the Sampling Locations of Interest (SLoIs) over the study area and generate paths for MSNs to visit the SLoIs, given the limited energy and time budgets. The SLoIs are chosen based on a cellular decomposition that is composed of uniform hexagonal cells. They are visited by the MSNs along a path ring generated by a planning approach that uses a spanning tree. For quality evaluation, an Online Water Quality Index (OLWQI) is developed to interpret the large quantities of online measurements. The index formulations are modified by a state-of-the-art index, the CCME WQI, which has been developed by the Canadian Council of Ministers of Environment (CCME) for off-line indexing. The proposed index has demonstrated effective and reliable performance in online indexing a large volume of measurements of water quality parameters. The IoT platform is deployed in the field, and its performance is demonstrated and discussed in this paper.
Artifact for Paper: Modeling Uncertainty: From Simulink to Stochastic Hybrid Automata
Creators: name: Blohm, Pauline
name: Schulz, Felix
name: Willemsen, Lisa
name: Remke, Anne
name: Herber, Paula
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: This artifact is submitted to complement the paper "Modeling Uncertainty: From Simulink to Stochastic Hybrid Automata" which is submitted to QEST 25.
Quality of care and post-discharge morbidity among children diagnosed with severe malaria in rural Uganda: A prospective cohort study
Creators: name: Mulogo E
name: Hendren C
name: Baguma E
name: Kniss J.M
name: Ntaro M
name: Boyce R.M
name: Karabyo S
name: Chhetri S.B
name: Kibaba G
Publisher: name: Public Library of Science
Year: 2024

description: Pediatric severe malaria is a significant contributor of morbidity and mortality in Uganda. Most information is derived from tertiary referral centers and urban centers. Little is known about routine care or post-discharge outcomes in rural areas. We conducted a longitudinal cohort study of pediatric severe malaria at St. Paul’s Level IV Health Center (SPHC) in Kasese, Uganda. We collected demographic, clinical, and laboratory results, and conducted follow-up 14 days post-discharge to assess patient outcomes in the immediate post-discharge period. The initial cohort included 187 children aged 0 to 17 years enrolled between July 9th, 2023 and January 9th, 2024. Almost all (94.7%) participants had a parasitological confirmed malaria diagnosis by rapid diagnostic tests or blood smear. While at SPHC, 95.7% of patients received 3+ doses of intravenous Artesunate, and 92.0% also received oral antimalarials. 62.0% had at least one symptom of severe malaria, with altered consciousness (40.6%) and convulsions (29.9%) the most frequently reported. 26.1% had evidence of severe malarial anemia (Hb <5 g/dl), of whom 93.5% received a blood transfusion. Most (82.2%) patients received care that we assessed as consistent with key elements of WHO management guidelines. We were able to contact 183 of the 187 patient caregivers post-discharge. Caregivers reported that 25.6% of patients were experiencing symptoms related to their hospitalization, with fever (18.5%) and nausea/ not feeding well (10.3%) reported most frequently. Children who experienced altered consciousness during their acute illness had 1.69 times the adjusted risk of reporting symptoms 14-days post-discharge compared to those who did not have altered consciousness (aRR: 1.69, 95% CI: 1.01–2.82). Six deaths were recorded, including three at SPHC and three post-transfer or discharge. Findings suggest that at private health facilities in rural areas, treatment appears to be consistent with guidelines. Future research should investigate high morbidity in the immediate post-discharge period.
title: Subjective Social Status
title: Expanding on the Relationship between Cortisol Dysfunction and Social Networks
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Ghosh, Anushka
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2023
Subjects: Subjective social status
Socioeconomic status
Cortisol
Health gradient
Social Measurement and Indicators
Sociobiology

description: Objective: It has been suggested that subjective social status may be a better, more powerful health correlate than traditional socioeconomic status indicators (e.g., education, income). The aim of this study is to determine how subjective social status relates to an early health risk indicator, specifically, basal cortisol dysfunctions. Additionally, very few studies have examined the stability of SSS measures over time. The current study will examine the stability of the original measures, US and community, with newly added and more narrowly defined measures, neighborhood, friends, and family, and their association to hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis indicator, cortisol awakening response, diurnal cortisol, and total daily cortisol output.
description: Methods: Sixty women (mean age: 60.13, SD = 6.45 years) self-reported SSS ratings using the 10-rung MacArthur ladders (community and US) and narrowly defined ladders (neighborhood, friends, and family) before and after a 12-week intervention. Two sets of five cortisol samples immediately upon waking up, 30, 45, and 60 minutes after waking up, and at bedtime were collected before and after the intervention as well.
description: Results: The intervention was successful as daily step count increased across the intervention (F(1,59) = 74.03; p < .001). After controlling for SES measures (years of education), the effect of time was no longer significant (F(1,58) = 0.30, p = .58), but the ladders remained significantly different from each other (F (2.69,156.22) = 3.81, p = .014). The US ladder was significantly correlated with the AUCG (r = -.27, p = .04), while the community ladder was significantly correlated with diurnal cortisol slope (r = -.28, p = .03)
description: Conclusions: The study emphasizes the importance of including both distal and proximal groups referenced groups when assessing perceived social status (US, community, neighborhood, friends, and family). While the US measure is able to capture stables influences of health, other ladders can provide health relevant information that is related to perceived status in different social circles.
Classification of neural activation to face trustworthiness
Creators: name: Xie, Yuchen
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2019
Subjects: face trustworthiness
support vector machine
linear discriminant analysis
principle component analysis
fMRI

description: Judgment of face trustworthiness is an important social ability. In this study, we used linear discriminant analysis (LDA) and support vector machine (SVM) to classify the neural activation shown by older and younger adults to faces at different levels of trustworthiness. We first performed principle component analysis to extract features from fMRI data. Then we used a leave-one-subject-out approach in classifier training and testing. In the end, we used permutation testing to evaluate the significances of overall classification accuracy and each face category’s area under receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC), and used bootstrapped testing to compare classifier’s performance between OA and YA. Our results showed LDA and linear SVM could both differentiate the neural activation shown by both older adults (OA) and younger adults (YA) to high, medium and low trustworthy faces in whole brain, reward region, and FFA, whereas differentiation of the faces in the visual cortex was significant only for YA. Both LDA and linear SVM showed less accurate discrimination of facial category for OA than YA in reward region, and LDA showed less accurate discrimination for OA than YA in visual cortex, which suggested that reward region and visual cortex may be the brain regions that contribute to age-related dedifferentiation in impressions of face trustworthiness. Surprisingly, given previous evidence that OA show neural dedifferentiation in FFA responses to face vs. other categories, neither LDA nor linear SVM showed age differences in the discrimination of face trustworthiness in FFA.
Long-Lasting Enhancement of Visual Perception with Repetitive Noninvasive Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
Creators: name: Behrens, Janina R.
name: Kraft, Antje
name: Irlbacher, Kerstin
name: Gerhardt, Holger
name: Olma, Manuel C.
name: Brandt, Stephan A.
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: contrast sensitivity
subject: noninvasive brain stimulation
subject: plasticity
subject: transcranial direct current stimulation
subject: visual perceptual learning
subject: primary visual cortex
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Understanding processes performed by an intact visual cortex as the basis for developing methods that enhance or restore visual perception is of great interest to both researchers and medical practitioners. Here, we explore whether contrast sensitivity, a main function of the primary visual cortex (V1), can be improved in healthy subjects by repetitive, noninvasive anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS). Contrast perception was measured via threshold perimetry directly before and after intervention (tDCS or sham stimulation) on each day over 5 consecutive days (24 subjects, double- blind study). tDCS improved contrast sensitivity from the second day onwards, with significant effects lasting 24 h. After the last stimulation on day 5, the anodal group showed a significantly greater improvement in contrast perception than the sham group (23 vs. 5%). We found significant long-term effects in only the central 2–4° of the visual field 4 weeks after the last stimulation. We suspect a combination of two factors contributes to these lasting effects. First, the V1 area that represents the central retina was located closer to the polarization electrode, resulting in higher current density. Second, the central visual field is represented by a larger cortical area relative to the peripheral visual field (cortical magnification). This is the first study showing that tDCS over V1 enhances contrast perception in healthy subjects for several weeks. This study contributes to the investigation of the causal relationship between the external modulation of neuronal membrane potential and behavior (in our case, visual perception). Because the vast majority of human studies only show temporary effects after single tDCS sessions targeting the visual system, our study underpins the potential for lasting effects of repetitive tDCS-induced modulation of neuronal excitability.