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Our Bodies, Our Location: The Politics of Feminist Translation and Reproduction in Post-socialist Serbia
Creators: name: Bogic, Anna
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2017
Subjects: feminist translation
politics of translation
Our Bodies
Serbia
politics of reproduction
knowledge production
Ourselves

description: The dissertation studies feminist knowledge production through translation in the context of post-communist Eastern Europe. It focuses on one case study, the Serbian translation of the American feminist health classic Our Bodies, Ourselves (OBOS) through the lens of the politics of translation and reproduction. The translation, Naša tela, mi (NTM), was published by a group of feminist activists from the Autonomous Women’s Centre (AWC) in Belgrade, Serbia in 2001. By focusing on this one case study, my dissertation offers an in-depth analysis of the political, social, linguistic, and feminist dimensions implicated in the transfer of a Western feminist project from one geopolitical location to another, to a post-socialist, post-conflict Eastern European country in the 1990s. Against the background of the Yugoslav wars and the influence of ethno-nationalism in the 1990s, I examine the development of domestic and transnational feminist networking, including the Belgrade feminists’ work with victims of domestic and sexual violence and refugees. I assess the extent to which NTM serves as oppositional discourse to the changing politics of reproduction and pronatalist discourses around abortion and fertility in Serbia in this period. Furthermore, I analyze NTM’s contribution to local feminist knowledge on women’s reproductive health, rights, and sexuality. I emphasize the importance of the local context, including the history of abortion access and traditional gender relations. Methodologically, the dissertation is based on interview data, archival documents, and comparative textual analysis. The dissertation draws attention to feminist knowledge production across uneven geopolitical borders, translation flows across the East-West divide, and the role of English in transnational feminist networking. The dissertation brings together the politics of translation and the politics of reproduction and calls for further studies into the role of translation in transnational feminist patterns of knowledge production.
Study of Soft Errors in Dynamic Random Access Memories for Neutron Dosimetry
Creators: name: Ali, Mohammad Hanif
Publisher: name: London South Bank University
Year: 1993

description: Binary information on a dynamic random access memory (DRAM) can be changed when a charged particle passes by without damaging the device itself (Soft Error). Soft error rates (SER) have been studied in 256K DRAMs employing alpha particles from *“!Am, and thermal neutrons through the action of alpha particles and tritons, generated by the (n,Q) reaction in °LiF converters. The energy dependence of SER has been studied by degrading 5.5 MeV alpha particles after passage through melinex films. The dependence of SER on the operating bias of DRAM, having been studied, a reduced value of +2.8 V has been used throughout the experimental work, leading to higher sensitivity to soft error. For the study of thermal neutron sensitivity a paraffin howitzer was used (*’Cf and Am-Be neutron sources). After optimising the thickness of ‘LiF converters for SER production, a calibration curve of soft errors against dose equivalent has been obtained. A dose equivalent of 25 wSvh"? is equivalent to 1 error per hour. It is concluded that a higher density (1M/4M) DRAM has the potential of measuring a dose as low as 1 uSvh"’. Experimental soft errors have been modelled by considering charged particle environment, path length distributions of the charged particles through the DRAM sensitive volume and the critical charge of the device. For the charged particle environment, its spectral distribution has been simulated by a Monte Carlo method. SER’s have then been computed for sensitive volumes in the shape of rectangular parallelepipeds (RPP) and hemispheres (HEM), integral path length distributions in these having been computed first. In general, the integral distributions for an RPP lies below that of HEM(i.e.lower SER for RPP), except for very large chord lengths. In order to match the experimental and simulated SER’s for RPP, threshold energy ranges have been estimated for collection depths 1,2,3 um, these being 450-950, 750-1200, and 925-1325 keV, respectively. For HEM’s, the ranges are 675-1050, 825-1225, 950-1350 keV. Further, the matching exercise has led us to conclude that tritons make no contribution to soft error production in the present study. It is also proposed that a DRAM sensor could replace the proportional/Scintillation counter in a Bonner sphere, and that by combining a single moderating assembly with a number of sensors, an automatic semi-portable survey/ personnel neutron monitor could be assembled.
ОСОБЕННОСТИ ДИАГНОСТИКИ ПСИХИЧЕСКИХ РАССТРОЙСТВ И ИХ ВЛИЯНИЕ НА ДИНАМИКУ ВНУТРИСЕМЕЙНЫХ ОТНОШЕНИЙ И ПРОЦЕСС ПАРНОЙ ТЕРАПИИ
Creators: name: Любовь Образцова
Publisher: name: Психология и психотерапия семьи
Year: 2024
Subjects: парная терапия
семейная терапия
психические расстройства

description: В процессе парной терапии консультанту важно уметь увидеть и распознать те жалобы, проблемы и симптомы клиентов, которые требуют консультации врача-психиатра и медикаментозной коррекции. Статья подготовлена по материалам доклада на открытом собрании ОСКиП, посвященному обсуждению особенностей диагностики, наиболее часто встречающихся в практике психиатра психических расстройств и их влиянию на динамику отношений пар, как до обращения за психотерапевтической помощью, так и в процессе парной терапии. Рассмотрены влияние депрессии, БАР, ПРЛ, расстройств шизофренического спектра, РАС и СДВГ у одного из партнёров на динамику внутрисемейных отношений и формирование запроса к психотерапевтической работе.
A Phenomenological Inquiry: The Impact of the Process of Dietary Acculturation and the Nutritional Discourse in Canada on Female Immigrants with Type II Diabetes
Creators: name: Katem, Eman
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2017
Subjects: qualitiative
communication
health
diabetes
immigrant
primary research

description: Nutritional communication research helps with public health promotion, government dietary intervention and future outlooks for the dietetics profession. This research explores the way health professionals target niche population groups to educate on nutrition. The phenomenological methodology and the Communication Accommodation theory framework guided interviews with 10 Arab-speaking females diagnosed with type II diabetes or prediabetes. The findings reveal eight major underlying themes: language, socio-economic impact, level of integration/adaption to new environment, role of religion in life, health is a personal responsibility, role of family/specific family members, role of health professional and views on the Canadian food/culture. Ultimately, dietary acculturation of the sample group is influenced by level of English language proficiency, health literacy, exposure to health information and cultural values.
title: In-vitro Untersuchung des Randspaltes an Klasse-II- und Klasse-V-Kompositfüllungen nach artifizieller Alterung
title: In vitro study of the marginal gap on class II and class V composite fillings after artificial ageing
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Rickert, Helena
Publisher: name: Philipps-Universität Marburg
Year: 2024
Subjects: marginal gap analysis
Universaladhäsiv
Medical sciences Medicine
Medizin
class II cavity
Randspaltanalyse
class V cavity
composite
universal adhesive
Klasse-V-Kavität
Klasse-II-Kavität
Komposit

description: Eines der wichtigsten Kriterien zur Beurteilung von Kompositrestaurationen ist der Randschluss. Neben Materialeigenschaften und technischer Anwendung hat die Kavitätenpräparation Einfluss auf die Ausbildung eines Randspaltes und folglich auf die Langlebigkeit einer Kompositfüllung.
Die vorliegende Studie sollte den Einfluss verschiedener Kavitätenpräparationen und artifizieller Alterung auf die Randqualität von Klasse-II- und Klasse-V-Kavitäten untersuchen.
Genomic resource development of shellfish of conservation concern
Creators: name: Timmins-Schiffman, Emma
name: Friedman, Carolyn
name: Roberts, Steven
name: White, Sam
name: Metzger, Dave
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Marine Biology
subject: 60102 Bioinformatics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: **This is a pre-peer reviewed versio of the following article: Timmins-Schiffman EB, Friedman CS, Metzger DC, White SJ, Roberts SB (2012) Genomic resource development for shellfish of conservation concern. Molecular Ecology Resources, doi: 10.1111/1755-0998.12052, which has been published in final form at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1755-0998.12052/abstract**
 Effective conservation of threatened species depends on the ability to assess organism physiology and population demography. In order to develop genomic resources to better understand the dynamics of two ecologically vulnerable species in the Pacific Northwest of the United States, larval transcriptomes were sequenced for the pinto abalone Haliotis kamtschatkana kamtschatkana and the Olympia oyster Ostrea lurida. Based on comparative species analysis the Ostrea lurida transcriptome (41,136 contigs) is relatively complete. These transcriptomes represent the first significant contribution to genomic resources for both species. Genes are described based on biological function with a particular attention to those associated with temperature change, oxidative stress, and immune function. In addition, transcriptome derived genetic markers are provided. Together, these resources provide valuable tools for future studies aimed at conservation of Haliotis kamtschatkana, Ostrea lurida and related species.
In the Novel 'Brewed Tea with Three Lumps of Sugar' Images of Time, Despair and Homeland
Creators: name: Ozber Can
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Image, Migration, Brewed Tea with Three Lumps of Sugar, Renan Demirkan.

description: Abstract: Brewed Tea with Three Lumps of Sugar is the first novel of Renan Demirkan. The novel mainly describes the process of a women, who has fallen in two worlds, in two cultures and in two understandings due to migration. Living condition, indecision, emotional changes were  interrogated within a few hours. ‘Should we go back or should we stay?’ Labelled as ‘black Germans’ Turks, who have been overly affected by this integration process, are found between Anatolian and European cultures. Their position and personality has become a burden for German society. The expectations and reality have shifted, behaviour and speech are left to the images.
Genomic resource development of shellfish of conservation concern
Creators: name: Timmins-Schiffman, Emma
name: Friedman, Carolyn
name: Roberts, Steven
name: White, Sam
name: Metzger, Dave
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Marine Biology
subject: 60102 Bioinformatics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: **This is a pre-peer reviewed versio of the following article: Timmins-Schiffman EB, Friedman CS, Metzger DC, White SJ, Roberts SB (2012) Genomic resource development for shellfish of conservation concern. Molecular Ecology Resources, doi: 10.1111/1755-0998.12052, which has been published in final form at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1755-0998.12052/abstract**
 Effective conservation of threatened species depends on the ability to assess organism physiology and population demography. In order to develop genomic resources to better understand the dynamics of two ecologically vulnerable species in the Pacific Northwest of the United States, larval transcriptomes were sequenced for the pinto abalone Haliotis kamtschatkana kamtschatkana and the Olympia oyster Ostrea lurida. Based on comparative species analysis the Ostrea lurida transcriptome (41,136 contigs) is relatively complete. These transcriptomes represent the first significant contribution to genomic resources for both species. Genes are described based on biological function with a particular attention to those associated with temperature change, oxidative stress, and immune function. In addition, transcriptome derived genetic markers are provided. Together, these resources provide valuable tools for future studies aimed at conservation of Haliotis kamtschatkana, Ostrea lurida and related species.
САМОРАСКРЫТИЕ СПЕЦИАЛИСТА. ГДЕ, КАК, КОГДА, ДЛЯ ЧЕГО НУЖНА ЭТА ТЕХНИКА?
Creators: name: Виль-Вильямс Елена
name: Фисун Елена
name: Кисельникова Наталья
name: Максимова Римма
name: Ломтева Наталья
Publisher: name: Психология и психотерапия семьи
Year: 2024
Subjects: самораскрытие специалиста
системная семейная психотерапия
психодрама
психоанализ
стратегический подход
эмоционально-фокусированная терапия.

description: Статья подготовлена по материалам встречи участников “Союза практических психологов” СРО «Союз практических психологов» — объединения профессиональных организаций, представляющих различные психотерапевтические школы и направления. Члены Союза ориентируются на международные стандарты консультирования и разделяют ценности высокого профессионализма. Первая встреча участников “Союза практических психологов” была посвящена теме “Самораскрытие специалиста. Где, как, когда, для чего нужна эта техника?”. Дискуссия включала технические и этические аспекты данной техники.
Intercomparison and Interpretation of Single-Column Model Simulations of a Nocturnal Stratocumulus-Topped Marine Boundary Layer
Creators: name: Zhu, Ping
name: Bretherton, Christopher S.
name: Kohler, Martin
name: Chen, Anning
name: Chlond, Andreas
name: Geng, Quanzhen
name: Austin, Philip H.
name: Golaz, Jean-Christophe
name: Lenderink, Geert
name: Lock, Andrian
name: Stevens, Bjorn
Publisher: name: American Meteorological Society
Year: 2016

description: Ten single-column models (SCMs) from eight groups are used to simulate a nocturnal nonprecipitating marine stratocumulus-topped mixed layer as part of an intercomparison organized by the Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment Cloud System Study, Working Group 1. The case is idealized from observations from the Dynamics and Chemistry of Marine Stratocumulus II, Research Flight 1. SCM simulations with operational resolution are supplemented by high-resolution simulations and compared with observations and large-eddy simulations. All participating SCMs are able to maintain a sharp inversion and a mixed cloud-topped layer, although the moisture profiles show a slight gradient in the mixed layer and produce entrainment rates broadly consistent with observations, but the liquid water paths vary by a factor of 10 after only 1 h of simulation at both high and operational resolution. Sensitivity tests show insensitivity to activation of precipitation and shallow convection schemes in most models, as one would observationally expect for this case. Copyright 2005 American Meteorological Society (AMS). Permission to use figures, tables, and brief excerpts from this work in scientific and educational works is hereby granted provided that the source is acknowledged. Any use of material in this work that is determined to be “fair use” under Section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Act or that satisfies the conditions specified in Section 108 of the U.S. Copyright Act (17 USC §108, as revised by P.L. 94-553) does not require the AMS’s permission. Republication, systematic reproduction, posting in electronic form, such as on a web site or in a searchable database, or other uses of this material, except as exempted by the above statement, requires written permission or a license from the AMS. Additional details are provided in the AMS Copyright Policy, available on the AMS Web site located at (http://www.ametsoc.org/) or from the AMS at 617-227-2425 or copyright@ametsoc.org.
Modified Sanliangsan improved Sjogren’s syndrome complicated with interstitial lung disease by suppressing serum MUC1 levels
Creators: name: Wei, Rong
Publisher: name: OSF Registries
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine and Health Sciences

description: Objectives: To clarify if the mechanism of Sanliangsan in improving Sjogren’s syndrome complicated with interstitial lung disease (SS-ILD) involves MUC1 suppression, which is involved in SS-ILD pathogenesis.Methods: Fifty-six patients were randomly divided into two groups receiving Sanliangsan prescription therapy and conventional therapy (western medicine). In-depth transcriptome profiles from a large database of SS-ILD patients were collected and analyzed to identify candidate genes involved in SS pathogenesis. Clinical symptom scores, metabolic compositions, lung HRCT scores, and serum MUC1 levels were compared between the two groups before and after treatment. Network pharmacology and molecular docking was performed to identify bioactive compounds of SP in improving SS. Metabolome analyzed the metabolic composition of serum associated with SS-ILD before and after SP treatment.Results: Transcriptome results identified the involvement of abnormal expression of genes relevant to the immune system, inflammatory responses, and signaling pathways. Numerous genes, including CD58, CD86, CTLA4, CXCL8, STAT1, and especially MUC1, were involved in SS pathogenesis and could be used to diagnose SS-ILD early. Both treatments improved the lung HRCT scores and clinical symptoms of SS-ILD. The SP therapy improved SS-ILD more effectively than conventional therapy. Moreover, Sanliangsan prescription therapy reduced serum MUC1 levels and restored the abnormal metabolisms, improving the abnormal inflammatory and immune responses of patients. Eugenol directly interacted with MUC1, and suppressed related genes, and was the bioactive compound of SP. SP could partially restore the abnormal metabolisms associated with SS-ILD pathogenesis. Conclusion: Based on conventional western medicine treatment, modified Sanliangsan can significantly improve the clinical symptoms, signs, and lung function of patients; the mechanism may be due to eugenol and related to MUC1 regulation.
Weinig fiducie in vernieuwde gewichtenregeling
Creators: name: Driessen, Geert
Publisher: name: Didactief
Year: 2018
Subjects: onderwijsachterstandenbeleid
indicatoren
doelgroepen

description: De nieuwe gewichtenregeling van het CBS hanteert drie dubieuze indicatoren, volgensGeert Driessen. Een verbetering zal zij daarom zeker niet zijn.
A confocal microscopic study of solitary pulmonary neuroendocrine cells in human airway epithelium
Creators: name: Weichselbaum, Markus
name: Sparrow, Malcolm P.
name: Hamilton, Elisha J.
name: Thompson, Philip J.
name: Knight, Darryl
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2016

description: Background: Pulmonary neuroendocrine cells (PNEC) are specialized epithelial cells that are thought to play important roles in lung development and airway function. PNEC occur either singly or in clusters called neuroepithelial bodies. Our aim was to characterize the three dimensional morphology of PNEC, their distribution, and their relationship to the epithelial nerves in whole mounts of adult human bronchi using confocal microscopy. Methods: Bronchi were resected from non-diseased portions of a lobe of human lung obtained from 8 thoracotomy patients (Table 1) undergoing surgery for the removal of lung tumors. Whole mounts were stained with antibodies to reveal all nerves (PGP 9.5), sensory nerves (calcitonin gene related peptide, CGRP), and PNEC (PGP 9.5, CGRP and gastrin releasing peptide, GRP). The analysis and rendition of the resulting three-dimensional data sets, including side-projections, was performed using NIH-Image software. Images were colorized and super-imposed using Adobe Photoshop. Results: PNEC were abundant but not homogenously distributed within the epithelium, with densities ranging from 65/mm2 to denser patches of 250/mm2, depending on the individual wholemount. Rotation of 3-D images revealed a complex morphology; flask-like with the cell body near the basement membrane and a thick stem extending to the lumen. Long processes issued laterally from its base, some lumenal and others with feet-like processes. Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) was present in about 20% of PNEC, mainly in the processes. CGRP-positive nerves were sparse, with some associated with the apical part of the PNEC. Conclusion: Our 3D-data demonstrates that PNEC are numerous and exhibit a heterogeneous peptide content suggesting an active and diverse PNEC population.
Transcriptional Control of the Multi-Drug Transporter ABCB1 by Transcription Factor Sp3 in Different Human Tissues
Creators: name: Gromnicova, Radka
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2012
Subjects: Molecular Biology
Cell Biology

description: The ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter ABCB1, encoded by the multidrug resistance gene MDR1, is expressed on brain microvascular endothelium and several types of epithelium, but not on endothelia outside the CNS. It is an essential component of the blood-brain barrier. The aim of this study was to identify cell-specific controls on the transcription of MDR1 in human brain endothelium. Reporter assays identified a region of 500 bp around the transcription start site that was optimally active in brain endothelium. Chromatin immunoprecipitation identified Sp3 and TFIID associated with this region and EMSA (electrophoretic mobility shift assays) confirmed that Sp3 binds preferentially to an Sp-target site (GC-box) on the MDR1 promoter in brain endothelium. This result contrasts with findings in other cell types and with the colon carcinoma line Caco-2, in which Sp1 preferentially associates with the MDR1 promoter. Differences in MDR1 transcriptional control between brain endothelium and Caco-2 could not be explained by the relative abundance of Sp1:Sp3 nor by the ratio of Sp3 variants, because activating variants of Sp3 were present in both cell types. However differential binding of other transcription factors was also detected in two additional upstream regions of the MDR1 promoter. Identification of cell-specific controls on the transcription of MDR1 indicates that it may be possible to modulate multi-drug resistance on tumours, while leaving the blood brain barrier intact.
SANGAM, Deutsch-Indische Begegnung e.V., Nürnberg (publ.): Indien (Bharat) 1994. Tanz, Musik und Gedichte
Creators: name: Gosalia, Sushila
Publisher: name: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia
Year: 2021

description: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia, Nr. 51 (1994): ASIEN (April)
The development of ontological model for clinical decision support system: A case study of triage of pediatric hip pain in the emergency department
Creators: name: Wen, Hongyang
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Health Sciences, Health Care Management.
subject: Engineering, System Science.

description: Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSS), for providing patient specific advice, can only be accepted in clinical practice if they can fit in a clinician workflow. This would require such a CDSS to have diversified support capabilities, to be mobile, and to have flexible functionality. Such a system can be designed and developed only in a modular fashion where the high level abstractions describe the logic among different system components. Ontology, which is a formal specification of shared conceptualization, can be used to create a high level abstraction. Such decoupling of abstract CDSS logic from low level implementation facilitates developing and adding new applications and increases the reusability of different system components. In this research it is argued that a developed CDSS, according to ontology driven design with the ontological model of a problem domain expanded by a clinical decision support requirements, allows the creation of a system that is aligned with clinical workflow. In this research the proposed approach is illustrated with the CDSS for triaging pediatric hip pain (HP) in the Emergency Department. This application (called MET-HP) is created within the MET (Mobile Emergency Triage) environment that implements the ontology driven design principles. MET-HP is a mobile CDSS that includes a decision model derived from the analysis of retrospective chart data and it facilitates early triage of a child using incomplete data. Keywords. Ontology; ontological model; ontology driven design; ontological engineering; clinical decision support system; data mining; knowledge model; knowledge based system.
Deep Neural Network Approach for Single Channel Speech Enhancement Processing
Creators: name: Li, Dongfu
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: DNN
GMM
MRCG
Single-channel speech processing

description: Speech intelligibility represents how comprehensible a speech is. It is more important than speech quality in some applications. Single channel speech intelligibility enhancement is much more difficult than multi-channel intelligibility enhancement. It has recently been reported that training-based single channel speech intelligibility enhancement algorithms perform better than Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR) based algorithm. In this thesis, a training-based Deep Neural Network (DNN) is used to improve single channel speech intelligibility. To increase the performance of the DNN, the Multi-Resolution Cochlea Gram (MRCG) feature set is used as the input of the DNN. MATLAB objective test results show that the MRCG-DNN approach is more robust than a Gaussian Mixture Model (GMM) approach. The MRCG-DNN also works better than other DNN training algorithms. Various conditions such as different speakers, different noise conditions and reverberation were tested in the thesis.
At Your Fingertips: A Case Study Exploring the Effects of Sharing Digital Video Teaching Tips within a Learning Community of Family Medicine Professionals
Creators: name: Weber, Jonathan
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2015
Subjects: digital video
family medicine
professional development
learning community
communities of practice
case study
preceptor
physician
online learning
mixed methods

description: Today’s medical faculty members are faced with different challenges than their predecessors in teaching tomorrow’s physicians. Medical faculty members are now expected not only to be medical content experts, but also expert educators. The majority of the professional development activities available to them, however, are still focused on biomedical knowledge or the improvement of clinical practices. This article explores a faculty development project at the University of Ottawa’s Department of Family Medicine (DFM) aimed at improving teaching skills through the online sharing of video teaching tips created by DFM faculty members. Guided by the W(e)Learn Framework, a validated theoretical framework for the design and evaluation of online learning resources, a mixed-methods case study was designed and executed to investigate the impact of this faculty development project on the medical educator learning community. Data from the survey (N=33) and interviews (N=10) were analysed and relevant themes were identified and discussed in the context of the literature. Survey participants responded positively towards the project, finding the tips to be useful, enjoyable, and to have the potential to stimulate knowledge sharing between colleagues and within a learning community. Interview participants corroborated the survey results and additionally reported positive aspects to their colleagues being tip presenters; to the videos being concise; and to the tip videos being accessible anywhere and at any time via the Internet. Issues and concerns with organizational integration and support, as well as with integration into a curriculum were also reported by interview participants. Recommendations were then provided for improving the project as well as suggestions to support the development of similar online professional development resources based on the study findings. Finally, future directions for related research were suggested and other areas of research interest were identified.
Observing the Observers : Researching Surveillance and Counter-Surveillance on ‘Skid Row’
Creators: name: Kemple, Thomas M., 1962-
name: Huey, Laura
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2019

description: Using empirical research drawn from field studies on the policing of ‘skid row’ communities, this paper illustrates some of the theoretical, methodological and ethical problems that confront the researcher who studies surveillance and counter-surveillance within these contested settings. We begin by noting how, with the increasing use of the ‘broken windows’ policing model to regulate deviant individuals and to secure derelict urban spaces, researchers may be implicated in the use of surveillance and counter-surveillance by community stakeholders. Drawing examples from direct and covert field observations, field notes, and photographs, we demonstrate that there is a significant potential for the researcher to become identified as an agent of surveillance, and as a potential target of counter-surveillance, within such settings. We conclude by considering some of the theoretical, methodological and ethical implications of the researcher’s complicity in these dynamics for both the conduct of surveillance studies in general, and for urban fieldwork in particular.
Canadian Idealism: Forgotten, not lost
Creators: name: Meynell, Robert A. S
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Canadian Studies.
subject: Philosophy.
subject: Political Science, General.

description: What does it mean to be free? How have Canadians tried to answer this question? Where does Canada's political culture stand today? These are the themes of this dissertation, and at its heart we will find the abundance of G.W.F. Hegel's political philosophy. The road to answering these questions begins with recognizing that there is a distinctive tradition of Canadian political philosophy which offers an original formulation of the question of freedom, community, and history. The tradition is Canadian Idealism, and its members share central elements of a common vision that is strongly informed by Hegel's thought. This dissertation identifies this tradition and its central tenets, traces the influences and makes a general critical assessment of its political prescriptions. The case is made through an analysis of the importance of Hegel's philosophy to the works of three leading Canadian thinkers: C.B. Macpherson (1911-1987), George Parkin Grant (1918-1988), and Charles Taylor (1931-). These three political philosophers are excellent representatives of the continuance of the Hegelian tradition since the 1950s. They have had an enormous influence on Canadian scholarship and they each embody very different strains of the theoretical approach, thus giving us a good sample of the various forms that a Canadian idealist can adopt. Hegel's philosophy has served as the foundation for their arguments regarding multiculturalism, nationalism, human agency, and the crisis in values of the modern age. While many people have argued for and against the culturalist and nationalist politics of Grant and Taylor or the form of socialism articulated by Macpherson, the significance of their Hegelianism has been underemphasized, and in the cases of Grant and Macpherson it has been almost universally unrecognized. I see them not as isolated political philosophers who share an interest in Hegel, but rather as members of a scarcely acknowledged Canadian intellectual tradition that has been recorded by a few intellectual historians, but virtually ignored in the literature on Canadian political thought. Not only does this dissertation refine our understanding of these three prominent Canadian thinkers and their conceptions of freedom and community, but it also outlines the main tenets of an intellectual tradition that has played a major role in defining Canada's political culture.
Modeling and design of a traveling wave photodetector on indium phosphide for use at 1550nm.
Creators: name: Nguyen, Luan.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Electronics and Electrical.

description: The main purpose of this work is to design a high speed, high efficiency traveling wave photodetector at 1550 nm. The design begins with the choice of diode architecture followed by the material choice. Once these two parameters have been chosen the traveling wave design is broken down into three sub-designs, the semiconductor design, the optical design and the microwave design. The semiconductor design is done on an InGaAs/InGaAsP/InP material system design, with the absorbing layer optimized for detection around 1550 nm optical wavelength. The optical waveguide design for the traveling wave photodetector was done using the Method of Lines (MOL). A MoL formulation was derived for non-anisotropic lossy inhomogeneous material, the results of which were coded in Matlab. The microwave design was accomplished using a commercially available CAD package based on the Method of moments. Using a commercial simulator two designs were undertaken, one in which the device was optimized for velocity matching while the other was not. The devices were Fabricated and DC, optical and microwave measurements performed. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
"Have you met Miss Jones?": Feminism and difference in the Bridget Jones diaries
Creators: name: Dhrodia, Reshma
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Literature, Modern.
subject: Literature, English.

description: Helen Fielding's Bridget Jones novels are popular with countless readers all over the world. They are "ripe for feminist interpretation and investigation" because they are "contemporary women's novels" that discuss the everyday lives of women, particularly unmarried women in the West (Whelehan 2004, 38). Imelda Whelehan argues that if the Bridget Jones novels do not "offer a 'true' reflection of contemporary single life for women, they perhaps present its tensions more boldly than ever" (2004, 30). This thesis is a feminist study of the Bridget Jones novels and the film adaptation of Bridget Jones's Diary, focussing on how discourses of feminism and otherness appear in Fielding's texts and in the film, and how the major women characters use them to interpret their own lives. Chapter One investigates the ways in which Bridget, Sharon, and Pam Jones understand feminism and employ feminist language in Fielding's Bridget Jones's Diary (1996). Chapter Two explores how characters who are Other---those who are racially and ethnically different from Bridget, her friends, and her family---create barriers between the white, heterosexual couples in Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (1999). Finally, Chapter Three turns to the 2001 film adaptation of Bridget Jones's Diary in order to demonstrate how prevalent themes in the first novel, including feminism, go missing in the adaptation.
Groundwater Vulnerability Assessment Using a GIS-Based Modified DRASTIC Model in Agricultural Areas
Creators: name: Gheisari, Narges
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2017
Subjects: Vulnerability mapping
DRASTIC
Sensitivity analysis
Shahrekord aquifer

description: DRASTIC model is the most widely used method for aquifer vulnerability mapping which consists of seven hydrogeological parameters. Despite of its popularity, this technique disregards the effect of regional characteristics and there is no specific validation method to demonstrate the accuracy of this method. The main goal of this research was developing an integrated GIS-based DRASTIC model using Depth to water, Net Recharge, Aquifer media, Soil media, Topography, Impact of vadose zone and Hydraulic Conductivity (DRASTIC). In order to obtain a more reliable and accurate assessment, the rates and weights of original DRASTIC were modified using Wilcoxon rank-sum non-parametric statistical test and Single Parameter Sensitivity Analysis (SPSA). The methodology was implemented for the Shahrekord plain in the southwestern region of Iran. Two different sets of measured nitrate concentrations from two monitoring events were used, one for modification and other for validation purposes. Validation nitrate values were compared to the calculated DRASTIC index to assess the efficacy of the DRASTIC model. The validation results obtained from Pearson's correlation and chi-square values, revealed that the modified DRASTIC is more efficient than original DRASTIC. The modified rate/weight DRASTIC (spline) model showed the highest correlation coefficient and chi square value as 0.88 and 72.93, respectively, compared to -0.3 and 25.2 for the original DRASTIC (spline) model. The integrated vulnerability map showed the high risk imposed on the southeastern part of the Shahrekord aquifer. In addition, sensitivity analysis indicated that the removal of net recharge parameter from the modified model caused larger variation in vulnerability index showing that this parameter has more impact on the DRASTIC vulnerability of the aquifer. Moreover, Aquifer media (A), Topography (T) and Impact of vadose zone (I) were found to have less effect and importance compared to other variables as expected. Therefore, reduced modified DRASTIC model was proposed by eliminating A, T and I parameters. Pearson's correlation coefficient and chi-square value for the reduced model were calculated as 0.88 and 100.38, respectively, which was found to be as reliable as full modified DRASTIC model.
Prevalence and correlates of abscesses among a cohort of injection drug users
Creators: name: Lloyd-Smith, Elisa
name: Kerr, Thomas
name: Hogg, Robert S.
name: Li, Kathy
name: Montaner, Julio
name: Wood, Evan
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2015

description: Recent studies have indicated that injection-related infections such as abscesses and cellulitis account for the majority of emergency room visits and acute hospitalizations accrued by local injection drug users. The objective of this analysis was to examine the prevalence and correlates of developing an abscess among a cohort of injection drug users in Vancouver and to identify socio-demographic and drug use variables associated with abscesses at baseline. We examined abscesses among participants enrolled in a prospective cohort of injection drug users. Categorical variables were analyzed using the Pearson's chi-square test and continuous variables were analyzed using the Wilcoxon signed rank test. Among 1 585 baseline participants, 341 (21.5%) reported having an abscess in the last six months. In a logistic regression model that adjusted for all variables that were associated with having an abscess at p < 0.1 in univariate analyses, female gender [odds ratio (OR) = 1.7, [95%CI: 1.2 – 2.4]; p = 0.002), recent incarceration (OR = 1.7, [95%CI: 1.3 – 2.2]; p < 0.001), sex trade involvement (OR = 1.4 [95% CI: 1.0 – 2.0]; p = 0.03), frequent cocaine use (OR = 1.5 [95%CI: 1.2 – 2.0]; p = 0.002) and HIV serostatus (OR = 1.5, [95%CI: 1.2 – 2.0]; p = 0.003) were positively associated with having an abscess. Explanations for these associations require further study, and interventions are needed to address this highly prevalent concern.
DNA methylation as a mechanism to increase adaptive potential in invertebrates
Creators: name: Roberts, Steven
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Ecology

description: Funded NSF Proposal Summary: The study of DNA methylation is providing remarkable insight into gene regulation and the complex mechanisms associated with phenotypic variation and adaptation to environmental change. DNA methylation is found from prokaryotes to humans, however there is dramatic diversity in characteristics - from species where this phenomenon is absent, to cases where the genome is globally methylated. Although DNA methylation is considered an evolutionarily ancient epigenetic mechanism, the role and evolutionary significance of this process is not fully understood. The overall goal of the research is to use the Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas, as a model system to evaluate the potentially transformative theory that the absence of germline methylation in genes involved in adapting to changing conditions has evolved to increase adaptive potential in organisms exposed to heterogeneous environments. The Pacific oyster is an excellent model to use for the proposed project because it is one of only a few invertebrates where DNA methylation has been described, there are considerable genomic resources available, and the Pacific oyster is a key bioindicator species that can provide us with a better understanding of how species respond to fluctuating environmental conditions.
A Study of the Class Teacher's Role in Music Teaching in the Primary School and Some of the Influences Upon This Role
Creators: name: Insley, Kate E.
Publisher: name: London South Bank University
Year: 1992

description: This study considers the role of the non-specialist primary class teacher in providing music education for the children in her/his care. 
The study first explores what that role might be by examining different authorities on music and music education, both within education and in the wider field of music. Collection of data took place through interview, questionnaire and observation as well as through secondary sources such as newspaper articles, consultation documents and conferences over a three year period and although a small sample the analysis suggested that there were many influences upon the role of the teacher in school. 
The influences to be considered included teacher education, the media, the availability of classroom instruments and a teacher in charge of music, Local Education Authorities, books on music and education as well as individuals' views - such as musicians and headteachers. The influence of the teacher's confidence is also explored as a strong influence on her/his role in the classroom as well as the use of specialist language. 
The examination of all these factors suggests that influences on the role are so strong that there is a need for in depth teacher education so that teachers are able to meet the demands of the National Cunri cutum. There is also a responsibility on the part of individuals, Local Education Authorities and National Government to facilitate this, as well as being aware of the needs of the non-specialist primary class teacher in order to provide a music curriculum.
Quality of life in bipolar disorder: A review of the literature
Creators: name: Michalak, Erin E.
name: Yatham, Lakshmi N.
name: Lam, Raymond W.
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2016

description: A sizable body of research has now examined the complex relationship between quality of life (QoL) and depressive disorder. Uptake of QoL research in relation to bipolar disorder (BD) has been comparatively slow, although increasing numbers of QoL studies are now being conducted in bipolar populations. We aimed to perform a review of studies addressing the assessment of generic and health-related QoL in patients with bipolar disorder. A literature search was conducted in a comprehensive selection of databases including MEDLINE up to November 2004. Key words included: bipolar disorder or manic-depression, mania, bipolar depression, bipolar spectrum and variants AND quality of life, health-related QoL, functional status, well-being and variants. Articles were included if they were published in English and reported on an assessment of generic or health-related QoL in patients with BD. Articles were not included if they had assessed fewer than 10 patients with BD, were only published in abstract form or only assessed single dimensions of functioning. The literature search initially yielded 790 articles or abstracts. Of these, 762 did not meet our inclusion criteria, leaving a final total of 28 articles. These were sub-divided into four categories (assessment of QoL in patients with BD at different stages of the disorder, comparisons of QoL in Patients with BD with that of other patient populations, QoL instrument evaluation in patients with BD and treatment studies using QoL instruments to assess outcome in Patients with BD) and described in detail. The review indicated that there is growing interest in QoL research in bipolar populations. Although the scientific quality of the research identified was variable, increasing numbers of studies of good design are being conducted. The majority of the studies we identified indicated that QoL is markedly impaired in patients with BD, even when they are considered to be clinically euthymic. We identified several important avenues for future research, including a need for more assessment of QoL in hypo/manic patients, more longitudinal research and the development of a disease-specific measure of QoL for patients with BD.
Design and Synthesis of Lanthanide Single-Molecule Magnets Using the Schiff Base Approach
Creators: name: Lacelle, Thomas
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2017
Subjects: Single-Molecule Magnets
Schiff Base
Lanthanides
Coordination Chemistry

description: Single-Molecule Magnets (SMMs) are discrete molecules that exhibit slow relaxation of magnetization. Unlike conventional magnets that rely on the long range magnetic ordering in the form of domains, these molecules act as magnets independently, that is without the influence of neighbouring molecules. SMMs have intrigued physicists and chemists alike for over twenty years with their potential future applications in data storage quantum computing, and with this communal interest there has been significant collaboration between the two fields of research. SMMs have brought forth an opportunity for coordination chemists to muster their creativity and synthetic expertise in the rational design and development of these magnetic materials. From these new and fascinating compounds, both experimental and theoretical physicists have sought to develop and refine our understanding of the aspects of these molecular magnets in order to improve their performance at higher temperatures. In this work, new topologies for lanthanide complexes are explored using a novel Schiff base ligand. The magnetic properties of dinuclear, tetranuclear and octanuclear lanthanide complexes are discussed and correlated to their structural properties. The rational design of tetrazine-based Schiff base ligands for magnetic studies is also discussed in hopes of developing high performance SMMs.