cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Additional file 3 of Multi-omics analysis reveals the influence of genetic and environmental risk factors on developing gut microbiota in infants at risk of celiac disease
Creators: name: Leonard, Maureen M.
name: Hiren Karathia
name: Meritxell Pujolassos
name: Troisi, Jacopo
name: Valitutti, Francesco
name: Poorani Subramanian
name: Camhi, Stephanie
name: Kenyon, Victoria
name: Colucci, Angelo
name: Serena, Gloria
name: Cucchiara, Salvatore
name: Montuori, Monica
name: Malamisura, Basilio
name: Francavilla, Ruggiero
name: Elli, Luca
name: Fanelli, Brian
name: Colwell, Rita
name: Hasan, Nur
name: Zomorrodi, Ali R.
name: Fasano, Alessio
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 3: Taxonomic composition at the genus and family level for metagenomes.
Inferring Questions from Programming Screenshots
Creators: name: Ahmed, Faiz
name: Tan, Xuchen
name: Adewole, Folajinmi
name: Datta, Suprakash
name: Nayebi, Maleknaz
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Software Engineering (cs.SE)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The integration of generative AI into developer forums like Stack Overflow presents an opportunity to enhance problem-solving by allowing users to post screenshots of code or Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) instead of traditional text-based queries. This study evaluates the effectiveness of various large language models (LLMs), specifically LLAMA, GEMINI, and GPT-4o in interpreting such visual inputs. We employ prompt engineering techniques, including in-context learning, chain-of-thought prompting, and few-shot learning, to assess each model's responsiveness and accuracy. Our findings show that while GPT-4o shows promising capabilities, achieving over 60% similarity to baseline questions for 51.75% of the tested images, challenges remain in obtaining consistent and accurate interpretations for more complex images. This research advances our understanding of the feasibility of using generative AI for image-centric problem-solving in developer communities, highlighting both the potential benefits and current limitations of this approach while envisioning a future where visual-based debugging copilot tools become a reality.
Quasi-Biennial Oscillation and Sudden Stratospheric Warmings during the Last Glacial Maximum
Creators: name: Fu, Qiang
name: Wang, Mingcheng
name: White, Rachel H.
name: Pahlavan, Hamid A.
name: Alexander, Becky
name: Wallace, John M.
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2020

description: The quasi-biennial oscillation (QBO) and sudden stratospheric warmings (SSWs) during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) are investigated in simulations using the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model version 6 (WACCM6). We find that the period of QBO, which is 27 months in the preindustrial and modern climate simulations, was 33 months in the LGM simulation using the proxy sea surface temperatures (SSTs) and 41 months using the model-based LGM SSTs. We show that the longer QBO period in the LGM is due to weaker wave forcing. The WACCM6 simulations of the LGM, preindustrial, and modern climates do not support previous modeling work that suggests that the QBO amplitude is smaller (larger) in a warmer (colder) climate. We find that SSWs in the LGM occurred later in the year, as compared to the preindustrial and modern climate, but that time of the final warming was similar. The difference in SSW frequency is inconclusive.
Spectroscopy of High Energy Ion-neutral Collisions
Creators: name: Lin, Yawei
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011
Subjects: collision activation
emission spectroscopy

description: This research work focused on studying the emission spectroscopy produced from the high energy ion-molecule collision processes in mass spectrometry. The collision experiments are described and divided into 4 chapters (Chapter 3, 4, 5, 6).N2O+● is an ion of atmospheric importance. In chapter 3 the investigation of the collision between high translational energy (4-8 keV range) N2O+● ions and Helium target gas in mass spectrometry using collision induced emission (CIE) spectroscopy is described.In chapter 4, the collision-induced emission (CIE) spectra from 4-8 keV collisions between projectile He+● ions and CO2 target gas (He+●/CO2) were obtained. In Chapter 5, to probe the validity of this hypothesis, CIE experiments were carried out to observe the photon emissions from keV collisions of a selection of projectile ions with O2 target gas. By studying the resulting CIE spectra, a second potential mechanism came to light, one that involves the nearly isoenergetic O2+. A → X state transition. In chapter 6, neutral hydroxymethylene and formaldehyde were generated by charge exchange neutralization of their respective ionic counterparts and then were reionized and detected as recovery signals in neutralization-reionization mass spectrometry in the modified VG-ZAB mass spectrometer.
An investigation of the role of values and purpose in fast-growing Australian businesses
Creators: name: Rushworth, Susan
name: Gillin, Murray
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The impact of organisational culture on business performance has been much researched (e.g. Kotter and Heskett, 1992). A strong culture has been identified as a form of competitive advantage that can be hard to imitate (e.g. Zahra et al. 2004). Collins and Porras (1994) found that organisational culture based on three to six 'core values' in pursuit of a long-term 'core purpose' gave companies a long-term strategic advantage over their competitors. They further found that the core values were often based on the personal values of the founders, consistent with previous research (e.g. Schein, 1983). Other researches have argued that a strong culture can be a disadvantage (e.g. Foster and Kaplan, 2005) in that it can prevent a company from adapting to changed circumstances. One reason why a strong organisational culture that unites the company’s workforce can be a competitive advantage is that such cultures are rare. This leads to the question of why some companies evolve strong culture while the majority do not. Strong organisational cultures have been found to be embedded relatively early in the development of a company, before they become large (e.g. see Collins and Porras, 1994: 79). Thus we have chosen to focus our studies on early stage, fast-growing companies, and to focus on core values and core purpose as a construct for assessing the strength of organisational culture.
Belastung der Umwelt und von Lebensmitteln mit polychlorierten Biphenylen und ausgewählten POPs
Creators: name: Gärtner, Philipp
name: Knetsch, Gerlinde
name: Stephanowitz, Ralph
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2018

description: Der Beitrag befasst sich mit den Ursachen und Pfaden der Belastung der Umwelt, von Nutztieren und Lebensmitteln durch polychlorierte Dibenzo-p-Dioxine, Dibenzofurane (PCDD/F) und polychlorierte Biphenyle (PCB) sowie ausgewählte Ersatzstoffe zu PCB. Die wichtigsten PCDD/F- und PCB-Expositionsquellen in der Umwelt einschließlich Senken und Reservoire werden benannt. Derzeitige Erkenntnisse zu kausalen Zusammenhängen zwischen der Grundbelastung von Umweltkompartimenten und zur (Bio) Magnifikation in der Nahrungskette basieren auf den Ergebnissen von Forschungsprojekten des Umweltbundesamtes der letzten fünf Jahre. In: UMID : Umwelt und Mensch - Informationsdienst ; Umwelt & Gesundheit, Umweltmedizin, Verbraucherschutz / Boden- und Lufthygiene (Berlin) Institut für Wasser. (2018), Heft 1, Seite 33
description: The paper deals with the sources and pathways of environmental and livestock/food contamination by polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/F) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) as well as selected substitutes to PCBs. The main PCDD/F and PCB exposure sources in the environment including sinks and reservoirs are named. Current perceptions on causal relationships between the basic load of environmental compartments and (bio) magnification in the food chain are based on the results of research projects of the Federal Environment Agency over the last five years. In: UMID : Umwelt und Mensch - Informationsdienst ; Umwelt & Gesundheit, Umweltmedizin, Verbraucherschutz / Boden- und Lufthygiene (Berlin) Institut für Wasser. (2018), Heft 1, Seite 33
Use of Dietary Supplementation of Unsaturated Fatty Acids to Delay Onset of Learning and Memory Deficits in TgCRND8 Mice
Creators: name: Franko, Bettina
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: Omega-3
Omega-6
Omega-9
TgCRND8
Morris water maze
Alzheimer's disease

description: Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a complex neurodegenerative disorder, involving metabolic dysfunction, pathogenic aggregation of amyloid beta, and deteriorating cognitive function. Patients exhibit deficiency in omega-3,-6,-9 unsaturated fatty acids (UFAs) in plasma and brain membrane phospholipids, suggesting aberrant fatty acid metabolism influences pathology. Cognitive benefits of omega UFAs in AD remain unknown. Here, I examined effects of a four-month dietary supplementation with UFAs for capacity to alter learning and memory behaviour in an AD mouse model. Cognitive impairment in a fifth generation backcross (N5) C57BL/6Crl X C3H/HeJ TgCRND8 (Tg) mice was compared to control (NonTg) littermates, with respect to both males and females, at six months of age using the Morris Water Maze (MWM). Impairment differed between sexes; female Tg mice were severely impaired, whereas male Tg mice displayed delayed learning. A reduced visual acuity in Tg and NonTg mice, shown by adapted SLAG reflex test, did not impair spatial navigation in cued MWM. A four-month omega-6/-9 UFA oral treatment (75 mg/kg/day) improved learning and memory of Tg mice as compared to vehicle and untreated controls. Omega-3 UFAs, or vehicle alone, did not alter learning and memory of Tg and NonTg mice. Thus, dietary supplementation, particularly when enriched in omega-6/9 UFAs, can affect neural function, and delay conversion from a presymptomatic to symptomatic state in the TgCRND8 mouse model.
Effects of Macrophage-conditioned Medium on Preadipocyte Cyclin-dependent Kinase Regulation During Adipogenesis
Creators: name: Ide, Jennifer C.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011
Subjects: preadipocyte
adipocyte differentiation
macrophage
cyclin
cyclin-dependent kinase
mitotic clonal expansion

description: Macrophage-conditioned medium (MacCM) inhibits the differentiation of rodent and human preadipocytes. Previous studies report that murine J774A.1-MacCM inhibits clonal expansion (early required phase of adipogenesis), including Rb phosphorylation. I hypothesized that MacCM induced alterations in cyclins and/or cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) were responsible for impairing Rb phosphorylation. My first objective was to assess the effect of J774A.1-MacCM on CDK4, CDK2, and their regulatory cyclins. Murine 3T3-L1 preadipocytes were differentiated with control medium or J774A.1-MacCM. Expression of cyclin D and A was inhibited by J774A.1-MacCM. Inhibition of cyclin A expression was associated with reduced differentiation-induced CDK2 activity. My second objective was to assess the expression patterns of cell cycle proteins in differentiating human abdominal subcutaneous preadipocytes, which do not undergo clonal expansion in culture. Cyclin E expression increased with differentiation. THP-1-MacCM (a human macrophage cell line) further enhanced this increase. My studies suggest MacCM leads to alterations in cyclin/CDK regulation during adipogenesis in murine and human preadipocyte models.
Comprendre les pratiques d'une enseignante de musique instrumentale au secondaire en tenant compte des concepts de représentations et de motivations
Creators: name: Benoît, Josée
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2010
Subjects: éducation musicale
représentations
motivations
musique
pratiques d'enseignement

description: Cette étude vise à comprendre les pratiques d’une enseignante de musique instrumentale oeuvrant dans un programme spécialisé en arts d’une école secondaire de langue française de l’Ontario. Trois questions de recherche y sont traitées : celle relative aux représentations de cette enseignante en ce qui concerne l’éducation musicale, celle des pratiques d’enseignement elles-mêmes et celle de la manière dont ces pratiques contribuent à la motivation. Le cadre conceptuel s’appuie sur les concepts de représentations et de pratiques ainsi que sur le modèle de la Situation pédagogique de Legendre (1983; 2005), de la théorie de l’autodétermination (Deci et Ryan, 1985) et de celle de l’expérience optimale (Cszikzentmihalyi, 1990, 1993). Il s’agit d’une étude de cas où des observations et des entrevues ont été effectuées auprès d’une enseignante et auprès d’élèves dans trois classes de musique (9e, 11e et 12e années). L’étude des représentations de cette enseignante, dénommée Jocelyne dans cette étude, permet de suivre le parcours d’apprentissage musical de celle-ci et de saisir les difficultés ressenties dans l’évolution de sa carrière. Les pratiques de Jocelyne sont ainsi en lien avec ses représentations et visent à donner le goût de la musique aux jeunes et à développer leur sens d’autonomie et de compétence en tant que musiciens et êtres humains. Jocelyne offre aussi aux élèves des occasions de vivre des expériences optimales en musique, que ce soit lors de concerts, de festivals, d’ateliers de formation ou de camps musicaux avec des musiciens professionnels. Ces expériences enrichissent le sentiment d’accomplissement et le sens d’appartenance des élèves et les motivent à persévérer dans leur apprentissage. Certaines pratiques de Jocelyne servent également d’éléments de motivation extrinsèque et intrinsèque, favorisant l’engagement des élèves dans leur apprentissage de la musique. Même si le contexte d’un programme spécialisé en musique dans une école secondaire de langue française en Ontario offre des conditions favorables à l’enseignement musical, Jocelyne fait part de certains défis motivationnels inhérents à ce milieu ou à l’enseignement de la musique au secondaire, comme la rétention des élèves en musique, les tensions entre les attentes diversifiées et les choix que doivent prendre les enseignants de musique ainsi que la polarisation d’idées au sujet de la compétition, de la participation à des festivals de musique et de récompenses.
Additional file 9 of Multi-omics analysis reveals the influence of genetic and environmental risk factors on developing gut microbiota in infants at risk of celiac disease
Creators: name: Leonard, Maureen M.
name: Hiren Karathia
name: Meritxell Pujolassos
name: Troisi, Jacopo
name: Valitutti, Francesco
name: Poorani Subramanian
name: Camhi, Stephanie
name: Kenyon, Victoria
name: Colucci, Angelo
name: Serena, Gloria
name: Cucchiara, Salvatore
name: Montuori, Monica
name: Malamisura, Basilio
name: Francavilla, Ruggiero
name: Elli, Luca
name: Fanelli, Brian
name: Colwell, Rita
name: Hasan, Nur
name: Zomorrodi, Ali R.
name: Fasano, Alessio
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 9: Boxplots for significant features in the cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis
Recent Changes in Glacier Facies Zonation on Devon Ice Cap, Nunavut, Detected from SAR Imagery and Field Validation Methods
Creators: name: De Jong, Johannes Tyler
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2013
Subjects: Glacier
Glacier facies
Glaciology
Devon Ice Cap
Devon Island

description: Glacier facies represent distinct regions of a glacier surface characterized by near surface structure and density that develop as a function of spatial variations in surface melt and accumulation. In post freeze-up (autumn) synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite imagery, the glacier ice zone and dry snow zone have a relatively low backscatter due to the greater penetration of the radar signal into the surface. Conversely, the saturation and percolation zones are identifiable based on their high backscatter due to the presence of ice lenses and pipes acting as efficient scatterers. In this study, EnviSat ASAR imagery is used to monitor the progression of facies zones across Devon Ice Cap (DIC) from 2004 to 2011. This data is validated against in situ surface temperatures, mass balance data, and ground penetrating radar surveys from the northwest sector of DIC. Based on calibrated (sigma nought) EnviSat ASAR backscatter values, imagery from autumn 2004 to 2011 shows the disappearance of the ‘pseudo’ dry snow zone at high elevations, the migration of the glacier and superimposed ice zones to higher elevations, and reduction in area of the saturation/percolation zone. In 2011, the glacier and superimposed ice zone were at their largest extent, occupying 92% of the ice cap, leaving the saturation/percolation zone at 8% of the total area. This is indicative of anomalously high summer melt and strongly negative mass balance conditions on DIC, which results in the infilling of pore space in the exposed firn and consequent densification of the ice cap at higher elevations.
Isolated area load forecasting using linear regression analysis: practical approach
Creators: name: Mahmud, Md Apel
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This paper presents an analysis to forecast the loads of an isolated area where the history of load is not available or the history may not represent the realistic demand of electricity. The analysis is done through linear regression and based on the identification of factors on which electrical load growth depends. To determine the identification factors, areas are selected whose histories of load growth rate known and the load growth deciding factors are similar to those of the isolated area. The proposed analysis is applied to an isolated area of Bangladesh, called Swandip where a past history of electrical load demand is not available and also there is no possibility of connecting the area with the main land grid system.
Supplementary document for Generation of dual optical frequency comb by a single gain-switched semiconductor laser - 5402458.pdf
Creators: name: Krstic, Marko
name: Crnjanski, Jasna
name: Banovic, Mladen
name: Vasiljevic, Ivana
name: Gvozdic, Dejan
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Photonics, Optoelectronics and Optical Communications

description: In this supplementary document we present an animated temporal evolution of the driving electrical current, carrier density in the well region, emitted optical power, and corresponding optical phase, for both sinc and sinc^2 modulation current
Statistical Analysis of Treatment Compliance for Clinical Trials using Electronic Compliance Monitoring
Creators: name: Sirois, Jean-Karl
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2015
Subjects: Compliance
Pharmacokinetic
Treatment Effect
Discrete Event Simulation

description: Compliance, the extent to which patients follow a medication regimen, has been recognized as one of the most serious problems facing medical practice today. Recent developments in assessing compliance include electronic compliance monitors (ECM), devices that record the date and time of the release of medication from its original container. This allows utilizing ECM compliance data in statistical analyses related to clinical trials. This thesis proposes ways of dealing with the time-varying nature of compliance. We examine the compliance behaviour from real ECM data through statistical analysis of compliance rate, followed by a time-to-event analysis with respect to first noncompliance event. Then, using discrete event simulation and proportional hazards models we compare analyses using a fixed treatment covariate and time-varying compliance covariate based on pharmacokinetic principles in estimating treatment effect. We observe a reduction of up to 40% in EMSE in favour of the latter model for treatment effect estimation.
Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals and Sensitive Reproductive Endpoint Measures: Evidence from the MIREC and MIREC-ID Cohort Study in Canada
Creators: name: Agarwal, Amisha
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2015

description: Objective: Prenatal exposure to potential endocrine disrupting chemicals may be linked to adverse reproductive health outcomes; however the evidence available in human populations is scarce and inconsistent. The aim of this study was to examine any potential associations between prenatal exposure to select phthalate metabolites, bisphenol A and triclosan and the anogenital distance at birth and the 2D:4D digit ratio at 6-months of age, in male and female infants. Methods: Approximately 2000 women in their 1st trimester of pregnancy were recruited from across Canada as part of the MIREC Research Platform. Single spot urine samples were collected and analyzed for various environmental chemicals. Of this sample, 525 women were recruited into the follow-up study, MIREC-ID, which measured the anogenital distance and 2D:4D digit ratio in infants. Analyses included descriptive statistics of the chemicals and the sample population, and the fitting of multiple linear regression models. Results: In female infants, the phthalate metabolite MBzP was negatively associated with the anus-clitoris distance (p=0.002) and positively associated with the 2D:4D digit ratio (p=0.024). The metabolite MEP was positively associated with the anus-clitoris distance (p=0.008). In male infants, the metabolite MEHHP and total BPA were negatively associated with the 2D:4D digit ratio (p=0.021 and p=0.002, respectively). There we no other significant associations observed among the 96 comparisons tested. Conclusion: In contrast to some other studies, although a few significant associations were observed, in this study, type 1 error cannot be ruled out due to the many comparisons made.
Additional file 1 of Altered presynaptic function and number of mitochondria in the medial prefrontal cortex of adult Cyfip2 heterozygous mice
Creators: name: Kim, Gyu Hyun
name: Yinhua Zhang
name: Hyae Rim Kang
name: Lee, Seung-Hyun
name: Jiwon Shin
name: Lee, Chan Hee
name: Hyojin Kang
name: Ruiying Ma
name: Chunmei Jin
name: Yoonhee Kim
name: Kim, Su Yeon
name: Seok-Kyu Kwon
name: Choi, Se-Young
name: Lee, Kea Joo
name: Kihoon Han
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences

description: Additional file 1.
Query processing on RDF data
Creators: name: Huang, Hai
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The RDF (Resource Description Framework) data model has been developed over a decade. It is designed as flexible representation of schema-relaxable or even schema-free information for the Semantic Web. Today, RDF has received more and more attention. Semantic Web style ontologies and knowledge bases with millions of facts from Wikipedia and other sources have been created and are available online. At this moment, there are more than 19 billion RDF triples on the web. With the rapid increase of RDF data, query processing on RDF data is a very important issue to realize the semantic web vision. Recently, the W3C RDF data access group has emphasized the importance of enhancing RDF query abilities to meet the real requirements. This thesis concentrates on some important issues including selectivity estimation, query relaxation and query evaluation on probabilistic RDF data. Firstly, we study theproblem of estimating the selectivity for SPARQL graph queries, which is crucial to query optimization. For an arbitrary SPARQL query represented as a composite graph pattern, we propose algorithms for maximally combining the statistics of chain paths and starpaths that we have precomputed to estimate the overall selectivity of the graph pattern. The experiments validate the effectiveness of our methods. Secondly, a user is usually frustrated by no answers returned when he/she pose a query on a RDF database. For this purpose, we investigate how to relax a SPARQL query to obtain approximate answers. We address two problems in efficient query relaxation. To ensure the quality of answers, we compute the similarities of relaxed queries with regard to the original query and use them to score the potential relevant answers. To obtain top-k approximate answers, we develop two efficient algorithms and conduct experiments to evaluate the efficiency of them. Thirdly, since there are a large number of RDF triples with probabilities, we study the problem of query evaluation for SPARQL queries on probabilistic RDF data. A general framework for supporting SPARQL queries on the probabilistic RDF database is presented. To enable query answering with some basic reasoning capabilities, we also consider transitive inference capability for RDF queries and propose an approximate algorithm for accelerating the query evaluation. The experimental results show that our method is effective and efficient.
Mechanism of Vein Pattern Formation in Arabidopsis Thaliana Leaves: testing the Canalization Hypothesis
Creators: name: Amin, Mira
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011
Subjects: Auxin
Arabidopsis thaliana
Canalization hypothesis
Vein pattern formation
Leaves
Angle measurements between primary and secondary veins
More axillary growth (MAX)

description: Several mechanisms have been proposed to explain the process of vein pattern formation in plant tissues. The most widely accepted amongst biologists is the canalization hypothesis, derived from pea root and stem experiments. According to this hypothesis, a signal, thought to be the phytohormone auxin, is transported polarly from cell to cell from the shoot to the root and is canalized progressively into narrow channels of high auxin fluxes that later differentiate to become vascular tissue. In this project, we set out to test whether auxin canalization drives vein pattern formation, using Arabidopsis thaliana mutants with increased auxin transport (max4-1, max3-9, max2-1 and max1-1). We predicted that the mutants would have distinct vein patterns and especially different angles between the primary and secondary veins, compared to the wild type. First rosette leaves of 15 plants per genotype were harvested for analysis each day from 7 to 17 days after sowing, giving a total of eight hundred twenty-five leaf samples to analyze. Venation patterns were extracted and analyzed using custom-made software written with Matlab. Overall, compared with the wild type, mutants with the highest auxin transport (max4-1 and max3-9) had different vein patterns at early developmental stages, confirming a role for auxin transport in vein patterning. However, veins of mutants and wild type connected at similar angles, which is not consistent with the auxin canalization hypothesis, as originally formulated.
The Ecology and Evolution of Pollinator-mediated Interactions Among Spring Flowering Plants
Creators: name: Hensel, Lisa E
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011
Subjects: Pollination
Phenology
Ephemeral
Competition
Facilitation
Correlated evolution
Trillium grandiflorum

description: Pollinator sharing in mixed species communities is expected to significantly contribute to mating patterns in contemporary populations but may also affect the evolutionary trajectory of traits associated with plant mating. In this thesis, I considered how the spring environment and pollinator sharing may contribute to the widespread convergence in traits among spring flowering species using comparative biology. The proposed correlation between a spring flowering phenology and white or light floral colour, fleshy fruits, woody growth forms and understory occupation is confirmed. In addition, I examined the effects of pollinator responses to community and population traits to determine the relative importance of inter- and intraspecific interactions in pollinator mediated reproductive success of a spring flowering species, Trillium grandiflorum. In this study, the reproductive success of T. grandiflorum was pollen limited. However, the magnitude of pollen limitation was influenced only by intraspecific density and varied independently of community diversity. The results of this thesis contribute significantly to our understanding of pollinator-mediated interactions in spring flowering communities but also highlight future avenues of investigation.
Additional file 1 of Components of the transitional care model (TCM) to reduce readmission in geriatric patients: a systematic review
Creators: name: Morkisch, Nadine
name: Upegui-Arango, Luz D.
name: Cardona, Maria I.
name: Heuvel, Dirk Van Den
name: Rimmele, Martina
name: Sieber, Cornel Christian
name: Freiberger, Ellen
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1. MEDLINE Search strategy.
A citizen science facemask experiment and educational modules to improve coronavirus safety in communities and schools
Creators: name: Eichler, Sarah E.
name: Hopperton, Austin P.
name: Alava, Juan José
name: Pereira Jr., Antonio
name: Ahmed, Rukhsana
name: Kozlakidis, Zisis
name: Ilic, Sanja
name: Rodriguez-Palacios, Alexander
Publisher: name: Frontiers in Medicine
Year: 2020

Abstract
Duelling objectives: water rights and Victorian water legislation
Creators: name: Rankin, Benjamin
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The history tracing the connections between water resources and human civilisation is one that reflects the social endeavour to clarify rights as to abstraction and use. This history also reflects the extent to which water resources have underpinned social and economic development. This article considers how legislative design for water resources in the Colony/State of Victoria has focussed on maximisation of developmental objectives in agriculture through the provision water rights in conjunction with land ownership. In contrast, more recent micro-economic reforms influenced by the Council of Australian Governments and the Public Bodies Review Committee appear discontinuous with these objectives. The reforms have attempted to realign statutory water law to create property in the water itself. Tracing the development of English common law legal doctrines over water resources additionally draws attention to the differences emphasised by Victorian legislators as a necessary stimulant for legislative action. Ultimately, this article contends that the stated objectives of Victorian water resources legislation provide a significant insight into the central purposes of its design and how this design contrasts with a subsequent trajectory of legislative reform.
Supplementary document for Generation of dual optical frequency comb by a single gain-switched semiconductor laser - 5402458.pdf
Creators: name: Krstic, Marko
name: Crnjanski, Jasna
name: Banovic, Mladen
name: Vasiljevic, Ivana
name: Gvozdic, Dejan
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Photonics, Optoelectronics and Optical Communications

description: In this supplementary document we present an animated temporal evolution of the driving electrical current, carrier density in the well region, emitted optical power, and corresponding optical phase, for both sinc and sinc^2 modulation current
Communiquer la dévotion : Le rôle des domestiques dans les fictions moralisatrices de Jean-Pierre Camus (1584-1652).
Creators: name: Laurianne, Montpetit
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: Jean-Pierre Camus
Dévotion
Contre-Réforme
Domestique
XVIIe siècle

description: Cette étude évalue les méthodes de communication de la dévotion à travers des fictions moralisatrices de Jean-Pierre Camus, évêque de Belley (1584-1652). Notre analyse s’est faite sous l’angle des domestiques et du rôle moral qui leur est attribué dans l’œuvre de l’auteur. Nous y comparons les responsabilités morales que l’évêque donnait aux domestiques avec les devoirs accordés à ces derniers par les auteurs de manuels de domesticité. Ce procédé nous a permis d’observer les méthodes utilisées pour transmettre le message de la Contre-Réforme dans le cadre plus précis de la responsabilité morale des domestiques. Cette étude s’intègre à l’histoire de la communication des idées religieuses puisque nous observons les moyens utilisés par Camus et les moralistes pour transmettre leur message, tout en évaluant comment la fiction s’intègre dans cette communication.
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun: Evaluating the Processes and Impact of a Female Youth-Driven Physical Activity-Based Life Skills Program
Creators: name: Bean, Corliss
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2013
Subjects: positive youth development
community programming
evaluation
female youth
physical activity

description: Physical activity programs are contexts that have the potential to foster adolescents’ development, yet researchers assert that the environment must be deliberately designed for this to occur (Danish et al., 2004). The Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (GJWHF) program was developed for this purpose and was implemented over the course of one year at a local Boys and Girls Club. The objective of this research project was to evaluate the GJWHF program as there is a dearth of evaluations of community-based programs (Salmon et al., 2007). Results identified successes, challenges, and practical recommendations for community programmers. Further, results found that GJWHF adhered to Petitpas et al.’s (2005) framework for planning youth sport programs that foster psychosocial development. Specifically, GJWHF was successful in providing a positive and supportive female-only environment for female youth that utilized positive leader support to foster the development of friendships and identity formation, and facilitate the development of a variety of life skills, including leadership and teamwork.
Results of the second national forest soil inventory in Germany - Interpretation of level and stock profiles for PCDD/F and PCB in terms of vegetation and humus type
Creators: name: Bussian, Bernd M.
name: Pandelova, Marchela
name: Henkelmann, Bernhard
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2018
Subjects: Polychlorierte Biphenyle
Wald
Boden
Humus
Gesamter organischer Kohlenstoff

description: Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs), polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) were detected in 86 humic topsoil layers and in a subset of 11 randomly selected top mineral forest soils at the depths of 0-5 cm and 5-10 cm collected from different federal states of Germany. The distribution of these persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in humic topsoils with respect to vegetation cover (coniferous vs. deciduous vs. mixed), total organic carbon (TOC), altitude and latitude data was investigated. There is cross correlation between the contents and TOC while the correlation with latitude indicates higher abundances of POPs in central Germany where there is high population density accompanied with industrial activities. The calculated stocks suggest that humus type (mor, mull, or moder) in conjunction with forest type can explain the relative POPs abundances in different soil layers. Generally, humic topsoils show highest contents of POPs compare to the two mineral soils with a ratio of 100:10:1. However, the stock humic layers of coniferous stands contribute about 50% to the total stock, whereas at deciduous stands the stock is mainly located in the upper mineral soil layer (0-5 cm). The soil-water distribution coefficients (Kd) were calculated to estimate the potential translocation in the different soil types. The Kd values vary among the PCBs and PCDD/Fs congeners and are most variable for humic topsoils. There is pronounced chemical abundance in the top mineral soils with increasing Kd and this points to non-water bound transport processes for superlipophilic compounds. © 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Additional file 1 of Evaluation of an educational concept for risk-oriented prevention in undergraduate dental education
Creators: name: Schmalz, Gerhard
name: Krause, Felix
name: Grzelkowski, Martin
name: Merle, Cordula
name: Rotzoll, Daisy
name: Haak, Rainer
name: Ziebolz, Dirk
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: Hematology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1 Supplementary Table 1. Basis of applied risk classification system (mod. after Schmalz and Ziebolz 2020).
A comparative study of Australian-born and Asian-born consumers' decision-making styles in high involvement purchase situations: a case of automobile purchases
Creators: name: Nayeem, Tahmid
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This study investigates the differences between individualism-collectivism and consumer decision-making styles applied to the purchase of automobiles. An adapted version of the widely used Consumer Styles Inventory (Sproles & Kendall, 1986) was used to measure consumer decision-making styles. Based on a sample of 203 respondents from individualist and collectivist backgrounds, exploratory, and confirmatory factor analysis were conducted on Sproles and Kendalls (1986) CSI adapted for high involvement purchases. Mean differences between the two cultural backgrounds were assessed via MANCOVA. Results indicated that collectivist consumers scored higher on ‘brand conscious’ and ‘confused by overchoice’ decision making styles. The study also discusses how automobile companies could develop suitable marketing strategies for individualist and collectivist consumers in Australia.
Knowledge Management Systems Support for Value Co-Creation in KIBS Engagement
Creators: name: Okakwu, Chidinma Priscilla
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: Knowledge processes
Value Co-Creation processes
Knowledge management systems
KM tools
Knowledge-intensive business services

description: Collaborative value creation (otherwise known as value co-creation) is a concept that has been explored over the years in the context of knowledge - intensive business services (KIBS) such as management consulting, engineering services, etc. A body of studies has investigated how to foster value co-creation among KIBS providers, clients, and partners during KIBS engagements. Knowledge processes have been identified as an important enabler of value co-creation. In organizations more generally, knowledge management systems and related ICT tools (referred to as KM tools in this research) have been identified to support knowledge processes. However, the support provided to knowledge processes in the specific context of KIBS engagements is yet to be explored. Through the development of a conceptual framework that examines the linkages between KM tools, knowledge processes, and value co-creation in the context of KIBS engagements, this research investigates how knowledge management systems provide support to value co-creation in KIBS engagements. We adopt a multiple case study research design. Using eight semi-structured interviews, we obtained data on knowledge processes and KM tools in KIBS engagements. The result is a refined framework that illustrates the type of KM tools currently used in KIBS engagements, the knowledge processes they support, and their relationship to value co-creation. We also present a discussion of how this framework can be applied practically. At a conceptual level, this study contributes to the field of KIBS by identifying how exactly knowledge processes provide support to value co-creation processes in KIBS engagements, and how KM tools provide support to knowledge processes. At a practical level, this study contribute s to the field of knowledge management systems design by providing guidance on the KM tools that can meet the specific needs of service providers, clients, and partners in the domain of knowledge-intensive services.
Additional file 3 of Components of the transitional care model (TCM) to reduce readmission in geriatric patients: a systematic review
Creators: name: Morkisch, Nadine
name: Upegui-Arango, Luz D.
name: Cardona, Maria I.
name: Heuvel, Dirk Van Den
name: Rimmele, Martina
name: Sieber, Cornel Christian
name: Freiberger, Ellen
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 3. Parameters for the intervention intensity evaluation.
Optimization of the VITROCELL® Exposure System for In Vitro Toxicity Testing of Diesel Emissions at the Air-Liquid Interface
Creators: name: Greenan, Rebecca
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2015
Subjects: Toxicology
Air-liquid interface
Diesel
Aerosol
A549
BEAS-2B
VITROCELL
Engine
In vitro
Particulate
Environment
Health
Methods development
Urban air
Smog
Nitrogen dioxide

description: Relative to traditional methods, air-liquid interface (ALI) exposures constitute a superior in vitro model for assessing the toxicological activity of complex aerosols. By removing the medium barrier, aerosols can be delivered to the cells at their apical surface. This project investigated the utility of the commercially available VITROCELL® exposure system for comparative toxicological assessment of complex aerosols (freshly-generated diluted diesel exhaust and simulated urban smog). The system setup was modified to improve control of aerosol properties (temperature and humidity) and cellular responses (dynamic range). Following optimization, cytotoxicity (WST-1 and LDH assays) and expression of selected genes involved in proinflammatory signalling and oxidative stress responses (via quantitative RT-PCR) were quantified following 1 hour aerosol exposures. The results showed only limited, variable responses following exposures to high concentrations of diesel exhaust. Lack of consistent and robust responses are likely due to poor deposition of particulate matter from the test aerosols.
Supplementary document for Radiometric and design model for the Tunable Light-guide Image Processing Snapshot Spectrometer (TuLIPSS) - 5402557.pdf
Creators: name: Zheng, Desheng
name: Flynn, Christopher
name: Stoian, Razvan
name: Lu, JIAWEI
name: Cao, Haimu
name: Alexander, David
name: Tkaczyk, Tomasz
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Description of disperser selection, model App, and calibration process
Thermodynamic assessment of in-situ formation of hard phase materials
Creators: name: Cottam, Ryan
name: Ng'anjo, Samuel
name: Rhamdhani, Akbar
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The hardfacing of metallic components for applications in the mining as well as the oil and gas sectors is common. Therefore method to enhance the wear resistance of the applied coatings is attractive. One of the ways to increase the wear resistance of the coatings is to introduce a hard phase into the coating, the most common of which is tungsten carbide. Typically the carbide compound is mixed with the hard facing materials such as Stellite and laser clad on the surface to be coated. Recently there has been increasing interest in forming the hard phases in-situ [1, 2]. In this process the hard phase material is formed in the melt pool formed during laser processing and the elements that constitute the hard phase combine in the melt pool prior to solidification of the melt pool. Using thermodynamic analysis potential new hard phase materials could be determined.
Additional file 2 of Components of the transitional care model (TCM) to reduce readmission in geriatric patients: a systematic review
Creators: name: Morkisch, Nadine
name: Upegui-Arango, Luz D.
name: Cardona, Maria I.
name: Heuvel, Dirk Van Den
name: Rimmele, Martina
name: Sieber, Cornel Christian
name: Freiberger, Ellen
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 2. Hand search in other sources.
Run-Up Distance From Deflagration to Detonation In Fast Flames.
Creators: name: Ahmed, Mohamed Saifelislam Abdelgadir
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: DDT

description: In the process of deflagration-to-detonation transition (DDT) in reactive gases, the flame typically accelerates first to the choked flame condition (known as a Chapman-Jouguet deflagration), where it propagates at the sound speed with respect to the product gases. Subsequently, the choked flame may transit to a detonation. In the present study, the transition length from choked flames to detonations was measured experimentally in laboratory-scale experiments in methane, ethane, ethylene, acetylene, and propane with oxygen as oxidizer. The choked flames were first generated following the quenching of an incident detonation after its interaction with cylindrical obstacles with two different blockage ratios, 75\% and 90\%. Comparison with a recently proposed model confirms that these are Chapman-Jouguet deflagrations. The subsequent acceleration was monitored via large-scale time-resolved shadowgraphy. The mechanism of transition was found to be through the amplification of transverse waves and hot spot ignition from local Mach reflections. The transition length was found to correlate very well with the mixture's sensitivity to temperature and pressure fluctuations. These fluctuations could be connected to a unique parameter (X), introduced by Radulescu. The parameter is the product of the non-dimensional activation energy (Ea/RT) and the ratio of chemical induction to reaction time (ti/tr). Mixtures with a higher X were found to be more prompt to hot spot ignition and amplification of the fast flame into detonations. The run-up distance for unstable mixtures was found to be much shorter than anticipated from a model neglecting the fluctuations in a 1-D framework. The run-up distance was also correlated to the detonation cell size, yielding LDDT ~ 7 - 50 cells, with the proportionality coefficient depending on X and the obstacle blockage ratio. Finally, a unique correlation for the run-up distance is proposed, yielding LDDT ~ 3000 c tr, where c is the sound speed in the shocked non-reacted gas, valid for large X.