cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Multidimensional query based routing for massively multiuser virtual environments
Creators: name: Zonjic, Stevan
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Computer Science.

description: In recent years, massively multi-user virtual environments (MMVE) have been a major research topic for the virtual reality community. In order for a MMVE to be highly responsive and to progress seamlessly, entities interacting in the shared virtual environment must update each other frequently. Every time there is a change related to an entity's state, an update message needs to be sent to inform other entities in the shared virtual environment. This thesis proposes a new architecture based on Z-order curve and KD-tree that can efficiently handle update message distribution to interested entities' locations in three-dimensional (3D) virtual environments where locations are naturally described in terms of 3D coordinates. We also aim to minimize the number of routing hops in distribution of update messages to minimize end-to-end delay, as required in MMVEs, especially when updates are forwarded to a specific range of users/entities in the MMVE.
Reproductive outcomes in adolescents who had a previous birth or an induced abortion compared to adolescents' first pregnancies
Creators: name: Reime, Birgit
name: Schücking, Beate A
name: Wenzlaff, Paul
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2016

description: Background: Recently, attention has been focused on subsequent pregnancies among teenage mothers. Previous studies that compared the reproductive outcomes of teenage nulliparae and multiparae often did not consider the adolescents' reproductive histories. Thus, the authors compared the risks for adverse reproductive outcomes of adolescent nulliparae to teenagers who either have had an induced abortion or a previous birth. Methods: In this retrospective cohort study we used perinatal data prospectively collected by obstetricians and midwives from 1990–1999 (participation rate 87–98% of all hospitals) in Lower Saxony, Germany. From the 9742 eligible births among adolescents, women with multiple births, >1 previous pregnancies, or a previous spontaneous miscarriage were deleted and 8857 women <19 years remained. Of these 8857 women, 7845 were nulliparous, 801 had one previous birth, and 211 had one previous induced abortion. The outcomes were stillbirths, neonatal mortality, perinatal mortality, preterm births, and very low birthweight. Bivariate and multivariable logistic regression models were conducted. Results: In bivariate logistic regression analyses, compared to nulliparous teenagers, adolescents with a previous birth had higher risks for perinatal [OR = 2.08, CI = 1.11,3.89] and neonatal [OR = 4.31, CI = 1.77,10.52] mortality and adolescents with a previous abortion had higher risks for stillbirths [OR = 3.31, CI = 1.01,10.88] and preterm births [OR = 2.21, CI = 1.07,4.58]. After adjusting for maternal nationality, partner status, smoking, prenatal care and pre-pregnancy BMI, adolescents with a previous birth were at higher risk for perinatal [OR = 2.35, CI = 1.14,4.86] and neonatal mortality [OR = 4.70, CI = 1.60,13.81] and adolescents with a previous abortion had a higher risk for very low birthweight infants [OR = 2.74, CI = 1.06,7.09] than nulliparous teenagers. Conclusion: The results suggest that teenagers who give birth twice as adolescents have worse outcomes in their second pregnancy compared to those teenagers who are giving birth for the first time. The prevention of the second pregnancy during adolescence is an important public health objective and should be addressed by health care providers who attend the first birth or the abortion and the follow-up care. Also, health care workers should attempt to improve the pregnancy outcomes of subsequent teenage pregnancies by addressing modifiable risk factors, for example, supporting smoking cessation and utilization of prenatal care.
Законодательство зарубежных стран в области защиты интеллектуальной собственности
Creators: name: Буриев Абдуманноп Абдурахматович
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Законодательные системы большинства зарубежных стран предусматривают комплексную охрану различных видов интеллектуальной собственности, включая авторское право, патенты, товарные знаки, промышленные образцы и географические указания. Законодательные акты, регулирующие эти сферы, как правило, включают четко определенные процедуры регистрации и механизмы защиты прав.
Arginine methylation of RNA-binding protein HuD by CARM1 regulates MN-1 differentiation through a post-transcriptional mechanism
Creators: name: Hubers, Lisa
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Biology, Molecular.

description: Spinal Muscular Atrophy results from loss of the survival of motor neuron (SMN) gene, leading to a deficiency in SMN protein and selective degeneration of motor neurons. We have found that coactivator-associated arginine methyltransferase 1 (CARM1) regulates the switch from proliferation to differentiation, downstream of neurotrophic signaling, in motor neuron-like cells. Here, through down-regulation of CARM1 levels, methylation of one of its substrates, HuD, is reduced, resulting in an increase in p21 mRNA. Methylation of HuD by CARM1 negatively regulates its direct interaction with p21 mRNA, the first demonstration that CARM1 can directly influence the RNA binding activity of a substrate. We have also identified a novel interaction between HuD and SMN. In MN-1 differentiation, we propose that SMN functions as an adaptor module through arginine methylation-regulated interactions with RNA binding proteins, including HuD, and that the formation of distinct mRNP complexes on mRNA are regulated either similarly or differentially by PRMTs and/or SMN. These findings may help to elucidate the specific role of arginine methylation and SMN in regulating differentiation of motor neurons and provide crucial insights into the cell-specific pathophysiology of spinal muscular atrophy.
Scussel_TableS1_ESM from Combining transinfected Wolbachia and a genetic sexing strain to control Aedes albopictus in laboratory-controlled conditions
Creators: name: Scussel, Sarah
name: Gaudillat, Benjamin
name: Esnault, Jérémy
name: Lejarre, Quentin
name: Duployer, Marianne
name: Lebon, Cyrille
name: Benlali, Aude
name: Mavingui, Patrick
name: Tortosa, Pablo
name: CATTEL, Julien
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 3105
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
classificationCode: 420299
subject: Epidemiology not elsewhere classified

description: Summary of microinjections experiments and maternal transmission rate of wPip-I and wPip-IV after transfer in the asymbiotic line.
Summary of Injuries at the Emergency Department, Vanderhoof, British Columbia 2003/04
Creators: name: Han, Guanghong
name: Jivani, Khairun
name: Babul, Shelina
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2022

description: The information presented in this report is based on the data provided by the Northern Health Authority as part of the Vanderhoof Safe Baby Project. The data was collected at the Emergency Department of St John’s Hospital in Vanderhoof, BC, between October 2003 and October 2004. The purpose of this report is to a) describe the features and patterns of injury at the Emergency Department in Vanderhoof; b) identify the leading causes of injury morbidity; and c) provide recommendations based on evidence-supported best practices relevant to the leading causes of injury within the community.
Regulation of translation during hypoxic stress: An integrated stress response
Creators: name: Blais, Jaime D
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Health Sciences, Oncology.

description: Oxygen supports the life of all aerobic organisms and virtually every cell type is capable of sensing decreased tissue oxygenation, known as hypoxia. Hypoxic microenvironments have been detected within developing solid tumors as a result of insufficient host vascular delivery of oxygen and nutrients. Consequently, the formation of solid tumors requires the coordination of angiogenesis: the recruitment of blood vessels for the purpose of tumor vascularization. Furthermore, clinical and experimental evidence have demonstrated that hypoxic cells in solid tumors can limit the efficacy of standard anticancer therapeutics including radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Low oxygenation can also accelerate malignant progression and metastasis resulting in poorer prognosis irrespective of the chosen treatment regiment. It is the focus of our research to improve our understanding of the molecular events that support the development of tumor cell resistance to hypoxia as a tool for the discovery of effective therapeutics that can specifically and effectively target hypoxic tumors. Understanding exactly how tumor cells adapt to transient hypoxia could lead to the identification of novel therapeutic targets that in combination therapy with current anticancer treatments could help reduce the incidence of morbidity and mortality from cancer.
Wolfram Jäckel: Tauschhandel und Gesellschaftsform: Die Entwicklung des Markthandels bei den Toraja (Indonesien)
Creators: name: Van Eeuwijk, Brigit Obrist
Publisher: name: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia
Year: 2021

description: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia, Nr. 48 (1993): ASIEN (Juli)
Identification of a calcitriol-regulated Sp-1 site in the promoter of human CD14 using a combined western blotting elect rophoresis mobility shift assay (WEMSA)
Creators: name: Moeenrezakhanlou, Alireza
name: Nandan, Devki
name: Reiner, Neil E.
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2015

description: Calcitriol (1α, 25-dihydroxyvitamin D3) induces the expression of CD14 in mononuclear phagocytes. The mechanisms accounting for this have been unclear since the promoter of CD14 does not contain a canonical vitamin D response element (VDRE). Calcitriol has been shown to regulate the activity of the transcription factor Sp-1 and our analysis of the proximal promoter of CD14 indicated the presence of four Sp-1-like binding sequences. To identify which of these sites might be involved in the response to calcitriol, we used a system incorporating an electrophoretic mobility shift assay (EMSA) coupled to Western blot analysis (WEMSA). Using WEMSA, we found that only one of the Sp-1-like binding sequences, located at position −91 to −79 (relative to the transcription start site), bound the transcription factor Sp1. Sp-1 binding to this site was demonstrable using nuclear extracts from control cells. Notably, binding activity was attenuated in nuclear extracts prepared from cells that had been incubated with calcitriol, thus suggesting Sp-1 involvement in calcitriol induction of CD14 expression. Notably, these results show that like EMSA, WEMSA can be broadly applied to aid in the identification of transcription factors involved in regulating gene expression. WEMSA, however, offers a number of distinct advantages when compared with conventional EMSA. Antibodies used for WEMSA often provide less ambiguous signals than those used in EMSA, and these do not have to recognize epitopes under native conditions. In addition, WEMSA does not require the use of labeled oligos, thus eliminating a significant expense associated with EMSA.
title: Auffinden - Zitieren - Dokumentieren
title: Auffinden - Zitieren - Dokumentieren
title: Forschungsdaten in den Sozial- und Wirtschaftswissenschaften
titleType: Subtitle
title: Forschungsdaten in den Sozial- und Wirtschaftswissenschaften
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Vlaeminck, Sven
name: Toepfer, Ralf
name: Tochtermann, Klaus
name: Hausstein, Brigitte
name: Sure-Vetter, York
name: Wagner, Gert
name: Fräßdorf, Mathis
Publisher: name: GESIS - Leibniz-Institute for the Social Sciences
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/018afyw53
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: 10000 Social Sciences
subject: 10900 Economics
subject: 10104 Research Design
subject: 10105 Methods and Techniques of Data Collection and Data Analysis, Statistical Methods, Computer Methods
subject: economics
subject: aggregate data
subject: empirical research
subject: research documentation
subject: research approach
subject: data documentation
subject: data
subject: Forschungsdaten
subject: statistische Aggregatdaten
subject: Survey-Daten
subject: Mikrodaten
subject: prozessproduzierte Daten
subject: Datenzitation
subject: Persistent Identifier
subject: DOI-Namen
subject: Dokumentation
subject: research data
subject: statistical aggregate data
subject: survey data
subject: micro data
subject: process-produced data
subject: data citation
subject: persistent identifier
subject: DOI name
subject: documentation

description: Der Wegweiser „Auffinden – Zitieren – Dokumentieren: Forschungsdaten in den Sozialwissenschaften“ greift einige grundsätzliche Aspekte im Umgang mit den Forschungsdaten auf und orientiert sich dabei an den Regeln guter wissenschaftlicher Praxis (DFG, 2013). Der Wegweiser soll nicht nur Nachwuchswissenschaftler beim Umgang mit Forschungsdaten unterstützen, sondern er ist auch für etablierte Wissenschaftler hilfreich. Sicher kann dieser Wegweiser nicht alle Fragen beantworten, die in diesem Zusammenhang bestehen, aber er liefert nützliche Hinweise zu elementaren Fragestellungen. Konkret soll dieser Wegweiser zum Ersten dazu dienen, passende Forschungsdaten für eigene empirische Untersuchungen zu finden. Dazu liefert er einen Überblick über relevante Quellen solcher Daten. Zum Zweiten werden Hinweise gegeben, wie verwendete Forschungsdaten wissenschaftlich korrekt zitiert werden können und was bei der Zitation zu beachten ist. Zum Dritten werden abschließend Ratschläge für eine sinnvolle Dokumentation von selbst erhobenen Forschungsdaten gegeben.
Studierende in der Rolle von Start-up-Mitarbeitenden
Creators: name: Baumann, Nathalie
name: Dannecker, Achim
name: Knechtli, Hanspeter
Publisher: name: Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz FHNW
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: 330 - Wirtschaft
subject: 005 - Computer Programmierung, Programme und Daten

description: Seit vergangenem Jahr bieten Achim Dannecker und Hanspeter Knechtli, Dozenten an der Hochschule für Wirtschaft der Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz FHNW, im Bachelor für Betriebsökonomie einen neuen Kurs an. Er soll die Lücke zwischen dem erlernten Fachwissen und der konkreten Anwendung in Unternehmen schliessen. ICT-Kommunikation befragte die beiden Dozenten zum neuen Lehrangebot.
The Son of Man in the Gospel of Luke
Creators: name: Swanson, Tessandra
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Religion, General.
subject: Religion, Biblical Studies.

description: This study examines the titles that the author of Luke's gospel uses to describe Jesus' character in relation to scriptural citations and allusions/echoes. It also thoroughly explores Luke's use and understanding of the Greek expression, o ui&d12;s &d13;vtou ' anqrwpou (Son of Man), its relationship to Fulfillment passages and its earthly and cosmological connotations. This study briefly addresses the five most commonly used names of Jesus in Luke (Lord, Teacher, Messiah, Master and Son of Man) and examines their meanings in the Old Testament. Son of Man is the most important Christological title according to Luke because, in contrast to the other titles, it is associated most often with earthly and cosmological connotations. This combination is central to Luke's Christology. In using the Son of Man in this way Luke is following its meaning in both the Old Testament scripture and in the Jewish Pseudepigrapha.
Proteomic analysis of the secretome of Leishmania donovani
Creators: name: Silverman, J. M.
name: Chan, Simon K.
name: Robinson, Dale P.
name: Dwyer, Dennis M.
name: Nandan, Devki
name: Foster, Leonard J.
name: Reiner, Neil E.
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2015

description: Background: Leishmania and other intracellular pathogens have evolved strategies that support invasion and persistence within host target cells. In some cases the underlying mechanisms involve the export of virulence factors into the host cell cytosol. Previous work from our laboratory identified one such candidate leishmania effector, namely elongation factor-1α, to be present in conditioned medium of infectious leishmania as well as within macrophage cytosol after infection. To investigate secretion of potential effectors more broadly, we used quantitative mass spectrometry to analyze the protein content of conditioned medium collected from cultures of stationary-phase promastigotes of Leishmania donovani, an agent of visceral leishmaniasis. Results Analysis of leishmania conditioned medium resulted in the identification of 151 proteins apparently secreted by L. donovani. Ratios reflecting the relative amounts of each leishmania protein secreted, as compared to that remaining cell associated, revealed a hierarchy of protein secretion, with some proteins secreted to a greater extent than others. Comparison with an in silico approach defining proteins potentially exported along the classic eukaryotic secretion pathway suggested that few leishmania proteins are targeted for export using a classic eukaryotic amino-terminal secretion signal peptide. Unexpectedly, a large majority of known eukaryotic exosomal proteins was detected in leishmania conditioned medium, suggesting a vesicle-based secretion system. Conclusion This analysis shows that protein secretion by L. donovani is a heterogeneous process that is unlikely to be determined by a classical amino-terminal secretion signal. As an alternative, L. donovani appears to use multiple nonclassical secretion pathways, including the release of exosome-like microvesicles.
Atmosfera
Creators: name: Canepa, Elisabetta
name: Scelsi, Valter
Publisher: name: Società Scientifica ProArch
Year: 2023
Subjects: H2020
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action
MSCA-IF
Resonances
101025132
atmosphere
architecture
definition

description: Here is the abstract Elisabetta Canepa and Valter Scelsi submitted to the tenth Forum ProArch promoted by the Italian Scientific Society of Architectural, Urban, and Landscape Design Professors. The conference, entitled "Le parole e le forme" ("Forms and Images," in English), took place in Genoa, November 16-18, 2023. Their proposal reconstructs the genealogy, evolution, and semantic geography of the word “atmosphere,” mapping a taxonomy of definitions and design approaches to atmosphere forged over time by the architectural culture. Atmosphere is our primary way to experience, understand, articulate, design, and teach architecture.
description: This abstract was developed within the RESONANCES project — Architectural Atmospheres: The Emotional Impact of Ambiances Measured through Conscious, Bodily, and Neural Responses. The RESONANCES project received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement no. 101025132. The content of this text reflects only the authors’ view. The European Research Executive Agency is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains.
What is the evidence that reports on the interactions between human resilience, human wellbeing and environmental sustainability in marine and coastal areas around the UK? An evidence map protocol
Creators: name: Eales, Jacqualyn
name: Turner, Rachel
name: Simpson, Stephen
name: Chaigneau, Tomas
name: Fortnam, Matt
name: Witt, Matthew
name: Kay, Susan
name: Oceane Marcone
name: Szostek, Claire
name: Thurstan, Ruth
name: Garside, Ruth
name: Evans, Louisa
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Marine management, Resilience, Sustainability, Livelihood, Human health, wellbeing

description: This document describes a protocol for an evidence map to document the research undertaken in the UK that links the concepts of human resilience with human wellbeing and/or environmental sustainability. The relationships between these three concepts are not fully understood, so our work will help shape our understanding of the interactions between them, what trade-offs and synergies exist, and where we need to direct future research effort to better understand these interactions.
On simultaneous approximation to a real number and its cube by rational numbers
Creators: name: Lozier, Stephane
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Mathematics.

description: One of the fundamental problems in Diophantine approximation is approximation to real numbers by algebraic numbers of bounded degree. In 1969, H. Davenport and W. M. Schmidt developed a new method to approach the problem. This method combines a result on simultaneous approximation to successive powers of a real number xi with geometry of numbers. For now, the only case where the estimates are optimal is the case of two consecutive powers. Davenport and Schmidt show that if a real number xi is such that 1, xi, xi² are linearly independent over Q , then the exponent of simultaneous approximation to xi and xi² by rational numbers with the same denominator is at most ( 5 - 1}/2 = 0.618..., the inverse of the Golden ratio. In this thesis, we consider the case of a number and its cube. Our main result is that if a real number xi is such that 1, xi, xi³ are linearly independent over Q , then the exponent of simultaneous approximation to xi and xi³ by rational numbers with the same denominator is at most 5/7 = 0.714.... As corollaries, we deduce a result on approximation by algebraic numbers and a version of Gel'fond's lemma for polynomials of the form a + bT + cT³.
АВТОМОБИЛ ЖАРОХАТЛАНИШЛАРИДА ИЧКИ АЪЗОЛАР ЧАЙҚАЛИШЛАРИНИ СУД-ТИББИЙ БАҲОЛАШ МЕЗОНЛАРИ
Creators: name: Толибжонов, М.Т.
name: Рўзиев, Ш.И.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Автомобил салони ичидаги ўлимга олиб келмайдиган жароҳатланишлар орасида суд-тиббий адабиётларида автомобил ичи жарохатларига бағишланган кўпгина илмий ишларга қарамасдан ҳозиргача ўрганилмаган ва ёритилмаган саволлар  мавжуд. 60-70 йилларда пиёда билан ҳаракатланаётган автомобилнинг тўқнашуви ва босиб ўтилишишга нисбатан, ҳозирги кунга  келиб автомобил ичи жароҳатлари устунлик қилмоқда. Сўнгги  йилларда умумий автожароҳатлардан автомобил салони ичи жароҳатлари 60-65%ни ташкил қилмоқда.
Comparative hybridization reveals extensive genome variation in the AIDS-associated pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans
Creators: name: Hu, Guanggan
name: Liu, Iris
name: Sham, Anita
name: Stajich, Jason E.
name: Dietrich, Fred S.
name: Kronstad, James Warren
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2015

description: Background. Genome variability can have a profound influence on the virulence of pathogenic microbes. The availability of genome sequences for two strains of the AIDS-associated fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans presented an opportunity to use comparative genome hybridization (CGH) to examine genome variability between strains of different mating type, molecular subtype, and ploidy. Results Initially, CGH was used to compare the approximately 100 kilobase MAT a and MATα mating-type regions in serotype A and D strains to establish the relationship between the Log2 ratios of hybridization signals and sequence identity. Subsequently, we compared the genomes of the environmental isolate NIH433 (MAT a) and the clinical isolate NIH12 (MATα) with a tiling array of the genome of the laboratory strain JEC21 derived from these strains. In this case, CGH identified putative recombination sites and the origins of specific segments of the JEC21 genome. Similarly, CGH analysis revealed marked variability in the genomes of strains representing the VNI, VNII, and VNB molecular subtypes of the A serotype, including disomy for chromosome 13 in two strains. Additionally, CGH identified differences in chromosome content between three strains with the hybrid AD serotype and revealed that chromosome 1 from the serotype A genome is preferentially retained in all three strains. Conclusion The genomes of serotypes A, D, and AD strains exhibit extensive variation that spans the range from small differences (such as regions of divergence, deletion, or amplification) to the unexpected disomy for chromosome 13 in haploid strains and preferential retention of specific chromosomes in naturally occurring diploids.
Experimental and analytical study of inverted annular flow film boiling heat transfer in a vertical tube using R-134a
Creators: name: El Nakla, Meamer A
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Chemical.
subject: Engineering, Nuclear.

description: An experimental investigation of inverted annular film boiling heat transfer has been performed for vertical up-flow in a round tube. The working fluid was R-134a and the flow conditions covered a pressure range of 640 to 2390 kPa (water equivalent range: 4000 to 14000 kPa) and a mass flux range of 500 to 4000 kgm-2s-1 (water equivalent range: 700 to 5700 kgm-2s-1 ). The inlet qualities of the tests ranged from -0.75 to -0.03. The hot-patch technique is used to obtain the subcooled film boiling measurements. The parametric trends of the heat transfer coefficient with respect to mass flux, inlet quality, heat flux and pressure are examined and compared to reported parametric trends from the literature. The comparison shows agreement between observed effects of flow parameters with those reported by other researchers. The heat transfer vs. quality curve is divided into four different regions. It is shown that these regions are dependent on pressure, mass flux and local quality. A two-fluid one-dimensional model has been developed to predict the wall temperature of an internally-heated tube during IAFB. The model is derived using basic conservation equations of mass, momentum and energy. To simplify the derivation of the constitutive heat transfer relations, flow between two parallel plates is assumed. The model features shear stress and interfacial relations that make it accurately predicts the parametric effects and heat transfer characteristics of IAFB over a wide range of flow conditions. The model predicts wall temperatures of R-134a-cooled tubes with an average error of -1.21% and an RMS error of 6.37%. This corresponds to average and RMS errors in predicted heat transfer coefficients of 1.33% and 10.07%, respectively. Using water data, the model predicts wall temperatures with an average error of -1.76% and an RMS error of 7.78% which corresponds to average and RMS errors in predicted heat transfer coefficients of 4.16% and 15.06%, respectively.
Gegenwartsbezogene Japanologie am FB II der Universität Trier. Aus dem 5. Tätigkeitsbericht (1.4.1992-31.3.1993)
Creators: name: Redaktion, Die
Publisher: name: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia
Year: 2021

description: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia, Nr. 48 (1993): ASIEN (Juli)
Preliminary characterization of wheat, Triticum aestivum , embryo globulins
Creators: name: McNulty, Melissa S
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Agriculture, Plant Pathology.
subject: Chemistry, Biochemistry.

description: The 7S globulins are a subclass of seed storage proteins characterized by their solubility in saline solution. These proteins are major legume storage reserves, and have been studied extensively; in the cereals, they represent a minor seed protein fraction and have been characterized to a lesser extent. Recently, a study associating a wheat 7S globulin, WP5212, with the development of type 1 diabetes in diabetes-prone rats, has renewed interest in this protein class. The present study aimed to better characterize the 7S globulins of wheat. The majority of the wheat embryo globulins were detected by anti-WP5212 polyclonal serum. These proteins varied significantly in their molecular masses and isoelectric points. Six major polypeptides were identified by mass spectrometry and/or N-terminal sequencing as belonging to the globulin 1 family. These results combined with prior studies have allowed the construction of a hypothetical model of the post-translational events contributing to the wheat 7S globulin profile in mature kernels.
Hıjar-Islas_Analysis_Figures_ESM from Parasite-mediated predation determines infection in a complex predator–prey–parasite system
Creators: name: Hïjar-Islas, Ana C.
name: Milne, Amy
name: Eizaguirre, Christophe
name: Huang, Weini
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 310299
subject: Bioinformatics and computational biology not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 310399
subject: Ecology not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 490102
subject: Biological mathematics

description: The interplay of host–parasite and predator–prey interactions is critical in ecological dynamics because both predators and parasites can regulate communities. But what is the prevalence of infected prey and predators when a parasite is transmitted through trophic interactions considering stochastic demographic changes? Here, we modelled and analysed a complex predator–prey–parasite system, where parasites are transmitted from prey to predators. We varied parasite virulence and infection probabilities to investigate how those evolutionary factors determine species coexistence and populations’ composition. Our results show that parasite species go extinct when the infection probabilities of either host are small and that success in infecting the final host is more critical for the survival of the parasite. While our stochastic simulations are consistent with deterministic predictions, stochasticity plays an important role in the border regions between coexistence and extinction. As expected, the proportion of infected individuals increases with the infection probabilities. Interestingly, the relative abundances of infected and uninfected individuals can have opposite orders in the intermediate and final host populations. This counterintuitive observation shows that the interplay of direct and indirect parasite effects is a common driver of the prevalence of infection in a complex system.
Holocene climate variability and long-term diatom community dynamics in a small lake on Victoria Island, Northwest Territory, Canada
Creators: name: Podritske, Brandi
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Paleontology.

description: A lake sediment core spanning 9900 years, collected from a small lake on western Victoria Island, provides a high-resolution record of diatom community dynamics over the Holocene. Ten radiocarbon dates and 210Pb dating provided the core chronology. Loss-on-ignition (LOI) gradually increased over the Holocene whereas carbonate content and magnetic susceptibility showed an inverse trend. Biogenic silica content had apparent cyclicity over ~1500 year periods. Major shifts in diatom assemblages at 8100-8000 calendar years before present (cal yrs BP), 5800-5700 cal yrs BP, and 3800-3500 cal yrs BP occurred simultaneously with millennial-scale climate changes reported from the region. There is evidence of diatom community response to centennial scale variations such as the 'Medieval Warm Period' (~1000-700 calendar years before present, cal yrs BP), 'Little Ice Age' (~800-150 cal yrs BP) and recent warming. Variations of the taxa within the genera Staurosira, Pseudostaurosira, Fragilaria, and Staurosirella, usually combined into one genus in Arctic lake sediment studies, suggest these taxa may be more useful in paleolimnological studies than previously believed. Although recent changes in diatom community composition, production and species richness were apparent they were surpassed at other periods throughout the Holocene. The rate of community compositional change in the last few centuries was rapid, however it was not exceptional in the lake history.
Matching expectations: When culture wreaks havoc with global software development
Creators: name: Hsieh, Yvonne
name: Kruchten, Philippe
name: MacGregor, Eve
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: In this research, we examine how intercultural factors affect—positively or negatively—the outcomes of software development practices. In the past decade, the North American and Western European IT industries have observed a rapid increase in the number of companies either outsourcing software projects for development abroad or starting their own development centers in remote locations. In spite of great promises and anticipation, many global software development projects fail. After failures, one party is quick to blame the other’s perceived lack of diligence, commitment, or ability; or to blame technology. But we observed that projects often fail because of subtle intercultural issues that impact the effectiveness of coordination in the distributed team. To explore this matter, we examine the concept of culture and the potential impact of intercultural dynamics on global software development projects. There has been little analytical research done in this area and the effect of intercultural factors has, thus far, been assessed based on anecdotal accounts by project managers. Our research combines the grounded theory and case study research, starting with a collection of critical incidents in global projects. We present a descriptive conceptual framework, for coordination between individuals and teams, that has emerged from our data and use it to analyze and explain some of our findings.
Compaction, flow and mechanical properties in lap joints for large multilayer VARTM preforms
Creators: name: Samadi, Reza
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Mechanical.

description: Reinforcement preforms for the vacuum assisted resin transfer moulding (VARTM) manufacturing of large composite parts are made from different layers where presence of double curvature and varying fibre orientation imposes the use of superimposed lap joints. A series of tests were conducted to investigate the compaction of jointed preforms, flow through jointed preforms and the structural behaviour of composite parts featuring superimposed lap joints. A variety of lap joint configurations was investigated, characterized by specific values of overlap length, OL, horizontal distance between joints, HD, and number of immediately superimposed joints, NS, for a random matt and a woven reinforcement. The compaction of reinforcements was evaluated using a novel thickness measurement system for preforms. The thickness measurement system utilizes Hall effect sensors. The local fibre volume fraction, vf, was derived from the readings of Hall effect sensors positioned at selected locations above the jointed preforms. Different vf values were observed around joints; consequently, simulations of the manufacturing and performance of jointed composite parts must feature variable vf at the joints. The effective permeability to resin of jointed preforms parallel to the joints was investigated. The flow of resin in the preform was different from that in un-cut preforms. Specimens cut from cured panels were tested in four-point bending tests based on ASTM standard D790-03. The structural stiffness, maximum flexural stress and failure mode of specimens, were investigated. The structural stiffness and failure mode followed clear trends, while the maximum flexural stress was affected by local stress concentration at the joints. It is concluded that the presence of lap joints in VARTM preforms changes the behaviour during manufacturing and in service. This should be considered in design of parts and simulation of VARTM manufacturing.
D4.1 Guidelines for Governance of Education and Training in Bioeconomy
Creators: name: University of Bologna
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: The "Guidelines for Governance of Education and Training in Bioeconomy" deliverable (D4.1) aims to develop an innovative governance model for bioeconomy education and training by creating a conceptual framework, conducting stakeholder surveys across multiple countries, and analyzing the data to identify key needs and opportunities. The guidelines emphasize inclusiveness, stakeholder engagement, and the integration of innovative methodologies, focusing on vocational education, lifelong learning, and adult education to support sustainable transitions in the bioeconomy sector.
Pedro Calderon de la Barca: "El Tuzani de la Alpujarra o Amor despues de la muerte"
Creators: name: Devos, Brent W
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Literature, Romance.
subject: Theater.

description: The purpose of the present study is to offer a faithful and readable text of El Tuzani de la Alpujarra o Amor despues de la muerte [The man named Tuzani of the Alpujarras mountains or Love after death], a play by Pedro Calderon de la Barca (1600--1681). This is an eclectic edition based on the editio princeps, the Quinta parte de comedias ('Barcelona' 1677), and corrected, when necessary, with the help of other early textual witnesses. The introduction includes a study of the alternate titles of the play, its probable date of composition, its early textual transmission, its staging in the 17th century, its polymetrical structure and the dramatic role of geography and toponymy. Included at the end of the edited text are a comprehensive set of explanatory notes as well as the textual variants of the fifteen early witnesses that were collated.
La délimitation de l'identité autochtone et de l'appartenance à la communauté : mobilisation devant les tribunaux de droit canadien par les Abénakis d'Odanak et de Wôlinak
Creators: name: Laoun, Eve
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2020
Subjects: Identité
Autochtones
Abénakis
Droit
Saisie des tribunaux

description: Cette recherche prend sa source dans un contexte de résurgence identitaire et de redéfinition des relations entretenues entre les Autochtones et l’État canadien depuis les cinquante dernières années. Elle est le fruit d’un travail de terrain ethnographique en territoire Abénaki au Québec. Elle vise à s’intéresser de plus près aux manières dont l’identité autochtone est négociée et renouvelée non seulement entre les membres des communautés d’Odanak et de Wôlinak eux-mêmes, mais également avec les institutions qui gravitent autour de ces membres. Dans leur rapport à l’identité, les Abénakis doivent composer avec le système des réserves, dont les modes de financement et de gouvernance largement régulés par la Loi sur les Indiens contribuent à maintenir des catégories de bénéficiaires de droits. Cette situation crée des conflits entre certains membres et alimente des divisions sociales et politiques au sein des communautés. Plus particulièrement, on remarque que l’identité autochtone est notamment mobilisée dans le cadre de recours devant les tribunaux de droit commun. Dès lors, puisqu’il existe une pluralité de manières d’aborder les questions identitaires au sein de ces communautés, cette recherche s’intéresse aux manières dont les membres mêmes de ces communautés naviguent au sein de ces questions et étudie les différentes stratégies juridiques mobilisées pour répondre aux enjeux et conflits identifiés.
Function of the PHA-4/FOXA transcription factor during C. elegans post-embryonic development
Creators: name: Chen, Di
name: Riddle, Donald L
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2016

description: Background: pha-4 encodes a forkhead box (FOX) A transcription factor serving as the C. elegans pharynx organ identity factor during embryogenesis. Using Serial Analysis of Gene Expression (SAGE), comparison of gene expression profiles between growing stages animals and long-lived, developmentally diapaused dauer larvae revealed that pha-4 transcription is increased in the dauer stage. Results: Knocking down pha-4 expression by RNAi during post-embryonic development showed that PHA-4 is essential for dauer recovery, gonad and vulva development. daf-16, which encodes a FOXO transcription factor regulated by insulin/IGF-1 signaling, shows overlapping expression patterns and a loss-of-function post-embryonic phenotype similar to that of pha-4 during dauer recovery. pha-4 RNAi and daf-16 mutations have additive effects on dauer recovery, suggesting these two regulators may function in parallel pathways. Gene expression studies using RT-PCR and GFP reporters showed that pha-4 transcription is elevated under starvation, and a conserved forkhead transcription factor binding site in the second intron of pha-4 is important for the neuronal expression. The vulval transcription of lag-2, which encodes a ligand for the LIN-12/Notch lateral signaling pathway, is inhibited by pha-4 RNAi, indicating that LAG-2 functions downstream of PHA-4 in vulva development. Conclusion: Analysis of PHA-4 during post-embryonic development revealed previously unsuspected functions for this important transcriptional regulator in dauer recovery, and may help explain the network of transcriptional control integrating organogenesis with the decision between growth and developmental arrest at the dauer entry and exit stages.
Student essay on The Picture of Dorian Gray
Creators: name: Kennedy, Fiona
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Picture of Dorian Gray, Gothic, Oscar Wilde

description: Discuss the Gothicization of urban spaces in Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray.
description: Essay topic formulated by Dr Graham Price, University College Dublin
Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio: Book review
Creators: name: Eunifer, Chiremba
name: Maru, Mamo Endalew
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: This paper is a book review for “The Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio”. The authors reviewed the plot the themes and the characters in the 104 stories collected in the book. The authors concluded that Pu Songling himself was the main character in this book and also agreed that “Strange” is the main theme of the book although morality, fate and supernatural are other themes brought out in this book. The authors also named their favourite character as Mr. Yin although he is not the main character and recommend people of all age groups to read the book for entertainment and moral guidance although young readers were recommended to do so under parental guidance to avoid some sexually explicit stories. The authors finally rated the book 5 stars.
Phylloscopus trivirgatus subsp. pallescens Mayr
Creators: name: LeCroy, M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Passeriformes
Phylloscopidae
Phylloscopus
Phylloscopus trivirgatus
Phylloscopus trivirgatus pallescens mayr

description: Phylloscopus trivirgatus pallescens Mayr
 Phylloscopus trivirgatus pallescens Mayr, 1935: 5 (Kulambangra, Solomon Islands).
 Now Phylloscopus poliocephalus pallescens Mayr, 1935. See Mayr and Diamond, 2001: 391, and del Hoyo et al., 2006: 671–672.
 HOLOTYPE: AMNH 225198, sex unknown, collected on Kolombangara (5 Kulambangra) Island, 08.00S, 157.10E (Times Atlas), Solomon Islands, on 27 September 1927, by Joe Hicks, on the Whitney South Sea Expedition (no. 28330). Only one specimen was collected (Mayr, 1936: 18). Hicks was a member of the crew of the expedition vessel France who had learned to make birdskins.
description: Published as part of LeCroy, M., 2008, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History. Part 7. Passeriformes: Sylviidae, Muscicapidae, Platysteiridae, Maluridae, Acanthizidae, Monarchidae, Rhipiduridae, And Petroicidae, pp. 1-287 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 313 (1) on page 66, DOI: 10.1206/313.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13223808
Glycemic Targets in Type 2 Diabetes
Creators: name: Therapeutics Initiative (University Of British Columbia)
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2023

description: Therapeutics Letter 68 considers glycemic targets in type 2 diabetes. Conclusions: A glycemic target of < 6% compared to a target of 7 to 7.9% caused increased mortality in type 2 diabetics who were at high risk of cardiovascular events. The optimal glycemic target in patients with type 2 diabetes is unknown. Additional RCTs that test specific glycemic targets are needed for the full spectrum of patients with type 2 diabetes.
Clause structure in the development of child L2 English of L1 Arabic
Creators: name: Najmi, Abdulaziz H
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Language, Linguistics.
subject: Education, English as a Second Language.

description: Using new longitudinal data, this thesis investigates the acquisition of clause structure from the earliest stages of language production of a child native speaker of Arabic learner of English. Specific attention is paid to the acquisition of the TP and CP systems and their related syntactic features. The first major objective of this work is to investigate the initial and subsequent emerging grammars of this child. Another objective is to investigate the status of child L2 acquisition with regard to child L1 and adult L2 acquisition. The idea is to test whether child L2 resembles child L1/adult L2 in the domain of syntax and/or morphology. A third objective is to determine the extent to which L1 intervenes with the L2 acquisition, and to ascertain the nature of the intervention. In this work I mainly study the TP and CP systems with their related features. This involves a variety of morphosyntactic constructions related to those features. I assume, following Hawkins (2005) and Lardiere (2008), among others, that language acquisition involves feature activation/assembly. A feature-based account of functional categories assumes that the language faculty provides a set of features and a computational tool that assembles these features into lexical items and expressions (Hawkins, 2005). In this system, formal features play a more important role as they determine agreement, case relations, and movement processes. Therefore, recent developments in minimalist syntax have shifted the acquisitionist's focus from the acquisition of functional categories to the availability and organization of formai features. The data of this study suggest that the functional projections TP and CP are activated early on. Formai features associated with the TP and CP systems are present from the earliest data available from this child. Moreover, this thesis confirms previous tradings (e.g., Haznedar 2001) that even very young L2 children are subject to the influence of the native language. Finally, this study shows that although child L2 resembles child L1 and adult L2 in certain morphosyntactic aspects, the differences among these three groups are much more salient than the similarities.