cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
A data collection tool for sketched diagrams
Creators: name: Blagojevic, Rachel
name: Plimmer, Beryl
name: Grundy, John
name: Wang, Yong
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Repositories of digital ink sketches would be invaluable for testing and evaluation of sketch recognition software. However, there is no existing tool for flexible data collection and management of digital ink data for building repositories of hand drawn diagrams. We present a tool for the efficient collection, management and analysis of ink data. A resultant dataset records each ink stroke accompanied by participant and diagram information, stroke labels and measurements of various stroke features. This tool enables the effective construction of a large database of sketches to aid the development of recognition techniques.
title: IMPACT ON JOBSATİSFACTİON OF INNOVATİON İN EMERGİNG TECHNOLOGİES OF BANK BANKSTAFF
title: Статья
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: TÜRÜT, İbrahim
Publisher: name: "Южный Университет (ИУБиП)"
Year: 2020
Subjects: BANKING
TECHNOLOGY
BANK STAFF
JOB SATISFACTION

Abstract
Supplementary document for Optical tuning of dielectric nanoantennas for thermo-optically reconfigurable nonlinear metasurfaces - 5188886.pdf
Creators: name: Celebrano, Michele
name: Rocco, Davide
name: Finazzi, Marco
name: Zilli, Attilio
name: rusconi, francesco
name: Tognazzi, Andrea
name: mazzanti, andrea
name: Ghirardini, Lavinia
name: POGNA, EVA ARIANNA AURELIA
name: Carletti, Luca
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Nonlinear Optics and Spectroscopy

description: Supplemental information
«Mito» e le visioni musicali di Antonio Buero Vallejo
Creators: name: Ferrante, Giada
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2012

description: Nel corso della sua attività drammaturgica Antonio Buero Vallejo si confrontò con la scrittura di un unico «libreto para una ópera», intitolato «Mito».
Il libretto non fu mai musicato, ma venne pubblicato nel 1968 sulle pagine della rivista «Primer Acto», preceduto da una breve introduzione dell’autore. Nel 1976, «Mito» apparve in un’edizione Espasa- Calpe curata da Francisco García Pavón, inseme a «La doble historia del Doctor Valmy». 
Basandosi su quest’ultima pubblicazione, fedele al testo originale, l’articolo indaga la scrittura di Buero, attraverso una sistematica analisi delle didascalie e della costruzione dialogica dell’opera, evidenziando i numerosi suggerimenti musicali del drammaturgo. 
Dopo una breve introduzione all’opera, si esaminano nel dettaglio gli interventi dell’autore, cercando di rintracciare i diversi ambiti musicali entro cui si muove Buero, per poi arrivare a mostrare la possibile alternanza di un sistema musicale tonale e un sistema musicale dodecafonico.
La scrittura musicale sottesa a «Mito» testimonia della spiccata sensibilità del drammaturgo, permettendo di affermare che Buero concepì il testo in forma musicata, fin dalle prime fasi della sua stesura, sostituendosi, in molti casi, all’eventuale compositore, fino a proporre originali e suggestive soluzioni sonore che questo articolo si prefigge di delineare.

During his dramatic activity, Antonio Buero Vallejo measured himself with the writing of a single «libreto para una ópera», entitled 'Mito'.
This libretto was never set to music, but was published in 1968 in ‘Primer Acto’, preceded by a brief introduction of the author. In 1976 Mito appeared in an Espasa-Calpe volume, edited by Francisco García Pavón, together with ‘La doble historia del Doctor Valmy’. 
Based on this edition, true to the original text, the article investigates Buero’s writing through a methodical analysis of the stage directions and the dialogical construction of the text, highlighting the many musical suggestions of the playwright.
After a brief introduction to Buero’s work, the article studies in detail the interventions of the author, trying to trace the different musical areas within which Buero moves and finally showing the possible oscillation between a tonal and a dodecaphonic musical system.
The musical writing implicit in ‘Mito’, attests the strong sensibility of the playwright and allows to say that Buero conceived the libretto as a musical text since the early stages of its composition, taking the place of the composer, in many cases, and getting to suggest original and interesting sound solutions that this article aims to trace out.
description: Tintas: Quaderni di Letterature iberiche e iberoamericane, Vol 1 (2011)
Politische Entscheidungsfindung in multikomplexen Problemlagen am Beispiel der aktuellen Migrationskrise
Creators: name: Wernstedt, Rolf
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Online Ringvorlesung
subject: DDC 300 / Social sciences
subject: Emigration and immigration
subject: Migration and refugees
subject: Europa
subject: Migration
subject: Flucht

description: Mehrere Millionen Menschen haben sich auf den Weg nach Europa gemacht, um der Verfolgung, Bedrohung oder/und ihrer hoffnungslosen Lage zu entgehen. Sie treffen in Europa auf Staaten und die EU, die politisch, juristisch, administrativ, mental, kulturell und ökonomisch darauf nicht vorbereitet sind. Es soll diskutiert werden, welche Erwartungen in diesem Prozess an wen gerichtet werden können und wie die bisherige politische Entscheidungsfindung zu beurteilen ist.
La citoyenneté interculturelle et l'héritage républicain de J G Fichte
Creators: name: Caron, Jean-François
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Political Science, General.

description: À l'heure où les sociétés occidentales sont frappées par l'individualisme et le désengagement civique, est-il toujours possible de songer à l'établissement d'un vivre ensemble? Mais en même temps, ce vivre ensemble peut-il tenir compte du multiculturalisme de ces sociétés en étant le reflet des différents groupes identitaires? Ces problématiques sont abordées à travers l'analyse de la philosophie du droit du philosophe allemand J. G. Fichte, plus particulièrement à travers son principe de l'intersubjectivité. À partir de cette doctrine juridique, cette thèse soutient qu'il est possible de former une forme de bien commun ouvert à la diversité, tout en jetant les fondements d'une théorie de la citoyenneté appelée "interculturelle".
title: Ultra-High-Throughput Single-Cell Functional Screening by Combination of Microfluidics and GMD-FACS
Creators: name: Yanakieva, Desislava
Publisher: name: UNSPECIFIED
Year: 2020

description: Aim of this work was the establishment and validation of a novel generic functional screening approach for selection of protein variants with desired biological function in an ultra-high-throughput manner. This new process is based on the combination of a S. cerevisiae secretion host, capable of high transformation efficiencies and compatible with high-diversity protein libraries, with a mammalian-based reporter system for activity-dependent fluorescence readout of functional molecules. This strategy represents the base of a straightforward selection platform for testing a high number of different protein molecules for desired biological function. Compartmentalization of the secretor and reporter cells in distinct microreactors enables phenotype-genotype coupling while miniaturization of the test assays to volumes in the picolitre range brings the advantage of rapid biochemical reactions by fast accumulation of secreted molecules. Microfluidic-assisted encapsulation of the two cell types supports the generation of microdroplets with high speed and precision and implementation of hydrogel-forming polymers enables the recovery of uniform hydrogel microbeads surrounding the encapsulated cells. This strategy makes the system compatible to ultra-high throughput fluorescence-activated cell sorting on a commercially available device and enables the screening of high diversity protein libraries.
Influence of block angle and diver stance on power production and takeoff velocity in swim starting.
Creators: name: Stewart, Vivian-Lee.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: Applied Mechanics.

description: This research examined three different diving stances during the competitive grab start of swimming--that of the standard position, called the Toes-Over position, the Toes-Back position where the swimmers were not permitted to curl their toes over the edge of the $-$10 degree inclined starting block and the Level position where the platform was levelled. A starting position was being sought which would increase a swimmer's projection angle from the blocks and thus flight time before entry. Eight female swimmers were filmed using a stationary cinecamera while reaction forces were collected, simultaneously, by a force platform mounted on the starting block. Net forces and moments of force at the three leg joints were calculated using inverse dynamics (Winter, 1979). The powers produced by these net moments were then computed to determine which muscle groups contributed to the work done during the start. Based on the results of this study there were no significant differences in the performances of female swimmers using the grab start technique in terms of takeoff velocity, takeoff angle or horizontal distance for the dive when starting from a level surface or $-$10 degree inclined surface. The hip extensor muscles provided the greatest amount of power during the propulsive (thrust) phase of the swim start.
Prospective analysis of time out-of-home and objectively measured walking duration during a week in a large cohort of older adults
Creators: name: Rapp, Kilian
name: Mikolaizak, Stefanie
name: Rothenbacher, Dietrich
name: Denkinger, Michael D.
name: Klenk, Jochen
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Walking duration
subject: Sensor-based measurement
subject: Body-fixed sensors
subject: Functional comorbidity index
subject: Lubben social network
subject: DDC 610 / Medicine & health
subject: Walking
subject: Healthy aging
subject: Comorbidity
subject: Gehen
subject: Älterer Mensch
subject: Gesundheitsverhalten

description: Background Physical activity is considered an effective measure to promote health in older people. There is evidence that the number of outdoor trips increases physical activity by increasing walking duration. The objective of this study was to analyse the relationship between daily time out-of-home and walking duration. Furthermore, predictors for walking duration and time out-of-home were evaluated. Methods Walking duration was measured prospectively over a 1 week period by a body-fixed sensor and the time out-of-home was assessed by a questionnaire at the same days. Seven thousand, two hundred and forty-three days from 1289 older people (mean age 75.4 years) with both sensor-based measures and completed questionnaires were included in the analyses. To account for several observation days per participant multilevel regression analyses were applied. Analyses were stratified according to the time out-of-home (more or less than 100 min/day). Results In the group with less than 100 min out-of-home, each additional minute out-of-home added 20 s to overall walking duration. If the time exceeded 100 min the additional increase of walking duration was only moderate or weak. Leaving the home once added 40 min of walking, the following trips 15 to 20 min. Increasing age, lower gait speed, comorbidities, low temperature, rain and specific week days (Sunday) decreased both the time out-of-home and walking duration. Other variables like gender (female), isolation or living with a spouse reduced the time out-of-home without affecting walking duration. Conclusions Being out-of-home increases daily walking duration. The association is strongest if the time out-of-home is 100 min or less.
«La vida invisible» ed «El séptimo velo» di Juan Manuel de Prada: quando echi e geometrie divengono formule
Creators: name: Cattaneo, Simone
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2012

description: Il presente articolo vorrebbe mostrare, soffermandosi soprattutto sull’analisi dei romanzi «La vida invisible» (2003) e «El séptimo velo» (2007), come la traiettoria letteraria di Juan Manuel de Prada sia nel fondo frutto di una progressiva sedimentazione di tic stilistici, metafore, similitudini, immagini e personaggi che ricorrono sistematicamente nei suoi libri, finendo per dare vita a universi chiusi, retti su archetipi che, con la loro fissità, offuscano il brillante stile barocco dell’autore e mettono a nudo una certa serialità delle vicende narrate.

The aim of this article is to show, through the analysis of the novels ‘La vida invisible’ and ‘El séptimo velo’, how the whole literary work of Juan Manuel de Prada –one of the most acclaimed spanish writers born in the Seventies– is based on a progressive sedimentation of stylistic devices, metaphors, similes, images and characters. As a consequence, the literary worlds that he creates in his books are claustrophobic and rely on archetypes that, because of their shared traits, undermine the brilliance of his baroque style and reveal some repetitiveness in the elaboration of plots and situations.
description: Tintas: Quaderni di Letterature iberiche e iberoamericane, Vol 1 (2011)
ORFV: A Novel Oncolytic and Immune Stimulating Parapoxvirus Therapeutic
Creators: name: Rintoul, Julia
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: Oncolytic Virus
Poxvirus
Cancer Therapy
Immunotherapy
Parapoxvirus

description: Replicating viruses for the treatment of cancer have a number of advantages over traditional therapeutic modalities. They are highly targeted, self-amplifying, and have the added potential to act as both gene-therapy delivery vehicles and oncolytic agents. ORFV, (Parapoxvirus ovis, or Orf virus) is the prototypic species of the Parapoxvirus genus, causing a benign disease in its natural ungulate host. ORFV possesses a number of unique properties that make it an ideal viral backbone for the development of a cancer therapeutic: it is safe in humans, has the ability to cause repeat infections even in the presence of antibody, and it induces a potent Th-1 dominated immune response. Here I show for the first time that live replicating ORFV induces an anti-tumour immune response in multiple syngeneic mouse models of cancer that is mediated largely by the potent activation of both cytokine-secreting, and tumouricidal natural killer (NK) cells. I have also highlighted the clinical potential of the virus by demonstration of human cancer cell oncolysis including efficacy in an A549 xenograft model of cancer. The mechanism of ORFV-mediated activation of NK cells has been explored, where I have demonstrated activation via direct ex vivo infection of NK cells. I have also highlighted ORFV-mediated activation of dendritic cells (DCs), both in vivo and by direct infection ex vivo. An in vivo DC depletion study demonstrated an indirect mechanism for ORFV NK cell activation, where in the absence of DCs, NK cell activation was diminished, as was the ability of ORFV to clear lung metastases. The ORFV innate immune stimulatory profile has been harnessed for therapeutic application in an experimental surgery model of cancer, where ORFV therapy at the time of surgery reduces the number of cancer metastases. These data highlight the clinical potential of a live, immune stimulating Parapoxvirus therapeutic.
Religious Revival in Tajikistan: The Soviet Legacy Revisited
Creators: name: Thibault, Hélène
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: Tajikistan
USSR
Islam
Central Asia
Secularization
Ethnography

description: This dissertation proposes a political reading of the religious revival taking place in Tajikistan following the country’s independence in 1991. It considers the impact of the Soviet legacy on the place of religion in Tajik society and on different modes of religiosity. It also highlights the continuities between the Soviet and post-Soviet eras and the porous boundaries between the religious and secular realms in Tajikistan. First, the thesis describes the specificities of the Soviet secularization process and emphasizes the holistic character of the Soviet ideology. I suggest that the secularization of Central Asia should be understood not as the complete eradication of religion but as the societies’ accommodation to assertive secular policies, which produced a certain understanding of the place of religion in society. The research then looks at the resilience of Soviet values within both institutional and discursive traditions, as well as within individuals’ perspectives on religion. This dissertation avoids reifying the state and accounts for the great diversity of state actors’ strategies and interests as well as within communities. Finally, drawing upon extensive ethnographic fieldwork in Northern Tajikistan, the research depicts the religious revival from a local perspective by addressing the religious experiences of born-again Muslims. I suggest that Islamic values offset the Soviet holistic ideology, which can be explained by the affinities of religious and Soviet moral codes. The research also shows that increasing levels of religiosity contribute to social tensions around the definition of new moral standards in an uncertain socio-economic environment.
The Hellenic School of Ottawa and Cultural Maintenance: The Perceptions of the Administrators
Creators: name: Zoupa, Sofia
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: Greek ethnic group
Hellenic School of Ottawa
ethno-cultural leisure activities
heritage language
cultural maintenance

description: In multicultural societies like Canada where cultural diversity always exist, ethnic groups strive to preserve their cultural heritage and not become assimilated by the mainstream culture. Today, ethnic groups such as the Hellenic Community of Ottawa seek innovative means to sustain cultural elements such as ethnic language, religious beliefs, and social, cultural and leisure pursuits. This phenomenological study presents the perspectives of recent administrators of the Hellenic School of Ottawa toward language and cultural maintenance. The results of this study indicate that the Hellenic School of Ottawa is vital and effective for maintaining the Hellenic culture and language beyond the 3rd and 4th generation, as it includes the instruction of Greek language and familiarization with Greek culture. The results also indicate that students of the language school: (1) Are provided with an opportunity to learn Greek which may not be received at home, (2) learn to appreciate their ethnic heritage through language oriented leisure activities, (3) make friendships with those of same ethnic cultural heritage, (4) learn to have a deeper appreciation of multiculturalism and its place in Canadian society, and (5) develop confidence to speak their ethnic language. This study also provides suggestions for the enhancement of the operation of the HSO, such as addition of more Greek-content leisure activities, organization of trips to Greece, and expansion of the instructional time.
Circular dichroism in the multi-photon ionization of oriented helium ions
Creators: name: Ilchen, Markus
name: Douguet, Nicolas
name: Mazza, Tommaso
name: Rafipoor, Jones
name: Callegari, Carlo
name: Finetti, Paola
name: Plekan, Oksana
name: Prince, Kevin
name: Demidovich, Alexander
name: Grazioli, Cesare
name: Avaldi, Lorenzo
name: Bolognesi, Paola
name: Coreno, Marcello
name: Di Fraia, Michele
name: Devetta, Michele
name: Ovcharenko, Yevheniy
name: Dusterer, Stefan
name: Ueda, Kiyoshi
name: Bartschat, Klaus
name: Grum-Grzhimailo, Alexei
name: Bozhevolnov, Astislav
name: Kazansky, Andrey
name: Kabachnik, Nikolay
name: Meyer, Michael
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Synopsis Intense, circularly polarized extreme-ultraviolet (XUV) and near-infrared (NIR) laser pulses are combined to doubleionize atomic helium via the oriented intermediate He+(3p) resonance state. A strong and NIR-intensity dependent circular dichroism is accounted to a helicity dependent AC-Stark shift.
title: Synthese seitenketten-substituierter Homopolypeptide zur Entwicklung neuer Orientierungsmedien für die NMR-Spektroskopie
Creators: name: Alcaraz Janßen, Marcel
Publisher: name: UNSPECIFIED
Year: 2020

description: In dieser Dissertation geht es um die Synthese verschiedener Polyglutamate und deren Verwendung als Orientierungsmedien. Hierbei sind vor allem die enantiodifferenzierenden Eigenschaften der resultierenden Medien von Interesse. Der Einfluss einer chiralen Seitenkette auf den Enantiodifferenzierungsprozess wird unter anderem systematisch untersucht. Außerdem werden die Orientierungseigenschaften eines Polyglutamates mit einer Dreifachbindung in der Seitenkette betrachtet, um dessen Potential als Ausgangsverbindung für Postpolymerisationsversuche zu demonstrieren.
Il viaggio africano di José Más
Creators: name: Manera, Danilo
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2012

description: Questo lavoro ripercorre la storia della ricezione critica dell’opera di José Más (1885-1941) fino all’attuale risveglio d’interesse dovuto al suo ruolo pionieristico nella narrativa coloniale sulla Guinea Equatoriale, in particolare l’isola di Fernando Poo. Delinea quindi tutta la produzione d’ispirazione africana dell’autore, concentrandosi sul testo chiave, strutturato come viaggio, «En el país de los bubis» (1920), di cui analizza la materia autobiografica ed etnografica, i tratti stilistici e la strategia narrativa delle diverse parti, nonché la componente ideologica.

This article traces the critical reception of the work of José Más (1885-1941) and the current revival of interest due to its pioneering role in colonial writing on Equatorial Guinea, in particular the island of Fernando Poo. It outlines all African-inspired books of the author, focusing on the basic text, structured as a journey, ‘En el país de los bubis’ (1920), which analyzes the autobiographical and ethnographic material, the stylistic features and narrative strategy of its varied parts as well as the ideological component.
description: Tintas: Quaderni di Letterature iberiche e iberoamericane, Vol 1 (2011)
title: Particle number emission rates of aerosol sources in 40 German households and their contributions to ultrafine and fine particle exposure
title: Particle number emission rates of aerosol sources in 40 German households and their contributions to ultrafine and fine particle exposure
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Birmili, Wolfram
name: Zhao, Jiangyue
name: Hussein, Tareq
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2021

description: More representative data on source-specific particle number emission rates and associated exposure in European households are needed. In this study, indoor and outdoor particle number size distributions (10-800 nm) were measured in 40 German households under real-use conditions in over 500 days. Particle number emission rates were derived for around 800 reported indoor source events. The highest emission rate was caused by burning candles (5.3 * 1013 h-1). Data were analyzed by the single-parameter approach (SPA) and the indoor aerosol dynamics model approach (IAM). Due to the consideration of particle deposition, coagulation, and time-dependent ventilation rates, the emission rates of the IAM approach were about twice as high as those of the SPA. Correction factors are proposed to convert the emission rates obtained from the SPA approach into more realistic values. Overall, indoor sources contributed ~ 56% of the daily-integrated particle number exposure in households under study. Burning candles and opening the window leads to seasonal differences in the contributions of indoor sources to residential exposure (70% and 40% in the cold and warm season, respectively). Application of the IAM approach allowed to attribute the contributions of outdoor particles to the penetration through building shell and entry through open windows (26% and 15%, respectively). © 2020 Leibniz-Institut für Troposphärenforschung e.V.
Supplementary document for Interference-based wide-range dynamic tuning of the plasmonic color of single gold nanoparticles - 5189237.pdf
Creators: name: Nakayama, Bokusui
name: Nakabayashi, Takahito
name: Esashika, Keiko
name: Hiruta, Yuki
name: Saiki, Toshiharu
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Nanophotonics

description: Supporting information
Bioinformatics Tools for the Analysis of Gene-Phenotype Relationships Coupled with a Next Generation ChIP-Sequencing Data Analysis Pipeline
Creators: name: Pranckeviciene, Erinija
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2015
Subjects: Gene-Phenotype Relationships
ChIP-Sequencing

description: The rapidly advancing high-throughput and next generation sequencing technologies facilitate deeper insights into the molecular mechanisms underlying the expression of phenotypes in living organisms. Experimental data and scientific publications following this technological advancement have rapidly accumulated in public databases. Meaningful analysis of currently available data in genomic databases requires sophisticated computational tools and algorithms, and presents considerable challenges to molecular biologists without specialized training in bioinformatics. To study their phenotype of interest molecular biologists must prioritize large lists of poorly characterized genes generated in high-throughput experiments. To date, prioritization tools have primarily been designed to work with phenotypes of human diseases as defined by the genes known to be associated with those diseases. There is therefore a need for more prioritization tools for phenotypes which are not related with diseases generally or diseases with which no genes have yet been associated in particular. Chromatin immunoprecipitation followed by next generation sequencing (ChIP-Seq) is a method of choice to study the gene regulation processes responsible for the expression of cellular phenotypes. Among publicly available computational pipelines for the processing of ChIP-Seq data, there is a lack of tools for the downstream analysis of composite motifs and preferred binding distances of the DNA binding proteins. This thesis is aimed to address the gap existing in the tools available to process high-throughput ChIP-Seq data to provide rapid analysis and interpretation of large lists of poorly characterized genes. Additionally, programs for the analysis of preferred binding distances of transcription factors were integrated into the pipeline for expedited results. A gene prioritization algorithm linking genes to non-disease phenotypes described by meaningful keywords was developed. This algorithm can be used to process candidate genetic targets of a transcription factor produced by a computational pipeline for ChIP-Seq data analysis.
A cluster randomized clinical trial to evaluate the effectiveness of the Implementation of Infant Pain Practice Change (ImPaC) Resource to improve pain practices in hospitalized infants: a study protocol
Creators: name: Bueno, Mariana
name: Stevens, Bonnie
name: Barwick, Melanie A
name: Riahi, Shirine
name: Li, Shelly-Anne
name: Lanese, Alexa
name: Willan, Andrew R
name: Synnes, Anne
name: Estabrooks, Carole A
name: Chambers, Christine T
name: Harrison, Denise
name: Yamada, Janet
name: Stinson, Jennifer
name: Campbell-Yeo, Marsha
name: Noel, Melanie
name: Gibbins, Sharyn
name: LeMay, Sylvie
name: Isaranuwatchai, Wanrudee
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2020

description: Background: Hospitalized infants undergo multiple painful procedures daily. Despite the significant evidence, procedural pain assessment and management continues to be suboptimal. Repetitive and untreated pain at this vital developmental juncture is associated with negative behavioral and neurodevelopmental consequences. To address this knowledge to practice gap, we developed the web-based Implementation of Infant Pain Practice Change (ImPaC) Resource to guide change in healthcare professionals’ pain practice behaviors. This protocol describes the evaluation of the intervention effectiveness and implementation of the Resource and how organizational context influences outcomes. Methods: An effectiveness-implementation hybrid type 1 design, blending a cluster randomized clinical trial and a mixed-methods implementation study will be used. Eighteen Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs) across Canada will be randomized to intervention (INT) or standard practice (SP) groups. NICUs in the INT group will receive the Resource for six months; those in the SP group will continue with practice as usual and will be offered the Resource after a six-month waiting period. Data analysts will be blinded to group allocation. To address the intervention effectiveness, the INT and SP groups will be compared on clinical outcomes including the proportion of infants who have procedural pain assessed and managed, and the frequency and nature of painful procedures. Data will be collected at baseline (before randomization) and at completion of the intervention (six months). Implementation outcomes (feasibility, fidelity, implementation cost, and reach) will be measured at completion of the intervention. Sustainability will be assessed at six and 12 months following the intervention. Organizational context will be assessed to examine its influence on intervention and implementation outcomes. Discussion: This mixed-methods study aims to determine the effectiveness and the implementation of a multifaceted online strategy for changing healthcare professionals’ pain practices for hospitalized infants. Implementation strategies that are easily and effectively implemented are important for sustained change. The results will inform healthcare professionals and decision-makers on how to address the challenges of implementing the Resource within various organizational contexts. Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT03825822. Registered 31 January 2019.
Fare dell’Africa un nuovo Brasile. Letteratura e retorica coloniale nell’Ottocento portoghese
Creators: name: Russo, Vincenzo
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2012

description: La costruzione di una retorica coloniale per un paese come il Portogallo alla fine del Diciannovesimo secolo non può prescindere dalla sua storia coloniale né dalle nuove contingenze storico-politiche europee e internazionali: l’indipendenza del Brasile (1822), la “corsa all’Africa”, l’imperialismo di nuove e vecchie potenze europee, il Congresso di Berlino, l’Ultimatum dell’Inghilterra al Portogallo (1890). La narrativa portoghese, anche quella non di classica ispirazione coloniale, traduce in un vasto archivio di rappresentazioni – spesso originale o almeno differente rispetto alle retoriche europee – l’Africa come spazio mitografico.

The construction of Portuguese colonial rhetoric at the end of the nineteenth century is closely linked to the colonial history of the nation and the new international political and historical contingencies: the independence of Brazil (1822), the “scramble for Africa”, the old and new imperialism of European powers, the Congress of Berlin, the British Ultimatum to Portugal (1890). The nineteenth-century Portuguese novel, even that is not inspired by the imperial novels, translated Africa as a mythographic space into a vast archive of representations, often original or, at least, different from the rhetoric of Europe.
description: Tintas: Quaderni di Letterature iberiche e iberoamericane, Vol 1 (2011)
Radial vs. dorsal approach for elastic stable internal nailing in pediatric radius fractures—a 10 year review
Creators: name: Cintean, Raffael
name: Eickhoff, Alexander
name: Pankratz, Carlos
name: Strauss, Beatrice
name: Gebhard, Florian
name: Schütze, Konrad
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: ESIN
subject: forearm fractures
subject: EPL
subject: SBRN
subject: nerve damage
subject: tendon lesion
subject: approach
subject: radial fracture
subject: pediatric
subject: DDC 610 / Medicine & health
subject: Child
subject: Fractures, Bone; Surgery
subject: Radius fractures
subject: Forearm
subject: Kind
subject: Speichenbruch
subject: Nervenverletzung
subject: Sensibilitätsstörung

description: Background: Forearm fractures are one of the most common fractures in children. Over the last years, a tendency towards surgical treatment was seen, especially closed reduction and internal fixation with elastic stable internal nailing (ESIN). Despite an overall low complication rate being described, a risk of intraoperative complications remains. Material and Methods: A total of 237 patients (mean age 8.3 ± 3.4 (1–16) years) with forearm or radius fractures treated with ESIN between 2010 and 2020 were included in the study. The retrospective review of 245 focused on fracture pattern, pre- and postoperative fracture angulation, intra- and postoperative complications, and surgical approach for nail implant. The fracture pattern and pre- and postoperative angulation were measured radiographically. Complications such as ruptures of the extensor pollicis longus (EPL) tendon and sensibility disorders of the superficial radial nerve were further analyzed. Results: In 201 cases (82%), we performed a dorsal approach; 44 fractures (17.9%) were treated with a radial approach. In total, we found 25 (10%) surgery-related complications, of which 21 (8.6%) needed further surgical treatment. In total, we had 14 EPL ruptures (5.7%), 4 sensibility disorders of the superficial radial nerve (1.6%), 2 refractures after implant removal (0.8%), 2 superficial wound infections (0.8%), and 1 child with limited range of motion after surgery (0.4%). No statistical significance between pre- and postoperative angulation correlated to fracture patterns or diameter of the elastic nail was seen. As expected, there was a significant improvement of postoperative angulation. Using radial approach in distal radial fractures showed a lower rate of surgical related complications, 2.3% of which need further surgical treatment as well as better postoperative angulations compared to the dorsal approach (8.5%). Conclusion: Especially due to the low risk of damaging the EPL tendon, the radial approach showed a lower complication rate which needed further surgical treatment. The risk of lesions of the superficial radial nerve remains.
D2.3 - GDPR-compliant and Privacy-Preserving Analytics for Healthcare Providers
Creators: name: Suite5
name: SECURA BV
name: Tampere University
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020

description: State of the art analysis on Functional Encryption and the provision of a set of GDPR-compliant analytics that can offer analytics services to providers that have access to encrypted data. The deliverable also reports on investigated and analytics techniques used by CSPs and Healthcare Providers in order to secure their infrastructures against cyber threats.
Fragmentación y descorporización del yo en la poesía de Alejandra Pizarnik
Creators: name: Cancellieri, Natalia
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2012

description: El artículo que se presenta a continuación propone una aproximación a la lírica de Alejandra Pizarnik a partir del análisis estilístico computacional del corpus de su poesía completa. En particular, aprovechando algunas aportaciones críticas sobre la obra de la autora argentina, se indagan las formas de la representación de un sujeto poético dominante, que se construye a través de la colisión entre las dimensiones lacerantes de la muerte y la corporeidad para engendrar la imagen fragmentada de una individualidad escindida y contradictoria. Las modalidades discursivas mediante las cuales se lleva a cabo dicha representación se exploran a raíz de indicios reveladores como el uso peculiar de los pronombres personales o de las localizaciones espaciales, observados según un enfoque diacrónico que permita contemplar la evolución poética de una autora cuya obra oscila constantemente entre el impulso autorreferencial y la sublimación estética.

The following paper proposes an approach to Alejandra Pizarnik’s poetry based on the quantitative stylistic analysis of the corpus of her complete poetical works. In particular, exploiting some critical studies about the work of the Argentinian poet, it investigates the forms of the representation of a prevailing poetic subject, that is built through a collision between the painful conditions of death and corporeity in order to breed the fragmented image of a split and contradictory individuality. The discursive modalities through which this representation is pursued are explored through the study of a distinctive use of personal pronouns and spatial localizations, that are observed in a diachronic perspective with the intention of considering the poetic evolution of a writer whose work constantly wavers between the autobiographical urge and the aesthetic sublimation.
description: Tintas: Quaderni di Letterature iberiche e iberoamericane, Vol 1 (2011)
Supplementary document for Interference-based wide-range dynamic tuning of the plasmonic color of single gold nanoparticles - 5189237.pdf
Creators: name: Nakayama, Bokusui
name: Nakabayashi, Takahito
name: Esashika, Keiko
name: Hiruta, Yuki
name: Saiki, Toshiharu
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Nanophotonics

description: Supporting information
Stanley Fish, Chi ha paura di Wolfgang Iser?
Creators: name: Massari, Laura
Publisher: name: Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia - Università degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2011

description: Presentiamo qui la traduzione del saggio di Stanley Fish, Why no one’safraid of Wolfgang Iser, pubblicato nel numero di Marzo 1981 della rivista Diacritics. L’articolo fu scritto in risposta all’intervista a Wolfgang Iser, pubblicata nel numero precedente della stessa rivista, ma prende spunto per lo più da una delle massime opere di Iser, ovvero L’atto di lettura. Una teoria della risposta estetica (Il Mulino, Bologna, 1987). In esso l’autore valuta, critica e confuta molti dei capisaldi della teoria letteraria iseriana, a partire dalla natura ontologica degli agenti coinvolti nell’atto di lettura, fino all’esame fenomenologico  dell’interpretazione, che Fish applica sia al testo letterario che alla percezione del mondo reale.
description: ENTHYMEMA, N° 5 (2011)
Igor’ Alekseevič Pil’ščikov, Il retaggio scientifico del formalismo russo e le scienze umane moderne
Creators: name: Cadamagnani, Cinzia
Publisher: name: Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia - Università degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2011

description: Lo stretto legame che unisce le teorie narratologiche degli anni Sessanta e Settanta agli studi pionieristici della scuola formale e, in particolare, della Società per lo studio del linguaggio poetico (Obščestvo po izučeniju poètičeskogo jazyka – OPOJAZ), è ormai da tempo ampiamente riconosciuto. Il presente intervento, nel proporre una ricostruzione sintetica del formalismo russo, intende soffermarsi soprattutto sui contributi apportati alla metodologia dai rappresentanti del Circolo linguistico di Mosca (Moskovskij lingvističeskij kružok – MLK) al fine di evidenziarne il retaggio nelle scienze umane moderne. Particolare attenzione verrà dedicata alla figura di Boris I. Jarcho e all’applicazione del metodo statistico-induttivo nello studio del fatto letterario e linguistico.
description: ENTHYMEMA, N° 5 (2011)
Model studies for the synthesis of taxoid side-chains.
Creators: name: Donnelly, Ronald F.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: Chemistry, Organic.

description: The objectives of this thesis were to make progress toward the synthesis of the side-chain of paclitaxel. The model systems chosen were benzoyl-1,3-dithiane, (1-phenyl-2-(1,3-dithiacyclohexyl)ethanone) and hydrocinnamoyl-1,3-dithiane, (4-phenyl-1-(1,3-dithiacyclohexyl)butan-2-one). This work consisted of screening several acyl equivalents to determine which one could best be used for a one carbon homologation. Enantioselective reduction of the carbonyl group, using three different chiral reducing agents, was also studied. Studies were also conducted to determine the most efficient manner in which to unmask the carbonyl group and convert it to the more stable methyl ester. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
The Canadian automation controversy, 1955-1969.
Creators: name: Roper, Pamela.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: History, Canadian.

description: "The Canadian Automation Controversy 1955-1969", examines the era in which Canadians confronted the prospect of "thinking machines" replacing human labour. The automation controversy arose because workers, threatened by the thought of computer-controlled machines replacing people, and business owners, excited by the prospects of lower production costs and increased productivity, sought in each their own way to control the pace and impact of technological change. The issues generating the controversy--how to and who should direct society's adjustment to technological change--are as old at least as the first industrial revolution and as current as nightly newscasts that describe Canada's attempts to cope with "economic restructuring." "Mechanization", "automation", "globalization"--are only different words to describe the same phenomenon of capital's drive to enhance productivity and increase returns to investment through technological innovation and workers' consequent fears of unemployment. Ultimately, the automation controversy was but one stage of the on-going ideological discourse concerning full employment in Canada and the respective roles and relative power of the State, labour and capital in promoting economic growth. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Studies on the development of synthetic routes to enediynes.
Creators: name: Comanita, Bogdan Mihai.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1997
Subjects: subject: Chemistry, Organic.

description: The thesis investigates synthetic routes to enediynes, a class of compounds of widespread interest due to their unusual molecular structure, potent antitumor activity and interesting mode of action. The preparation of eleven and twelve membered ring enediynes bearing oxy substituents in both propargylic positions is described via a novel intramolecular samarium diiodide coupling reaction of $\alpha,\beta$-unsaturated acetylenic aldehydes.* Other synthetic strategies based on various cyclization reactions (crossed aldol condensation, acetylide electrophile reaction, silicon directed electrophilic substitution and low valent palladium coupling) were examined.* A new anti-Brook rearrangement of acetophenone enol ethers was discovered that allows regiospecific migration of the silicon from oxygen to the ortho position of the aromatic ring. The enolate generated in the process allows tandem electrophilic reactions to be carried out at the carbon $\alpha$ to the carbonyl.* It was found that titanium tetrachloride induced the rearrangement of TMS acetylene derivatives providing an interesting entry to unsaturated exocyclic cyclopentanes.* The reaction of silyl substituted zinc/aluminum acetylides with ketals yields the corresponding propargylic ethers in a single step.* These findings provided useful solutions to the synthesis of the target compounds and hold promise for further utilization in the field of enediyne chemistry. ftn*Please refer to the dissertation for diagrams.
Conversazione con Cesare Segre
Creators: name: Borghi, Daniele
name: Ottaviano Quintavalle, Alessandra
name: Reina, Riccardo
Publisher: name: Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia - Università degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2011

description: Di seguito trovate il video di Conversazione con Cesare Segre.  Video
description: ENTHYMEMA, N° 5 (2011)
Study of dynamic headway control bus dispatching rules.
Creators: name: Xu, Ji.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: Transportation.

description: The critical criterion for evaluating a bus control strategy is how well it can improve the reliability of bus service. For high-frequency urban bus service, the service reliability is more a function of bus regularity than schedule adherence. Previous research has shown that headway control strategy is more appropriate for improving bus service with high service frequencies than the traditional schedule control strategy. A customer survey has been undertaken to determine what is the largest headway, i.e., the time between the departure of two successive buses at stops of a given route, such that headway control strategy is still reasonable for bus control. Based on the results of our survey, the research of this thesis is focused on headway control when it is believed to be suitable. Regularity of a given route for a given period of the day can be controlled through real-time actions aimed at maintaining adherence to the planned headway. While holding policies have been shown to be very effective in keeping the headway constant, they usually suffer from an inability to adjust quickly to the changing conditions along the route, such as buses breaking down, or not pulling out from the garage. In this thesis, we propose an improved holding policy--"flexible scheduling" as a means for the buses along the route to auto-regulate themselves based on real-time data obtained through the Automatic Vehicle Location Control (AVLC) system, a technology that allows the controller to know the relative position of buses along the route. The idea of flexible scheduling will be discussed in detail. Experimentation of this policy will be conducted on a simulation model. Results will be reported and analysed. A user interface which provides easy access to both the simulation model and a control module is also developed to provide a better working environment to the users of these models. Finally, conclusions and avenues for future research will be discussed.
Is there a Difference in the Immune Response, Efficacy, Effectiveness and Safety of Seasonal Influenza Vaccine in Males and Females? : A Systematic Review
Creators: name: Tadount, Fazia
name: Doyon-Plourde, Pamela
name: Rafferty, Ellen
name: MacDonald, Shannon
name: Sadarangani, Manish
name: Quach, Caroline
Publisher: name: Elsevier
Year: 2024

description: Introduction: Seasonal influenza is an important cause of morbidity and mortality, despite being vaccine-preventable. Sex factors (genes and hormones) seem to impact individuals’ susceptibility to infectious diseases and their response to vaccination. However, most vaccine studies do not explicitly assess sex differences in vaccine response, but rather adjust for sex. Methods: We conducted a systematic review to analyze immunogenicity, efficacy, effectiveness and/or safety of seasonal influenza vaccine data stratified by sex. We searched PubMed, EMBASE, CINAHL, Web of Science and clinicaltrials.gov for observational studies and phase III/IV trials from January 1990 to June 2018, published in English or French. Two reviewers independently screened all references, then proceeded to data extraction and quality assessment using the Cochrane tools (RoB and ROBINS-I) on included studies. Results: Of the 5,745 citations retrieved, 46 studies were included in the SR. Overall, 18 studies assessed immunogenicity, 1 estimated efficacy, 6 measured effectiveness and 25 evaluated safety of seasonal influenza vaccine in females and males (four studies reported on two sex-stratified outcomes concomitantly). Conclusion: No clear conclusion could be drawn regarding the effect of sex on the immunogenicity and effectiveness of seasonal influenza vaccine, but higher rates of adverse events following immunization (AEFIs) were reported in females. The heterogeneity of data and studies’ low quality prevented us from conducting a meta-analysis. There is a need to emphasize on the appropriate use of the terms sex and gender in biomedical research. Evidence of higher quality is needed to better understand sex differences in response to influenza vaccine.