cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Flussi migratori, religione e diritto nella polis euro-mediterranea
Creators: name: Freni, Fortunato
Publisher: name: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale
Year: 2012

description: Contributo sottoposto a valutazioneSOMMARIO: 1. L’incremento dell’immigrazione in Europa nell’attuale contesto politico e religioso - 2. La “Primavera araba” e le tensioni afferenti alla libertà religiosa nei nuovi equilibri geopolitici - 3. Gli odierni fermenti culturali e giuridici nell’Islam mediterraneo - 4. La prospettiva di una laicità inclusiva euro-mediterranea avverso gli esclusivi schemi “mondialatinizzanti” - 5. Il ruolo dell’Europa nel bacino del Mediterraneo - 6. Alcuni strumenti per estendere la libertà di coscienza a tutte le tendenze culturali: a) il dialogo interreligioso - 7. Segue: b) le normative concordate - 8. Il decentramento comunitario e l’esigenza di una duttile (ma anche non discriminatoria) governance europea.
description: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale, 2012: 19 novembre
La religione nell’ordinamento algerino tra previsioni costituzionali e normativa ordinaria in materia di esercizio dei culti diversi dal musulmano
Creators: name: Ivaldi, Maria Cristina
Publisher: name: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale
Year: 2012

description: Contributo sottoposto a valutazione.SOMMARIO: 1. Rilievi introduttivi – 2. Il trattamento riservato alla religione nelle costituzioni algerine postcoloniali – 3. La disciplina in materia di esercizio dei culti diversi dal musulmano varata nel 2006 – 4. I decreti di esecuzione della normativa de qua – 5. Tendenze evolutive:
description: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale, 2012: 19 novembre
Understanding the neighbourhood attributes which best support independent living opportunities for adults with intellectual disability
Creators: name: MacMillan, Catherine
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2019
Subjects: neighbourhood attributes
intellectual disability
independent living
just neighbourhoods
place and space
knowledge and power
new urbanism
human factors and sociotechnical systems
urban planning
urban design

description: This research examined the neighbourhood as a system for identifying and understanding the attributes that would support independent living opportunities for adults with an intellectual disability. Neighbourhood attributes such as roads, seats, parks and facilities influence how people live in an urban designed space. The research developed an understanding of how the neighbourhood attributes may or may not support these adults, who can and want to live away from the family home, in a regular house in a regular street. While choosing where to live is an important decision for anybody, the decision is more complex for adults with intellectual disability. As the longevity of adults with intellectual disability increases many of these adults will continue to outlive their parents and carers. This research, after identifying a gap in current urban planning research, investigated how various combinations of neighbourhood attributes provided opportunities for independently living for adults with intellectual disability. This research examined how attributes, if included or omitted from a neighbourhood might impact on independent living opportunities for the target group. This research excluded other factors such as levels of support and funding which also impact on independent living opportunities.
Additional file 7 of Estimating the quality of eukaryotic genomes recovered from metagenomic analysis with EukCC
Creators: name: Saary, Paul
name: Mitchell, Alex L.
name: Finn, Robert D.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 7. Review history
Accesso a internet, libertà religiosa informatica e buon costume
Creators: name: Pedullà, Luca
Publisher: name: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale
Year: 2012

description: SOMMARIO: 1. Accesso a internet: nuove libertà e nuovi pericoli – 2. La formazione individuale del sentire religioso, oggi, nel nuovo contesto che potremmo definire di "libertà religiosa informatica" – 3. L'attuale senso della nozione di "buon costume" al vaglio del cyberspace e ipotesi de jure condendo.
description: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale, 2012: 19 novembre
Supplementary document for Controlling quality of SiO2 Colloidal Crystals by Temperature Ramping on the Vertical Convective Self-Assembly Method - 5284823.pdf
Creators: name: Castañeda-Uribe, Octavio
name: Mendez, Henry
name: Salcedo, Juan
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: A-RTS spectra of fabricated CC films
Micropropagation and Encapsulation of the Tropical Hardwoods, Corymbia torelliana x C. citriodora and Khaya senegalensis
Creators: name: Hung, Cao Dinh
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2011
Subjects: plant tissue culture
in vitro propagation
synthetic seed production
germplasm preservation and exchange

description: Establishment of plantations of the eucalypt, Corymbia torelliana × C. citriodora, and the African mahogany, Khaya senegalensis, has been constrained by limited seed supply and low amenability to propagation from cuttings. This thesis describes micropropagation and encapsulation methods for proliferating and storing germplasm of these two hardwoods. The research determined: (1) hormone and nutrient formulations for shoot proliferation; (2) carry-over effects of proliferation treatments on plantlet formation; (3) hormones, nutrient formulations, temperatures, pre-acclimatisation treatments and nursery substrates for shoot regrowth from capsules or plantlet formation from synthetic seeds; and (4) media for maintaining explant viability during long-term capsule storage.
In tema di responsabilità professionale dell’avvocato rotale
Creators: name: Serra, Beatrice
Publisher: name: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale
Year: 2012

description: Contributo sottoposto a valutazioneSOMMARIO: 1. Rilievo della pronuncia in esame - 2. La vicenda che ha condotto all’appello - 3. L’attività dell’avvocato rotale quale prestazione d’opera intellettuale - 4. L’esistenza di un’apposita normativa canonica quale indice dell’appartenenza della materia alla sfera di competenza esclusiva della Chiesa. Rilievi critici - 5. La peculiare natura dell’attività processuale dell’avvocato rotale quale elemento che esclude un sindacato del giudice statale. Rilievi critici - 6. (segue) Elementi funzionali all’esercizio della giurisdizione statale: il contenuto dell’incarico, la ragionevole probabilità, l’obbligo di informazione - 7. Considerazioni conclusive.
description: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale, 2012: 19 novembre
Das Energie-Sparschwein
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Privathaushalt
subject: Endenergie
subject: Primärenergie
subject: Heizenergieeinsparung
subject: Dämmstoff
subject: Holz
subject: Kunststoff
subject: Metall
subject: Transparente Wärmedämmung
subject: Gebäudesanierung
subject: Heizkessel
subject: Wärmedämmung
subject: Heizen
subject: Lüften
subject: Gebäudeklimatisierung
subject: Energiesparen
subject: Energieeffizienz
subject: Heizkosten
subject: Klima | Energie
subject: Nachhaltigkeit | Strategien | Internationales
subject: Climate | Energy
subject: Sustainability | Strategies | International matters

description: Die Mehrzahl der Bundesbürgerinnen und Bundesbürger ist der Ansicht, dass die meiste Energie in privaten Haushalten für Elektrogeräte verbraucht wird. Das ist falsch. Der wahre Energiefresser und damit auch der kostspieligste ist die Heizung. Der überwiegende Teil der von uns eingesetzten Energie geht in die Beheizung unserer Wohnungen und Häuser. Das verursacht nicht nur hohe Kosten, sondern auch eine erhebliche Umweltbelastung. Denn mit unseren Wohnungen heizen wir zugleich das ⁠Klima⁠ auf: Privathaushalte in Deutschland setzten nach unseren Erkenntnissen ca. 191 Millionen Tonnen Kohlendioxid frei (2007; ohne Kraftstoffe). Und Kohlendioxid ist der Klimakiller Nummer 1.
Alcune note sulla Chiesa Greco-Cattolica Romena
Creators: name: Codevilla, Giovanni
Publisher: name: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale
Year: 2012

description: SOMMARIO: 1. L’unione con Roma degli ortodossi della Transilvania – 2. La Chiesa cattolica di rito greco nel Regno di Romania - 3. Le direttive sovietiche sulla soppressione della Chiesa cattolica di rito greco - 4. Il ruolo dell’Ortodossia romena nella soppressione della Chiesa greco-cattolica - 5. L’arresto dei vescovi greco-cattolici - 6. Il decreto sulla liquidazione della Chiesa Greco-Cattolica Romena - 7. La fine del regime comunista e il riconoscimento della Chiesa Greco-Cattolica Romena - 8. Il problema della restituzione dei beni ecclesiastici. L’evoluzione della normativa - 9. La giurisprudenza in materia - 10. La resistenza dell’Ortodossia romena - 11. La situazione attuale.
description: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale, 2012: 26 novembre
title: Erasmus 2024 spring semester projects
title: Non-Keplerian orbit simulation and temperature distribution analysis using Xcos, OpenModelica and Python
titleType: Other
title: Visualization and analysis of CubeSat data with TinyGS and OpenMCT
titleType: Other
Creators: name: Hęćka, Michał
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Modelica
subject: Python
subject: Xcos
subject: Gauss-Seidel
subject: Thermal analysis
subject: Solar radiation
subject: Solar sail
subject: Docker
subject: TinyGS
subject: OpenMCT

description: In this collection of papers we conclude the work being done while on Erasmus stay at Izmir University of Economics. First paper includes the simulation of non-Keplerian orbits, temperature distribution based on Gauss-Seidel method and calculation of error convergence for both problems. The second paper demonstrates a step-by-step setup and overview of the TinyGS ground station and the data acquisition augmented by time dependant visualisation made in OpenMCT of current and past telemetry for a specific satellite.
Effects of Biochar on Nitrogen Cycling and Plant Ecophysiology in Cropping Systems
Creators: name: Nguyen, Thi Thu Nhan
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2017
Subjects: Char
systematic review
boosted regression tree
fertiliser
16 rRNA
photosynthetic
pH
α-diversity
photosynthesis
ginger

description: Nitrogen (N) is one of the most important nutrients regulating plant growth. However, soil degradation due to agricultural intensification has resulted in poor soil fertility including loss of N. Biochar is a promising soil additive to reduce N loss and improve soil fertility. The interaction between biochar and soil changes N dynamics in different ecosystems. Many studies have investigated dynamics of soil inorganic N (SIN), the available N forms for plant uptake, following biochar application but their results are contradictory. To date, there has not been a synthesised study (meta-analysis) to assess the overall effects of biochar on SIN. There is also a paucity of information on how biochar affects soil microbial community structure, especially the taxonomic groups involved in N in long term, because important N processes in soil are mediated by microbes. Few studies to date have explored long-term field effects of biochar or how repeated applications of biochar affect soil microbial diversity. Also, since plants take up N from soil and N is an essential element of plant tissue as well as photosynthesis machinery, biochar is expected to influence plant ecophysiology and photosynthesis. Yet, the mechanisms of those influences are poorly studied. Biochar has been reported to benefit both soil and plants; however, applying biochar at high rates is not economically viable. Thus, options such as nutrient-intense and slow N release biochar fertilisers need to be explored.
The Role of Secretogranin-IIa and Its Derived Peptide Secretoneurin a in Feeding Regulation in Female Goldfish
Creators: name: Mikwar, Myy
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: secretogranin-IIa
Secretoneurin a
Feeding

description: Secretoneurin (SN) is a 31-43 amino acid, functional peptide derived by proteolytic processing from the middle domain of the ~600 amino acid secretogranin-II (SgII) precursor. In teleosts there are 2 forms arising from 2 different genes, SgIIa and SgIIb. In turn, there are both SNa and SNb in teleost. Secretoneurin is a well-conserved peptide during evolution from fish to mammals and widely distributed in secretory granules of endocrine cells and neurons. Secretoneurin plays important roles in different biological processes, for example controlling vertebrate reproduction by stimulating luteinizing hormone release from the pituitary. A potential new role of SN in feeding in goldfish is the subject of the research presented in this thesis. Firstly, we looked at the distribution of SgIIa mRNA in various female goldfish tissues using both RT-PCR and Q-PCR techniques in order to determine which tissue expresses SgIIa mRNA and in which level. We found that SgIIa mRNA was detected in different amounts in all tissues examined. The main tissues of interest were hypothalamus, telencephalon and gut, they all expressed SgIIa. Secondly, we examined the effect of acute (26 h), short (3 days), medium (7 days) and long (14 days) fasting and periprandial changes on SgIIa mRNA level in hypothalamus, telencephalon and gut using Q-PCR method. The results showed that SgIIa mRNA increases under the effect of acute and short fasting, however, medium and long fasting did not affect SgIIa mRNA. Thirdly, we examined the effect of brain injection of goldfish SNa on food intake and locomotor behavior and the expression of some feeding neuropeptides such as neuropeptide Y, orexin, chocystokinin and cocaine-and amphetamine-regulated transcript I after treatment. Injection of SNa in the third brain ventricle increased food intake and fish activity. Associated with this was an increase in NPY and decrease in CARTI mRNA levels in hypothalamus. The increase in SgIIa mRNA following fasting and the increase of food intake as a result of SNa treatment suggest a novel role for SNa in feeding processes.
Additional file 1 of Estimating the quality of eukaryotic genomes recovered from metagenomic analysis with EukCC
Creators: name: Saary, Paul
name: Mitchell, Alex L.
name: Finn, Robert D.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 1. Supplementary Figures.
Capacity Allocation for Emergency Surgical Scheduling with Multiple Priority Levels
Creators: name: Aubin, Anisa
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: Wait time targets
Emergency surgery scheduling
Multiple priority classes
The Ottawa Hospital
Capacity allocation

description: Emergency surgeries are serviced by three main forms of capacity: dedicated operating room time reserved for emergency surgeries, alternative (on call) capacity, and lastly, canceling of elective surgeries. The objective of this research is to model capacity implications of meeting wait time targets for multiple priority levels in the context of emergency surgeries. Initial attempts to solve the capacity evaluation problem were made using a non-linear optimisation model, however, this model was intractable. A simulation model was then used to examine the trade-off between additional dedicated operating room capacity (and consequent idle capacity) versus increased re-scheduling of elective surgeries while keeping reserved time for emergency surgeries low. Considered performance measures include utilization of operating room time, elective re-scheduling, and wait times by priority class. Finally, the instantaneous utilization of different types of downstream beds is determined to aid in capacity planning. The greatest number of patients seen within their respective wait time targets is achieved by a combination of additional on call capacity and a variation of the rule allowing low priority patients to utilize on call capacity. This also maintains lower cancelations of elective surgeries than the current situation. Although simulation does not provide an optimum solution it enables a comparison of different scenarios. This simulation model can determine appropriate capacity levels for servicing emergency patients of different priorities with different wait time targets.
L’inopportunità di provvedimenti mirati e per singoli temi in prospettiva di riforma dei limiti della legislazione vigente in materia di libertà religiose
Creators: name: Tozzi, Valerio
Publisher: name: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale
Year: 2012

description: SOMMARIO: 1. L'approvazione parziale delle intese già sottoscritte con i precedenti Governi e la proposta politica di Alessandro Albisetti – 2. Le perplessità sulla proposta di una legge di settore – 3. Specifica assenza di giustificazioni giuridiche al mantenimento di regimi differenziati dei matrimoni religiosi – 4. Necessità di perseguire un metodo generale e unitario di disciplina dei fenomeni religiosi da applicare a ogni settore – 5. La impraticabilità di una politica legislativa costituzionalmente adeguata e le sue cause.
description: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale, 2012: 26 novembre
Resource implications of the latent tuberculosis cascade of care: a time and motion study in five countries
Creators: name: Alsdurf, H.
name: Oxlade, O.
name: Adjobimey, M.
name: Ahmad Khan, F.
name: Bastos, M.
name: Bedingfield, N.
name: Benedetti, A.
name: Boafo, D.
name: Buu, T. N
name: Chiang, L.
name: Cook, Victoria J.
name: Fisher, D.
name: Fox, G. J
name: Fregonese, F.
name: Hadisoemarto, P.
name: Johnston, James C.
name: Kassa, F.
name: Long, R.
name: Moayedi Nia, S.
name: Nguyen, T. A.
name: Obeng, J.
name: Paulsen, C.
name: Romanowski, K.
name: Ruslami, R.
name: Schwartzman, K.
name: Sohn, H.
name: Strumpf, E.
name: Trajman, A.
name: Valiquette, C.
name: Yaha, L.
name: Menzies, D.
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2020

description: Background: The End TB Strategy calls for global scale-up of preventive treatment for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI), but little information is available about the associated human resource requirements. Our study aimed to quantify the healthcare worker (HCW) time needed to perform the tasks associated with each step along the LTBI cascade of care for household contacts of TB patients. Methods: We conducted a time and motion (TAM) study between January 2018 and March 2019, in which consenting HCWs were observed throughout a typical workday. The precise time spent was recorded in pre-specified categories of work activities for each step along the cascade. A linear mixed model was fit to estimate the time at each step. Results: A total of 173 HCWs in Benin, Canada, Ghana, Indonesia, and Vietnam participated. The greatest amount of time was spent for the medical evaluation (median: 11 min; IQR: 6–16), while the least time was spent on reading a tuberculin skin test (TST) (median: 4 min; IQR: 2–9). The greatest variability was seen in the time spent for each medical evaluation, while TST placement and reading showed the least variability. The total time required to complete all steps along the LTBI cascade, from identification of household contacts (HHC) through to treatment initiation ranged from 1.8 h per index TB patient in Vietnam to 5.2 h in Ghana. Conclusions: Our findings suggest that the time requirements are very modest to perform each step in the latent TB cascade of care, but to achieve full identification and management of all household contacts will require additional human resources in many settings.
Innovation Intermediation Activities and the Actors that Perform Them
Creators: name: Wu, Weiwei
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011
Subjects: Innovation intermediation activities
Innovation intermediaries
Organizational actors

description: While many organizational actors, including firms, governments, universities, and non-profit organizations may have an impact on the innovative capacity of the firms with which they engage, we have little knowledge of their relative importance. The literature on innovation intermediaries reports on the impact of specific types of organizations, but has not considered the relative importance of different types of organizations. While the studies using Community Innovation Survey (CIS) data are able to consider relative effects, data on the nature of those effects are limited. In the interests of a better understanding of the relative nature and degree of the innovation enabling contributions of a range of organizational actors, I conduct a comparative examination of the contributions of firms, governments, universities, industry associations, and research institutes. Using survey data from a sample of 499 firms, I identify the actors that are most strongly associated with each of ten innovation intermediation activities.
Supplementary document for Controlling quality of SiO2 Colloidal Crystals by Temperature Ramping on the Vertical Convective Self-Assembly Method - 5284823.pdf
Creators: name: Castañeda-Uribe, Octavio
name: Mendez, Henry
name: Salcedo, Juan
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: A-RTS spectra of fabricated CC films
Analyse der Datenerhebungen nach ElektroG und UStatG über das Berichtsjahr 2016 zur Vorbereitung der EU-Berichtspflichten 2018
Creators: name: Löhle, Stephan
name: Bartnik, Sabine
name: Schmiedel, Ute
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Recyclingquote
subject: Elektrogerät/Elektronikgerät
subject: Meldepflicht nach ElektroG
subject: In Verkehr gebrachte Mengen
subject: Verwertungsquoten
subject: Elektroaltgerät
subject: Elektronikaltgerät
subject: Elektroaltgeräte-Richtlinie 2002/96/EG
subject: Abfall | Ressourcen

description: Im Rahmen der Berichtspflicht über das Elektro(nik)geräte- und -altgeräteaufkommen in Deutschland erfolgte im vorliegenden Bericht die Analyse und Aggregation der Daten der stiftung ear und des Statistischen Bundesamtes (Destatis) für das Jahr 2016. Insgesamt brachten Hersteller 1,96 Millionen Tonnen Elektro(nik)geräte (b2b+b2c) auf den Markt – der höchste Wert seit Beginn der Dokumentation im Jahr 2006. Die Erfassungsquote liegt bei 44,95 %, womit die seit 2016 geltende Mindesterfassungsquote von 45 % geringfügig unterschritten wurde. Bezüglich Recycling- und Verwertungsquoten wurden alle Ziele im Jahr 2016 in allen Kategorien erreicht.
The Interaction Between Sir3 and Sir4 is Dispensable for Silent Chromatin Spreading in Budding Yeast
Creators: name: Gerson, Rosalind J.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2015
Subjects: Heterochromatin
Silent chromatin
Epigenetics
Gene silencing
Histone modifications
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Sir2
Sir3
Sir4
Gene regulation
H3K79
H4K16

description: In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, telomeric and HM silencing requires the histone deacetylase Sir2 and the chromatin binding proteins Sir3 and Sir4, which interact to form the SIR complex. Silent chromatin formation begins with a nucleation step, followed by spreading of Sir proteins along chromatin. Overexpression of Sir3 extends silent chromatin domains, however the role of Sir protein interactions within silent chromatin extensions remains unknown. Here, we generated the Sir3 mutant, Sir3-4A, which cannot interact with Sir4 but is capable of forming silent chromatin extensions when overexpressed. Within extended silent domains, Sir2 and Sir4 enrichments are similar whether Sir3 or Sir3-4A is overexpressed, suggesting that silent chromatin extensions require Sir4 but not the interaction between Sir3 and Sir4. Tethering Sir3-4A at an HMR silencer cannot nucleate silencing in the absence of Sir3, suggesting that in addition to Sir3 recruitment, the Sir3-Sir4 interaction has at least one other function during silent chromatin nucleation.
Association of ADHD symptoms, depression and suicidal behaviors with anxiety in Chinese medical college students
Creators: name: Shen, Yanmei
name: Zhang, Yaru
name: Chan, Bella S M
name: Meng, Fanchao
name: Yang, Tingyu
name: Luo, Xuerong
name: Huang, Chunxiang
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2020

description: Background: Anxiety is one of the most common psychiatric disorder and imposes a great burden on both the individual and the society. Previous studies indicate a high comorbidity of anxiety disorders and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). However, few studies have examined the comorbidity of anxiety and ADHD among medical college students in mainland China. This study aimed to examine the prevalence of anxiety and the associated risk factor of anxiety disorder as well as to explore the association between ADHD symptoms, depression, suicidal behaviors and anxiety. Methods: A cross-sectional design was employed among 4882 medical college students who were recruited and enrolled with convenience sampling. Self-reported demographic information and clinical characteristics were collected online on a computer or through a social media app named Wechat. Results: The prevalence of anxiety in this study was 19.9%. Students with anxiety were more likely to have a poor relationship with parents, be of Han nationality, have smoking or drinking habits, have an extensive physical disorder history and have engaged in suicidal behaviors. The independent risk factors for anxiety were: smoking, physical disorder history, suicidal ideations, suicide attempts, inattention and hyperactivity. Significant associations were observed between anxiety and depression, inattention, hyperactivity, suicide plans and suicide attempts. Conclusions: Nearly one in five medical students suffered from anxiety. The findings of this study indicate the importance of addressing both anxiety and ADHD symptoms in order to better promote mental health and the well-being of medical students as well as reduce suicidal behaviors.
Study processes of Malaysian students in Malaysia and in Australia
Creators: name: Arger, Geoff
name: Chua, Helen
name: Ling, Peter N.
name: Pallant, Julie F.
name: Yin, Christina
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This paper reports on the first phase of an investigation of the study approaches of Malaysian students undertaking higher education programs on a Malaysian campus and the study approaches of Malaysian students undertaking higher education studies on an Australian campus. The rationale for this study is that investigation of Malaysian students’ approaches to study can productively inform approaches to Australian course design and delivery in both Malaysia and Australia. In the first phase of the study a questionnaire was applied to Malaysian students studying in higher education programs and preparatory programs on the Swinburne University campus, Kuching, Sarawak The present investigation employed a modified version of Zeegers' Revised Student Process Questionnaire (Zeegers, 2002). The questionnaire investigated the propensity of students to take a deep, a surface or an ‘achieving’ approach to study. As the instrument employed to distinguish student’s approaches to learning is a modified form of previously employed Study Process Questionnaires the results of the investigation do not lend themselves to comparison. In addition to investigating whether deep, surface and achieving approaches to study could be distinguished, the present study investigated student approaches to study by year of study to test the proposition of Biggs (Biggs et al., 2001) that students learn to adopt minimalist study strategies. The findings of the study do not indicate that study approaches of Malaysian students studying on a Malaysian campus differ significantly by year of study.
The Effects of Acute Running Induced Neuronal Activation on Cerebral GLUT1 and Vascular Plasticity
Creators: name: Liang, Jacky
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011
Subjects: neuronal plasticity
glucose transporter
GLUT1
CD31
exercise
immunohistochemistry
Western blot
cluster of differentiation 31
Platelet endothelial cell adhesion molecule

description: Morphologic and metabolic change is a known property of the adult brain. A number of behavioural tasks alter local cerebral blood flow and glucose utilisation. The expression of the glucose transporter 1 (GLUT1), which allows the entry of glucose to the brain, also has been shown to change in response to long-lasting neuronal activation. However, little is known about the effect of acute neuronal activation on GLUT1 expression. Using immunohistochemistry and Western blot, we investigated cerebral GLUT1 expression and vasculature density in mice undergoing a 48-hour voluntary wheel running period. The results showed that the striatum was the main region where GLUT1 protein was up-regulated: There was a trend for GLUT1 expression and blood vessels density to be associated with the distance run during the experiment. These results indicate that short-term increased neuronal activation is associated with rapid changes in glucose transport and possibly vascular remodelling.
Advancing leptospirosis diagnostics in human and animal systems
Creators: name: Wynwood, Sarah Jane
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2015
Subjects: leptospirosis
aerology
microsphere immunoassay
Tasmanian devils

description: Leptospirosis, a zoonotic disease with a world-wide distribution, causes significant disease in humans and animals. This thesis presents experimental work dealing with the serological diagnosis of leptospirosis in humans and animal populations. Chapters 2-5 of this thesis have been published, Chapter 6 has been accepted for publication pending acceptance of minor changes, and Chapter 7 is currently in review for publication. This thesis is produced as a collection of papers, with the intent that the work described herein is a coherent body work. The first chapter of this thesis presents a brief overview of leptospirosis and seeks to put the disease into historical context. It provides an overview of the classification of leptospires, as well as some general aspects of leptospirosis, including its transmission, incidence and clinical signs and symptoms in both humans and animals. This chapter also introduces the current methods of diagnosis, highlighting some major disadvantages of these assays and therefore the need for improved diagnostic assays and methods of detection.
A Multi Criteria Approach for The Assessment of Drugs for Rare Diseases
Creators: name: Naili, Abdallah
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: Rare Diseaases
Drugs for Rare Diseases
Orphan Drugs
Health Economics

description: Evaluating Drugs for Rare Diseases (DRDs) for the purpose of reimbursement and beyond represents a tremendous challenge for most health care priorities. A consensus is set about the irrelevance of cost e ectiveness analysis to evaluate such drugs. The appeal for multi criteria decision aid models seems reasonable as the evaluation of DRDs is indeed multifaceted. However, the application of MCDA for the purpose of evaluating DRDs is yet primitive and simplistic. The present work tries to tackle the issue of evaluating DRDs from a decision maker angle by adopting an innovative robust ordinal regression MCDA method, UTADIS-GMS, that helps the decision maker discern between the DRDs based on their multi criteria value.
Additional file 2 of Species delimitation in the cyanolichen genus Rostania
Creators: name: Košuthová, Alica
name: Bergsten, Johannes
name: Westberg, Martin
name: Wedin, Mats
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 2 Summary of the results of the GMYC analyses using each individual gene separately. Asterisks indicate significance of the likelihood ratio (LR) test (*p-value
Network Decontamination with Temporal Immunity
Creators: name: Yassine, Daadaa
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: Network Decontamination
Cellular Automata
Mobile Cellular Automata
Mobile Agents

description: Network decontamination is a well known mobile agent problem with many applications. We assume that all nodes of a network are contaminated (e.g., by a virus) and a set of agents is deployed to decontaminate them. An agent passing by a node decontaminates it, however a decontaminated node can be recontaminated if any of its neighbours is contaminated. In the vast literature a variety of models are considered and different assumptions are made on the power of the agents. In this thesis we study variation of the decontamination problem in mesh and tori topologies, under the assumption that when a node is decontaminated, it is immune to recontamination for a predefined amount of time t (called immunity time). After the immunity time is elapsed, recontamination can occur. We focus on three different models: mobile agents (MA), cellular automata (CA), and mobile cellular automata (MCA). The first two models are commonly studied and employed in several other contexts, the third model is introduced in this thesis for the first time. In each model we study the temporal decontamination problem (adapted to the particular setting) under a variety of assumptions on the capabilities of the decontaminating elements (agents for MA and MCA, decontaminating cells for CA). Some of the parameters we consider in this study are: visibility of the active elements, their ability to make copies of themselves, their ability to communicate, and the possibility to remember their past actions (memory). We describe several solutions in the various scenarios and we analyze their complexity. Efficiency is evaluated slightly differently in each model, but essentially the effort is in the minimization of the number of simultaneous decontaminating elements active in the system while performing the decontamination with a given immunity time.
Relatedness Need Satisfaction in Senior Executives
Creators: name: Mueller, Marcus
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2012
Subjects: psychological needs satisfaction
senior executives
work motivation
self-determination theory

description: Senior executives' actions play a material role for organisational outcomes, and in turn, for society. However, senior executives' inner resources as determining factors of their actions have been underexplored in organisational psychology research. This thesis addressed this limitation by examining relatedness need satisfaction in senior executives. The author's management background helped overcome the substantial challenges of senior executive research such as access, confidentiality, time, cost, and terminology. For the first time, self-determination theory (SDT) was applied to the field of senior executives in two qualitative and two quantitative research studies. Relatedness need satisfaction was identified as a predictor of senior executives' motivation, behaviour, and well-being. Senior executives' general causality orientations and physical distance as a social environmental factor could be shown to be associated with the level of relatedness need satisfaction. Furthermore, this research identified a process model underlying senior executives' relatedness need satisfaction. The results contribute to both academic research and practice. Firstly, this thesis' findings may stimulate further organisational psychology research into senior executives' inner resources as well as the impact of these inner resources on organisational outcomes. Secondly, the practical application of this thesis' results can help monitor and influence senior executives' motivation, behaviour, and well-being as determining factors of societal outcomes.
Comprendre l'enseignement universitaire à travers le regard des étudiants ayant recours à Ratemyprofessor.com: le cas d'étudiants de sciences sociales et d'administration de l'Université d'Ottawa
Creators: name: Berris, Alyssa
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: Ratemyprofessor.com
Enseignement universitaire
Expérience étudiante
Raisonnements des étudiants
Rapport aux études et au savoir
Dogme académique
Instrumentalisation
Justice comme compétence
Université d'Ottawa

description: Cette thèse sociologique de nature empirico-théorique aborde le raisonnement des étudiants ainsi que leurs motivations profondes à utiliser et publier sur Ratemyprofessor.com; un site informel d’évaluations professorales disponibles en ligne. Nous désirons comprendre et avoir accès à la nature de l’enseignement universitaire et au rapport au savoir des étudiants de premier cycle, plus spécifiquement ceux issus de la faculté de sciences sociales et d’administration de l’Université d’Ottawa. L’orientation générale privilégiée est l’individualisme méthodologique complexe de Dupuy tandis que l’orientation spécifique consiste en la théorie de justice comme compétence de Boltanski. La méthodologie comprend deux volets : l’un davantage qualitatif comprenant l’analyse de verbatim d’un focus group et de cinq entretiens et l’autre davantage quantitatif reposant sur l’analyse de contenu thématique de 400 commentaires et évaluations retirés du site RMP. Les résultats relèvent la notoriété subjectivement perçue du site RMP et présentent l’interdépendance dynamique entre valorisation et instrumentalisation des savoirs.
Use of ultrafast-laser-driven microexplosion for fabricating three-dimensional void-based diamond-lattice photonic crystals in a solid polymer material
Creators: name: Zhou, Guangyong
name: Ventura, Michael J.
name: Vanner, Michael R.
name: Gu, Min
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Micro-sized void spheres are successfully generated in a solid polymer by use of a tightly focused femtosecond laser beam from a high-repetition-rate laser oscillator. Confocal reflection images show that the void spheres are longitudinal rotational symmetric ellipsoids with a ratio of long to short axes of approximately 1.5. Layers of void spheres are then stacked to create three-dimensional diamond-lattice photonic crystals. Three gaps are observed in the [100] direction with a suppression rate of the second gap of up to approximately 75% for a 32-layer structure. The observed first- and second-order gaps shift to longer and shorter wavelengths, respectively, as the angle of incidence increases.
Functional Analysis of the TRIB1 Locus in Coronary Artery Disease
Creators: name: Douvris, Adrianna
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011
Subjects: Coronary Artery Disease
Plasma triglycerides
Lipoproteins
Genomics
Genome-wide association studies
Single nucleotide polymorphisms
TRIB1 locus (8q24.13)
Noncoding RNA
Hepatic lipogenesis
Gene transcription
5'/3' RACE
Luciferase reporter assays
Promoter
Intergenic

description: The TRIB1 locus (8q24.13) is a novel locus associated with plasma TGs and CAD risk. Trib1 is a regulator of MAPK activity, and has been shown to regulate hepatic lipogenesis and VLDL production in mice. However, the functional relationship between common SNPs at the TRIB1 locus and plasma lipid traits is unknown; TRIB1 has not been identified as an eQTL. This cluster of SNPs falls within an intergenic region 25kb to 50kb downstream of the TRIB1 coding region. By phylogenetic footprinting analysis and DNA genotyping, we identified an evolutionarily conserved region (CNS1) within the risk locus that harbours two common SNPs in tight LD with GWAS risk SNPs and significantly associated with CAD. We investigated the regulatory function of CNS1 by luciferase reporter assays in HepG2 cells and demonstrate that this region has promoter activity. In addition, the rs2001844 risk allele significantly reduces luciferase activity, suggesting that altered expression of the EST-based gene may be associated with plasma TGs. We identified an EST within the risk locus directly downstream of CNS1. We performed 5'/3' RACE using HepG2 RNA, identified multiple variants of this EST-based gene, and confirmed its transcription start site within CNS1. We hypothesize that this EST is a long noncoding RNA due to low abundance, poor conservation, and absence of significant ORF. Over-expression of a short variant implicates its function in the regulation of target gene transcription, although the mechanism of action remains unknown. We conclude that the risk locus at 8q24.13 harbours a novel EST-based gene that may explain the relationship between GWAS SNPs at this locus and plasma lipid traits.
C. pecorum: Understanding modes of transmission and control of infection in vaccinated/antibiotic treated koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus)
Creators: name: Phillips, Samuel
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2020
Subjects: Chlamydia
koala
transmission

description: Chlamydia infections of the Australian marsupial, Phascolarctos cinereus (koala) have contributed to population declines. Koala Chlamydia infections are transmitted directly through sexual interactions, direct contact, urine contamination and pap feeding and can result in a range of disease pathologies including conjunctivitis, reproductive disease, cystitis and nephritis. Treatment for koala chlamydiosis is currently limited to antibiotic therapy, which results in bacterial clearance and eventual disease regression. Unfortunately, antibiotic therapy in koalas also commonly results in gastrointestinal dysbiosis and death. Fortunately, a Chlamydia vaccine for koalas has been under development for several years. The most tested version of the Chlamydia koala vaccine has demonstrated induction of humoral immune responses and, importantly, a therapeutic response in koalas with mild conjunctival disease. Firstly, investigations into possible alternative modes of Chlamydia transmission were studied through the screening of concurrent infections of the conjunctiva, urogenital and gastrointestinal tract. Concurrent infections with Chlamydia were identified at the urogenital and rectal sites, with C. pecorum genotype G dominating in the gastrointestinal tract, and genotypes A and E' dominating in the urogenital tract. Gastrointestinal tract C. pecorum PCR positivity suggested that koala gastrointestinal tract infections are common and occur regularly in animals with concurrent genital tract infections. However, this study did not find evidence of Chlamydia strain contamination between the anatomical sites. This thesis then identified immunological changes at the urogenital mucosa of koalas with Chlamydia-induced cystitis that resulted in disease regression during antibiotic treatment. The aim of this investigation was to identify specific gene targets to enable monitoring during therapeutic vaccination. Through clinical microbiological and transcriptomic approaches, disease regression, bacterial clearance and innate immune responses were mapped in koalas with signs of Chlamydia-induced cystitis while receiving anti-Chlamydia antibiotics. Significant reduction in the signs of cystitis were observed both during, as well as post Finally, identification of gastrointestinal infections and the associations to disease prone sites have indicated evidence for tissue tropic genotypes. This work will aid future vaccine studies in the immunological identification of disease regression, vaccine induced adaptive immune responses and allow for accurate monitoring of bacterial shedding through the inclusion of the gastrointestinal mucosa.
Where are 'Wogs' from? Exploring subjective understandings of racism
Creators: name: Zevallos, Zuleyka
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This paper examines subjective understandings of racism expressed by fifty second generation migrant-Australian women. Twenty-five participants came from Turkish backgrounds and 25 participants came from Latin American backgrounds. The paper focuses on three examples of everyday social interaction and considers how these examples might be connected with racist practices. The three examples include the question 'where are you from?', the 'wog' identity, and the women's ideas about racism in Australian society. The women believed that racism was a product of minority of individuals who did not adhere to Australia's multicultural spirit. This paper argues that the taken-for-granted assumptions informing the women's everyday social interaction are better understood in terms of 'everyday-racism' rather than as 'individual racism'. The women's subjective understanding of racism at an individual level prevented them from recognising racism as a social problem that might exist within Australian society.
Piano Forte - Script Development using Applied Theatre techniques in Community Legal Education
Creators: name: Wills, Toni
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2016
Subjects: applied theatre
community legal education
playwriting
narrative
elder abuse
enduring powers of attorney
practice-led research
Aristotle
Walter Fisher
playfulness

description: This exegesis explores and documents the use of Applied Theatre techniques in the development of a narrative script on elder abuse for Community Legal Education. The project has strong links with my employment at the Suncoast Community Legal Service (SCLS) and my personal and professional interest in the use of different media for the delivery of Community Legal Education (CLE) projects. Whilst the primary aim of CLE projects is to increase knowledge of the law and legal processes, in doing so, it also seeks to facilitate people to critically assess laws and take control over their own lives. This framework of empowerment is common to both CLE projects and Applied Theatre projects and creates a solid base for integration in this research.
Confessing their faith': an enquiry into the meaning which Anglicans confirmed as adults give to their confirmation and the place which confirmation has in their faith journey
Creators: name: Savage, Ian D.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The purpose of this research was to discover what meaning adult candidates for Anglican confirmation gave to their confirmation, how they experienced the ritual and what place confirmation had in their continuing faith journey. The research report retells the stories of eight adults. The stories of four are presented as case studies. The baptism/ confirmation stories of all research participants are presented as metaphors, a form of 'systematic thematic analysis' (Plummer 1983). For the study I adopted a life history, case study approach (Jones 1983; Plummer 1983; Minichiello et al. 1995) drawing on the insights of ritual theory (Turner 1969, 1972, 1976) and the concept of transitional phenomena proposed by Winnicott (1965, 1971). Two sets of contextual factors formed the background to the study: the Church's tradition and its debates about confirmation and the attitudes of lay people about their faith and about the Church. The research method involved a grounded theory approach. The principal data creation techniques were in-depth interview and the Faith Autobiography pro forma. Following the initial interviews, each research participant was sent a summary of the research findings (Summary of themes). The Summary gave the metaphors which emerged from the interviews, together with brief notes on the concepts used to interpret the data. Responses from the research participants were incorporated into the final form of the metaphors: Belonging to myself, Returning/ Starting over, Growing up, Joining the family and Making a commitment. Most research participants did not regard baptism/confirmation as joining the Church: rather they saw themselves as belonging to the Church already; neither were they concerned with becoming Anglicans. For the majority, the transition they made in baptism/confirmation paralleled another life transition which was taking place or was expected to take place. Taking part in the research helped form the participants' ideas about baptism/confirmation. While the catechumenal process is able to provide a holding environment in which candidates for baptism/confirmation can explore the transitions in which they are involved, the initiation liturgy should reflect the 'return' motif which emphasises incorporation as well as the traditional Exodus motif which emphasises separation.