cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Surface Reconstruction and Lateral Adsorbate Interactions on Cobalt-Based Catalysts
title: An Investigation Using Lattice Gas Models and Density Functional Theory
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Collinge, Gregory Brandon
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2019
Subjects: Cobalt catalysts

description: This dissertation deals with the problem of computationally determining the structure and catalytically active phase of cobalt-based Fischer-Tropsch (FT) catalysts driven toward oxygenates. Cobalt-copper based catalysts are examined first using density functional theory calculations. The interactions of carbon monoxide (CO) with cobalt-copper nanoparticle surfaces are analyzed for CO's possible role in restructuring these nanoparticles and subsequent creation of the catalytically active phase. It is shown that cobalt-copper catalysts preferentially form Co Cu core-shell nanoparticles, and that CO can induce up to half of step edge and one quarter of terrace copper atoms to be substituted with cobalt atoms from the core. Cobalt enrichment is limited due to the formation of cobalt subcarbonyl complexes. These complexes are shown to be capable of rupturing and diffusing across the surface, providing the ingredients needed for nanoisland formation and facet reconstruction. This work points to new models that are likely important to cobalt-copper catalyzed FT. New lattice gas (LG) cluster expansion (CE) tools are also developed in this dissertation via the development of the ab initio Mean-field Augmented Lattice Gas Modeling (AMALGM) code. A new theoretical reformulation of the CE formalism, which is more appropriate for the LG paradigm, is detailed. AMALGM is designed to use a newly developed convergent version of the leave-multiple-out cross-validation (LMO-CV) score as the objective function for optimization of LG CEs. A new method for quantifying the errors of the effective cluster interactions of CEs is also developed. This error quantification is shown to capture the uncertainty in CEs due to geometric relaxations in DFT data. AMALGM and these new methods are then utilized to investigate the differences in CO adsorption energetics on the face centered cubic (fcc) and hexagonal close packed (hcp) phases of cobalt relevant to FT. It is shown that the first nearest neighbor (1NN) dominates and is very repulsive in both but significantly more repulsive for fcc cobalt. At high chemical potentials, 1NN CO pairings may be allowed on hcp cobalt where they are still energetically prohibited on fcc cobalt, suggesting a potential source for the reduced activity observed on hcp cobalt catalysts.
Gestational exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals in relation to infant birth weight: a Bayesian analysis of the HOME Study
Creators: name: Woods, Meghan M
name: Lanphear, Bruce P
name: Braun, Joseph M
name: McCandless, Lawrence C
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2018

description: Background: Pregnant women are exposed to a mixture of endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs). Gestational EDC exposures may be associated with changes in fetal growth that elevates the risk for poor health later in life, but few studies have examined the health effects of simultaneous exposure to multiple chemicals. This study aimed to examine the association of gestational exposure to five chemical classes of potential EDCs: phthalates and bisphenol A, perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), and organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) with infant birth weight. Methods: Using data from the Health Outcomes and Measures of Environment (HOME) Study, we examined 272 pregnant women enrolled between 2003-2006. EDC concentrations were quantified in blood and urine samples collected at 16 and 26 weeks gestation. We used Bayesian Hierarchical Linear Models (BHLM) to examine the associations between newborn birth weight and 53 EDCs, 2 organochlorine pesticides (OPPs) and 2 heavy metals. Results: For a 10-fold increase in chemical concentration, the mean differences in birth weights (95% credible intervals (CI)) were 1 g (-20, 23) for phthalates, -11 g (-52, 34) for PFAS, 0.2 g (-9, 10) for PCBs, -4 g (-30, 22) for PBDEs, and 7 g (-25, 40) for OCPs. Conclusion: Gestational exposure to phthalates, PFAS, PCBs, PBDEs, OCPs or OPPs had null or small associations with birth weight. Gestational OPP, Pb, and PFAS exposures were most strongly associated with lower birth weight.
AN ANALYSIS OF EMOTIONAL AND CULTURAL INTELLIGENCE RELATIONSHIP ON ORGANIZATIONAL CITIZENSHIP BEHAVIORS AMONG EMPLOYEES OF IRANIAN TOURISM ORGANIZATIONS
Creators: name: Sobhan Shafieihassanabadi, Rostam Pourrashidi
Publisher: name: TuEngr Group
Year: 2019
Subjects: Emotional intelligence
Cultural intelligence
Citizenship behavior
Organizational behavior
Tourism organization
Organizational effectiveness.

description: International Transaction Journal of Engineering, Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies, 10, 14, 10A14F: 1-17
Revealing and concealing: The persistence of vaginal iconography in medieval imagery. The mandorla, the vesica piscis, the rose, Sheela-na-gigs and the double-tailed mermaid.
Creators: name: Pearson, E. Ann.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Religion, General.

description: This study examines the persistence of vaginal iconography in both religious and secular medieval imagery. In ancient times the vagina was a sacred sign of powerful creative forces associated with many different goddess figures. Archeologists have uncovered thousands of goddess artifacts indicating the vagina, some more literally with a genital orifice or a slit, some with the oldest abstraction of the female genitalia, the inverted triangle known as the pubic triangle. Although Christianity assimilated and transformed vaginal imagery to its own purposes, I contend that its continued use in abstracted forms (the vesica piscis or mandorla); in evocative forms from nature (shells and various types of flowers, notably the rose); or as a blatant anatomical display (Sheela-na-gigs and double-tailed mermaids); maintained a referent to female or goddess aspects of the divine in 11 th to 15th century medieval iconography. Visual hermeneutics is my primary methodology. I use it to argue that the vaginal referents in my chosen categories were evident to medieval viewers because of the persistence of awareness of pagan beliefs and practices as evidenced particularly in illuminated manuscripts of the period. My second argument is based on vaginal imagery in the highly erotic language and imagery of devotional practices which began in the 12th century. The resurgence of this referent is all the more surprising in an age which condemned luxuria or lust as one of its major sins.
3359870.pdf
Creators: name: Marino, Alberto
name: Dowran, Mohammadjavad
name: Kumar, Ashok
name: Lawrie, Benjamin
name: Pooser, Raphael
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Details on calibration, data taking and analysis, expected quantum sensitivity enhancement, and sensitivity order of magnitude estimation.
T cell protein tyrosine phosphatase attenuates T cell signaling to maintain tolerance in mice
Creators: name: Wiede, Florian
name: Shields, Benjamin J.
name: Chew, Sock Hui
name: Kyparissoudis, Konstantinos
name: van Vliet, Catherine
name: Galic, Sandra
name: Tremblay, Michel L.
name: Russell, Sarah
name: Godfrey, Dale I.
name: Tiganis, Tony
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 310102
subject: Cell development, proliferation and death
classificationCode: 510302
subject: Classical and physical optics

description: Many autoimmune diseases exhibit familial aggregation, indicating that they have genetic determinants. Single nucleotide polymorphisms in PTPN2, which encodes T cell protein tyrosine phosphatase (TCPTP), have been linked with the development of several autoimmune diseases, including type 1 diabetes and Crohn's disease. In this study, we have identified TCPTP as a key negative regulator of TCR signaling, which might explain the association of PTPN2 SNPs with autoimmune disease. We found that TCPTP dephosphorylates and inactivates Src family kinases to regulate T cell responses. Using T cell-specific TCPTP-deficient mice, we established that TCPTP attenuates T cell activation and proliferation in vitro and blunts antigen-induced responses in vivo. TCPTP deficiency lowered the in vivo threshold for TCR-dependent CD8(+) T cell proliferation. Consistent with this, T cell-specific TCPTP-deficient mice developed widespread inflammation and autoimmunity that was transferable to wild-type recipient mice by CD8(+) T cells alone. This autoimmunity was associated with increased serum levels of proinflammatory cytokines and anti-nuclear antibodies, T cell infiltrates in non-lymphoid tissues, and liver disease. These data indicate that TCPTP is a critical negative regulator of TCR signaling that sets the threshold for TCR-induced naive T cell responses to prevent autoimmune and inflammatory disorders arising.
Digital Medieval Graffiti - Using online-GIS to display and edit non-geographical data
Creators: name: Brandsen, Alex
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020

description: This dissertation describes the development of a system to view and edit a digital
 representation of the graffiti found on a wall in Durham Cathedral. The system can
 be accessed online and is built using only open source technologies. It is designed
 to be used by researchers to interpret the dataset and later by the general public to
 view the graffiti. Furthermore, the system is aimed to be an intuitive collaboration
 tool, with possibilities of further use with other datasets.
Supplementary Data and Source Code for the paper "Mixed effects of protected areas on avian food webs"
Creators: name: Thompson, Lucie
name: Lurgi, Miguel
name: Wells, Konstans
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 310302
subject: Community ecology (excl. invasive species ecology)
classificationCode: 310402
subject: Biogeography and phylogeography
classificationCode: 410401
subject: Conservation and biodiversity

description: Data produced for intermediate steps in the analyses, as well as source code developed to analyse raw data and generate the results presented in the paper: "Mixed effects of protected areas on avian food webs"
Der Umgang mit dem Wirtschaftlichkeitsgrundsatz in der Novelle zum GEG 2023
Creators: name: Klinski, Stefan
Publisher: name: Umweltbundesamt
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Energieeffizienz
subject: Wirtschaftlichkeit
subject: Gebäudeenergiegesetz
subject: Klima | Energie

description: Das Gebäudeenergiegesetz führt die Regel ein, dass neue Heizungen mindestens 65 Prozent erneuerbare Energien nutzen müssen. Das Papier beleuchtet, wie der Gesetzentwurf zur Änderung des GEG mit dem in § 5 des Gesetzes (schon bisher) enthaltenen "Wirtschaftlichkeitsgrundsatz" umgeht. Dabei geht es um folgende Fragenkreise: Welche Änderungen betreffen den Wirtschaftlichkeitsgrundsatz direkt? Auf welche Weise wurde der Grundsatz bei der Konzeption der neuen Bestimmungen berücksichtigt? Wie sind neue oder geänderte Aspekte der Wirtschaftlichkeit auszulegen? Wie sind Änderungen am Befreiungstatbestand (§ 102 GEG) auszulegen und welche Auswirkungen sind für die Anwendungspraxis zu erwarten? Quelle: umweltbundesamt.de
description: Das Gebäudeenergiegesetz führt die Regel ein, dass neue Heizungen mindestens 65 Prozent erneuerbare Energien nutzen müssen. Das Papier beleuchtet, wie der Gesetzentwurf zur Änderung des GEG mit dem in § 5 des Gesetzes (schon bisher) enthaltenen „Wirtschaftlichkeitsgrundsatz“ umgeht. Dabei geht es um folgende Fragenkreise: Welche Änderungen betreffen den Wirtschaftlichkeitsgrundsatz direkt? Auf welche Weise wurde der Grundsatz bei der Konzeption der neuen Bestimmungen berücksichtigt? Wie sind neue oder geänderte Aspekte der Wirtschaftlichkeit auszulegen? Wie sind Änderungen am Befreiungstatbestand (§ 102 GEG) auszulegen und welche Auswirkungen sind für die Anwendungspraxis zu erwarten?
Characterization of In Vivo Dlg1 Deletion on T Cell Development and Function
Creators: name: Humphries, Lisa A.
name: Shaffer, Meredith H.
name: Sacirbegovic, Faruk
name: Tomassian, Tamar
name: McMahon, Kerrie-Ann
name: Humbert, Patrick O.
name: Silva, Oscar
name: Round, June L.
name: Takamiya, Kogo
name: Huganir, Richard L.
name: Burkhardt, Janis K.
name: Russell, Sarah
name: Miceli, M. Carrie
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 310102
subject: Cell development, proliferation and death
classificationCode: 510302
subject: Classical and physical optics

description: Background: The polarized reorganization of the T cell membrane and intracellular signaling molecules in response to T cell receptor (TCR) engagement has been implicated in the modulation of T cell development and effector responses. In siRNA-based studies Dlg1, a MAGUK scaffold protein and member of the Scribble polarity complex, has been shown to play a role in T cell polarity and TCR signal specificity, however the role of Dlg1 in T cell development and function in vivo remains unclear. Methodology/Principal Findings: Here we present the combined data from three independently-derived dlg1-knockout mouse models; two germline deficient knockouts and one conditional knockout. While defects were not observed in T cell development, TCR-induced early phospho-signaling, actin-mediated events, or proliferation in any of the models, the acute knockdown of Dlg1 in Jurkat T cells diminished accumulation of actin at the IS. Further, while Th1-type cytokine production appeared unaffected in T cells derived from mice with a dlg1germline-deficiency, altered production of TCR-dependent Th1 and Th2-type cytokines was observed in T cells derived from mice with a conditional loss of dlg1 expression and T cells with acute Dlg1 suppression, suggesting a differential requirement for Dlg1 activity in signaling events leading to Th1 versus Th2 cytokine induction. The observed inconsistencies between these and other knockout models and siRNA strategies suggest that 1) compensatory upregulation of alternate gene(s) may be masking a role for dlg1 in controlling TCR-mediated events in dlg1 deficient mice and 2) the developmental stage during which dlg1 ablation begins may control the degree to which compensatory events occur. Conclusions/Significance: These findings provide a potential explanation for the discrepancies observed in various studies using different dlg1-deficient T cell models and underscore the importance of acute dlg1 ablation to avoid the upregulation of compensatory mechanisms for future functional studies of the Dlg1 protein.
Web-based radio fading channel modeling, estimation and identification.
Creators: name: Zhan, Jun.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Electronics and Electrical.

description: This thesis focuses on the practical implementation issues for modeling, simulation, estimation and system identification of wireless fading channels. The state space models are introduced to describe fading channels including flat fading and frequency-selective fading channels. Without measurement data, simulation and estimation of fading channels are related to the motion of the transmitter or the receiver. The state space realizations and the Kalman filtering are derived for Rayleight fading, Ricean fading and frequency-selective fading channels. The inphase, quadrature and envelope components of the received signals are simulated and estimated through the state space realizations and the Kalman filtering. These model parameters are defined by the transfer function of a given Doppler power spectral density (DPSD) associated to several physical factors such as carried frequency, mobile moving speed, signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), an angle and an interval time. With measurement data, system identification is based on the Expectation-Maximization (EM) algorithm together with the Kalman filtering. These system parameters are computed recursively. Various identified results illustrate the processes of system identification for flat fading and frequency-selective fading channels based on the measurement data provided by Communications Research Center Canada (CRC). Measurement data could also be input by users. Finally, a web-based wireless fading channel simulation and estimation system is analyzed, designed and implemented using UML(TM) techniques and Java(TM) programming language. The web-based system can provide friendly interfaces to complete modeling, simulation, estimation and system identification of fading channels. The Web-based simulation and estimation system can be run on the following site: http://www.site.uottawa.ca/∼jzhan037/onlineSystem.html or http://www.site.uottawa.ca/∼chadcha/onlineSystem.html .
title: Celebrity Journalism and the Conservatorship of Britney Spears
title: Toward a Normative Framework for Mental Health Reporting
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Sari, Miles John Paul
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2026
Subjects: Britney Spears
Celebrity Journalism
Conservatorships
Critical Discourse Analysis
Normative Theory
Ethics

description: The focus of this normative case study was how journalists ought to report on celebrity mental health experiences. Grounded in the social responsibility theory of the press, this study used critical discourse analysis to abductively analyze 435 news articles and transcripts covering Britney Spears’s 13-year conservatorship. This study identifies five discourses – decline, spectacle, control, protection, and captivity – that were central in the representation of Spears’s mental health and her experience in the conservatorship. The study also finds that news coverage of Spears’s conservatorship, to varying degrees, fulfilled five knowledge brokership functions: awareness, accessibility, engagement, linkage, and mobilization. Finally, the study highlights four key ethical issues in the news coverage about Spears’s conservatorship. Based on these findings, this study proposes six normative criteria that journalists ought to follow when reporting on mental health.
ABC Assay: Method Development and Application to Quantify the Role of Three DWV Master Variants in Overwinter Colony Losses of European Honey Bees
Creators: name: Kevill, Jessica L.
name: Highfield, Andrea
name: Mordecai, Gideon J.
name: Martin, Stephen J.
name: Schroeder, Declan C.
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2019

description: Deformed wing virus (DWV) is one of the most prevalent honey bee viral pathogens in the world. Typical of many RNA viruses, DWV is a quasi-species, which is comprised of a large number of different variants, currently consisting of three master variants: Type A, B, and C. Little is known about the impact of each variant or combinations of variants upon the biology of individual hosts. Therefore, we have developed a new set of master variant-specific DWV primers and a set of standards that allow for the quantification of each of the master variants. Competitive reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) experimental design confirms that each new DWV primer set is specific to the retrospective master variant. The sensitivity of the ABC assay is dependent on whether DNA or RNA is used as the template and whether other master variants are present in the sample. Comparison of the overall proportions of each master variant within a sample of known diversity, as confirmed by next-generation sequence (NGS) data, validates the efficiency of the ABC assay. The ABC assay was used on archived material from a Devon overwintering colony loss (OCL) 2006–2007 study; further implicating DWV type A and, for the first time, possibly C in the untimely collapse of honey bee colonies. Moreover, in this study DWV type B was not associated with OCL. The use of the ABC assay will allow researchers to quickly and cost effectively pre-screen for the presence of DWV master variants in honey bees.
Clinical characterization of two severe cases of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) caused by hantaviruses Puumala and Dobrava-Belgrade genotype Sochi
Creators: name: Krautkrämer, Ellen
name: Nusshag, Christian
name: Baumann, Alexandra
name: Schäfer, Julia
name: Hofmann, Jörg
name: Schnitzler, Paul
name: Klempa, Boris
name: Witkowski, Peter T.
name: Krüger, Detlev H.
name: Zeier, Martin
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Hantavirus
subject: Dobrava-Belgrade virus genotype Sochi
subject: Puumala virus
subject: clinical severity
subject: cytokines
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Background Hantavirus disease belongs to the emerging infections. The clinical picture and severity of infections differ between hantavirus species and may even vary between hantavirus genotypes. The mechanisms that lead to the broad variance of severity in infected patients are not completely understood. Host- and virus-specific factors are considered. Case presentation We analyzed severe cases of hantavirus disease in two young women. The first case was caused by Puumala virus (PUUV) infection in Germany; the second case describes the infection with Dobrava-Belgrade virus (DOBV) in Russia. Symptoms, laboratory parameters and cytokine levels were analyzed and compared between the two patients. Serological and sequence analysis revealed that PUUV was the infecting agent for the German patient and the infection of the Russian patient was caused by Dobrava-Belgrade virus genotype Sochi (DOBV-Sochi). The symptoms in the initial phase of the diseases did not differ noticeably between both patients. However, deterioration of laboratory parameter values was prolonged and stronger in DOBV-Sochi than in PUUV infection. Circulating endothelial progenitor cells (cEPCs), known to be responsible for endothelial repair, were mobilized in both infections. Striking differences were observed in the temporal course and level of cytokine upregulation. Levels of angiopoietin-2 (Ang-2), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), and stromal derived factor-1 (SDF-1α) were increased in both infections; but, sustained and more pronounced elevation was observed in DOBV-Sochi infection. Conclusions Severe hantavirus disease caused by different hantavirus species did not differ in the general symptoms and clinical characteristics. However, we observed a prolonged clinical course and a late and enhanced mobilization of cytokines in DOBV-Sochi infection. The differences in cytokine deregulation may contribute to the observed variation in the clinical course.
title: Uncovering Student Negotiations in a Secondary Science Classroom
title: A Structure-Agency Perspective
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Malone, Danielle Jo
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2024
Subjects: Education

description: This research seeks to understand how secondary science students make space for themselves in the classroom. Specifically, this study examines the interplay between classroom structures and students’ agentic negotiations while identifying the relationship between students’ enacted agency and their authored science identities by drawing from a sociological framework, structure-agency. An embedded case study was constructed from interviews, observations, and documents collected in a twelve-week Earth Science classroom. The collaborators involved in this study consisted of one monolingual science teacher and six linguistically diverse students. The findings reveal that students expressed agency in the classroom by challenging conventional
description: pedagogical practices through direct negotiations with the teacher. This study highlights moments of student agency where they advocated for themselves and their peers to reshape classroom instructional and curricular structures for more active learning experiences. Structural constraints that shape the classroom space, influence teacher decision-making, and limit students’ agency are exposed through data analysis. Science educators can reconsider their approach to instruction to cultivate inclusive learning spaces that value students’ unique abilities and experiences by recognizing the nuanced reasoning for expressions of student agency. This study contributes to the evolution of science education by promoting strategies that prioritize student agency as a catalyst for meaningful instruction.
Regulation of asymmetric cell division and polarity by Scribble is not required for humoral immunity
Creators: name: Hawkins, Edwin D.
name: Oliaro, Jane
name: Kallies, Axel
name: Belz, Gabrielle T.
name: Filby, Andrew
name: Hogan, Thea
name: Haynes, Nicole
name: Ramsbottom, Kelly M.
name: Van Ham, Vanessa
name: Kinwell, Tanja
name: Seddon, Benedict
name: Davies, Derek
name: Tarlinton, David
name: Lew, Andrew M.
name: Humbert, Patrick O.
name: Russell, Sarah
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 310102
subject: Cell development, proliferation and death
classificationCode: 510302
subject: Classical and physical optics

description: The production of protective antibody requires effective signalling of naive B cells following encounter with antigen, and the divergence of responding B lymphocytes into distinct lineages. Polarity proteins have recently been proposed as important mediators of both the initial B cell response, and potentially of asymmetric cell division. Here we show that, although polarity proteins of the Scribble complex, Scribble, Dlg1 and Lgl1, are expressed and polarized during early B cell activation, their deficiency has no effect on the in vivo outcome of immunization or challenge with influenza infection. Furthermore, we find a striking correlation in the differentiation outcome of daughters of single founder B cells in vitro. Taken together, our results indicate that B cell differentiation does not require polarity proteins of the Scribble complex, and the findings do not support a role for asymmetric cell division in B cell activation and differentiation.
Neufassung der Norm DIN 19643 "Aufbereitung von Schwimm- und Badebeckenwasser"
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2013

description: Der DIN-Arbeitsausschuss "Schwimmbeckenwasser" wurde im April 2005 neu gegründet. Das DIN Deutsche Institut für Normung e. V. berief 29 Mitglieder und fünf ständige Gäste als Experten in den paritätisch zusammengesetzten Ausschuss und übertrug ihm die Aufgabe, die Norm DIN 19 643 "Aufbereitung von Schwimm- und Badebeckenwasser" zu novellieren und an den aktuellen Kenntnis- und Entwicklungsstand anzupassen.
Die Norm besitzt einen besonderen Stellenwert. Einerseits beschreibt sie die allgemein anerkannten Regeln der Technik der Beckenwasseraufbereitung als Verfahrenskombinationen, die prak tisch ausreichend erprobt, wissenschaftlich gesichert und von der Mehrheit der Fachleute anerkannt sind. Andererseits besitzt die DIN 19 643 folgenden wichtigen gesundheitlichen Aspekt: Bei all den Bädern, die normgerecht gebaut und in denen die Wasseraufbereitung nach der Norm DIN 19 643 erfolgt, kann davon ausgegangen werden, dass eine hygienisch einwandfreie Wasserbeschaffenheit im Sinne des Infektionsschutzgesetzes § 37 Abs. 2 erreicht werden kann. Hinzu kommt, dass einer Umfrage des Umweltbundesamtes zufolge 98,7 % aller Gesundheitsämter in Deutschland bei der praktischen Umsetzung ihres gesetzlichen Überwachungsauftrages von öffentlichen und gewerblich genutzten
Bädern mit der Norm DIN 19 643 arbeiten. Von daher wird der Beachtung
dieser Norm beim Bau und Betrieb von Schwimm- und Badebeckenanlagen zusätzlicher Nachdruck verliehen.
www.baederportal.com
Implementation of parallel and divide and conquer algorithms in DeFT (LCGTO-DF).
Creators: name: Gallant, Roger.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: Chemistry, Physical.

description: The program DeFT is an implementation of Density Functional Theory (DFT). The formalism that is used in this program is the linear combination of gaussian-type-orbitals (LCGTO). In this approach, there exists a method for the variational fitting of the density. Exchange-correlation is fitted on a numerical grid. It is these fitting procedures that reduce the formal scaling of LCGTO-DF to N$\sp3$ from N$\sp4$. The contribution to the total energy from the Coulomb repulsion integrals and the exchange correlation integrals causes the current bottleneck of DFT calculations. The parallelization of the three-centered two electron integrals should lead to improved efficiency. The use of the PVM communication package gives a way to a relatively simple means for transforming serial to parallel code. An advantage of using PVM is that it is portable to a large variety of architectures. This allows PVM to act as a harness between clusters of workstations. The parallel implementation of DeFT is discussed. A divide-and-conquer implementation of LCGTO-DF is incorporated in DeFT. The use of Yang's density and density matrix formulations are incorporated into this scheme. The former is used for the fitting of the XC potential while the latter is used for the fitting of the charge density. This type of algorithm should achieve linear scaling for very large systems. Test calculations with the glycine heptapeptide demonstrate the errors to be expected from the introduction of the DAC approach. The use of buffer spaces is also examined in order to reduce the errors introduced by the DAC algorithm.
From Survey Quadrats to Cultural Landscapes: Forty-one Years of the Cedar Mesa Project
Creators: name: Lipe, William D.
name: Matson, R. G.
name: Fast, Natalie
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2012
Subjects: Archaeology

description: The Cedar Mesa Project in SE Utah was inspired by Binford's classic 1964 research design paper. From 1971 to 1975, a stratified probabilistic sampling design guided regional survey, site recording, and site testing in an 800 km2 study area. Population and settlement systems were characterized through time, and their variation related to broad regional climatic and adaptive patterns. Subsequent fieldwork (1984, 1991-92, 2009-2011) and analyses have built on this Binfordian research base to focus on aspects of Cedar Mesa cultural systems, including agricultural dependence, community organization, cultural landscape construction, external relationships (e.g., with Chaco Canyon) and regional depopulation processes.
ROLES OF EQUALIZATION POLICIES TOWARDS THE REDUCTION OF REGIONAL DISPARITIES: A REALITY CHECK APPROACH OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Creators: name: Yan Jie, Qurat Ul Ain
Publisher: name: TuEngr Group
Year: 2019
Subjects: Economic development
Fiscal decentralization
Regional Disparities
Fiscal Equalization
Instrument variables.

description: International Transaction Journal of Engineering, Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies, 10, 14, 10A14G: 1-21
Réflexion théorique élargie sur le changement du rôle économique de l'État périphérique après l'ajustement structurel.
Creators: name: Dionne, Jean-François.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: Political Science, General.

description: Cette these tente de determiner les premisses epistemologiques, ontologiques et methodologiques necessaires a une theorisation des changements dans le role economique de l'Etat peripherique au sein du contexte de plus d'une decennie d'ajustement structurel. L'auteur affirme qu'une interpretation approfondie d'un tel phenomene doit decouler d'une reflexion critique et contextuelles. Cette reflexion doit repondre librement et de facon globale au comment, pour qui et pourquoi. Elle doit cerner les elements du probleme, non seulement en tant que tel, mais egalement l'environnement dans lequel ils s'inscrivent, leur interdependance reciproque, leur inter-penetration, et leur dynamique historique. Une telle problematique theorique doit se fier sur le caractere contextualisable d'un cadre conceptuel et sur un projet normatif irrespectueux des parametres ideo-politiques de l'ordre hegemonique. Ainsi se resume le postulat se trouvant a la base de l'exercice entrepris dans cette dissertation. Celui-ci vise a construire une voie inter-paradigmatique pouvant servir a donner une signification elargie et contextuelles au phenomene de l'impact de l'ajustement structurel sur le role economique de l'Etat peripherique. Ce meme exercice s'appuie sur une analyse metatheorique et theorique de trois approches traitant du theme. L'auteur arrive ainsi a demontrer qu'afin d'arriver a une interpretation approfondie des mutations du role etatique, l'approche eclectique liberale de Thomas Biersteker doit etre deconstruite en faveur de l'approche neogramscienne de Robert W. Cox modifiee par l'approche regulationniste de Edward McCaughan. Les criteres qui permettent d'arriver a un tel postulat sont ceux de la theorie critique, car en alimentant le questionnement elargi ils produisent une interpretation a la fois plus comprehensible (ou holistique), et plus historique (ou contextuelle) du phenomene en question.
Selective localised modifications of silicon crystal by ultrafast laser induced micro-explosion
Creators: name: Rapp, Ludovic
name: Haberl, Bianca
name: Bradby, Jodie E.
name: Gamaly, Eugene G.
name: Williams, Jim S.
name: Juodkazis, Saulius
name: Rode, Andrei V.
name: Xu, Xianfan
name: Hennig, Guido
name: Nakata, Yoshiki
name: Roth, Stephan W.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Femtosecond (fs) laser pulses focused and confined inside the bulk of a material can deposit a volume energy density up to several MJ/cm3 in a sub-micron volume. This creates highly non-equilibrium, hot, dense and short-lived plasmas with conditions favorable for arrangement of atoms into unusual material phases. Singlecrystal silicon was exposed to strong shock waves induced by laser micro-explosion in confined geometry. The conditions of confinement were realized by focusing 170-fs pulses, with the energy up to 2.5 μJ, on a Si surface buried under a 10-μm thick SiO2-layer formed by oxidation of a Si-wafer. The generated intensity was 1015 W/cm2, well above the threshold for optical breakdown and plasma formation. The shock wave modified areas of the Si crystal were sectioned using a focused-ion beam and characterized with scanning electron microscopy. A void surrounded by a shock-wave-modified Si was observed at the Si/SiO2 boundary. The results demonstrate that confined micro-explosion opens up new perspectives for studies of high-pressure materials at the laboratory table-top expanding the laser-induced micro-explosion capabilities into the domain of non-transparent materials.
An Unusual Cause for a Hepatic Flare in a Chronic HBV CarrierAn Unusual Cause for a Hepatic Flare in a Chronic HBV Carrier
Creators: name: Schulz, Marten
name: Schott, Eckart
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Introduction: Hepatitis E is an emerging disease in developed countries with an increasing incidence. In developed countries, HEV genotype 3 prevails as a zoonotic disease carried by wild boars or pigs, which usually causes asymptomatic infection. Case Presentation: An asymptomatic HBsAg carrier was tested regularly at a German university hospital and showed no signs of chronic hepatitis B (CHB) activity. At a routine visit, elevated aminotransferases were detected while HBV DNA remained low and the patient was clinically asymptomatic. The laboratory signs of acute hepatitis resolved spontaneously. When aminotransferases returned to normal limits, the patient showed a flare of HBV-replication, which resolved spontaneously. In follow-up, further investigations revealed a resolved hepatitis E (HEV) superinfection causing an acute hepatitis before the HBV flare. No potential risk factors for HEV infection were identified. Conclusions: Elevated aminotransferases in CHB patients are most commonly caused by exacerbation of CHB. Nevertheless, when HBV DNA is not elevated, other reasons should be excluded. Amongst others, superinfection with another hepatotropic virus can be the reason for decompensation of chronic hepatitis B. This case report describes an asymptomatic HEV superinfection followed by a flare in HBV replication in an HBsAg carrier without signs of HBV replication for eight years. In CHB carriers with signs of acute hepatitis, rare causes should be considered as well. HEV should be a part of routine laboratory evaluation for hepatitis flares given the rising number of infections.
The sacrament of reconciliation and general absolution.
Creators: name: Limbourn, Brian.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Religion, General.

description: The ability to isolate several distinct models of reconciliation from the diverse materials left by past generations suggests that the history of this sacrament has been a continued search for a pastoral, meaningful, effective and human expression of the graced encounter between the Lord Jesus and repentant sinners celebrating the forgiveness of God and peace with the Church. This modular reconstruction also provides a basis to identify and think on certain essential theological values of reconciliation, namely, Eucharistic, ecclesial, communal, process and personal, which a community might appropriate to become a body of reconciliation in the world, instruct investigation of contemporary sacramental modes, and serve the genuine and comprehensive renewal authorized and informed by Vatican II Council. Having successfully captured these theological values, this Council proposed the sacrament of reconciliation as an indispensable part of the ongoing penitential spirit that permeates the entire Christian life. Nevertheless, the process to reform the sacrament proved a complicated and even contentious labour for those responsible. Although marked by a somewhat unimaginative similarity in their style, structure and perception of sin, the new rituals of reconciliation reflect the teaching of Vatican II Council faithfully enough to allow penitents remember and celebrate the activity of the Spirit-filled community serving as the place and presence of Jesus' saving mystery. At the same time, however, what seemed a dissonant mix of theologies ultimately bled the document of its necessary harmony so that the rituals did not attend the process of reconciliation central to the life of every faithful and reinforced the ambiguity already apparent in the regulations for general confession and absolution then in force. The Church experienced a sustained period of development and controversy about the meaning and practice of reconciliation. The blend of materials making cc. 959--963 lack the proper foundation to reflect in an authentic and credible way the awesome depth of the paschal mystery and its complex of implications for the sacrament of reconciliation. These texts will remain an unstable platform for the essential theological values of reconciliation. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
First-in-Human Trial of a Novel Suprachoroidal Retinal Prosthesis
Creators: name: Ayton, Lauren N.
name: Blamey, Peter J.
name: Guymer, Robyn H.
name: Luu, Chi D.
name: Nayagam, David A. X.
name: Sinclair, Nicholas C.
name: Shivdasani, Mohit N.
name: Yeoh, Jonathan
name: McCombe, Mark F.
name: Briggs, Robert J.
name: Opie, Nicholas L.
name: Villalobos, Joel
name: Dimitrov, Peter N.
name: Varsamidis, Mary
name: Petoe, Matthew A.
name: McCarthy, Christopher
name: Walker, Janine G.
name: Barnes, Nick
name: Burkitt, Anthony N.
name: Williams, Chris E.
name: Shepherd, Robert K.
name: Allen, Penelope J.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Retinal visual prostheses ('bionic eyes') have the potential to restore vision to blind or profoundly vision-impaired patients. The medical bionic technology used to design, manufacture and implant such prostheses is still in its relative infancy, with various technologies and surgical approaches being evaluated. We hypothesised that a suprachoroidal implant location (between the sclera and choroid of the eye) would provide significant surgical and safety benefits for patients, allowing them to maintain preoperative residual vision as well as gaining prosthetic vision input from the device. This report details the first-in-human Phase 1 trial to investigate the use of retinal implants in the suprachoroidal space in three human subjects with end-stage retinitis pigmentosa. The success of the suprachoroidal surgical approach and its associated safety benefits, coupled with twelve-month post-operative efficacy data, holds promise for the field of vision restoration.
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Creators: name: Piccardo, Marco
name: Kazakov, Dmitry
name: Rubin, Noah
name: Chevalier, Paul
name: Wang, Yongrui
name: Xie, Feng
name: Lascola, Kevin
name: Belyanin, Alexey
name: Capasso, Federico
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2018
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplemental
Exploring how to develop a technology-based speech learning app using a co-design method with parents of young children
Creators: name: Tjung, Caroline
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The project aimed to explore how to develop a technology-based speech learning app, using a co-design method with parents of young children, where the goal was to prompt young children to speak. An iterative co-design method was used with 10 Master of Design students, 14 parents of young children, two childcare workers, two speech pathologists and one expert reviewer, in a pilot study with four phases of co-design workshops. Through this study, a design outcome was iteratively co-designed with all end-users and a final technology-based speech learning app design prototype was agreed upon.
Common configurations and personalization systems for over-the-counter hearing aids
Creators: name: Vyas, Dhruv
Publisher: name: University of Iowa
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Active Learning
subject: Hearing Aids
subject: Personalization
subject: Preference Modeling
subject: Health sciences
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: public abstract
subject: Audiology
subject: Machine Learning

description: Sensorineural hearing loss can significantly impact an individual's lifestyle if left untreated. It can lead to lifestyle-related dementia, social isolation, and depression. Due to the higher costs of hearing health care and traditional methods of fitting hearing aids, a significant population who could benefit from using hearing aids do not use them. Over-the-counter hearing aids enable more affordable and accessible hearing health care by shifting the burden of configuring the device from trained audiologists to end-users. A critical challenge is to provide users with an easy-to-use method for personalizing the many parameters which control sound amplification based on their preferences.
description: There are five core contributions of my Ph.D. thesis: i) Development of common hearing aids configurations for mild-to-moderate hearing loss: Our approach is based on using US population data with hearing loss and using a clustering approach to find common hearing aid configurations that cover a large US population with hearing loss. ii) Simulation framework to evaluate hearing aids personalization algorithms: We propose a method that can use exhaustive pairwise comparison data of hearing aid users to simulate user behavior and evaluate different personalization algorithms. iii) Personalization of over-the-counter hearing aids: We propose a novel personalization algorithm that leverages the relationship between different hearing aid configurations for faster personalization. iv) Development of user preference model for hearing aids: We propose a user preference model that can be used to predict the likelihood of user preference deviation from their prescribed hearing aid configurations. v) Over-the-counter hearing aid preset development: Using a user preference model, we propose two different algorithms that can be used to derive limited discrete hearing aid configurations that cover a large population with hearing loss.
The 6dF Galaxy Survey: Cosmological constraints from the velocity power spectrum
Creators: name: Johnson, A.
name: Blake, Chris
name: Koda, Jun
name: Ma, Y.-Z.
name: Colless, M.
name: Crocce, M.
name: Davis, T. M.
name: Jones, H.
name: Magoulas, Christina
name: Lucey, J. R.
name: Mould, Jeremy
name: Scrimgeour, M. I.
name: Springob, C. M.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: We present scale-dependent measurements of the normalized growth rate of structure fσ8(k, z = 0) using only the peculiar motions of galaxies. We use data from the 6-degree Field Galaxy Survey velocity sample together with a newly compiled sample of low-redshift (z < 0.07) Type Ia supernovae. We constrain the growth rate in a series of Δk ∼ 0.03 h Mpc−1 bins to ∼35 per cent precision, including a measurement on scales >300 h−1 Mpc, which represents one of the largest scale growth rate measurement to date. We find no evidence for a scale-dependence in the growth rate, or any statistically significant variation from the growth rate as predicted by the Planck cosmology. Bringing all the scales together, we determine the normalized growth rate at z = 0 to ∼15 per cent in a manner independent of galaxy bias and in excellent agreement with the constraint from the measurements of redshift-space distortions from 6-degree Field Galaxy Survey. We pay particular attention to systematic errors. We point out that the intrinsic scatter present in Fundamental Plane and Tully-Fisher relations is only Gaussian in logarithmic distance units; wrongly assuming it is Gaussian in linear (velocity) units can bias cosmological constraints. We also analytically marginalize over zero-point errors in distance indicators, validate the accuracy of all our constraints using numerical simulations, and demonstrate how to combine different (correlated) velocity surveys using a matrix ‘hyperparameter' analysis. Current and forthcoming peculiar velocity surveys will allow us to understand in detail the growth of structure in the low-redshift universe, providing strong constraints on the nature of dark energy..
FUZZY-NEIGHBORHOOD MODEL OF THE PLANT FOR MAINTAINING POLYOL TEMPERATURE
Creators: name: Shmyrin Anatoly Mikhailovich, Yartsev Alexey Gennadievich
Publisher: name: TuEngr Group
Year: 2019
Subjects: Neighborhood model
Mixed control
Variable coefficients
Fuzziness
Identification
Heat transfer coefficient.

description: International Transaction Journal of Engineering, Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies, 10, 14, 10A14H: 1-8
75 Years of Educational Progress at the University of Oregon Medical School Brochure
Creators: name: Oregon Health & Science University
Publisher: name: Oregon State System of Higher Education
Year: 1962
Subjects: University of Oregon
University of Oregon. Medical School
University of Oregon. Dental School
Southern Oregon State College
Eastern Oregon State College
Doernbecher Memorial Hospital for Children
Multnomah County Hospital
University of Oregon. Medical School. Tuberculosis Hospital
Oregon Health & Science University
Outpatient Clinics, Hospital
Admitting Department, Hospital
Workforce
Students
Health Workforce
Gift Giving
Oregon

description: This is a 1962 brochure about the first 75 years (1887-1962) of the University of Oregon Medical School. It includes campus photos, data about student enrollment, employment, grants and gifts, part-time and volunteer faculty growth, and information about hospital patient inpatient and outpatient admissions for Oregon's medical facilities.
Fluorchemikalien: Funktionalität und Umweltschutz
Creators: name: Vierke, Lena
name: Schulte, Christoph
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2016

description: Das Beispiel der Per- und Polyfluoralkylchemikalien zeigt, dass Substanzen schaden können, wenn die Entwickler nur auf die nützlichen Eigenschaften schauen und dabei Gefahren übersehen.Quelle: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com