cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
De la subversion a la nostalgia: El intelectual de la Gauche divine en su literatura
Creators: name: Villamandos-Ferreira, Alberto
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Literature, Modern.
subject: Literature, Romance.

description: This dissertation studies the Gauche divine, a progressive upper class elite from Barcelona during the 1960's, and its reflection in five novels by leading contemporary Spanish authors. The Gauche divine performed their ideological agenda through a cosmopolitan, ironic stance defying the Franco regime and its traditional morality. Moreover, these intellectuals and professionals---architects, publishers, movie directors, designers, writers, poets---connected to the newest trends in critical thinking, arts and literature in Europe and updated Spanish culture. On the other hand, this intellectual group offered an alternative discourse to orthodox Marxism. In order to frame this intelligentsia in its historical and social context, we review the concept of the committed intellectual, according to the texts of Antonio Gramsci and Jean-Paul Sartre. However, in the 1960's---with arising counter-cultural movements, along with the sexual revolution---the committed intellectual becomes spectacular, in a cultural milieu ruled by mass media. Since their cultural production in literature and visual arts shows a narcissistic attitude, the Gauche divine cannot only be considered spectacular, but specular as well. Once the group dissapeared, their narcissism turned into a self indulgent nostalgia, as we can see in the remarkable number of their autobiographies up to date. However, we can find a critical counterpart in fiction by authors in the margins of the group. Our analysis of Ultimas tardes con Teresa (1966), by Juan Marse, and Los alegres muchachos de Atzavara (1987), by Manuel Vazquez Montalban focuses on the frustrated relationship between the committed intellectual and the Southern immigrant in Catalonia or charnego, whose body is seen as a political and a sexual fetish. Therefore, we propose a poscolonial approach to the representation of the charnego, as a racialized character. Luis Goytisolo's Recuento (1973) illustrates the process of political commitment of the middle-upper class intellectual in Franco's Spain, from ideological conversion to disenchantment. Through Michel Foucault's discourse analysis, we discuss the position of the critical intellectual within the Communist Party. Finally, we explore historical memory, nostalgia and the conflict between ethics and aesthetics in Felix de Azua's Historia de un idiota contada por el mismo (1986) and Momentos decisivos (2000).
La marine de guerre française au temps des Colbert : une étude du développement de la puissance navale du Roi-Soleil entre 1661 et 1683.
Creators: name: Mattard-Michaud, Alexandre.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: History, European.

description: Cette thèse de maîtrise offre un nouveau regard sur l'histoire de la marine de guerre du Roi-Soleil, au moment où celle-ci était sous l'influence d'un célèbre homme d'État français du nom de Jean-Baptiste Colbert--c'est-à-dire de 1661 à 1683--lui-même secondé par son fils--de 1672 à 1683--le trop souvent sous-estimé marquis de Seignelay. En tentant de faire la lumière sur les principaux éléments qui ont contribué au développement de ladite marine et qui, du même coup, lui ont assuré son succès durant cette période déterminante pour la France de l'Ancien Régime, nous avons découvert que deux réactions fondamentales, encore bien mal identifiées à ce jour, étaient au coeur de cette évolution, soit: les transformations structurelles et les conflits maritimes.
The SLUGGS survey: Multipopulation dynamical modelling of the elliptical galaxy NGC 1407 from stars and globular clusters
Creators: name: Pota, Vincenzo
name: Romanowsky, Aaron J.
name: Brodie, Jean
name: Peñarrubia, Jorge
name: Forbes, Duncan
name: Napolitano, Nicola R.
name: Foster, Caroline
name: Walker, Matthew G.
name: Strader, Jay
name: Roediger, Joel C.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 510103
subject: Cosmology and extragalactic astronomy

description: We perform in-depth dynamical modelling of the luminous and dark matter (DM) content of the elliptical galaxy NGC 1407. Our strategy consists of solving the spherical Jeans equations for three independent dynamical tracers: stars, blue globular clusters (GCs) and red GCs in a self-consistent manner. We adopt a maximum-likelihood Markov Chain Monte Carlo fitting technique in the attempt to constrain the inner slope of the DM density profile (the cusp/core problem), and the stellar initial mass function (IMF) of the galaxy. We find the inner logarithmic slope of the DM density profiles to be γ = 0.6 ± 0.4, which is consistent with either a DM cusp (γ = 1) or with a DM core (γ = 0). Our findings are consistent with a Salpeter IMF, and marginally consistent with a Kroupa IMF. We infer tangential orbits for the blue GCs, and radial anisotropy for red GCs and stars. The modelling results are consistent with the virial mass–concentration relation predicted by Λ cold dark matter (CDM) simulations. The virial mass of NGC 1407 is log Mvir = 13.3 ± 0.2M⊙, whereas the stellar mass is log M* = 11.8 ± 0.1 M⊙. The overall uncertainties on the mass of NGC 1407 are only 5 per cent at the projected stellar effective radius. We attribute the disagreement between our results and previous X-ray results to the gas not being in hydrostatic equilibrium in the central regions of the galaxy. The halo of NGC 1407 is found be DM-dominated, with a dynamical mass-to-light ratio of M/L=260+174−100M⊙/L⊙,B. However, this value can be larger up to a factor of 3 depending on the assumed prior on the DM scale radius.
Dark matter halo properties of GAMA galaxy groups from 100 square degrees of KiDS weak lensing data
Creators: name: Viola, M.
name: Cacciato, M.
name: Brouwer, M.
name: Kuijken, K.
name: Hoekstra, H.
name: Norberg, P.
name: Robotham, A. S. G.
name: van Uitert, E.
name: Alpaslan, M.
name: Baldry, I. K.
name: Choi, A.
name: de Jong, J. T. A.
name: Driver, S. P.
name: Erben, T.
name: Grado, A.
name: Graham, Alister
name: Heymans, C.
name: Hildebrandt, H.
name: Hopkins, A. M.
name: Irisarri, N.
name: Joachimi, B.
name: Loveday, J.
name: Miller, L.
name: Nakajima, R.
name: Schneider, P.
name: Sifón, C.
name: Verdoes Kleijn, G.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The Kilo-Degree Survey is an optical wide-field survey designed to map the matter distribution in the Universe using weak gravitational lensing. In this paper, we use these data to measure the density profiles and masses of a sample of ∼1400 spectroscopically identified galaxy groups and clusters from the Galaxy And Mass Assembly survey. We detect a highly significant signal (signal-to-noise-ratio ∼120), allowing us to study the properties of dark matter haloes over one and a half order of magnitude in mass, from M ∼ 1013–1014.5 h−1 M⊙. We interpret the results for various subsamples of groups using a halo model framework which accounts for the mis-centring of the brightest cluster galaxy (used as the tracer of the group centre) with respect to the centre of the group's dark matter halo. We find that the density profiles of the haloes are well described by an NFW profile with concentrations that agree with predictions from numerical simulations. In addition, we constrain scaling relations between the mass and a number of observable group properties. We find that the mass scales with the total r-band luminosity as a power law with slope 1.16 ± 0.13 (1σ) and with the group velocity dispersion as a power law with slope 1.89 ± 0.27 (1σ). Finally, we demonstrate the potential of weak lensing studies of groups to discriminate between models of baryonic feedback at group scales by comparing our results with the predictions from the Cosmo-OverWhelmingly Large Simulations project, ruling out models without AGN feedback.
HALO, a novel bHLH-PAS protein induced by neuronal preconditioning and ischemia, mediates cytotoxicity through BAX gene upregulation
Creators: name: Hester, Ian Wayland
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Biology, Molecular.

description: Cortical spreading depression (CSD) induces waves of neuronal depolarization that confer neuroprotection to subsequent ischemic events in the rat brain. To gain insights into the molecular mechanisms elicited by CSD, we used representational difference analysis (RDA) to identify mRNA induced by potassium depolarization in vivo. We have isolated a cDNA encoding a novel bHLH-PAS protein distantly related to SIM2, termed HALO. Our results confirm that HALO mRNA and protein are rapidly and transiently expressed in cortical neurons following CSD but not following short duration ischemia, another form of pre-ischemic conditioning. In the untreated adult brain, HALO is expressed at low levels but is highly expressed during embryonic development in neuronal lineages. Surprisingly, delayed HALO expression is also observed following middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) in rats. Reporter assays show that HALO is a transcriptional activator that associates with the bHLH-PAS sub-class co-factor ARNT2. Adenovirus-mediated expression of epitope-tagged HALO results in the direct induction of the Bax gene and sensitization of cultured cells to cytotoxic stress. Together, our data indicate that HALO is a novel bHLH-PAS transactivator transiently induced by preconditioning and that its sustained expression is detrimental. The identification of HALO may represent an important step in our understanding of the molecular mechanisms of brain preconditioning and injury.
Dactylopleustes echinoides Bousfield & Hendrycks 1995
Creators: name: Labay, Vjacheslav S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Amphipoda
Pleustidae
Dactylopleustes
Dactylopleustes echinoides

description: Dactylopleustes echinoides Bousfield & Hendrycks, 1995
Figures 1g, 2h, q, 3g, p, 4e, n, 5e, n, 6h, 7h, i, 36
Dactylopleustes echinoides Bousfield & Hendrycks, 1995: 121, 122, fig. 40.— Bousfield 2001: 94.— Tomikawa et al. 2004: 11, 12, fig. 6.
Dactylopleustes (Neodactylopleustes) echinoides — Bousfield & Hendrycks, 1995: 120.
Dactylopleustes echinoicus (?)— Austin 1985: 592.— Barnard & Karaman 1991: 647 (part).
Dactylopleustes new species — Bousfield & Hendrycks 1994: figs. 2N, 4B, 5E, 6A, B.
Distribution. Northeastern Pacific: Vancouver Island, British Columbia, and the San Juan Channel, Washington, USA, in the depth range of 0–91 m, commensal on sea urchin Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis (O.F. Müller, 1776) (Bousfield & Hendrycks 1995; Tomikawa et al. 2004). Absent in my collections.
description: Published as part of Labay, Vjacheslav S., 2025, Review of amphipods of the family Pleustidae Buchholz, 1874 (Amphipoda) from the coastal waters of Sakhalin Island and Kamchatka Peninsula (Far East of Russia). IV. Subfamily Dactylopleustinae Bousfield and Hendrycks, 1994, pp. 201-253 in Zootaxa 5627 (2) on page 220, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5627.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/15325903
Australia’s Digital Economy @ 100Mbps and beyond: the potential social and economic benefits from a Next Generation National Broadband Network Infrastructure
Creators: name: Jayasundara, Nadeen
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Today, over 10 million Australians use the Internet, with the vast majority using broadband technology. While Broadband is often touted as having significant economic and social benefits, the current generation of broadband infrastructure faces constraints in delivering the next generation of applications and services. This report aims to identify the potential economic and social benefits enabled by the implementation and use of a Next Generation Broadband (NGB) Access Network infrastructure in Australia. This follows the announcement by the Australian Government in 2009 that it will construct and run a new high-speed National Broadband Network (NBN). Based on the results of our study of existing literature findings, it is clear that NGB can enable many potential social and economic benefits for Australia, across GDP, productivity, competitiveness & consumer surplus gains, as well as smarter energy resource and transportation supply and use, better Business operations, work/life balance and location, and improvements in Health, Education, Government, Elderly and Regional services.
A Natural Combination Extract of Viscum album L. Containing Both Triterpene Acids and Lectins Is Highly Effective against AML In Vivo
Creators: name: Delebinski, Catharina I.
name: Twardziok, Monika
name: Kleinsimon, Susann
name: Hoff, Florian
name: Mulsow, Katharina
name: Rolff, Jana
name: Jäger, Sebastian
name: Eggert, Angelika
name: Seifert, Georg
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Aqueous Viscum album L. extracts are widely used in complementary cancer medicine. Hydrophobic triterpene acids also possess anti-cancer properties, but due to their low solubility they do not occur in significant amounts in aqueous extracts. Using cyclodextrins we solubilised mistletoe triterpenes (mainly oleanolic acid) and investigated the effect of a mistletoe whole plant extract on human acute myeloid leukaemia cells in vitro, ex vivo and in vivo. Single Viscum album L. extracts containing only solubilised triterpene acids (TT) or lectins (viscum) inhibited cell proliferation and induced apoptosis in a dose-dependent manner in vitro and ex vivo. The combination of viscum and TT extracts (viscumTT) enhanced the induction of apoptosis synergistically. The experiments demonstrated that all three extracts are able to induce apoptosis via caspase-8 and -9 dependent pathways with down-regulation of members of the inhibitor of apoptosis and Bcl-2 families of proteins. Finally, the acute myeloid leukaemia mouse model experiment confirmed the therapeutic effectiveness of viscumTT-treatment resulting in significant tumour weight reduction, comparable to the effect in cytarabine-treated mice. These results suggest that the combination viscumTT may have a potential therapeutic value for the treatment AML.
H-ATLAS/GAMA: quantifying the morphological evolution of the galaxy population using cosmic calorimetry
Creators: name: Eales, Stephen
name: Fullard, Andrew
name: Allen, Matthew
name: Smith, M. W. L.
name: Baldry, Ivan
name: Bourne, Nathan
name: Clark, C. J. R.
name: Driver, Simon
name: Dunne, Loretta
name: Dye, Simon
name: Graham, Alister
name: Ibar, Edo
name: Hopkins, Andrew
name: Ivison, Rob
name: Kelvin, Lee S.
name: Maddox, Steve
name: Maraston, Claudia
name: Robotham, Aaron S. G.
name: Smith, Dan
name: Taylor, Edward
name: Valiante, Elisabetta
name: Werf, Paul van der
name: Baes, Maarten
name: Brough, Sarah
name: Clements, David
name: Cooray, Asantha
name: Gomez, Haley
name: Loveday, Jon
name: Phillipps, Steven
name: Scott, Douglas
name: Serjeant, Steve
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Using results from the Herschel Astrophysical Terrahertz Large-Area Survey (H-ATLAS) and the Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA) project, we show that, for galaxy masses above ≃ 108 M⊙, 51 per cent of the stellar mass-density in the local Universe is in early-type galaxies (ETGs; Sérsic n > 2.5) while 89 per cent of the rate of production of stellar mass-density is occurring in late-type galaxies (LTGs; Sérsic n < 2.5). From this zero-redshift benchmark, we have used a calorimetric technique to quantify the importance of the morphological transformation of galaxies over the history of the Universe. The extragalactic background radiation contains all the energy generated by nuclear fusion in stars since the big bang. By resolving this background radiation into individual galaxies using the deepest far-infrared survey with the Herschel Space Observatory and a deep near-infrared/optical survey with the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), and using measurements of the Sérsic index of these galaxies derived from the HST images, we estimate that ≃83 per cent of the stellar mass-density formed over the history of the Universe occurred in LTGs. The difference between this value and the fraction of the stellar mass-density that is in LTGs today implies there must have been a major transformation of LTGs into ETGs after the formation of most of the stars.
Poorly Differentiated Medullary Phenotype Predicts Poor Survival in Early Lymph Node-Negative Gastro-Esophageal Adenocarcinomas
Creators: name: Treese, Christoph
name: Sanchez, Pedro
name: Grabowski, Patricia
name: Berg, Erika
name: Blaeker, Hendrik
name: Kruschewski, Martin
name: Haase, Oliver
name: Hummel, Michael
name: Daum, Severin
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Background 5-year survival rate in patients with early adenocarcinoma of the gastro-esophageal junction or stomach (AGE/S) in Caucasian patients is reported to be 60–80%. We aimed to identify prognostic markers for patients with UICC-I without lymph-node involvement (N0). Methods Clinical data and tissue specimen from patients with AGE/S stage UICC-I-N0, treated by surgery only, were collected retrospectively. Tumor size, lymphatic vessel or vein invasion, grading, classification systems (WHO, Lauren, Ming), expression of BAX, BCL-2, CDX2, Cyclin E, E-cadherin, Ki-67, TP53, TP21, SHH, Survivin, HIF1A, TROP2 and mismatch repair deficiency were analyzed using tissue microarrays and correlated with overall and tumor related survival. Results 129 patients (48 female) with a mean follow-up of 129.1 months were identified. 5-year overall survival was 83.9%, 5-year tumor related survival was 95.1%. Poorly differentiated medullary cancer subtypes (p<0.001) and positive vein invasion (p<0.001) were identified as risk factors for decreased overall—and tumor related survival. Ki-67 (p = 0.012) and TP53 mutation (p = 0.044) were the only immunohistochemical markers associated with worse overall survival but did not reach significance for decreased tumor related survival. Conclusion In the presented study patients with AGE/S in stage UICC-I-N0 had a better prognosis as previously reported for Caucasian patients. Poorly differentiated medullary subtype was associated with reduced survival and should be considered when studying prognosis in these patients.
Praxishilfe zum Repowering in der Regional- und Kommunalplanung
Creators: name: Wegner, Nils
name: Benz, Steffen
Publisher: name: Umweltbundesamt
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Windenergie
subject: Onshore
subject: Regionalplanung
subject: Repowering
subject: kommunale Planung
subject: Windenergie an Land
subject: Klima | Energie

description: Dem Repowering von Windenergie an Land kommt zur Erreichung der energie- und klimaschutzpolitischen Ziele eine besondere Rolle zu. Einerseits kann durch die Nutzung etablierter Standorte vergleichsweise kurzfristig die installierte Leistung gesteigert werden, andererseits kann Repowering genutzt werden, um Standorte anzupassen und neu zu ordnen. Die Praxishilfe soll regionale und kommunale Planungsträger bei der räumlichen Steuerung des Repowerings unterstützen. Es wird ein Überblick zum neuen System der Flächenausweisung gegeben und auf dieser Basis die planerischen Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der räumlichen Steuerung aufgezeigt. Quelle: Umweltbundesamt
description: Dem ⁠Repowering⁠ von Windenergie an Land kommt zur Erreichung der energie- und klimaschutzpolitischen Ziele eine besondere Rolle zu. Einerseits kann durch die Nutzung etablierter Standorte vergleichsweise kurzfristig die installierte Leistung gesteigert werden, andererseits kann Repowering genutzt werden, um Standorte anzupassen und neu zu ordnen.Die Praxishilfe soll regionale und kommunale Planungsträger bei der räumlichen Steuerung des Repowerings unterstützen. Es wird ein Überblick zum neuen System der Flächenausweisung gegeben und auf dieser Basis die planerischen Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der räumlichen Steuerung aufgezeigt.
Galaxy luminosity functions in WINGS clusters
Creators: name: Moretti, A.
name: Bettoni, D.
name: Poggianti, B. M.
name: Fasano, G.
name: Varela, J.
name: D'Onofrio, M.
name: Vulcani, B.
name: Cava, A.
name: Fritz, J.
name: Couch, Warrick
name: Moles, M.
name: Kjærgaard, P.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Aims. Using V band photometry of the WINGS survey, we derive galaxy luminosity functions (LF) in nearby clusters. This sample is complete down to MV = −15.15, and it is homogeneous, thus allowing the study of an unbiased sample of clusters with different characteristics. Methods. We constructed the photometric LF for 72 out of the original 76 WINGS clusters, excluding only those without a velocity dispersion estimate. For each cluster we obtained the LF for galaxies in a region of radius=0.5 × r200, and fitted them with single and double Schechter’s functions. We also derive the composite LF for the entire sample, and those pertaining to different morphological classes. Finally we derive the spectroscopic cumulative LF for 2009 galaxies that are cluster members. Results. The double Schechter fit parameters are neither correlated with the cluster velocity dispersion, nor with the X–ray luminosity. Our median values of the Schechter’s fit slope are, on average, in agreement with measurements of nearby clusters, but are less steep that those derived from large surveys, such as the SDSS. Early–type galaxies outnumber late–types at all magnitudes, but both early and late types contribute equally to the faint end of the LF. Finally, the spectroscopic LF is in excellent agreement with the ones derived for A2199, A85 and Virgo, and with the photometric one at the bright magnitudes (where both are available). Conclusions. There is a large spread in the LF of different clusters. However, this spread is not caused by correlation of the LF shape with cluster characteristics such as X–ray luminosity or velocity dispersions. The faint end is flatter than what previously derived (αf = −1.7) at odds with what predicted from numerical simulations.
Identifying the source of perytons at the Parkes radio telescope
Creators: name: Petroff, E.
name: Keane, Evan
name: Barr, Ewan
name: Reynolds, J. E.
name: Sarkissian, J.
name: Edwards, P. G.
name: Stevens, J.
name: Brem, C.
name: Jameson, A.
name: Burke-Spolaor, S.
name: Johnston, S.
name: Bhat, N. D.R.
name: Kudale, P. Chandra S.
name: Bhandari, S.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: 'Perytons' are millisecond-duration transients of terrestrial origin, whose frequency-swept emission mimics the dispersion of an astrophysical pulse that has propagated through tenuous cold plasma. In fact, their similarity to FRB 010724 had previously cast a shadow over the interpretation of 'fast radio bursts', which otherwise appear to be of extragalactic origin. Until now, the physical origin of the dispersion-mimicking perytons had remained a mystery. We have identifed strong out-of-band emission at 2.3-2.5 GHz associated with several peryton events. Subsequent tests revealed that a peryton can be generated at 1.4 GHz when a microwave oven door is opened prematurely and the telescope is at an appropriate relative angle. Radio emission escaping from microwave ovens during the magnetron shut-down phase neatly explain all of the observed properties of the peryton signals. Now that the peryton source has been identied, we furthermore demonstrate that the microwaves on site could not have caused FRB 010724. This and other distinct observational differences show that FRBs are excellent candidates for genuine extragalactic transients.
Procedures for basic inverse problems: Black body radiation problem and phonon density of states problem.
Creators: name: Dou, Lixin.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1992
Subjects: subject: Physics, General.

description: Two numerical procedures, the regularization method and the maximum entropy method, have been investigated and developed to solve some basic inverse problems in theoretical physics. Both of them are applied to the inverse black body radiation problem and the inverse phonon density of states problem. The inverse black body radiation problem is concerned with the determination of the area temperature distribution of a black body source from spectral measurements of its radiation. The phonon density of states problem is defined to be the determination of the phonon density of states function from the measured lattice specific heat function at constant volume. Those problems are ill-posed and can be expressed as a Fredholm integral equation of the first kind. It appears that both the regularization method and the maximum entropy method are successful in solving the two ill-posed problems. Generally the two procedures can be applied to any inverse problem which belongs to the class of the Fredholm integral equation of the first kind.
Lower limb muscle function during cycling.
Creators: name: Curry, Daniel T.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1990
Subjects: subject: Biology, Anatomy.

description: The purpose of this study was to describe the functional role of the lower limb musculature during stationary cycling using electromyography, muscle-tendon unit length changes, and segmental kinematics. Five subjects were filmed (100 Hz) in synchrony with the collection of LE EMG activity of the gluteus maximus, semitendinosus, semimembranosus, rectus femoris, vastus lateralis, soleus, gastrocnemius, and tibialis anterior muscles during stationary cycling at 160 W (90 r/min). The results showed that extension during the propulsive phase of the pedal cycle was the result of high concentric activity of both the monoarticular and biarticular muscles. Furthermore, these muscles functioned according to their expected anatomical roles (Rasch and Burke, 1978). This investigation, therefore, finds little evidence for the existence of paradoxical muscle function as hypothesized by Lombard (1903), Molbech (1965), or Rasch & Burke (1978).
nIFTy cosmology: Comparison of galaxy formation models
Creators: name: Knebe, Alexander
name: Pearce, Frazer R.
name: Thomas, Peter A.
name: Benson, Andrew
name: Blaizot, Jeremy
name: Bower, Richard
name: Carretero, Jorge
name: Castander, Francisco J.
name: Cattaneo, Andrea
name: Cora, Sofia A.
name: Croton, Darren
name: Cui, Weiguang
name: Cunnama, Daniel
name: De Lucia, Gabriella
name: Devriendt, Julien E.
name: Elahi, Pascal J.
name: Font, Andreea
name: Fontanot, Fabio
name: Garcia-Bellido, Juan
name: Gargiulo, Ignacio D.
name: Gonzalez-Perez, Violeta
name: Helly, John
name: Henriques, Bruno
name: Hirschmann, Michaela
name: Lee, Jaehyun
name: Mamon, Gary A.
name: Monaco, Pierluigi
name: Onions, Julian
name: Padilla, Nelson D.
name: Power, Chris
name: Pujol, Arnau
name: Skibba, Ramin A.
name: Somerville, Rachel S.
name: Srisawat, Chaichalit
name: Vega-Martínez, Cristian A.
name: Yi, Sukyoung K.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: We present a comparison of 14 galaxy formation models: 12 different semi-analytical models and 2 halo occupation distribution models for galaxy formation based upon the same cosmological simulation and merger tree information derived from it. The participating codes have proven to be very successful in their own right but they have all been calibrated independently using various observational data sets, stellar models, and merger trees. In this paper, we apply them without recalibration and this leads to a wide variety of predictions for the stellar mass function, specific star formation rates, stellar-to-halo mass ratios, and the abundance of orphan galaxies. The scatter is much larger than seen in previous comparison studies primarily because the codes have been used outside of their native environment within which they are well tested and calibrated. The purpose of the 'nIFTy comparison of galaxy formation models' is to bring together as many different galaxy formation modellers as possible and to investigate a common approach to model calibration. This paper provides a unified description for all participating models and presents the initial, uncalibrated comparison as a baseline for our future studies where we will develop a common calibration framework and address the extent to which that reduces the scatter in the model predictions seen here.
Aspects of electromagnetic interference on printed circuit boards.
Creators: name: Radojicic, Marko L. M.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1990
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Electronics and Electrical.

description: General guidelines for the design of printed circuit boards have been developed for two important aspects of electromagnetic compatibility: cross-talk and radiated emissions. Numerical methods were used to study the cross-talk between tracks of several common printed circuit board technologies. Design recommendations are suggested that minimize the cross-talk on printed circuit boards. A simple model was developed to predict radiated emissions from complicated circuits on printed circuit boards. The concepts of ground impedance and common-mode currents were used to build a model which gives fast and accurate predictions. The technique was tested using a method of moments program.
'Because I've been extremely careful' : HIV seroconversion, responsibility, citizenship and the neo-liberal drug-using subject
Creators: name: Krüsi, Andrea
name: McNeil, Ryan, 1982-
name: Moore, David M.
name: Small, Will
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2018

description: In this article we examine how injection drug users who do not attribute their HIV infection to engaging in HIV risk behaviours take up and critique discourses of individual responsibility and citizenship relating to HIV risk and HIV prevention. We draw on data from a study in Vancouver, Canada (2006 – 2009) in which we interviewed individuals living with HIV who had a history of injection drug use. In this paper we focus on 6 cases studies of participants who did not attribute their HIV infection to engaging in HIV risk behaviours. We found that in striving to present themselves as responsible HIV citizens who did not engage in HIV risk behaviours, these participants drew on individually-focused HIV prevention discourses. By identifying themselves in these ways, they were able to present themselves as ‘deserving’ HIV citizens and avoid the blame associated with being HIV positive. However, in rejecting the view that they and their risk behaviours were to blame for their HIV infection and by developing an explanation that drew on broader social, structural and historical factors, these individuals were developing a tentative critique of the importance of individual responsibility in HIV transmission as opposed to dangers of infection from the socio-economic environment. By framing the risk of infection in environmental rather than individual risk-behaviour terms these individuals redistributed responsibility to reflect the social-structural realities of their lives. In this article we reflect on the implications of these findings for public health measures such as risk prevention messages. We note that it is important that such messages are not restricted to individual risk prevention but also include a focus of broader shared responsibilities of HIV.
Towards context-aware gesture enabled user interfaces
Creators: name: El-Sawah, Ayman
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Computer Science.

description: Conventional graphical user interface techniques appear to be ill-suited for the kinds of interactive platforms that are required for future generations of computing devices. 3D graphics and immersive virtual reality applications require interactive 3D object manipulation and navigation. Perceptual user interfaces using speech and gestures are in high demand to provide a more natural human-computer interaction modality. The major challenge facing Perceptual user interfaces is the lack of a standard application programming interfaces capable of handling ambiguity and providing the means to include domain-specific knowledge about the context in which the user interface is used. In this dissertation, we study dynamic hand gestures, which are defined as a sequence of hand postures. We emphasize the generality of our dynamic gesture model, which is capable of recognizing essentially any dynamic hand gesture confined in a sequence of postures. Hand postures are static poses and are defined by an array of posture attributes. We use a generic definition hand postures capable of covering the space of hand postures at different levels of granularity and abstraction; and we timely monitor the posture variation as it unfolds within the dynamic gesture. We also study the role of context in gesture interpretation without making assumptions about a specific application. We view the hand-tracking and gesture-recognition subsystems as integral parts of a larger distributed and multi-user multi-service application, where gesture interpretation plays the role of resolving ambiguity of the recognized gesture. We identify the relevant aspects to hand gesture interpretation and we propose agent-based system architecture for gesture interpretation. We finally propose a framework for gesture-enabled system design, where context is placed in a middleware layer that interfaces with all sub modules in the system and plays a dialectic role and keeping the overall system stable.
Exploring the z=3-4 massive galaxy population with zfourge: the prevalence of dusty and quiescent galaxies
Creators: name: Spitler, Lee R.
name: Straatman, Caroline M. S.
name: Labbe, Ivo
name: Glazebrook, Karl
name: Tran, Kim-Vy H.
name: Kacprzak, Glenn
name: Quadri, Ryan F.
name: Papovich, Casey
name: Persson, S. Eric
name: van Dokkum, Pieter
name: Allen, Rebecca
name: Kawinwanichakij, Lalitwadee
name: Kelson, Daniel D.
name: McCarthy, Patrick J.
name: Mehrtens, Nicola
name: J. Monson, Andrew
name: Nanayakkara, Themiya
name: Rees, Glen
name: Tilvi, Vithal
name: Tomczak, Adam R.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 510103
subject: Cosmology and extragalactic astronomy

description: Our understanding of the redshift z>3 galaxy population relies largely on samples selected using the popular 'dropout' technique, typically consisting of UV-bright galaxies with blue colors and prominent Lyman breaks. As it is currently unknown if these galaxies are representative of the massive galaxy population, we here use the FourStar Galaxy Evolution (ZFOURGE) Survey to create a stellar mass-limited sample at z=3-4. Uniquely, ZFOURGE uses deep near-infrared medium-bandwidth filters to derive accurate photometric redshifts and stellar population properties. The mass-complete sample consists of 57 galaxies with log M >10.6, reaching below M^{star} at z=3-4. On average, the massive z=3-4 galaxies are extremely faint in the observed optical with median R_{tot}^{AB}=27.48pm0.41 (restframe M_{1700}=-18.05pm0.37). They lie far below the UV luminosity-stellar mass relation for Lyman break galaxies and are about sim100times fainter at the same mass. The massive galaxies are red (R-Ks_{AB}=3.9pm0.2; restframe UV-slope beta=-0.2pm0.3) likely from dust or old stellar ages. We classify the galaxy SEDs by their restframe U-V and V-J colors and find a diverse population: 46^{+6+10}_{-6-17}% of the massive galaxies are quiescent, 54^{+8+17}_{-8-10}% are dusty star-forming galaxies, and only 14^{+3+10}_{-3-4}% resemble luminous blue star forming Lyman break galaxies. This study clearly demonstrates an inherent diversity among massive galaxies at higher redshift than previously known. Furthermore,we uncover a reservoir of dusty star-forming galaxies with 4times lower specific star-formation rates compared to submillimeter-selected starbursts at z>3. With 5times higher numbers, the dusty galaxies may represent a more typical mode of star formation compared to submillimeter-bright starbursts.
UBA's key aspects to increase plastic recycling and the use of recyclates
Creators: name: Heutling, Susanne
name: Fabian, Matthias
name: Jung, Matthias
name: Körber-Ziegengeist, Grit
name: Kovacs, Daniel
name: Moser, Heidrun
name: Krause, Susann
name: Oehme, Ines
name: Weiss, Volker
name: Krüger, Franziska
name: Wurbs, Johanna
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Kunststoffrecycling
subject: Werkstoffliches Kunststoffrecycling
subject: Sekundärkunststoff
subject: Kreislaufwirtschaft
subject: Waste | Resources

description: The recycling of plastic waste and the use of recyclates in new products conserve primary raw materials and, unlike the production from crude oil, save energy and reduce CO2 emissions. Recycling (i.e. material recovery) is usually the most environmentally friendly choice among waste management processes. Consequently, material recovery from waste is at the top of the recovery options in the Circular Economy Act̷s waste hierarchy. Nevertheless, plastic waste in Germany is predominantly recovered for energy. The recycling of plastic waste has remained at a low level for years, even though significantly more plastics could be reclaimed in this way. The causes are varied, therefore a range of measures and tools are required aimed at the elimination of barriers and at the promotion of high-quality plastic recycling and use of recyclates. This paper presents the German Environment Agency̷s view as to which measures and tools should be applied. Quelle: Verlagsinformation
description: The recycling of plastic waste and the use of recyclates in new products conserve primary raw materials and, unlike the production from crude oil, save energy and reduce ⁠CO2⁠ emissions. Recycling (i.e. material recovery) is usually the most environmentally friendly choice among waste management processes. Consequently, material recovery from waste is at the top of the recovery options in the Circular Economy Act’s waste hierarchy. Nevertheless, plastic waste in Germany is predominantly recovered for energy. The recycling of plastic waste has remained at a low level for years, even though significantly more plastics could be reclaimed in this way. The causes are varied, therefore a range of measures and tools are required aimed at the elimination of barriers and at the promotion of high-quality plastic recycling and use of recyclates. This paper presents the German Environment Agency’s view as to which measures and tools should be applied.
Three essays on the economics of corruption
Creators: name: Mizoguchi, Tetsuro
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Economics, General.

description: This thesis contains three essays on the economics of corruption. The first essay presents a game-theoretic analysis of the Japanese defense market. The second essay presents a model---formulated from the mechanism design perspective---for analyzing the reemployment of high-ranking Japanese bureaucrats in the private sector. The third essay presents a bribery-bidding game with multiple corrupt bureaucrats and a private firm to analyze the corruption in entry regulation. The first essay presents a game that incorporates these features of the defense procurement process. The results of the analysis suggest that the government pay for low-quality defenses goods at inflated prices. Furthermore, because Japanese firms are shielded from competition and because of the lack of a large foreign market, the Japanese defense industry has no incentive to engage in R&D to improve the quality of its defense goods. The second essay analyzes the implicit collusive relationship between government and private petroleum companies from the perspective of mechanism design. The game contains an explicit formalization of the implicit collusion between government and the petroleum companies it regulates. It has the structure of an optimal-auction problem---with a retiring bureaucrat as the object of the auction, government as the seller, and private petroleum companies as the potential buyers. This essay provides a necessary and sufficient condition for the direct-revelation mechanism to be truthfully implementable in Bayesian Nash equilibrium, and the characterization of the optimal mechanism for government. In the third essay, we analyze the corruption in entry regulation that involves an entrepreneur and a track of bureaucrats. First, because of the asymmetry of information, the entrepreneur might not obtain the required permit, although collectively as a group, the joint net payoff of the entrepreneur and the bureaucrats is positive. Second, the entrepreneur might pay the bribes without getting the permit. Third, the model confirms the efficiency wage argument; that is, a higher wage discourages corruption by lowering the probability that bureaucrat will accept bribes for fear of losing their jobs if get caught. More rigorous law enforcement to increase the probability of detection also helps to reduce corruption. Keywords. Amakudari, Corruption, Bribery, Entry Regulation, Mechanism Design, Defense Procurement JEL Classification: D02, D44, D45, D73, D82
Isolation and functional characterization of a methyl jasmonate-responsive 3-carene synthase from Lavandula x intermedia
Creators: name: Adal, Ayelign M.
name: Sarker, Lukman S.
name: Lemke, Ashley D.
name: Mahmoud, Soheil S.
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2019

description: A methyl jasmonate responsive 3-carene synthase (Li3CARS) gene was isolated from Lavandula x intermedia and functionally characterized in vitro. Lavenders produce essential oils consisting mainly of monoterpenes, including the potent antimicrobial and insecticidal monoterpene 3-carene. In this study we isolated and functionally characterized a leaf-specific, methyl jasmonate (MeJA)-responsive monoterpene synthase (Li3CARS) from Lavandula x intermedia. The ORF excluding transit peptides encoded a 64.9 kDa protein that was expressed in E. coli, and purified with Ni-NTA agarose affinity chromatography. The recombinant Li3CARS converted GPP into 3-carene as the major product, with K m and k cat of 3.69 ± 1.17 µM and 2.01 s-¹ respectively. Li3CARS also accepted NPP as a substrate to produce multiple products including a small amount of 3-carene. The catalytic efficiency of Li3CARS to produce 3-carene was over ten fold higher for GPP (k cat /K m = 0.56 µM-¹s-¹) than NPP (k cat /K m = 0.044 µM-¹s-¹). Production of distinct end product profiles from different substrates (GPP versus NPP) by Li3CARS indicates that monoterpene metabolism may be controlled in part through substrate availability. Li3CARS transcripts were found to be highly abundant in leaves (16-fold) as compared to flower tissues. The transcriptional activity of Li3CARS correlated with 3-carene production, and was up-regulated (1.18- to 3.8-fold) with MeJA 8-72 h post-treatment. The results suggest that Li3CARS may have a defensive role in Lavandula.
A phenomenological hermeneutic study of the imaginative play of young children staying at a shelter for abused women.
Creators: name: Geraets, Isabelle Marie Christine.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Social Work.

description: This qualitative study of the imaginative play of four young child witnesses of marital violence staying at a shelter for abused women used a phenomenological hermeneutic method to conduct a rigorous and systematic analysis, description and interpretation of their play in relation to their experiences. The data for each of the two boys and two girls came from three one hour play sessions and an interview with their mothers. Studies which have conducted thematic analyses of the imaginative play of child witnesses of marital violence have tended to reduce the play to a few predetermined general categories of play. The current discovery-oriented study used a phenomenological method to describe play themes in a manner which tried to remain faithful to the naturally unfolding play as a whole. The following play themes were found in the imaginative play of most of the children: physical aggression, no communication between parents, defensive preparations in anticipation of physical threats, and dealing with physical threats and being homeless. The themes of destruction and the consistent presence of a father in the family were only found in the boys' play. The themes of needing a caring mother, mothers unable to protect their children and being separated or losing someone were only found in the girls' play. In clinical case studies of mostly male child witnesses of marital violence, play therapists' interpretations of their imaginative play have been primarily influenced by psychodynamic theories. The present study used a hermeneutic method to bracket the influence of play theories and personality theories on the interpretation of the play themes in relation to the children's experiences. The researcher discovered patterns in the meanings of the children's play themes which could be related to shared and unique experiences and their gender. The present study increases our understanding of the imaginative play of young boys and girls staying at a shelter for abused women and indirectly provides insights into what these children might feel and think about their past and present experiences.
Alignment of the EU ETS 1 with the new EU climate target for 2030 and reform of the Market Stability Reserve (MSR 1)
Creators: name: Hermann, Hauke
name: Cludius, Johanna
name: Graichen, Jakob
Publisher: name: Umweltbundesamt
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Emissionshandel
subject: Europäisches Emissionshandelssystem
subject: Emission Trading
subject: EU ETS
subject: Climate | Energy
subject: Economy | Consumption

description: With the "Fit for 55" package, the EU's energy and climate policy instruments were aligned with the new climate target for 2030 (to reduce emissions by 55 % compared to 1990). One main feature of the Fit for 55 package is the strengthening of the European Emissions Trading System (EU ETS). This factsheet outlines the key aspects for the existing European Emissions Trading System for stationary installations and aviation (EU ETS 1), which will be extended to include maritime transport from 2024. In addition, changes to the associated Market Stability Reserve (MSR 1) are presented. A separate factsheet has been prepared on the creation of a new emissions trading system, in particular for buildings and road transport (EU ETS 2). Quelle: umweltbundesamt.de
description: With the 'Fit for 55' package, the EU's energy and climate policy instruments were aligned with the new climate target for 2030 (to reduce emissions by 55 % compared to 1990). One main feature of the Fit for 55 package is the strengthening of the European Emissions Trading System (EU ETS). This factsheet outlines the key aspects for the existing European Emissions Trading System for stationary installations and aviation (EU ETS 1), which will be extended to include maritime transport from 2024. In addition, changes to the associated Market Stability Reserve (MSR 1) are presented. A separate factsheet has been prepared on the creation of a new emissions trading system, in particular for buildings and road transport (EU ETS 2).