cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
A study on supersonic coherent jet characteristics using computational fluid dymanics
Creators: name: Alam, Md Morshed
name: Naser, Jamal
name: Brooks, Geoffrey
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Supersonic gas jets are widely used in BOF and EAF steelmaking for refining the liquid iron inside the furnace. Supersonic gas jets are preferred over subsonic jets because of high dynamic pressure associated with it which results in higher depth of penetration and better mixing. Laval nozzles are used to accelerate the gas jets to supersonic velocities of around 2.0 Mach number in steelmaking. When a supersonic gas jet exits from a Laval nozzle, it interacts with surrounding environment to produce a region of turbulent mixing. This process results in an increase in jet diameter and decrease in jet velocity with increasing distance from nozzle exit. During oxygen blowing, the higher the distance between liquid surface and the nozzle exit the more is the entrainment of surrounding fluid which in turn decreases the impact velocity as well as momentum transfer to the liquid. Hence, it is desirable to locate the nozzle close to the liquid metal surface. But the disadvantage of this is the sticking of slag/metal droplets on the lance tip which results in poor tip life. In order to solve the problem, coherent jet technology has been introduced in the EAF steelmaking process at the end of last century. The potential core length (the length up to which the axial jet velocity is equal to the exit velocity at the nozzle) of a coherent supersonic jet is about 40 nozzle diameters compared to 10 nozzle diameters in case of normal supersonic jet. Coherent gas jets are produced by surrounding the normal supersonic jet with flame envelope. The flame envelope is created using a fuel and oxidant. Due to the flame, the entrainment of the surrounding gas into the supersonic jet is reduced, leading to a higher potential core length of the supersonic jet. Although the steelmaking industries have been using the coherent supersonic jet for last one decade, not much research work has been done to investigate the physics involved in supersonic coherent jet. In this study, Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations of supersonic jet with and without shrouding flame were carried out and validated against experimental data. The numerical results showed that the potential core length of the coherent supersonic jet is 4 times longer than that of a supersonic jet without flame shrouding which were in good agreement with experimental results. The CFD model results were then used to analyse the flame shrouding effect on the central supersonic jet.
3D Surface Analysis for the Automated Detection of Deformations on Automotive Panels
Creators: name: Yogeswaran, Arjun
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011
Subjects: quality control
3D feature extraction
dings and dents
deformation detection
point cloud
3D mesh
pattern recognition
automotive body parts
surface map analysis
dent detection
contour analysis
octree
3D segmentation

description: This thesis examines an automated method to detect surface deformations on automotive panels for the purpose of quality control along a manufacturing assembly line. Automation in the automotive manufacturing industry is becoming more prominent, but quality control is still largely performed by human workers. Quality control is important in the context of automotive body panels as deformations can occur along the assembly line such as inadequate handling of parts or tools around a vehicle during assembly, rack storage, and shipping from subcontractors. These defects are currently identified and marked, before panels are either rectified or discarded. This work attempts to develop an automated system to detect deformations to alleviate the dependence on human workers in quality control and improve performance by increasing speed and accuracy. Some techniques make use of an ideal CAD model behaving as a master work, and panels scanned on the assembly line are compared to this model to determine the location of deformations. This thesis presents a solution for detecting deformations of various scales without a master work. It also focuses on automated analysis requiring minimal intuitive operator-set parameters and provides the ability to classify the deformations as dings, which are deformations that protrude from the surface, or dents, which are depressions into the surface. A complete automated deformation detection system is proposed, comprised of a feature extraction module, segmentation module, and classification module, which outputs the locations of deformations when provided with the 3D mesh of an automotive panel. Two feature extraction techniques are proposed. The first is a general feature extraction technique for 3D meshes using octrees for multi-resolution analysis and evaluates the amount of surface variation to locate deformations. The second is specifically designed for the purpose of deformation detection, and analyzes multi-resolution cross-sections of a 3D mesh to locate deformations based on their estimated size. The performance of the proposed automated deformation detection system, and all of its sub-modules, is tested on a set of meshes which represent differing characteristics of deformations in surface panels, including deformations of different scales. Noisy, low resolution meshes are captured from a 3D acquisition, while artificial meshes are generated to simulate ideal acquisition conditions. The proposed system shows accurate results in both ideal situations as well as non-ideal situations under the condition of noise and complex surface curvature by extracting only the deformations of interest and accurately classifying them as dings or dents.
Considerazioni sull'origine
Creators: name: Sini, Carlo
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2011

description: Queste note riprendono alcune discussioni nate nel corso del convegno di Gargnano (ottobre 2010), entrando in dialogo, in particolare, con l'intervento di Carmine di Martino al convegno e con il suo contributo pubblicato su questo stesso numero della rivista.
description: Nóema, N° 1 (2010): Il luogo pubblico della filosofia
Investigating the Relationship Between Structure, Ice Recrystallization Inhibition Activity and Cryopreservation Ability of Various Galactopyranose Derivatives
Creators: name: Tokarew, Jacqueline
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011
Subjects: cryopreservation
ice recrystallization
deoxy galactosides
thiophenylgalactose
azido galactosides
amino galactosides
cytotoxicity
antifreeze glycoproteins

description: The goal of our research is to generate cryopreservation agents derived from antifreeze glycoproteins. One postulated mechanism of cell cryo-injury is ice recrystallization. It is known that simple saccharides and cryopreservation agents (DMSO) display ice recrystallization inhibition (IRI). This study assessed the cytotoxicity and cryopreservation ability of these sugars in relation to their IRI. It was determined that compounds with greater IRI have increased cytotoxicity yet confer cryoprotection. To further investigate how structure is affecting IRI activity, several galactopyranoside derivatives were synthesized. A series of deoxy and α-Callyl- deoxy galactopyranoses were prepared. Testing determined that removal of any hydroxyl group removes IRI. 3-deoxy-β-thiophenyl galactose was also synthesized and had surprisingly better IRI than β-thiophenylgalactose. Also, 6-azido galactose had similar IRI to 6-deoxy galactose. Lastly, a series of β- thioalkylgalactosides was synthesized and testing gave contradicting results which suggest that predicting IRI based on hydrophilicity is more complicated than initially hypothesized.
Tra il sospiro e l'epigramma. Analisi dell'opera di E. M. Cioran
Creators: name: Pozzi, Mattia Luigi
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2011

description: Nel presente elaborato ci occuperemo, da eretici, di un'eresia. Se esiste infatti una possibilità di definizione, per il pensiero e l'opera di Emil Michel Cioran, essa risiede proprio in questa parola così affilata e, al contempo, così vaga. Eterodosso rispetto a qualunque ortodossia, Cioran corrisponde al suo destino di pensatore dispiegando un pensiero frammentario che si declina come feccia, come residuo. E donandoci un'opera miracolosa per tono e stile, per la capacità di mostrare il lavorio del silenzio attraverso le parole, per la possibilità di dire nascondendo.
description: Nóema, N° 1 (2010): Il luogo pubblico della filosofia
Supplementary document for Highly stable measurement for nanoparticle extinction cross section by analyzing aperture-edge blurriness - 5222570.pdf
Creators: name: Ruan, Zhichao
name: Ying, Qianwen
name: Zhang, Jiahao
name: Zhang, Hongliang
name: Yan, Max
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplemental Document
Pseudotyping the Moloney murine leukemia virus with engineered envelope glycoproteins.
Creators: name: Klimowicz, Alexander Charles.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Biology, Microbiology.

description: We were interested in generating an in vivo retroviral gene therapy vector based on the commonly used Moloney murine leukemia virus (MoMLV). This was accomplished by pseudotyping with an engineered influenza A hemagglutinin. Point mutations were introduced to abrogate hemagglutinin's wild type binding and a single chain variable domain antibody fragment (scFv) was added to its amino terminus to provide new binding specificity. The engineered hemagglutinin was able to mediate binding of pseudotyped retrovirus to a scFv specific peptide but was unable mediate infection of target cells. To rescue the infectivity of the pseudotyped retrovirus the role of lipid rafts in the lifecycle of the MoMLV was examined. Lipid raft isolation from transfected cells and virus particles revealed that retroviral proteins were not associated with lipid rafts. Using a panel of hemagglutinin mutants with reduced lipid raft affinity we also determined that this parameter did not affect pseudotyping efficiency.
Michel Foucault e il problema della genealogia
Creators: name: Abeni, Enrico
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2011

description: "Si j'étais prétentieux, je donnerais comme titre général à ce que je fais : généalogie de la morale." Dietro questa affermazione, rilasciata nel contesto colloquiale di un'intervista, è possibile scorgere il segno di una confessione intellettuale e il compendio di un pensiero. In primo luogo, allusivamente, rinvia alla figura di Nietzsche e alla traccia indelebile che il suo pensiero ha lasciato nella filosofia e nella ricerca di Foucault. In secondo luogo, autorizza a osservare nella riflessione foucaultiana la filigrana di quella genealogia che il presente lavoro si propone di affrontare come stile d'interrogazione filosofica.
description: Nóema, N° 1 (2010): Il luogo pubblico della filosofia
Combined Surface-Subsurface Stream Restoration Structures Can Optimize Hyporheic Attenuation of Stream Water Contaminants
Creators: name: Herzog, Skuyler P.
name: Galloway, Jason
name: Gergs, René
name: Banks, Eddie W.
name: Sahm, René
name: Kusebauch, Björn
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2023
Subjects: Wassergüte
Grundwasser

description: There is a design-to-function knowledge gap regarding how engineered stream restoration structures can maximize hyporheic contaminant attenuation. Surface and subsurface structures have each been studied in isolation as techniques to restore hyporheic exchange, but surface-subsurface structures have not been investigated or optimized in an integrated manner. Here, we used a numerical model to systematically evaluate key design variables for combined surface (i.e., weir height and length) and subsurface (i.e., upstream and downstream baffle plate spacing) structures. We also compared performance metrics that place differing emphasis on hyporheic flux versus transit times. We found that surface structures tended to create higher flux, shorter transit time flowpaths, whereas subsurface structures promoted moderate-flux, longer transit time flowpaths. Optimal combined surface-subsurface structures could increase fluxes and transit times simultaneously, thus providing conditions for contaminant attenuation that were many times more effective than surface or subsurface structures alone. All performance metrics were improved by the presence of an upstream plate and the absence of a downstream plate. Increasing the weir length tended to improve all metrics, whereas the optimal weir height varied based on metrics. These findings may improve stream restoration by better aligning specific restoration goals with appropriate performance metrics and hyporheic structure designs. © https://pubs.acs.org/
Procedure for management and reduction of geological risks in Santiago de Cuba province
Creators: name: Galbán Rodriguez, Liber
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Santiago de Cuba
riesgos geològicos
riesk assessment and management
gestión de riesgos
mapas de riesgos
procedimiento
procedure

description: La provincia Santiago de Cuba debido a su condiciones ingeniero geológicas, los distintos procesos y fenómenos geológicos que en ella se manifiestan y sus vulnerabilidades, es considerada como la de mayores potencialidades de manifestación de peligros y riesgos geológicos en Cuba. Su análisis señala que existen insuficiencias en la gestión de riesgos, pudiendo llegar a restringir el desarrollo económico y social del territorio.
 Para mejorar la situación planteada se propone un procedimiento para la gestión de riesgos geológicos en la provincia Santiago de Cuba basado en los principios de la gestión por procesos. Su aplicación logra resultados importantes, entre ellos: múltiples mapas de peligro, vulnerabilidad, riesgos geológicos y zonación ingeniero-geológica de multiamenazas; la proposición de distintas acciones estratégicas según la situación estudiada, así como, un conjunto de recomendaciones para la mejora continua de la gestión de riesgos geológicos en este territorio. Finalmente la validación del procedimiento propuesto a través de un grupo de expertos en la materia, confirma sus posibilidades de generalización a otros territorios del país.
Il luogo pubblico della filosofia
Creators: name: Sini, Carlo
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2011

description: Si tratta della riflessione da cui ha avuto origine il progetto della rivista, e, nello specifico, di questo numero sul "luogo pubblico della filosofia".
description: Nóema, N° 1 (2010): Il luogo pubblico della filosofia
Investigating the concept of participant burden in aging technology research
Creators: name: Kabacińska, Katarzyna
name: Sharma, Nicole
name: Kaye, Jeffrey
name: Mattek, Nora
name: Kuzeljevic, Boris
name: Robillard, Julie M.
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2020

description: Background: Research participation burden, despite being an integral concept in research ethics, is not well-conceptualized in the context of the use of technology in research. This knowledge gap is especially critical for the older adult population as new technology solutions are increasingly embedded in clinical trials for this demographic. Our objective was to investigate how older adults conceptualize participation burden in contact for research participation and research trials using technology. Methods: We developed and conducted an Internet-based survey consisting of 22 multiple choice and Likert-scale type questions investigating older adults’ preferred means and frequency of being contacted about research opportunities, their willingness to use specific kinds of technology and their concerns regarding technology use in clinical trials. We received a total of 273 completed surveys from eligible participants aged 50 or older. Results: Older adults preferred to be contacted about research opportunities monthly, over email. Survey participants were least willing to use monitoring devices and their biggest concern was the security of the storage of information gathered by technology. This concern was positively correlated with age. Participants indicated a preference to use technology daily, in short sessions, preferably in a way that can be incorporated into their daily routine. Conclusions: Results from this work provide insights for the design of effective recruitment campaigns as well as technology interventions in clinical trials through minimizing the burden of research participation.
Infothek : Zeitung der Universitätsbibliothek Ulm, Nr. 5, 1990
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Bibliothekszeitung
subject: Infothek
subject: kiz Ulm
subject: DDC 020 / Library & information sciences
subject: Libraries; Germany; Ulm
subject: Kommunikations- und Informationszentrum
subject: Universitätsbibliothek

description: Vierte Ausgabe der im Jahr 1990 veröffentlichten und von den Bibliotheksmitarbeitern in Eigenregie erstellten Zeitung der Universitätsbibliothek Ulm (heute kiz)
Il cerchio dell'umano
Creators: name: Punzi, Andrea
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2011

description: Il testo offre una presentazione d'insieme e una originale rilettura teoretica dell'opera del pensatore americano Ralph Waldo Emerson.
description: Nóema, N° 1 (2010): Il luogo pubblico della filosofia
Violet Archer’s “The Twenty-Third Psalm” (1952): An Analytical Study of Text and Music Relations through Fibonacci Numbers, Melodic Contour, Motives, and Piano Accompaniment
Creators: name: Wan, Jessica J
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: Violet Archer
Canadian music
text and music relations
Fibonacci numbers
melodic contour
motivic analysis
Psalm 23
theory
music analysis
“The Twenty-Third Psalm” (1952)
contemporary music
Robert D. Morris
Elizabeth West Marvin and Paul A. Laprade

description: This study explores text and music relations in Canadian composer Violet Archer’s “The Twenty-Third Psalm” by analysing the text of Psalm 23, Fibonacci numbers, melodic contours, motives, and the role of the accompaniment. The text focuses on David’s faith in God and his acceptance of God as his shepherd on earth. The four other approaches allow us to examine the work on three different structural levels: background through Fibonacci numbers, middleground through melodic contour analysis, and foreground through motivic analysis and the role of the accompaniment. The measure numbers that align with Fibonacci numbers overlap with some of the melodic contour phrases, which are demarcated by rests, as well as with the most important moments at the surface level, such as the emphasis on the word “death” through recurring and symbolic motives. The piano accompaniment further supports these moments in the text.
Engaging refugees with a culturally adapted digital intervention to improve sleep : a randomized controlled pilot trial
Creators: name: Spanhel, Kerstin
name: Hovestadt, Eva
name: Lehr, Dirk
name: Spiegelhalder, Kai
name: Baumeister, Harald
name: Bengel, Juergen
name: Sander, Lasse B.
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: culturally sensitive treatment
subject: healthcare barriers
subject: sleep disturbances
subject: transdiagnostic symptoms
subject: internet-based interventions
subject: low-threshold treatment
subject: DDC 610 / Medicine & health
subject: Refugees
subject: Mental health
subject: Health promotion
subject: Telemedicine
subject: Sleep wake disorders
subject: Flüchtling
subject: Psychische Gesundheit
subject: Schlafstörung

description: Refugees are exposed to multiple stressors affecting their mental health. Given various barriers to mental healthcare in the arrival countries, innovative healthcare solutions are needed. One such solution could be to offer low-threshold treatments, for example by culturally adapting treatments, providing them in a scalable format, and addressing transdiagnostic symptoms. This pilot trial examined the feasibility, acceptance, and preliminary effectiveness of a culturally adapted digital sleep intervention for refugees. Sixty-six refugees participated, with 68.2% of them seeking psychological help for the first time. Only three participants did not show clinically significant insomnia severity, 93.9% reported past traumatic experiences. Participants were randomly assigned to the intervention group (IG) or the waitlist control group (CG). Insomnia severity, measured by the Insomnia Severity Index, and secondary outcomes (sleep quality, fear of sleep, fatigue, depression, wellbeing, mental health literacy) were assessed at baseline, 1 and 3 months after randomization. The self-help intervention included four modules on sleep hygiene, rumination, and information on mental health conditions associated with sleep disturbances. 66.7% of the IG completed all modules. Satisfaction with the intervention and its perceived cultural appropriateness were high. Linear multilevel analyses revealed a small, non-significant intervention effect on insomnia severity of Hedge's g = 0.28 at 3-months follow-up, comparing the IG to the CG [F2, 60 = 0.88, p = 0.421]. This non-confirmatory pilot trial suggests that low-threshold, viable access to mental healthcare can be offered to multiple burdened refugees by culturally adapting an intervention, providing it in a scalable format, and addressing a transdiagnostic symptom.
La pragmatica del vuoto in Nāgārjuna
Creators: name: Foglietta, Giacomo
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2011

description: L’articolo mira a evidenziare alcuni tratti significativi del pensiero di Nāgārjuna, vissuto in India attorno al primo secolo dopo Cristo, certamente una delle figure più importanti del pensiero buddhista. In una delle sue opere principali, le Strofe sulla via di mezzo, egli elabora in modo compiuto la nozione di ‘vuoto’, che diverrà uno dei concetti fondamentali di tutto il buddhismo successivo, dando vita alla ‘scuola del vuoto’, la quale avrà grande fortuna in Tibet, Cina e Giappone. Per vuoto non si intende certo il nulla, bensì l’inconsistenza rivelata dal reale quando considerato alla luce della critica di Nāgārjuna. Tale critica si esplica innanzitutto sul piano del linguaggio, e possiede quindi una evidente dimensione pragmatica.
description: Nóema, N° 1 (2010): Il luogo pubblico della filosofia
Development of a framework for electronically-enabled supply chains: channel relationships and firm performance
Creators: name: Bidar, Faraz
name: Lobo, Antonio
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Advanced information technology (IT) has changed the way organizations manage their supply chains. Companies increasingly rely on IT to improve their supply chain process. This paper examines how electronically enabled supply chains affect channel relationships and firm performance. This paper reviews extant literature and develops a conceptual model of IT mediated relationships in business to business supply chains. The framework integrates resources-based view and transaction cost economics perspectives and argues that IT capabilities, which can be viewed as a firm's resources, enhance its market and financial performances and this is mediated by the firm's supply chain channel capabilities.
Dialectics as an approach to teaching according to Aristotelian-Thomist philosophy.
Creators: name: O'Shaughnessy, Helen Elizabeth.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1966
Subjects: subject: Philosophy.

description: The enunciation of this thesis, Dialectics as an Approach to Teaching, contains two very important notions, dialectics and teaching. In teaching, the teacher goes through the natural process that he or she went through in acquiring the truth to be imparted. This natural process of going from the known to the unknown is really to make use of a method of discovery. It is what Saint Thomas referred to as inventio. In other words it is what he understood as being dialectics. Thus we see that the teacher does make use of dialectics in helping another to acquire knowledge. It is the preparatory step through which the teacher leads the pupil prior to the acquisition of knowledge. It is seen to be an approach to teaching, indeed, the only real approach to teaching inasmuch as it is teaching. Not to use it would be to indoctrinate rather than to teach. Methods of teaching were then examined for their dialectical character. The "question and answer" method was seen to be most dialectical in its approach. This method may be considered to include a variety of different methods of teaching, all of which have in common the characteristic note of dialectical questioning. The method of problem thinking is perhaps the one that adheres most closely to the dialectical procedure as outlined in the Topics. Other dialectical approaches used in teaching include research assignments, debates, panel discussions, and symposiums. The inductive method used in the teaching of science is also a dialectical procedure. The applicability of the dialectical approach in the teaching of philosophy was then studied in some detail. It was seen that philosophy lends itself ideally to this approach. The method of problem thinking can be used to great advantage in the teaching of philosophy. The lecture method which is frequently used is at is best when it employs the dialectical approach. Its adjuncts, group discussions and the "tutorial" were noted to be dialectical in character. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Alcoholism treatment digest (Release No. 84, April 14, 1967)
Creators: name: Keller, Mark
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1967

description: The Alcoholism Treatment Digest was a subscription-based publication prepared for special clients by the editorial department of the Quarterly Journal of Studies on Alcohol / Journal of Studies on Alcohol from 1950 to 1973 with Mark Keller as editor. It was published in February, April, June, October, and December, summarizing scholarly content on four topics, available to republish with attribution. Some of the reviews were simultaneously published in the "Connecticut Review on Alcoholism" under the identical subtitle "Alcoholism Treatment Digest" every other month. The authors of the reviews were first noted in 1964, in the June issue.Contents, Release No. 841.Applying Learning Principles in Treating Hospitalized Alcoholics2.New Alcoholism Treatment Techniques3.Behavior Therapy for Alcoholism4. A Case Study of Community Failure in Rehabilitation of Inebriates
Diet and nutrition status of mongolian adults
Creators: name: Bromage, Sabri
name: Daria, Tselmen
name: Lander, Rebecca L.
name: Tsolmon, Soninkhishig
name: Houghton, Lisa A.
name: Tserennadmid, Enkhjargal
name: Gombo, Nyamjargal
name: Gibson, Rosalind S.
name: Ganmaa, Davaasambuu
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: nutrition assessment
subject: diet survey
subject: dietary pattern analysis
subject: nutrient inadequacy
subject: nutritional epidemiology
subject: nutrition transition
subject: pastoral nomadism
subject: DDC 610 / Medicine & health
subject: Nutrition
subject: Asia, Central
subject: Mongolia
subject: Obesity
subject: Overweight
subject: Nutrition surveys
subject: Epidemiologic methods
subject: Diet; Adverse effects
subject: Mongolei
subject: Fettsucht
subject: Ernährung
subject: Epidemiologie

description: Background: Aspects of the Mongolian food supply, including high availability of animal-source foods and few plant foods, are plausibly associated with disease in the population. Data on Mongolian diets are lacking, and these risks are poorly quantified. The purpose of this study was to provide a multifaceted nutritional analysis of the modern Mongolian diet. (2) Methods: The study population consisted of 167 male and 167 female healthy non-pregnant urban and nomadic adults (22–55 years) randomly selected from lists of residents in 8 regions. From 2011–2016, 3-day weighed diet records and serum were collected twice from each participant in summer and winter; anthropometry was collected once from each participant. Serum was analyzed for biomarkers, and nutrient intake computed using purpose-built food composition data and adjusted for within-person variation. Exploratory dietary patterns were derived and analyzed for associations with diet and nutrition measurements. (3) Results: We collected 1838 of an expected 1986 diet records (92.5%), 610/658 serum samples (92.7%), and 315/334 height and weight measurements (94.3%). Sixty-one percent of men and 51% of women were overweight or obese. Consumption of red meat, refined grains, and whole-fat dairy was high, while that of fruits, non-tuberous vegetables, eggs, nuts and seeds, fish and poultry, and whole grains was low. Dairy and red meat were more consumed in summer and winter, respectively. Dietary inadequacy of 10 of 21 assessed nutrients, including fiber, folate, and vitamin D were >50% prevalent, while protein, zinc, and vitamin B12 inadequacy were low. Biochemical evidence of iron and vitamin A deficiency was also low. Three dietary patterns (Urban, Transitional, Nomadic) explained 41% of variation in food consumption. The Urban pattern was positively associated with BMI in multivariate analysis. (4) Conclusions: Results indicate a high prevalence of key dietary inadequacies and overweight among Mongolian adults. Prior studies by our group have suggested that expanded supplementation and food fortification would be effective in addressing micronutrient inadequacies; these strategies should be coupled with measures to mitigate the growing burden of chronic disease.
Defining an Intracellular Role of Hepatic Lipase in the Formation of Very Low Density Lipoproteins and High Density Lipoproteins
Creators: name: Bamji-Mirza, Michelle
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011
Subjects: apolipoprotein B-100
apolipoprotein A-I
heparan sulphate proteoglycans
lumenal lipid droplet

description: Hepatic lipase (HL) plays a pivotal role in the catabolism of apolipoprotein (apo)B-containing lipoproteins and high density lipoprotein (HDL) particles through its reported catalytic and non-catalytic extracellular functions. The current study tested the hypothesis that HL expression might impair formation and secretion of hepatic derived very low density lipoproteins (VLDL) and apoA-I (nascent HDL). Stable or transient expression of human HL (hHL) in McA-RH7777 cells resulted in decreased incorporation of [3H]glycerol into cell-associated and secreted (VLDL-associated) 3H-triacylglcyerol (TAG) relative to control cells. Stable expression of catalytically-inactive hHL (hHLSG) also resulted in decreased secretion of VLDL-associated 3H-TAG whereas cell-associated 3H-TAG levels were unchanged. Expression of hHL or hHLSG increased cell-associated 35S-apoB100 with relatively no change in secreted 35S-apoB100. Importantly, hHL or hHLSG expression resulted in reduced 3H-TAG associated with the microsomal lumen lipid droplets (LLD), and increased relative expression of ApoB and genes involved in lipogenesis and fatty acyl oxidation. Transient expression of hHL in HL-null primary hepatocytes, mediated by adenoviral gene transfer, resulted in decreased steady-state levels of cell-associated and secreted apoA-I and reduced rates of synthesis and secretion of 35S-apoA-I. HL-null hepatocytes exhibited increased levels of secreted 35S-apoA-I relative to wildtype hepatocytes while cell-associated 35S-apoA-I levels were normal. Transient expression of a hHL chimera (hHLmt), in which the C-terminus of hHL was replaced with mouse HL sequences, exerted an inhibitory effect on apoA-I production similar to that of hHL even though hHLmt was secreted less effectively than hHL with impaired exit from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) as compared with hHL. In contrast, stable expression of hHL in McA-RH7777 cells resulted in a dose-dependent increase in cell-associated and secreted 35S-apoA-I levels. These studies demonstrate that hHL has an intracellular (but non-catalytic) role in reducing the content of the LLD and ultimately the buoyancy of secreted VLDL particles, and that the N-terminal sequences of ER-residing hHL directly or indirectly modulates the production and secretion of apoA-I (nascent HDL) from hepatocytes.
Cross-species analysis of innate immune antagonism by cytomegalovirus IE1 protein
Creators: name: Rothemund, Franziska
name: Scherer, Myriam
name: Schilling, Eva-Maria
name: Schweininger, Johannes
name: Muller, Yves A.
name: Stamminger, Thomas
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: HCMV
subject: RCMV
subject: immediate early
subject: innate immunity
subject: IE1
subject: PML
subject: FEN1
subject: STAT2
subject: DDC 570 / Life sciences
subject: DDC 610 / Medicine & health
subject: Cytomegaloviruses
subject: Natural immunity
subject: Cytomegalie-Virus
subject: Rotkleescheckungsvirus
subject: Frühe Gene

description: The human cytomegalovirus (CMV) immediate early 1 (IE1) protein has evolved as a multifunctional antagonist of intrinsic and innate immune mechanisms. In addition, this protein serves as a transactivator and potential genome maintenance protein. Recently, the crystal structures of the human and rat CMV IE1 (hIE1, rIE1) core domain were solved. Despite low sequence identity, the respective structures display a highly similar, all alpha-helical fold with distinct variations. To elucidate which activities of IE1 are either species-specific or conserved, this study aimed at a comparative analysis of hIE1 and rIE1 functions. To facilitate the quantitative evaluation of interactions between IE1 and cellular proteins, a sensitive NanoBRET assay was established. This confirmed the species-specific interaction of IE1 with the cellular restriction factor promyelocytic leukemia protein (PML) and with the DNA replication factor flap endonuclease 1 (FEN1). To characterize the respective binding surfaces, helix exchange mutants were generated by swapping hIE1 helices with the corresponding rIE1 helices. Interestingly, while all mutants were defective for PML binding, loss of FEN1 interaction was confined to the exchange of helices 1 and 2, suggesting that FEN1 binds to the stalk region of IE1. Furthermore, our data reveal that both hIE1 and rIE1 antagonize human STAT2; however, distinct regions of the respective viral proteins mediated the interaction. Finally, while PML, FEN1, and STAT2 binding were conserved between primate and rodent proteins, we detected that rIE1 lacks a chromatin tethering function suggesting that this activity is dispensable for rat CMV. In conclusion, our study revealed conserved and distinct functions of primate and rodent IE1 proteins, further supporting the concept that IE1 proteins underwent a narrow co-evolution with their respective hosts to maximize their efficacy in antagonizing innate immune mechanisms and supporting viral replication.
Smart Clothes as a Tangible User Interface to Affect Human Emotions using Haptic Actuators
Creators: name: Arafsha, Faisal
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: Smart Clothes
Haptic Feedback
Haptics
Jacket
Emotions
Multimedia

description: Affective haptic research is a rapidly growing field. Today, more smart haptic clothes are being studied and implemented which are aimed to effect its users emotionally. However, they have some limitations. This research intends to improve the existing literature and contribute by involving consumers directly in the design of a smart haptic jacket by adding heat, vibration actuators, and by enhancing portability. In this thesis, we are interested in six basic emotions: love, joy, surprise, anger, sadness, and fear. An online survey was designed and conducted on 92 respondents that gave feedback of what it is expected from an affective haptic jacket. The results of this survey assisted in the general design, and the feedback helped to build a prototype. 86% of the respondents expressed interest in the system and are willing to try it when it is ready. A detailed design architecture is provided along with details on the hardware and software used for the implementation. Finally, the prototype was evaluated on 14 participants using the actual prototype haptic jacket based on a QoE comparison between the absence and the presence of haptic actuation. The proposed system showed improvement over a similar system that is designed for the same purpose.
Uni Ulm intern - das Ulmer Universitätsmagazin, Nr. 345 (48. Jg.), August 2018
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Ulms smarter Botanischer Garten
subject: ERC Starting Grant
subject: Azubi mit über 40
subject: Nobelpreisträgertagung
subject: DDC 050 / General serial publications
subject: Universities; Germany; Ulm
subject: Universities and colleges; Germany
subject: Universität Ulm

description: uni ulm intern - das Ulmer Universitätsmagazin mit Themen aus Forschung, Lehre und vom Campus
description: uni ulm intern, Das Ulmer Universitätsmagazin mit Themen aus Forschung, Lehre und vom Campus, Heft Nr. 345 (48. Jahrgang), August 2018
COSMOS: Collaborative system framework based on MPEG-4 objects and streams.
Creators: name: Darlagiannis, Vasilios.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Electronics and Electrical.

description: In this thesis, a new collaborative framework has been developed, based on the specifications of the MPEG-4 standard. The framework provides access to the content of the scene, which is constructed in a directed acyclic graph. The scene is compressed and streamed using the MPEG-4 Binary Format for Scene (BIFS) specifications. In addition, VRML files are supported and translated to BIFS. The rendering of the scene is based on Java 3D. Media streams like audio and video are also rendered in the same scene with the 3D content. They can be rendered in the surface of every shape. The Java Media Framework (JMF) is used to decode and encode the audio-visual streams, and it is extended to enable their rendering in the 3D scene. The transmission of the media streams among the participants of the shared environment is over the RTP protocol, using multicast delivery. JMF provides an implementation of the RTP protocol. This implementation is extended to provide a reliable multicast transmission protocol for the exchange of critical content, like the BIFS stream. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Evaluation of an Advanced Practice Nurse Led Inter-professional Collaborative Chronic Care Approach for Kidney Transplant Patients: The TARGET Study
Creators: name: Bissonnette, Janice M.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011

description: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of an Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) led inter-professional collaborative chronic care approach on the achievement of clinical outcomes for adult kidney transplant chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients, as compared to a traditional transplant nephrologist led approach in one Canadian hospital transplant setting. Methods: In this non-randomized, controlled study guided by the Chronic Care Model (CCM), a propensity-score matched analysis was used to control for confounding variables and potential selection bias. The propensity-score model included the co-variates: a) estimated glomerular filtration rate, b) age, c) sex, d) kidney donor type, and e) diagnosis of diabetes. Based on the CCM elements and CKD clinical practice guidelines, the intervention included strategies for patient disease self-management, end-stage renal disease shared decision-making, healthcare system re-organization, and clinical decision support. The primary outcome was the proportion of patients achieving a target score of 78% (7 out of 9 targets), based on the recommended standards and patient participation in discussions about ESRD options. Results: Targets included blood pressure, serum lipids, hemoglobin, phosphate, calcium, parathyroid hormone levels, acid-base balance and clinical practice guideline standards. Propensity-score matching of 61 intervention patients to 119 controls, resulted in 40 pairs with an equivalent balance of measured co-variates. Compared to the control group, a greater proportion of intervention patients achieved the target score (68% versus 10%, p=0.0001), participated in endstage renal disease shared decision-making (88% versus 13%, p=0.0001), and had clinical practice guideline treatments implemented (ASA 50% versus 23%, p=0.01; ACE-I/ARB 53% versus 13%, p=0.004; statins 80% versus 45%, p=0.004). Compared to the intervention group, the control patients experienced a higher incidence of all cause hospital admissions (35 versus 12, IRR 0.34, p=0.02) and emergency department visits (40 versus 21, IRR 0.53, p=0.001).Conclusions: A CCM based, APN-led approach to care improves both the processes and outcomes of care for kidney transplant CKD patients.
Trois "entrepreneures de morale" à Amvoé : une étude de cas de la relation d'autorité dans une école primaire du Cameroun
Creators: name: Essama Owono, Simeon
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: relation d’autorité
autorité épistémique
autorité déontique
autocratie
violence
droits de l’enfant
experts internationaux
entrepreneures de morale

description: Ce travail est une étude exploratoire sur la relation d’autorité en salle de classe dans une école primaire publique du Cameroun. Je voulais comprendre comment les enseignants et les élèves d’une école publique en milieu périurbain vivent la relation d’autorité en salle de classe. Pour rendre compte de cette expérience, j’ai choisi l’approche de terrain prônée par l’interactionnisme symbolique. J’ai alors eu recours à l’observation de deux classes (106 h 43 min), à 12 entretiens semi-structurés avec les élèves des deux classes et 3 autres avec la directrice d’école et les deux titulaires des deux classes. Analysée dans un premier temps au moyen de deux catégories : l’épistémique et le déontique, la relation d’autorité apparaît comme une relation verticale basée sur la coercition. Ensuite, pour mieux comprendre la complexité des interactions qui favorisent un tel type de relation, j’ai convoqué la théorie de la structuration sociale de Giddens. Cela m’a permis de placer le vécu de la salle de classe dans le contexte méso-social de la politique éducative, puis dans le contexte macro social des politiques d’ajustement structurel qui régentent le Cameroun et d’autres pays dits en développement pour découvrir que la domination du macro social sur le méso social crée une anomie au niveau des orientations scolaires. Ce qui permet aux enseignantes d’instituer et d’appliquer leurs propres normes à l’école. C’est cet acte d’invention et d’application des normes qui fait d’elles des « entrepreneures de morale ».
title: Checklisten für die Untersuchung und Beurteilung des Zustandes von Anlagen mit wassergefährdenden Stoffen und Zubereitungen
title: Anlagenbezogener Gewässerschutz: Checkliste 06: Abwasser
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Winkelmann-Oei, Gerhard
name: Platkowski, Jörg
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Gewässerschutz
subject: Risikomanagement
subject: Leitfaden
subject: anlagenbezogen
subject: Wasserverschmutzung
subject: Wasserschadstoffe
subject: Checkliste
subject: Chemikalien
subject: Chemicals

description: Basierend auf den Empfehlungen der internationalen Flussgebiets- und Gewässerkommissionen wurde ein Checklisten-Konzept entwickelt, welches eine effiziente Beurteilung des Zustandes von Anlagen mit wassergefährdenden Stoffen und Zubereitungen ermöglicht. Es enthält eine Übersicht  über potentielle Handlungsfelder sowie spezielle Checklisten, welche nach Funktionseinheiten, Branchen und Risikobereichen aufgeteilt sind.
Supplementary document for Enhanced broadband extraordinary terahertz transmission through plasmon coupling between metal hemisphere and hole arrays - 5222879.pdf
Creators: name: Song, Jinmei
name: Shi, Yanpeng
name: Liu, Xiaoyu
name: Li, Meiping
name: Wang, Xiaodong
name: Yang, Fuhua
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The transmission enhancement occurred in the same frequency,the transmission ripple in 6.06 THz due to the Wood-Rayleigh (WR) anomaly,the optical field of HIH structure at 4.25 THz and the HIH structure can achieve same transmission in a smaller size
Impact of long-term air pollution exposure on metabolic control in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes: results from the DPV registry
Creators: name: Lanzinger, Stefanie
name: Rosenbauer, Joachim
name: Sugiri, Dorothea
name: Schikowski, Tamara
name: Treiber, Birgit
name: Klee, Daniela
name: Rathmann, Wolfgang
name: Holl, Reinhard
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Air pollution
subject: HbA1c
subject: Metabolic control
subject: DDC 610 / Medicine & health
subject: Air; Pollution
subject: Insulins
subject: Ozone; Adverse effects
subject: Metabolism
subject: Particulate matter
subject: Diabetes mellitus, Type 1
subject: Glycated hemoglobin A
subject: Luftverschmutzung
subject: Blutbild
subject: Ozon
subject: Feinstaub
subject: Zuckerstoffwechsel
subject: Diabetes mellitus / Typ I

description: Aims: Studies on the association between air pollution and metabolic control in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes are rare and findings are inconsistent. We examined the relationship between particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter <10 µm (PM10), nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and accumulated ozone exposure (O3-AOT) and HbA1c and daily insulin dose (IU/kg body weight) in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes. Methods: We investigated 37,372 individuals with type 1 diabetes <21 years documented between 2009 and 2014 in 344 German centres of the diabetes prospective follow-up registry (DPV). Long-term air pollution exposure (annual and quinquennial means) was assigned to 5 digit postcode areas of residency. Cross-sectional multivariable regression analysis was used to examine the association between air pollution and metabolic control. Results: After comprehensive adjustment, an interquartile range increase in O3-AOT was associated with a lower HbA1c (-3.7% [95% confidence interval:-4.4, -3.0]). The inverse association between O3-AOT and HbA1c persisted after additional adjustment for degree of urbanization or additional adjustment for PM10. Moreover, the inverse association remained stable in further sensitivity analyses. No significant associations between HbA1c and PM10 or NO2 were found. No association was observed between any of the three air pollutants and insulin dose. Conclusions: The inverse association between O3-AOT and HbA1c could not be explained by regional differences in diabetes treatment or other differences between urban and rural areas. Furthermore, our results remained stable in sensitivity analyses. Further studies on the association between air pollution and HbA1c in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes are needed to confirm our observed association and to elucidate underlying mechanisms.
Apocalisse 2012
Creators: name: Emilia Perassi, (A Cura Di)
Publisher: name: Università degli  Studi di Milano
Year: 2012

description: Call for papers/Convocatoria/Appel à contribution
n. 9 -05/2013
Apocalisse 2012
a cura di Emilia Perassi
description: Altre Modernità, N° 8 (2012): Orientalismi