cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
A Reassessment of the Veracity of Photographs
Creators: name: Shapter, Michael
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2010
Subjects: photographs
veracity
digital imaging
photography history
Veracity Spectrum

description: Because computer generated images-along with those captured by digital cameras and other digital processes-can be easily manipulated and used as evidence of the real world, they challenge the trustworthiness of all photography. Thus challenged, the high degree of veracity long ascribed to conventional photographs is brought directly into question and now needs to be thoroughly re-examined in the light of history. Some genres of photography, such as advertising photography, had probably lost any high levels of veracity they once held many decades ago, but a few types of photography-such as photojournalism, medical, scientific and forensic photography-still maintain levels of high veracity (truth-value) in the public understanding of photography. Such photographs are regarded as being truthful renditions of the external world-indeed, of reality itself-and much often depends on our acceptance of that notion. Once, almost all photographs were regarded as possessing high veracity and, in this regard, photography has maintained a unique position amongst visual media since its introduction over a hundred and seventy years ago. However, it is a false impression, an inaccurate perception, which allows this notion of high veracity to persist. It will be argued that this misperception lies in the nature of the seemingly 'hands-off' or detached production techniques of a photograph compared to other visual media-and in the way humans actually view their world.
Multicriteria Decision Evaluation of Adaptation Strategies for Vulnerable Coastal Communities
Creators: name: Mostofi Camare, Hooman
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011
Subjects: MCDM
Vulnerability
Coastal Communities
Adaptation
Group Decision Making

description: According to the IPCC (2007) fourth assessment report, small islands and coastal communities have a set of characteristics that makes them very vulnerable to climate change impacts, mainly sea-level rise and storm surges. Coastal hazards including inundation, salinisation of the water supply, and erosion threaten vital infrastructure that support coastal communities. Although Canada has the longest coastline in the world, little work has been done on impacts of climate change and adaptation to these impacts in the Canadian coastal zones. This research is part of an International Community-University Research Alliance (ICURA) C-Change, project to develop a multicriteria decision evaluation and support for the systems analysis of adaptation options for coastal communities toward adapting to environmental changes. This study estimates the vulnerability of coastal communities with respect to their environmental, economic, social, and cultural dimensions. It also applies a group version of the Analytical Hierarchy Process for identifying decisions that various stakeholders make on suggested adaptation strategies. This study develops a methodological framework that is applicable to various coastal and small island contexts. The application of the proposed framework is further discussed in a case study conducted on the communities of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island (PEI), and Little Anse on Isle Madame, Nova Scotia. Specifically, the state of the Little Anse breakwater is analyzed and new adaptation options are presented and evaluated. This research has illustrated and applied a process of decision evaluation and support that explicitly engages multiple participants and critieria in complex problems situations involving environmental change in coastal communities.
Inclusive internships in genomic data science: Outreachy and Bioconductor
Creators: name: Ugarcina Perovic, Svetlana
name: Mirzayi, Chloe
name: Wokaty, Jennifer
name: Doyle, Maria
name: Waldron, Levi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Access to the products and methods of modern genome-scale biology is inequitable, with many institutions and communities excluded owing to resource constraints and cultural and administrative barriers. In partnership with the Outreachy program, Bioconductor developers create internship opportunities in a number of different areas of software development and genomic data analysis. This talk describes the population of internship applicants, their application activities, the scope of mentoring activities, and the outcomes of awarded internships.
Globalisation and the Sustainability of Small Manufacturers: Challenges Facing the Surfboard Artisans of Australia
Creators: name: Wegener, Thomas
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2019
Subjects: surfing
surf culture
surfboard manufacture
sustainability
small manufacturer
artisan
sustainable economics

description: This thesis examines the characteristics of the contemporary surfboard maker, threats to small-scale surfboard making, and implications, drawing upon my own experiences as a surfboard artisan of thirty-seven years in California and Australia. To date, most research on sources of resilience within the surfboard-making industry is limited to 'outsider' observations and interpretations and focuses on the economic value of the industry. Less is known about surfboard maker's worldviews or their perspectives on industry changes from the 'inside', from the viewpoint of surfboard makers themselves. An analysis of data collected through autoethnography, interviews with surfboard artisans, and analysis of secondary sources (e.g. books, movies, storytelling, journal articles) reveals a key to maintaining the surfboard industry is to pass on the current artisan surfboard culture to the next generation. Money is merely the oil, which keeps the important aspects of life running smoothly. The surfboard artisan's job security rests on whether or not this culture is successfully transmitted. The findings of this research suggest that sustaining artisan culture is a key to sustainable local industry. The bottom line for a surfboard artisan is a rich social life in surfing, not a profit margin.
The kinematic properties of isolated elliptical galaxies
Creators: name: Forbes, Duncan
name: Hau, George K. T.
name: Reda, Fatma M.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Ellipticals in very low density environments are extremely rare but hold important clues about galaxy formation and evolution. We present results of an investigation of their internal dynamics. We observe a dichotomy in kinematic properties similar to that in normal ellipticals. We compare the positions of isolated ellipticals with respect to the Fundamental Plane of normal ellipticals and find that they fall onto it, with the exception of NGC 2865. This shows that isolated ellipticals are structurally similar to normal ellipticals, and do not have very young ages, although some have signs of past mergers or interactions.
La traduzione della parola altrui nel discorso giudiziario italiano e spagnolo, tra mediazione e ricodificazione
Creators: name: Garofalo, Giovanni
Publisher: name: Università degli  Studi di Milano
Year: 2012

description: This paper deals with the use of reported speech (RS) in Spanish criminal lawsuits (querellas) and police reports (denuncias) and argues about the most suitable strategies to translate such RS into Italian. In line of principle, the written record of the statements made by the individual(s) who filed the complaint is often the result of an oral cooperation between the plaintiff and the police officer and/or their attorney, whose subjectivity is reflected on the texts in a quite different fashion in the two legal cultures. The so-called ‘verbatim assumption’ of quotations in direct speech (DS) turns out to be a fallacy in the discussed genres, insofar as the locutor (i.e. the police officer or the attorney responsible for the drafting of the document) often normalizes the original utterances of the enunciator (i.e. the plaintiff whose point of view is represented in the report) in terms of cohesion, register and sentence length.
Usually, these texts are translated following a strictly ‘interlinear approach’, so much so as to result almost illegible. An adequate command  of genre conventions – both in the source and in the target language – and the abidance by the translation universals of simplification and explicitation may help the translator produce a more efficient and readable target text, consistent with the expectations of a jurist in the target culture.

description: Altre Modernità, 2012: Traduzione e riscrittura
Supplementary document for Amplitude-modulation-type multi-ring mask for two-photon excitation scanning microscopy - 5235582.pdf
Creators: name: Matsumoto, Naoya
name: Konno, Alu
name: Watanabe, Koyo
name: Inoue, Takashi
name: Okazaki, Shigetoshi
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: supplemental document
Experiences of Multiple Literacies and Peace: A Rhizoanalysis of Becoming in Immigrant Language Classrooms
Creators: name: Waterhouse, Monica C.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011
Subjects: Immigrant
English as a Second Language
Multiple Literacies Theory
Deleuze and Guattari
Peace Education
Rhizoanalysis

description: This dissertation uses Masny’s Multiple Literacies Theory (MLT) to problematize assumptions about literacy underpinning the Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC) program. In addition to teaching English, LINC aims to orient adult immigrants to “the Canadian way of life” which I argue constitutes a form of peace education: teaching peaceful, multicultural values as part of being/becoming Canadian. How do language, literacies, and lessons about peace intersect? MLT foregrounds the Deleuzean-Guattarian concept of becoming: reading intensively and immanently disrupts and transforms individuals in unpredictable ways. I deploy Deleuze and Guattari’s war machine to think about peace as a text that is read and violence as a revolutionary, disruptive force essential for the invention of peace. Accordingly, this research focuses on how experiences of peace AND violence contribute to becoming (i.e. transformation) through reading, reading the world, and self in LINC. Over a 4 month period, 2 teachers and 4 students participated in qualitative inquiry strategies including: video-recorded classroom observations, individual interviews (based on the viewing of video footage of classroom events), and student audio journals. I also collected classroom artifacts used during the observations. Through Deleuze’s transcendental empiricism I frame my research approach as rhizoanalysis. Rhizoanalysis is a (non)method that views data as transgressive (exceeding representation), analysis as a process producing rhizomatic connections (immanence), and reporting as cartography (mapping different assemblages). This research affirms that there is more going on in LINC than its mandate implies and raises questions pointing to the complexities of teaching and learning English in LINC. How might lessons about multicultural values be taken up in ways fraught with tensions between peace AND violence? Becoming-Canadian is an event that unfolds through reading, reading the world, and self. As sense emerges, how might the collision of worldviews around experiences of peace AND violence create encounters that potentially disrupt? How are students, teachers, and even the concepts of “Canadian” and “peace” transformed? I posit rhizocurriculum as a way to account for the affective and transformative powers of multiple literacies in language learning and to view adult immigrant language classrooms as sites of experimentation.
A comparison of short duration, high intensity, upper and lower body anaerobic performances in males and females: a series of short studies
Creators: name: Furlong, Leonie
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2018
Subjects: high intensity exercise
upper body
lower body
repeat sprint
Wingate

description: Many popular sports such as Rugby League, Wrestling, Kayaking, and Rock Climbing are intermittent in nature and require powerful efforts from both the upper and lower body musculature to be performed either consecutively or in unison with one another. While short duration, high intensity exercise for the lower body has been examined previously, the response of the upper body to repeated short duration, high intensity exercise remains unknown. Furthermore, the effect of maximal efforts performed by one region on subsequent maximal efforts performed by another region is yet to be examined. Such information is extremely pertinent to those individuals either working with, or involved in, intermittent sports that require significant contributions from both the upper and lower body, and may facilitate the identification of more suitable and efficient training methodologies and ultimately improve sporting performance.
A Study of Elena Poniatowska's Amanecer en el Zócalo: The Contemporary Mexican Crónica in Translation
Creators: name: Cruess, Susan Leah
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011
Subjects: Poniatowska
Mexican Chronicle
Commented Translation
Amanecer en el Zocalo

description: This dissertation addresses the challenges of translating the Contemporary Mexican crónica from Spanish into English. The crónica, being a type of nonfiction literature and possessing unique features particularly with regards to its ability to be read like a novel, presents distinctive challenges in translation. This dissertation looks closely at the particularities of translating Elena Poniatowska’s Amanecer en el Zócalo (Mexico: Planeta, 2007), a crónica based on the 2006 federal election in Mexico and the subsequent civil resistance movement inspired by the outcome. This dissertation addresses questions surrounding the translation of the crónica: What challenges are unique in translating this genre and why? Why are there so few crónicas translated into English? What decisions can the translator make in order to resolve these particular difficulties? In order to attempt to answer these questions, I first looked into the genre of the crónica and attempted to situate it within the Mexican system of literature and culture. The result found was that, based on some recent theories of systems in culture and translation, the crónica, as a genre of literature that always seeks to address current issues in society and foster positive social development, is in itself a vehicle for social change. I then looked at other crónicas that have been translated into English and compared other translators’ decisions to the ones I made—or have yet to make—within my own translation of Poniatowska’s text. Finally, in observing the ways in which the translator of the crónica tends to alter the genre of the text in translation, I showed how the text, in English, loses some of the defining characteristics of the crónica and serves a different purpose in the target culture—it educates the reader on past (and present) social issues in other cultures, and it appeals to a different type of audience in the target culture—it attracts readers interested in studying another culture rather than readers who feel an intimate connection with the crónica’s context.
Characteristics of urban subtropical suspended sediment transport, and the treatment efficiency of instream sediment control devices during storms
Creators: name: Owen, Daniel
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2002
Subjects: sediment transport

description: An assessment of suspended sediment transport during storm events in two urban subtropical catchments (namely Caloundra nad Caboolture catchments) in the Pumicestone Region, Australia, was undertaken. The effectiveness of two instream sediment control devices (namely a Continuous Deflective System and an instream wetland) in treating these suspended sediments during storms was also examined. Influences from variables other than instantaneous storm discharge were shown to have a considerable influence on suspended sediment concentrations during storms, in both catchments. This reflected the varying responses of organic sediments, inorganic sediments and specific particle sizes during storms, and influences of sediment availability. First flush and exhaustion of sediments was observed within most storms within the Caloundra catchment and an exahustion of available sediments between storms as a result of successive storm activity, was also observed in this catchment. An exahustion of organic and inorganic sediments at the beginning of a wet period was seen for the Caboolture catchment and this suggests an influence of antecedent conditions of sediment availability and transport in this catchment. Moreover suspended sediment transport processes were shown to be similar to those found in temperate catchments, though a greater influence of variables not related to instatntaneous storm discharge was implied. The majority of sediments transported were volatile organic and fine inorganic sediments, for both catchments. Treatment of these suspended sediments by either the CDS or the instream wetland was not observed in general. The lack of treatment was consistent with a range of storms and this prevented an overall assessment of storm loading pressures on treatment during storms. However inflow storm discharge was shown to influence the exportation of sediments from the instream wetland. Whilst the retention of some coarse particles by the CDS and instream wetland was observed during some storms, neither treatment device was shown to have a positive effect on concentrations of fine sediments during storms. These results highlight the need for a holistic approach to urban sediment control including alternate sediment control techniques such as source control and water sensitive design.
Textual equivalence in the translation of specialized languages: discourse adherences and dissimilarities
Creators: name: Salvi, Rita
Publisher: name: Università degli  Studi di Milano
Year: 2012

description: Assuming that translation is necessary in all specialized languages for either informative or even persuasive purposes as well as for popularizing objectives, this contribution considers the translation needs of two types of specialized languages, legal English and English for business and management. Their requirements, strictly connected with their specific discourse communities, are analysed from the point of view of a linguist involved in an interdisciplinary scientific group, which represents a particular situation in non-literary, non-linguistic faculties. In this context, the jurists’ needs seem to be more concerned with definitory, terminological issues, whereas in business the distribution of information and textual organization prevail.
Evidence is given that, in the two sectors taken into consideration, activities such as translation and re-writing apply different strategies at a pragmatic and textual level, also in view of possible intercultural implications.

description: Altre Modernità, 2012: Traduzione e riscrittura
Associations Between Domains of Physical Literacy In 8-12 Year-Old Children, by Weight Status
Creators: name: Traversy, Gregory
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: physical literacy
obese
pediatric
children
overweight

description: To date, only a small number of studies have examined the results of physical literacy (PL) assessments using the Canadian Assessment of Physical Literacy (CAPL). Among these studies, none have evaluated the correlations between the four domains of PL assessed within the CAPL, nor have they evaluated whether these correlations differ depending on weight status. The current study aimed to determine the strength of associations between the four domains of PL, and compare the correlation coefficients between healthy weight and overweight/obese children. Children aged 8-12 years (n=456) were assessed using the CAPL protocol and partial correlations (controlling for age, sex, and other domain scores) were calculated between domains, for healthy weight (n=275) and overweight/obese children (n=181) separately. The results of this study show that the domains of physical competence, daily behaviour, and motivation and confidence correlate significantly with one another at similar low-to-moderate levels in both body weight groups examined (r = 0.15 to 0.38). The domain of knowledge and understanding did not correlate significantly with other domains in healthy weight participants, and only correlated significantly with physical competence in overweight/obese children (r = 0.22). Overall, the low level of correlations seen between domains in this study lends support to the psychometric architecture of the CAPL and suggests that the four domains of CAPL measure different constructs. Furthermore, the results of this study suggest that interventions aimed at improving PL in children should assess multiple domains, and do not necessarily need to be tailored based on a child’s weight status.
A Novel Method of Characterizing Polymer Membranes Using Upstream Gas Permeation Tests
Creators: name: Al-Ismaily, Mukhtar
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011
Subjects: Gas Permeation
Permeability
Gas Diffusion
Constant Volume System
Time Lag
Pressure Decay

description: Characterization of semi-permeable films promotes the systematic selection of membranes and process design. When acquiring the diffusive and sorption properties of gas transport in non-porous membranes, the time lag method is considered the conventional method of characterization. The time lag method involves monitoring the transient accumulation of species due to permeation on a fixed volume present in a downstream reservoir. In the thesis at hand, an alternative approach to the time lag technique is proposed, termed as the short cut method. The short cut method appoints the use of a two reservoir system, where the species decay in the upstream face of the membrane is monitored, in combination with the accumulation on the downstream end. The early and short time determination of membrane properties is done by monitoring the inflow and outflow flux profiles, including their respective analytical formulas. The newly proposed method was revealed to have estimated the properties at 1/10 the required time it takes for the classical time lag method, which also includes a better abidance to the required boundary conditions. A novel design of the upstream reservoir, consisting of a reference and working volume, is revealed, which includes instructional use, and the mechanics involved with its operation. Transient pressure decay profiles are successfully obtained when the reference and working volumes consisted of only tubing. However when tanks were included in the volumes, large errors in the decay were observed, in particular due to a non-instantaneous equilibration of the pressure during the start up. This hypothesis was further re-enforced by examining different upstream tank-based configurations. iii In the end, a validated numerical model was constructed for the purpose of simulating the two reservoir gas permeation system. A modified form of the finite differences scheme is utilized, in order to account for a concentration-dependent diffusivity of penetrants within the membrane. Permeation behavior in a composite membrane system was disclosed, which provided a new perspective in analyzing the errors associated with the practical aspect of the system.
Supplementary document for Extraordinary spin orbital interaction in nonlinear medium due to additional geometric phase - 5235694.pdf
Creators: name: Guan, Fuxin
name: Hu, Yue
name: Dai, Xiaoyu
name: Ling, Xiaohui
name: Ma, Shaojie
name: jing, Jing
name: Dong, Shaohua
name: xiang, yuanjiang
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplementary material
The Role of Community Engagement in the Co-creation of Value: The International Student Experience
Creators: name: Fleischman, David
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2013
Subjects: value co-creation
service marketing
international students
international education
community engagement

description: This thesis investigates value co-creation within the context of the Australian international tertiary education service. Value co-creation is an emerging area of interest in services marketing and one that is germane to the increasingly important international service sector, tertiary education. In Australia, the international tertiary education sector is one of the country's top exports, valued at approximately $18 billion. However, the Australian international tertiary education sector is facing a number of challenges, impacting its future viability and global competitiveness. Aggressive international student recruiting from competitors, a strong Australian dollar, poor visa practices, crime involving international students and changing student expectations, are present challenges faced by the sector. To effectively address these challenges, a rethink of the strategic approach of the Australian international tertiary education sector is required. As such, this thesis aims to provide a new perspective in marketing international education-value co-creation via community engagement-as a potential catalyst to help sustain the viability of the Australian international tertiary education sector over time.
Sulle riscritture intersemiotiche: Beowulf al cinema e a teatro
Creators: name: Buzzoni, Marina
Publisher: name: Università degli  Studi di Milano
Year: 2012

description:
Following Even-Zohar’s (1979ff.) theoretical framework, particularly as regards his theory of ‘transfer’ (i.e. a text which was created in a cultural system A is re-created in a cultural system B), this essay analyses some modern cinematic and theatrical adaptations of the Old English epic poem Beowulf. Even-Zohar’s theory of transfer has been seldom used in previous research dealing with intersemiotic translation, some notable exceptions being Cattrysse (1992), Remael (2000), and Weissbrod (2004), (2006). After discussing the peculiarities of the processes of transfer applied to medieval works, the reasons why Beowulf can still nowadays play the role of an imported good and, through its rewrites, is integrated into the home repertoire of a contemporary cultural polysystem will be discussed, along with the consequences generated by this integration. Furthermore, the network of relations between the state of the home system, the nature of the transference activity, and the relations between power and market with respect to the ideological component of the process of tranfer will be taken into consideration. To this end, the notions of ‘capital’ elaborated by Bourdieu (1980), as well as that of ‘norm’ put forth by Toury ([1978] 1995) will be used. The results achieved in this study are in line with the claim that peculiar processes affecting specific form of intersemiotic translation can be detected only within the framework of a general theory of transfer.

description: Altre Modernità, 2012: Traduzione e riscrittura
La riscrittura del testo da specialistico a divulgativo
Creators: name: Gotti, Maurizio
Publisher: name: Università degli  Studi di Milano
Year: 2012

description: The paper first focuses on the construct of popularisation and its various interpretations in the past few decades and briefly reviews the main studies that have been devoted to the analysis of the discourse of popularisation tracing the main conceptual changes and methodological evolutions.
The paper then discusses different views concerning the analysis of the popularising process, starting from the approach which compares it to that of translation. Relevant exemplifications are presented from a case study concerning the ‘translation’ of legal concepts for the lay public in a jury trial.
The following approach taken into consideration is the viewing of popularisation as recontextualisation, which implies a process of adaptation of popularising discourse to the appropriateness conditions of the new communicative events and to the constraints of the media employed. Indeed, this new communicative approach generally involves a transformation of the original discourse, as the knowledge to be disseminated is recreated in a different communicative situation for the lay audience. Relevant exemplifications are provided from a case study regarding the explanation of health risks in teen magazines.
The paper subsequently highlights the social importance acquired by the phenomenon of popularisation, with the mass media no longer seen as passive mediators of scientific knowledge, but as active participants in the production of novel information and new opinions about science and scientists. Rather than ‘explaining’ science, this new type of popularisation sets out to explain the social meaning of such events, with the consequent creation of interdiscursive texts mixing informative and explanatory discourse with other scientifically-unrelated matters of more general public concern. In this process of interdiscursive expression, the recontextualisation of scientific knowledge may run the risk of deviation and utilization for other ends. In the discussion of this issue, examples are given about the ‘neutrality’ of the presentation of medical facts in consumer information leaflets and patient explanatory material.
The final part of the paper highlights the need for the adoption of an integrated approach in the analysis of popularising discourse, so as to clearly identify and carefully describe all the aspects involved in this process.

description: Altre Modernità, 2012: Traduzione e riscrittura
Evaluation of the Accuracy of Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) Methods for the Condition Assessment of Bridge Decks
Creators: name: Jennings, Elijah Donovan
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 400510
subject: Structural engineering
classificationCode: 400508
subject: Infrastructure engineering and asset management

description: Bridge decks in Indiana face the brunt of the deterioration mechanisms associated with structural deficiencies. These deficiencies do not always present themselves in noticeable ways, however, their detection is imperative to the performance of the deck and the bridges’ overall health. The inspection of these bridge decks presents engineers with not only a timely, but dangerous process as maintenance of traffic (MOT) from the states’ department of transportation (DOT) is not a viable option for most inspections. This results in engineers taking an unnecessary risk to inspect these decks for deteriorations. The most detrimental of these structural deficiencies, delaminations, do not always result in visual confirmation. Leading to more time spent in the roadway trying to sound for these defects. This thesis introduces a state-of-the-art review of previous NDT studies in relation to bridge structures along with the validation of their results. Background information on all testing methods being evaluated will also be provided in this study. This thesis also presents an in depth investigation using multiple consultants and a variety of NDT methods to assess the viability of delamination detection in relation to these methods. These methods were verified through coring at select locations on the deck. This thesis then discusses the practical implications of these NDT methods that provide an accurate level of delamination detection on project and network level inspections.
Star Shaped Thieno- and Thienylaryls as Multifunctional Materials
Creators: name: Robertson, Sean
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2015
Subjects: Star Shaped Molecules
Thienoacenes
Organic Semiconductors
CH-N Substitution
Metal Organic Frameworks
Coordination Complexes

description: The work in this thesis was undertaken to explore both the effect of heteroatoms on the semiconducting properties of star-shaped thienoacenes, and to expand the scope of these materials to fields outside of organic semiconductors. Overall, new star-shaped molecules were prepared with a view towards applications such as thin film transistors, as the organic linker component in metal-organic frameworks, and as ligands that could coordinate to transition metals through the sulfur atom. The first chapter describes the properties of star-shaped molecules, the theory underlying their semiconducting behaviour, and the previous work that motivated the research contained herein. The second chapter of this thesis outlines the synthetic methodology that was utilized to achieve the molecular targets, as well as the characterization techniques that are used to reveal the properties of organic semiconductors. The third chapter of this thesis describes the synthesis and optoelectronic properties of novel nitrogen-containing semiconductor molecules called thienoacridines, and their comparison to carbon-and-sulfur based analogues, thienoanthracenes. The fourth and fifth chapters concern the synthesis of functionalized star shaped thienylbenzene molecules. In Chapter 4, these molecules are decorated with carboxylic acid groups so that they may act as tetrapodal MOF linkers. In Chapter 5, they are equipped with N-aryl(azomethine)thiophene moieties to explore sulfur coordination and act as ligands. The sixth chapter provides conclusion to this work, and possible future directions of the research conducted herein.
Metabolomic study of stress responses leading to plant resistance in mandarin fruit mediated by preventive applications of Bacillus subtilis cyclic lipopeptides
Creators: name: Tunsagool, Paiboon; Wang, Xiohang; Leelasuphakul, Wichitra; Jutidamrongphan, Warangkana; Phaonakrop, Narumon; Jaresitthikunchai, Janthima; Roytrakul, Sittiruk; Chen, Guanqun; Li, Liang
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Libraries
Year: 2019

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Il giornalismo come riscrittura: considerazioni sul ruolo del comunicato stampa
Creators: name: Catenaccio, Paola
Publisher: name: Università degli  Studi di Milano
Year: 2012

description: This paper addresses the topic of rewriting in journalistic discourse by examining the typical textual features of the press release, one of the most commonly used journalistic sources. Journalism has long being recognised as being based on reproductive writing practices (Jakobs 2003), as it consists, as Bell (1991: 41) puts it, “of previously composed text reworked into text news”. In this process of rewriting, a key role is played by sources. While their use (and occasional manipulation) on the part of journalists has been variously explored in the literature, less has been done to investigate the textual features of documents specifically designed to serve as sources, most notably press releases. The paper provides a description of the characterising features of the genre of the press release, highlighting the essentially “preformulated” nature (Jacobs 1999) of these documents, i.e. the fact that their formal traits, as well as the structuring of their content, are strategically designed to facilitate reproduction. The paper concludes that while the re-use of textual material from sources is a crucial aspect of journalistic text production, care should be taken to distinguish between rewriting and uncritical textual reproduction: although recourse to the latter has been growing exponentially over the last decade due to an increasing shortening of news production cycles that has turned journalists into “processors rather than generators of news” (Lewis et al. 2008: 27) under constant pressure to continuously “churn out” (Davis 2008) stories, a renewed attention to rewriting as a key component of journalistic text production practices should be encouraged.

description: Altre Modernità, 2012: Traduzione e riscrittura
Use of peripheral vein and intraosseous access devices in the pre-hospital setting
Creators: name: Mason, Matt
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: catheterization
subject: peripheral
subject: emergency medical services
subject: paramedic
subject: prehospital
subject: infusions
subject: intravenous
subject: intraosseous
subject: vascular access devices
subject: Clinical sciences
subject: Nursing
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Public health

description: Vascular access for the provision of medication and fluids through peripheral intravenous catheters (PIVCs) and intraosseous (IO) devices is common in modern health care. In the prehospital setting obtaining this access can be vital, with delays or failures negatively impacting patient outcomes. However, both PIVCs and IO devices have a risk of failure, can injure patients, or be portals of infection with subsequent negative patient outcomes. Research exploring the use and risks of these devices in the prehospital setting is limited compared to hospital settings. The changing nature of prehospital care, and the guidelines that impact when these devices are used, mean it is important to examine current PIVC and IO device practices, identify areas of concern, and explore ways to maintain safe practice. Data from the United States of America (USA) National Emergency Medical Service Information System (NEMSIS) and the Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) were analysed to describe the incidence of insertion and usage of PIVC and IO devices, and explore factors associated with their insertion.
La riscrittura compartecipata: esempi in ambito giuridico-amministrativo
Creators: name: Desoutter, Cécile
Publisher: name: Università degli  Studi di Milano
Year: 2012

description: In the past few decades, public and private institutions have become more aware of the fact that citizens and consumers need to receive intelligible and personalized information and that, therefore, the speaker or writer necessarily needs to deliver communication that the public can understand, relate to and use.
The present paper focuses on a number of texts drawn from French speaking countries, in which the potential recipients of a specific text have been part of the rewriting process involving the editing of the text. The texts considered give the opportunity to observe edited texts belonging to various fields (public administration, public health and law), s and different genres: administrative blank forms, pharmaceutical inserts, legislative or constitutional discourse (the Constitution of Switzerland, the French Labor code). The contribution reveals how the addressees have been involved in rewriting process and identifies the linguistic aspects they have taken into consideration. In particular, we focus on plain language and gender identity.

description: Altre Modernità, 2012: Traduzione e riscrittura
Semplificare i testi disciplinari: lingua e contenuto vanno d’accordo?
Creators: name: Bosc, Franca
Publisher: name: Università degli  Studi di Milano
Year: 2012

description: A specialist text is rich in technical terms and is complex from the morphological and syntactical point of view. A foreign student, and perhaps an Italian-speaking one too, does not have a fund of knowledge or sufficient independence and control of linguistic and inferential processes necessary for comprehension.
To help foreign students in their studies, they often tend to simplify specialist texts in Italian schools by intervening, as far as possible, in the language in which specialist knowledge is expressed. Thus, texts are prepared in which the vocabulary, morphology and syntax have been made easier and  the contents reduced.
Simplified texts used to make understanding specialist contents easier are often “a translation of a translation” and do not constitute a real model of a written text. They become mere service tools for understanding and for this reason the inevitable loss of information in some simplifications  is even more delicate.

description: Altre Modernità, 2012: Traduzione e riscrittura
Anti-Racist Educator's Starting Guides
Creators: name: Community, CSUEB
name: Sumner, Nicole
name: Chin-Newman, Christina
name: Haft, Nina
name: Murphy, Jessika
name: Coskran, Shannon
name: Lee, Michael
name: Pollock, Ian
name: Pakpour, Nazzy
name: Guiton, Pascale
Publisher: name: QUBES Educational Resources
Year: 2020

description: The Alliance for the Black Community (ABC) has worked diligently to create the attached anti-racist starting guides for our faculty and staff at CSUEB and on other higherEd campuses.
Introduzione
Creators: name: Gennari, Alessia
name: Oggionni, Eva
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2011

description: I primi sei saggi qui raccolti sono il frutto di un laboratorio dal titolo L’Infinito tra Sei e Settecento tenuto congiuntamente dalla Professoressa Mazzocut-Mis e dal Professor Giordanetti nel primo semestre dell’Anno Accademico 2009/2010 presso l’Università degli Studi di Milano, con la collaborazione dell’Associazione Musica e Teatro e del Collegio di Milano e l’intervento dei cultori della materia delle due cattedre.Il secondo gruppo di cinque saggi prende le mosse dagli studi presentati durante il convegno Filosofia, poesia e dramma nel XVIII secolo, tenutosi nella giornata del 19 maggio 2010 presso il Dipartimento di Filosofia dell’Università degli Studi di Milano.
description: Itinera, N° 2 (2011)
Les Naufragés du Fol Espoir del Théatre du Soleil: aurore nel buio
Creators: name: Gennari, Alessia
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2010

description: Recensione allo spettacolo Les Naufragés du Fol Espoir del Théatre du Soleil, in calendario a Cartoucherie (Parigi), fino al 31 dicembre 2010.
description: Itinera, N° 1 (2011)
Sine materia? L’estetico e l’incorporeo nell’opera d’arte
Creators: name: Rozzoni, Claudio
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2010

description: Il presente saggio, che si articola in due momenti, si propone di avviare un’interrogazione sullo statuto della materia nell’opera d’arte. In una prima parte si cercherà, tracciando un parallelismo fra riflessioni heideggeriane e deleuziane, di indagare teoreticamente l’intreccio fra dimensione estetica dell’opera e dimensione incorporea, per arrivare, nella seconda metà del saggio, a poter sviluppare tali risultati ripercorrendo le pagine che Marcel Proust dedica, nella Recherche, ai gesti sine materia dell’attrice Berma.
description: Itinera, N° 1 (2011)
Perspectives on the prospective development of stroke-specific lower extremity wearable monitoring technology: a qualitative focus group study with physical therapists and individuals with stroke
Creators: name: Louie, Dennis R
name: Bird, Marie-Louise
name: Menon, Carlo
name: Eng, Janice
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2020

description: Background: Wearable activity monitors that track step count can increase the wearer’s physical activity and motivation but are infrequently designed for the slower gait speed and compensatory patterns after stroke. New and available technology may allow for the design of stroke-specific wearable monitoring devices, capable of detecting more than just step counts, which may enhance how rehabilitation is delivered. The objective of this study was to identify important considerations in the development of stroke-specific lower extremity wearable monitoring technology for rehabilitation, from the perspective of physical therapists and individuals with stroke. Methods: A qualitative research design with focus groups was used to collect data. Five focus groups were conducted, audio recorded, and transcribed verbatim. Data were analyzed using content analysis to generate overarching categories representing the stakeholder considerations for the development of stroke-specific wearable monitor technology for the lower extremity. Results: A total of 17 physical therapists took part in four focus group discussions and three individuals with stroke participated in the fifth focus group. Our analysis identified four main categories for consideration: 1) ‘Variability’ described the heterogeneity of patient presentation, therapy approaches, and therapeutic goals that are taken into account for stroke rehabilitation; 2) ‘Context of use’ described the different settings and purposes for which stakeholders could foresee employing stroke-specific wearable technology; 3) ‘Crucial design features’ identified the measures, functions, and device characteristics that should be considered for incorporation into prospective technology to enhance uptake; and 4) ‘Barriers to adopting technology’ highlighted challenges, including personal attitudes and design flaws, that may limit the integration of current and future wearable monitoring technology into clinical practice. Conclusions: The findings from this qualitative study suggest that the development of stroke-specific lower extremity wearable monitoring technology is viewed positively by physical therapists and individuals with stroke. While a single, specific device or function may not accommodate all the variable needs of therapists and their clients, it was agreed that wearable monitoring technology could enhance how physical therapists assess and treat their clients. Future wearable devices should be developed in consideration of the highlighted design features and potential barriers for uptake.
An exploratory study of women's feminine-instinctual archetypal development as manifested in dreams
Creators: name: Cameron, Dianah
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2001

description: This thesis examines evidence relating to Estes' (1992) tenet that women are deeply repressed and split-off from the 'feminine-instinctual-self', the 'essential feminine' or 'intuitive-self'. Estes' tenets are discussed within the context of Freud's and Jung's theoretical frameworks on instinct, femininity and repression. An argument is made for combining the Freudian and Jungian theoretical approaches in explorations of women's feminine psychology. Traditionally, these frameworks have operated separately in the research as if from distinctly different discourses. The proposal fits with the new ethnologies and recent feministic methodologies. The topic of women's feminine-instinctual repression is expanded upon. Among the areas of discussion is the witch in history, misogyny, sexualization of the brain, the parenting experience, intra-psychic and psycho-social dimensions to personality, and feminine-splitting over the life cycle, from infancy, menarche and menopause. The archetypal equivalents, the Life/Death/Life Mother and Hecate, are examined. Estes' notions of feminine archetype and work with myth were operationalised in a time-limited women's group. Women's feminine-instinctual psychology was studied via dream-analysis method. Dreams recalled during and following the group were case-studied for archetypal and developmental patternings. Findings were that feminine-instinctual repression entails engulfment and chaos phantasies. A new developmental model on women's feminine individuation is offered which integrates the theories of Freud, Jung and Estes. Findings were that feminine repression involves re-working Oedipal residuals. The masculine animus was found to play a vital role in feminine-instinctual individuation. Dream studies identify the animus as serving a useful bridging to difficult Oedipal residuals, enabling Oedipal resolve and lifting of feminine repression. Developmental patterning around the animus and shadow archetypes, and Oedipus complex, are discussed. Future directions, clinical implications, and implications for women's empowerment, are considered.
Downregulation of key genes involved in carbon metabolism in Medicago truncatula results in increased lipid accumulation in vegetative tissue
Creators: name: Wijekoon, Champa; Singer, Stacy D.; Weselake, Randall J.; Petrie, James R.; Chen, Guanqun; Singh, Surinder; Eastmond, Peter J.; Acharya, Surya N.
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Libraries
Year: 2020

Abstract
Supplementary document for Femtosecond laser patterned superhydrophobic/hydrophobic SERS sensors for rapid positioning ultratrace detection - 5236227.pdf
Creators: name: Xu, Kaichen
name: Guan, Xiangyun
name: Pang, Jihong
name: Zheng, Zhixia
name: Yang, Huan
name: Li, Chunbo
name: Yang, Can
name: Wang, Meng
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

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