cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Action research as foresight methodology
Creators: name: Ramos, Jose M.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: To the action researcher, who laboriously spends his or her hours working within the local contexts of communities or organisations to co-generate meaningful research, and who’s theories are hardened on the anvil of creating meaningful social change; futures studies might seem the discipline the most peripheral to its interests, and the most ill equipped to deal with the local and intimate domain of community existence. To the futurist, who laboriously spends his or her hours understanding the nuances of history and social change, who through persistent work, begins to make sense of the weak signals and the subtle shifts, action research would seem as simply an auxiliary field, inappropriate for understanding the greater scheme. I invite the reader, however, whether they belong to one camp or the other, to let go of their respective disciplinary perspectives, and see both belonging to each other.
Partitioning of Radar Signals in Stationary and Ground Moving Targets by use of Low-Rank and Compressed Sensing Methods
Creators: name: Panhuber, Reinhard
name: :Unav
Publisher: name: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Year: 2022
Subjects: Radar signal processing
Array signal processing
Ground moving target indication
Compressed sensing
Affine rank minimization
Compressed robust principle component analysis

description: The aim of airborne ground moving target indication (GMTI) is to detect targets moving relative to the earth surface and to estimate their positions, velocities, moving directions, etc. It allows to build up situational awareness of a region, which is not only of interest for military purposes but also for civilian traffic applications, disaster management etc. In order to successfully detect a moving object, reflections from the earth surface, a.k.a. clutter, need to be suppressed. The objective of this research is to improve the radar detection capabilities in severe heterogeneous clutter scenarios, e.g. land-sea transitions, present strong clutter discretes like buildings, busy environments such as highway junctions etc. This is achieved by leveraging compressed sensing and low-rank techniques. It overcomes the shortcomings of traditional signal processing, namely space-time adaptive processing, by avoiding the need for training data. Furthermore, a low-rank based robust procedure to estimate the platform velocity and aspect angles is presented. The above mentioned techniques ultimately lead to superior detection performance and reduced false alarm rate, contributing to enhanced GMTI capabilities.
The Need for Consistent, Comprehensive Inner Heliosphere Data
Creators: name: Mason, E I
name: Higginson, A K
name: Rivera, Y J
name: Weberg, M
name: Spitzer, S A
name: Alterman, B L
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020

description: The science goal presented in this white paper is the capability to reliably track individual packets of solar wind from the low corona to 1 AU by 2050. The field currently faces a significant measurement gap along the Earth-Sun line, and near-complete inaccessibility to the rest of the inner heliosphere. In order to remedy this situation and accomplish the above goal, we need reliable, high-resolution compositional data with 4pi coverage of the Sun evenly spaced throughout the 0-1 AU range.
Molecular Epidemiology of HIV in Canada
Creators: name: Ragonnet, Manon Lily
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011
Subjects: population genetics
HIV
evolution
molecular epidemiology
virus
infectious disease
public health

description: With over 35 million people currently infected, the World Health Organization considers HIV a global pandemic. HIV is characterized by a high mutation rate, which allows it to evade the host immune system and develop resistance to drugs. However, this extraordinary adaptive ability may also be the key to HIV’s demise. Through the field of phylodynamics, the evolutionary behavior of the virus is being studied in an attempt to control the epidemic. In this thesis, three papers are presented in which we analyze sequences generated through the Canadian HIV Strain and Drug Resistance Surveillance program. In chapter 2 we validate a classifier which distinguishes between recent and established infections based on the proportion of mixed bases observed in population-based pol sequences. Our results will help identify recent infections and improve incidence calculations. In chapter 3, we investigate immune-induced patterns in HIV that are shared by patients of the same ethnicity. An understanding of the forces shaping HIV evolution is instrumental to the development of a vaccine relevant to the Canadian epidemic. In chapter 4, we present preliminary results of a historical reconstruction of HIV across the provinces of Canada. This analysis will highlight strategies that have succeeded or failed in controlling the epidemic. Furthermore, our work will establish whether non-B subtypes of HIV are an increasing threat to Canadian public health. Overall, this thesis provides the first country-wide evolutionary and phylogenetic analysis of the HIV epidemic.
Supplementary document for Unique prospects of phase change material Sb₂Se₃ for ultra-compact reconfigurable nanophotonic devices - 5392944.pdf
Creators: name: Jia, Wei
name: Menon, Rajesh
name: Sensale-Rodriguez, Berardi
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplement 1
Elucidating the Role of LRRK2 in the Central Nervous System: An Examination of Toxin-Induced Neuronal Outcomes
Creators: name: Abdel-Messih, Elizabeth
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: Parkinson's disease
LRRK2
Neuronal Death
Toxins
Mitochondria

description: Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder. Its cause(s) are predominantly unknown; however, a subset of cases has a genetic origin. Mutations in the leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) gene are the most common genetic cause of PD. Cases are clinically indistinguishable from idiopathic PD and display incomplete penetrance. Thereby, it is predicted that genetic vulnerability combined with environmental factors cause pathogenesis. However, the identity of these factors is unknown. Unfortunately, LRRK2`s native and pathogenic biological function(s) remain to be defined; owing to obstacles including a complex protein structure and the lack of pathological phenotypes in LRRK2 research models. To address the knowledge gap in LRRK2 biology, we set out to investigate the role of LRRK2 in the central nervous system (CNS). We generated and characterized a disease-mimicking D. melanogaster model of LRRK2-linked PD. This system was utilized to perform an in vivo, unbiased, high-throughput genetic screen to identify candidate interactors of LRRK2. Successful identification of a discrete number of genetic interactors was accomplished and, coupled with published evidence, highlighted the pursuit of subsequent mitochondrial-related investigations of LRRK2. These studies were performed using the M. musculus model system. Since LRRK2 murine models lack disease-relevant phenotypes, and LRRK2’s incomplete penetrance is predicted to be the result of gene-environment interaction, we employed the mitochondrial-targeting exogenous neurotoxin – MPTP/MPP+, to investigate neuronal mitochondrial phenotypes and subsequent survival in the context of LRRK2. Using the pathogenic R1441 GTPase-linked mutation, we did not observe altered neuronal mitochondrial length phenotypes or enhanced CNS sensitization to MPTP/MPP+-induced death; highlighting that MPTP-mediated, mitochondrial-centered mechanisms of action should be approached cautiously in the context of R1441-LRRK2. Collectively, the work presented herein has unveiled novel targets for the exploration of LRRK2 biological function and encourages the investigation of alternative pathogenic trigger mechanisms in the context of LRRK2-linked PD.
Sex-related Differences in Local and Whole-body Heat Loss Responses: Physical or Physiological?
Creators: name: Gagnon, Daniel
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: Temperature regulation
Sweating
Skin blood flow
Exercise
Heat
Thermoregulation

description: The current thesis examined whether sex-differences in local and whole-body heat loss are evident after accounting for confounding differences in physical characteristics and rate of metabolic heat production. Three experimental studies were performed: the first examined whole-body heat loss in males and females matched for body mass and surface area during exercise at a fixed rate of metabolic heat production; the second examined local and whole-body heat loss responses between sexes during exercise at increasing requirements for heat loss; the third examined sex-differences in local sweating and cutaneous vasodilation to given doses of pharmacological agonists, as well as during passive heating. The first study demonstrates that females exhibit a lower whole-body sudomotor thermosensitivity (553 ± 77 vs. 795 ± 85 W•°C-1, p=0.05) during exercise performed at a fixed rate of metabolic heat production. The second study shows that whole-body sudomotor thermosensitivity is similar between sexes at a requirement for heat loss of 250 W•m-2 (496 ± 139 vs. 483 ± 185 W•m-2•°C-1, p=0.91) and 300 W•m-2 (283 ± 70 vs. 211 ± 66 W•m-2•°C-1, p=0.17), only becoming greater in males at a requirement for heat loss of 350 W•m-2 (197 ± 61 vs. 82 ± 27 W•m-2•°C-1, p=0.007). In the third study, a lower sweat rate to the highest concentration of acetylcholine (0.27 ± 0.08 vs. 0.48 ± 0.13 mg•min-1•cm-2, p=0.02) and methylcholine (0.41 ± 0.09 vs. 0.57 ± 0.11 mg•min-1•cm-2, p=0.04) employed was evidenced in females, with no differences in cholinergic sensitivity. Taken together, the results of the current thesis show that sex itself can modulate sudomotor activity, specifically the thermosensitivity of the response, during both exercise and passive heat stress. Furthermore, the results of the third study point towards a peripheral modulation of the sweat gland as a mechanism responsible for the lower sudomotor thermosensitivity in females.
Finite element modelling of RC beams retrofitted with CFRP fabrics
Creators: name: Pham, H. B.
name: Al-Mahaidi, R.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: In this paper, non-linear finite element modelling of debonding failure of rectangular reinforced-concrete beams strengthened with externally-bonded Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) fabrics under bending is presented. Smeared crack models were used to simulate concrete cracking. Interface elements were used to model the bond between concrete and reinforcement. The model proved to be able to simulate the beams' behaviour, predicting the failure modes, the failure loads and the reinforcement strain distributions relatively well. The parametric study using the FEA clarified the effect of several important factors on the capacity of the beams.
Resource Allocation in Network Slicing-Based Ultra-Reliable and Low-Latency Communications based on Model Predictive Control
Creators: name: Liu, Jun
name: :Unav
Publisher: name: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Year: 2025
Subjects: 5G
uRLLC
MPC
Resource Allocation
Optimization

description: Various 5G technologies and structures benefit both latency-sensitive and high-reliability-dependent users. As a use case that can enhance many safety-critical tasks, uRLLC requires extremely low latency and high system reliability. Such requirements raise difficulties in studying the system and UE behavior under extreme conditions. To address the characteristics of uRLLC and meet its Quality of Service (QoS) requirements, a typical uRLLC-type network slice resource allocation problem is considered. Latency and reliability factors are comprehensively analyzed and reformulated in terms of data rate optimization. To enhance system robustness and performance under varying conditions, Model Predictive Control (MPC)-based solutions are employed. Additionally, various architectures and corresponding algorithms are proposed, emphasizing computational efficiency, compatibility, and scalability. A parameter study is also conducted to identify key optimizations and further improve overall system performance.
Concurrent Disorder Management Guidelines. Systematic Review
Creators: name: Hakobyan, Syune
name: Vazirian, Sara
name: Lee-Cheong, Stephen
name: Krausz, Michael
name: Honer, William G. (William George), 1957-
name: Schutz, Christian G.
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2020

description: Concurrent disorder refers to a diverse set of combinations of substance use disorders and mental disorders simultaneously in need of treatment. Concurrent disorders are underdiagnosed, undertreated, and more complex to manage, practicing the best recommendations can support better outcomes. The purpose of this work is to systematically assess the quality of the current concurrent disorders’ clinical recommendation management guidelines. Literature searches were performed by two independent authors in electronic databases, web, and gray literature. The inclusion criteria were English language clinical management guidelines for adult concurrent disorders between 2000 and 2020. The initial search resulted in 8841 hits. A total of 24 guidelines were identified and assessed with the standardized guidelines assessment tool: AGREE II (Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation). Most guidelines had acceptable standards, however, only the NICE guidelines had all detailed information on all AGREE II Domains. Guidelines generally supported combinations of treatments for individual disorders with a very small evidence base for concurrent disorders, and they provided little recommendation for further structuring of the field, such as level of complexity or staging, or evaluating different models of treatment integration.
Adaptive and Automated Distance Protection in Distribution Grids with High Distributed Generation
Creators: name: Lytaev, Pawel
name: :Unav
Publisher: name: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Year: 2021
Subjects: Distance protection
infeed effect
automated adaption
short circuit

description: A well-designed protection system is an essential requirement for safe and reliable power system operation. Unselective or unsensitive tripping leads to either unnecessary outages in the power system or no isolation of the faulty part of the grid. The protection system must behave desirably for all possible states of the grid, e.g., change of power fed from the distributed energy resources and grid topology changes. In this thesis, the focus is on the infeed effect, which causes changes to the measured impedance at a distance relay location, and eventually leads to unselective zone overreaches. The estimated short-circuit current contribution is determined from the active and reactive power measurements of the distributed energy resources. A communication-based protection system for distance zones is proposed that adapts the distance polygons in an automated way, using the information from the power measurements. The proposed solution is evaluated with case studies using the power system tool pandapower. Here, the adapted and non-adapted settings are compared by creating fault events at different locations in the grid and considering the change of short-circuit contributions from the distributed energy resources. It is shown that the expected tripping is achieved for all the cases where adaptation of settings is required.
Active Learning for One-class Classification
Creators: name: Barnabé-Lortie, Vincent
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2015
Subjects: active learning
one-class classification
class imbalance problem
machine learning

description: Active learning is a common solution for reducing labeling costs and maximizing the impact of human labeling efforts in binary and multi-class classification settings. However, when we are faced with extreme levels of class imbalance, a situation in which it is not safe to assume that we have a representative sample of the minority class, it has been shown effective to replace the binary classifiers with a one-class classifiers. In such a setting, traditional active learning methods, and many previously proposed in the literature for one-class classifiers, prove to be inappropriate, as they rely on assumptions about the data that no longer stand. In this thesis, we propose a novel approach to active learning designed for one-class classification. The proposed method does not rely on many of the inappropriate assumptions of its predecessors and leads to more robust classification performance. The gist of this method consists of labeling, in priority, the instances considered to fit the learned class the least by previous iterations of a one-class classification model. Throughout the thesis, we provide evidence for the merits of our method, then deepen our understanding of these merits by exploring the properties of the method that allow it to outperform the alternatives.
Konzeption und Entwicklung eines Schülerpraktiums zur Vermittlung der Funktionsweise von zerstörungsfreien Verfahren zur Materialcharakterisierung
Creators: name: Stabel, Yolanda Flavia
name: :Unav
Publisher: name: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Year: 2020
Subjects: Schülerpraktikum
Zerstörungsfreie Prüfung
Materialcharakterisierung
MatBeyoNDT

description: Viele Bereiche der Wissenschaft sind bei jungen Menschen unbekannt, da nicht für jedes Fachgebiet ein Platz im Lehrplan vorgesehen ist. Die Materialwissenschaft ist ein Beispiel dafür. Ein Bestandteil davon ist die zerstörungsfreie Materialcharakterisierung. Diese umfasst unterschiedliche Prüfverfahren, mit denen Bauteile undWerkstoffe auf ihre Eigenschaften beziehungsweise Eigenschaftsveränderungen untersucht werden können, ohne diese durch die Prüfung zu zerstören. Damit kann die Lebensdauer der Bauteile vohergesagt werden. Ziel der vorliegenden Arbeit ist die Konzeption und Entwicklung einer Versuchsreihe für SchülerInnen zu Experimenten aus der Materialwissenschaft, insbesondere der Zerstörungsfreien Prüfung (im Folgenden ZfP genannt). Diese Versuchsreihe wird im Schülerlabor Advanced Materials (im Folgenden SAM genannt) an der Universität des Saarlandes in Saarbrücken am Lehrstuhl für Funktionswerkstoffe durchgeführt werden und die dort bereits vorhandene Infrastruktur genutzt. Der Kooperationspartner, das Fraunhofer Institut für Zerstörungsfreie Prüfung (im Folgenden Fraunhofer IZFP genannt), übernimmt die Herstellung der zu verwendenden Proben. Das Ziel ist eine effektive Wissensvermittlung der Funktionsweisen von zerstörungsfreien Verfahren zur Materialcharakterisierung. Um dies zu erreichen, muss sowohl auf den naturwissenschaftlichen Inhalt der Versuchsreihe eingegangen werden als auch auf die didaktischen Aspekte zur erfolgreichen Wissensvermittlung.
Agentenbasierte Modellierung der Verkehrsmittelwahl von Mobilitätskomfort-Typen
Creators: name: Heydkamp, Constanze
name: :Unav
Publisher: name: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Year: 2021
Subjects: Mobilität
Verkehr
Nachhaltigkeit
Simulation
Zukunftsmodell
Dissertation

description: Der Ausgangspunkt für diese Arbeit ist das Spannungsfeld zwischen der Mobilität als Grundbedürfnis der Menschen und dem durch sie verursachten Verkehr als Herausforderung bei der Erreichung von Nachhaltigkeitszielen. Um in diesem Kontext anwendungsorientierte wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse zu generieren, wird in der vorliegenden Arbeit die Zusammenführung der für kommunale Entscheidungsträger relevanten Konkretisierungsebenen »Visionen« und »Maßnahmen« erprobt. Das Ziel ist es, Praxisakteure für die hypothetischen zukünftigen Konsequenzen heutiger Entscheidungen zu sensibilisieren. Dazu wird ein agentenbasiertes Simulationsmodell für die alltägliche Verkehrsmittelwahl entwickelt. Es basiert auf den gleichbleibenden Mobilitätsbedürfnissen sog. Mobilitätskomfort-Typen und sich wandelnden Merkmalen der Mobilitätsangebote bis 2050. Vier Zukunftsszenarien werden für die Region Stuttgart simuliert und die Ergebnisse mit Blick auf die Gestaltung von zielgruppenspezifischen Interventionsmaßnahmen interpretiert.
description: Mobility is one of our basic needs and causes traffic, which challenges the achievement of sustainability goals. To develop applicable scientific insight in this context, the present thesis links the two precision levels »visions« and »measures«, which are relevant to municipal decision-makers. The goal is to raise consciousness for hypothetical future consequences of today’s actions and enable informed decision-making. Therefore, an agent-based simulation model is developed for daily travel mode choice. It is based upon the unchanging mobility needs of four mobility comfort user types as well as altering features of travel options until 2050. Four future scenarios are simulated for the Stuttgart region. The results are interpreted with respect to the design of target group specific intervention measure.
Fair games and Wasted Youth: twenty-five years of Australian rape-revenge film (1986-2011)
Creators: name: Heller-Nicholas, Alexandra
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Films where acts of sexual violence are avenged - usually the province of exploitation and horror - are often reviled as vulgar schlock. Focusing on Australian examples of these films, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas argues that there is much more to the rape-revenge trope than cheap thrills.
Online Shopping in Haiti: An Empirical Study of Students’ Shopping Perceptions and Consumer Behavior
Creators: name: Raymond, Edwins
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2015
Subjects: Online Shopping
Haiti
Developping Countries
Electronic commerce

description: The purpose of this study is to investigate consumer behavior toward online shopping in Haiti with the findings of factors that affect whether or not they purchase online. The study showed that there is some potential for e-commerce in Haiti. However, there are many challenges, including lack of infrastructure, the low availability of credit cards, low government initiations. The sample consisted of 188 Haitian students at university level that were approached by using the “snowball” technique. Every participant made a purchase online before he received the questionnaire, and they were all above eighteen. Different questions were asked to the participants that reflected the characteristics of shopping. First, they were asked to give their frequency of online shopping transactions using a four-point Likert scale. Second, a seven-point Likert scale was used to rate their opinions about trends affecting electronic commerce, companies’ marketing approaches. Third, participants were asked to evaluate their feelings about traditional and online shopping using a nine-point bipolar scale. Finally, the Six Dimensional Achievement Motivations Scale by Jackson, Ahmed, and Heapy (1976) were used that allowed the participants to describe themselves. The results show that the participants still have a negative perception of online shopping compared to traditional shopping. Also, the study reveals that online shopping in Haiti is significantly affected by various Demographic factors like gender, income, and education. As opposed to demographics, the achievement dimensions were less related to online shopping behavior. The results show some limitations in terms of the time available to collect the data, the availability of the participants and their concerns about some questions. Also, generalization must be made carefully since the study is limited to Haitian students. The study has practical and managerial impacts, including the possible use by businesses, other researchers, and the Haitian government. The results of the study could be further used by researchers to conduct future studies in the same field.
The impact of Ontario's child restraint legislation on the incidence, severity and patterns of injury in children under five years.
Creators: name: Senzilet, Linda Debra.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1992
Subjects: subject: Health Sciences, Public Health.

description: In 1983, the Ontario government introduced legislation which mandated the restraint of all child passengers under 50 pounds in restraint systems appropriate to their weight. The efficacy of such restraint systems has been proven, and standards for their manufacture have been set by the government of Canada. The objectives of this study were to determine whether Ontario's child restraint legislation has resulted in significant and sustained reductions in the incidence and severity of injury, as well as changes in the anatomical patterns of fatal and non-fatal injury. Data sources included the Hospital Medical Records Institute (HMRI) and Transport Canada's Traffic Accident Information Data Bank (TRAID). The study used the interrupted time-series design and autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) modelling to analyze a variety of rates and indicators calculated for children under 5, as well as for a control group of adults 20-44 years old. The study period encompassed five pre-law years and five post-law years, extending from 1979 to 1988. Results suggested that there were no significant changes in either the incidence, severity or anatomical patterns of injury in children covered by the legislation. Two possible explanations for the apparent lack of an intervention effect are that either the pre- to post-legislation increase in (proper) usage rates was not large enough, or that any positive effects of the law were too gradual to be detected. These conclusions are supported by evidence that there was a relatively high usage of child restraints prior to the legislation, and that rates of proper wearing of restraints did not exceed 50% in the years following implementation. Child restraint laws cannot achieve their objectives without a higher level of sustained compliance. Several means of achieving this objective are presently being implemented by the so-called "95 by 95" program, i.e., the National Occupant Restraint Program that is operating in all provinces, and whose stated goal is a 95% wearing rate of restraints in all age groups by the year 1995. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Computational Reconstruction of the Physical Eye Using a New Gradient Index of Refraction Model
Creators: name: Dube, Zack
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Optical Physics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Eye Physics
subject: Gradient Index of Refraction lens
subject: Refractive Surgery

description: This thesis proposes and tests an individually customizable model of the human crystalline lens. This model will be crucial in developing both research on the human eye and driving diagnostic tools to help plan and treat optical issues, such as those requiring refractive surgery. This thesis attempts to meet two goals: first, it will determine whether this new lens model can reproduce the major aberrations of real human eyes using a computational framework. Second, it will use clinical information to measure how well this model is able to predict post-operation results in refractive surgery, attempting to meet clinical standards of error. The model of the crystalline lens proposed within this thesis is shown to be valid, as it is able to both reproduce individual patient's optical information, and correctly predicts the optical results of a refractive surgery of an individual human eye within clinical standards of error.
Typhlochactinae Mitchell 1971
Creators: name: Soleglad, Michael E.
name: Fet, Victor
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2003
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Scorpiones
Typhlochactidae

description: Subfamily Typhlochactinae Mitchell, 1971   Type Genus. Typhlochactas Mitchell, 1971.
 Composition. This subfamily includes three genera (Alacran, Sotanochactas, and Typhlochactas).
 Distribution. North America (Mexico).
 Taxonomic history. This taxon was originally introduced as a subfamily of Chactidae. It corresponds to the tribe Typhlochactini of Francke (1982a).
 Diagnosis. Synapomorphies. Ventral surface of leg tarsus with setal pairs, ventral spinules minimal or obsolete; number of leg pedal spurs varies from zero to two; sternum length equal to or greater than width; sternum apex rounded, with minimal depression, lateral lobes flat; hemispermatophore lamina terminus spatulate in shape; pectinal fulcra absent. Important Symplesiomorphies. Chelal finger median denticle (MD) row groups aligned obliquely; chelal trichobothrium it positioned at extreme base of fixed finger; chelal trichobothria Db basal and Dt situated at base of fixed finger; lateral carinae of metasomal segment V absent.
description: Published as part of Soleglad, Michael E. & Fet, Victor, 2003, High-level systematics and phylogeny of the extant scorpions (Scorpiones: Orthosterni), pp. 1-175 in Euscorpius 2003 (11) on page 109, DOI: 10.18590/euscorpius.2003.vol2003.iss11.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13237351
Why Are Children Sedentary: An Examination Using the International Study of Childhood Obesity, Lifestyle and the Environment
Creators: name: LeBlanc, Allana
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2015
Subjects: Sedentary behaviour
Screen time
Children
Guidelines

description: Physical inactivity and sedentary behaviour have been independently associated with a wide range of negative health indicators including obesity, poor cardio-metabolic health, and poor psychosocial health. The overarching objective of this research was to gain a better understanding as to why children are sedentary, and where we need to focus public health messages and interventions to reduce sedentary behaviour. Specifically, I aimed to provide insight on current awareness of sedentary behaviour guidelines; determine important correlates of total sedentary time (SED), and screen time (ST) in Canadian children; and understand correlates of SED and ST in a global context. The primary dataset used for this project was the International Study of Childhood Obesity, Lifestyle and the Environment (ISCOLE). Background work was completed to review current literature on knowledge and awareness of Canadian physical activity and sedentary behaviour guidelines (in all age groups), and to understand the representativeness of the ISCOLE dataset. In addition to the two background papers, this dissertation includes three manuscripts, all prepared for submission in scientific, peer-reviewed journals: 1. Manuscript 1: Canadian physical activity and screen time guidelines: do children know? 2. Manuscript 2: Correlates of objectively measured sedentary time and self-reported screen time in Canadian children 3. Manuscript 3: Correlates of total sedentary time and screen time in 9-11 year-old children around the world: The International Study of Childhood Obesity, Lifestyle and the Environment Overall, this work showed the majority of children around the world are accumulating large amounts of sedentary time, and exceeded current screen time guidelines. We found that the large majority of Canadian children are not aware of screen time guidelines; however, a greater proportion of children could identify physical activity guidelines. We also identified a number of correlates of SED, and ST in Canadian children, and in children around the world. The most common correlates included weight status, and access to electronics in the house. Taken together, this work suggests that public health messaging should focus on increasing awareness of screen time guidelines. While increasing awareness of the guidelines, messaging can be tailored to promoting healthy weight status, and reducing (or removing) children’s access to electronic devices in hopes of reducing overall time spent sedentary.
Commissioning of an acoustic levitator
Creators: name: Nguyen, Duc Anh Le
name: :Unav
Publisher: name: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Year: 2021
Subjects: Hydrogel
Aerogel
Levitator

description: This thesis is written as a requirement of the “Mechanical Engineering” Bachelor program at Vietnamese-German University. It reports the content of my working progress during the last exchange semester of the program at RUHR University, Bochum and Fraunhofer UMSICHT. Liquid thermophysical characteristics are critical in a variety of scientific research and industrial applications for exact knowledge of these qualities is required for design and a better understanding of technological procedures. Therefore, there is a need to investigate these properties. Determination of density, interfacial tension and viscosity under ambient pressure has available through several methods. However, to investigate these properties, previous methods require contact with sample, which consumes time or requires a certain amount of experimental substance. Additionally, data for these properties under high pressure is lacking. A method can be applied to provide contactless investigation of liquid drop under pressure is acoustic levitation. The aim is to commission an acoustic levitator to measure density, interfacial tension, and viscosity of liquids. First, the basic principle of acoustic levitation needed to understand the setup is explained. Then, recent developments of properties measurement using acoustic levitation is review. Next, the high-pressure acoustic levitator plant and its function is described. The limitations and restrictions of the setup is pointed out. Afterwards, methods and procedures for density, interfacial tension and viscosity are presented. Finally, the measurement of these properties is conducted, and the results are presented and discussed.
Single mother self-recorded life narratives: a method
Creators: name: Joyce, Yvonne
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This paper sets out the context for an innovative social research method for a PhD project on the role of higher education in the life trajectory of disadvantaged single mothers. This new method for producing oral life stories recognises the ontological role of narratives as well the performative effect of social research methods by capturing the voices of single mothers involved in reflection and sense-making of their lives, in their own time and their own place, using a digital audio recorder. It is anticipated that encouraging autobiographical agency in this way will produce a deeper level of narrative reflection and more intimate accounts of the lives of single mothers as narrators that might otherwise be achieved with other methods such as the life story interview.
Deep Learning Sensor Fusion for Autonomous Vehicle Perception and Localization : A Review
Creators: name: Fayyad, Jamil
name: Jaradat, Mohammad A.
name: Gruyer, Dominique
name: Najjaran, Homayoun
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2020

description: Autonomous vehicles (AV) are expected to improve, reshape, and revolutionize the future of ground transportation. It is anticipated that ordinary vehicles will one day be replaced with smart vehicles that are able to make decisions and perform driving tasks on their own. In order to achieve this objective, self-driving vehicles are equipped with sensors that are used to sense and perceive both their surroundings and the faraway environment, using further advances in communication technologies, such as 5G. In the meantime, local perception, as with human beings, will continue to be an effective means for controlling the vehicle at short range. In the other hand, extended perception allows for anticipation of distant events and produces smarter behavior to guide the vehicle to its destination while respecting a set of criteria (safety, energy management, traffic optimization, comfort). In spite of the remarkable advancements of sensor technologies in terms of their effectiveness and applicability for AV systems in recent years, sensors can still fail because of noise, ambient conditions, or manufacturing defects, among other factors; hence, it is not advisable to rely on a single sensor for any of the autonomous driving tasks. The practical solution is to incorporate multiple competitive and complementary sensors that work synergistically to overcome their individual shortcomings. This article provides a comprehensive review of the state-of-the-art methods utilized to improve the performance of AV systems in short-range or local vehicle environments. Specifically, it focuses on recent studies that use deep learning sensor fusion algorithms for perception, localization, and mapping. The article concludes by highlighting some of the current trends and possible future research directions.
Co-designing an interprofessional digital education resource on delirium: a student-led approach
Creators: name: Wilson, Christine Brown
name: Anderson, Tara
name: Graham, Margaret
name: Murphy, Jill
name: Mitchell, Gary
name: Tuohy, Dympna
name: Barry, Heather E.
name: Boland, Pauline
name: Birch, Matt
name: Tierney, Audrey
name: Stark, Patrick
name: Mc Curtin, Arlene
name: Creighton, Laura
name: Henderson, Elizabeth
name: Craig, Stephanie
name: McConnell, Hannah
name: Guttridge, Heather
name: Cook, Lana
name: Cunningham, Emma
name: Curran, Geoffrey M
name: Coffey, Alice
Publisher: name: University of Limerick
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 4205
subject: Nursing
subject: FOS: Health sciences
classificationCode: 42
subject: Health sciences
classificationCode: 4201
subject: Allied health and rehabilitation science

description: Background Interprofessional education is crucial for healthcare students to develop collaborative skills and provide effective patient care. However, opportunities for interprofessional learning are often limited in healthcare curricula. The present study aimed to engage students from different health professions in co-designing an educational resource on delirium recognition and management through an interprofessional lens and explore their experiences of this process.Methods Two co-design workshops were conducted with students from medicine, nursing, pharmacy, and occupational therapy programmes at two universities across the island of Ireland. Focus groups were held following these workshops to explore students’ experiences of the co-design process. The workshops involved a range of activities, including theme generation, scenario development, resource creation (podcasts, simulations), and focus group discussions. Data from focus groups were analysed thematically. Results A total of 19 students participated across the two workshops. Three themes were identified: (1) Relationship development, where students identified the benefits of co-creating the resource and valued the flexibility, collaboration, and social aspects of the co-design approach; (2) Interprofessional collaboration, which challenged students’ assumptions about other disciplines, fostered teamwork and communication, and highlighted the need for early and continuous interprofessional learning; (3) Professional growth, with students reporting increased confidence in managing delirium, working with other professions, and engaging in novel experiences like podcasting and simulation.Conclusions The co-design process facilitated interprofessional collaboration, peer learning, and personal growth among healthcare students. Students appreciated the opportunity to co-create an educational resource while developing interprofessional skills. The study demonstrates the potential of co-design as a methodology for enhancing interprofessional education and promoting effective teamwork in healthcare .
In-Line und Off-Line 3MA Messung als Basis für die Soft-Sensor Regelung beim Drehen von ferromagnetischen Stählen
Creators: name: Kempf, Daniel
name: :Unav
Publisher: name: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Year: 2022
Subjects: 3MA
ferromagnetisch
Messung
mikromagnetisch
measurement
in-line
off-line

description: Die hier vorliegende Arbeit behandelt zwei Aufgabenschwerpunkte, die sich jeweils auf ein Teilprojekt des DFG-Projekts SPP 2086 beziehen. In einem ersten Aufgabenteil wurde die In-Line-Messfähigkeit des 3MA-Systems unter Verwendung einer neuen Softwarevariante untersucht. Hierzu wurde der 3MA-Sensor in eine CNC-Drehmaschine integriert und unter rotierendem Bauteil ein Bild der mikromagnetischen Prüfgrößen über die gesamte Bauteiloberfläche aufgenommen. Die Proben wurden zuvor in Bereiche / Stufen aufgeteilt, die mit unterschiedlichen Bearbeitungsparametern bearbeitet wurden. Die unterschiedlichen Bearbeitungsparameter haben eine Auswirkung auf die mechanischen, mikrostrukturellen und topologischen Eigenschaften der Probe und wirken sich somit auf die Signale des 3MA-Systems aus. Mit Hilfe des 3MA-Systems konnten die einzelnen Bereiche / Stufen identifiziert werden und damit die In-Line-Messfähigkeit bestätigt werden. Damit eignet sich der 3MA-Sensor als Teil eines möglichen Soft-Sensors zur White-Layer Charakterisierung. Zudem wurde eine neue Software getestet, die eine Highe-Speed-3MA-Messung erlaubt und darüber hinaus den Prüfgrößen einen Zeitstempel zuordnet, wodurch die Prüfgrößen einer genauen Position bei bekanntem Vorschub f und Schnittgeschwindigkeit Vc zugeordnet werden können. Die Funktionalität dieser neuen Software konnte im Rahmen dieser Arbeit bestätigt werden. Der zweite Teil dieser Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit der Korrelationsuntersuchung der 3MA-Prüfgößen mit dem Härteprofilverlauf von 42CrMo4-Proben und 100Cr6-Bolzen. Hierzu wurde die Grenztiefe durch die Änderung der Magnetisierungsamplitude und auf Basis des Skin-Effektes durch die Variation der Magnetisierungsfrequenz verändert. Die dadurch entstehenden Signalverläufe wurden auf eine Korrelation mit den Härteprofilverläufen untersucht. Eine Korrelation konnte jedoch nur bedingt hergestellt werden. Eine triviale Korrelation ist aufgrund mehrerer Faktoren nicht möglich. So beeinflusst beispielsweise die Änderung der Frequenz einen Teil der Prüfgrößen in nichtlinearer Weise, wodurch eine Korrelationsfindung deutlich erschwert wird.
Learning to care: a focus for values in health and environmental education
Creators: name: Fien, J.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Health and environmental education seek to address the living conditions and lifestyle choices that lead to health and environmental problems by motivating and teaching students how to participate in the reconstruction of themselves and society in accordance with ecological values and the democratic values of social and economic justice. While an ethic of care unites health and environmental education in this endeavour, liberal and conservative educational practices in the area of values education are dominated by discourses of values relativity and neutrality. This paper seeks to provide a case for teachers adopting a committed stance in teaching young people an ethic of care so that they may participate in the personal and social changes needed to advance the transition towards a healthy and sustainable world. In particular, it draws upon insights from the literature of environmental values education, which is characterized by intense debates between those of liberal and committed persuasions, to explore the ethical and pedagogical issues involved in teaching for an ethic of care in both health and environmental education.
Iuroidea Thorell 1876
Creators: name: Soleglad, Michael E.
name: Fet, Victor
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2003
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Scorpiones

description: Superfamily Iuroidea Thorell, 1876, new rank   Type Genus. Iurus Thorell, 1876.
 Composition. This superfamily is established here. It includes two families: Iuridae and Caraboctonidae (the latter is elevated here to family rank). Our Iuroidea corresponds to the family Iuridae as treated by Sissom & Fet (2000b), excluding the genus Anuroctonus, which is transferred to Chactidae.
 Distribution. Europe, Asia, North America, South America.
 Taxonomic history. The taxonomic history of Iuroidea is complicated (see Sissom & Fet, 2000b). Iurinae and Caraboctoninae were treated as subfamilies of Vaejovidae by Kraepelin (1905), then as subfamilies of Iuridae by Francke & Soleglad (1981). Stahnke (1974) created the subfamily Hadrurinae (under Vaejovidae), which included Hadrurus and Anuroctonus. Stockwell
(1992) recognized family Iuridae with three subfamilies (Iurinae, Caraboctoninae, and Hadrurinae). Stockwell (1989) and Lourenço (2000a) included Iuridae in the superfamily Vaejovoidea.
 Biogeographic history. A significant range disjunction between Old World iuroids (Iuridae) and New World ones (Caraboctonidae, both Nearctic and Neotropical), suggests that this ancient lineage probably existed already in the Pangean times. Francke & Soleglad (1981) indicated that its modern vicariance could be created by a series of events starting from the Jurassic opening of the North Atlantic. The separation and isolation of Caraboctonidae subfamilies between South America and North America could result from the decoupling of the North American and South American plates, which played a prominent role in formation of the Caribbean region in late Mesozoic–early Tertiary (Rosen, 1976; Francke & Soleglad, 1981).
 Diagnosis. Synapomorphies. Ventral edge of cheliceral movable finger with one large denticle; ventral surface of leg tarsus with median row of spinule clusters; stigma oval in shape; chela trichobothrial series db–dt and eb–et found on distal half of finger; patella ventral trichobothrium  v 3  found on external surface; Important Symplesiomorphies. Median denticle row (MD) of pedipalp chelal finger arranged in oblique groups; pedipalp chelae exhibits “8-carinae” configuration; dorsal edge of cheliceral movable finger with single subdistal denticle.
description: Published as part of Soleglad, Michael E. & Fet, Victor, 2003, High-level systematics and phylogeny of the extant scorpions (Scorpiones: Orthosterni), pp. 1-175 in Euscorpius 2003 (11) on pages 109-110, DOI: 10.18590/euscorpius.2003.vol2003.iss11.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13237351
Erneuerbare Energien in Deutschland
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: erneuerbarer Energien
subject: Arbeitsgruppe Erneuerbare Energien-Statistik
subject: AGEE-Stat
subject: Klima | Energie

description: Die Arbeitsgruppe Erneuerbare Energien-Statistik (AGEE-Stat), die im Auftrag des Bundesministeriums für Wirtschaft und Energie regelmäßig die Nutzung der erneuerbaren Energien bilanziert, hat auf der Grundlage verfügbarer, zumeist vorläufiger Daten eine erste Abschätzung zur Entwicklung der erneuerbaren Energien in Deutschland im Jahr 2016 erstellt. Das vorliegende Hintergrundpapier beschreibt die bisherigen Erkenntnisse für die Bereiche Strom, Wärme und Verkehr, ergänzt um Zahlen zur wirtschaftlichen Bedeutung sowie zur Emissionsvermeidung durch erneuerbare Energien. Quelle: http://www.umweltbundesamt.de/
description: Die Arbeitsgruppe Erneuerbare Energien-Statistik (AGEE-Stat), die im Auftrag des Bundesministeriums für Wirtschaft und Energie regelmäßig die Nutzung der erneuerbaren Energien bilanziert, hat auf der Grundlage verfügbarer, zumeist vorläufiger Daten eine erste Abschätzung zur Entwicklung der erneuerbaren Energien in Deutschland im Jahr 2016 erstellt. Das vorliegende Hintergrundpapier beschreibt die bisherigen Erkenntnisse für die Bereiche Strom, Wärme und Verkehr, ergänzt um Zahlen zur wirtschaftlichen Bedeutung sowie zur Emissionsvermeidung durch erneuerbare Energien.