cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Signaling under Bilateral Uncertainty: Do Green Consumers Lead to More Greenwashing?
Creators: name: Garrido, Dolores
name: Espinola-Arredondo, Ana
name: Munoz-Garcia, Felix
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2019
Subjects: Signaling game
bilateral uncertainty
green label
greenwashing JEL classification: D81, D82, L15, Q50

description: This paper examines the role of …rms'uncertainty about consumers'environmental concerns in the emergence of greenwashing. We consider a signaling model where a …rm (either green or brown) chooses whether to acquire a green label to signal its type to consumers (either green or brown). Uncertainty stems from two sources: consumers are uninformed about the …rm's type, and …rms are uninformed about the consumer's type. We examine under which conditions information transmission arises in equilibrium, showing that it critically depends on: (i) the proportion of green consumers; (ii) the premium that green consumers assign to the green good, relative to brown consumers; (iii) the labeling cost di¤erential between brown and green …rms; and (iv) the penalty that …rms su¤er after practicing greenwashing from green, relative to brown, consumers. We also identify situations in which pooling equilibria promoting greenwashing are sustained. We …nd that bilateral uncertainty, relative to the case in which only the consumer is uninformed (unilateral uncertainty), may hinder greenwashing. We would like to especially thank Carmen Arguedas, Mads Greaker, and Santiago Rubio for their insightful comments and suggestions at the 3rd AERNA Workshop on Game Theory and The Environment in Valencia, Spain. We also are greatful to Charles F. Mason and Yi Li for their useful feedback and to participants at the 94th WEAI Annual Conference in San Francisco, CA, and at the 15th WEAI International Conference in Tokyo, Japan, for comments and suggestions. y 323D
Perceptions de parents, d'enseignants et de directeurs d'école à l'égard des classes d'immersion française à niveaux multiples à l'élémentaire
Creators: name: Sorenson, April
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Education, Language and Literature.
subject: Education, Elementary.

description: De nos jours, les classes d'immersion française à niveaux multiples dans les écoles élémentaires au Canada sont de plus en plus répandues. Malgré ce fait, aucune recherche portant sur ce type de classes n'a été menée. Par contre, il existe des recherches au sujet des classes de langue première à niveaux multiples. Ces recherches montrent que les élèves dans les classes à niveaux multiples réussissent aussi bien et parfois mieux que ceux qui sont dans les classes à niveau simple. Cependant, les parents, les enseignants et les directeurs d'écoles ont tendance à se plaindre de la création des classes à niveaux multiples. Ce phénomène se retrouve aussi dans le contexte des classes d'immersion française à niveaux multiples. En effet, les parents, les enseignants et les directeurs d'école trouvent qu'il y a une surcharge de travail liée aux nombreuses attentes du curriculum jumelées à l'enseignement d'une langue seconde. Afin de mieux connaître et comprendre ce phénomène, cette étude tente de répondre à la question de recherche suivante: Quelles sont les perceptions des parents, des enseignants et des directeurs d'école à l'égard des classes d'immersion française à niveaux multiples à l'élémentaire? Un sondage par questionnaires écrits a permis de recueillir de l'information quantitative et qualitative auprès de parents, d'enseignants et de directrices d'écoles ayant de l'expérience avec de telles classes. Les résultats ont montré que les perceptions des participants sont diverses et dépendent de plusieurs facteurs. Cette étude a souligné le besoin de recherche à ce sujet afin de créer des ressources et d'offrir de la formation portant sur les classes d'immersion française à niveaux multiples à l'élémentaire au Canada.
Humanitarian intervention and the failure to protect: Sham compliance and the limitations of the norm life cycle model
Creators: name: Vanayan, Cara
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Political Science, General.
subject: Political Science, International Law and Relations.

description: This thesis examines the norm of humanitarian intervention and argues that Finnemore and Sikkink's norm life cycle model is an insufficient explanation of the norm, due to its inability to take into account the potential for sham compliance. It demonstrates how three main instruments of codification---the UN Charter, the Genocide Convention, and the Responsibility to Protect Doctrine---have been interpreted to permit states to fake compliance. The analysis of six cases of intervention---Somalia, Bosnia pre-Srebrenica, Rwanda, Bosnia post-Srebrenica, Kosovo and Darfur---reveal that states will look for ways to interpret legal instruments to fake compliance in cases where the norm conflicts with state interests and/or when there is a high potential for casualties. A refinement of the norm life cycle model suggests the need for an intermediary stage between the stages of norm cascade and internalization in order to account for slow or partial behavioural change.
Redefining the Functional Repertoire of the VCA0931 Phosphodiesterase from the Pathogen Vibrio cholerae
Creators: name: Zhang, Yaotian
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biochemistry

description: Cyclic-dinucleotides (CDNs) are important bacterial signaling molecules involved in virulence response and biofilm formation, the latter linked with several chronic bacterial infections. The three known bacterial CDNs are c-diGMP, c-diAMP, and 3’3’-cGAMP. These are catabolized by phosphodiesterases (PDEs), among which, the so-called HD-GYP proteins represent a relative novel addition to this functional superfamily. Vibrio cholerae (Vc) encodes for 9 HD-GYP PDEs, among which only three (e.g. VCA0681, VCA0931, and VCA0210) can degrade the hybrid dinucleotide 3’3’-cGAMP, which regulates cellular functions associated with infection and general metabolism. In this study I have focused on the VCA0931 enzyme, for which only scant biochemical and structural information exists. A specific aim of my research project is to solve structural and functional conundrums about the transition metal type and nuclearity of the active cofactor, and substrate specificity of the VCA0931. This knowledge will provide a deeper understanding about the diversification of PDEs in Vc and their modus operandii, as well as molecular descriptors for predicting putative activities of homologous PDEs. Delineating the activation (and inhibition) mechanisms of VCA0931 can allow for gleaning the molecular and cellular pathways regulating biofilm formation in pathogenic bacteria. Additional support from bioinformatics approaches will potentially portray the structural evolution of these catalytic sites in enzymes with similar function.
Computer automated and integrated design (CAID).
Creators: name: Farahat, Said.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1999
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Mechanical.

description: Design engineers now fully recognize the remarkable power of computers, and realize that they must fully optimize their use in the design process. The Computer Automated and Integrated Design (CAID) system is a valuable tool for this purpose. This system offers enhancement from other researched design systems in many ways. It is a shell for easily integrating the knowledge of different design processes. The hierarchical form of the knowledge stored in the system makes it easy for the knowledge engineer to expand it and easy for the designer to understand. The increased of access to its stored knowledge, allows the knowledge engineer to implement the process using the least possible number of codes. This research develops the CAID system and demonstrates its advantages through the designing of a gear train in an interactive design process. This study develops a system which allows designers to use the experience of expert designers while not placing any restriction on the designer's capability to develop creative designs. It provides a creative environment that also supports an automated design capability. The system can provide all the necessary design tools by easily integrating new tools into the environment. The system is a flexible, interactive and integrated environment and is adaptable to various design fields. The designer is able to process more than one design case simultaneously and switch between various design cases and control their process.
Coherence of a bosonic Josephson junction
Creators: name: Brolis, Alessandro
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This research provides deeper understanding in one of quantum physics most fascinating phenomena: superfluidity. By cooling thousands of atoms to the coldest temperature in the universe we were able to explore a regime where particles behaves like waves and exhibit waves peculiar property of possessing a phase and thus the ability to interfere. Precise usage of radio-frequency fields coupled to the atoms allowed us to explore conditions under which the interaction between particles creates a coherent system, one that gives the same interference pattern every time is measured, and conditions where the interference pattern changes randomly after every measurement, thus making the system incoherent.
title: Assessment
Creators: name: Tuladhar, Sumon
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: International and Comparative Education

description: These manuals were made possible through the support from the University Development Linkages Project, Global Bureau, Human Capacity Development Center, U.S. Agency for international Development under the terms of Cooperative Agreement No. DAN-5063-A-00-1108-00.
description: This manual outlines how to assess the progress of literacy learners in whole language literacy. Literacy teachers in Massachusetts developed many of the ideas and assessment tools in the manual, which have been adapted to encourage experimentation and use by literacy programs in developing countries. Action Learning Manuals teach practitioners the theories and methods of community-based literacy education. The manuals are based on the assumption that literacy programs are most effective when local practitioners work closely with learners to create their own materials and curriculum. The Action Learning Manuals present basic concepts and guidelines to help practitioners analyze their own situations and design appropriate materials and learning activities. This manual is designed for facilitators, supervisors and trainers of literacy activities. The manual guides the facilitator in making and using assessment tools with their own classes. Supervisors and trainers can use this manual to provide in-service training to facilitators. Learners are critical to the action learning process. Learner input gained through interviews is used in the design and assessment of tools. This manual describes many ways to do learner assessment as well as the role assessment plays in the teaching learning process. The manual guides you through the sequence of examining the concepts of assessment, reflecting upon your experiences and then putting into practice what you have learned.
Image analysis in Fourier space.
Creators: name: Desjardins, Steven J.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Mathematics.

description: General results on Fourier Transforms, tight frame wavelets and pseudodifferential operators are presented to provide a theoretical framework for the applications. Known and new tight frame wavelets that are characteristic and tapered characteristic functions in Fourier Space are constructed in Cartesian and polar Fourier Space with frame bound 1. These wavelets are used to localize singularities in images. A review of the use of the diffusion equation in de-noising images is presented. A new method, which applies a multi-directional diffusion in Fourier Space is given. Properties of this new product filter method are described and the product filter's de-noising ability is evaluated. The product filter algorithm is also compared to other techniques, including MATLAB's built-in filters and two recent wavelet techniques. Finally, a summary of the results of a study of the de-noising abilities of third-order partial differential equations is presented.
Kinetic Characterization, Crystallization, and Photosynthetic Expression of (+)-4R-Limonene Synthase from C. sinensis
Creators: name: Entova, Sonya
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2013

description: The terpenoid family represents one of the most abundant and diverse classes of organic molecules found in nature. Because limonene synthase catalyses the simplest of all monoterpene (C10) cyclization reactions, it is often used as a model for monoterpene biosynthesis. The study described here was done with the enzyme (+)-(4R)-limonene synthase, which was cloned previously from the flavedo of Citrus sinensis. In this thesis, we discuss the kinetic characterization of this enzyme, in which we observe kinetic properties very different from those previously found for the same enzyme cloned from Citrus limon. We also describe a crystal structure of this enzyme in apoprotein form, and the soaking of such crystals in a substrate-containing solution, where we observe time-dependent changes in electron density for three coordinating Mn2+ atoms in the enzyme active site. We hope that these results constitute key steps in identifying the structural components of the enzyme mechanism. Finally, we relate the initial stages of an effort to produce (+)-limonene, a potential biofuel, in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis by engineering our (+)-(4R)-limonene synthase gene into the Synechocystis genome.
title: The Vital Life: D.H. Lawrence's Response to a Dehumanized World
Creators: name: White, Rebecca Recce
Publisher: name: Old Dominion University
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04zjtrb98
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 1994

description: As D.H. Lawrence experienced World War I and the Industrial Revolution, he recognized the inner spirits of men and women being valued less in the midst of war and industrialism. Lawrence's novels, short stories, and other works dramatize this dehumanizing process. Of his novels, five will be examined in this study: Sons and Lovers, The Rainbow, Women in Love, The Plumed Serpent, and Lady Chatterley's Lover. Pivotal relationships between men and women are outlined by Lawrence to illustrate the ways in which they either reflect or challenge society.

Lawrence gives the readers a view of the modern age torn apart by industrialization and war in the five novels studied. He also illustrates specific areas of life that embody mechanistic qualities. By studying both the male­ female relationships which are de-personalized and those which are empowering, one can see the impact of dehumanization on the human spirit and conversely, the qualities which lead to an enriching, vital life.
Acoustic echo cancellation structures based on perceptual hearing criteria.
Creators: name: Vukadinovic, Michael Oliver.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Electronics and Electrical.

description: Hands-free communication techniques are becoming increasingly important in the world of modern telephony. The convenience of hands-free links is invaluable in teleconferencing situations, automobiles and even in personal communications. The loud-speaker and microphone on a hands-free set are inherently coupled acoustically, producing an echo which degrades the quality of conversation over such a link. The conventional acoustic echo cancellation method is gain control which provides a half-duplex communication link. Research into adaptive filters which can provide a full-duplex communication link is intense but transparent transmission of speech over a hands-free link remains an elusive goal. Conventional acoustic echo cancellers are concerned with minimizing an objective measure of the level of echo. This thesis presents a study of two adaptive filtering structures which are based on the goal of providing the best subjective echo cancellation possible. The adaptive filtering algorithms attempt to give the echo the same spectral shape as the absolute hearing threshold curve, in order to minimize the echo's audibility. The filtered-E LMS algorithm, considered first, was found not to perform the kind of frequency weighting desired. A proposed subband adaptive filter with perceptually-based adaptive tap assignment, when trained with natural speech, is capable of providing a noticeable improvement in audible echo cancellation; however, when trained with bandlimited speech, the algorithm's performance was found to be only slightly better or comparable to the fixed tap assignment algorithm in terms of audible echo cancellation. The subband adaptive filtering algorithm is evaluated by means of simple listening tests performed by the author.
title: Marais et tourbières du Pays de Gavot (Haute-Savoie), le 10 juin 2023
title: Marais et tourbières du Pays de Gavot (Haute-Savoie), le 10 juin 2023
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Magnin-Gonze, Joëlle
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2024

description: En ce matin pluvieux, nous sommes attendus par Denis Jordan, botaniste haut-savoyard de renom, à Larringes, village du Plateau de Gavot, situé sur les hauteurs entre Evian et Thonon. Ce plateau, qui se déploie entre 630 m à l’ouest et 950 m d’altitude à l’est, est une sorte de pallier entre le Léman et les sommets des Préalpes hautes-savoyardes.
Does insecure attachment mediate the relationship between Cyclothymic temperament and relationship satisfaction?
Creators: name: Fraser, Sarah Elizabeth
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The aim of this cross-sectional study was to illuminate the relationship issues often experienced by people with Bipolar Disorder. Specifically, the current study investigated the association between Cyclothymic temperament and relationship satisfaction in a non-clinical sample, and sought to understand that relationship by exploring the possible mediation of insecure attachment.
Results suggest that an underlying insecure attachment partly explains why people with trait vulnerability to Cyclothymic temperament experience lower relationship satisfaction. Clinicians treating those with cyclothymic characteristics might assess for relationship dissatisfaction as a potential manifestation of trait vulnerability to Bipolar Disorder and insecure attachment.
Rayons radiés de plagioclase et olivine aligée à l'intérieur de péridotite feldspathique, Série Centrale, Île de Rum, Écosse: Évidence d'écoulement magmatique
Creators: name: Labonté, Françoise
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Geology.

description: We document the occurrence of the metre-scale stellate plagiolcase and aligned olivine of the Central Serie Peridotite, Isle of Rum, Scotland, characterize them by optical mineralogy, Image analysis, Electron Microprobe (EMP), Crystal Size Distribution (CSD) and Electron Backscatter Diffraction (EBSD). Image analyses combined with crystallographic-preferred orientation (CPO) analyses demonstrate a quasi-tabular habit for olivine, characterised by a short crystallographic b-axis (∼a:c:b
The developmental role of class 4 Semaphorin ligands and Plexin-B receptors during mammalian synapse formation
Creators: name: Kowalski, Tess
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2023
Subjects: Synapse formation
Hippocampus
Semaphorin
Plexin
GABAergic

description: Synapse formation is a critical process in our brain which determines how proper circuit formation and function is regulated. Investigating the role of synaptic molecules involved in both types of synapse formation is crucial for establishing a signaling model for how synapses are formed. The Paradis lab has previously established that Class 4 Semaphorin ligands and their transmembrane receptors, the Plexin-Bs, are involved in regulating both inhibitory and excitatory synapse formation. Our lab has previously demonstrated that Sema4D-Fc triggers an increase in GABAergic synapse density in a PlexinB1-dependent manner, indicating that Plexin-B1 may help regulate inhibitory synapse formation. Here we provide results which demonstrate that receptor Plexin-B2 and not Plexin-B1 is in fact required for sufficient inhibitory synapse density in the mammalian hippocampus. This paper also provides results which examine the ligand Sema4A’s role during synapse formation utilizing a Sema4Aflx/flx transgenic mouse line. Previous data obtained in dissociated hippocampal neurons showed that when Sema4A was knocked out using RNAi both glutamatergic and GABAergic synapse density levels decreased. Our results reaffirm Sema4A’s requirement during inhibitory synapse formation by using organotypic slices to quantify inhibitory synapse density when Sema4A has been knocked out (using Cre recombinase) in the hippocampus. Our results also establish the Sema4Aflx/flx transgenic mouse line as a reliable tool for further studying Sema4A’s signaling mechanisms during synapse formation.
Automatic detection of detached and erroneous electrodes in electrical impedance tomography
Creators: name: Asfaw, Yednekachew Worku
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Electronics and Electrical.

description: Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) is an imaging technique which calculates the conductivity distribution within a medium from voltage measurements made at a series of electrodes on the medium's surface. Unfortunately, the electrodes can become detached or poorly connected, such that the measured data cannot be used. This thesis presents an automatic approach to detect such erroneous electrodes via the image reconstruction model. The method calculates an estimate of the data at an electrode, based on the measurements from all other electrodes. In order to detect an erroneous electrode amongst N electrodes, all sets of N-1 electrodes are tested, and the set with the best match between measurements and estimate is identified as the one which excludes the erroneous electrode. Tests performed on experimental data for 2D EIT showed similar classification to those made by a trained user. A detection parameter PER is developed, and a detection threshold of -22 +/- 2 dB is recommended based analysis of simulated erroneous data. Extension of the method into 3D EIT showed similar results as that of 2D EIT.
Visual medical decision-making: Bipartite graphs vs. interactive tables.
Creators: name: Xia, Hui.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: Health Sciences, Medicine and Surgery.

description: Most of the current medical diagnosis support systems are based on a textual design. In this thesis we present a model that uses a different design. It uses visualization to aid home diagnosis of common diseases in a user-friendly way. The model clearly displays the diagnostic results on the screen. A way of organizing the information into a picture of all symptoms, diseases, and the complex relationships between them (especially the combination of symptoms onto a single screen to give a global view) is presented. The purpose of designing this model is to bring complicated medical knowledge to the ordinary user. We believe that the simplified and economic display can demystify medicine, and empower the user to take better care of himself. By this convenient software tool people can discover quickly at home whether their symptom is serious or not, and then decide whether it is necessary to see the doctor; also people can compare the diagnosis the model makes with the doctors'. This model does not recommend treatment or therapy.
The identification of the cardiac neural crest and its role in the premature death (p) mutation in Ambystoma mexicanum.
Creators: name: Bashir, Naazish S.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: Biology, Cell.

description: Little is known as to the location of the cardiac neural crest and its contribution to cardiovascular system in the developing amphibian embryo. I have attempted to identify and define the boundaries of the cardiac neural crest in the neurula stage wild type axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum) embryo by labelling the cardiac neural crest cells with the fluorescent lineage label, DiI. Cardiac neural crest cells were found to be located posterior to the hindbrain region of the neural folds, and above the first two somites, before migrating ventrally to provide ectomesenchymal support in the anterior outflow portion of the heart. My results indicate that the role and location of the cardiac neural crest in the axolotl are similar to the role and location of the cardiac crest in other vertebrates. I also labelled other regions of the cranial neural fold in the stage 20 axolotl embryo. I constructed a fate map of the cranial neural folds in the late neurula stage embryo. Anterior neural fold cells contributed to the anterior structures of the brain and visceral skeleton, while more caudally located neural fold cells formed more posterior structures. My fate map corresponded to those previously constructed at earlier stages in neurulation. I have also examined the development of the cardiac neural crest in axolotl embryos exhibiting the premature death (p) mutation. I examined $(p/p)$ mutants with DiI-labelling. Any deleterious effects of the premature death mutation were not detectable in cardiac neural crest. However, the migration and specification of the cranial neural crest involved in gill formation was noticeably hindered, thus substantiating that certain neural crest cells in the mutant fail to respond to inductive signals. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Sociological Perception on Effects of Obesity and Physical Inactivity Among Obese Young Adults
Creators: name: Kaushik Raman
name: Ramachandran Sivagnanam
name: C V Senthil Nathan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Obesity and physical inactivity are major global health issues, especially for young people. The purpose of this observational study was to find out how people in the 18-25 age range who were working or attending college perceived obesity and inactivity among themselves, how important physical activity is, and how much they knew about these topics. 100 subjects in all were enlisted, meeting the inclusion requirements of being between the ages of 18 and 25, being obese, and being willing to participate; those who did not fit these criteria or were unwilling to participate in the study were excluded. The KAP score was the main outcome measure, and data was collected using the IJEM-KAP questionnaire. Participants answered questions about their eating patterns, opinions about obesity, and level of physical exercise. Targeted counseling on food adjustments, levels of physical activity, and behavioral changes resulted from the analysis of scores, which revealed areas for intervention. The average KAP score for young, obese adults was 36.26, according to the results. With a mean score of 39.53 on the knowledge component, 42.5% of participants demonstrated a good comprehension of the risk factors and consequences associated with obesity. With a mean score of 42.63 in the attitude component, 43% of respondents showed awareness and motivational drive to deal with weight-related concerns. However, just 14.5% of respondents focused on their eating and exercise habits, according to the practice component, which showed a mean score of 25.92. According to the study's findings, young adults who are fat have a good awareness of obesity and its consequences, as well as the value of physical activity. Notably, it was discovered that men were more likely than women to suffer from health issues, which was ascribed to their sedentary lifestyle, food habits, and type of work.
Towards altering canonical status: A case for Catholic universities and colleges in Canada.
Creators: name: Zorzi, Daniel J.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: Religion, General.

description: In the Apostolic Constitution, Ex corde Ecclesiae, John Paul II states that the Catholic university and college is a human institution wherein the members critically assist in the on-going promotion of human dignity and cultural heritage through the three-fold missions of teaching, researching, and providing various pastoral services. Moreover, the members perform these tasks, imbued with the Christian spirit and inspired with the Gospel values in order to "assure in an institutional manner a Christian presence in the university world confronting the great problems of society and culture." In short, the institution marks the confluence of two streams within a Catholic academic environment--culture and religion. Church legislation has remained neither silent nor irrelevant on the question of Catholic higher education. In fact, the 1983 Code of Canon Law devotes several canons of related issues pertinent to these institutions. It does not, however, systematically address the critical topic of church-related educational institutions with respect to religiously-owned universities and colleges and their canonical status. Instead, in a more general way, the 1983 Code introduces new and broader options for canonical status, including the public and private juridic person and the public and private associations of the faithful with or without juridic personality. Consequently, at the heart of this dissertation lies the issue of canonical status of religiously-owned federated Catholic universities and colleges in Canada; the crux of the matter is the precise determination of and alteration to that canonical status, given the broader designations in the 1983 Code. Accordingly, based on the presumption that tracing the titles to property of religiously-owned educational institutions is the truest indicator of its present canonical status, this dissertation undertakes a canonical investigation into the titles to property of the Basilian-owned, Canadian federated Assumption University at Windsor, Ontario. Selecting and properly applying an option, if appropriate, presents innovative ways to direct various educational institutions within particular settings and under different governance models, while ensuring, among other concerns, the protection against exposure to civil and canonical liabilities of church-related institutions and the on-going mission of the Catholic university.
Pratiques langagières et traductives en milieu postcolonial: L'Algérie d'Assia Djebar
Creators: name: Zeghiche, Sabrina
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Language, Linguistics.

description: This thesis aims at highlighting a few translation processes that occur within the europhone postcolonial literature. The postcolonial writer transfers a thought that is first anchored in his/her own language and culture into the foreign coloniser's language. This form of translation does not intervene as a bridge linking two distinct pieces of text, for in this case there is no such thing as an original text in the usual sense of the word. A metatext (Tymoczko) is rather what plays that role, shaped by the colonised writer's culture depicted through the different characters of his/her fiction evolving in his/her mother tongue. This writing-as-translation process differs from writing in a second language because the postcolonial context leads the colonised writer to question the representation of him/herself and that of the Other.
Customizing ArcMap interface to generate a user-friendly landfill site selection GIS tool
Creators: name: Daneshvar, Roozbeh
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Environmental Sciences.

description: ArcGIS Desktop, one the most well known GIS packages, is designed as a scalable system that can be deployed in every organization, from an individual desktop to a globally distributed network of people. Since ArcGIS is built using Microsoft's component object model (COM) technology, it is customizable and possible to extend using any COM-compliant development language. In the present study, ArcMap v8.2, a component of ArcGIS Desktop, is customized using the built-in Microsoft Visual Basic for applications (VBA) language, to create a user-friendly toolbar, called landfill site selection (LSS) toolbar, specifically designed for preliminary landfill site selection. Such a tailored ArcMap environment will enable engineers with different level of knowledge of GIS, to investigate and compare results of applying different criteria, constraints and scoring schemes on the final suitability map for a landfill site in an area.* (Abstract shortened by UMI.) *This dissertation is a compound document (contains both a paper copy and a CD as part of the dissertation). The CD requires the following system requirements: Microsoft Office.
A Tensor Gauge Theory Framework for Elasticity in Jammed Solids
Creators: name: Nampoothiri, Jishnu Narayanan
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Emergent Gauge Theories
Jammed Solids
Statistical physics
Elasticity

description: In contrast to the highly successful theory of crystalline elasticity, there is no well-established, universal, theoretical framework that describes stress transmission in disordered, jammed solids. The puzzle is rooted in the question of how non-periodic networks, which are apparently indistinguishable from a snapshot of a fluid, sustain shear. There have been many approaches to addressing this puzzle, including the tools of rigidity percolation, the concept of non-affine strain and plasticity, and a quest for a stress-only framework that completely eliminates the notion of strain. Here, we present a stress-only theory of elasticity for a non-thermal amorphous assembly of grains in a jammed solid, where each grain is subjected to mechanical constraints of force and torque balance. These grain-level constraints lead to the Gauss's law of an emergent $U(1)$ tensor electromagnetism, which then accounts for the mechanical response of such solids. This formulation of amorphous elasticity has several immediate consequences: the mechanical response maps exactly to the static, dielectric response of this tensorial electromagnetism with the polarizability of the medium mapping to an emergent elastic modulus tensor; external forces act as vector electric charges whereas the tensorial magnetic fields are sourced by momentum density. In addition to presenting this general framework of amorphous elasticity, we present detailed simulation results of frictionless granular packings to test the predictions in the static limit of the theory. In addition, we have also demonstrated that some aspects of the theory work remarkably well in predicting the stress-state of experimentally prepared frictional granular packings.
An open signaling system over VIVID ATM switches.
Creators: name: Zhang, Li.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Electronics and Electrical.

description: With the endeavor for "open distributed" network software architectures, some new issues, such as "network programmability" and "open signaling", are raised. With the support of Distributed Object Computing (DOC) technology, such as CORBA, it is possible for the communication network to be exploited as a "programmable entity", in which not only the software components but also the hardware resources are to be programmed as "objects" with well defined interfaces. Since the low-level hardware resources are also wrapped with "programmable" software interfaces, the service creation and deployment can be done in a high-level, as well as in a consistent manner, by simply interconnecting (or binding) a set of computational objects. In terms of easier service creation and deployment, the connection management service can be seen as the basis within broadband networks. Based on the above paradigm, when the interfaces for the control and management of the transport network elements are available, the resource control and management of the transport network can be simply performed by binding the transport network objects. This is so called "open signaling" approach. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Corps imaginaire et dévoration dans les oeuvres de Michel Tournier.
Creators: name: Melançon, Christiane.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: Literature, Modern.

description: La presente these a pour objet de proceder a la recension systematique des figures dites "de devoration" dans l'oeuvre de l'ecrivain francais Michel Tournier et de les situer a leur juste place--fondamentale--dans le corps imaginaire qui y prend forme. Le corps saisi dans la perspective du social et de l'imaginaire permet d'illustrer precisement et efficacement le mode de presence des figures de devoration dans les romans de l'auteur. Notre projet consiste ainsi a parcourir les differents traces qui relient, dans une interdependance constante, les espaces definis par la sociocritique (rapports sociaux et ideologie alimentaire) et leur projection dans l'imaginaire (structures anthropologiques symboliques et mythologiques). Les theses recentes sur la sociologie du corps, notamment les travaux de Berthelot, de Vigarello, de Dostie et surtout ceux de David Le Breton nous permettent de voir comment le corps se donne a lire, comment il devient discours. Considerant Le Roi des Aulnes comme oeuvre matrice, nous en faisons d'abord une etude approfondie, accompagnee ensuite de comparaisons avec les autres textes du corpus. Notre travail ne vise pas la recension et l'analyse de l'objet alimentaire dans les societes decrites dans le texte. En realite, notre these est tout autre: l'ecriture de Michel Tournier serait un art de la faim. Nous interrogeons ainsi les relations etabliee par l'auteur entre une fonction du corps--la devoration--et l'ensemble des comportements des personnages dans l'espace social ou ils sont representes. La devoration devient alors un parcours d'analyse privilegie, la dimension ogresque des personnages appelant un foisonnement d'interpretations que nous permettent de reunir la sociologie et les etudes ayant le corps comme objet. Toutes ces observations, reflexions et demonstrations nous permettent ainsi de confirmer la valeur structurante des schemas de devoration dans les corps imaginaires tournieriens. A l'art de la faim vient ainsi correspondre un corps de mots conferant a l'ensemble le statut de veritable structure ou regime de l'imaginaire. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Detecting BGP anomalies using recurrence quantification analysis
Creators: name: Al-Musawi, Bahaa
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The Internet is subject to many types of attacks such as Denial of Service, hijacking of hosts and servers, and threats to routing protocols. The Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) is the Internet’s default inter-domain routing protocol responsible for exchanging Network Reachability Information between Autonomous Systems. Unfortunately, BGP was developed at a time when information exchanged between Autonomous Systems could be assumed to be accurate and therefore, is now vulnerable. This thesis introduces a novel scheme to rapidly detect BGP anomalies, enabling network operators to protect their network from the worst consequence of anomalous behaviour and to improve Internet stability.
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title: Feminization of the names of professions in French (based on the material of the media)
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Year: 2024
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description: This work examines the phenomenon of feminization of job titles in the French language. The research is based on materials presented in French mass media. The study involved methods such as collecting and summarizing scientific literature on the topic, analyzing the use and dissemination of feminized professional titles, and evaluating their use in media texts, as well as methods of comparative and quantitative analysis. The research revealed trends, characteristics, and dynamics of the feminization of professional vocabulary in the French language. The findings contribute to understanding current changes in language and reflect socio-cultural processes that influence the use of professional titles.
Fluorescent labeled TAL protein as a tool to investigate single-molecule transcription
Creators: name: Yanding, Zhao
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2015
Subjects: Fluorescent
TAL protein
single-molecule transcription

description: TALEs are sequence specific transcription activator found in phytopathogenic bacteria. Interestingly, their specificity is defined by triplet amino acid repeat sequences, which can recognize individual nucleotides in dsDNA. In crystal structures with mutants where the transcription effector domain has been deleted (TAL), we observe a fascinating structure where the TAL protein complete wraps around the dsDNA in a helical manner. There are a myriad of applications for an engineered site-specific DNA binding protein, with or without a transcription effector domain, such as genome editing and synthetic biology. Currently, however, there is no information regarding the kinetics or mechanism by which TALs bind to their respective sequences. Knowing the mechanism by which TALs find their targets and once there how long they remain bound will help in the design and application of TAL in monitoring transcription process. By engineering a SNAP-tagged TAL protein mutant, which can be fluorescently labeled with no transcriptional effector, used in co-localization of single molecules (COSMOS) experiment, we revealed that TAL, verified to be a highly specific target DNA binding protein, formed a very stable complex with target DNA. Moreover, We used this result as a springboard to incorporate fluorescent TAL with RNA polymerase (Holoenzyme) in single molecule experiments and found transcription process was blocked by TAL when TAL-DNA complex was formed. During the transcription, the RNA polymerase was stuck on the DNA with transcribed RNA fragments and cannot overpass the TAL protein.
Polygon visibility decompositions with applications.
Creators: name: Boland, Ralph Patrick.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Computer Science.

description: Many problems in Computational Geometry involve a simple polygon P and a family of geometric objects, say sigma, contained in P. For example, if sigma is the family of chords of P then we may want to find the longest chord in P. Alternatively, given a chord of P, we may wish to determine the areas of the two subpolygons of P determined by the chord. Let pi be a polygonal decomposition of a polygon P. We call pi a visibility decomposition with respect to sigma if, for any object g ∈ sigma, we can cover g with o(|P|) of the subpolygons of pi. We investigate the application of visibility decompositions of polygons to solving problems of the forms described. Any visibility decomposition pi of a polygon P that we construct will have the property that, for some class of polygons ℘ where the polygons in ℘ have useful properties, pi ⊆ ℘. Furthermore, the properties of ℘ will be key to solving any problems we solve on P using pi. Some of the visibility decomposition classes we investigate are already known in the literature, for example weakly edge visible polygon decompositions. We make improvements relating to these decomposition classes and in some cases we also find new applications for them. We also develop several new polygon visibility decomposition classes. We then use these decomposition classes to solve a number of problems on polygons including the circular ray shooting problem and the largest axis-aligned rectangle problem. It is noteworthy that the solutions to problems that we provide are usually more efficient and always simpler than alternative solutions.
Length control and intracellular gradients
Creators: name: Datta, Arnab
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2023
Subjects: Intracellular gradient
Length regulation
Scale invariant gradient

description: Cells maintain protein gradients for establishing cell polarity, positioning the cell division machinery, etc. Organelle size control, for example, the hair cell flagella length regulation is essential for hearing, maintaining two flagella at same length in Chlamydomonas cells is essential for swimming. How the cell achieves length control is the central question of this thesis. First, I examine a model of regulating multiple flagella lengths based on a protein gradient along the length of the flagellum which is established by directed transport of regulatory proteins. Next, I develop a model of how such protein gradients might form in cells via active processes like transport via motor proteins and show that resulting gradients are scale invariant. This is a particularly important feature of a cell gradient as it allows cells to control lengths that are relative to the cell size. Finally, I make estimates regarding the energy consumption needed to maintain these gradients and show that to maintain active gradients driven by motor transport the cell needs to spend less energy than using a diffusion-degradation mechanism.