cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Secondary Sclerosing Cholangitis in Critically Ill Patients
title: Clinical Presentation, Cholangiographic Features, Natural History, and Outcome: A Series of 16 Cases
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Leonhardt, Silke
name: Veltzke-Schlieker, Wilfried
name: Adler, Andreas
name: Schott, Eckart
name: Eurich, Dennis
name: Faber, Wladimir
name: Neuhaus, Peter
name: Seehofer, Daniel
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Secondary sclerosing cholangitis in critically ill patients (SSC-CIP) is an important differential diagnosis in patients presenting with cholestasis and PSC-like cholangiographic changes in endoscopic retrograde cholangiography (ERC). As a relatively newly described entity, SSC-CIP is still underdiagnosed, and the diagnosis is often delayed. The present study aims to improve the early detection of SSC-CIP and the identification of its complications. A total of 2633 records of patients who underwent or were listed for orthotopic liver transplantation at the University Hospital Charité, Berlin, were analyzed retrospectively. The clinical presentation and outcome (mean follow-up 62.7 months) of the 16 identified SSC-CIP cases were reviewed. Cholestasis was the first sign of SSC-CIP. GGT was the predominant enzyme of cholestasis. Hypercholesterolemia occurred in at least 75% of the patients. SSC-CIP provoked a profound weight loss (mean 18 kg) in 94% of our patients. SSC-CIP was diagnosed by ERC in all patients. The 3 different cholangiographic features detected correspond roughly to the following stages: (I) evidence of biliary casts, (II) progressive destruction of intrahepatic bile ducts, and (III) picture of pruned tree. Biliary cast formation is a hallmark of SSC-CIP and was seen in 87% of our cases. In 75% of the patients, the clinical course was complicated by cholangiosepsis, cholangitic liver abscesses, acalculous cholecystitis, or gallbladder perforation. SSC-CIP was associated with worse prognosis; transplant-free survival was ∼40 months (mean). Because of its high rate of serious complications and unfavorable prognosis, it is imperative to diagnose SSC-CIP early and to differentiate SSC-CIP from other types of sclerosing cholangitis. Specific characteristics enable identification of SSC-CIP. Early cooperation with a transplant center and special attention to biliary complications are required after diagnosis of SSC-CIP.
An integer polyhedron related to the design of survivable communication networks.
Creators: name: Hao, Tianbao.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1991
Subjects: subject: Computer Science.

description: The linear programming cutting plane method has proven to be quite successful for solving certain "hard" combinatorial optimization problems, c.f. (1), (6), (12), (24), (26). A great deal of this success is due to the use of problem specific cutting planes which define facets of the underlying integer polyhedra. In this paper, we introduce a new class of valid inequalities for the polytope associated with the minimum cost 2-edge-connected subgraph problem, and give necessary and sufficient conditions for these inequalities to be facet inducing for this polytope. We believe it will be possible to use these inequalities efficiently in a cutting plane procedure for designing minimum cost survivable communication networks.
L'école et la délinquance juvénile : un rapport ambigu?
Creators: name: Nagels, Carla.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: Education, Sociology of.

description: Dans ce travail, nous allons tenter d'analyser le rapport entre ecole et delinquance juvenile. Dans les etudes qui y sont consacrees, les chercheurs privilegient un rapport de causalite. Cette approche ne permet pas, a nos yeux, de cerner l'ensemble de la problematique. C'est pourquoi, au lieu de favoriser une approche de cause a effet, il s'agira ici d'une analyse qui met l'accent sur la continuite entre ecole et delinquance en inserant ces deux elements dans des logiques particulieres, celle de l'uniformisation des populations par l'emploi de techniques disciplinaires, celle de l'exclusion de certains individus qui seront pris dans les filets d'institutions de plus en plus controlantes. Afin de verifier le bien-fonde de cette approche, nous avons realise des entretiens non-directifs avec des psycho-educateurs travaillant a la reeducation de jeunes delinquants en milieu ferme au Quebec. Nous verrons qu'ecole et delinquance peuvent etre relies a travers la prise en charge specifique des jeunes delinquants.
title: Literacy & Learning in Families and Communities
Creators: name: Dixon, Joan
name: Cohen, Joanie
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: International and Comparative Education

description: These manuals were made possible through 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 introduces practitioners to basic concepts and strategies for action research in their communities to identify local themes and develop culturally relevant literacy programs. This Manual is designed for practitioners working in community-based organizations. The specific focus is literacy, but it is relevant for anyone involved in nonformal education, women and development, family and community health, early childhood education, community development, or other community and family-centered projects. It can also be adapted for programs that want to improve communication and understanding between families and organizations such as schools, health clinics or other service institutions. The purpose of the manual is to provide guidance to practitioners who want to develop a literacy program based on local information, interests and realities. The manual promotes a three-pronged Action-Learning Process for program development. The process includes researching the local situation (inquiry), developing reading and writing skills for daily life situations (learning), and organizing family and community groups to participate in the process (organizing). The manual also introduces seven family and community literacy activities and describes how they can be used as tools to implement this three-pronged approach. 1) As inquiry tools the activities help you observe, ask questions and collect information about family and community literacy in a systematic way. 2) As learning tools, the activities can be used to develop reading and writing skills and to raise awareness about literacy and local knowledge. 3) As organizing tools, the activities can help you organize and promote literacy and learning in family-based and community-based settings. The manual is divided into two parts. Section One: The Action Learning Process, explains the three-pronged approach and introduces the strategies for action-learning: inquiry, learning and organizing. It explains the basic components of doing small scale research, developing participatory learning plans and organizing home-based and community-based literacy activities. Section Two: The Action-Learning Activities, describes each of the seven action-learning activities and provides information about their purpose, procedure and applications.
Effects of residents' perceptions of tourism impact and community participation on the intention to support tourism development: evidence from Bangladesh
Creators: name: Alim, Md. Abdul
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This thesis investigated the effects of residents' perceptions of tourism impact and community participation on the intention to support tourism development in the context of Bangladesh. Social Exchange Theory was used as the theoretical foundation, and sets out to validate the nature of the effects between the constructs. A quantitative survey was conducted and analysed using partial least squares structural equation modelling. The information of this thesis can be useful for the development of tourism industry in rural settings. Thus, the produced knowledge would provide benefit that might be helpful to the government, policy-makers, local authorities, and civil societies.
Methylprednisolone blocks interleukin 1 beta induced calcitonin gene related peptide release in trigeminal ganglia cells
Creators: name: Neeb, Lars
name: Hellen, Peter
name: Hoffmann, Jan
name: Dirnagl, Ulrich
name: Reuter, Uwe
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Cluster headache
subject: Migraine
subject: Trigeminal ganglia cells
subject: Calcitonin gene related peptide
subject: Methylprednisolone
subject: Metoprolo
subject: l Interleukin-1β
subject: Prostaglandin E2
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Background Methylprednisolone (MPD) is a rapid acting highly effective cluster headache preventive and also suppresses the recurrence of migraine attacks. Previously, we could demonstrate that elevated CGRP plasma levels in a cluster headache bout are normalized after a course of high dose corticosteroids. Here we assess whether MPD suppresses interleukin-1β (IL-1β)- and prostaglandin E2 (PGE2)-induced CGRP release in a cell culture model of trigeminal ganglia cells, which could account for the preventive effect in migraine and cluster headache. Metoprolol(MTP), a migraine preventive with a slow onset of action, was used for comparison. Methods Primary cultures of rat trigeminal ganglia were stimulated for 24 h with 10 ng/ml IL-1β or for 4 h with 10 μM PGE2 following the exposure to 10 or 100 μM MPD or 100 nM or 10 µM MTP for 45 min or 24 h. CGRP was determined by using a commercial enzyme immunoassay. Results MPD but not MTP blocked IL-1β-induced CGRP release from cultured trigeminal cells. PGE2-stimulated CGRP release from trigeminal ganglia cell culture was not affected by pre-stimulation whether with MPD or MTP. Conclusion MPD but not MTP suppresses cytokine (IL-1β)-induced CGRP release from trigeminal ganglia cells. We propose that blockade of cytokine mediated trigeminal activation may represent a potential mechanism of action that mediates the preventive effect of MTP on cluster headache and recurrent migraine attacks.
การสืบทอดและการดำรงอยู่ของโนราโรงครูวัดท่าแคตำบลท่าแค อำเภอเมือง จังหวัดพัทลุง
Creators: name: เมทิกา พ่วงแสง
Publisher: name: มหาวิทยาลัยเทคโนโลยีราชมงคลพระนคร
Year: 2019
Subjects: การสืบทอดและการดำรงอยู่
โนราโรงครู
พัทลุง

description: วารสารวิชาการและวิจัย มทร.พระนคร สาขามนุษยศาสตร์และสังคมศาสตร์, 4, 1, 1-17
การออกแบบรูปทรงแม่แบบเครื่องจักสานผักตบชวาสู่ผลิตภัณฑ์สร้างสรรค์แนวคิดเอกลักษณ์ท้องถิ่น
Creators: name: ยุวดี พรธาราพงศ์
Publisher: name: มหาวิทยาลัยเทคโนโลยีราชมงคลพระนคร
Year: 2019
Subjects: แม่แบบเครื่องจักสาน
ผักตบชวา
ผลิตภัณฑ์สร้างสรรค์
แนวคิดเอกลักษณ์ท้องถิ่น

description: วารสารวิชาการและวิจัย มทร.พระนคร สาขามนุษยศาสตร์และสังคมศาสตร์, 4, 1, 18-33
High-density lipoproteins suppress Aβ-induced PBMC adhesion to human endothelial cells in bioengineered vessels and in monoculture
Creators: name: Robert, Jérôme
name: Button, Emily B.
name: Stukas, Sophie
name: Boyce, Guilaine K.
name: Gibbs, Ebrima
name: Cowan, Catherine M.
name: Gilmour, Megan
name: Cheng, Wai H.
name: Soo, Sonja K.
name: Yuen, Brian
name: Bahrabadi, Arvin
name: Kang, Kevin
name: Kulic, Iva
name: Francis, Gordon A.
name: Cashman, Neil
name: Wellington, Cheryl L.
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2017

description: Background: Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), characterized by accumulation of beta-amyloid (Aβ) plaques in the brain, can be caused by age-related failures to clear Aβ from the brain through pathways that involve the cerebrovasculature. Vascular risk factors are known to increase AD risk, but less is known about potential protective factors. We hypothesize that high-density lipoproteins (HDL) may protect against AD, as HDL have vasoprotective properties that are well described for peripheral vessels. Epidemiological studies suggest that HDL is associated with reduced AD risk, and animal model studies support a beneficial role for HDL in selectively reducing cerebrovascular amyloid deposition and neuroinflammation. However, the mechanism by which HDL may protect the cerebrovascular endothelium in the context of AD is not understood. Methods: We used peripheral blood mononuclear cell adhesion assays in both a highly novel three dimensional (3D) biomimetic model of the human vasculature composed of primary human endothelial cells (EC) and smooth muscle cells cultured under flow conditions, as well as in monolayer cultures of ECs, to study how HDL protects ECs from the detrimental effects of Aβ. Results: Following Aβ addition to the abluminal (brain) side of the vessel, we demonstrate that HDL circulated within the lumen attenuates monocyte adhesion to ECs in this biofidelic vascular model. The mechanism by which HDL suppresses Aβ-mediated monocyte adhesion to ECs was investigated using monotypic EC cultures. We show that HDL reduces Aβ-induced PBMC adhesion to ECs independent of nitric oxide (NO) production, miR-233 and changes in adhesion molecule expression. Rather, HDL acts through scavenger receptor (SR)-BI to block Aβ uptake into ECs and, in cell-free assays, can maintain Aβ in a soluble state. We confirm the role of SR-BI in our bioengineered human vessel. Conclusion: Our results define a novel activity of HDL that suppresses Aβ-mediated monocyte adhesion to the cerebrovascular endothelium.
Deciphering the role of interleukin-22 in metabolic alterations
Creators: name: Sabat, Robert
name: Wolk, Kerstin
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Obesity
subject: Metabolic alterations
subject: Immunity
subject: Th1-cells
subject: Th17-cells
subject: Th22-cells
subject: ILC3
subject: Diabetes mellitus
subject: Arteriosclerosis
subject: IL-17
subject: TNF-α
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Inflammatory processes and metabolic alterations are supposed to substantially interact. Recently, cumulating reports describe a profound role of interleukin(IL)-22 in this relationship. IL-22 is a particular kind of immune mediator that is produced by certain lymphocyte populations and regulates the function of several tissue cells but not immune cells. So far, IL-22 was known to plays a fundamental role in the elimination of bacterial infections at border surfaces of the body and to protect tissues from damage. This research highlight article arranges the facts regarding the effects of IL-22 in the context of adiposity and metabolic alterations and postulates a new function of the immune system.
wikip (Winterthurer Präventions- und Versorgungsprojekt für Kinder psychisch kranker Eltern): Projektbericht
Creators: name: Albermann, Kurt
name: Gäumann, Christine
name: Alessi, Monika
name: Müller, Brigitte
name: Gutmann, Renate
name: Fellmann, Lukas
name: Gundelfinger, Ronnie
Publisher: name: Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz FHNW
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Familien mit einem psychisch erkrankten Elternteil
subject: Kinder psychisch kranker Eltern
subject: 360 - Soziale Probleme, Sozialdienste, Versicherungen

description: Im Projektbericht wikip beschreiben die Projektleitung und das für die wissenschaftliche Begleitung des Projekts verantwortliche Team der Hochschule für Soziale Arbeit FHNW den Verlauf des Projekts in der ersten Phase (2010-2014), den fachlichen Hintergrund, die Projektstruktur und -organisation sowie die bisherigen Aktivitäten und durchgeführten Massnahmen. Es wird zudem eine Übersicht über die Resultate der Evaluation und die daraus ableitbaren Schlussfolgerungen zu bisherigen Wirkungen des Projektes und seiner Massnahmen gegeben.
Excitonic effects in Cu₂2O : scattered light, resonant absorption and Bose-Einstein condensate amplification.
Creators: name: Merizzi, André.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Physics, General.

description: Experimental results are presented on excitonic effects related to the Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC) of excitons in Cu2O. Such effects include resonant light polarization dependent absorption, exciton creation and diffusion by absorption of scattered light, and resonant high density exciton packet induced absorption. These results are then utilized, in conjunction with similar results on excitonic BEC, to develop a plausible model for condensate amplification. Condensates are initially created at T = 1.8K with high intensity ND:YAG pulses (lambda = 532 nm) and then stimulated by a secondary source tuned around the 1S orthoexciton resonance (lambda = 609.51 nm); the latter induces the observed condensate amplification. By careful analysis of the various interactions between the secondary light source, the crystal, and the condensate itself, an improved understanding of how the secondary pulse excitations interact with the passage of a high density exciton packet is obtained.
A comparative study of wavelets and multiwavelets.
Creators: name: Zheng, Ellen Yanqing.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: Mathematics.

description: In this thesis, some basic concepts and theorems are studied, leading to the cascade algorithm which is the most usual approximating method used in the construction of wavelets. By considering the symmetry property of scalar wavelets, Lawton's complex-valued scalar wavelets are studied and some recent results are implemented in the theory of complex-valued scalar wavelets. Another important part of this thesis is the study of multiwavelets. Some comparisons are made among real-valued scalar wavelets, complex-valued scalar wavelets and real-valued multiwavelets. A special contribution is the figures of different kinds of wavelets and some numerical results.
Les stratégies prospectives d'action de Nairobi pour la promotion de la femme : quel rôle pour l'État?
Creators: name: Niquette, Sophie.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: Women's Studies.

description: Dans notre these de mai trise (Les Strategies prospectives d'action de Nairobi pour la promotion de la femme: Quel role pour l'Etat?), nous soumettons a l'examen un point de vue couramment accredite par la science politique, selon lequel la centralite de l'Etat dans les relations internationales se trouveraient actuellement remise en cause - compromise meme. Il semble en effet qu'une certaine litterature recente sur le role de l'Etat, de meme qu'un examen attentif de l'actualite internationale, autorisent ce point de vue. Or il nous apparai t aussi que la majorite des Strategies prospectives d'action de Nairobi accordent a l'Etat un role important. Apres avoir verifie empiriquement cette propostion, nous nous demandons dans quelle mesure ces Strategies peuvent s'averer efficaces. Car elles se fondent sur le concept de la centralite de l'Etat au moment meme ou celui-ci se voit remis en question. Les Strategies prospectives d'action de Nairobi risquent-elles l'anachronisme? Dans l'espoir de contribuer a remedier a ce probleme, notre these de mai trise examine s'il est possible de relire les Strategies de Nairobi en y accordant un role plus important a des instances non-etatiques.
Advanced intelligent network services.
Creators: name: Yang, Hua.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Electronics and Electrical.

description: The telecommunications industry is undergoing a fundamental revolution with the introduction of intelligent networks. In this thesis, we first give an overview of the intelligent network, which includes the review of the motivation, technology, evolution, standards, components and the open issues of the intelligent network. The emphasis of the thesis is put on the intelligent network service creation. Three AIN (Advanced Intelligent Network) services, namely, the call by name, the automatic telephone directory service and the information query service, are designed and implemented in the AIN Service Creation Environment (SCE). An AIN multimedia fax service which is a novel application of the AIN technology is proposed. With a gateway between the telephone network and the Internet, we use AIN to provide automatic addressing, dynamic routing and flexible selecting of document type for the multimedia fax service. The idea and the technique used in this AIN multimedia fax service bring up a new AIN service opportunity which allows telephone subscribers to access abundant Internet resources. The performance of this service is evaluated based on the simulation model of priority queuing system.
Exploring framing and meaning making over the design innovation process
Creators: name: Thurgood, Clementine
name: Lulham, Rohan
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: It is well established that key to achieving innovations is to innovate on meaning; however, most discussion is limited to the meaning of the end product to the user. We argue that meaning changes should be explored throughout the design process. We contend that framing is intrinsically related to the creation of new meaning due to its capacity to provide a new standpoint from which to approach problems and subsequently direct novel solutions. We provide an analysis of framing and meaning making by studying three design innovation methods that span social, product, and business design. We arrive at a common model of framing in which we explore how meaning changes are initiated and in what form they manifest. We contend that the act of framing creates new meaning by providing a new interpretation of the problem (to the designer) and/or an interpretation of the solution to the user.
Competition intensity and its above- and below-ground components in two contrasting wetland plant communities.
Creators: name: Twolan-Strutt, Lisa.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1994
Subjects: subject: Biology, Botany.

description: I used a field experiment to measure total competition intensity and its above- and below-ground components in two wetlands that represent extremes in habitat productivity: an infertile sandy shoreline and a fertile bay. Transplants of Lythrum salicaria and Carex crinita were grown with no neighbours, with roots of neighbours only and with all neighbours; their growth rates were used to estimate competition intensity. The experiment was carried out to answer the following main questions: (1) Is there a difference in total, above- and below-ground competition intensity in two wetlands that differ in standing crop? (2) Is there an effect of standing crop on total, above- and below-ground competition intensity when the data from the two wetlands are combined? Both total and above-ground competition intensity were found to be greater in the high standing crop wetland but below-ground competition did not differ between wetlands (CI$\rm\sb{TOTAL}$: p 0.00001, CI$\rm\sb{ABOVE}$: p = 0.0013 CI$\rm\sb{BELOW}$: p = 0.58). Mean total competition increased from 0.16 to 0.43, the above-ground component increased from $-$0.063 to 0.21 and the below-ground component was close to 0.20 in both wetlands. Total and above-ground competition intensity was significantly affected by standing crop in the wetlands studied but below-ground competition intensity was not (CI$\rm\sb{TOTAL}$: p = 0.0001, CI$\rm\sb{ABOVE}$: p = 0.0001, CI$\rm\sb{BELOW}$: p =0.89). The result that competition was predominantly below-ground in the low standing crop wetland supports previous work in agricultural pot experiments (Wilson 1988) and terrestrial field studies (Wilson and Tilman 1991, Putz and Canham 1992, Wilson and Tilman 1993, Wilson in press). The result that root and shoot competition were roughly equal in the high standing crop wetland is not typical of past studies. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Erziehung zur Anpassung und Unterordnung - Berufsintegration in einem Sonderschulheim
Creators: name: Schaffner, Dorothee
Publisher: name: Beltz Juventa
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: 360 - Soziale Probleme, Sozialdienste, Versicherungen

description: Der Beitrag stellt die Ergebnisse von zwei Gruppendiskussion mit Sozialarbeitenden und Sonderpädagogen/innen eines Sonderschulheims zu ihrem Verständnis der Begleitung bei der Berufsintegration vor. Gezeigt wird, wie Rationalität im Handlungsfeld der Berufsintegration auf Bundes- und Kantonsebene die Logiken des Denkens und Handelns der beiden Professionsgruppen im Heim bestimmen. Gleichzeitig wird deutlich wie unterschiedliche Orientierungen zu ähnlichen und verschiedenen Deutungs- und Handlungsmustern beitragen.
IL-17 Expression in the Time Course of Acute Anti-Thy1 Glomerulonephritis
Creators: name: Loof, Tanja
name: Krämer, Stephanie
name: Gaedeke, Jens
name: Neumayer, Hans-Hellmut
name: Peters, Harm
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Background Interleukin-17 (IL-17) is a new pro-inflammatory cytokine involved in immune response and inflammatory disease. The main source of IL-17 is a subset of CD4+ T-helper cells, but is also secreted by non-immune cells. The present study analyzes expression of IL-17 in the time course of acute anti- thy1 glomerulonephritis and the role of IL-17 as a potential link between inflammation and fibrosis. Methods Anti-thy1 glomerulonephritis was induced into male Wistar rats by OX-7 antibody injection. After that, samples were taken on days 1, 5, 10 (matrix expansion phase), 15 and 20 (resolution phase). PBS-injected animals served as controls. Proteinuria and histological matrixes score served as the main markers for disease severity. In in vitro experiments, NRK-52E cells were used. For cytokine expressions, mRNA and protein levels were analyzed by utilizing RT-PCR, in situ hybridization and immunofluorescence. Results Highest IL-17 mRNA-expression (6.50-fold vs. con; p<0.05) was found on day 5 after induction of anti-thy1 glomerulonephritis along the maximum levels of proteinuria (113 ± 13 mg/d; p<0.001), histological glomerular-matrix accumulation (82%; p<0.001) and TGF-β1 (2.2-fold; p<0.05), IL-6 mRNA expression (36-fold; p<0.05). IL-17 protein expression co-localized with the endothelial cell marker PECAM in immunofluorescence. In NRK-52E cells, co-administration of TGF-β1 and IL-6 synergistically up-regulated IL-17 mRNA 4986-fold (p<0.001). Conclusions The pro-inflammatory cytokine IL-17 is up-regulated in endothelial cells during the time course of acute anti-thy1 glomerulonephritis. In vitro, NRK-52E cells secrete IL-17 under pro-fibrotic and pro-inflammatory conditions.
การศึกษาความพึงพอใจต่อสิ่งอำนวยความสะดวกของนักท่องเที่ยวและความคิดเห็นของชุมชนต่อการพัฒนาวัดที่ได้รับอิทธิพลจากศิลปะพม่าในจังหวัดลำปาง
Creators: name: ชนิษฐา ใจเป็ง
Publisher: name: มหาวิทยาลัยเจ้าพระยา
Year: 2019
Subjects: การท่องเที่ยวเชิงวัฒนธรรม
ความพึงพอใจ
วัดที่ได้รับอิทธิพลจากศิลปะพม่าในจังหวัดลำปาง

description: วารสารวิชาการและวิจัย มทร.พระนคร สาขามนุษยศาสตร์และสังคมศาสตร์, 4, 1, 34-51
Prediction of passive scalar in a mixing layer using vortex-in-cell and probability density function methods.
Creators: name: Baig, Arif Marza.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Mechanical.

description: The transport equation for the probability density function (p.d.f.) of a scalar is applied in conjunction with the vortex-in-cell (VIC) method developed by Abdolhosseini and Milane (1998), to predict the passive scalar field in a two-dimensional spatially growing mixing layer. The VIC method predicts the instantaneous velocity field. Then the turbulent flow characteristics such as mean velocity, the root-mean-square (r.m.s.) longitudinal and lateral velocity fluctuations and the Reynolds shear stress are calculated. The scalar field is represented through the transport equation for the scalar p.d.f. and is solved using the Monte Carlo technique. In the p.d.f. equation, turbulent diffusion is modeled using the gradient transport model, wherein the eddy diffusivity is computed using Boussinesq's postulate and using the Reynolds shear stress and gradient of mean velocity from the VIC solution. The molecular mixing term is closed by a modified Curl model, and the convection term uses the mean velocity from the VIC solution. The computational results were compared with available two-dimensional experimental results. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Examining the relationship between life stress, skating-specific stress and figure skating performance.
Creators: name: Prakash, Kavita.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: Psychology, Social.

description: The purpose of this thesis was to examine the impact of life stress and skating specific stress on the performance of figure skaters. Two separate experiments were conducted to examine this relationship during two different time frames--the first transpired during the summer skating season and the latter was conducted during the fall skating season. Thirty-one and thirty competitive figure skaters participated in experiments one and two, respectively. Repeated measures of daily hassles and skating specific stress were obtained as well as single assessments of major life stress, social support and coping abilities. Practice performance for both studies was assessed by the coaches. Competitive performance was also assessed by the coaches in both experiments, but an added feature of the second study was the judges' scores. The findings revealed that during the summer, stress did not negatively impact either type of performance, whereas in the second study, strong negative correlations and predictions were obtained. Both studies found that task coping predicted greater performance levels. These results are discussed in terms of the significance of the time of year studied, as well as the implications for psychological interventions and future research.
สังเคราะห์องค์ประกอบการจัดการศึกษาเพื่อพัฒนาบัณฑิตนักสื่อสารมวลชนดิจิทัล
Creators: name: ฉันทนา ปาปัดถา
Publisher: name: มหาวิทยาลัยเทคโนโลยีราชมงคลพระนคร
Year: 2019
Subjects: การสังเคราะห์องค์ประกอบ
การจัดการศึกษา
การพัฒนาบัณฑิต
นักสื่อสารมวลชนดิจิทัล

description: วารสารวิชาการและวิจัย มทร.พระนคร สาขามนุษยศาสตร์และสังคมศาสตร์, 4, 1, 52-68
An analysis of discourses within the context of school-linked integrated services for pregnant and parenting young women
Creators: name: Fonseca, Sandra
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Education, Guidance and Counseling.
subject: Psychology, Developmental.
subject: Sociology, Individual and Family Studies.

description: In North America, over the years, varying historical, social and political discourses have been dominant in constructing the problem of teenage pregnancy and parenthood. In contemporary Canada, teen (single) parenting is framed as a social problem that needs to be solved. To understand the nature of the problem, it is important to examine the shifting social and political imperatives that shape and define teen motherhood. This study was situated within the context of school-linked integrated services that provide a host of interventions to support these young women and their children. Using an instrumental, collective case study design, this study examined three sites (Centres) that utilized a holistic, collaborative approach providing services that ranged from a schooling program, parenting courses, daycare, social assistance services, counseling as well as other varied programs. The study used a conceptual context derived from the academic and professional literature in the following three relevant areas: Foucault's poststructuralist theory of discourse and power, interventions within neo-liberal social welfare reforms, and interagency collaboration. The guiding research questions were as follows: Firstly, to understand how the teen/young mothers are perceived by frontline staff and how the teen/young mothers perceive themselves in the midst of prevailing discourses; secondly, to explore how staff at the Centres intervene to assist the teen/young mothers with the competing demands of schooling, mothering and work/life preparation; and thirdly, to examine how collaboration takes place among frontline staff to enhance the success and well-being of the teen/young mothers. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with nine teen/young mothers and fifteen frontline staff at three multi-service centers. Data were also collected through participant observations and Centre documents such as evaluation reports, annual reports, brochures and newsletters. The findings of this study revealed that the young women were mostly constructed within dominant discourses of 'risk', 'resilience', 'stigma', 'infantilization' and 'welfare dependency'. The front line staff demonstrated immense tact and sensitivity in intervening in the lives of the young women; and the interventions helped to ameliorate the negative impact of inadequate economic, social, and economic resources. A closer look at the collaborative approach highlighted several factors that hindered as well as facilitated collaboration. The young mothers in this study emerged as resilient and hopeful as their voices conveyed their struggle to balance motherhood and schooling.
องค์ประกอบของปัจจัยที่มีอิทธิพลต่อคุณภาพชีวิตของคนในชุมชนหมู่บ้านสวนสน
Creators: name: พิชศาล พันธุ์วัฒนา
Publisher: name: โรงเรียนนายร้อยตำรวจ
Year: 2019
Subjects: คุณภาพชีวิต
อิทธิพล
ชุมชนหมู่บ้านสวนสน

description: วารสารวิชาการและวิจัย มทร.พระนคร สาขามนุษยศาสตร์และสังคมศาสตร์, 4, 1, 69-86
Une perception bourgeoise des milieux populaires parisiens au temps de Louis XV : Edmond-Jean-François Barbier et son Journal (1718-1763).
Creators: name: Brideau, Christian.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: History, European.

description: Le but de cette thèse est de comprendre la perception des milieux populaires parisiens par un avocat aisé du Parlement de Paris au XVIIIe siècle, Edmond-Jean-François Barbier (1689-1771). Ce bourgeois parisien a en effet tenu un journal sur les affaires du temps avec une assiduité tout à fait remarquable pendant près de 45 ans (1718-1763). Dans l'état actuel des connaissances, un tel sujet implique plusieurs éléments, soit l'analyse de la perception des pauvres et des couches modestes de Paris telle que Barbier nous la communique à travers son Journal , et une méthode d'analyse systématique applicable à cet ouvrage de plus de 4 000 pages dans l'édition complète. Afin de mieux comprendre la nature de ses propos, il fallait présenter de façon sérieuse l'auteur de ce Journal , car la connaissance de Barbier est restée jusqu'ici entachée de contradictions ou d'erreurs. Il était important de préciser autant que possible le rang social de ce bourgeois, pour mieux connaître sa perception des milieux populaires. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Ummatic macro-boycott motives: a socio-cultural perspective
Creators: name: Baig, Aysha Karamat
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This study introduces a new concept called “Ummatic boycotts” to distinguish global Muslim boycotts from other consumer boycotts. Despite the high occurrence and serious political and economic implications of Ummatic macro-boycotts, consumers' motives behind such boycotts are largely unknown. In addition, socio-cultural contexts have been largely ignored in boycott studies. Therefore, this study investigates motives behind Muslims' participation in Ummatic macro-boycotts and how socio-cultural contexts impact formation of such motives. The findings suggest, although an Ummatic macro-boycott is a collective response against an offending country, Muslims are socio-culturally diverse and driven by different motives. Hence global firms require customized strategies for each market, based on the socio-cultural context.
Mcphersonarcys Thomas 2018, new genus
Creators: name: Thomas, Donald B
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Pentatomidae
Mcphersonarcys

description: Mcphersonarcys Thomas, new genus (Fig. 3).
Type-species: Pentatoma aequalis Say, 1832, by monotypy and herein designated.
Description: Head length subequal to pronotal length at midline; eyes subpedunculate. Anterolateral pronotal margin carinate, simple, not dentate, not reflexed; humeral angles not produced; anterolateral angles with a tooth. Width of scutellum at end of frenum slightly greater than half basal width. Hemelytral corium longer than scutellum, terminating at fourth visible connexival segment; hemelytral membrane with simple venation. Abdominal venter without basal tubercle or spine. Metasternum flat. Metathoracic scent gland orifice with short auriculate peritreme. Femora unarmed; tibiae shallowly sulcate. Clypeus and paraclypei subequal in length, apically obtuse; basal antennal segment not quite reaching apex of head. Bucculae truncate at posterior terminus; apex of first rostral segment not surpassing posterior terminus of bucculae. Eighth pa-ratergites of female lacking spiracles; spermathecal duct short and simple. Male pygophore with a transverse ridge seated ental to the posterior margin (inferior ridge); tubercles on dorsum of proctiger submedial in position; distiphallus of aedeagus not longer than the theca; theca simple, without lobes.
Etymology: Derived from a combination of the surname McPherson and the suffix of the name Hymenarcys, the genus to which the only species was formerly combined. The new genus is named to honor Prof. Jay McPherson of Southern Illinois University for his contributions to the knowledge of the family of which this genus is a member.
Material Examined: Kansas: Onaga: Crevecceur. Riley: Manhattan. Broaen: Hiawatha. Mississippi: Sunfloaeer: Indianola. Missouri: Boone: Co-lumbia. Bloomsdale: Bloomsdale. Texas: Kerr: Kerrville.
description: Published as part of Thomas, Donald B, 2018, Mcphersonarcys, a new genus for Pentatoma aequalis Say (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae), pp. 127-133 in The Great Lakes Entomologist 45 on pages 131-133, DOI: 10.22543/0090-0222.2248, http://zenodo.org/record/14962823
An evaluation of a perinatal surveillance system in eastern and southeastern Ontario
Creators: name: Ali, Amira H
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Health Sciences, Public Health.
subject: Information Science.

description: This thesis evaluated the perinatal surveillance system of the Perinatal Partnership Program of Eastern and Southeastern Ontario, using the CDC's guidelines for evaluating surveillance systems, with respect to its content, data collection, data analysis and reports, and its uses. The evaluation consisted of a re-abstraction of a sample of 1542 case-room logbook and charts records, a survey of stakeholders, direct observation, review of files and reports, examination of the data entry screen and linkage to aggregate census data. The system was found to be useful, timely, flexible and representative of hospital births. Its content was more hospital-based than population-based, and its on-line reporting feature was not entirely acceptable to the participating hospitals. Recommendations include marketing the system to potential funding agencies, standardizing the sources of data entered, modifying some of the variables in the entry screen and improving the on-line report generation.
The "Metz Epitome": Alexander (July, 330 B.C.-July, 325 B.C.). A commentary.
Creators: name: Loube, Heather.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: Literature, Classical.

description: This historical commentary on the Metz Epitome, a late fragmentary account of Alexander's exploits, compares the work with the extant early Alexander historians. The sources of the anonymous author have much in common with the Cleitarchan historians, in particular, Diodorus Siculus and Quintus Curtius Rufus. Non-Cleitarchan elements in the text seem to reflect a certain affinity with a Hebraic tradition concerning Alexander. An examination of the author's methodology suggests that "epitome" is not an accurate description of the work in question. The anonymous author has achieved a unique portrait of Alexander and included information not found elsewhere. In view of its late authorship and the few new crumbs of historical fact it offers, the value of the Metz Epitome lies in its interpretation of Alexander's career rather than as a source for it.
Speaking Stitches, Laughing Flowers: an Emblematic Reinterpretation of the 'Rainbow' Portrait of Elizabeth I
Creators: name: Walker, Natalie Rachel
Publisher: name: UH Research Archive
Year: 2019
Subjects: Elizabeth I
Rainbow Portrait
Bacton Altar Cloth
Hatfield House
Hampton Court
Eleri Lynn
Robert Cecil
Spy master
floral embroidery
cloth of silver
emblem studies
eyes and ears
tudor

description: The imagery of the ‘Rainbow’ Portrait of Elizabeth I which hangs at Hatfield House in Hertfordshire has been the subject of numerous academic investigations. However, few have addressed in satisfactory depth the many emblematic references that appear in the painting. Additionally, little research has been done to interpret the painting through an understanding of the material properties of the objects and clothing which it depicts. Through an interdisciplinary investigation this dissertation draws on evidence from Cesare Ripa’s emblem collection, the Iconologia (first published in 1593), combined with an examination of the Bacton Altar Cloth embroidery, c. 1590 -1600, currently being conserved by Historic Royal Palaces, supported by analysis of contextual source materials including John Gerard’s The Herball, or Generall Historie of Plantes and other ‘herbal’ texts, a selection of contemporary portraits, and poetry and theatrical dialogues from John Davies and William Shakespeare, to reveal a number of previously undiscussed visual references in the ‘Rainbow’ Portrait. These findings serve to aid our understanding of this enigmatic painting, and the intentions of its probable commissioner: Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury
WARC Thunderbird, Volume 3
Creators: name: Croes, Dale R.
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 1982
Subjects: Washington Archeological Research Center
Archaeology

description: 1980's WARC (Washington Archeological Research Center) was an experiment in communitarianism for Northwest Archaeology--and it did WARC (Work). This is Volume 3 of our News Bulletin, the WARC Thunderbird, with Issues 1-9, 1982-1983. The WARC Thunderbird provided a platform for communications across the region and contains a wealth of information about this formative period of Archaeology in Washington State. The Washington Archaeological Research Center was established in 1972 at Washington State University as a contract clearinghouse, mainly for Federal and State funded archaeological field projects, with the goal of assigning field projects throughout the state through a Scientific Committee with archaeologists at the six four-year universities and colleges. The founder of this phase of WARC’s operations was Dr. Richard D. Daugherty, Director, and most field projects were coordinated by his Assistant Harvey Rice. In 1980 the WARC Administrative Board, the Graduate Deans at the six four-year Washington colleges, and the Scientific Committee, felt each institution should be allowed to take their own directions as archaeological field contract programs, and decided to keep the general framework of WARC intact, to coordinate and maintain, with the State Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation (OAHP), the State’s site records, contract/research reports library, and facilitate communications and coordination of general records-based research at the six WARC institution. Dr. Dale R. Croes was assigned Acting Director (a 1/2-time position) and he recruited Steven Hackenberger as his able Assistant Director. This revised structure continued to bring together the WARC Administrative Board, the Scientific Committee and the establishment of a broad Advisory Council representing private contract archaeologists; professional archaeologists from Oregon, Idaho, and British Columbia, Canada; Native American Representatives; Federal/State agencies; and Archaeological/Historical Societies. In many ways it was an effort to work together, using our limited resources, to promote archaeological interests (especially digitizing, standardizing and updating our paper-based archaeological site forms)—a coordinating of our discipline, in a form of communitarianism, based on the idea that those involved in archaeology were essentially cooperative (“good”) people who wanted to work together for our common goals.
Second harmonic generation spectroscopy of the potential induced surface reconstruction of the gold(110) electrode in perchloric acid electrolyte.
Creators: name: Revesz, Erika.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: Chemistry, Physical.

description: In-situ optical second harmonic generation (SHG) spectroscopy was used to examine the potential induced surface reconstruction of a Au (110) surface in a solution of 0.01 M HClO$\sb4.$ The SHG rotational anisotropy was measured at different potentials using the fundamental beam (1064 nm) of the Nd:YAG laser. Analysis of the data shows that the overall symmetry of the surface is C$\rm\sb{s}.$ It was also found that the second order nonlinear susceptibility for both the reconstructed and the unreconstructed surface have a large three fold symmetry component. We suggest that the three-fold symmetry source is partly due to the (111) microfacets that are present on the (110) surface.
American Citizens’ Views of an Ideal Pig Farm
Creators: name: Sato, Patrycia
name: Hötzel, Maria J.
name: Von Keyserlingk, Marina A. G.
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2019

description: Food animal production practices are often cited as having negative animal welfare consequences. The U.S. swine industry has not been exempt from such criticisms. Little is known, however, about how lay citizens who are not actively engaged in agricultural discussions, think about swine production. Thus, the aim of this study was to explore the views of people not affiliated with the swine industry on what they perceived to be the ideal pig/pork farm, and their associated reasons. Through an online survey, participants were invited to respond to the following open-ended question: “What do you consider to be an ideal pig/pork farm and why are these characteristics important to you?”. Generally respondents considered animal welfare (e.g., space, freedom to move, and humane treatment), respondents considered the business operation role important for pork production (e.g., profitability, compliance with sanitary, environmental rules and regulations, and workers′ rights), and naturalness (e.g., natural feeding, behaviours and life) important for pork production. Concerns relating to pigs’ quality of life included space to move, feeding, contact with outdoors or nature, absence of pain, suffering and mistreatment. Perspectives were also raised regarding the ideal farm as a profitable business operation, clean, and with optimal sanitary conditions. Respondents also emphasized naturalness, frequently stating that pigs should have access to the outdoors, and rejected the use of hormones, antibiotics, and other chemicals for the purposes of increasing production. In summary, the findings of this study suggest that the U.S. swine industry should strive to adopt animal management practices that resonate with societal values, such as ensuring humane treatment, and the failure to do so could risk the sustainability of the swine industry.