cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Investigating Cancer Incidence Amongst Filipino Migrant Domestic Workers in Taiwan
Creators: name: Wu, Yu-Hsiang
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2024
Subjects: Cancer
Domestic Work
Filipino Labor Migration
Structural Inequality
Social Determinants of Health
Migrant Workers
Taiwan

description: Recent public health literature is paying increasing attention to the social determinants of health. Such research focuses on environments and political structures that negatively affect health outcomes of certain groups or communities. In September 2023, more than 25,000 Filipino caretakers and home-maids work under Taiwanese households. Many of them are diagnosed with cancer during their employment in Taiwan. To understand possible reasons behind cancer incidence amongst Filipino migrant domestic workers in Taiwan, this thesis explores cultural, political, and socioeconomic factors that may lead to risk-taking behaviors and poor health outcomes. It incorporates qualitative methods, including a robust literature review and in-depth interviews, to reflect Filipino domestic workers’ experience with work, life, and health in the Philippines and in Taiwan. It is concluded that Filipino domestic workers’ cancer incidence in Taiwan may be a product of lack of public assistance in the Philippines, the guest-worker paradigm of the Taiwanese foreign labor policy, and employers’ attitudes towards migrant domestic workers’ health. This thesis serves as a humble invitation for future research from all disciplines to explore the intersection of Filipino labor migration, domestic work in Taiwan, and cancer incidence.
What Are The Efforts Toward LGBTQ+ Inclusion in Jewish Summer Camps Across North America?
Creators: name: Nickels, Adam Joel
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Jewish Studies
LGBTQ Studies

description: Every year, hundreds of thousands of Jewish children and young adults spend parts of their summers in Jewish summer camps. They could spend anywhere from one to eight or more weeks of their summers at camp. Given the volume of people attending Jewish summer camps, it is inevitable that a significant proportion of these people will identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or questioning (LGBTQ+). Through an analysis of interviews, a review of current research and literature on this topic, and an assessment of artifacts, this project investigates exactly how Jewish summer camps in North America are striving to make camp environments more inclusive for people who identify under the LGBTQ+ umbrella. The research in this project identified that there are no universal standards in relation to LGBTQ+ inclusion in Jewish summer camps in North America. Rather, each camp approaches this topic in a way that is pertinent to the specific camp. It was also identified that while seasonal summer staff can act as a barrier to creating change, the relationship between camp leadership staff and the seasonal staff is paramount and requires investment to create any changes to inclusion.
Beyond Theological Correctness: The Role of Others’ Knowledge in Children’s Developing God-Concepts
Creators: name: Bersche, Sara
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2009
Subjects: Religious Development
Knowledge
Child Development

description: Adults have been shown to exhibit theological correctness – a tendency to explicitly entertain a description of supernatural agents (such as God) that is not actually used when representing or predicting the behavior of those agents – in their God-concepts (Barrett & Keil, 1996). This proposal aims to test the degree to which children use theological correctness; specifically, whether children’s applied concepts of God differ from their societies’ ideal concept, whether this is influenced by what the children think is God’s applied capacity, and how God’s perceived knowledge compares with the perceived knowledge of other agents in the children’s lives. To help answer these questions, children’s understanding of God’s intellectual capacity will be measured by asking them what they think God knows as compared to what other agents around them know about certain topics. Two groups of 24 children aged 4-5 and 7-8 (n = 48) will be asked who from among their parents, teacher, a doctor, and God ‘knows the most,’ ‘knows some,’ and ‘doesn’t know’ information about various actual and nonactual topics. A 2(Age) x 4(Agent) x 2 (Knowledge Type) ANOVA will be conducted to ascertain patterns of knowledge distribution across these 3 variables. It is hypothesized that the tendency to attribute more nonactual knowledge to God will increase with age. Other exploratory analyses are discussed.
Kitsap County 4-H Newsletter, April 2020
Creators: name: Washington State University Kitsap County Extension
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2020
Subjects: 4-H Club

description: Contents:
description: Important Dates
description: Connect with WSU Extension Staff
description: What's Happening in 4-H in Kitsap County
description: State~National~International 4-H Opportunities
description: 4-H Fundraisers
description: Scholarship Opportunities
description: Volunteer News
description: 4-H Office Contact Information
Helping those that are Underinsured: What are Genetic Counselors doing to help their patients get BRCA1/2 testing covered?
Creators: name: Kipnis, Lindsay
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2013
Subjects: BRCA1/2
genetic testing
funding sources
underinsured
genetic counselors

description: According to the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force (USPSTF, 2005), anyone with a personal or significant family history of breast or ovarian cancer should be offered BRCA1/2 testing. Patients who are underinsured (i.e. who have a health insurance policy that does not cover enough of the test’s cost, thus making it unaffordable) may be unable to follow through with these recommendations. However, underinsured patients may be eligible for funding from charitable resources such as the Cancer Resource Foundation Inc. The purpose of this study was to explore cancer genetic counselors’ knowledge regarding financial assistance programs for underinsured patients seeking genetic testing, and to assess the frequency with which they refer patients to such programs. We recruited cancer genetic counselors based in the United States through an NSGC e-blast for participation in an anonymous, online survey. Of the 178 genetic counselors who responded, nearly all (99%) reported that they assist patients in obtaining insurance coverage for BRCA1/2 genetic testing. Participants reported that between December 2011 and December 2012, an average of 11% of their patients canceled their testing due to insurance coverage. Of those patients, the majority (~ 60%) canceled because they were underinsured. Many of the participants reported using the Cancer Resource Foundation Inc. (43%) or a hospital grant/fund (33%) to assist patients with payment for testing. The participants reported encountering two major problems when trying to obtain funding. First, in many instances the patients did not provide the required documentation for the application. Second, counselors cited funding limitations, including regional variability in the availability of funds and insufficient funding to cover all patients. With the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, BRCA1/2 testing will now become a preventative care service, which will hopefully allow for more patients to be able to proceed with testing.
Effectiveness in mental health: a review and rethink of some basic assumptions and common practices
Creators: name: Nicholls, Jennifer
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Despite recent advances in mental health research and treatment, prevalence rates remain high and stable in many countries around the globe. Current efforts to address the problem largely focus on identifying biological causes and correlates of mental disorders on the one hand, and large-scale structural reform of the health system on the other. This thesis took a different approach. It reflected on the role that psychological theory, research and practice plays in this predicament and what steps could be implemented to help improve effectiveness and efficiency in mental health programs.
Real-time methods for face recognition.
Creators: name: David, Afshin.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Electronics and Electrical.

description: Identification of individuals on the basis of facial features is the most natural method of distinguishing one individual from another. Automating such a process, based upon quantifiable measures, is of great interest in a variety of applications, such as passport identification and automatic teller machine verification. The most crucial aspect of such applications is their tolerance with respect to variations in facial expressions and the noise introduced by the operating environment. In this thesis, various face recognition methods are evaluated under conditions of real-time response, varying operating factors, and implementation feasibility. The approaches are based on histogram mapping, wavelet transform, Karhunen and Loeve transform, and optical correlation techniques. A brief review of the basic concepts in optics is first presented. This is followed by a detailed review of optical methods in pattern recognition. A comprehensive background of algorithmic approaches for face recognition is described. A detailed analysis of the photobook system, which is based on the Karhunen and Loeve transform (KLT), is presented. It is argued that, even though the KLT possesses many useful attributes in image processing applications, the performance of KLT face recognition systems is based entirely upon the initial training set. A method for choosing the proper training set is presented. Novel statistical methods that exploit the stationary behaviour of the operating environment are introduced. It is shown that under the condition that control may be exercised on the operating environment, these methods provide a satisfactory result in real-time. The application of histogram, moment, and 2-D discrete wavelet transforms in statistical methods is described. A novel optical correlation based system is presented. It is shown that such a system tolerates changes in facial expressions and can operate under real time constraints.
title: Other People's Houses
Creators: name: Williamson, David
Publisher: name: Old Dominion University
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04zjtrb98
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2010

description: The stories in this collection concern the suburban demography as an American landscape, as unique as Manhattan or the West Coast or the Mississippi River or the Arizona desert, with its own lore, mythos, and expectations. These stories attempt to retell those myths and ask why expectations fall short, when they do.

These stories are similar in their exposition and context: male viewpoint characters who live in middle class neighborhoods and communities and spend their days battling anxiety and paranoia and fear and mystery and confusion. Each story represents a piece of suburbia and how a specific landscape and culture can influence generations of humans in a similar and misinformed way.
Minoan Zoomorphic Iconography and the Relevance of Identification: A Case Study on the Gold Figurine from Akrotiri, Thera
Creators: name: Polinsky, Rachel
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2018
Subjects: agrimi, iconography, Thera, Santorini, Bronze Age, Akrotiri, gold, zoomorphic, animal, figurine, Minoan, Mycenaean, Balkans, Mesopotamia, Egypt, Nubia, Levant, Anatolia, goat, ibex, trade, bull, capra, caprid, Linear B, Mediterranean
Crete, Cretan Wild Goat
Aegean, Cyclades

description: The so-called “Golden Ibex” was discovered at the Bronze Age site of Akrotiri on Thera in 1999. The agrimi (Cretan Wild Goat) is the second most common depicted animal in Minoan and Mycenaean art but are rarely ever identified as agrimi by art historians and archaeologists; scholars tend to present a conservative identification of the animal, referring to it as an ibex, wild goat, or just goat. This thesis argues that the so-called “Golden Ibex” is an agrimi and not an ibex, suggesting a local origin within the Minoan world, but also provides a counter argument that aims to suggest potential influence or origin by a foreign culture, which would suggest the artifact is in fact an ibex. Through scientific, archaeological, zoological, and art historical analysis, the two arguments explore the presence of capridae iconography and their role as both animal and image in cultures from various societies of the ancient world.
"Returning the gaze": Reappraisals of the Griersonian documentary in Livesay and Marlatt
Creators: name: Aguila-Way, Tania
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Literature, Canadian (English).
subject: Cinema.

description: In 1969, Dorothy Livesay affirmed that, beginning in the 1930s, the Canadian long poem had evolved into a new genre by following the "experimentations" originally made by John Grierson---father of the British documentary movement and NFB film commissioner---in film ("Documentary Poem" 269). Echoing the well-known Griersonian assertion that documentary film should "interpret Canada to Canadians," Livesay also attached a special nation-building value to the Canadian documentary poem by stating that its methods and conventions "subtly [...] cast light on the landscape, the topography, the flora and the fauna as well as the social structure" of Canada (269). Prompted by Livesay's statements, and by the current lack of scholarship examining the Griersonian heritage of her documentary poetry, this thesis performs a critical examination of the points of continuity between the Griersonian tradition of nationalist filmmaking and the Canadian documentary poem as Livesay defined it. Drawing on key Canadian film policy documents of the modernist era and on close readings of seminal documentary texts by the National Film Board, I trace the ideological maneuvers and narrative practices that the Griersonian documentary traditionally deployed in order to fulfill its mandate of interpreting Canada to Canadians, foregrounding the representational gaps and disturbances underpinning these conventions. I then examine the extent to which these conventions penetrated Livesay's own documentary project, highlight the efforts she made in order to transcend the limitations of her original format. In an effort to chart the aesthetic and political ramifications of this representational struggle, in a concluding section I explore the ongoing reappraisal of the Griersonian documentary tradition in key postmodern documentaries by Livesay and another prominent Canadian documentary poet, Daphne Marlatt.
Table S2. Paediatric/adolescent and adult acute myeloid leukaemia patient subgroup comparisons (TARGET and TCGA, respectively) for 144 genes of interest (GOI).
Creators: name: Davis, Lindsay
name: Mills, Ken
name: Orchard, Kim
name: Guinn, Barbara
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: mRNA-sequencing
acute myeloid leukaemia
paediatric/adolescent and adult

description: Supplementary Table 2 shows the results from mRNA-sequencing data that was used to perform acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) patient subgroup comparisons. Data was analysed from publicly accessible databases and paediatric/adolescents and adults with AML were compared (TARGET and TCGA, respectively). Genes of interest (GOIs) identified for this analysis included 144 antigens that had been identified by the authors, as the focus of mRNA-sequence analysis, based on literature searches and our own experience of antigen identification. An adjusted p value is shown where the GOI was significantly differentially expressed (BH-adjusted p value where p < 0.01).
description: This work was funded in part by Leukaemia and Lymphoma N.I., grant code R2536CNR.
Are fluid resuscitation strategies associated with hospital mortality in severely septic patients? A retrospective cohort study
Creators: name: McIntyre, Lauralyn Ann
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Health Sciences, Medicine and Surgery.
subject: Health Sciences, Public Health.

description: Background. Fluid resuscitation is the foundation of severe sepsis management as it is a key factor for optimizing cardiac output, and hence restoring hemodynamic stability and perfusion to the tissues. Objective. To examine for the association between quantity (primary), type (secondary) and method (secondary) of fluid administered in the first six hours after the identification of severe sepsis and hospital mortality. Conclusion. In this retrospective cohort study, quantity and type of fluid administered in the first six hours after the identification of severe sepsis were not associated with hospital mortality. However, there was a trend toward a reduction in hospital mortality for the group that received fluid boluses and fluid infusions as compared to fluid infusions alone. Future research is required to determine optimal fluid resuscitation practices for patients with severe sepsis.
Membrane fouling reduction by the incorporation of hydrophilic surface modifying macromolecules in ultrafiltration membrane manufacturing
Creators: name: Nguyen, Hai Anh
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Civil.

description: Ultrafiltration membranes have been increasingly used for drinking water disinfection and the removal of natural organic matter (NOM) to avoid the formation of toxic disinfection by-products (DBPs). A key feature of membranes is their decreasing water yield with time or fouling. This study investigates polyethersulfone (PES) ultrafiltration membrane surface modification as a fouling reduction strategy for drinking water treatment applications. The key features of our surface modification are the addition of hydrophi lic surface modifying macromolecules (LSMMs), specially developed in our lab for this purpose. Flat sheet membranes were prepared with different PES concentrations, polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) and with different concentrations of three types of LSMMs (LSMM200, 400, and 600) via a single-step casting process. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Teachers' competency tests in Ontario: A survey of teachers' opinions.
Creators: name: Sarwar, Khalid M.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Education, Administration.

description: The Government of Ontario has introduced a teacher competency program in the province. Under the program, all new teachers will now have to pass a standard, province-wide qualifying test before they can start teaching in schools. In Ontario, teacher competency testing is a relatively new concept. However, such tests are already in practice in almost all states in the USA. The initial reaction of Ontario teachers' associations and their leaders was quite critical of the competency testing. However, the statements opposing competency testing were made by the associations and their leaders; to the knowledge of the researcher, no study or research available showing the opinions of Ontario teachers themselves. This study aims to ascertain the opinions of the teachers of Eastern Ontario about the teacher competency testing program. After comparing various popular models of educational program evaluation, the CIPP model was selected for this study. CIPP is an acronym for the four basic components of evaluations this model recommends, namely: context evaluation, input evaluation, process evaluation and product evaluation. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Understanding somatization: A phenomenological-hermeneutic approach.
Creators: name: De Laplante, Lori Teresa.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Psychology, Clinical.

description: Somatization is a phenomenon that poses a tremendous challenge for patients and physicians alike. No health problem raises more confusion, anxiety, frustration and helplessness than distressing physical symptoms, such as pain or fatigue, which doctors are unable to explain. A phenomenological-hermeneutic investigation was therefore conducted to better understand this mysterious phenomenon and to determine why the Western health care system has such difficulty understanding and treating somatizing patients who suffer from medically unexplained physical symptoms. It was hypothesized that flawed philosophical, theoretical and/or methodological assumptions are partially at fault. As such foundational assumptions are implicit and taken-for-granted their validity is rarely questioned, yet their implications for treatment are profound. To explore this hypothesis, four models of somatization were reviewed and critically evaluated to identify how their foundational assumptions may be contributing to or impeding progress in the conceptualization and treatment of somatization. These include the neuropsychiatric, biopsychosocial, psychoanalytic and narrative models of somatization. After outlining the foundations of a phenomenological-hermeneutic approach, the models of somatization were presented, along with a description of how the symptoms of a particular clinical case would likely be conceptualized. Each model was then evaluated in three stages: (1) explication of foundational assumptions, (2) evaluation of strengths and weaknesses, and (3) implications for the problematic of somatization. As a result of this evaluation, specific foundational assumptions have been identified which interfere with the ability of certain models to adequately capture the richness and complexity of somatization as it is lived and experienced by individual sufferers. These flawed foundational assumptions result in inaccurate or incomplete conceptualizations which hinder the ability of proponents to design effective treatments. As a result, some models are contributing inadvertently to the suffering experienced by their patients. While the models varied significantly in terms of their strengths and weaknesses, a cross-model comparison identified a number of foundational, conceptual and treatment issues that remain unresolved or inadequately addressed by the models as a whole. The final chapter described how a phenomenological-hermeneutic approach can begin to address these issues and provide a novel contribution to the understanding and treatment of somatization.
Study of far-side geometrical enhancement in surface-enhanced Raman scattering
Creators: name: Perera, Nilusha
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Recent advances in fabrication techniques have expanded the potential applications of surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) sensing, especially in the fields of chemical and biomolecular trace sensing. Noble metals of Au, Ag, Cu and Al are commonly used for nanostructured films fabrication. This PhD thesis investigated an increase in the signal from Ag SERS films on transparent substrates when the sample is illuminated in the far-side geometry compared to the conventional direct illumination. The main experimental results of the far-side SERS signal dependence on excitation wavelength, substrate material and angle of incidence were then compared to theoretical model predictions derived from complex Fresnel equations.
Molecular evolution of the alpha-amylase genes of Bombyx mori and other insects.
Creators: name: Simons, Pamela J.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1993
Subjects: subject: Biology, Molecular.

description: The gene of the ubiquitous starch degrading enzyme $\alpha$-amylase has been chosen to study evolutionary mechanisms and the relationships between several insect groups. In this project, the $\alpha$-amylase gene sequence of a representative of the order Lepidoptera, Bombyx mori, was determined. The coding region of Bombyx and the seven other insect genes are approximately the same size and have at least 60% identity with one another. There are various numbers of introns dispersed throughout the loci but often sites are shared between two or more species. There is evidence of differing codon biases among the genes with Drosophila and Anopheles being very GC rich and Choristoneura and Tribolium having virtually no bias. Biases caused discrepancies between the phylogenetic trees created by several different methods. Representatives of the same order always grouped together as predicted, but the order within the Lepidoptera varied with the method used. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Plain language summary for the manuscript:The Health and Financial Costs of COVID-19 in the Year After Infection in US Adults
Creators: name: Scott, Amie
name: Khan, Farid
name: Benigno, Michael
name: Malhotra, Deepa
name: Reimbaeva, Maya
name: Fusco, Manuela Di
name: Atwell, Jessica E.
Publisher: name: Pfizer
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 320211
subject: Infectious diseases
classificationCode: 380108
subject: Health economics
classificationCode: 420207
subject: Major global burdens of disease

description: This is a plain language summary (PLS) of an article published in a peer-reviewed scientific journal. This PLS is not peer-reviewed. The publisher of the original manuscript was not involved in the preparation of this PLS and has neither reviewed nor approved its content.
Enhancement of thermal performance of buildings using cementitious composites containing phase change material
Creators: name: Ramakrishnan, Saya
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This thesis contributes to the thermal energy storage enhancement of buildings with the application of phase change material (PCM) integrated cementitious composites. Two major issues hindering the widespread usage of PCM in cementitious composites were identified as instability or leakage of PCM and poor heat transfer rates due to their low thermal conductivity. This study developed a novel PCM composite to overcome these issues and promising results were achieved. The experimental and numerical study on the developed PCM composite integrated cement-based materials showed significant enhancement in thermal energy storage and thermal performance of buildings without associated leakage issues.
Plasma polymerized membranes for gas separation.
Creators: name: Sarofeim, Marie Thérèse.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1994
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Chemical.

description: A plasma-polymerized thin layer was deposited on the top surface of the skin layer of the asymmetric polyethersulfone Victrex (PES) membrane to plug the ultrafine pores. Aniline was used as the monomer gas of plasma polymerization. Surface characterization by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) measurements has been used to gain insights into the chemistry of plasma-modified membrane surfaces. The steady-state permeation rates for hydrogen, helium, methane, nitrogen, oxygen and carbon dioxide through the asymmetric PES membranes with the plasma modification were measured to evaluate the permeability and the permselectivity. The effect of polyaniline plasma and deposition time on the transport properties of plasma deposits are also discussed. In another set of experiments mixtures of CH$\sb4$/CO$\sb2$ with known compositions were separated using a laminated PES membrane. The modified resistance model was employed to analyze the data of PES membranes laminated with a layer of 1.5 mil silicone unbacked rubber.
Xenocona superstes
Creators: name: Nascimento, Francisco Eriberto De L.
name: Botero, Juan Pablo
name: Jimenez, Angelo Julián Ávila-
name: Goycolea, Carolina Cristal
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cerambycidae
Xenocona
Xenocona superstes

description: Xenocona superstes (Erichson, 1847)
(Fig. 4)
Material examined. COLOMBIA, Boyacá: Arcabuco (Vda. Rupavita, Campamento, Bosque Andino, 5°44'13"N 73°24'49.6"W), 2759 m, 10–18.X.2018, Equipo BoyacáBio leg. (IAvH-E-209190); Guayatá (Vereda Guamural, Finca Los Marcos, 4°26’46’’N 73° 29’35”W), 1700 m, 1 female, 20.I.2002, Barragán leg. (UNAB). Caquetá: San Vicente del Caguán (PNN Picachos, 2°47’51”N 74°51’18”W), 1560 m, 1 male, XI.1997, Malaisse, F. Escobar leg. (IAvH-E-209943). Huila (PNN Guácharos Cabaña Cedros, 1°37’N 76°6’W), 2100 m, 1 male, 21.XII.2001 – 5.I.2002, Malaisse, C. Cortés leg. (IAvH-E-209942). Norte de Santander (PNN Tamá Alto de Herrera, Vda. Diamante, 7°7’N 72°13’W), 1 male, 29.IX.1999, Malaisse, E. González leg. (IAvH-E-209941).
Geographical distribution. Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia (Santa Cruz). A new country record from Colombia (Boyacá, Caquetá, Huila, Norte de Santander) is added.
description: Published as part of Nascimento, Francisco Eriberto De L., Botero, Juan Pablo, Jimenez, Angelo Julián Ávila- & Goycolea, Carolina Cristal, 2025, Two new species of Xenocona Gilmour, 1960 (Cerambycidae, Lamiinae) with biogeographical notes, pp. 422-432 in Zootaxa 5590 (3) on page 427, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5590.3.7, http://zenodo.org/record/14953379
Red blood cell spacing in capillaries of rat heart.
Creators: name: Silverman, David A.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: Biology, Animal Physiology.

description: Theoretical studies have demonstrated a pronounced effect of red blood cell (RBC) spacing on tissue oxygen supply. In spite of this, realistic values for RBC spacing and related capillary hematocrit (Hct) are not known in the heart. One of the possible reasons is the lack of proper methodology. Thus, the goal of this research study was twofold: (i) to develop a method to rapidly freeze rat heart in situ, following which RBCs and capillary walls could be simultaneously visualized, and (ii) to apply this methodology in rat hearts to establish whether differences exist in capillary Hct and RBC spacing in two distinct locations within the capillary bed, in the subendo- and midmyocardium, during diastole or systole. The results of this study suggest that different geometrical conditions (e.g. RBC spacing and capillary Hct) exist at the two distinct locations of the capillary bed studied. Presumably, the oxygen supply conditions in distal portions of the capillary bed are improved by these geometrical adjustments, preventing hypoxic or anoxic conditions in the tissue, which would be detrimental to cardiac function. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Palladium(II)-catalyzed regiospecific and stereospecific cycloaddition reactions of aziridines and azetidines with heterocumulenes.
Creators: name: Baeg, Jin-Ook.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: Chemistry, Inorganic.

description: A study has been made of cycloaddition reactions of 3- and 4-membered ring nitrogen-containing heterocycles with heterocumulenes in the presence of Pd(II) catalyst. Bis(benzonitrile)palladium dichloride, Pd(PhCN)$\sb2$Cl$\sb2$, smoothly catalyzes the completely regioselective reactions of 1,2-disubstituted aziridines with N,N-diarylcarbodiimides to give imidazolidinimines in high yield. Similar cycloaddition reactions involving 1,2,3-trisubstituted aziridines and heterocumulenes (carbodiimides, isocyanates and isothiocyanates) provide regio- and stereospecific routes to imidazolinimines, imidazolidinones, and thiazolidinimines. Pd(PhCN)$\sb2$Cl$\sb2$-catalyzed cycloaddition reactions of chiral, optically active 1,2-disubstituted aziridines with heterocumulenes proceed with retention of configuration affording the corresponding five-membered ring heterocycles in high yield and in optically pure form. The study of the reaction of aziridines with N,N-diarylsulfurdiimide in the presence of a Pd(II) catalyst resulted in the discovery of a new and unusual cyclization furnishing imidazolidinethiones. Cycloaddition reactions of azetidines with heterocumulenes (carbodiimides and isothiocyanates) are also catalyzed by Pd(PhCN)$\sb2$Cl$\sb2$ and afford tetrahydropyridin-2-imines and tetrahydro-1,3-thiazine-2-imines, respectively, in a regio- and stereospecific manner in excellent yield. On the basis of results obtained, including spectroscopic studies and X-ray analysis, a mechanism has been proposed for the cycloaddition reactions of the N-heterocycles with heterocumulenes. A bis(azetidine)palladium complex was isolated and shown to be catalytically active for the reaction of azetidines with heterocumulenes. Numerous heterocyclic compounds have been prepared for the first time, some of them having the potential for pharmacological activity.
Field-dependence-independence and competitive behavior in the prisoner's dilemma game situation.
Creators: name: Kerr, Karen E.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1978
Subjects: subject: Psychology, Behavioral.

description: The present study investigated the relationship between competitive behaviour in a conflict situation and field-dependence-independence. It was hypothesized that individuals who scored toward the field-independent end of the FI-FD continuum would tend to be competitive whereas individuals who scored toward the field-dependent end would tend to be less competitive. The matching of individuals according to cognitive style was also considered. It was predicted that a FI-FI match would result in a greater number of competitive responses than a FD-FD match. The third hypothesis predicted that a FI-FD match would result in more competitive than cooperative responses being made. The research sample included individuals over nineteen years of age drawn from a variety of academic and occupational backgrounds. Eighty-four individuals participated (forty-four females and forty males). They were classified as either field-dependent or field-independent based on the Hidden Figures Test V and assigned to one of the three matched conditions. They then played the Prisoner's Dilemma game; the experimental conflict situation. T-tests were calculated comparing the mean number of competitive responses. The level of significance was set at (p < .05). Statistical significance was obtained for each hypothesis. These results indicated that there is a relationship between the degree of psychological differentation of an individual and his behaviour in a two-person conflict situation.
Holographic Entanglement Entropy and Quantum Covariant Bit Threads
Creators: name: Kasi Reddy, Sreeman Reddy
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2024
Subjects: Entanglement
Quantum gravity
Holography

description: In this thesis, we first review some aspects of holographic entanglement entropy. We mainly consider the prescriptions that are called RT prescription, covariant HRT prescription and QES prescription. We next review how RT, HRT, and the static case of QES prescriptions can be reformulated in terms of bit threads. In the last chapter, we propose a definition for quantum covariant bit threads and give incomplete proof that it is equivalent to the QES prescription.
YOSH AVLODNING EKOLOGIK VA ESTETIK  MADANYATINI SHAKLLANTIRISHNI ILMIY –PEDAGOGIK ASOSLARI
Creators: name: Azimov, Ozod
name: Iboyeva, Gulsanam
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: Jahon miqyosda ekologik muammolar va estetik ong o‘rtasidagi o‘zaro bog‘liqlik tobora ortib bormoqda. Zamonaviy jamiyatda ekologik ong va estetik madaniyat yosh avlodning dunyoqarashini shakllantirishda muhim rol o‘ynaydi. Ekologik inqiroz natijasida insoniyat tabiatga bo‘lgan munosabatini qayta ko‘rib chiqishga majbur bo‘lmoqda. Shu bois yoshlarning ekologik estetik ideallarni qabul qilish madaniyatini shakllantirish dolzarb masalaga aylangan. Bugungi globallashuv jarayonida ekologik tafakkur va estetik qadriyatlarning uyg‘unligi ekologik barqarorlik, madaniy merosni asrash va tabiiy muhitni go‘zallik timsoli sifatida qabul qilishni o‘rgatish bilan bevosita bog‘liq. Jahon tajribasi shuni ko‘rsatadiki, rivojlangan davlatlarda ekologik ta'lim va estetik madaniyat integratsiyasi orqali yoshlar ongida ekologik mas’uliyat hissi kuchaytirilmoqda.
Hormonal Fluctuation and Its Effects on Emotion Regulation and Depressive Symptoms
Creators: name: Spitz, Juliet Elizabeth
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2021
Subjects: Emotion Regulation
Depressive Symptoms
Menstrual Cycle
Oral Contraceptives
Emotion Regulation Self-efficacy
Affect
Contraceptives
Emotions
Hormones
Mental Depression

description: Hormone fluctuation has been associated with depressive symptoms. Previous research has demonstrated that the efficacy of emotion regulation differs by menstrual cycle phase. Inconsistency in the efficacy of emotion regulation could decrease emotion regulation self-efficacy, which could lead to depressive symptoms. To investigate if poor emotion regulation and poor emotion regulation self-efficacy link the relationship between hormone fluctuation and depressive symptoms, we had subjects (18-25 years old) complete measures of depressive symptoms and emotion regulation self-efficacy. They also reported state negative affect before and after negative videos so we could assess their efficacy of emotion regulation. We operationalized hormone fluctuation with four groups: naturally cycling females (most fluctuation), females with an IUD or hormonal implant (less fluctuation), females taking monophasic oral contraceptives (most stable females), and males (stable). We found that the monophasic group had higher scores of depressive symptoms than males when sensitization (reaction to the second video compared to the first), efficacy of emotion regulation, Furthermore, only among naturally cycling females, the efficacy of emotion regulation was negatively associated with depressive symptoms. Our findings suggest that monophasic oral contraceptives may not effectively improve depressive symptoms through improving emotion regulation. Additionally, the efficacy of emotion regulation seems to be particularly important for those with greater hormonal fluctuation.
How Gentrification is Killing Our Public Schools
Creators: name: Aranibar, Maria
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Gentrification

description: The city of Somerville has experienced rapid gentrification and development projects, with the Green Line expansion and $256 million renovation of the local public high school. Once a diverse city, it is now facing issues of displacement due to these rapid changes. This paper will explore the effects of gentrification and focus on surveillance to highlight how students of color at Somerville High have been affected. With the use of 10 interviews from Somerville High Alumni and their narratives, this paper links in-school policing to the active process of gentrification and institutional mourning.
A knock on the door: a non-fiction artefact and exegesis
Creators: name: Schwartz, Larry
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This thesis examines the way refugee theatre activists responded to negative media coverage of asylum seekers in Australia. It also reflects on the relative lack of journalists' perspectives in academic debates, which were highly critical of the profession. These problems are addressed in a non-fiction book and an accompanying exegesis. The book examines theatre activism as a counter-narrative to the media coverage, which many saw as influenced by Howard Government attempts to reduce sympathy for asylum seekers. The exegesis analyses the method and inspiration for the primary text from the perspective of a journalist who covered the issue extensively.
Quantifying Rhetoric: White Nationalism in Congress
Creators: name: Christensen, Claire Niewolny
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Political Ideology
subject: Political Extremism
subject: Ideological Scaling
subject: Political Science
subject: FOS: Political science
subject: Racism or Race Relation

description: Right-wing extremism and white nationalism are creeping into the political mainstream, painting a very stark and worrying picture. However, the visceral reaction many of the non-racist public are having to these developments could simply be a highly emotional overreaction to what is, in reality, a small change. As well, the news media could simply be discussing and writing about extremist campaigns and officials disproportionately. This thesis endeavors to answer the question: has Congress increased its use of White Nationalist rhetoric over the last two decades, and what are the possible factors causing any change? I utilize two different methods to quantify the similarity between the rhetoric of the US House, namely, the Hein Daily Record and the members’ tweets, and a Corpus of White Nationalist texts. I analyze how the similarity changes over time using a variety of trend analysis methods. The findings of this analysis are inconclusive but indicate how further research can refine the quantification method to produce a measure of White Nationalist or other extremist ideology within a given text. This is an important extension of the current methods for Ideological Scaling within political science because it isn’t bound to the traditional left-right measurement scale. 
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Applications of chaos theory and fractal geometry in the music of Gyorgy Ligeti
Creators: name: Lefresne, Brian J
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Music.

description: In addition to incorporating various constructs from western and non-western music, 20th-century composer Gyorgy Ligeti utilises non-musical influences within his music. One such extra-musical source is the scientific field of chaos theory and fractal geometry. Three compositions that display qualities associated with this scientific field include Atmospheres , the Fourth Movement of the Konzert fur Klavier und Orchester, and Etude pour piano, No. 17, "A bout de souffle". Analysis and re-analysis of these works by the use of rhythmic and post-tonal theory will demonstrate the presence of elements associated with this field within his music. To enhance these findings, primary sources located at the Paul Sacher Stiftung in Basel, Switzerland will be examined. In conjunction, these three elements will show that the form and structure of the said works contain and display influences of this non-musical paradigm.
Kitsap County 4-H Newsletter, December 2020
Creators: name: Washington State University Kitsap County Extension
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2020
Subjects: 4-H Club

description: Contents:
description: Important Dates
description: In the Spotlight
description: 4-H in Kitsap County
description: State & National 4-H Opportunities
description: 4-H Fundraisers
description: Scholarship Opportunities
description: Volunteer News
description: 4-H Office Contact Information
Housing adaptations to contemporary social, economic and demographic changes: the case of renter-owner households in Australia
Creators: name: McPherson, Ailsa
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This thesis explores one housing adaptation outside of the conventional owner/renter housing tenure dichotomy, namely renter-ownership, whereby a household lives in private rental while owning other property. Research for this thesis finds that one in ten renter households in Australia own property they do not live in, or around three per cent of all households, based on available secondary data. Taking into account property ownership identifies household polarisation between ‘property haves’ and ‘property have-nots’, irrespective of tenure status. This thesis demonstrates the need to consider property ownership, rather than tenure status, as one contributing factor to household divisions.
Preparation, Acquisition, and Analysis of Biological Samples Using MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry
Creators: name: Alfaro, Josue
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2012
Subjects: MALDI-TOF
MALDI Imaging
Sample preparation
Classification
Biomarkers

description: Matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) imaging of tissue samples is an ever growing field which has the potential to advance proteomics and biomarker discoveries for disease related research. One of the largest obstacles the technique must face is the lack of standardization among the protocols used to carry out imaging. Here, an overall review of sample preparation is presented. Attention is given to the process known as washing. Tissue images relay information on the position and relative quantity of proteins and other biomolecules within an organ section. The washing process is crucial in ensuring that protein delocalization does not occur while also ensuring that the signal-to-noise ratio is not diminished after matrix application. Finally, classification algorithms provide a method of differentiating and identifying various tissues given MALDI-MS spectral data. A set of these classification algorithms are reviewed and optimized to provide better classification for use in MALDI tissue biomarker discovery and medical applications.
Surgical Fetal Intervention: Assessing the Current Practices of Genetic Counselors
Creators: name: Melley, Caitlin
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2009
Subjects: Fetal Anomaly
Fetal Intervention
Genetic Counseling
Surgery

description: The option of surgical fetal intervention (SFI) for the treatment of fetal anomalies is relatively new. It is generally recommended for anatomic problems that cause ongoing damage to either the developing fetus or the mother. It is important that parents considering SFI receive counseling from a medical professional before making a decision; prenatal genetic counselors are in an ideal position to do this. This study was designed to assess prenatal genetic counselors’ current knowledge, experience, and comfort level with SFI, and to compare two groups of counselors: those who work in a fetal intervention setting and those who do not. We recruited prenatal genetic counselors through the National Society of Genetic Counselors (NSGC) Listserv who had a minimum of one year of clinical experience and saw patients at least eight hours per week to take a quantitative survey. The survey consisted of multiple choice, Likert scale, and open-ended questions. We collected the survey data in SPSS and completed ANOVA and correlation analysis. We received 82 completed surveys: 28 from fetal intervention counselors and 54 from general prenatal counselors. All respondents were aware of SFI and 84% reported experience counseling for SFI. However, we found a wide range of knowledge levels from questions on details about the surgeries and the use of SFI for specific fetal anomalies. Those counselors who worked in a fetal intervention setting had significantly higher overall knowledge and comfort scores, but not experience scores. We found that 61.3% of respondents first learned about SFI in their genetic counseling training, but 41.5% felt their program did not prepare them well to counsel for it. Our findings indicate that there is a need for genetic counseling programs to increase the amount of time they spend teaching about SFI. It also indicates a need for educational materials and learning opportunities for practicing genetic counselors.