cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
A Non-filtering Gear Fault Detection Method
Creators: name: Mayo, Elise
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: Fault
Detection
Gear
Non-Filtering
Energy Opterator

description: Rotating elements, including gears, are one of the most problematic elements in machinery. It is not preferable to monitor their condition visually considering time and money is required to take apart the machine to observe the parts. Monitoring of gears is important because the failure of such elements can cause major damage to machinery. A few non-invasive methods are proposed, however vibration analysis is, so far, the most efficient way to monitor the condition of the gear. Vibrations are caused by the continuous contact between the two rotating gears. When a fault occurs, the signal is modified in different ways depending on the type of fault - distributed or local. Many fault detection methods are effective for one type of fault or the other. In this thesis, several methods are proposed with the objective of finding an efficient method for both types of faults. The calculus enhanced energy operator (CEEO), previously designed for bearing fault detection, is proposed here for the first time on gears. Two other methods, the EO123 and EO23, are derived based on the original energy operator. The proposed methods are filter free, simple and can handle a certain level of noise and interference. With the exception of low rotational frequencies of the gears, it can be concluded from simulated and experimentally-obtained signals that the CEEO method can handle noise better than the other proposed methods and that the EO23 method can handle interference better than the others. Different conditions determine the effectiveness of the methods.
Hojear y ojear un diccionario
Creators: name: Arribas Esteras, Maria Nieves
Publisher: name: Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia - Università degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2011

description: En los últimos años se ha multiplicado la publicación de diccionarios especializados para aprendices de lengua española como lengua extranjera. Este trabajo se propone analizar uno de los productos lexicográficos pioneros de este sector, el Diccionario de Salamanca de 1996, para mostrar ciertas pautas sobre los criterios que nos ayudan a calibrar la calidad de una obra así. Se trata de comprender hasta qué punto debe ser diferente del elaborado para usuarios nativos en general comparándolo con dos volúmenes representativos de lexicografía no especializada en ELE: el de la Real Academia (DRAE) y el Diccionario del Español Actual (DEA), considerado hoy en día como uno de los mejores que hay en el mercado. Se reflexionará por tanto sobre cuáles son los elementos útiles, necesarios e incluso imprescindibles en el sector dedicado a este tipo de usuarios.
description: ENTHYMEMA, N° 5 (2011)
The Struggle for Preventative and Early Detection Networking: The ‘Asabiyya-Driven Structuration of Women’s Breast Cancer in the Arab Region
Creators: name: Luqman, Arwa
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: breast cancer
Arab
World Health Organization
early detection
prevention
government
non-governmental organization
ministry of health
Egypt
Jordan
Morocco
Oman
Eastern Mediterranean Region
'asabiyya
social network
networking
structuration
social capital
autopoiesis
qualitative
content analysis
in-depth interviews

description: By 2020, cancer mortality rates are estimated to increase by 180% in Arab countries, where breast cancer is the most common type of cancer. This thesis explores and evaluates the ‘asabiyya-driven structuration (the cohesive force of the group that gives it strength in facing its struggles for progressive reproduction) of cancer agents, government agents, and the World Health Organization agents for breast cancer prevention and early detection in the Arab region. The layers of the philosophical standing from Ibn Khaldûn’s concept of ‘asabiyya and the theoretical foundation of social systems theory, structuration theory, social network analysis, and social capital theory are peeled in order to explore and evaluate the context, constraints, social networks, autopoiesis, and social capital. Utilizing a qualitative research design, this thesis employs content analysis and in-depth interviews, as well as NVivo as a tool for analysis. Data is collected from 122 publications and knowledgeable informants employed by cancer agencies, ministries of health, and World Health Organization offices in Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, and Oman. The findings are divided into the contextual scope of responsibility and resources, the progressive and hierarchal constraining structure, the optimal and weak social networks, the strong and vulnerable shields of autopoiesis, and the presence and absence of social capital momentum, followed by a discussion on the the struggle for structuration against breast cancer. The findings demonstrate that countries with a national cancer control program witness local strengthening ‘asabiyya and ‘asabiyya-driven structuration, while those without a national cancer control program witness weakening local ‘asabiyya. Ultimately, this thesis proposes strategic recommendations to accelerate the regional ‘asabiyya-driven structuration of breast cancer.
title: EVALUATION OF ERROR TYPES AND RISK ANALYSIS OF EFFICIENCY IN LONG NURSING APPLICATIONS
title: Статья
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: YILDIRIM, Ayşe
Publisher: name: "Южный Университет (ИУБиП)"
Year: 2020
Subjects: EFFİCİENCY
NURSİNG
ATTİTUDE
LABOR PRODUCTİVİTY

Abstract
Somali immigrants in Ottawa: The causes of their migration and the challenges of resettling in Canada.
Creators: name: Abdulle, Mohamoud H.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: Sociology, Ethnic and Racial Studies.

description: In less than a decade, from 1988 to 1996, more than 55,000 Somali refugees had arrived in Canada of which more than 7,000 thousand resettled in Canada's capital, Ottawa. The Somali migration represents the largest black immigrant group ever to come to Canada in such a short time. The push and pull factors of this Somali refugee influx included the bloody and prolonged civil war that has plagued Somalia since 1988, the repressive policies of the military regime of late President Siad Barre (1969--1991), the colonial dismemberment of Somalia into three different parts and the economic hardships characteristic of postcolonial Africa. Unlike many other refugee groups such as the Vietnamese, most Somalis made it to Canada on their own without the assistance of the Canadian government or other humanitarian organizations. The overwhelming majority of Somalis entered Canada as refugees under the Refugee Class of the Immigration Act. As they began the process of resettling in Canada, Somali refugees encountered enormous difficulties in adjusting to Canada's socio-economic and political environment. Findings of this thesis indicated that Cultural, technological and linguistic differences between Somali refugees and the host society seem to have had profound impact on the integration pace of Somali refugees. This study dealt with the background factors of Somali immigrants to Canada and the challenges they faced in resettling in a country that shares little with Somalia in terms of culture, language and religion.
The ecology, distribution and management of Arthraxon hispidus (Hairy Jointgrass) in north-eastern NSW
Creators: name: White, Laura Aimee
Publisher: name: Southern Cross University
Year: 2020
Subjects: Arthraxon hispidus
Hairy Jointgrass
Threatened species
Conservation
Plant ecology

description: The ecology and distribution of threatened grass Arthraxon hispidus in north-eastern NSW was investigated to inform conservation management. Preferred habitat comprised high-moisture, low-canopy conditions, typically found within various native freshwater wetland communities, as well as within disturbed habitats. Mapping and modelling suggest the species is more common in north-eastern NSW than previously thought. Disturbances, such as burning, promoted germination and recruitment of the species, especially among dominant exotic terrestrial perennial weeds. The species showed some seedbank persistence, however, plant cover declined under drought conditions. Protection and restoration of native wetlands could conserve habitat for A. hispidus while promoting regional biodiversity.
Supplementary document for Nearly dispersion-less multicolor metasurface beam deflector for near eye display designed by physicsdriven deep neural network - 5188602.pdf
Creators: name: Chen, Wenqing
name: Zhang, Dasen
name: Long, Shangyu
name: Liu, Zhenzhen
name: Xiao, Jun Jun
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: detailed binary sequence of the structure; electric field of RGB components; computational cost
Implicazioni stilistiche della metrica giudiciana: L’enjambement ne La Vita in versi
Creators: name: Conte, Marco
Publisher: name: Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia - Università degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2011

description: Mediante l’analisi del ricorso all’enjambement nella raccolta poetica La Vita in versi di Giovanni Giudici, nella valutazione delle sue conseguenze metrico-ritmiche e della sua intensità, e nella descrizione delle sue implicazioni stilistico-espressive, si verifica l’interazione del livello metrico-semantico e del significante poetico nel determinare l’efficacia e la memorabilità dei versi della silloge, uno dei più notevoli episodi di realismo poetico del Novecento italiano.
description: ENTHYMEMA, N° 5 (2011)
Creating opportunities for continuous development: action learning principles may show the way
Creators: name: Lasky, Barbara
name: Tempone, Irene
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Faced with strong competition for govermnent research funds to enable its survival and growth, the School of Business at Swinburne University set in place a number of strategies aimed at changing the old consulting culture into a thriving research and publishing culture. Successful in initiating strategies that have effectively promoted and supported teachers' initial research efforts, it is now time to vigorously engage the academic staff in a process of continuous development as published researchers. It is posited that the conscious application of action learning principles may show the way.
Nikolaj Ivanovič Nikolaev, La critica non ufficiale al «metodo formale» nella cultura russa degli anni ‘20
Creators: name: La Rocca, Giuseppina
Publisher: name: Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia - Università degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2011

description: Nell’ultima parte della traduzione del testo di Nikolaev viene conclusa la trattazione relativa alla critica non ufficiale al «metodo formale». Il saggio continua a discutere le posizioni di personalità quali Vinokur, Žirmunskij, Vinogradov, ma anche Pumpjanskij e Kagan alla luce della «periodizzazione» del metodo formale offerta da Bachtin ne Il metodo formale nella scienza della letteratura. Si riflette contestualmente sulle reazioni dei formalisti e sugli sviluppi dello stesso movimento, presentando i risvolti che esso ha avuto in Europa attraverso il prisma della storiografia occidentale.
description: ENTHYMEMA, N° 5 (2011)
Rilevanza della forma grafica dello scritto giuridico (sul rapporto autore-editore-lettore)
Creators: name: Mignone, Gianni
Publisher: name: Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia - Università degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2011

description: L’editoria giuridica degli ultimi anni, anziché tendere all’adozione di criteri redazionali uniformi, sembra volgersi alla ricerca di modalità originali, apparentemente finalizzate al risparmio del singolo carattere tipografico. L’informatizzazione dei sistemi, che avrebbe potuto ampliare la gamma delle modalità comunicative, nella prospettiva di tali editori pare invece averla ridotta. In questo contesto l’autonomia espressiva dell’autore resta condizionata in un modo che non sembra giustificato né da un autentico risparmio, né da altre più elevate esigenze. La pubblicazione on-line può scavalcare di netto questi problemi.
description: ENTHYMEMA, N° 5 (2011)
L’esercizio e gli Essais. La retorica filosofica di Montaigne
Creators: name: Ronchetti, Emanuele
Publisher: name: Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia - Università degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2012

description: La scrittura degli Essais crea una forma di discorso filosofico pirroniano originale, adatto a esprimere la varietà infinita del mondo. Apre così  la strada a un metodo senza fine di indagine: la zetetica.
description: ENTHYMEMA, N° 6 (2012)
Travel choice modelling (set of models, code). Second release
Creators: name: Konstantinou, Christos
name: Giouroukelis, Marios
name: Mantouka, Eleni
name: Vlahogianni, Eleni
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Travel Behaviour Survey
Travel Choice Modelling
stated preference
CONEY
discrete choice analysis

description: This document represents the second deliverable, namely D3.2 “Travel Choice Modelling” from Task 3.3, “Travel choice modelling”. The objective of the deliverable is to define the process and methodology to develop travel choice models based on preference data elicited through a structured survey.To collect data for creating and calibrating travel choice models, a travel behaviour survey was designed and disseminated through the CONEY toolkit, which employs a conversational approach to collect stated preference data by enhancing user experience. The scope of the survey was to determine how the introduction of new services, the new traffic management strategies or the alteration of strategic goals in a city may affect travellers’ choices. The survey targeted to collect information from 1,000 participants for each case study in all four cities, and it was disseminated online and on-site. Until M28, 2,078 questionnaires had been collected across all cities, with the collected sample being well-distributed and overall suitable for model development.Based on the collected sample, parametric (Multinomial Logit) and machine learning (Random Forest) discrete choice models have been developed to predict the mode choice in an aggregated way. The results indicated that the Random Forest models outperformed parametric models in predicting the travel choice of each user in all cities. Moreover, the study investigated the factors that influence the choice among the available travel modes for each user. The most important factors for all cities studied were found to be the trip cost and the total duration of the journey, while other significant factors included age, income, and the degree of satisfaction with the current level of service of public transport.Overall, this study's findings aim to provide a basis for forecasting long-term demand shifts and provides valuable insights into travel mode choice which can inform future urban mobility planning efforts.
The production of phenolics-degrading enzymes in submerged and solid state fermentation and the decrease in phenolic content of canola meal using the white-rot fungus Pleurotus ostreatus.
Creators: name: Hu, Jinghua.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1999
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Agricultural.

description: Canola meal (CM) is a by-product of canola oil production. Because of the high nutritional composition CM has, it is often used as a protein source for livestock feeding. However, its usage is limited due to the presence of some undesirable compounds in CM, such as glucosinolates, phytic acid and phenolic compounds (mainly sinapic acid esters-SAE). The objectives of this research project were: (1) to study the production of phenolics-degrading enzymes secreted by the white-rot fungus Pleurotus ostreatus in submerged and solid state fermentation processes; (2) to examine the degradation of phenolic compounds in CM during solid state process. The effects of some operating parameters on enzyme production were investigated during the submerged process. Enzyme prepared from the submerged process was characterized using three substrates, sinapic acid (SA), sinapine (SIN) and sinapaldehyde (SALD). The production of enzyme and degradation of phenolics during solid state process were studied. Three surfactants, Triton X-100, Tween 80 and sodium oleate, were tested for their effects on the solid state process. Modeling of biomass and enzyme production, as well as SAE degradation during solid state process have been attempted. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Osteonecrosis of the femoral head safely healed with autologous, expanded, bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stromal cells in a multicentric trial with minimum 5 years follow-up
Creators: name: Gómez-Barrena, Enrique
name: Padilla-Eguiluz, Norma
name: Rosset, Philippe
name: Hernigou, Philippe
name: Baldini, Nicola
name: Ciapetti, Gabriela
name: Gonzalo-Daganzo, Rosa
name: Avendaño-Solá, Cristina
name: Rouard, Hélène
name: Giordano, Rosaria
name: Dominici, Massimo
name: Schrezenmeier, Hubert
name: Layrolle, Pierre
name: On Behalf Of The REBORNE Consortium,
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: femoral head osteonecrosis
subject: bone regeneration
subject: expanded MSC
subject: clinical trial
subject: DDC 610 / Medicine & health

description: Background: Osteonecrosis (ON) of the femoral head represents a potentially severe disease of the hip where the lack of bone regeneration may lead to femoral head collapse and secondary osteoarthritis, with serious pain and disability. The aim of this European, multicentric clinical trial was to prove safety and early efficacy to heal early femoral head ON in patients through minimally invasive surgical implantation of autologous mesenchymal stromal cells (MSC) expanded from bone marrow (BM) under good manufacturing practices (GMP). Methods: Twenty-two patients with femoral head ON (up to ARCO 2C) were recruited and surgically treated in France, Germany, Italy and Spain with BM-derived, expanded autologous MSC (total dose 140 million MSC in 7 mL). The investigational advanced therapy medicinal product (ATMP) was expanded from BM under the same protocol in all four countries and approved by each National Competent Authority. Patients were followed during two years for safety, based on adverse events, and for efficacy, based on clinical assessment (pain and hip score) and imaging (X-rays and MRIs). Patients were also reviewed after 5 to 6 years at latest follow-up for final outcome. Results: No severe adverse event was recalled as related to the ATMP. At 12 months, 16/20 per protocol and 16/22 under intention-to-treat (2 drop-out at 3 and 5 months) maintained head sphericity and showed bone regeneration. Of the 4 hips with ON progression, 3 required total hip replacement (THR). At 5 years, one patient (healed at 2 years visit) was not located, and 16/21 showed no progression or THR, 4/21 had received THR (all in the first year) and 1 had progressed one stage without THR. Conclusions: Expanded MSCs implantation was safe. Early efficacy was confirmed in 80% of cases under protocol at 2 years. At 5 years, the overall results were maintained and 19% converted to THR, all in the first year.
title: FACTORS AFFECTING JOB SATISFACTION OF THE COACH
title: Статья
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: KAYA, Engin
Publisher: name: "Южный Университет (ИУБиП)"
Year: 2020
Subjects: WORK SATİSFACTİON
MOTİVATİON
COOPERATİON
TRAİNİNG

Abstract
East/South East Asian ethnicity and moderate-to-severe endometriosis
Creators: name: Williams, Christina
name: Long, Alicia
name: Noga, Heather
name: Allaire, Catherine
name: Bedaiwy, Mohamed Ali, 1968-
name: Lisonkova, Sarka
name: Yong, Paul J.
Publisher: name: Elsevier
Year: 2022

description: Study objective: To investigate ethnic differences for moderate-to-severe endometriosis. Design: Analysis of a prospective registry (Canadian Task Force classification II-2). Setting: Tertiary referral center. Patients: A total of 1594 women with pelvic pain and/or endometriosis. Interventions: None MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: On logistic regression, adjusting for potential confounders, East/South East Asians were 8.3 times more likely than whites to have a previous diagnosis of stage III/IV endometriosis before referral (adjusted odds ratio [aOR], 8.33; 95% confidence interval [CI], 3.74-18.57), 2.7 times more likely to have a palpable nodule (aOR, 2.66; 95% CI, 1.57-4.52), 4.1 times more likely to have an endometrioma on ultrasound (aOR, 4.10; 95% CI, 2.68-6.26), and 10.9 times more likely to have stage III/IV endometriosis at the time of surgery at our center (aOR, 10.87; 95% CI, 4.34-27.21). Conclusion: Moderate-to-severe endometriosis was more common in women with East or South East Asian ethnicity in our tertiary referral center. This could be explained by East/South East Asians with minimal to mild disease being less likely to seek care or genetic/environmental differences that increase the risk of more severe disease among East/South East Asians. (ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT02911090.).
Development of a Combined Reed Bed – Freezing Bed Technology to Treat Septage in Cold Climates
Creators: name: Kinsley, Christopher
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: sludge dewatering
septage
reed bed
freezing bed
freeze-thaw conditioning

description: The Government of Ontario plans to ban the land application of untreated septage; however, most town wastewater treatment plants do not have the capacity to accept septage. A combined reed bed – freezing bed technology has been successfully developed to dewater and treat septage. Lab column studies established that freeze-thaw conditioning can restore drainage in clogged sand drying beds dosed with common biological sludges and that septage can be dosed at 10 cm/week for 2.5-5.0 months before clogging is observed. Pilot studies showed that freezing beds can operate without the need for a cover with the applied sludge effectively melting any snow cover in regions with moderate snowfall. Septage freezing was successfully modelled following an accepted model for ice formation on water bodies while septage thawing was modelled using a regression analysis with initial frozen depth and precipitation found to be insignificant and degree days of warming controlling the rate of thawing. Model results were utilized to produce a freezing bed design loading map for North America based on temperature normals. Field scale planted and unplanted reed bed – freezing bed systems were constructed and tested with varying hydraulic loading rates (1.9-5.9 m/y) and solid loading rates (43-144 kg/m2/y) over a 5 year period resulting in a recommended design hydraulic loading rate of 2.9 m/y or 75 kg/m2/y. Drainage rates doubled after freeze-thaw conditioning compared to during the growing season, suggesting that freeze-thaw conditioning restores filter hydraulic conductivity. No effect of solid loading rate, planted versus unplanted filters and 7 versus 21 d dosing cycles on filter drainage was observed; however, drainage varied significantly with hydraulic loading rate. The filters separated almost all contaminants with filtrate equivalent to a low-strength domestic wastewater which can be easily treated in any municipal or decentralized wastewater system. The dewatered sludge cake had similar nutrient and solid content to a solid dairy manure and met biosolid land application standards in terms of metals and pathogens. The combined reed bed-freezing bed technology can provide a low-cost solution for the treatment and reuse of septage in cold-climate regions.
(Trans)letteratura
Creators: name: Oropallo, Lorenzo
Publisher: name: Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia - Università degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2012

description: Secondo i principi della semiotica, disciplina a tutt’oggi ancora molto praticata, la letteratura è caratterizzata da una particolare strutturazione segnica e semantica che la distingue da tutte le altre espressioni artistiche; tuttavia, tale concezione poggia in realtà su una base estetica tradizionale che sola è capace di garantire l’autonomia (e l’eteronomia) del fatto letterario. According to semiotics, which is still very practiced nowadays, literature is characterized by a particular sign and semantic configuration that distinguishes it from all other arts; however, such conception is actually based on a traditional aesthetics that only can guarantee the autonomy (and the heteronomy) of literature.
description: ENTHYMEMA, N° 6 (2012)
Efficacy and Mechanism of Action of a Novel Class of Antic-Cancer Drugs
Creators: name: Teran, Claudia
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: nucleoside analogues
EC50
potency
pancreatic cancer
liver cancer
growth inhibition

description: The incidence of cancer worldwide has increased over the years, and gastrointestinal cancers (G.I.) are amongst the most common forms of cancer. Nevertheless, there is still no curative treatments for this group of tumors. Nucleoside analogues are widely used in cancer treatment. The prevailing compounds are Gemcitabine (used for pancreatic cancer and other carcinomas), 5-Fluorouracil (used in breast, colon, and other cancers), Cytarabine and Clofarabine (used in leukemias). Gemcitabine, the current standard of care for various forms of solid tumors, has a limited efficacy against pancreatic cancer. The objective of this project was the development of effective drugs against pancreatic cancer. We focused on a novel class of nucleoside analogues designed to bypass the most common cellular road blocks and resistance mechanisms. After an extensive screen for cell killing activity, two lead molecules were exclusively studied: LCB2151 and LCB2132. These two molecules showed high efficacy in killing human cancer cells from three different human G.I. cell lines: BxPC3 and Capan-2, two pancreatic cell lines representative of K-Ras positive and negative tumors, as well as the liver cell line HepG2. LCB2151 showed high efficacy in killing Gemcitabine-resistant cancer cells, and a low toxicity in normal cells. Interestingly, results show that these prodrugs can efficiently bypass key resistance mechanisms developed by cancer cells. The results obtained in this project are promising and could pave the way for a more effective treatment of pancreatic cancer.
Transmission augmentation in an oligopoly electricity market: part II (numerical studies)
Creators: name: Hesamzadeh, M. R.
name: Hosseinzadeh, N.
name: Wolfs, P. J.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This paper proposes a Three-Stage Model for transmission augmentation in restructured electricity markets. The mathematical formulation of the model is developed based on the game theory. Transmission Network Service Provider, TNSP, Generating Companies, GenCos, and Market Management Company, MMC, are placed in different stages of the model. These stages are linked to each other using the Leader-followers game and the concept of Nash equilibriums. An increase in transmission capacity can have two benefits for the electricity market; firstly, efficiency benefit in terms of improving the social surplus of the electricity industry, and, secondly, competition benefit which leads to increasing competition among generating companies. The introduced Three-Stage Model can capture both benefits of transmission projects in electricity markets. An effective numerical method is designed for solving the developed Three-Stage Model. A modified IEEE 14 example system is employed to show the effectiveness of the methodology. This paper has been organized in two parts. First part deals with the mathematical formulation of the algorithm and second part deals with the numerical studies. What follows is the second part of the paper.
Exploring the Role of Resources in Digital Transformation Initiatives
Creators: name: Adhikari Egodawele, Mekhala Hansini
Publisher: name: Southern Cross University
Year: 2023
Subjects: Digitalization
Digitization
Digital Transformation
Digital Technologies
Small and Medium Enterprises
SMEs
Developing Countries
Resources
Resource-based view
Dynamic capabilities
Configuration theory
Ambidexterity

description: In recent times, organizations have purported to undergo unprecedented transformations owing to the adoption of digital technologies such as social, mobile, analytics, cloud and internet-of-things (referred commonly as SMAC-I technologies), a phenomenon broadly termed as digital transformation. Many argue that digital technologies will minimize the ‘digital divide’ that appears based on the resource availability, particularly by providing substantial opportunities for less resourceful firms to compete with their resourceful counterparts. While there has been much discussion in academia on digital transformation, there exists several gaps in research: (i) albeit many consider digital technologies to have ‘low’ amount resources, anecdotal commentary suggests that digital transformation efforts are fraught with millions of dollars of investments; (ii) these initiatives are required to be viewed as a part of the business strategy where it would feature resources, inputs, outputs, frictions and clear overarching processes; (iii) a few studies provide a theory-driven, holistic understanding of the notion and feature the broader nomological net of digital transformation; and (iv) the terminological diversity and confusion of digitization, digitalization and digital transformation require further clarification. As such, this study contributes to this key tributary of knowledge by pursuing the research question: “How do organizations attain positive transformational outcomes in digital transformation initiatives?”, allowing the researcher to explore the current digital transformation literature with a focus on the role of salient resources while delving into the key phases, inputs, outputs and tensions featured in and the impact of resource scarcity on a successful digital transformation initiative. It follows the qualitative research methodology featuring multiple, in-depth, exploratory interpretive case studies that were selected using purposive sampling. The study employs an inductive, grounded theory method-based analysis of 230 peer-reviewed publications to derive an a-priori model featuring digital and non-digital factors that influence digital transformation initiatives. The instantiation of this model against the interpretive case studies results in an integrative model featuring four prominent theories of digital transformation literature and possible tensions between incumbent and new technologies with three key phases; assembly/sensing, configuration/seizing, and outcomes/transformation, influenced by the 3 non-digital and 3 digital considerations of competing value-propositions.
Supplementary document for Scattering of light by ZnO Nanorods Arrays - 5188855.pdf
Creators: name: Pereyra, Carlos
name: Campo, Lucía
name: Navarrete, Elena
name: Cuevas, Ana
name: Romero, Rocío
name: Ariosa, Daniel
name: Henríquez, Rodrigo
name: Muñoz, eduardo
name: Martin, Francisco
name: Ramos-Barrado, Jose
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Optical Properties of Materials

description: Supplemental material
Sven Birkerts, Il volo della civetta
Creators: name: Calarco, Giovanni
Publisher: name: Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia - Università degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2012

description: Traduzione del capitolo «The Owl Has Flown» da The Gutenberg Elegies.
description: ENTHYMEMA, N° 6 (2012)
Ol’ga V. Slivickaja, L’ottica di Tolstoj
Creators: name: Illarionova, Elizaveta
Publisher: name: Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia - Università degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2012

description: Si presenta di seguito la traduzione del saggio di Ol’ga Vladimirovna Slivickaja Il sistema ottico dell’Anna Karenina: approcci al tema della modernità dell’antropologia tostoiana, in pubblicazione a giugno 2012 nel “Jasnopoljanskij Sbornik” n. 26. Il saggio è dedicato alla foca- lizzazione nel romanzo di Tolstoj Anna Karenina, con particolare attenzione a come il cambiamento del punto di vista influenzi la rappresentazione dei personaggi. Viene in- dagata l’ottica della distanza da cui si osservano gli eroi tolstoiani: un’ottica che varia in base ai particolari scopi comunicativi delle diverse parti del romanzo.

description: ENTHYMEMA, N° 6 (2012)
The Cortisol Awakening Response In Children and Adolescents with a Parental History of Anxiety
Creators: name: Helleman, Amanda
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: Cortisol
Anxiety
Risk
Children
CAR

description: Objective: The current study used a high risk design to investigate whether the Cortisol Awakening Response (CAR) is a potential heritable trait marker of anxiety disorder risk. Method: The sample consisted of 274 healthy offspring (7-18 years old) including 101 offspring with a parental history of panic disorder (PD), generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), or social anxiety disorder (SAD) and 173 offspring with no parental psychopathology. Salivary cortisol was collected at wake-up, 30, and 60 minutes later, as well as at 4pm and 8pm on two consecutive days. The CAR was calculated using area under the curve with respect to ground (AUCg) and increase (AUCi). Correlation analyses of covariates were conducted. Results: No differences between high and low risk groups were detected when the combined sample of high risk offspring was examined. However, when anxiety disorder subtypes were considered, offspring with parental GAD or SAD had a significantly lower CAR and diurnal cortisol response than those with no parental psychopathology. No differences in the CAR or diurnal cortisol were found in offspring with parental PD. Age and puberty status correlated negatively with AUCg and awakening values and anxiety sensitivity correlated positively with AUCg and awakening values. Conclusions: A blunted CAR and diurnal cortisol response may represent a possible heritable risk marker that is specific to GAD or SAD. Further research is needed to confirm these findings. Study results may have important implications in identifying children at risk for anxiety disorders and creating early interventions intended to change the trajectory of risk.
Development of Vesiculovirus-based Therapeutics for Acute Leukemia
Creators: name: Conrad, David Paul
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: Leukemia
Treatment
Vesiculovirus
Apoptosis
Immunotherapy
Cytokines

description: Outcomes for most patients with acute leukemia remain dismal. In-vitro, vesiculovirus members induced rapid apoptosis of acute leukemia cells. Intravenous injection of lymphoblastic leukemia cells infected ex-vivo with attenuated Vesicular Stomatitis Virus or Maraba Virus followed by gamma-irradiation, controlled leukemic progression in murine recipients. Essential properties of this autologous vaccine [immunotherapy by Leukemia-Oncotropic Virus (iLOV)] and the host’s immune system were characterized. iLOV durability was restricted to the leukemia used to manufacture the vaccine. At administration, virion cell-entry was required but vesiculovirus lifecycle completion was not essential. Apoptotic or necrotic leukemia cells, with/without co-injection of virus, were ineffective vaccines. Similarly ineffective were leukemia cells activated by, or injected with, Toll-like receptor agonists. Naïve recipients of adoptive splenocyte transfer from vaccine-treated immunocompetent donors were protected from leukemic challenge. Efficacy was notably diminished following matched allogeneic bone marrow transplantation; this correlated with isolated depletion of cytotoxic T-cells. iLOV was ineffective in athymic mice. Taken together, iLOV therapy relies on immediate spaciotemporal interactions between infected-dead/dying leukemia cells and the immune system; this promotes adaptive anti-tumor responses. Clinical translation could target patients in remission to control relapse. During the above I discovered that under specific conditions, live vesiculovirus exposed to a precise window of UV fluence reproducibly generates unique “non-replicating rhabdovirus-derived particles” (NRRPs) that maintain cell-entry and cytopathic properties. A gamut of leukemia cells, including multidrug-resistant blasts, underwent rapid NRRPs-induced apoptosis. Normal cell lines and healthy bone marrow mononuclear cells were resistant, in part through interferon-mediated signaling responses. Administering NRRPs intravenously was curative in a murine acute leukemia model, versus uniform disease progression using maximal tolerated dose of replicating virus. Serum levels of an array of immunomodulatory cytokines were significantly elevated after injection of NRRPs. iLOV prepared with NRRPs protected recipients from otherwise lethal leukemia. Intracranial administration of NRRPs proved nonlethal as opposed to neurotoxic live vesiculovirus. Following treatment, neutralizing antibodies were diminished with NRRPs compared to replicating virus. Together, NRRPs exhibit enhanced therapeutic index over replication-competent vesiculovirus. Leukemocidal activity of NRRPs is exerted through a plurality of immune-related and direct cytotoxic effects. This novel approach now extends vesiculovirus-based therapeutics into upfront treatment for acute leukemia.
The Role of Low-Intensity Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy as Complementary Treatment for Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome/Chronic Prostatitis: A Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trial.docx
Creators: name: Nurakbariansyah, Rocky
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 110312 Nephrology and Urology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: This study aims to evaluate the Role of Low-Intensity Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy as Complementary Treatment for Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome/Chronic Prostatitis
Las prisiones de Cervantes
Creators: name: Canavaggio, Jean
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2012

description: El presente artículo, sin desestimar el valor de los testimonios literarios, aprovecha prioritariamente los documentos que nos proporcionan informaciones de primera mano sobre las circunstancias en que Cervantes o bien tuvo que defender su libertad cuando fue amenazada, o bien se empeñó en recobrarla cada vez que la perdió. Estas circunstancias abarcan un amplio período de su vida: treinta y seis años, en total, desde su repentina partida a Italia, en septiembre de 1569, hasta su breve encarcelamiento en Valladolid, en junio de 1605.

This article, without denying the value of literary testimonies, makes use of documents that give us first-hand information on the circumstances in which Cervantes either had to defend his freedom when it was threatened, or insisted on recovering it when it was lost. These circumstances cover an extensive period of his life: thirty six years, in all, from his sudden departure to Italy, in September of 1569, to his brief incarceration in Valladolid, in June of 1605.
description: Tintas: Quaderni di Letterature iberiche e iberoamericane, Vol 1 (2011)
Supplementary document for Scattering of light by ZnO Nanorods Arrays - 5188855.pdf
Creators: name: Pereyra, Carlos
name: Campo, Lucía
name: Navarrete, Elena
name: Cuevas, Ana
name: Romero, Rocío
name: Ariosa, Daniel
name: Henríquez, Rodrigo
name: Muñoz, eduardo
name: Martin, Francisco
name: Ramos-Barrado, Jose
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Optical Properties of Materials

description: Supplemental material
Historia y prácticas iconográficas del «Quijote» juvenil ilustrado en el siglo diecinueve
Creators: name: Urbina, Eduardo
name: González Moreno, Fernando
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2012

description: Estudio hipertextual de las ediciones infantiles y juveniles del «Quijote» del siglo XIX con especial atención a su iconografía y con referencia a las ediciones que son parte de la Colección Cervantes Urbina de la Cushing Memorial Library, Texas A&M University, utilizando enlaces dináminos a sus contenidos e ilustraciones anotadas.

Hypertextual study of 19th-century editions for children and young readers of the 'Quixote' with special emphasis in their iconography and with reference to those in the Urbina Cervantes Collection at the Cushing Memorial Library, Texas A&M University, using dynamic links to their illustrations and annotated content.
description: Tintas: Quaderni di Letterature iberiche e iberoamericane, Vol 1 (2011)
Analysis of Concussion Metrics of Real-world Concussive and Non-injurious Elbow and Shoulder to Head Collisions in Ice Hockey
Creators: name: Rousseau, Philippe
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: Event reconstruction
Ice hockey
Injury metrics

description: Concussions occur at an unacceptable rate in the sport of ice hockey. Efforts are made to improve its prevention by modifying protective equipment and implementing rules of conduct; yet the effectiveness of these methods remains unknown as there is a lack of evidence pointing to a mechanical metric able to adequately predict concussion. The purpose of this thesis was to identify metrics which best characterize concussion following ice hockey collisions and provide values reflecting concussion risk. The first study reported effective mass of shoulder checks, extended elbow strikes, and tucked-in elbow strikes using 15 competitive ice hockey players as subjects. The results were used to guide the impact mass and compliance of laboratory reconstructions of real-world ice hockey collisions done in the second study. Analysis of these reconstruction showed that concussions following shoulder and elbow to head collisions in ice hockey occurred at low peak linear and angular accelerations and that impulse duration played a large role in the mechanism of injury. The results also indicated that concussion risk estimations are specific to the mechanism of loading. A 50% likelihood of concussion following a shoulder check to the head was established for peak angular accelerations of 9.2, 6.9, 4.6, and 2.2 krad/s^2 for impulse durations of 15, 20, 25, and 30 ms, respectively. A 50% likelihood of concussion following an extended elbow to the head was established for peak linear accelerations of 23, 15, and 7 g for impulse durations of 15, 20, and 25 ms, respectively. Finally, the third study reported brain tissue stress and strain comparable to the ones obtained reconstructing concussive impacts in American football, rugby, and Australian rules football despite having lower peak linear and angular acceleration values. This thesis has provided a new sport concussion data set acquired using a methodology guided by the biomechanics of ice hockey player volunteer testing, has identified metrics which can adequately predict concussion, and has established concussion risk levels. This information will be of use to helmet manufacturing companies, companies developing concussion detection sensors, and governing bodies in their efforts to eliminate concussion from the sport of ice hockey.
X-ray properties of the mode-switching pulsar PSR B0943+10
Creators: name: Mereghetti, S.
name: Kuiper, L.
name: Tiengo, A.
name: Hessels, J.
name: Hermsen, W.
name: Stovall, K.
name: Possenti, A.
name: Rankin, J.
name: Esposito, P.
name: Turolla, R.
name: Mitra, D.
name: Wright, G.
name: Stappers, B.
name: Horneffer, A.
name: Oslowski, S.
name: Serylak, M.
name: Griessmeier, J.-M.
name: Rigoselli, M.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The mode-switching pulsar PSR B0943+10 has been extensively studied in the radio band for many years and, more recently, it has been found to vary also in X-rays, with a flux anticorrelated with the radio emission. Here we review the results of long observations of PSR B0943+10 carried out with XMM-Newton and the LOFAR, LWA and Arecibo radio telescopes in 2014. These results support a scenario in which both unpulsed non-thermal emission, likely of magnetospheric origin, and pulsed thermal emission from a small polar cap (∼1500 m2) with a strong non-dipolar magnetic field (∼ 1014 G), are present during both radio modes and vary in intensity in a correlated way.
Fiber-wireless Sensor Broadband Access Network Integration for the Smart Grid
Creators: name: Zaker, Nima
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2013
Subjects: FiWi Networks
Fi-WSN Integration Networks
Smart Grid
R&F Technology

description: During the last century, the significant increase in electricity demand, and its consequences, has appeared as a serious concern for the utility companies, but no essential change has been applied to the conventional power grid infrastructure till now. Recently, researchers have identified efficient control and power distribution mechanisms as the immediate challenges for conventional power grids. Hence, the next step for conventional power grid toward Smart Grid is to provide energy efficiency management along with higher reliability via smart services, in which the application of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is inevitable. ICT introduces powerful tools to comply with the smart grid requirements. Among various ICT properties, the telecommunication network plays a key role for providing a secure infrastructure. The two-way digital communication system provides an interaction between energy suppliers and consumers for managing, controlling and optimizing energy distribution. We can also define the smart grid as a two-way flow of energy and control information, where the electricity consumers can generate energy using green energy resources. The main objective of this thesis is to select an effective communication infrastructure to support the smart grid services by considering wireless and optical communication technologies. Fiber-wireless (FiWi) networks are considered as a potential solution to provide a fast and reliable network backbone with the optical access network integration and the flexibility and mobility of the wireless network. Therefore, we adopt the integration of the wireless sensor network (WSN) to Ethernet Passive Optical Network (EPON) as a broadband access network to transmit smart meter data along with the Fiber To The Home/Building/Curb (FTTX) traffic through the shared fiber. Finally, we present and analyze the simulation results for the aforementioned infrastructure based on our adopted priority-based FTTX-WSN integration model.
Supplementary document for Optical tuning of dielectric nanoantennas for thermo-optically reconfigurable nonlinear metasurfaces - 5188886.pdf
Creators: name: Celebrano, Michele
name: Rocco, Davide
name: Finazzi, Marco
name: Zilli, Attilio
name: rusconi, francesco
name: Tognazzi, Andrea
name: mazzanti, andrea
name: Ghirardini, Lavinia
name: POGNA, EVA ARIANNA AURELIA
name: Carletti, Luca
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Nonlinear Optics and Spectroscopy

description: Supplemental information
Acerca del soneto de Góngora «De una dama que, quitándose una sortija, se picó con un alfiler»
Creators: name: Beltrán Almería, Luis
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2012

description: El soneto de Luis de Góngora y Argote «De una dama que, quitándose la sortija, se picó con un alfiler» ha recibido varios comentarios (los de Dámaso Alonso, José Manuel Blecua, Wolfram Nitsch y Jordi Llovet). En ellos pueden apreciarse las insuficiencias de la lectura moderna de Góngora y las tareas que debe abordar en el futuro la crítica del poeta cordobés.

Góngora’s sonnet ‘De una dama que, quitándose una sortija, se picó con un alfiler’ has received several critical commentaries (those that Dámaso Alonso, José Manuel Blecua, Wolfram Nitsch and Jordi Llovet). They all show the shortcomings (deficiencias) of the modern reading of Gongora and the tasks that the study of the work of Cordovan poet should tackle in the future.
description: Tintas: Quaderni di Letterature iberiche e iberoamericane, Vol 1 (2011)