cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
The effect of industry life cycle stage on the strategy-making: firm performance relationship
Creators: name: Verreynne, Martie-Louise
name: Meyer, Denny
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This paper argues that individual small firms just like large firms, place differing emphasis on strategy-making and may employ different approaches to strategy-making. This paper offers an explanation of the nature of these processes in small firms and hypothesizes how they relate to performance. It further examines how these relationships differ depending on the industry life cycle stage. It then describes the results of an empirical study of the strategy-making processes of small firms. Analysis of the data (n=320) identifies four such processes in small firms, indicating that the participative and adaptive approaches to strategy-making may have a significant effect on firm performance, but that the importance and impact of these relationships will change when accounting for the effects of industry life cycle stage.
Evaluation of the effect of maize-legume intercropping on soil moisture improvement in arid area of Bena-Tsemay district, South Omo zone, Southern Ethiopia
Creators: name: Ayele, H.M.
name: Ayele, H.M.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Soil
subject: Moisture
subject: Maize
subject: Cowpea
subject: Lablab

description: Usually crop failure due to moisture shortage in soils is very much common due to high evaporation. Sometimes famers try to combat this problem by using mulches of crop residues in the study area. However, this is also highly challenged shortage because the crop residues used as feed for animals. Therefore, using the advantage and opportunity of cover legumes as an intercrop is the solution of the problems simultaneously in addition to their contribution improving soil nutrient balance and other many fold benefits. Therefore, this study aimed for evaluating the effect of maize-legume covers intercropping on soil moisture improvement and crop yield in moisture stress areas of the study area. The entire grain yield of maize and legumes, as well as soil moisture data were collected. The result on soil moisture revealed that intercropping of maize with cowpea had better soil moisture contents during active crop development (15.98%) and after harvest (16.70%) in average as compared to the others. The current finding also showed that adopting intercropping of maize with cowpea-boosted yield by 5256.24 kg ha-1 maize and 977.45 kg ha-1 cowpea in average with higher moisture improvement as compare to the other treatments. Therefore, intercropping of maize with cowpea is important to farmers since it would provide additional crop yield with the same piece of land. However, to get considerable changes on soil and water balances, other soil physic-chemical properties and crop yields, conducting similar studies in more than two years period at permanent field plots is paramount in the future.
Open Science at the VU
Creators: name: Bosch, Sander
Publisher: name: Forschungzentrum Jülich
Year: 2021
Subjects: Open Science
Research Integrity

description: Lecture at Seminar (), ; doi:10.5281/ZENODO.5590650
description: These slides were used for a Research Integrity lunch seminar on Open Science on 20-10-2021.
Geodesign the multi-layered water safety
Creators: name: Sophronides, Panayiotis
name: Steenbruggen, John
name: Scholten, Henk
name: Giaoutzi, Maria
Publisher: name: Research in Urbanism Series
Year: 2016

description: This paper aims to frame the multi-layered water safety concept in the context of a systematic, thorough, multidisciplinary and collaborative methodology for complex problems solving, i.e. geodesign. Multi-layered safety is an integrated flood risk management (FRM) concept based not only on flood probability reduction through prevention (layer 1), but also on consequences’ minimization in the case of a flood through spatial solutions (layer 2) and crisis management (layer 3). It has been introduced in the Netherlands in 2009 following the European Flood Risk Directive adopted in 2007. In this study, the multi-layered safety is qualitatively assessed, demonstrating that it rather resembles a parallel system, and that collaboration is required to decide about the most desirable safety measures, which should not only be based on their economic efficiency but also on their social acceptability. In the light of these factors, we attempt to methodologically systematize the multi-layered safety concept by following the geodesign framework. The latter means that, through its implementation, understanding of the current situation of a particular area of interest, which in turn it may support, the allocation of weights regarding the three layers of the multi-tier safety concept is facilitated. Furthermore, the geodesign of the multi-layered safety shows that participation and interaction of the safety policy makers, as well as iterations for achieving maximum consensus between them concerning the more balanced safety measures, taking into account their economic efficiency, their impact on the environment, the local circumstances and the values of the people at place, are methodologically enabled.
description: Research in Urbanism Series, Vol. 4 (2016): Geo-Design: Advances in bridging geo-information technology, urban planning and landscape architecture
New Jersey federally qualified health centers: capacity building and sustainability under the Affordable Care Act
Creators: name: Miller-Armbrister, Julane W.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2020

description: Primary healthcare is the foundation of the nation’s healthcare infrastructure. It is an essential component of advancing healthcare reform and better health outcomes for all. Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) constitute one of the largest networks of primary care providers both in New Jersey and across the nation. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) has recognized that FQHCs are critical providers of primary healthcare to millions of uninsured and underinsured individuals. A significant body of literature suggests that FQHCs can exhibit strikingly different levels of readiness to function as sustainable providers, but there has been little research focusing on their capacity to adapt and meet the growing demands of the current healthcare environment. This qualitative study examined the capacity of New Jersey’s FQHCs to expand and sustain access to primary healthcare services. It also explored the impact of the ACA on FQHC capacity building in the state. In Phase 1 of the project, both the Brown et al. (2001), Conceptual Framework for Mapping Capacity and the results of a focus group of FQHC administrators, staff and clinicians, and other industry leaders were used to design a semi-structured interview guide. In Phase 2 of the project, twenty in-depth interviews were conducted with FQHC board members, administrators, clinicians and staff from a wide range of New Jersey FQHCs. Study participants reported different levels of FQHC readiness to respond to the ACA and varying levels of ability to engage in capacity building for enhanced organizational performance. Study findings also highlight how the contexts in which New Jersey FQHCs operate influence their approach to sustainability and the degree to which they engage in capacity building. Finally, the results of this study point to the need for research that examines the impact of public policy on capacity building in FQHCs nationwide.
Detecting spatial features from data-maps
Creators: name: Masala, Elena
name: Pensa, Stefano
Publisher: name: Research in Urbanism Series
Year: 2016

description: The assessment of spatial systems can be supported by the analysis of data coming from different sources and describing different aspects such as economic, social, environmental, energy, housing or mobility issues. Nevertheless, the analysis of such a large amount of data is difficult. In order to improve the readability of data also with non-technicians, new methods of communication are needed, which could facilitate the sharing of information among people with different skills and backgrounds. In this context, the paper shows the developments in geo-visualisation to support and improve the processes of planning and decision-making. First, the use of a map-based visualisation is suitable for intuitively understanding the location and distribution of specific elements. Second, the graphic interface can be used to drive users in the investigation of data. It can provide a linear method that is more comprehensive to the human mind in dealing with the complexity of spatial systems. In addition, the possibility to select and filter data by single attributes allows databases to be explored interactively and read by differently skilled users. The intersection and overlapping of information enables users to discover the relationships between data, the inefficiencies and critical areas, thus providing suggestions for further reasoning in planning and decision-making. Furthermore, collaborative and participatory sessions require quick answers and simple readability. Thus, the real time response to simple queries widens the opportunities for improving the discussion. A case study describes the methodology used for sharing the data collected during an Interreg IVB NWE Project named “CoDe24” (INTERREG IVB NWE, 2005; ERDF European Territorial Cooperation 2007-2013, 2010). By the use of a web-GIS visualisation tool, namely GISualisation, the project partnership was allowed to explore the data concerning the railways and train typologies along the Genoa-Rotterdam corridor. Despite the high factor of usability of the tool, it was not employed much by participants to the project so that further reasoning is needed to evaluate how digital tools are perceived by professionals.
description: Research in Urbanism Series, Vol. 4 (2016): Geo-Design: Advances in bridging geo-information technology, urban planning and landscape architecture
Integrating Geodesign and game experiments for negotiating urban development
Creators: name: Lenferink, Sander
name: Arciniegas, Gustavo
name: Samsura, Ary
name: Carton, Linda
Publisher: name: Research in Urbanism Series
Year: 2016

description: In this article we explore an expansion of geodesign to analyze processes of competition and cooperation by combining it with game-theoretical modelling and experiments. We test the applicability of facilitating these two fields in an integrated workshop by analysing the case study of oversupply of development sites in the Liemers corridor. Two workshops were held, with representatives of the six municipalities involved and with the regional and provincial authority, in which participants negotiated over the distribution of the supply of development sites. The workshops were performed around an interactive MapTable, with spatial information (from GIS) and financial information (from the game-theoretical model) being visualized in real-time. The integrated workshops were assessed to discover differences in terms of process and outcomes, and they examine whether and how learning takes place. We conclude that the combination of game theory and geodesign provides added value for planning support by facilitating a realistic discussion, and negotiation that is strongly connected to real-life locations, and by aiming at designing a common, collaborative solution. Through the integrated workshop learning about the problem of oversupply in financial and geographical terms and also about each otherâ€™s motives and behaviour is stimulated.
description: Research in Urbanism Series, Vol. 4 (2016): Geo-Design: Advances in bridging geo-information technology, urban planning and landscape architecture
Radar taking off: New capabilities for UAVs
Creators: name: Hügler, Philipp
name: Roos, Fabian
name: Schartel, Markus
name: Geiger, Martin
name: Waldschmidt, Christian
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Radar imaging
subject: Radar measurements
subject: DDC 620 / Engineering & allied operations
subject: Radar in aeronautics
subject: Radar; Antennas
subject: Airplanes; Collision avoidance
subject: Radar; Automatic detection
subject: Radar
subject: Radarantenne
subject: Kollisionsschutz

description: Modern consumer and industrial unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are easy-to-use flying sensor platforms. They offer stable flight, good maneuverability, hovering, and even waypoint flights in autopilot mode. For stabilization and localization, sensors such as inertial measurement units (IMUs)-including gyroscopes and accelerometers-barometric sensors, and the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) are used. To sense the UAV's direct environment, e.g., for collision avoidance or fully automated flight, additional sensors are needed. State-of-the-art combinations of infrared, ultrasonic, and vision-based sensors (monocular and/or stereo vision) capture the close vicinity. Using radar sensors is advantageous, as they are able to directly sense range and velocity and are not affected by lighting conditions and contrast. With the help of a multichannel radar, the angular information may also be extracted.
Small business and entrepreneurship in northern Finland
Creators: name: Donnelly, Tom
name: Morris, David
name: Hyry, Martti
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: High tech industries, small and medium sized enterprises and Nokia are almost synonymous with Northern Finland in that the past twenty five years have witnessed significant structural, economic and social changes in Finland's northernmost provinces of Ostrobothnia and Lapland. The traditional economy of the region was based on agriculture, forest based industries such as timber and paper and the exploitation of small mineral deposits. In the 1950s and 1960s it was evident that these were insufficient to sustain future economic growth as both provinces suffered from serious economic and social deprivation and outwards migration. Governmental responses to these problems were to tackle the basic infrastructural problems that existed, including the founding of a university in Oulu and later one in Rovaniemi. It was also clear that future growth would depend upon industries, based on 'knowledge,' rather than natural resources and so attempts were made to bring about a paradigm shift in the North's economic structure. This was effected jointly between the government, the local authorities, higher education and research institutions and local entrepreneurs. The aim of this paper is to explore how the economy was transformed through looking at the interplay between government, institutions and the entrepreneurs.
From Metaplanning to PSS 2.0
Creators: name: Campagna, Michele
Publisher: name: Research in Urbanism Series
Year: 2016

description: This paper explores the perspective of geodesign as a process. As such, it is argued methods and tools are needed to manage the process complexity, including the definition of the involved parties, of their roles and responsibilities, as well as all the steps to be undertaken to unfold the process, together with their underlying methods and enabling technologies and tools. A metaplanning operational approach based on Business Process Management is proposed to deal with the process complexity and eventually as a means to support the construction of a second generation of process-oriented Planning Support Systems. The overall discussion is supported by practical examples aiming at demonstrating how the Business Process Modelling and Notation language can be used to represent the planning processes from high level overview models to detailed ones which can express geodesign methods and enabling technologies.
description: Research in Urbanism Series, Vol. 4 (2016): Geo-Design: Advances in bridging geo-information technology, urban planning and landscape architecture
Supplementary document for Single-pixel ptychography - 5101129.pdf
Creators: name: Li, Meng
name: Bian, Liheng
name: Zheng, Guoan
name: Maiden, Andrew
name: Liu, Yang
name: Li, Yiming
name: Dai, Qionghai
name: Zhang, Jun
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplement 1
Abi1 loss drives prostate tumorigenesis through activation of EMT and non-canonical WNT signaling
Creators: name: Nath, Disharee
name: Li, Xiang
name: Mondragon, Claudia
name: Post, Dawn
name: Chen, Ming
name: White, Julie R.
name: Hryniewicz-Jankowska, Anita
name: Caza, Tiffany
name: Kuznetsov, Vladimir A.
name: Hehnly, Heidi
name: Jamaspishvili, Tamara
name: Berman, David M.
name: Zhang, Fan
name: Kung, Sonia H. Y.
name: Fazli, Ladan
name: Gleave, Martin E.
name: Bratslavsky, Gennady
name: Pandolfi, Pier P.
name: Kotula, Leszek
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2019

description: Background: Prostate cancer development involves various mechanisms, which are poorly understood but pointing to epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT) as the key mechanism in progression to metastatic disease. ABI1, a member of WAVE complex and actin cytoskeleton regulator and adaptor protein, acts as tumor suppressor in prostate cancer but the role of ABI1 in EMT is not clear. Methods: To investigate the molecular mechanism by which loss of ABI1 contributes to tumor progression, we disrupted the ABI1 gene in the benign prostate epithelial RWPE-1 cell line and determined its phenotype. Levels of ABI1 expression in prostate organoid tumor cell lines was evaluated by Western blotting and RNA sequencing. ABI1 expression and its association with prostate tumor grade was evaluated in a TMA cohort of 505 patients and metastatic cell lines. Results: Low ABI1 expression is associated with biochemical recurrence, metastasis and death (p = 0.038). Moreover, ABI1 expression was significantly decreased in Gleason pattern 5 vs. pattern 4 (p = 0.0025) and 3 (p = 0.0012), indicating an association between low ABI1 expression and highly invasive prostate tumors. Disruption of ABI1 gene in RWPE-1 cell line resulted in gain of an invasive phenotype, which was characterized by a loss of cell-cell adhesion markers and increased migratory ability of RWPE-1 spheroids. Through RNA sequencing and protein expression analysis, we discovered that ABI1 loss leads to activation of non-canonical WNT signaling and EMT pathways, which are rescued by re-expression of ABI1. Furthermore, an increase in STAT3 phosphorylation upon ABI1 inactivation and the evidence of a high-affinity interaction between the FYN SH2 domain and ABI1 pY421 support a model in which ABI1 acts as a gatekeeper of non-canonical WNT-EMT pathway activation downstream of the FZD2 receptor. Conclusions: ABI1 controls prostate tumor progression and epithelial plasticity through regulation of EMT-WNT pathway. Here we discovered that ABI1 inhibits EMT through suppressing FYN-STAT3 activation downstream from non-canonical WNT signaling thus providing a novel mechanism of prostate tumor suppression.
Open Science in Horizon Europe
Creators: name: Lazzeri, Emma
Publisher: name: Forschungzentrum Jülich
Year: 2021
Subjects: Open Science
Open Access
EC OS mandates
Horizon Europe
Open Research Europe

description: Lecture at Seminar (), ; doi:10.5281/ZENODO.4954838
description: Presentation given at the  HERCULES Specialised Course'21 by CERIC . Outline: Open Science: Why and What Open Science in Horizon Europe Tools are key: Open Research Europe
Image and video scalability in the compressed domain.
Creators: name: Hu, Qingwen.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1997
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Electronics and Electrical.

description: Image and video compression is becoming increasingly popular with the advent of broadband networks, high powered workstations, and compression standards. Compared to the traditional spatial domain techniques, the compressed domain techniques in a reduced computational complexity and storage requirements. In addition, significant processing speedup may be gained because of the lower data rate in the compressed domain. In this thesis, we have proposed two novel techniques, namely format compatible (FC) DCT and format modified (FM) DCT to implement image/video spatial scalability by operating directly on the DCT compressed data. The FC-DCT technique can be used to manipulate the standard bit streams, which maintains the formats of the processed bit streams. We have implemented the JPEG DCT domain hierarchical mode encoder based on the FC-DCT technique. On the other hand, the FM-DCT technique is simpler and has a significantly lower computational complexity. Hence, the FC-DCT and FM-DCT techniques can be chosen based on the specific needs of the applications. We note that the FC-DCT and FM-DCT techniques are not directly applicable for manipulations of video data due to the requirement of motion estimation/compensation procedure in addition to DCT coding. Hence, we propose a macroblock type selective (MTS) encoder to implement scalable MPEG video coding using a combined FC-DCT and modified DCT domain motion compensation technique. The proposed encoder provides an elegant way to re-encode the scaled video while maintaining a good video quality. In addition. it is compatible with the standard MPEG encoder. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Research Data Management – Open Science
Creators: name: Schleußinger, Maurice
Publisher: name: Forschungzentrum Jülich
Year: 2018
Subjects: FDM
Forschungsdatenmanagement
Research Data Management
RDM
Open Science

description: Lecture at Seminar (), ; doi:10.5281/ZENODO.3346950
description: Presentation slides for the training seminar about Open Science in Research Data Management of the FoDaKo-project: https://fodako.de
Supplementary document for Engineering light absorption at critical coupling via bound states in the continuum - 5101409.pdf
Creators: name: Xiao, Shuyuan
name: Wang, Xing
name: Duan, Junyi
name: Liu, Tingting
name: Yu, Tian
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplemental Document
Applications of GIS in landscape design research
Creators: name: Nijhuis, Steffen
Publisher: name: Research in Urbanism Series
Year: 2016

description: Despite its widespread availability there is evidence that GIS is underused in the realm of landscape design research. Though recognized as a useful tool for mapping and planning, the potential of GIS is often still underutilized due to a lack of awareness and prejudice. This paper explores some concepts of GIS-based analysis which link to the very heart of landscape architecture in a natural and intuitive way. Hence the possibility to break down barriers of using GIS in landscape architecture this paper aims to put forward some characteristic principles of study and practice that can be made operational via GIS while cultivating spatial intelligence in landscape design through exploiting its powerful integrating, analytical and graphical capacities. In this respect educational and research institutions have an important role to play, they must take the lead in knowledge acquisition on GIS-applications and passing it on, contributing to the academic underpinning and development of a digital culture in landscape architecture.
description: Research in Urbanism Series, Vol. 4 (2016): Geo-Design: Advances in bridging geo-information technology, urban planning and landscape architecture
Aqua Profunda – Culture and the Regeneration of Local Facilities
Creators: name: McShane, Ian
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Around two-thirds of Australia’s community cultural and recreation facilities were built in the years of growth following the Second World War. Now ageing and in need of renewal, many of these facilities face change or closure as community needs and building codes change, market principles influence public policy, and local governments struggle with funding shortfalls. State and local government responses to the community infrastructure “crisis” (Troy 1999) have been mainly concerned with technical, financial and service outcomes. Although celebrated episodes of community resistance to facility closures (such as the Fitzroy Pool in Melbourne) suggest treacherous waters for local government officials, there has been limited recognition of community facilities as cultural artefacts or focal points of community life. This paper explores the cultural value of community facilities, and the challenges presented to local museums and cultural workers as infrastructure policy – still seen as the domain of engineers, property managers and financiers - re-shapes local cultural landscapes. The paper is illustrated with case studies from urban and regional Victoria.
The Role of the Retinoblastoma Protein in Dentate Gyrus Development
Creators: name: Clark, Alysen
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2013
Subjects: Dentate Gyrus
Development
Retinoblastoma protein
Neurogenesis
Cell cycle

description: New neurons continue to be added to the dentate gyrus (DG) throughout adulthood and enhancing neurogenesis in this region holds therapeutic potential. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying DG neurogenesis remain elusive. Since developmental and adult neurogenesis often share the same signaling pathways, understanding how the DG develops is crucial to understanding adult neurogenesis. This study aims to determine the role of the retinoblastoma (Rb) protein in DG development and to determine if modulation of this pathway holds potential for enhancing neurogenesis in an adult system. A FoxG1 driven Cre is used to delete Rb in the developing forebrain and the resulting effects are analyzed in in vitro and in vivo mouse models. We show that Rb deletion enhances DG neurogenesis by specifically increasing proliferation of immature neurons. Overall this study suggests that Rb pathway modulation could hold potential for enhancing neurogenesis in the adult.
Open Science, all or nothing?
Creators: name: Mayer, Katja
Publisher: name: Forschungzentrum Jülich
Year: 2018
Subjects: open science
open access
open data
open evaluation
open infrastructures
open education
open method

description: Lecture at Seminar (), ; doi:10.5281/ZENODO.1889751
description: Open Science – all or nothing? Lecture 23 November 2018, Utrecht Medical Center, Utrecht University https://www.uu.nl/en/events/lecture-on-open-science-dr-katja-mayer-university-of-vienna-technical-university-munich Open Science is not only FOR science but also ABOUT science.  It addresses both the necessary changes of scientific conduct but also what matters for a science that is embedded in society. My presentation will highlight how these changes might affect daily research routines as well as career pathways. Openness bears many different practices and formats, there is not just one definition of what open has to be. Based on results of the European Commission’s Mutual Learning Exercise, where 13 countries’ representatives collectively reflected how to best implement national transitions to Open Science, I will discuss issues of documenting and measuring impact of research outputs as well as the necessary changes in incentive and reward structures, and how they can be tackled by young researchers so that they empower up and coming scholarship. Katja Mayer trained as a sociologist and works at the intersection of science-technology-society. She studies the interactions of social scientific method and its publics. Currently she is investigating open practices in Computational Social Science and Big Data as a postdoc at the School of Governance, Technical University Munich. She also works as a senior scientist at the Centre for Social Innovation in Vienna, and is an associated researcher for the Responsible Research and Innovation in Academic Practice platform at the University of Vienna. Furthermore, she has been teaching sociology of knowledge and STS at the University of Vienna, Danube University, Krems, University of Art and Design Linz and the University of Luzern, among others and was a visiting fellow at the Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Computer Science. She is core member of OANA (Open Access Network Austria) and co-leads the working group on defining a national strategy for the transition to Open Science. During 2011-2013, she was scientific advisor to the president of the European Research Council (ERC).
Open Climate Data - Open Science
Creators: name: Gentemann, Chelle L.
name: Ivey, Yvonne
name: Martinez, Isabella
name: Hall, Cynthia
name: Mastracchio, Karla
name: Luna-Cruz, Yaitza
name: Steponaitis, Elena
Publisher: name: Forschungzentrum Jülich
Year: 2022

description: Lecture at Seminar (), ; doi:10.5281/ZENODO.6338124
description: Presentation at Open Climate Data Workshop
Integrating Virtual Reality, Motion Simulation and a 4D GIS
Creators: name: Rossmann, Juergen
name: Buecken, Arno
name: Hoppen, Martin
name: Priggemeyer, Marc
Publisher: name: Research in Urbanism Series
Year: 2016

description: Geodesign requires the visualization of concepts and ideas within a context of geo-information of the respective place in a way that is understandable to people with different backgrounds – planners, geographers, architects, but also the users or inhabitants of the place. All of the roles involved have different requirements and need different information to fulfil their tasks within the geodesign process. In this contribution, we present the structure of a software system combining a GIS, a simulation system and a VR component, as well as interfaces to different interaction devices (like a GPS receiver, a spacemouse, multi-screen projection systems or devices for haptic feedback). This enables simulations of the place in its geographical context, as well as immersive presentations that are understandable regardless of the knowledge of a plan’s symbolic language. All this happens without the need to convert frequently between the software tools that are commonly used by the different roles.
description: Research in Urbanism Series, Vol. 4 (2016): Geo-Design: Advances in bridging geo-information technology, urban planning and landscape architecture
Responding to Client Emotional Expression: A Study from the Perspective of Self-Reported Securely-Attached Novice Counsellors
Creators: name: Chew Leung, Jennifer
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2015
Subjects: client emotional expression
counsellor responses

description: Client emotional expression in session is valuable as it promotes clients’ sense of agency, increases their capacity for introspection, and is linked to decreases in depressive symptoms. By extension, understanding counsellors’ responses to client emotional expression is relevant. In the current study, retrospective accounts of self-reported securely-attached novice counsellors were collected for the purpose of exploring how they responded to client emotional expression. To obtain meaningful and descriptive accounts of the data, a thematic analysis (Braun & Clarke, 2006) was used as the research methodology. Resultant themes showed that novice counsellors reported experiencing their own covert and overt emotional reactions in response to clients’ emotional expression. They also reported struggling with the decision to use their preferred response. The results provided insights into how the task of responding to client emotion was complex for novice counsellors. Analyses and understanding of these results have potential developmental and educational implications.
Systematic review of basket trials, umbrella trials, and platform trials: a landscape analysis of master protocols
Creators: name: Park, Jay J. H.
name: Siden, Ellie
name: Zoratti, Michael J.
name: Dron, Louis
name: Harari, Ofir
name: Singer, Joel
name: Lester, Richard T.
name: Thorlund, Kristian
name: Mills, Edward J.
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2019

description: Background: Master protocols, classified as basket trials, umbrella trials, and platform trials, are novel designs that investigate multiple hypotheses through concurrent sub-studies (e.g., multiple treatments or populations or that allow adding/removing arms during the trial), offering enhanced efficiency and a more ethical approach to trial evaluation. Despite the many advantages of these designs, they are infrequently used. Methods: We conducted a landscape analysis of master protocols using a systematic literature search to determine what trials have been conducted and proposed for an overall goal of improving the literacy in this emerging concept. On July 8, 2019, English-language studies were identified from MEDLINE, EMBASE, and CENTRAL databases and hand searches of published reviews and registries. Results: We identified 83 master protocols (49 basket, 18 umbrella, and 16 platform trials). The number of master protocols has increased rapidly over the last five years. Most have been conducted in the US (n = 44/83) and investigated experimental drugs (n = 82/83) in the field of oncology (n = 76/83). The majority of basket trials were exploratory (i.e., phase I/II; n = 47/49) and not randomized (n = 44/49), and more than half (n = 28/48) investigated only a single intervention. The median sample size of basket trials was 205 participants (interquartile range, Q3-Q1 [IQR]: 500–90 = 410), and the median study duration was 22.3 (IQR: 74.1–42.9 = 31.1) months. Similar to basket trials, most umbrella trials were exploratory (n = 16/18), but the use of randomization was more common (n = 8/18). The median sample size of umbrella trials was 346 participants (IQR: 565–252 = 313), and the median study duration was 60.9 (IQR: 81.3–46.9 = 34.4) months. The median number of interventions investigated in umbrella trials was 5 (IQR: 6–4 = 2). The majority of platform trials were randomized (n = 15/16), and phase III investigation (n = 7/15; one did not report information on phase) was more common in platform trials with four of them using seamless II/III design. The median sample size was 892 (IQR: 1835–255 = 1580), and the median study duration was 58.9 (IQR: 101.3–36.9 = 64.4) months. Conclusions: We anticipate that the number of master protocols will continue to increase at a rapid pace over the upcoming decades. More efforts to improve awareness and training are needed to apply these innovative trial design methods to fields outside of oncology.
Open Science Quest - webinar presentation
Creators: name: England, Jonathan
Publisher: name: Forschungzentrum Jülich
Year: 2020
Subjects: OpenScienceQuest
OpenScienceVoyager
Open Science
Gamification

description: Lecture at Seminar (), ; doi:10.5281/ZENODO.3813639
description: Presentation given on 19 May 2020 as part of the webinar organised by LIBER on 'Open Science Skilling & Training Programmes Across Europe'. Learning through the structure of a seminar is essential, but sometimes our brains also need distraction and entertainment. The Open Science Quest is an activity that was first organised as part of a national Open Science event in Luxembourg at the university library. Its aim was for students, early-career and senior researchers, librarians and research support staff to explore and discover Open Science practices at their own pace. The activity was stand-alone and promoted independent learning by requiring participants to use a mix of information gathering techniques to answer a series of questions and challenges. The idea of the Open Science Quest is to provide a highly adaptable ‘brand’ and framework that can be tailored for a variety of topics and audiences. We welcome you all on board fellow Open Science Voyagers. #OpenScienceQuest
Study of metadata for learning objects
Creators: name: Yin, Zheng
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Engineering, System Science.

description: Metadata is descriptive information for data. The purpose of metadata is to facilitate describing, managing and discovering resources in huge distributed repositories. Metadata experts worldwide create the Dublin Core (DC), which acts as a fundamental core metadata standard on which industrial metadata standards based. For educational industry, the need is increasing for description and exploration of a learning object (LO) in distributed learning object repositories (LOR) worldwide. Several organizations aim to establish metadata standards for facilitating better identifying, exchanging and reusing learning objects according to their specific needs. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) published Learning Object Metadata (LOM), which is a credited standard on the global level since it best represents the characteristics of digital learning objects. Conversion from one metadata standard to another is necessary in case that people want to exchange and reuse learning objects tagged using different kinds of metadata standards. Mapping between the DC and the LOM is an essential job in many e-learning systems. In this thesis, we present a new web based metadata editor for the DC and LOM, and a Web Services oriented mapping tool between them. Other clients can use our editor to create DC or LOM metadata records when catalog their learning objects into our LOR, and integrate the mapping web services as a part of different systems regardless of different platforms, protocols, and displaying devices. Our objective is to promote the reusability and interoperability for both the DC and the LOM users, therefore benefit the learning object industry by lowering the cost of using metadata. The DC-LOM mapping tool is demonstrated in our e-learning system called UbiLearn developed at the MCRLab of University of Ottawa.
Performance prediction of component-based systems a survey from an engineering perspective
Creators: name: Becker, Sleffen
name: Grunske, Lars
name: Mirandola, Rafaella
name: Overhage, Sven
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Performance predictions of component assemblies and the ability of obtaining system-level performance properties from these predictions are a crucial success factor when building trustworthy component-based systems. In order to achieve this goal, a collection of methods and tools to capture and analyze the performance of software systems has been developed. These methods and tools aim at helping software engineers by providing them with the capability to understand design trade-offs, optimize their design by identifying performance inhibitors, or predict a systems performance within a specified deployment environment. In this paper, we analyze the applicability of various performance prediction methods for the development of component-based systems and contrast their inherent strengths and weaknesses in different engineering problem scenarios. In so doing, we establish a basis to select an appropriate prediction method and to provide recommendations for future research activities, which could signiticantly improve the performance prediction of component-based systems.
Le concept de communauté en géographie vu à travers le petit Québec de la Floride.
Creators: name: Tremblay, Rémy.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: Geography.

description: This doctoral dissertation explores the concept of community, a common subject of analysis for Sociologists, but equally important for Geographers interested in its spatial aspect. Our project strives to understand the role of place and socio-spatial networks in the creation of a community in an urban environment. First, this dissertation demonstrates the pertinence of applying a socio-geographic approach to study the sociospatial dynamics of a community. Secondly, we examine how scholars have conceptualized community in recent years, and flesh out their divergence of opinions. This discussion also assesses R. J. Johnston's opinion (1993) that Anne Buttimer's concept of social space is closely linked to the concept of community. In the second half of this dissertation, our reflection on the concept of community is applied to a case study. We propose to examine the space of French-Canadians in the Miami area, also known as 'Floribec'. Drawing on fieldwork research from an outsider perspective, the following questions were raised: What are the structuring places of Floribec? What role do they play in everyday life? How is Floribec spatially organized? To better understand the dynamics of this community from an insider perspective, a survey was conducted of Floribecois business owners. The results of this survey are discussed and analyzed in response to our hypothesis. Conclusions from this case study allow us to reveal the spatial organization of Floribec, and to suggest that a community is structured from institutions and places that not only provide its coherence, but from where a community draws its identity.
Open Science – Concepts and Practice
Creators: name: Förstner, Konrad U.
Publisher: name: Forschungzentrum Jülich
Year: 2021
Subjects: Open Science
FAIR
RDM

description: Lecture at Seminar (), ; doi:10.5281/ZENODO.5666994
description: Talk given as part of the Center for Computational and Theoretical Biology Seminar, University of Würzburg, Germany
Supplementary document for A Waveguide-based Absorption Measurement System for Visible Wavelength Applications - 5101554.pdf
Creators: name: Neutens, Pieter
name: Jansen, Roelof
name: Woronoff, Gabrielle
name: Rutowska, Monika
name: Hosseini, Naser
name: Buja, Federico
name: Humbert, Aurelie
name: Colle, Frederik
name: Stakenborg, Tim
name: Van Roy, Willem
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

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Classification of heat evolution terms in Li-Ion batteries regarding the OCV hysteresis in a Li- and Mn-rich NCM cathode material in comparison to NCA
Creators: name: Friedrich, Franziska
name: Zünd, Tanja
name: Hoefling, Alexander
name: Tübke, Jens
name: Gasteiger, Hubert A.
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: DDC 530 / Physics
subject: Electrochemistry
subject: Elektrochemie

description: We investigate the heat release of Li- and Mn-rich NCM (LMR-NCM) and NCA half-cells during cycling at different C-rates and quantify the individual contributions to the overall heat flow using a combination of isothermal micro-calorimetry and electrochemical methods. The paper focuses in particular on the open-circuit voltage (OCV) hysteresis of the LMR-NCM material, which results in a significant reduction in energy round-trip efficiency (≈90% for LMR-NCM/Li cells vs ≈99% for NCA/Li cells at C/10) and therefore in an additional source of heat that has to be considered for the thermal management of the cell. The total heat release of the LMR-NCM/Li cells is found to be nine times higher than that of the corresponding NCA/Li cells (at C/10). In the case of the LMR-NCM cathode, the heat due to OCV hysteresis is responsible for up to 55% of the total energy loss. Using the applied approach, the OCV hysteresis heat is separated into its share during charge and discharge and is furthermore presented as a function of SOC. Additional sources of heat, such as reversible entropic heat, parasitic effects, and measurement limitations, are discussed in terms of their contribution to the overall energy balance of the two cell chemistries.
Beginnings of Geodesign
Creators: name: Steinitz, Carl
Publisher: name: Research in Urbanism Series
Year: 2016

description: Geodesign is conceived as an iterative design method that uses stakeholder input, geospatial modeling, impact simulations, and real-time feedback to facilitate holistic designs and smart decisions. This paper aims to lay bare the beginnings of geodesign as such from 1965 onwards. It offers a personal historical perspective of Carl Steinitz, one of the protagonists in the field of geodesign. The paper describes some important milestones and influential people in a joint effort to bridge geo-information technology, spatial design and planning. It showcases the ongoing effort to employ the potential power of using GIS to link different model types and ways of designing to make better plans.
description: Research in Urbanism Series, Vol. 4 (2016): Geo-Design: Advances in bridging geo-information technology, urban planning and landscape architecture
Developing a REPO Assessment Workbook: Supporting Open Science Communities in the Transition to Online Learning
Creators: name: Woods, Nathan
Publisher: name: Forschungzentrum Jülich
Year: 2021
Subjects: Open Science
Reimagining Educational Practices for Open (REPO)

description: Lecture at Seminar (), ; doi:10.5281/ZENODO.5655305
description: During the Covid-19 health emergency, the issue of scientific collaboration has received unprecedented attention and with it a renewed public interest in open science. In this context, elements of open science—such as preprints, open access to publications, and open data resources—are critically valorized as crucial components to be enhanced in preparation for future crises. Less discussed is the issue of open science pedagogy, its critical importance, and the shifts Open Science communities have experienced in the pandemic with the move to online working, teaching and learning. How do we learn to be ‘open’ in open research? The Reimagining Educational Practices for Open (REPO) project examines this question through a practitioner led exploration of how Open Science communities have navigated the transition to online and hybrid formats. In this workshop, we will review REPO’s ongoing community engagement efforts to document change and best practices in open online training and education. We then present two related outcomes of our work: 1. A framework for integrating and comparing insights from multiple communities of practice; 2. A prototype reflection and assessment workbook for open science educators working to build participatory learning communities. The workshop will include some time collaboratively thinking about how to construct assessment tools for open science learning communities as they move to online or hybrid formats.
Supplementary document for A Waveguide-based Absorption Measurement System for Visible Wavelength Applications - 5101554.pdf
Creators: name: Neutens, Pieter
name: Jansen, Roelof
name: Woronoff, Gabrielle
name: Rutowska, Monika
name: Hosseini, Naser
name: Buja, Federico
name: Humbert, Aurelie
name: Colle, Frederik
name: Stakenborg, Tim
name: Van Roy, Willem
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplemental information