cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Jump step - a community based participatory approach to physical activity & mental wellness
Creators: name: Sims-Gould, Joanie
name: Vazirian, Sara
name: Li, Neville
name: Remick, Ronald
name: Khan, Karim
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2017

description: Background: There is a physical inactivity pandemic around the world despite the known benefits of engaging in physical activity. This is true for individuals who would receive notable benefits from physical activity, in particular those with mood disorders. In this study, we explored the factors that facilitate and impede engagement in physical activity for individuals with a mood disorder. The intent was to understand the key features of a community based physical activity program for these individuals. Methods: We recruited and interviewed 24 participants older than 18 with Major Depressive Disorder or Bipolar II. The interviews were conducted by peer researchers. The interviews were transcribed and analyzed using NVivo 10™. Thematic analysis was used to analyze the data. Results: The facilitators to physical activity include being socially connected with family and friends, building a routine in daily life, and exposure to nature. The barriers to physical activity include the inability to build a routine owing to a mood disorder, and high cost. The ideal exercise program comprises a variety of light-to-moderate activities, offers the opportunity to connect with other participants with a mood disorder, and brings participants to nature. The average age of our participants was 52 which could have influenced the preferred level of intensity. Conclusion: The individuals in this study felt that the key features of a physical activity program for individuals with a mood disorder must utilize a social network approach, take into account the preferences of potential participants, and incorporate nature (both green and blue spaces) as a health promotion resource.
Estimating the Fitness Advantage Conferred by Permissive Neuraminidase Mutations in Recent Oseltamivir-Resistant A(H1N1)pdm09 Influenza Viruses
Creators: name: Butler, Jeff
name: Hooper, Kathryn A.
name: Petrie, Stephen
name: Lee, Raphael
name: Maurer-Stroh, Sebastian
name: Reh, Lucia
name: Guarnaccia, Teagan
name: Baas, Chantal
name: Xue, Lumin
name: Vitesnik, Sophie
name: Leang, Sook-Kwan
name: McVernon, Jodie
name: Kelso, Anne
name: Barr, Ian G.
name: McCaw, James M.
name: Bloom, Jesse D.
name: Hurt, Aeron C.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Oseltamivir is relied upon worldwide as the drug of choice for the treatment of human influenza infection. Surveillance for oseltamivir resistance is routinely performed to ensure the ongoing efficacy of oseltamivir against circulating viruses. Since the emergence of the pandemic 2009 A(H1N1) influenza virus (A(H1N1)pdm09), the proportion of A(H1N1)pdm09 viruses that are oseltamivir resistant (OR) has generally been low. However, a cluster of OR A(H1N1)pdm09 viruses, encoding the neuraminidase (NA) H275Y oseltamivir resistance mutation, was detected in Australia in 2011 amongst community patients that had not been treated with oseltamivir. Here we combine a competitive mixtures ferret model of influenza infection with a mathematical model to assess the fitness, both within and between hosts, of recent OR A(H1N1)pdm09 viruses. In conjunction with data from in vitro analyses of NA expression and activity we demonstrate that contemporary A(H1N1)pdm09 viruses are now more capable of acquiring H275Y without compromising their fitness, than earlier A(H1N1)pdm09 viruses circulating in 2009. Furthermore, using reverse engineered viruses we demonstrate that a pair of permissive secondary NA mutations, V241I and N369K, confers robust fitness on recent H275Y A(H1N1)pdm09 viruses, which correlated with enhanced surface expression and enzymatic activity of the A(H1N1)pdm09 NA protein. These permissive mutations first emerged in 2010 and are now present in almost all circulating A(H1N1)pdm09 viruses. Our findings suggest that recent A(H1N1)pdm09 viruses are now more permissive to the acquisition of H275Y than earlier A(H1N1)pdm09 viruses, increasing the risk that OR A(H1N1)pdm09 will emerge and spread worldwide.
O'ZBEK XALQI DURDONALARI
Creators: name: Qodirova, Barno
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Ushbu maqolada o’zbek xalqining turli hududlarida faqatgina o’sha hudud aholisigagina tushunarli bo’lgan shevaga oid so’zlar haqida ma’lumotlar aks ettirilgan. Bir hududda ishlatiluvchi bir so’z yon qishloqda boshqa bir ma’noni anglatishi yoki umuman qo’llanilmasligi ham mumkin. Xalqimiz durdonalari bo’lmish shevaga xos so’zlar tilimizning ichki boyish manbaalaridan biri hisoblanadi.
A survey of federal female offenders.
Creators: name: Gildert, Colleen.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1991
Subjects: subject: Women's Studies.

description: This thesis attempts to determine the needs of women serving prison terms at Prison for Women. Interviews were conducted with a sample of thirty prisoners at Prison for Women to determine what they felt their needs were and how they perceived these needs were being addressed during their incarceration. Correctional staff members were also interviewed so it could be ascertained how current programs were being delivered. It was found that while Correctional Services does recognize some of the unique needs that this population has, often they lack the initiative to develop and deliver the required services. This was especially true in the area of past sexual and physical abuse. It is not the purpose of this thesis to call for the closing of Prison for Women. Contrary to this, this paper that since this is the only institution we have for women and since the needs of the population can be identified, we can determine how to address these needs appropriately in the given setting, for lack of any alternative. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
The role of therapists’ cultural humility in multiracial challenges, pride, and improvement in counseling
Creators: name: Narvaez, Rayna C.
Publisher: name: University of Iowa
Year: 2023
Subjects: Cultural humility
Multiracial challenges
Multiracial pride
Treatment outcome
public abstract
Psychotherapy

description: Multiracial identity is a complex and understudied topic, yet this population is the fastest growing racial/ethnic group in the United States (Franco & Franco, 2016; Jones & Bullock, 2012). Multiracial individuals encounter racial microaggressions, discrimination, and exclusion in the U.S. monoracial classification system. As such, positive racial identity development and resilience building are vital in this population. Counseling may represent a positive avenue for these purposes; however, further research is needed to determine the factors related to improvements in therapy for this population. Informed by the Multicultural Orientation (MCO) framework and research suggesting a positive relationship between caregiver cultural humility and positive outcomes for Multiracial children, the current study investigated the role of therapists’ cultural humility on changes in Multiracial challenges and pride, and improvement over the course of therapy with Multiracial adult clients. Results indicated that therapists’ cultural humility was positively associated with changes in Multiracial pride and perceived improvement in therapy, and negatively associated with changes in Multiracial challenges. Additionally, pre-treatment Multiracial pride significantly moderated the relationship between therapists’ cultural humility and clients’ perceived improvement in therapy, such that the relationship between cultural humility and perceived improvement was stronger for Multiracial clients who reported lower Multiracial pride at pre-treatment. Implications for practice and training are discussed.
title: Neural Correlates of Learning from Induced Insight
title: A Case for Reward-Based Episodic Encoding
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Kizilirmak, Jasmin M.
name: Thuerich, Hannes
name: Folta-Schoofs, Kristian
name: Schott, Bjoern H.
name: Richardson-Klavehn, Alan
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: problem solving
subject: long-term memory
subject: encoding
subject: fMRI
subject: hippocampus
subject: mPFC
subject: insight
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Experiencing insight when solving problems can improve memory formation for both the problem and its solution. The underlying neural processes involved in this kind of learning are, however, thus far insufficiently understood. Here, we conceptualized insight as the sudden understanding of a novel relationship between known stimuli that fits into existing knowledge and is accompanied by a positive emotional response. Hence, insight is thought to comprise associative novelty, schema congruency, and intrinsic reward, all of which are separately known to enhance memory performance. We examined the neural correlates of learning from induced insight with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) using our own version of the compound-remote-associates-task (CRAT) in which each item consists of three clue words and a solution word. (Pseudo-)Solution words were presented after a brief period of problem-solving attempts to induce either sudden comprehension (CRA items) or continued incomprehension (control items) at a specific time point. By comparing processing of the solution words of CRA with control items, we found induced insight to elicit activation of the rostral anterior cingulate cortex/medial prefrontal cortex (rACC/mPFC) and left hippocampus. This pattern of results lends support to the role of schema congruency (rACC/mPFC) and associative novelty (hippocampus) in the processing of induced insight. We propose that (1) the mPFC not only responds to schema-congruent information, but also to the detection of novel schemata, and (2) that the hippocampus responds to a form of associative novelty that is not just a novel constellation of familiar items, but rather comprises a novel meaningful relationship between the items—which was the only difference between our insight and no insight conditions. To investigate episodic long-term memory encoding, we compared CRA items whose solution word was recognized 24 h after encoding to those with forgotten solutions. We found activation in the left striatum and parts of the left amygdala, pointing to a potential role of brain reward circuitry in the encoding of the solution words. We propose that learning from induced insight mainly relies on the amygdala evaluating the internal value (as an affective evaluation) of the suddenly comprehended information, and striatum-dependent reward-based learning.
A SLUGGS and Gemini/GMOS combined study of the elliptical galaxy M60: wide-field photometry and kinematics of the globular cluster system
Creators: name: Pota, V.
name: Brodie, Jean
name: Bridges, T.
name: Strader, J.
name: Romanowsky, A. J.
name: Villaume, A.
name: Jennings, Z.
name: Faifer, F. R.
name: Pastorello, N.
name: Forbes, Duncan
name: Campbell, A.
name: Usher, C.
name: Foster, C.
name: Spitler, L. R.
name: Caldwell, N.
name: Forte, J. C.
name: Norris, M. A.
name: Zepf, S. E.
name: Beasley, M. A.
name: Gebhardt, K.
name: Hanes, D. A.
name: Sharples, R. M.
name: Arnold, J. A.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 510103
subject: Cosmology and extragalactic astronomy

description: We present new wide-field photometry and spectroscopy of the globular clusters (GCs) around NGC 4649 (M60), the third brightest galaxy in the Virgo cluster. Imaging of NGC 4649 was assembled from a recently obtained Hubble Space Telescope/Advanced Camera for Surveys mosaic, and new Subaru/Suprime-Cam and archival Canada–France–Hawaii Telescope/MegaCam data. About 1200 sources were followed up spectroscopically using combined observations from three multi-object spectrographs: Keck/Deep Imaging Multi-Object Spectrograph, Gemini/Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph and Multiple Mirror Telescope/Hectospec. We confirm 431 unique GCs belonging to NGC 4649, a factor of 3.5 larger than previous data sets and with a factor of 3 improvement in velocity precision. We confirm significant GC colour bimodality and find that the red GCs are more centrally concentrated, while the blue GCs are more spatially extended. We infer negative GC colour gradients in the innermost 20 kpc and flat gradients out to large radii. Rotation is detected along the galaxy major axis for all tracers: blue GCs, red GCs, galaxy stars and planetary nebulae. We compare the observed properties of NGC 4649 with galaxy formation models. We find that formation via a major merger between two gas-poor galaxies, followed by satellite accretion, can consistently reproduce the observations of NGC 4649 at different radii. We find no strong evidence to support an interaction between NGC 4649 and the neighbouring spiral galaxy NGC 4647. We identify interesting GC kinematic features in our data, such as counter-rotating subgroups and bumpy kinematic profiles, which encode more clues about the formation history of NGC 4649.
Dissipativity, Fault Detection and Reachable Set Analysis and Synthesis for A Class of Delayed Neural Networks
Creators: name: Lin, Wen-Juan
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This paper investigates the analysis and synthesis of neural networks with time delays and Markov jump parameters via the Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional method. Fristly, less-conservative stability criterion is derived for delayed neural networks. Secondly, dissipativity analysis is developed for neural networks with two-delay components. Thirdly, a fault detection filter is designed for delayed Markov jump neural networks. Finally, the problem of reachable set estimation and controller design is solved for delayed Markov jump neural networks with mismatched modes. In conclusion, the thesis gives insightful investigations on analysis and synthesis of neural networks with time-varying delays and Markov jump parameters.
Crowdsourced direct-to-consumer genomic analysis of a family quartet
Creators: name: Corpas, Manuel
name: Valdivia-Granda, Willy
name: Torres, Nazareth
name: Greshake, Bastian
name: Coletta, Alain
name: Knaus, Alexej
name: Harrison, Andrew P.
name: Cariaso, Mike
name: Moran, Federico
name: Nielsen, Fiona
name: Swan, Daniel
name: Solís, David Y. Weiss
name: Krawitz, Peter
name: Schacherer, Frank
name: Schols, Peter
name: Yang, Huangming
name: Borry, Pascal
name: Glusman, Gustavo
name: Robinson, Peter N.
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Crowdsourcing
subject: Personal genomes
subject: Participatory medicine
subject: SNPs
subject: Exome analysis
subject: Microbiome
subject: Family genomes
subject: Direct-to-consumer
subject: Genetic testing
subject: Genomics
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Background We describe the pioneering experience of a Spanish family pursuing the goal of understanding their own personal genetic data to the fullest possible extent using Direct to Consumer (DTC) tests. With full informed consent from the Corpas family, all genotype, exome and metagenome data from members of this family, are publicly available under a public domain Creative Commons 0 (CC0) license waiver. All scientists or companies analysing these data (“the Corpasome”) were invited to return results to the family. Methods We released 5 genotypes, 4 exomes, 1 metagenome from the Corpas family via a blog and figshare under a public domain license, inviting scientists to join the crowdsourcing efforts to analyse the genomes in return for coauthorship or acknowldgement in derived papers. Resulting analysis data were compiled via social media and direct email. Results Here we present the results of our investigations, combining the crowdsourced contributions and our own efforts. Four companies offering annotations for genomic variants were applied to four family exomes: BIOBASE, Ingenuity, Diploid, and GeneTalk. Starting from a common VCF file and after selecting for significant results from company reports, we find no overlap among described annotations. We additionally report on a gut microbiome analysis of a member of the Corpas family. Conclusions This study presents an analysis of a diverse set of tools and methods offered by four DTC companies. The striking discordance of the results mirrors previous findings with respect to DTC analysis of SNP chip data, and highlights the difficulties of using DTC data for preventive medical care. To our knowledge, the data and analysis results from our crowdsourced study represent the most comprehensive exome and analysis for a family quartet using solely DTC data generation to date.
Edición anotada y estudio de dos entremeses y un baile dramático del siglo XVII : el Entremés famoso de la melancolía, el Baile de la comedia y El ensayo.
Creators: name: Cienfuegos Antelo, Gema.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: Literature, Romance.

description: This M. A. thesis offers a critical edition of three short dramatic pieces from the seventeenth century: Entremes famoso de la melancolia, by Calderon, Baile de la comedia, anonymous, and El ensayo, by Gil Enriquez. The thesis consists of: (1) An introductory study, composed of the following sections: (a) general survey of the dramatic genre known as the teatro comico breve; (b) a critical analysis of the plays based on the characteristics of the genre and with special emphasis on the play within the play aspect; (c) a Bibliography. (2) The spelling and punctuation of the edited texts have been modernized and regularized, except where alterations would have affected the pronunciation. All abbreviations have been silently resolved. (3) The critical apparatus, consisting of two groups of Notes: (a) Textual Notes, where every substantial departure from the copy texts has been recorded and discussed; (b) Philological Notes, where any passage where the sense or the syntax might present difficulties, all internal references and literary and other allusions have been explained.
Remote sensing measurements of sea surface temperature as an indicator of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in oyster meat and human illnesses
Creators: name: Konrad, Stephanie
name: Paduraru, Peggy
name: Romero-Barrios, Pablo
name: Henderson, Sarah B.
name: Galanis, Eleni
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2018

description: Background: Vibrio parahaemolyticus (Vp) is a naturally occurring bacterium found in marine environments worldwide. It can cause gastrointestinal illness in humans, primarily through raw oyster consumption. Water temperatures, and potentially other environmental factors, play an important role in the growth and proliferation of Vp in the environment. Quantifying the relationships between environmental variables and indicators or incidence of Vp illness is valuable for public health surveillance to inform and enable suitable preventative measures. This study aimed to assess the relationship between environmental parameters and Vp in British Columbia (BC), Canada. Methods: The study used Vp counts in oyster meat from 2002-2015 and laboratory confirmed Vp illnesses from 2011-2015 for the province of BC. The data were matched to environmental parameters from publicly available sources, including remote sensing measurements of nighttime sea surface temperature (SST) obtained from satellite readings at a spatial resolution of 1 km. Using three separate models, this paper assessed the relationship between (1) daily SST and Vp counts in oyster meat, (2) weekly mean Vp counts in oysters and weekly Vp illnesses, and (3) weekly mean SST and weekly Vp illnesses. The effects of salinity and chlorophyll a were also evaluated. Linear regression was used to quantify the relationship between SST and Vp, and piecewise regression was used to identify SST thresholds of concern. Results: A total of 2327 oyster samples and 293 laboratory confirmed illnesses were included. In model 1, both SST and salinity were significant predictors of log(Vp) counts in oyster meat. In model 2, the mean log(Vp) count in oyster meat was a significant predictor of Vp illnesses. In model 3, weekly mean SST was a significant predictor of weekly Vp illnesses. The piecewise regression models identified a SST threshold of approximately 14oC for both model 1 and 3, indicating increased risk of Vp in oyster meat and Vp illnesses at higher temperatures. Conclusion: Monitoring of SST, particularly through readily accessible remote sensing data, could serve as a warning signal for Vp and help inform the introduction and cessation of preventative or control measures.
title: Prolonged outbreak of clonal MDR Pseudomonas aeruginosa on an intensive care unit
title: contaminated sinks and contamination of ultra-filtrate bags as possible route of transmission?
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Salm, Florian
name: Deja, Maria
name: Gastmeier, Petra
name: Kola, Axel
name: Hansen, Sonja
name: Behnke, Michael
name: Gruhl, Desiree
name: Leistner, Rasmus
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Outbreak
subject: Intensive care unit
subject: Pseudomonas aeruginosa
subject: Health
subject: care-associated infection
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Background We report on an outbreak in a surgical, interdisciplinary intensive care unit (ICU) of a tertiary care hospital. We detected a cluster of ICU patients colonized or infected with multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa. We established an outbreak investigation team, performed an exploratory epidemiological analysis and initiated an epidemiology-based intervention. Methods As part of the outbreak investigation, we performed microbiological examinations of the sinks in the patient rooms and a retrospective case-control study. All patients admitted to the outbreak ICU between January 2012 and February 2014 were included. Cases were patients colonized with the outbreak strain. Controls were patients with a different Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain. Risk factors were evaluated using multivariable conditional logistic regression analysis. Strain typing was performed using the repetitive element-based polymerase chain reaction (rep-PCR) DiversiLab system. Results The outbreak strain was found in the sinks of five (of 16) patient rooms. Altogether 21 cases and 21 (randomly selected) controls were included. In the univariate analysis, there was no significant difference in baseline data of the patients. In the multivariate analysis, stay in a room with a colonized sink (Odds Ratio[OR] 11.2, p = 0.007) and hemofiltration (OR 21.9, p = 0.020) were independently associated with an elevated risk for colonization or infection by the outbreak strain. In a subsequent evaluation of the work procedures associated with hemofiltration, we found that the ultra-filtrate bags had been on average five times per day emptied in the sinks of the patient rooms and were used multiple for the same patient. We exchanged the traps of the contaminated sinks and eliminated work procedures involving sinks in patient rooms by implementation of single use bags, which are emptied outside patient rooms to reduce splash water at the sinks. In the 20 month follow-up period, the outbreak strain was detected only once, which indicated that the outbreak had been ceased (incidence 0.75% vs. 0.04%, p < 0.001) Furthermore, the incidence of Pseudonomas aeruginosa overall was significantly decreased (2.5% vs. 1.5%, p
UP AND DOWN ALONG HUMBOLDT CURRENT
Creators: name: Petrillo, Mario
Publisher: name: BELS - Bulletin of Enviromental and Life Sciences
Year: 2020
Subjects: Alexander von Humboldt, South America, marine biology, Pacific Ocean

description: Almost two hundred years after the epic scientific expedition conducted in some countries of Central and South America by Alexander von Humboldt, a multi-stage scientific marine voyage tried to follow the flow of the ocean Humboldt current, named after him. The tireless explorer had identified the physical peculiarities and understood the ecological importance of this great marine circulation. The modern expedition confirmed von Humboldt’s universally known qualities as an excellent precursor of Ecology in both its aspects: the knowledge of the functioning of natural systems and the effects of human activities on Earth’s resources.
description: BELS - Bulletin of Enviromental and Life Sciences, V. 2, N. 1 (2020): VON HUMBOLDT DAY - GENOA
Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA): Survey diagnostics and core data release
Creators: name: Driver, S. P.
name: Hill, D. T.
name: Kelvin, L. S.
name: Robotham, A. S. G.
name: Liske, J.
name: Norberg, P.
name: Baldry, I. K.
name: Bamford, S. P.
name: Hopkins, A. M.
name: Loveday, J.
name: Peacock, J. A.
name: Andrae, E.
name: Bland-Hawthorn, J.
name: Brough, S.
name: Brown, M. J. I.
name: Cameron, E.
name: Ching, J. H. Y.
name: Colless, M.
name: Conselice, C. J.
name: Croom, S. M.
name: Cross, N. J. G.
name: De Propris, R.
name: Dye, S.
name: Drinkwater, M. J.
name: Ellis, S.
name: Graham, Alister
name: Grootes, M. W.
name: Gunawardhana, M.
name: Jones, D. H.
name: van Kampen, E.
name: Maraston, C.
name: Nichol, R. C.
name: Parkinson, H. R.
name: Phillipps, S.
name: Pimbblet, K.
name: Popescu, C. C.
name: Prescott, M.
name: Roseboom, I. G.
name: Sadler, E. M.
name: Sansom, A. E.
name: Sharp, R. G.
name: Smith, D. J. B.
name: Taylor, Edward
name: Thomas, D.
name: Tuffs, R. J.
name: Wijesinghe, D.
name: Dunne, L.
name: Frenk, C. S.
name: Jarvis, M. J.
name: Madore, B. F.
name: Meyer, M. J.
name: Seibert, M.
name: Staveley-Smith, L.
name: Sutherland, W. J.
name: Warren, S. J.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA) survey has been operating since 2008 February on the 3.9-m Anglo-Australian Telescope using the AAOmega fibre-fed spectrograph facility to acquire spectra with a resolution of R≈ 1300 for 120 862 Sloan Digital Sky Survey selected galaxies. The target catalogue constitutes three contiguous equatorial regions centred at 9h (G09), 12h (G12) and 14.5h (G15) each of 12 × 4 deg2 to limiting fluxes of rpet < 19.4, rpet < 19.8 and rpet < 19.4 mag, respectively (and additional limits at other wavelengths). Spectra and reliable redshifts have been acquired for over 98 per cent of the galaxies within these limits. Here we present the survey footprint, progression, data reduction, redshifting, re-redshifting, an assessment of data quality after 3 yr, additional image analysis products (including ugrizYJHK photometry, Sérsic profiles and photometric redshifts), observing mask and construction of our core survey catalogue (GamaCore). From this we create three science-ready catalogues: GamaCoreDR1 for public release, which includes data acquired during year 1 of operations within specified magnitude limits (2008 February to April); GamaCoreMainSurvey containing all data above our survey limits for use by the GAMA Team and collaborators; and GamaCoreAtlasSV containing year 1, 2 and 3 data matched to Herschel-ATLAS science demonstration data. These catalogues along with the associated spectra, stamps and profiles can be accessed via the GAMA website: http://www.gama-survey.org/.
Prospective comorbidity-matched study of Parkinson's disease and risk of mortality among women
Creators: name: Winter, Anke C.
name: Rist, Pamela M.
name: Buring, Julie E.
name: Kurth, Tobias
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Background: Individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD) may have an increased risk of overall mortality compared to the general population. Women may have lower mortality rates from PD than men; however, studies among women on the effect of PD on mortality have been limited and may not have adequately controlled for confounding by comorbidities. Methods: We conducted a matched cohort study among participants in the Women's Health Study. 396 incident PD cases were identified through self-report. Each PD case was matched by age to a comparator who was alive and had the same modified Charlson comorbidity score as the PD case. The PD cases and matched comparators were followed for all-cause mortality. Cox proportional hazards models adjusted for age at the index date, smoking, alcohol consumption, exercise and body mass index were used to determine the association between PD and mortality. Results: During a median of 6.2 years of follow-up, 72 women died (47 PD cases and 25 comparators). The multivariable-adjusted HR for mortality was 2.60 (95% CI 1.56 to 4.32). Conclusions: PD was associated with more than a twofold increased risk of all-cause mortality among women. Results are similar to those observed among men.
Human Resource Management in kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen - Ausgewählte Ergebnisse
Creators: name: Swoboda, Noémi
Publisher: name: Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz FHNW
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: 330 - Wirtschaft

description: Der Arbeitsbericht hat zum Ziel, einen Einblick in den aktuellen Stand der Forschung bezüglich des "Human Resoure Management" (HRM) in kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen (KMU) zu gewähren. Dabei wird auf die allgemeine Situation der KMU in der Schweiz, auf die unterschiedlichen Arten von KMU (Familienunternehmen, junge Unternehmen u.a.), auf leistungsfördernde Umgebungen in Organisationen und auf den Beitrag des HRM zum Unternehmenserfolg eingegangen.
Le perfectionnement des maîtres au Québec: Origine, institution, développement: niveaux élémentaire et secondaire, secteur francophone et catholique, 1856--1980
Creators: name: Beauregard-Brunet, Patricia
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1982
Subjects: subject: Education, History of.

description: Abstract not available.
Exploring the fast transient Universe with the Deeper, Wider, Faster Program
Creators: name: Webb, Sara
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The thesis explores the optical transient Universe via the Deeper, Wider, Faster observational program. The Majority of current surveys search for transient events that evolve in weeks or months, this thesis explores those optical transients that evolue over minutes to only a few hours, minutes, or even fractions of seconds. Those include mysterious fast radio bursts and counterparts to gravitational-wave events. We coordinate more than 40 telescopes and multi-messenger detectors that search for rare transient events simultaneously. This thesis helps to characterise the fast transient sky or future all-sky and large survey facilities like the Vera. C. Rubin Observatory.
Étude des propriétés électriques et optoélectroniques de diodes à puits quantiques AlxGa1-xAs/GaAs.
Creators: name: Richard, Paul G.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1989
Subjects: subject: Physics, Condensed Matter.

description: Double barrier heterostructures of Al$\sb{\rm x}$Ga$\sb{\rm 1-x}$As/GaAs are studied. The presence of a quantized level in the well is confirmed by the observation of a region of negative differential resistance (NDR) in the current-voltage (I-V) characteristics of the heterostructures. A spectrum analyser and a network analyser are thus used to measure the oscillator properties of the samples and to investigate the effects of the external circuit on these properties and on the I-V characteristics. For the sample with AlAs barriers, electron oscillations, of frequency greater than 1 GHz, are measured at room temperature; the observation of these frequencies depends on the matching of the impedances of the external circuit to the device under test. Photoconductivity spectra and photocurrent-voltage (PC-V) characteristics at fixed wavelengths are measured in order to study the effects of light incident on the sample. I-V measurements are carried out in a quantizing magnetic field parallel to the tunneling current. With increasing magnetic field, the voltage periodic structures are shifted to higher bias positions at a similar rate of change. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Geschäftsberichterstattung Schweizer Unternehmen 2005
Creators: name: Daub, Claus-Heinrich
name: Karlsson, Ylva Elisabet
name: Ergenzinger, Rudolf
name: Stiller, Sebastiaan
name: Scherrer, Yvonne Myrtha
name: Philippi, Stefan
name: Schmassmann, Hector
Publisher: name: edition gesowip
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: 330 - Wirtschaft
subject: 650 - Management

description: Die neuste Auflage der jährlichen Untersuchung der Berichterstattungspraxis der grössten Schweizer Unternehmen durch das Institute for Sustainable Management (IfSM) an der Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz Aargau führte zu einer Bestätigung zweier Trends: zum einen eine Zunahme an Nachhaltigkeitsberichten "auf Kosten" von Umwelt- und Sozialberichten, zum anderen eine zunehmende Integration von Sozial- und Umweltthemen in die klassische Geschäftsberichterstattung. Diese verschwindet auf diese Weise allmählich und macht einer Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung Platz.
title: What Did I Do to Susan Orlean and Other Stories
Creators: name: Wilson, Brian C.
Publisher: name: Old Dominion University
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04zjtrb98
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2010

description: From the seat of a bicycle, behind the stage of a lumberjack competition, atop a boatful of oyster shells, and from other unusual perspectives the nonfiction stories in this collection explore a variety of subjects. In some cases I position myself as an outsider, learning through research, interviews and observation. In others I begin as an outsider and then dive in personally, making myself the subject of the experiment. Through it all I hope to make readers, at least temporarily, as interested in online encyclopedias, fixed-wheel bicycles, replica schooners and hungry stingrays as I am.

The proper audience for the stories in this collection is people like me—curious people who want to explore new subjects not because they are strictly useful, but because, in fact, everything is interesting when you look at it in the proper light. News is not statistics or battles or financial crises or explosions. News happens when individual people do things, and individual people are always complex, multi-faceted creatures. Dig beneath the surface of any simple-seeming news story and you'll find an infinite rabbit hole of paths to follow.
Grain growth across protoplanetary discs: 10 μ m silicate feature versus millimetre slope
Creators: name: Lommen, D. J. P.
name: van Dishoeck, E. F.
name: Wright, C. M.
name: Maddison, Sarah
name: Min, M.
name: Wilner, D. J.
name: Salter, D. M.
name: van Langevelde, H. J.
name: Bourke, T. L.
name: van der Burg, R. F. J.
name: Blake, G. A.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Young stars are formed with dusty discs around them. The dust grains in the disc are originally of the same size as interstellar dust, i.e., of the order of 0.1 μm. Models predict that these grains will grow in size through coagulation. Observations of the silicate features around 10 and 20 μm are consistent with growth from submicron to micron sizes in selected sources whereas the slope of the spectral energy distribution (SED) at mm and cm wavelengths traces growth up to mm sizes and larger. We here look for a correlation between these two grain growth indicators. A large sample of T-Tauri and Herbig-Ae/Be stars, spread over the star-forming regions in Chamaeleon, Lupus, Serpens, Corona Australis, and the Gum nebula in Vela, was observed with the Spitzer Space Telescope at 5–13 μm, and a subsample was observed with the SMA, ATCA, CARMA, and VLA at mm wavelengths. We complement this subsample with data from the literature to maximise the overlap between μm and mm observations and search for correlations in the grain-growth signatures. Synthetic spectra are produced to determine which processes may produce the dust evolution observed in protoplanetary discs. Dust disc masses in the range <1 to 7x10-4 M_o are obtained. The majority of the sources have a mm spectral slope consistent with grain growth. There is a tentative correlation between the strength and the shape of the 10-μm silicate feature and the slope of the SED between 1 and 3 mm. The observed sources seem to be grouped per star-forming region in the 10-μm-feature vs. mm-slope diagram. The modelling results show that, if only the maximum grain size is increased, first the 10-μm feature becomes flatter and subsequently the mm slope becomes shallower. To explain the sources with the shallowest mm slopes, a grain size distribution shallower than that of the interstellar medium is required. Furthermore, the strongest 10-μm features can only be explained with bright (L ~ 6 L_o), hot (Teff = 4000 K) central stars. Settling of larger grains towards the disc midplane results in a stronger 10-μm feature, but has a very limited effect on the mm slope. A tentative correlation between the strength of the 10-μm feature and the mm slope is found, which would imply that the inner and outer disc evolve simultaneously. Dust with a mass dominated by large, ~mm-sized, grains is required to explain the shallowest mm slopes. Other processes besides grain growth, such as the clearing of an inner disc by binary interaction, may also be responsible for the removal of small grains. Observations with future telescopes with larger bandwidths or collecting areas are required to provide the necessary statistics to study these processes of disc and dust evolution.
Auf dem Weg zum nachhaltig integrierten Geschäftsbericht
Creators: name: Daub, Claus-Heinrich
name: Karlsson, Ylva Elisabet
name: Ergenzinger, Rudolf
name: Stiller, Sebastiaan
name: Philippi, Stefan
name: Scherrer, Yvonne Myrtha
name: Schmassmann, Hector
name: Bieri, Lukas
Publisher: name: edition gesowip
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: 330 - Wirtschaft
subject: 650 - Management

description: Die Geschäftsberichterstattung ist seit einigen Jahren im Umbruch. Immer mehr Firmen beschränken sich nicht mehr auf einen Tätigkeitsbericht, der nur über ihre ökonomischen Leistungen Auskunft gibt. Nach und nach er-wächst eine integrierte Berichterstattung, die auch über die ökologischen und sozialen Leistungen eines Unternehmens in einer Berichtsperiode informiert. Diese Art der Berichterstattung firmiert international unter der Bezeichnung Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung (Sustainability Reporting). In ihrer Neuauflage der erstmals 2003 durchgeführten Untersuchung der Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung der grössten Unternehmen der Schweiz konnte das Institute for Sustainable Management (IfSM) an der Fachhoch-schule Aargau Nordwestschweiz diesen Trend eindeutig verifizieren. Die wichtigsten Ergebnisse der Untersuchung: Die Anzahl der Unternehmen, die einen Nachhaltigkeitsbericht vorlegen, hat sich im Vergleich zu 2003 von sieben auf 15 mehr als verdoppelt; Umwelt- und Sozialberichte werden immer mehr zum "Auslaufmodell"; Der Industriekonzern ABB bleibt der beste Berichterstatter; sein Vorsprung auf Holcim und Coop ist jedoch nur hauchdünn; Geschäftsberichte der Zukunft werden Nachhaltigkeitsberichte sein. Das Buch enthält detaillierte Angaben zu allen untersuchten Unternehmen. Insgesamt wurden 248 Quellen von 122 Berichterstattern analysiert.
Globale Wirtschaft globale Verantwortung: Die Integration multinationaler Unternehmen in den Prozess der nachhaltigen Entwicklung
Creators: name: Daub, Claus-Heinrich
Publisher: name: edition gesowip
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: 330 - Wirtschaft
subject: 650 - Management

description: Der Prozess der Globalisierung führt zu einer Verschiebung des Kräfteverhältnisses zwischen Nationalstaaten und multinationalen Unternehmen. Deren Macht- und Bedeutungszuwachs lässt Forderungen nach einer Übernahme zusätzlicher Verantwortung im Prozess einer nachhaltigen Ent-wicklung laut werden. Die Publikation zeigt, unter welchen Voraussetzungen dies gelingen kann.
THE ROLE OF ANTIOXIDANT THERAPY IN IMPROVING FOLLICULOGENESIS AND OVULATION IN INFERTILE WOMEN
Creators: name: Qodirova, N.K.
name: Davletova, D.M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: Infertility is a global public health concern that significantly affects reproductive health and creates serious social and medical issues for many couples worldwide. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), one in six couples suffers from infertility. The causes of infertility vary, one of which is disruption in folliculogenesis and ovulation processes in women. Ovulatory disorders account for approximately 30–40% of infertility cases in women. In recent years, many scientific studies have investigated the impact of antioxidants on reproductive health. For example, a study conducted by Davis et al. in 2020 demonstrated the effectiveness of antioxidant therapy in reducing oxidative stress and improving reproductive health in women.
Jazz improvisation, analysis, and interpretation: Three performances of "Honeysuckle Rose" by Ella Fitzgerald
Creators: name: Hawley, Laura
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Music.

description: This thesis develops a framework for analyzing melodic improvisation on a jazz standard in order to explore how the improvisation relates to the original melody and harmony of the song. Using three recorded performances of "Honeysuckle Rose" by Ella Fitzgerald, the analytic method reveals the complex web of melodic and harmonic relationships in her improvisational style and musical craft. The first chapter outlines important terminology and addresses the use of transcription as a tool for analyzing recorded performance. The second chapter explores current practices in jazz analysis and discusses strategies for jazz improvisation. Drawing on the work of prominent jazz analysts (Larson, Kernfeld, Hodson) these chapters lead to the formulation of a three-stage model for analyzing melodic jazz improvisation. The third and fourth chapters present an analysis of Thomas "Fats" Waller's "Honeysuckle Rose," comparing analytic information gleaned from performance transcriptions and the lead-sheet. This analysis illustrates the utility of a model that allows the analyst to simultaneously consider aspects of form, melody, and harmony.
The Lyman-α Project: Exploring relationships between key spectroscopic features, internal properties, and environments of galaxies over cosmic time
Creators: name: Foran, Gary
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This thesis explores relationships between the Lyman-α transition of hydrogen — one of the few detectable galaxy features in the early Universe — and other galactic properties to better understand how galaxies evolve over cosmic time into what we see around us today. In particular, this work finds a relationship between Lyman-α, the internal motions of galaxies, and their broadband imaging brightness and colours. Extremely large broadband imaging datasets from upcoming mega-facilities will be far too large to study using conventional spectroscopy. This thesis provides a powerful means to exploit these datasets, and understand galaxy evolution on the largest scales.
An icy Kuiper belt around the young solar-type star HD 181327
Creators: name: Lebreton, J.
name: Augereau, J.-C.
name: Thi, W.-F.
name: Roberge, A.
name: Donaldson, J.
name: Schneider, G.
name: Maddison, Sarah
name: Ménard, F.
name: Riviere-Marichalar, P.
name: Mathews, G. S.
name: Kamp, I.
name: Pinte, C.
name: Dent, W. R. F.
name: Barrado, D.
name: Duchêne, G.
name: Gonzalez, J.-F.
name: Grady, C. A.
name: Meeus, G.
name: Pantin, E.
name: Williams, J. P.
name: Woitke, P.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Context. HD 181327 is a young main sequence F5/F6 V star belonging to the β Pictoris moving group (age ~12 Myr). It harbors an optically thin belt of circumstellar material at radius ~90 AU, presumed to result from collisions in a population of unseen planetesimals. Aims. We aim to study the dust properties in the belt in details, and to constrain the gas-to dust ratio. Methods. We obtained far-infrared photometric observations of HD 181327 with the PACS instrument onboard the Herschel Space Observatory⋆, complemented by new 3.2 mm observations carried with the ATCA⋆⋆ array. The geometry of the belt is constrained with newly reduced HST/NICMOS scattered light images that allow the degeneracy between the disk geometry and the dust properties to be broken. We then use the radiative transfer code GRaTeR to compute a large grid of models, and we identify the grain models that best reproduce the spectral energy distribution (SED) through a Bayesian analysis. We attempt to detect the oxygen and ionized carbon fine-structure lines with Herschel/PACS spectroscopy, providing observables to our photochemical code ProDiMo. Results. The HST observations confirm that the dust is confined in a narrow belt. The continuum is detected with Herschel/PACS completing nicely the SED in the far-infrared. The disk is marginally resolved with both PACS and ATCA. A medium integration of the gas spectral lines only provides upper limits on the [OI] and [CII] line fluxes. We show that the HD 181327 dust disk consists of micron-sized grains of porous amorphous silicates and carbonaceous material surrounded by an important layer of ice, for a total dust mass of ~0.05 M⊕ (in grains up to 1 mm). We discuss evidences that the grains consists of fluffy aggregates. The upper limits on the gas atomic lines do not provide unambiguous constraints: only if the PAH abundance is high, the gas mass must be lower than ~17 M& 8853;. Conclusions. Despite the weak constraints on the gas disk, the age of HD 181327 and the properties of the dust disk suggest that it has passed the stage of gaseous planets formation. The dust reveals a population of icy planetesimals, similar to the primitive Edgeworth-Kuiper belt, that may be a source for the future delivery of water and volatiles onto forming terrestrial planets.
Heat transfer in rod bundle subchannels.
Creators: name: Guellouz, Mohamed Sadok.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1990
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Mechanical.

description: Presented in this study is an experimental investigation of heat transfer in a model of the 37-rod CANDU reactor bundle. Localized heat was provided by a narrow heated strip mounted on the central rod, which could be traversed within the duct and rotated about its axis. The relative variation of the "apparent" local heat transfer coefficient around the central rod was determined for various rod-wall proximities including two limiting cases of rod-wall contact and rod-rod-wall contact. The flow temperature measurements were concentrated on the rod-wall gap variation. The statistics of the temperature fluctuations showed a deviation from Gaussianity, that was more pronounced as the gap diminished. Asymmetry of the mean temperature and the temperature fluctuation contours is observed with the heater near the gap as well as facing the sub-channel centre. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
ICT Outsourcing in the Swiss SME Sector: Conclusions and Typcial Company Clusters
Creators: name: Leimstoll, Uwe
name: Schubert, Petra
name: Fisher, Julie
Publisher: name: Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz FHNW
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: ICT
subject: IKT
subject: Informatik
subject: Outsourcing
subject: 330 - Wirtschaft
subject: 005 - Computer Programmierung, Programme und Daten

description: The outsourcing of ICT services has been common place in large organizations for many years. To date, most of the published research has focused on large organizations with very limited discussion exploring outsourcing in small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). This paper reports on a major study (based on 900 completed questionnaires) of Swiss SMEs and their approach to outsourcing. The results presented in this paper are weighted according to company size and industry sector and are in this respect representative for Switzerland. The findings are presented in four main conclusions and six identified clusters (typical company profiles). ICT outsourcing for SMEs is primarily focused on Maintenance and Support. The majority of SMEs using outsourcing have achieved positive outcomes as a result. Smaller SMEs are more likely to consider outsourcing than their larger counterparts. Suppliers of external ICT services specialised on selective, definable services seem to be at an advantage.