cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
The increasing significance of disease severity in a burden of disease framework
Creators: name: Wyper, Grant M.A.
name: Assunção, Ricardo
name: Plaß, Dietrich
name: Fletscher, Eilidh
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2021

description: Recent estimates have reiterated that non-fatal causes of disease, such as low back pain, headaches and depressive disorders, are amongst the leading causes of disability-adjusted life years (DALYs). For these causes, the contribution of years lived with disability (YLD) - put simply, ill-health - is what drives DALYs, not mortality. Being able to monitor trends in YLD closely is particularly relevant for countries that sit high on the socio-demographic spectrum of development, as it contributes more than half of all DALYs. There is a paucity of data on how the population-level occurrence of disease is distributed according to severity, and as such, the majority of global and national efforts in monitoring YLD lack the ability to differentiate changes in severity across time and location. This raises uncertainties in interpreting these findings without triangulation with other relevant data sources. Our commentary aims to bring this issue to the forefront for users of burden of disease estimates, as its impact is often easily overlooked as part of the fundamental process of generating DALY estimates. Moreover, the wider health harms of the COVID-19 pandemic have underlined the likelihood of latent and delayed demand in accessing vital health and care services that will ultimately lead to exacerbated disease severity and health outcomes. This places increased importance on attempts to be able to differentiate by both the occurrence and severity of disease. © Author(s) 2021
Mechanisms of T cell dysfunction during human T cell leukemia virus type 1 infection
Creators: name: Maher, Allison
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2024

description: Human T cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is a retrovirus that infects 10-20 million people worldwide. While most infected people remain asymptomatic carriers (ACs), 2-5% of HTLV-1 carriers develop adult T-cell leukemia, and another 2-5% develop inflammatory diseases including HTLV-1-associated myelopathy (HAM). HAM is an inflammatory disease of the central nervous system (CNS) with no available curative treatments. Individuals with higher HTLV-1 proviral loads (PVLs) are at an increased risk for HAM development. While CD4+ T cells predominate in early CNS lesions, suggesting their involvement in early HAM pathogenesis, and CD8+ T cells predominate in chronic lesions, much remains to be uncovered about the mechanism of HAM pathogenesis and CNS damage. The overall aims of this work were to study mechanisms of T cell dysfunction during HTLV-1 infection to gain insights into T cell responses associated with effective viral control and the mechanisms by which T cells contribute to HAM pathogenesis. Here, I show that HTLV-1-specific CD4+ and CD8+ T cells from patients with HAM have an enhanced capacity to migrate to the CNS and can induce proinflammatory astrocytes and microglia. Through in-depth phenotypic, functional, and/or transcriptional characterization of HTLV-1-specific CD4+ and CD8+ T cells, I show that HTLV-1-specific T helper (Th) 17 responses are associated with a low PVL, while an unfocused HTLV-1- specific Th1 response, in addition to a strong HTLV-1-specific T cytotoxic 17 response, are associated with HAM. Finally, I show that CD4+CD8+ double-positive T cells are more abundant in patients with HAM, highly HTLV-1-infected, proinflammatory, have an enhanced capacity to migrate to the CNS and induce inflammatory astrocytes. Taken together, this thesis provides a deeper understanding of the contribution of T cells to CNS inflammation and HAM pathogenesis.
Towards High Quality Video Streaming over Urban Vehicular Networks Using a Location-aware Multipath Scheme
Creators: name: Wang, Renfei
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: VANETs
multipath
route coupling
location-aware
video streaming

description: The transmitting of video content over Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs) faces a great number of challenges caused by strict QoS (Quality of Service) requirements and highly dynamic network topology. In order to tackle these challenges, multipath forwarding schemes can be regarded as potential solutions. However, route coupling effect and the path length growth severely impair the performance of multipath schemes. In this thesis, the current research status about video streaming over VANETs as well as multipath transmissions are reviewed. With the demand to discover a more suitable solution, we propose the Location-Aware Multipath Video Streaming (LIAITHON+) protocol to address video streaming over urban VANETs. LIAITHON+ uses location information to discover relatively short paths with minimal route coupling effect. The performance results have shown it outperforms the underlying single path solution as well as the node-disjoint multipath solution. In addition, the impact of added redundancy on the multipath solution is investigated through LIAITHON+. According to the results, added redundancy has a different impact depending on the data rate.
Design and Implementation of a Framework for Self-Configuring Devices Using TR-069
Creators: name: Rachidi, Houda
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011
Subjects: Device Self-configuration
TR-069
CWMP
autonomic control loop
IBM MAPE-K

description: Communication network technologies have been evolving exponentially in the late decades. These innovations increase the network capabilities and open new horizons to creating novel and original services. The heterogeneity in equipment qualifications increases the level of complexity in the technological advancement. In such environment, service management has become an everyday challenge to service providers. Important efforts have been deployed to innovate in the exploitation of intelligent devices in the home and other private locations. In this Thesis, we propose a framework for self-configuration of devices within Hone Area Networks. We propose a device self-configuration architecture based on IBM Monitor-Analyze-Plan-Execute using Knowledge autonomic control loop. To prove the validity of our system architecture and support its applicability, we developed a prototype system that gives a general control loop implementation for device self-configuration using the CPE WAN Management Protocol. A video streaming scenario is implemented and used to evaluate validity our framework.
The labour market and the knowledge intensification of Australian jobs: a view to the future
Creators: name: Esposto, Alexis
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The importance of knowledge in the labour market and in economic activity has been recognized since as far back as the Industrial Revolution. A feature of employment change in Australia has been the knowledge intensification of occupations. This paper outlines and discusses why some knowledge sets might be more important than others in meeting the challenges of a rapidly changing labour market and how best to assess what sets are required by the economy to grow and to compete effectively in a complex and competitive economic global environment. The paper uses the Occupational Information Network (O*NET), an extensive US database that describes the attributes and characteristics of occupations and workers. It uses the O*NET data on knowledge which is made up of 33 distinct indicators and applies it to the Australian labour market context using the Monash Forecasting System, and presents detailed “knowledge” forecasts. The paper concludes that the knowledge intensity of Australian jobs has increased significantly historically and is expected to continue to grow in the future.
Femmes immigrantes et insertion en emploi : parcours et analyse des trajectoires des Rwandaises dans la région d'Ottawa-Gatineau
Creators: name: Mugwaneza, Théodosie
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011
Subjects: Femmes Immigrantes d'origine Rwandaise et insertion en emploi
Femmes immigrantes et insertion en emploi

description: La présente étude de cas, menée auprès des immigrantes d’origine rwandaises de la région d’Ottawa-Gatineau, vise à identifier les obstacles d’intégration en emploi et les stratégies de contournement usitées face à ces obstacles par cette population à l’étude. Dans l’objectif de pallier à la demande croissante du marché du travail résultante du rétrécissement de la population active, le Canada a recours et encourage l’immigration. Plusieurs mesures et outils sont mis en place pour tirer profit de ce phénomène. C’est le cas de la grille de sélection instaurée au niveau fédéral ainsi que par la province du Québec. Les critères qui la composent visent certains profils sociodémographiques et certaines caractéristiques en matière de formation et d’expérience professionnelle en lien avec les besoins du marché du travail. Néanmoins, l’écart entre la situation des immigrants sur le marché du travail et celle des Canadiens de naissance ne cesse de se creuser, malgré cette sélection et l’existence de politiques orientées dont celle relative à l’équité en matière d’emploi. Nombreux sont les obstacles à souligner. Parmi eux, nous retenons la non maîtrise de l’anglais et du français, la discrimination fondée sur l’origine ethnique, etc. C’est dans ce cadre, que nous avons choisi d’examiner les obstacles d’intégration en emploi et les stratégies utilisées pour y faire face. À la lumière des données recueillies en entrevues, que nous avons formalisées puis schématisées par un usage inusité de la notion de trajectoire, il est apparu que la non reconnaissance et/ou la dévalorisation du capital humain combinée au déplacement migratoire, qui sépare ce capital de ses réseaux sociaux, s’avèrent des obstacles majeurs à l’intégration des immigrants. Le capital humain des immigrants acquis dans un autre espace n’est ni reconnu ni valorisé dans le pays d’accueil. En outre, la migration éloigne l’immigrant de ses réseaux sociaux initiaux, alors que ces derniers sont largement sollicités lors de l’insertion sur le marché de l’emploi. Face à ces obstacles, plusieurs stratégies de contournement sont déployées. Elles sont parfois inefficaces puisqu’elles sont individuelles alors que les obstacles sont structurels et institutionnels. Cet état de fait, au terme de notre analyse, nous conduit à la formulation de quelques recommandations.
Deep learning for infant atypical speech analysis
Creators: name: Al Futaisi, Najla
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2023

description: Advancements in speech research increasingly focus on automating processes using Artificial Intelligence (AI), moving away from traditional, labor-intensive methods. This shift facilitates the analysis of atypical speech and language environments in children, aiding the identification of speech disorders and intellectual disabilities. However, the performance of Machine Learning (ML) models heavily depends on the quality of training datasets, making data collection and sharing significant challenges. This research employs Deep Learning (DL) algorithms, including Recurrent Neural Networks (RNN) and transformer networks, to model and classify speech data. The thesis begins by classifying infant vocalisations, distinguishing between canonical and non- canonical babbling using an Adversarial Multi-Task Learning approach that leverages weakly labeled data. This method effectively addresses category mismatch and data sparsity. Further research explores auditory stimuli exposure, differentiating between infant- and adult-directed speech through Multi-Task Learning and AutoEncoder techniques. Experiments demonstrate that knowledge transfer across datasets improves model performance. A key focus is the early detection of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) through speech recogni- tion, emphasising the importance of early intervention. Two fine-tuning approaches for transfer learning are evaluated for their ability to classify child speech as Atypically Developing (AT) or Typically Developing (TD), a task known as typicality classification. The models—one using discriminative fine-tuning, the other fine-tuning a Wav2Vec 2.0 model—are also applied to a diagnostic task distinguishing between Pervasive Developmental Disorders (PDD), including ASD, and typical development using 62 minutes of labeled speech data. The findings confirm that deep transfer learning improves classification accuracy but highlight challenges such as category mismatches and class imbalances. Ethical considerations, especially regarding child data and fairness in AI, are examined. The thesis explores gender bias in ASD classification models, revealing that ML models can reflect biases in training data, underscoring the need for fairness in AI development, particularly for sensitive conditions like ASD.
The Effects of the Heme Oxygenase-1/Carbon Monoxide System on Cardiorespiratory Control in Fish
Creators: name: Tzaneva, Velislava
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: ventilation
neuroepithelial cell
gill
heart
pacemaker cell
chemoreception
oxygen
larva
zebrafish
goldfish
heart rate

description: Endogenously produced carbon monoxide (CO) is an important gaseous signalling molecule which regulates a variety of cardiorespiratory functions. CO is produced in cells by the heme oxygenase (HO) family of proteins by the breakdown of heme into equimolar amounts of CO, bilirubin and Fe2+. My thesis focuses on the hypoxia- and hyperoxia-inducible HO-1/CO system exclusively and aims to provide the first evidence that the HO-1/CO system is involved in cardiorespiratory control in the zebrafish (Danio rerio) and goldfish (Carassius auratus). Overall, I hypothesise that the HO-1/CO system acts as a negative regulator of cardiorespiratory function in fish. Using immunohistochemistry, I was able to characterise the distribution of HO-1 and thus reveal the potential for endogenous CO production (from heme breakdown) in branchial and skin neuroepithelial cells (NECs; putative O2 chemoreceptors) and associated innervation as well as the heart of the developing zebrafish larva. The presence of HO-1 in these structures suggests the likelihood of specific and localized production of CO in fish. To assess the functional significance of the HO-1/CO system in control of cardiorespiratory function, I used pharmacological and gene knock down approaches to diminish HO-1 activity, and presumably endogenous CO production, in adult and larval fish, respectively. The results from these experiments provided evidence that 1) CO has an inhibitory influence on ventilation in goldfish and zebrafish but that its function is temperature- and species-dependent and 2) showed that the HO-1/CO system tonically inhibits cardiac activity in larval zebrafish.
Supplementary document for Unusual Higher Order Nonlinear Optical Properties in Au Coated Triangular Ag-Au nanostructures - 5377938.pdf
Creators: name: Mondal, Koushik
name: biswas, subrata
name: Singha, Tara
name: Pal, Sudip K
name: Ghosh, Sujit
name: Datta, Prasanta
name: Kumbhakar, Pathik
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplementary information
Highly Driven Polymer Translocation in the Presence of External Constraints: Simulations and Theory
Creators: name: Sean-Fortin, David
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2017
Subjects: DNA translocation
Langevin dynamics
Computer simulations

description: DNA sequencing via nanopore translocation was a pipedream two decades ago. Today, biotech companies are releasing commercial devices. Yet many challenges still hover around the simple concept of threading a long DNA molecule through a small nanoscopic pore with the aim of extracting the DNA’s sequence along the process. In this thesis I use computer simulations to create what are in essence virtual pro- totypes for testing design ideas for the improvement of nanopore translocation devices. These ideas are based on the general concept of modifying the average shape of the initial DNA conformations. This is done, for example, by introducing new geometrical features to the nanopore’s surrounding or by the means of some external force. The goal of these simulations is not just to test design improvements, but also to systematically deconstruct the physical mechanisms involved in the translocation process. The roles of pore friction, initial polymer conformations, monomer crowding on the trans- side of the membrane, Brownian fluctuations, and polymer rigidity can, with careful consideration, be essentially muted at will. Computer simulations in this sense play the role of a sandbox in which the physics can be tinkered with, in order to assess and evaluate the magnitude of certain approximations found in theoretical modelling of translocation. This enables me to construct theoretical models that contain the necessary features pertaining to the different designs tested by simulations. The work presented here is thus constituted of both Langevin Dynamics simulations and adaptations of the Tension-Propagation theory of polymer translocation when the polymer is subject to the various test conditions.
Supplementary document for Unusual Higher Order Nonlinear Optical Properties in Au Coated Triangular Ag-Au nanostructures - 5377938.pdf
Creators: name: Mondal, Koushik
name: biswas, subrata
name: Singha, Tara
name: Pal, Sudip K
name: Ghosh, Sujit
name: Datta, Prasanta
name: Kumbhakar, Pathik
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplementary information
Prostaglandin E2 Receptor 3 (EP3) Contributes to Polyuria, Glomerular Hyperfiltration, and Renal Injury in Diabetes
Creators: name: Hassouneh, Ramzi
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2015
Subjects: Diabetes
Chronic Kidney Disease
Prostaglandins
Water Transport
Arginine Vasopressin
Collecting Duct

description: Cyclooxygenases (COXs) and their main renal product, prostaglandin E2 (PGE2), regulate many physiological renal functions and are involved in the pathogenesis of diabetic kidney disease. The PGE2 receptor EP3 has been repeatedly shown to be upregulated during diabetes. Physiologically, EP3 is best recognized to act as a diuretic by antagonizing arginine-vasopressin (AVP)-mediated water reabsorption. Incidentally, the first renal manifestation of diabetes is polyuria, which may trigger a cascade of events leading to DN. We hypothesize that EP3 contributes to polyuria and kidney dysfunction during diabetes. We injected EP3-/- mice with streptozotocin (STZ) and evaluated their renal function 12-weeks post injection. EP3-/- STZ mice exhibit attenuated polyuria while exhibiting increased urine osmolality suggesting enhanced water reabsorption. Western blots reveal that EP3-/- STZ mice have increased expression of aquaporin-1 and aquaporin-2 as well as reduced urinary AVP excretion compared to STZ mice. However, salt transporters were equivalently increased in STZ and EP3-/- STZ mice. In vitro microperfusion shows that EP3 completely abrogates AVP-mediated water reabsorption in STZ cortical collecting ducts. Furthermore, EP3-/- STZ mice showed blunted renal COX-2 expression as well as reduced renal hypertrophy, glomerular hyperfiltration, and albuminuria. Taken together, the data suggests that EP3 contributes to polyuria during diabetes by inhibiting expression of aquaporins. Additionally, EP3 seems to contribute to renal COX-2 induction during diabetes. The lack of an increase in renal COX-2 protein levels in EP3-/- STZ mice may be protective by preventing further renal damage.
Energy management systems in practice
Creators: name: Barckhausen, Anton
name: Becker, Juliane
name: Malodobry, Peter
Publisher: name: Umweltbundesamt
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Energiemanagementsystem
subject: ISO 50001:2011
subject: Umweltmanagement
subject: Energieeffizienz
subject: EMAS
subject: energy management system
subject: ISO 50001
subject: energy management
subject: energy audits
subject: environmental management
subject: energy efficiency
subject: Climate | Energy
subject: Economy | Consumption

description: By 2050, the European Union aims to become climate neutral. The achievement of this goal will require, among others, a massive boost in energy efficiency. Companies and other organizations can make a significant contribution to climate protection through systematic and long-term energy management. Since its publication in 2011, ISO 50001 became the most important international standard for energy management systems. The guide energy management systems in practice contains instructions, recommendation and practical examples that support organizations in implementing an energy management system according to ISO 50001:2018 based on an initial energy audit. For companies and organizations that initially want to assess if an energy management system is worthwhile, the guide contains a test run which can be carried out with manageable effort. For those companies and organizations that want to go beyond energy management and address their environmental impacts comprehensively, the guide explains how to step up to EMAS, the eco management and audit scheme of the European Union. Quelle:http://www.umweltbundesamt.de/
description: By 2050, the European Union aims to become climate neutral. The achievement of this goal will require, among others, a massive boost in energy efficiency. Companies and other organizations can make a significant contribution to climate protection through systematic and long-term energy management. Since its publication in 2011, ISO 50001 became the most important international standard for energy management systems. The guide “energy management systems in practice” contains instructions, recommendation and practical examples that support organizations in implementing an energy management system according to ISO 50001:2018 based on an initial energy audit. For companies and organizations that initially want to assess if an energy management system is worthwhile, the guide contains a “test run“ which can be carried out with manageable effort. For those companies and organizations that want to go beyond energy management and address their environmental impacts comprehensively, the guide explains how to step up to ⁠EMAS⁠, the eco management and audit scheme of the European Union.
In the Company of Gentiles: Exploring the History of Integrated Jews in British Columbia, 1858-1971
Creators: name: Nordlinger McDonnell, Lillooet
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011
Subjects: professional Jews
British Columbia Jews
Jewish Jurists
Nathan Nemetz
Leon Koerner
Hannah Director
Harry Adaskin
Cecelia Davies Sylvester
Jewish lumber barons
Integrated Jews

description: By way of five microhistories focusing on the lives of Cecelia Davies Sylvester, Hannah Director, Leon Koerner, Harry Adaskin, and Nathan Nemetz, this study examines various modes of integration for Jews within particular periods of British Columbian (BC) history. Each microhistory explores the boundaries that were crossed and fostered by Jews whose careers and social contributions led them outside the confines of the established Jewish community. These Jews represent the vanguard of Jewish integration for each era to which they contributed.
Opportunity creation as structuration: Empirical data from three technology entrepreneurial initiatives
Creators: name: Bhowmick, Sanjay
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This exploratory paper examines entrepreneurial opportunity creation as being a process of structuration. The paper first discusses the opportunity paradigm in entrepreneurship literature and the relevant creation-discovery debate. It takes pursuit of entrepreneurial opportunity under Knightian uncertainty (Knight, 1921), particularly technology entrepreneurial initiatives, to be opportunity creation processes. It then discusses Giddens’ Theory of Structuration (Giddens, 1979, 1984). Presenting empirical data from verbal protocol of entrepreneurs relating to three technology entrepreneurial initiatives, it discusses how the opportunity process in these initiatives shows up as structuration. Subject to further empirical research, it proposes that a structuration view of the opportunity process may lead to a synthesis of opposing perspectives in the discovery-creation debate.
Supplementary document for Occlusion-capable see-through display without screen-door effect using photochromic mask - 5378337.pdf
Creators: name: Chae, Minseok
name: Bang, Kiseung
name: JO, YOUNGJIN
name: Yoo, Chanhyung
name: Lee, Byoungho
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplemental document
Supplementary document for Occlusion-capable see-through display without screen-door effect using photochromic mask - 5378337.pdf
Creators: name: Chae, Minseok
name: Bang, Kiseung
name: JO, YOUNGJIN
name: Yoo, Chanhyung
name: Lee, Byoungho
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplemental document
Surgical Stress Promotes the Development of Cancer Metastases by a Coagulation-Dependent Mechanism in a Murine Model
Creators: name: Seth, Rashmi
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011
Subjects: Surgical stress
Cancer metastases
Coagulation
Natural-Killer cells
Murine model

description: Surgery precipitates a hypercoagulable state and has been shown to increase the development of cancer metastases in animal models, however mechanism(s) responsible for this are largely unknown. We hypothesize that the prometastatic effect of surgery may be secondary to postoperative hypercoagulable state. Surgical stress was induced in mice by partial hepatectomy or nephrectomy, preceded by intravenous injection of CT26-LacZ or B16F10-LacZ cells to establish pulmonary metastases with or without perioperative anticoagulation and their lung tumor cell emboli (TCE) were quantified. Fibrinogen and platelets were fluorescently labeled prior to surgical stress to evaluate TCE-associated fibrin and platelet clots. Surgery significantly increased metastases while anticoagulation with five different agents attenuated this effect. Fibrin and platelet clots were associated with TCE significantly more frequently in surgically stressed mice. Surgery promotes the formation of fibrin and platelet clots around TCE and this appears to be the mechanism for the increase in metastases seen following surgery.
Ruby Deposits: A Review and Geological Classification
Creators: name: Giuliani, Gaston
name: Groat, Lee Andrew, 1959-
name: Fallick, Anthony E.
name: Pignatelli, Isabella
name: Pardieu, Vincent
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2020

description: Corundum is not uncommon on Earth but the gem varieties of ruby and sapphire are relatively rare. Gem corundum deposits are classified as primary and secondary deposits. Primary deposits contain corundum either in the rocks where it crystallized or as xenocrysts and xenoliths carried by magmas to the Earth’s surface. Classification systems for corundum deposits are based on different mineralogical and geological features. An up-to-date classification scheme for ruby deposits is described in the present paper. Ruby forms in mafic or felsic geological environments, or in metamorphosed carbonate platforms but it is always associated with rocks depleted in silica and enriched in alumina. Two major geological environments are favorable for the presence of ruby: (1) amphibolite to medium pressure granulite facies metamorphic belts and (2) alkaline basaltic volcanism in continental rifting environments. Primary ruby deposits formed from the Archean (2.71 Ga) in Greenland to the Pliocene (5 Ma) in Nepal. Secondary ruby deposits have formed at various times from the erosion of metamorphic belts (since the Precambrian) and alkali basalts (from the Cenozoic to the Quaternary). Primary ruby deposits are subdivided into two types based on their geological environment of formation: (Type I) magmatic-related and (Type II) metamorphic-related. Type I is characterized by two sub-types, specifically Type IA where xenocrysts or xenoliths of gem ruby of metamorphic (sometimes magmatic) origin are hosted by alkali basalts (Madagascar and others), and Type IB corresponding to xenocrysts of ruby in kimberlite (Democratic Republic of Congo). Type II also has two sub-types; metamorphic deposits sensu stricto (Type IIA) that formed in amphibolite to granulite facies environments, and metamorphic-metasomatic deposits (Type IIB) formed via high fluid–rock interaction and metasomatism. Secondary ruby deposits, i.e., placers are termed sedimentary-related (Type III). These placers are hosted in sedimentary rocks (soil, rudite, arenite, and silt) that formed via erosion, gravity effect, mechanical transport, and sedimentation along slopes or basins related to neotectonic motions and deformation.
title: Заболеваемость и смертность от рака желудка в Республике Саха (Якутия) в 2016 г.
Creators: name: Сметанина, В. Д.
name: Афанасьева, Л. Н.
Publisher: name: Реноме
Year: 2018

description: Изучены эпидемиологические показатели рака желудка в Республике Саха (Якутия) в 2016 г. и сопоставлены с показателями 10-летней давности.
Applications of technology in visitor attractions: revisiting Stipanuk's (1993) perspective of the tourism/technology interface
Creators: name: Nankervis, Tony
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: In what is now seems a strikingly prophetic examination of technological applications in tourism, Shafer (1989, p.2), observed that 'science and technology [are] often the wild cards in the tourism strategic planning game---appearing unexpectedly, creating entirely new markets or causing further segmentation of current ones'. Despite describing Schafer's work as 'visionary and innovative' (Stipanuk 1993, p.267) bemoaned the narrowness of the literature relating to the interaction between technology and tourism and called for a view of technology that [goes] beyond considerations of simply 'technology-as tool'. In doing so Stipanuk called for a multi-dimensional perspective which is likewise visionary in nature. This paper revisits Stipanuk's conceptual framework and examines it in the more specific context of visitor attractions. A number of contemporary examples are used to illustrate both modern applications and forward implications. As a basis for ongoing research a conceptual model is advanced which hypothesises varying degrees of technological application across a broad taxonomic spectrum of attractions.
Aufbereitung und Transport von Wirtschaftsdüngern
Creators: name: Schießl, Peter
name: Krämer, Christine
name: Heißenhuber, Alois
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Nährstoffzyklus
subject: Wirtschaftsdünger
subject: Abfalltransport
subject: Abfallaufkommen
subject: Gülle
subject: Landwirtschaftliche Fläche
subject: Flächennutzung
subject: Massentierhaltung
subject: Ackerland
subject: Nährstoffkreislauf
subject: Gülleanfall
subject: Gülleausbringung
subject: Dünger aus Tierhaltung
subject: Agrarische Flächennutzung
subject: Intensivtierhaltung
subject: Ackerbaufläche
subject: Boden | Fläche
subject: Soil | Land

description: Aufgrund der hohen Tierbesatzdichte in einigen Regionen Europas und Deutschlands kommt es in diesen Regionen zu hohen Nährstoffüberschüssen, die vor Ort pflanzenbaulich nicht mehr sinnvoll zu nutzen sind und deren Ausbringung mit der Entstehung von Belastungen für die Ressourcen des Naturschutzes und des menschlichen Wohlbefindens verbunden ist. Dem gegenüber stehen Ackerbauregionen, in denen kaum Wirtschaftsdünger anfällt und in denen die notwendigen Nährstoffe über mineralische Düngemittel eingebracht werden. Neben der Flächenbindung der Tierhaltung könnte die Aufbereitung und der Transport des Wirtschaftsdüngers in Nährstoffmangel-Regionen zu einer besseren Verteilung und dem Recycling der anfallenden Nährstoffe beitragen. Es existieren eine Reihe von Aufbereitungsverfahren, die bisher kaum zum Einsatz kommen, da die geltenden Auflagen zur Ausbringung von Nährstoffen als nicht strikt genug angesehen werden können und darüber hinaus die ökonomischen Rahmenbedingungen der Aufbereitung und des Transportes einen wirtschaftlichen Einsatz der Techniken nicht erlauben. Der vorliegende Bericht greift das Thema der Wirtschaftsdüngeraufbereitung wieder auf und stellt die technischen Möglichkeiten der Aufbereitung sowie die ökonomischen Rahmenbedingungen des Einsatzes der Techniken dar. Darüber hinaus werden die politischen und ökonomischen Rahmenbedingungen und deren notwendige Weiterentwicklung betrachtet. So kann der Einsatz der Aufbereitung und des Transportes von Wirtschaftsdüngern unter veränderten Rahmenbedingungen durchaus wirtschaftlich erscheinen. Zu beachten ist jedoch, dass der Einsatz der entsprechenden Technik mit Trade Offs verbunden ist, die im Rahmen dieses Projektes nicht abschließend bewertet werden können.
Enlightenment and the French Revolution : the membership and political language of the Société de 1789.
Creators: name: Olsen, Mark V.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1991
Subjects: subject: History, European.

description: The Societe de 1789 is used in this dissertation as a case study of the relationship of the Late Enlightenment to liberal monarchists of the early Revolutionary period. The club, founded in January of 1790, was composed of leading intellectuals, financiers, ancien regime bureaucrats and many liberal members of the National Assembly who sought to consolidate the gains of the Revolution in a new constitution which would reflect "political truths" as deduced by Enlightened philosophy. The High Enlightenment did not leave a particular political program or philosophy to be "implemented" by later reformers or revolutionaries. Rather the Enlightenment provided a context in which to debate political issues. The style and language used for the discussion of contemporary politics tells us more about the impact of the Enlightenment than would an attempt to trace ideas back to a "source." Thus, the analysis of the political language of the Societe de 1789 is an important element in determining the degree to which the Enlightenment influenced the club. A considerable portion of this work is devoted to the elaboration of computer-based linguistic methods applied to intellectual and cultural history. The theoretical and methodological issues raised by systematic analysis of textual data are considered in the context of analyzing the impact of Enlightenment and American Revolutionary discourses on the language of 1789. Although these methods may still be considered provisional, preliminary results presented here suggest that further development is warranted. The well-known failure of the Societe de 1789 as a political club to attract support and its failure to consolidate the gains of 1789 and stop the Revolution is also indicative of the relationship of the Late Enlightenment and Revolution. The contradictions of the Enlightenment's failure to develop a systematic political ideology is central to this failure. The Societe de 1789 never lost the Enlightenment fear of the people. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Regional flood frequency analysis by nonparametric methods.
Creators: name: Gingras, Denis.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1992
Subjects: subject: Physical Geography.

description: Parametric methods, currently used in regional flood frequency analysis, have numerous drawbacks and limitations, especially with regard to flood distribution selection and regional relationship form. Alternative approaches involving nonparametric methods are investigated in this thesis on a set of New Brunswick annual maximum floods. Nonparametric methods were employed at the three steps of regional analysis: at-site flood frequency analysis, homogeneous region delineation and regional relationship development. Nonparametric flood frequency analysis indicated that an annual maximum flood data set from New Brunswick contained some unimodal distributions along with many mixed distributions of bimodal and heavy-tailed shapes. A simulation study showed that sampling variability from a unimodal distribution could not account for the bimodality in nonparametric frequency analysis, confirming the existence of mixed distributions. L-moment analysis, a parametric method, confirmed that the entire set of floods from New Brunswick could not be appropriately described by a unimodal distribution. In this study, a new method is proposed for the purpose of homogeneous region delineation which effectively combines geographical considerations and flood data characteristics. The technique is based on the grouping of stations with similar density function shape, which reflect similar flood generating mechanisms. In New Brunswick, flood densities of three different shapes were grouped on a geographical basis to delineate homogeneous regions. Statistical tests based on L-moment analysis confirmed that the stations within a homogeneous bimodal region came from the same distribution. But L-moment analysis would propose either the Generalized Logistic or the Generalized Extreme Value as the regional distribution. Nonparametric frequency analysis revealed, however, that the floods within that region actually came from a mixed distribution. Nonparametric regression was employed for regional relationship development in New Brunswick; however, no significant improvement over the parametric approach of linear regression resulted. Using bootstrapping of pairs, a new method to compute the confidence interval at the center of a nonparametric regression was investigated. A comparison of linear and nonparametric regression confidence intervals can assist in evaluating the appropriateness of a linear model, and thus the need to employ nonparametric regression. Nonparametric regression was shown to be useful in screening irrational relationships that could be developed with the parametric approach. A new regional analysis methodology, involving nonparametric methods at the three steps of regional analysis, is proposed in this study, resulting in improved homogeneous region delineation, in more accurate at-site quantile estimates, and more realistic regional relationships.
Supplementary document for Demonstration of cascaded harmonic generation in a silica nanowire for deep UV to NIR frequency comb using nJ pulse energies - 5378812.pdf
Creators: name: Pant, Ravi
name: Mishra, Akhileshwar
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Infromation regarding modeling and simulations of the experimental data
Market-Based Sensor Relocation by a Team of Robots in Wireless Sensor Networks
Creators: name: Li, Haotian
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: Bidding
Sensor relocation
Coverage repair
Mobile robot

description: Randomly scattered sensors may cause sensing holes and redundant sensors. In carrier-based sensor relocation, mobile robots (with limited capacity to carry sensors) pick up additional or redundant sensors and relocate them at sensing holes. In the only known localized algorithm, robots randomly traverse field and act based on identified pair of spare sensor and coverage hole. We propose a Market-based Sensor Relocation (MSR) algorithm, which optimizes sensor deployment location, and introduces bidding and coordinating among neighboring robots. Sensors along the boundary of each hole elect one of them as the representative, which bids to neighboring robots for hole filling service. Robot randomly explores by applying Least Recently Visited policy. It chooses the best bid according to Cost over Progress ratio and fetches a spare sensor nearby to cover the corresponding sensing hole. Robots within communication range share their tasks to search for better possible solutions. Simulation shows that MSR outperforms the existing competing algorithm G-R3S2 significantly on total robot traversed path and energy, and time to cover holes, slightly on number of sensors needed to cover the hole, and the cost of additional messages for bidding and deployment location sharing.
Supplementary document for Demonstration of cascaded harmonic generation in a silica nanowire for deep UV to NIR frequency comb using nJ pulse energies - 5378812.pdf
Creators: name: Pant, Ravi
name: Mishra, Akhileshwar
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Infromation regarding modeling and simulations of the experimental data
Traduire la métafiction dans Dressing Up for the Carnival de Carol Shields
Creators: name: Fournier-Lévêque, Élise
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: traduction littéraire
Carol Shields

description: Le projet de cette maîtrise en traduction littéraire comporte deux grands volets. Le premier volet, créatif, est une traduction intégrale vers le français d’un recueil de nouvelles de Carol Shields, intitulé Dressing Up for the Carnival (2000). Le deuxième volet, celui-ci théorique, est une analyse de cette traduction – de quatre nouvelles en particulier – portant sur l’aspect métafictionnel et autoréférentiel de l’écriture de Shields. Cette analyse s’intéresse particulièrement aux manières dont la figure de l’auteur est présentée et déconstruite. Elle montre en quoi cet aspect important de l’œuvre de Shields peut avoir une incidence sur la traduction ou la réception de la traduction, puisque l’auteure se prononce sur l’acte d’interprétation. L’analyse souligne également les défis qui découlent de la traduction d’une auteure comme Shields, qui tend à privilégier la langue et non l’intrigue comme point de départ de l’écriture, notamment par l’imposition de contraintes stylistiques sévères.
Pomological characterization of carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua L.) from the province of Chefchaouen (NW of Morocco)
Creators: name: Naoual Gharnit
name: Noureddine Elmtili
name: Sayah, Fouad
name: Ennabili, Abdeslam
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Plant Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 70502 Forestry Biomass and Bioproducts
subject: FOS: Agriculture, forestry and fisheries
subject: 70599 Forestry Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: A pomological survey of two types of carob tree from the Province of Chefchaouen, NW of Morocco (productive "dkar" and "lanta") shows that pods of productive "dkar" type (spontaneous type) present the high yield in seeds (20.5:1:7.74%) and are more straight than pods of "lanta" type (grafted type) and pod curvature is inversely proportional to tree age. Trees of productive "dkar" type promote endosperm (carob bean gum) content of seeds (47.6:1:4.53%). The tegument and the embryo-cotyledons complex (carob germ) constitute respectively 22.7% and 19.9% of seed dry weight (dw). According to the provenance, these components would attain in aged grafted-type 23.0% and 21.0% in the same order. Other morphometric parameters of pods and seeds are commented in these carob tree types and especially compared to the Mediterranean cultivars or varieties.
Preparation and characterization of high aspect ratio TiO2 nanotube powders using rapid anodisation method in chloride-based electrolytes
Creators: name: Fahim, Narges F.
name: Sekino, Tohru
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This new method describes, for the first time, the application of rapid anodization in chloride-based electrolytes to quickly synthesize high quality, high-aspect ratio and robust titanium dioxide nanotube powders. This titania nanotubes powder produced from potentiostatic anodization of titanium foil in an electrolyte containing perchlorate or chloride ions. This would result in a more efficient usage of the titanium foil and in the production of large quantities (of the order of grams) titanium oxide tubes in less than 1 h. Further optimization of this route may provide a fast alternative method for the production of titanium oxide nanotube powders, now routinely synthesized via a hydrothermal method derived from the one pioneered by Kasuage et al. Various characterization techniques (viz., TEM, FESEM, XRD< DRUV-Visible, XPS) are used to study the morphology, phase, band gap and chemical composition.
Setting the baseline : a description of cannabis poisonings at a Canadian pediatric hospital prior to the legalization of recreational cannabis
Creators: name: Cheng, Phoebe
name: Zargaran, Atousa
name: Rajabali, Fahra
name: Turcotte, Kate
name: Babul, Shelina
Publisher: name: Public Health Agency of Canada
Year: 2021

description: This study describes the events and circumstances preceding children aged 16 years or younger being treated for cannabis poisoning in the emergency department (ED) of a Canadian pediatric hospital.
The role of on-line profiling, e-service quality, e-satisfaction and e-loyalty in developing an e-CRM capability: some propositions
Creators: name: Carlson, Jamie
name: Voola, Ranjit
name: Sukunesan, Suku
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The Internet has the ability to profile online customers to develop effective customer relationship management (CRM) strategies for e-commerce that requires interaction and coordination between various resources within an organization. However, limited research exists in understanding CRM as an outcome of the interaction between various resources, as well as an organizational capability. This paper applies the Resource Based View of the firm to propose an integrated framework in the management of a CRM capability and suggests that this capability comprises managing the interactions between recently developed concepts such as online-profiling, service quality, satisfaction and loyalty.
Incidence des relations interpersonnelles sur le transfert de connaissances dans la recherche en services de santé
Creators: name: Sauvé, Pierre
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011
Subjects: Transfert de connaissances
Utilisation de la recherche
Relations interpersonnelles
Interactionnisme
Capital relationnel
Système canadien de soins de santé

description: Le système canadien de soins de santé coûte cher et il a besoin d’être amélioré afin de devenir plus performant. Cette amélioration du système de soins de santé passe par une recherche innovatrice, c’est-à-dire une recherche basée sur la collaboration entre les producteurs et les utilisateurs de cette recherche. Cette collaboration favorise l’utilisation de la recherche. De nombreuses études ont démontré qu'un facteur déterminant favorise l'utilisation de la recherche: les bonnes relations interpersonnelles entre chercheurs et utilisateurs à toutes les étapes de la recherche, partant de l’identification des priorités de recherche et de l'élaboration des questions de recherche, jusqu'à la mise en œuvre des résultats. Cette thèse offre des pistes pour comprendre les attitudes et les comportements qui favorisent les bonnes relations interpersonnelles entre chercheurs et utilisateurs, ce qui servira à mettre en place des processus de transfert de connaissances efficaces qui mèneront à l'utilisation de la recherche.
Supplementary document for Two-Dimensional Quantum Walk of Correlated Photons - 5379235.pdf
Creators: name: Jiao, Zhi-Qiang
name: Gao, Jun
name: Zhou, Wen-Hao
name: Wang, Xiao-Wei
name: Ren, Ruo-Jing
name: Xu, Xiao-Yun
name: Qiao, Lu-Feng
name: Wang, Yao
name: Jin, Xianmin
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

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