cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
From Perception to Prescription: A Transdisciplinary Vision of Mind–Body Pharmacology
Creators: name: Gorbovtsova, Anastasia
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: mind-body pharmacology, belief systems, endogenous biochemistry, placebo, perception science, neuroendocrinology, psychoimmunology, conceptual paper

description: This conceptual paper introduces a transdisciplinary hypothesis that bridges neuroscience, pharmacology, and perceptual science. It proposes that belief and subjective perception can modulate biochemical pathways in real time, acting as an endogenous pharmacological agent. The article outlines theoretical and empirical evidence supporting this integration, arguing for a novel framework—Mind–Body Pharmacology—that reframes placebo as an active intervention and perception as a therapeutic tool.
description: This article introduces the concept of Mind–Body Pharmacology, a framework that recognizes belief and perception as biologically active agents. It challenges the current binary between pharmaceutical intervention and placebo, proposing a third category—endogenous pharmacology—where internal states produce measurable physiological effects. By integrating neuroscience, psychoimmunology, and pharmacodynamics, the paper argues for redefining the scope of therapeutic agents to include perceptual triggers.
Development and Testing of an Unpowered Ankle Exoskeleton for Walking Assist
Creators: name: Leclair, Justin
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: Pneumatic Artificial Muscle
Exoskeleton
Assistive Device
Ankle
Modeling
Validation

description: Assistive technologies traditionally rely on either strong actuation or passive structures to provide users with increased strength, support or the ability to perform lost functions. At one end of the spectrum are powered exoskeletons, which significantly increase a user’s strength, but require strong actuators, complex control systems, and heavy power sources. At the other end are orthoses, which are generally unpowered and lightweight devices that rely on their structure’s mechanical behaviour to enhance user’s support and stability. Ideally, assistive technologies should achieve both systems’ characteristics by enhancing human motion abilities while remaining lightweight and efficient. This can be achieved by using distinctive actuators to harness gait energy, towards enhancing human mobility and performance. Pneumatic Artificial Muscles (PAMs), compliant and flexible, yet powerful and lightweight, present a unique set of characteristics compared to other mechanical actuators in human mobility applications. However, given the need of a compressor and power source, PAMs present a significant challenge, limiting their application. In contrast, PAMs can be implemented as unpowered actuators that act as non-linear elastic elements. This thesis aims to develop a wearable lightweight unpowered ankle exoskeleton, which relies on the PAM to harness gait energy and compliment the human ankle biomechanical abilities at the push off movement, thusly assisting the user in propelling the body forward during walking. Presently, limited PAM models have been developed to analyse PAM passive behaviour and to assist in designing and selecting the appropriate PAM for unpowered application. Thus, this thesis aims to develop a passive model for the PAM. To mechanically validate the proposed exoskeleton design, a prototype is fabricated, and tested within an Instron tensile machine setup. The unpowered exoskeleton has shown its ability to provide significant contribution to the ankle timed precisely to release at the push off phase of the gait cycle. Furthermore, the proposed PAM stiffness model is validated experimentally, and accounts for muscle pressure, geometry, material and stretching velocity. This enables the evaluation of the impact of various parameters on the muscle behaviour and designs the PAM accordingly for the unpowered ankle exoskeleton
A Manifestation of Model-Code Duality: Facilitating the Representation of State Machines in the Umple Model-Oriented Programming Language
Creators: name: Badreldin, Omar
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: UML
code generation
empirical study
grounded theory
model oriented programming language
modeling
programming
Coding

description: This thesis presents research to build and evaluate embedding of a textual form of state machines into high-level programming languages. The work entailed adding state machine syntax and code generation to the Umple model-oriented programming technology. The added concepts include states, transitions, actions, and composite states as found in the Unified Modeling Language (UML). This approach allows software developers to take advantage of the modeling abstractions in their textual environments, without sacrificing the value added of visual modeling. Our efforts in developing state machines in Umple followed a test-driven approach to ensure high quality and usability of the technology. We have also developed a syntax-directed editor for Umple, similar to those available to other high-level programming languages. We conducted a grounded theory study of Umple users and used the findings iteratively to guide our experimental development. Finally, we conducted a controlled experiment to evaluate the effectiveness of our approach. By enhancing the code to be almost as expressive as the model, we further support model-code duality; the notion that both model and code are two faces for the same coin. Systems can be and should be equally-well specified textually and diagrammatically. Such duality will benefit both modelers and coders alike. Our work suggests that code enhanced with state machine modeling abstractions is semantically equivalent to visual state machine models. The flow of the thesis is as follows; the research hypothesis and questions are presented in “Chapter 1: Introduction”. The background is explored in “Chapter 2: Background”. “Chapter 3: Syntax and semantics of simple state machines” and “Chapter 4: Syntax and semantics of composite state machines” investigate simple and composite state machines in Umple, respectively. “Chapter 5: Implementation of composite state machines” presents the approach we adopt for the implementation of composite state machines that avoids explosion of the amount of generated code. From this point on, the thesis presents empirical work. A grounded theory study is presented in “Chapter 6: A Grounded theory study of Umple”, followed by a controlled experiment in “Chapter 7: Experimentation”. These two chapters constitute our validation and evaluation of Umple research. Related and future work is presented in “Chapter 8: Related work”.
Psychoeducation in Quebec: Past to Present
Psychoeducation in Quebec
Creators: name: Bégin, Jean-Yves
name: Bluteau, Jonathan
name: Arseneault, Catherine
name: Pronovost, Jocelyne
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 2012
Subjects: psychoeducation; historical perspectives; theoretical foundations
psicoeducazione; quadro storico; fondamenti teorici

description: This article is the first of three written on the topic of Quebec psychoeducation. The object of this article is to explain the historical and theoretical foundations of psychoeducation as a academic discipline in Quebec. Developments within the field will be highlighted to illustrate how it has evolved up to the present day. Psychoeducation originated within live-in rehabilitation centres for troubled youth and was then integrated within the contexts of schools, community centres, psychiatric hospitals and physical rehabilitation centres. Psychoeducators in Quebec are making their mark in providing support and assistance to all age groups, from children to seniors, helping people with adjustment difficulties who struggle to integrate. Today, Quebec psychoeducation can cross borders and cultures, to broaden the perspectives of other specialized higher-education programs at the university level. Sharing the Quebec model, its theoretical expertise and its history of clinical practice will enable others to benefit in improving the social integration and psychosocial adaptation of those in need.
description: Questo articolo è il primo di una trilogia sulla psicoeducazione in Quebec. Lo scopo dell’ articolo è presentare i fondamenti storici e teorici della psicoeducazione intesa come disciplina accademica. Saranno presentate la tappe e gli sviluppi che hanno portato la disciplina a quello che è oggi. La psicoeducazione nasce all’interno dei centri residenziali di riabilitazione per giovani problematici ed è stata poi inserita in altri contesti come le scuole, i centri comunitari, gli ospedali psichiatrici e i centri per la riabilitazione fisica. Gli psicoeducatori hanno un loro specifico marchio nel fornire supporto e assistenza  a persone di ogni età, dai bambini agli anziani, e nel sostenere le persone che  a diverso titolo presentano problemi di integrazione e adattamento. La  Psicoeducazione può, oggi, permettersi di attraversare i confini, aprirsi alle altre culture e allargare le prospettive di altri programmi di educazione specializzata di alto livello universitario.  Conoscere il modello quebecchese, la sua expertise teorica e la storia delle sue applicazioni cliniche può consentire ad altri di migliorare la promozione dell’ integrazione sociale e dell’ adattamento delle persone in difficoltà.
description: Ricerche di Pedagogia e Didattica. Journal of Theories and Research in Education; Vol 7, No 1 (2012)
title: Kontrol`nye cpiski dlja izucenija i ocenki sostojanija promyslennych ob'jektov, imejuscich vescestva, pregstavljajuscie opacnost' dlja vodnych resurcov
title: Контрольный список № 15: Временное закрытие предприятий
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Winkelmann-Oei, Gerhard
name: Platkowski, Jörg
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Gewässerschutz
subject: Risikomanagement
subject: Leitfaden
subject: water protection
subject: installation-related
subject: water pollution
subject: water pollutants
subject: risk management
subject: checklist
subject: guideline
subject: Chemikalien
subject: Chemicals

description: Опираясь на рекомендации международных комиссий по речным бассейнам и водным ресурсам, была разработана концепция контрольных листов, позволяющая эффективно оценить состояние промышленных установок, содержащих вредные для водных ресурсов материалы и растворы. Она включает в себя обзор потенциальных сфер деятельности, а также специальные контрольные листы, распределенные по функциональным единицам, отраслям и областям риска.
Development and usability testing of a patient decision aid for newly diagnosed relapsing multiple sclerosis patients
Creators: name: Bansback, Nick
name: Chiu, Judy A.
name: Carruthers, Robert
name: Metcalfe, Rebecca K.
name: Lapointe, Emmanuelle
name: Schabas, Alice
name: Lenzen, Marilyn
name: Lynd, Larry D.
name: Traboulsee, Anthony
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2019

description: Background: Multiple sclerosis (MS) patients often struggle with treatment decisions, in part due to the increasing number of approved disease modifying therapies, each with different characteristics, and also since physicians can struggle to identify which of these characteristics matter most to each individual patient. Decision uncertainty can contribute to late treatment initiation and treatment non-adherence—causes of ‘undertreatment’ in MS. An interactive online patient decision aid that informs patients of their options, considers their individual preferences and goals, and facilitates conversations with their physicians, could improve how patients with relapsing forms of MS make evidence-based treatment decisions. Objective: To develop and evaluate a prototype patient decision aid (PtDA) for first-line disease modifying therapies for relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis. Methods: Informed by previous studies and International Patient Decision Aid Standards guidelines, a prototype PtDA was developed for patients with relapsing multiple sclerosis considering first line treatment. Patients with relapsing multiple sclerosis were recruited from the University of British Columbia’s Multiple Sclerosis Clinic to participate in either an online survey or a focus group. Online survey participants completed the PtDA, followed by measures of acceptability, usability, and preparedness for decision-making, and provided general feedback. Focus group participants assessed usability of the revised PtDA. The analysis of qualitative and quantitative data led to improvements of the PtDA prototype. Results: The prototype PtDA received high ratings for acceptability and usability, and after its use, participants reported high-levels of preparedness for decision-making. Analysis of all qualitative data identified three key themes: the need for credible information; the usefulness of the PtDA; and the importance of normalizing and sharing experiences. Nine content areas were identified for revision. Overall, participants found the PtDA to be a valuable tool for facilitating treatment decisions. Conclusions: This mixed methods study has led to the development of a PtDA that can support patients with RRMS as they make treatment decisions. Future studies will assess the feasibility of implementation and the impact of the PtDA on both the timely treatment initiation and longer-term adherence.
Supplementary document for All-Glass, Micro-Groove, Light Guide Plate by Mask and Etch - 5032528.pdf
Creators: name: Quesada, Mark
name: Senaratne, Wageesha
name: Li, Shenping
name: Sullivan, Andrew
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized
Nonlinear Optics and Spectroscopy

description: Supplementary document.
Melting of magnesium oxide up to two terapascals using double-shock compression
Creators: name: Hansen, L. E.
name: Fratanduono, D. E.
name: Zhang, S.
name: Hicks, Damien
name: Suer, T.
name: Sprowal, Z. K.
name: Huff, M. F.
name: Gong, X.
name: Henderson, B. J.
name: Polsin, D. N.
name: Zaghoo, M.
name: Hu, S. X.
name: Collins, G. W.
name: Rygg, J. R.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Constraining the melting behavior of magnesium oxide, a major constituent of gaseous and rocky planets, is key to benchmarking their evolutionary models. Using a double-shock technique, we extended the MgO melt curve measurements to 2 TPa; this is twice the pressure achieved by previous melting experiments on any material. A temperature plateau is observed between 1218 and 1950 GPa in the second-shock states, which is attributed to latent heat of melting. At 1950 GPa, the measured melting temperature is 17 600 K, which is 17% lower than recent theoretical predictions. The melting curve is steeper than that of MgSiO3, indicating that MgO is likely solid in the interior of Saturn-sized gas giants and extra-solar super-Earth planets.
Essays on stochastic exchange rate regime switching.
Creators: name: Georges, Patrick.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: Economics, Finance.

description: The objective of this thesis is to study the operation of exchange rate regimes in the context of possible regime switches. An intuitive survey of the regime switching literature is given in Chapter 1, and three independent essays are presented in Chapters 2, 3, and 4. Using the theory of regulated Brownian motion, Chapter 2 derives the nonlinear relationship between the nominal exchange rate and its fundamentals during the transition period from the current free-float to a specified target zone (TZ), triggered at an announced state-dependent switch. It is shown that the derived nonlinear relationship is in general different from the relationship corresponding to a return to a fixed exchange rate regime. This is due to a "reflecting effect", the mirror image of the well known "honeymoon effect" of a target zone. and a "bandwidth effect". Also derived is a locus of "benchmark cases" demarcating the factors that lead to an immediate appreciation or depreciation of the domestic currency at the announcement of the future TZ. The target zone model developed in Chapter 3 incorporates the possibility of a future change in the trend in the fundamentals of the exchange rate as policy reaction to specific events (e.g., impending speculative attacks and nominal anchor debates). The market has subjective expectations about this possible trend revision, which can affect the exchange rate level even if the change in trend is not implemented. These expectations are treated, first, as entirely exogenous and, second, as state-varying. In both cases various correlation patterns between the exchange rate and interest rate differentials are possible. This result is consistent with the observed behaviour of the exchange rate and interest rate differentials within the European Monetary System. Chapter 4 studies an announced (state-dependent) regime shift from a free-floating to a permanently fixed exchange rate regime and introduces specific welfare considerations. The welfare issues introduced here try to explain why a specific exchange rate target level would be chosen instead of another one, if a return to a fixed exchange rate were on the public policy agenda and a given range for its pegged value had already been proposed. While this model does not provide a theory of choice between free-float and fixed rate regimes, it proposes a criterion to choose between fixed exchange rate regimes, taking into account the transition period from the free-float to the implementation of the fixed regime.
Idle Worship: Kenneth Grahame's Literary Paganism
Creators: name: Swim, Jeffrey
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: Kenneth Grahame
The Wind in the Willows
paganism
leisure
idleness
19th century British literature

description: In this thesis, I explore the works of Kenneth Grahame in light of what some critics have deemed “literary paganism”. I argue that Grahame employs certain “pagan” tropes in order to launch a critique of modern culture. Grahame upholds a classical vision of leisure that rejects the ideology inherent to urbanization. His critique of modernity relies on a literary persona indicative of an alternative attitude to that of the middle class fin de siècle urban culture. His short stories add to this critique in their presentation of childhood as a pre-converted pagan existence which en-kindles a sense of disappointment with routinized adult life in the modern city. The Wind in the Willows embodies Grahame's vision of true leisure which is depicted in both the River Bank animals and their wetland ecosystem itself. By paying close attention to the pagan themes in Grahame’s writing, we gain a comprehensive view of his often misunderstood body of work.
Rent assistance: time for a policy review?
Creators: name: Hulse, Kathleen
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: In 1997, after several years of heated policy debate, plans to integrate Commonwealth Rent Assistance (RA) with assistance under the Commonwealth-State Housing Agreement (CSHA) were abandoned. Since then, governments have focused on micro-level reforms to RA and CSHA programs separately. This paper argues that it is time to look again at the bigger picture. It places RA in an international context and considers how it was shaped by some of the key features of the Australian income security system. The paper highlights a number of issues about the present RA strategy to stimulate wider debate about current policy settings.
The Nexus of Copyright and Intellectual Privacy
Creators: name: Cameron, Alexander Dugan
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012

description: For nearly three centuries following the enactment of the world’s first modern copyright statute, neither copyright law nor copyright holders interfered with individuals’ intellectual privacy—individuals’ freedom to access and enjoy creative works anonymously or in private. Neither Rights of Man, nor The Clockmaker were delivered to readers on condition that they provide detailed personal information to the author, publisher or bookseller; nor were readers monitored in their enjoyment of the works. Contrasted against this historical backdrop, late in the twentieth century and continuing into the twenty-first century—concurrent with the rise and spread of digital networks and the increasing digitization of copyright works—the centuries-old relationship between copyright holders and individuals became strained. In particular, the relationship between copyright law, copyright holders and individuals’ intellectual privacy came into tension. This dissertation proffers a description of intellectual privacy and, without making empirical claims, asks whether diminishing it in the name of copyright holders’ interests will lead to the impoverishment of the very copyright kingdoms that we purport to be protecting in so doing. In response to this question, this dissertation tests the hypothesis that individuals’ intellectual privacy is an essential component of copyright as a consistent and unified whole (even if it may mean that some individual copyright holders are not improved) and that copyright law can and should explicitly internalize protection of intellectual privacy. Ultimately, this dissertation formulates principles and five basic recommendations for rules to account for intellectual privacy within the legal concept of copyright. This dissertation concludes with a look ahead to further work to be done in the area.
Inclusiveness in Open Science Communities
Creators: name: Sharan, Malvika
Publisher: name: Forschungzentrum Jülich
Year: 2018
Subjects: community, open science

description: doi:10.5281/ZENODO.4051476
description: Science in the 21st century is becoming increasingly collaborative and open in nature. Consequently, the advancement of a research field should be measured not only by scientific output but also by the level of participation of its community members. Hence, a successful community should be able to promote equal participation from its community members independent of the factors such as geographic location, gender, ethnicity, and social background. In my talk, I will explore inclusiveness as one of the key features of the open source community and share some of the lessons learned while adopting them in my work as a community manager.
Open Science in COVID times
Creators: name: Masuzzo, Paola
Publisher: name: Forschungzentrum Jülich
Year: 2021
Subjects: Open Science
COVID-19

description: doi:10.5281/ZENODO.5527692
description: The COVID-19 outbreak represents an urgent threat to global health and the scientific community has responded accordingly, with the publication of over 80,000 preprints and peer-reviewed articles on the topic. The immediate need for access to research across the globe for those working on the Coronavirus demonstrates the true value and impact of Open Science to help solve global problems such as COVID-19. This crisis has undoubtedly shone a light on just how critical the implications of Open Science can be to society. Unfortunately, the truth remains that many of the world’s researchers only have access to a fraction of the information and knowledge that should be available to them. This presentation opened the 4th Scientific Session: Panel Discussion: Open Science in COVID Times during the Open Innovation in Life Sciences 2021 conference ( #OILS2021 )
In vitro antimicrobial interactions and in vivo synergy of ceftriaxone and streptomycin against Haemophilus ducreyi.
Creators: name: Roy, Josée.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: Biology, Microbiology.

description: Haemophilus ducreyi is the etiologic agent of chancroid, a classic sexually transmitted genital ulcer disease. In endemic areas, HIV and chancroid interact in a complex, bidirectional epidemiology and biologic manner so as to amplify the prevalence of each other. Chancroid outbreaks can be controlled with the help of efficacious antibiotic treatment. Single doses of ceftriaxone, azithromycin and fleroxacin have been used successfully. However, because of HIV associated immune disease, an unacceptable failure rate of over 20% has been observed with concurrent HIV infections, and this, in the absence of H. ducreyi drug resistance. In this study, two-drug combinations of ceftriaxone, streptomycin, azithromycin and rifabutin were assayed in vitro by the checkerboard agar dilution technique for their activity against H. ducreyi strains proven susceptible by limiting agar dilution minimum inhibitory concentration determination. We conclude that a supra-additive effect observed between ceftriaxone and streptomycin in vitro by the checkerboard technique was corroborated by a synergistic effect observed between the same antimicrobial agents in the temperature-dependent rabbit model of infection. This combination may be evaluated as a single-dose in the treatment of chancroid in all patients, particularly those with HIV coinfection.
Women's breast cancer screening practices, knowledge, attitudes, and decisional conflict.
Creators: name: De Grasse, Catherine.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: Women's Studies.

description: Morbidity and mortality from breast cancer can be reduced by early detection through screening. Despite recommended guidelines for breast screening since 1988, participation rates have been suboptimal. The objectives of the current study were to describe: (1) changes in breast cancer screening knowledge, attitudes, decisional conflict, intentions and practices among women aged 50-69 years since initiation of a regional mass screening program in Ottawa-Carleton in 1991; and (2) breast cancer screening knowledge attitudes, intentions, and practices among women aged 40-49 years compared to women aged 50-69 years. Among women aged 50-69 years, the percentage ever having had a mammogram increased from 60% in 1991 to 83% in 1994. There were commensurate increases in the percentage reporting mammography within two years from 47% to 74%. There was an insignificant improvement in the annual professional breast examination (PBE) rate from 57% to 59%. A small, but statistically significant increase occurred in monthly breast self-examination (BSE) rate from 46% to 54%. Women in their forties continue to overutilize screening mammography; 63% reported ever having had a mammogram and 44% reported having had a mammogram within the past two years. Reported annual PBE and monthly BSE rates of women aged 40-49 years were comparable to the rates of women aged 50-69 years; 63% versus 59% and 48% versus 54% respectively. Intentions to have mammography every two years once they are 50 years and to have annual PBE were similar to those of women 50-69 years, however, they were more likely to accept an invitation to screening (71% versus 56%). Women 40-49 years were more knowledgeable than women 50-69 years while they had similar concerns about future mammography as the women over 50 years. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Minimally invasivE versus open total GAstrectomy (MEGA): study protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial (DRKS00025765)
Creators: name: Nickel, Felix
name: Studier-Fischer, Alexander
name: Hausmann, David
name: Klotz, Rosa
name: Vogel-Adigozalov, Sophia Lara
name: Tenckhoff, Solveig
name: Klose, Christina
name: Feisst, Manuel
name: Zimmermann, Samuel
name: Babic, Benjamin
name: Berlt, Felix
name: Bruns, Christiane
name: Gockel, Ines
name: Graf, Sandra
name: Grimminger, Peter
name: Gutschow, Christian A
name: Hoeppner, Jens
name: Ludwig, Kaja
name: Mirow, Lutz
name: Mönig, Stefan
name: Reim, Daniel
name: Seyfried, Florian
name: Stange, Daniel
name: Billeter, Adrian
name: Nienhüser, Henrik
name: Probst, Pascal
name: Schmidt, Thomas
name: Müller-Stich, Beat Peter
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: gastrointestinal tumours
subject: DDC 610 / Medicine & health
subject: Surgery
subject: Oncology
subject: Chirurgie
subject: Onkologie

description: IntroductionThe only curative treatment for most gastric cancer is radical gastrectomy with D2 lymphadenectomy (LAD). Minimally invasive total gastrectomy (MIG) aims to reduce postoperative morbidity, but its use has not yet been widely established in Western countries. Minimally invasivE versus open total GAstrectomy is the first Western multicentre randomised controlled trial (RCT) to compare postoperative morbidity following MIG vs open total gastrectomy (OG).Methods and analysisThis superiority multicentre RCT compares MIG (intervention) to OG (control) for oncological total gastrectomy with D2 or D2+LAD. Recruitment is expected to last for 2 years. Inclusion criteria comprise age between 18 and 84 years and planned total gastrectomy after initial diagnosis of gastric carcinoma. Exclusion criteria include Eastern Co-operative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status >2, tumours requiring extended gastrectomy or less than total gastrectomy, previous abdominal surgery or extensive adhesions seriously complicating MIG, other active oncological disease, advanced stages (T4 or M1), emergency setting and pregnancy.The sample size was calculated at 80 participants per group. The primary endpoint is 30-day postoperative morbidity as measured by the Comprehensive Complications Index. Secondary endpoints include postoperative morbidity and mortality, adherence to a fast-track protocol and patient-reported quality of life (QoL) scores (QoR-15, EUROQOL EuroQol-5 Dimensions-5 Levels (EQ-5D), EORTC QLQ-C30, EORTC QLQ-STO22, activities of daily living and Body Image Scale). Oncological endpoints include rate of R0 resection, lymph node yield, disease-free survival and overall survival at 60-month follow-up.Ethics and disseminationEthical approval has been received by the independent Ethics Committee of the Medical Faculty, University of Heidelberg (S-816/2021) and will be received from each responsible ethics committee for each individual participating centre prior to recruitment. Results will be published open access.Trial registration numberDRKS00025765.
The Eua And Open Science
Creators: name: Finance, Jean Pierre
Publisher: name: Forschungzentrum Jülich
Year: 2016
Subjects: PASTEUR4OA
Open Access
Presentation

description: doi:10.5281/zenodo.54729
description: Presentation given at the PASTEUR4OA conference - Green Light for Open Access: Aligning Europe’s OA Policies, Amsterdam, 17th-18th May 2016.
Autonomous mobile robot navigation using RFID technology
Creators: name: Miah, Md. Suruz
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Electronics and Electrical.
subject: Engineering, Robotics.

description: Navigation techniques are of a paramount importance in the field of mobile robotics. They are employed in many contexts in indoor and outdoor environments such as delivering payloads in a dynamic environment, building safety, security, building measurement, research, and driving on highways. Skilled navigation in mobile robotics usually requires solving two problems, determining the position of the robot, and selecting a motion control strategy. Moreover, when no prior knowledge of the environment is available, the problem becomes even more difficult, as the robot has to build a map of its surroundings as it moves. These three tasks ought to be solved in conjunction, since they depend on each other. This dissertation explores the design of a cost-effective and modular navigation method for mobile robots. In particular, we will look at the process of navigating a mobile robot using the emerging RFID technology. A successful realization of this process has been addressed with two separate navigation modules. Each module presents a separate navigation algorithm for a mobile robot. In the first module, a customized RFID reader is mounted on the robot. The information provided by the reader will then be used for navigation. On the contrary, in the second module, custom-made RFID tags are attached at different locations in the navigation environment (on the ceiling of a building, posts, for instance). The position of the mobile robot is then determined based on the information provided by the tags in the robot's operating region. The angle between the robot's current direction and the target tag is used to provide actions to the actuators. In both modules, the algorithms take advantage of using analogue features of the RFID system instead of relying only on the binary tag number which conventional RFID-driven applications depend on.
Open Science why and how - LTTA Zagreb
Creators: name: Giglia, Elena
Publisher: name: Forschungzentrum Jülich
Year: 2022
Subjects: Horizon Europe, Open Science, FAIR data, Data Management Plans

description: doi:10.5281/ZENODO.7100817
description: Presentation at the CEOS_SE project LTTA event in Zagreb, Sept. 21, 2022 LEARNING RESOURCE TYPE PPTX presentation, pdf presentation TARGETED AUDIENCE(S) Librarians, research support staff EXPERTISE LEVEL Basic LEARNING OBJECTIVES Participants will learn about: Introduction to Open Science: Scholarly communication: does it work? The Open alternative, theory and practice Focus on Open Access Focus on FAIR  principles Focus on EOSC and EU policies Meta-lesson on training skills tips and tricks for effective training lessons learned from other courses other courses
Il volto umano dell’emergenza Implicazioni pedagogico/educative
Human aspects of emergency. Pedagogical / educational implications.
Creators: name: Isidori, Maria Vittoria
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 2012
Subjects: educazione; emergenza; post-emergenza; capitale emotivo; ricostruzione
education; emergency; post-emergency; emotional capital; reconstruction

description: Non è possibile parlare in chiave pedagogico/educativa di emergenza e di post emergenza senza  fare riferimento alla natura sempre  potenzialmente traumatica dello stato di crisi conseguente a tali condizioni e senza rivolgere l’attenzione all’aspetto più intimo e umano di esse: le emozioni, i sentimenti e gli affetti. Il cosiddetto capitale emotivo -che genera e alimenta valori politici, sociali e morali all’interno di una comunità- è oggi infatti accreditato, dal punto di vista scientifico e umanistico, come una delle principali leve della ricostruzione socio-educativa in contesti di fragilità.
description: One cannot speak in a pedagogical/educational key of emergency and post emergency without referring to the always potentially traumatic nature of the state of crisis resulting from these conditions and without directing attention to their most intimate and human aspect: emotions, feelings and affections. The so-called emotional capital - generating and nourishing political, social and moral values in a community - is now accredited, from the scientific and humanistic point of view, as one of the main levers of socio-educative reconstruction in contexts of fragility.
description: Ricerche di Pedagogia e Didattica. Journal of Theories and Research in Education; Vol 7, No 1 (2012)
An Investigation of Synchrotron Self-absorption and Free-Free Absorption Models in Explanation of the Gigahertz-peaked Spectrum of PKS 1718-649
Creators: name: Tingay, S. J.
name: de Kool, M.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: We have undertaken the most detailed investigation yet of the shape and variability of the radio spectrum near the spectral peak of a gigahertz-peaked spectrum radio galaxy, using the Australia Telescope Compact Array. The radio spectrum of PKS 1718-649 was measured nearly simultaneously at 30-40 different frequencies over the range of 1-9 GHz at four epochs over a 14 month period, with the aim of constraining different physical models for the absorption process that causes the spectral peak at gigahertz frequencies. We find that the two most plausible absorption processes, synchrotron self-absorption and free-free absorption, can each explain most aspects of the data. However, each process also has difficulty explaining some aspects of the data, in particular the variability of the source at frequencies below the peak. In either case, models based on homogeneous absorbers are clearly inadequate and inhomogeneities must be introduced into either the synchrotron self-absorbed source or the free-free absorbing screen. Based on our analysis we cannot strongly prefer either synchrotron self-absorption or free-free absorption as the sole process responsible for the gigahertz-peaked spectrum of PKS 1718-649. However, the consistency of the measured source size, from VLBI observations, with the observed turnover frequency favors synchrotron self-absorption as a significant effect in PKS 1718-649.
Supplementary document for All-Glass, Micro-Groove, Light Guide Plate by Mask and Etch - 5032528.pdf
Creators: name: Quesada, Mark
name: Senaratne, Wageesha
name: Li, Shenping
name: Sullivan, Andrew
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized
Nonlinear Optics and Spectroscopy

description: Supplementary document.
Addressing Inclusivity in Open Science
Creators: name: Atay, Melvin Selim
name: Bottenhorn, Katherine L
Publisher: name: Forschungzentrum Jülich
Year: 2021

description: doi:10.5281/ZENODO.4787551
description: The goals of open science are, broadly, to democratize access and to promote good research practices. Unfortunately, these goals fall short in several key ways, at the center of which are equity, diversity, and inclusivity (EDI) not only of the community, but of the fruits of their labors. Historically, the open science movement has been dominated by a narrow demographic with the access and support (institutional and otherwise) to time and resources they can spend on “open science” efforts. This monolithic culture has been furthered by (1) a gravitation of open science efforts on technical solutions and valuation of technical skills and (2) a reliance on computational resources that are inaccessible to a large proportion of the globe. While the community has become more diverse in the past few years, there is still a long way to go and the products of open science remain sequestered in the global North. Furthermore, EDI disparities have been highlighted by continuing socio-economic issues, recent increases in related scholarship, and the COVID-19 pandemic, revealing that our science isn’t as open as it should be. From culture to reachability, accessibility, there remains a lot of room for improvement. Failure in achieving EDI goals, not only hinders science, but imposes clear limitations and biases in the voices around us and the knowledge we produce. Science benefits from diversity in perspectives, experiences, and beliefs, in addition to accessible tools and reproducible research practices. New ways of thinking, understanding and learning are needed, new ways of establishing inclusion as a culture is needed to encourage and include historically underrepresented people, without such practices open science would not be as open as it should be.
The Deeper, Wider, Faster programme: exploring stellar flare activity with deep, fast cadenced DECam imaging via machine learning
Creators: name: Webb, Sara
name: Flynn, Christopher
name: Cooke, Jeff
name: Zhang, Jingxin
name: Mahabal, A.
name: Abbott, T. M. C.
name: Allen, Rob
name: Andreoni, I.
name: Bird, S. A.
name: Goode, S.
name: Lochner, M.
name: Pritchard, Tyler
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: We present our 500 pc distance-limited study of stellar flares using the Dark Energy Camera as part of the Deeper, Wider, Faster programme. The data were collected via continuous 20-s cadence g-band imaging and we identify 19 914 sources with precise distances from Gaia DR2 within 12, ∼3 deg2, fields over a range of Galactic latitudes. An average of ∼74 min is spent on each field per visit. All light curves were accessed through a novel unsupervised machine learning techniques designed for anomaly detection. We identify 96 flare events occurring across 80 stars, the majority of which are M dwarfs. Integrated flare energies range from ∼1031–1037 erg, with a proportional relationship existing between increased flare energy with increased distance from the Galactic plane, representative of stellar age leading to declining yet more energetic flare events. In agreement with previous studies we observe an increase in flaring fraction from M0 to M6 spectral types. Furthermore, we find a decrease in the flaring fraction of stars as vertical distance from the galactic plane is increased, with a steep decline present around ∼100 pc. We find that ∼70 per cent of identified flares occur on short time-scales of <8 min. Finally, we present our associated flare rates, finding a volumetric rate of 2.9 ± 0.3 × 10−6 flares pc−3 h−1.
Review on environmental alterations propagating from aquatic to terrestrial ecosystems
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2015
Subjects: Umweltchemikalien

description: Terrestrial inputs into freshwater ecosystems are a classical field of environmental science. Resource fluxes (subsidy) from aquatic to terrestrial systems have been less studied, although they are of high ecological relevance particularly for the receiving ecosystem. These fluxes may, however, be impacted by anthropogenically driven alterations modifying structure and functioning of aquatic ecosystems. In this context, we reviewed the peer-reviewed literature for studies addressing the subsidy of terrestrial by aquatic ecosystems with special emphasis on the role that anthropogenic alterations play in this water-land coupling. Our analysis revealed a continuously increasing interest in the coupling of aquatic to terrestrial ecosystems between 1990 and 2014 (total: 661 studies), while the research domains focusing on abiotic (502 studies) and biotic (159 studies) processes are strongly separated. Approximately 35% (abiotic) and 25% (biotic) of the studies focused on the propagation of anthropogenic alterations from the aquatic to the terrestrial system. Among these studies, hydromorphological and hydrological alterations were predominantly assessed, whereas water pollution and invasive species were less frequently investigated. Less than 5% of these studies considered indirect effects in the terrestrial system e.g. via food web responses, as a result of anthropogenic alterations in aquatic ecosystems. Nonetheless, these very few publications indicate far-reaching consequences in the receiving terrestrial ecosystem. For example, bottom-up mediated responses via soil quality can cascade over plant communities up to the level of herbivorous arthropods, while top-down mediated responses via predatory spiders can cascade down to herbivorous arthropods and even plants. Overall, the current state of knowledge calls for an integrated assessment on how these interactions within terrestrial ecosystems are affected by propagation of aquatic ecosystem alterations. To fill these gaps, we propose a scientific framework, which considers abiotic and biotic aspects based on an interdisciplinary approach.Quelle: http://www.sciencedirect.com
Storie bambine Vivere e raccontare la malattia e l’ospedalizzazione attraverso le fiabe
Living and telling stories of illness and hospitalization through fairy tales.
Creators: name: Caso, Rossella
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 2012
Subjects: bambini; ospedalizzazione; lettura; scrittura; cura
children; hospytalization; reading; writing; care

description: Che legame c’è tra salute e narrazione? L’ipotesi che la lettura ad alta voce possa essere efficace per la promozione del benessere del bambino ospedalizzato e che la scrittura possa essere un valido mezzo attraverso il quale favorire l’esteriorizzazione del suo mondo interiore, è il fondamento teorico della biblioterapia, metodologia che si fonda sul presupposto che leggere possa essere un valido strumento per promuovere lo sviluppo e il benessere del bambino e per metterlo nelle condizioni di arrivare alla fine dell’esperienza avendo tratto il massimo profitto dal tempo trascorso in ospedale. Quanto alla scrittura, quando raccontano i bambini “dicono di sé”, ovvero esprimono in maniera figurata i propri desideri, sentimenti, emozioni, paure. Leggere i loro scritti può diventare, in questo senso, oltre che un modo per prenderli-in-cura, una utile chiave di accesso al mondo infantile e, in prospettiva, una maniera per migliorare la qualità dell’assistenza loro rivolta.
description: What link exists beetween health and storytelling? The hypothesis that reading aloud could be an effective instrument in order to support the well-being of the hospitalized child, and that writing to stimulate the expression of their own inner world is the theoretical reference of the bibliotherapy, methology based on the notion that reading could be an effective instrument to promote the development and the well-being of the child and to favour him/her to get the maximum gain during the hospitalization experience. As for the writing, when they tell, children “tell about themselves” and they speak their wishes, feelings, emotions, fears, in a way that is figurative. Read their writings can become, in this sense, as well as a way to take-care-in, an useful key to the world of childhood and, ultimately, a way to improve the quality of care given to them.
description: Ricerche di Pedagogia e Didattica. Journal of Theories and Research in Education; Vol 7, No 1 (2012)
Einsatz von Nanomaterialien in der Stromerzeugung aus erneuerbaren Energien
Creators: name: Dubbert, Wolfgang
name: Liesegang, Christian
name: Nunweiler, Elisabeth
name: Schwirn, Kathrin
name: Völker, Doris
name: Saleka, Hanno
name: Werlein, Max
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Nanomaterialien
subject: Nanotechnik
subject: Nanotechnologie
subject: erneuerbarer Energien
subject: Erneuerbare Stromerzeugung
subject: Stromerzeugung
subject: Solarzellen
subject: Windenergieanlagen
subject: Brennstoffzelle
subject: Wasserstoffherstellung
subject: Klima | Energie
subject: Chemikalien
subject: Wirtschaft | Konsum

description: Zur Effizienzsteigerung der Stromerzeugung aus regenerativen Energiequellen können Nanomaterialien einen wichtigen Beitrag leisten. Dieses Datenblatt will hierzu einen Überblick geben. Dabei ist zu berücksichtigen, dass auf diesem Gebiet sehr viel geforscht wird, Anwendungen aber erst vereinzelt auf den Markt kommen. Die aussichtsreichsten nanotechnischen Anwendungen entstehen hierbei im Solar-, Wind- und Brennstoffzellenbereich als auch bei der Entwicklung thermoelektrischer Elemente. Quelle: https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/
description: Zur Effizienzsteigerung der Stromerzeugung aus regenerativen Energiequellen können Nanomaterialien einen wichtigen Beitrag leisten. Dieses Datenblatt will hierzu einen Überblick geben. Dabei ist zu berücksichtigen, dass auf diesem Gebiet sehr viel geforscht wird, Anwendungen aber erst vereinzelt auf den Markt kommen. Die aussichtsreichsten nanotechnischen Anwendungen entstehen hierbei im Solar-, Wind- und Brennstoffzellenbereich als auch bei der Entwicklung thermoelektrischer Elemente.
Two years after the takeover: Four key policy changes of X under Musk
Creators: name: Kopps, Adrian
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Since controversial businessman and investor Elon Musk took over X (formerly Twitter) in October 2022, the platform has implemented a range of policy changes. Some changes, such as the removal of a rule against the misgendering of trans people have made headlines, while others have gone largely unnoticed. What overall direction has X’s rulebook taken? And how have the platform’s policies on hate speech, misinformation and child abuse evolved? This blog post charts out of four central developments within the platform’s complex web of policies.
Opening up to open science
Creators: name: Gentemann, Chelle
name: Ivey, Yvonne
name: Mastracchio, Karla
name: Hall, Cynthia
name: Luna-Cruz, Yaitza
name: Steponaitis, Elena
name: Murphy, Kevin
name: Baynes, Kathleen
name: Crawford, Steve
name: Truong, Amy
name: Reyes, Christian
name: Ward, Kevin
name: Cassidy, Emily
name: Martinez, Isabella
Publisher: name: Forschungzentrum Jülich
Year: 2022
Subjects: open science; nasa; open access; open data; open-source

description: doi:10.5281/ZENODO.6536834
description: Slides from talk given at AGU conference.