cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Eat, play, live: a randomized controlled trial within a natural experiment examining the role of nutrition policy and capacity building in improving food environments in recreation and sport facilities
Creators: name: Olstad, Dana L.
name: Raine, Kim D.
name: Prowse, Rachel J. L.
name: Tomlin, Dona
name: Kirk, Sara F.
name: McIsaac, Jessie-Lee D.
name: Mâsse, Louise C.
name: Caswell, M. S.
name: Hanning, Rhona M.
name: Milford, Todd
name: Naylor, Patti-Jean
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2019

description: Background: Recreation and sport facilities often have unhealthy food environments that may promote unhealthy dietary patterns among children. In response, some Canadian provinces have released voluntary nutrition guidelines for recreation and sport facilities, however implementation has been limited. Organizational capacity building may overcome barriers to implementing guidelines. Eat, Play, Live was a randomized controlled trial embedded within a natural experiment that tested the impact of an 18 month capacity building intervention (CBI) in enhancing implementation of provincial nutrition guidelines, and whether nutrition guidelines were associated with positive changes. Primary outcomes were facility capacity, policy development and food environment quality. Methods: Recreation and sport facilities in three guideline provinces were randomized into a guideline + CBI (GL + CBI; n = 17) or a guideline only comparison condition (GL-ONLY; n = 15). Facilities in a province without guidelines constituted a second comparison condition (NO-GL; n = 17). Facility capacity, policy development, and food environment quality (vending and concession) were measured and compared at baseline and follow-up across conditions using repeated measures ANOVA and Chi-square statistics. Healthfulness of vending and concession items was rated as Do Not Sell (least nutritious), Sell Sometimes or Sell Most (most nutritious). Results: There were significant time by condition effects, with significant increases in facility capacity (mean ± SD: 30.8 ± 15.6% to 62.3 ± 22.0%; p <  0.01), nutrition policy development (17.6% developed new policies; p = 0.049), overall quality of the concession food environment (14.7 ± 8.4 to 17.5 ± 7.2; p <  0.001), and in the proportion of Sell Most (3.7 ± 4.4% to 11.0 ± 9.0%; p = 0.002) and Sell Sometimes vending snacks (22.4 ± 14.4% to 43.8 ± 15.8%; p <  0.001) in GL + CBI facilities, with a significant decline in Do Not Sell vending snacks (74.0 ± 16.6% to 45.2 ± 20.1%; p <  0.001). Conclusions: Significant improvements in facility capacity, policy development and food environment quality occurred in recreation and sport facilities that were exposed to nutrition guidelines and participated in a CBI. Outcomes did not improve in facilities that were only passively or not at all exposed to guidelines. Ongoing capacity building may enhance implementation of voluntary nutrition guidelines, however food environments remained overwhelmingly unhealthy, suggesting additional scope to enhance implementation. Trials registration Clinical trials registration (retrospectively registered): ISRCTN14669997 Jul 3, 2018.
Use of anaerobic baffled reactors (ABR) operated with and without recycle for treatment of aircraft deicing fluid (ADF)
Creators: name: Barriault, Michelle
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Chemical.

description: Deicing fluid, which is used to prevent ice formation and to remove ice from aircraft, is used in large quantities in Canada every winter. It has been reported that the application of aircraft deicing fluid (ADF) to planes can result in as much as 96% of the total glycol used being lost in the runoff. Since glycol has a very high chemical oxygen demand (COD), the resulting runoff will exert a high COD regardless of dilution. For this reason, it is desirable to treat the runoff before discharging it to a body of water. Successful treatment of ADF has already been achieved using Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket (UASB) reactors, yet the treatment has been limited by the maximum flowrate attainable before substantial washout of biomass occurs. The particular flow characteristics within Anaerobic Baffled Reactor (ABR) which lead to long solids retention times (SRT) have been found, in the current study, to overcome the SRT limitations and have resulted in biomass accumulation which would require biomass wastage to maintain constant biomass concentration within ABR operated without recycle or with a 6:1 recycle ratio. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Sexual function changes attributed to hormonal contraception use – a qualitative study of women experiencing negative effects
Creators: name: Malmborg, Agota
name: Brynte, Louise
name: Falk, Gabriella
name: Brynhildsen, Jan
name: Hammar, Mats
name: Berterö, Carina
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: Objective: To increase the understanding of women who experience negative effects on sexual function when using hormonal contraception. Methods: We performed 24 in-depth interviews with women who had previously experienced negative sexual function effects while using hormonal contraceptives. The thematic analysis method was used. Results: ‘After experience comes insight’, ‘Lubrication and desire go hand in hand’, ‘Mental wellbeing comes before desire’ and ‘The contraceptive counsellor potentially facilitates insight and decision-making’ were the main themes found in the study. Conclusions: This selected group of women described lubrication difficulties and decreased sexual desire associated with both contraceptive use and the menstrual cycle. Contraceptive use became easier with age and with better understanding. The contraceptive counsellor could facilitate the process. Further choice between hormonal or non-hormonal contraceptive methods depended primarily on experienced adverse effects on mood, and secondarily on sexual function, weighed against the advantages or disadvantages experienced during the person’s own menstrual cycle.
A model-free predictive controller with Laguerre polynomials
Creators: name: Barry, T.
name: Wang, Liuping
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This paper presents a combined subspace system identification and model predictive-control algorithm with Laguerre orthonormal functions. The term commonly used for such an approach is called model-free predictive control. The main contribution of this paper is to investigate the effect of non-stationary disturbance on the stability and performance of existing modelfree predictive controllers and to propose a design approach that naturally incorporates integral action as a result of the non-stationary disturbance in the system. A mathematical model of a food extruder is used in the simulation studies for illustration purposes and for demonstrating the efficacy of the proposed model-free predictive control algorithm.
Experiences of women accessing an abortion clinic confronted by religiously motivated demonstrators: a pilot study
Creators: name: Fiala, Christian
name: Özogul, Johanna
name: Kernreiter, Jennifer
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Objectives: Although abortion is legal in Austria, women are frequently confronted by religiously motivated demonstrators when accessing an abortion. The current study assessed women’s experiences in this situation. Methods: Between 2006 and 2010, data were collected from women seeking an abortion who had been approached by demonstrators in front of an abortion clinic. A qualitative content method, descriptive statistics and formal regression analysis were used to examine the data. Results: Participants comprised 98 women, aged 12–47 years. Overall, 91% said their decision was not influenced by the demonstrators, 17% reported feeling threatened, and 93% supported a legal ban on what they perceived as harassment. Conclusion: The demonstrators’ behaviour did not influence or change the women’s abortion decision. The women reported the activists’ behaviour as harassment. Further, the vast majority would support enhanced legal protection for women entering an abortion clinic, to minimise the psychological and physical stress. Future research should explore how such bans could support women and improve their experience at the time of abortion.
Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA): Demonstrating the Power of WISE in the Study of Galaxy Groups to z 0.1
Creators: name: Cluver, Michelle
name: Jarrett, T. H.
name: Taylor, Edward
name: Hopkins, A. M.
name: Brough, S.
name: Casura, S.
name: Holwerda, B. W.
name: Liske, J.
name: Pimbblet, K. A.
name: Wright, A. H.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 510103
subject: Cosmology and extragalactic astronomy

description: Combining high-fidelity group characterization from the Galaxy and Mass Assembly survey and source-tailored z < 0.1 photometry from the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) survey, we present a comprehensive study of the properties of ungrouped galaxies, compared to 497 galaxy groups (4 ≤ N FoF ≤ 20) as a function of stellar and halo mass. Ungrouped galaxies are largely unimodal in WISE color, the result of being dominated by star-forming, late-type galaxies. Grouped galaxies, however, show a clear bimodality in WISE color, which correlates strongly with stellar mass and morphology. We find evidence for an increasing early-type fraction, in stellar mass bins between 1010 M ⊙ lesssim M stellar lesssim 1011 M ⊙, with increasing halo mass. Using ungrouped, late-type galaxies with star-forming colors (W2−W3 > 3), we define a star-forming main sequence (SFMS), which we use to delineate systems that have moved below the sequence ("quenched" for the purposes of this work). We find that with increasing halo mass, the relative number of late-type systems on the SFMS decreases, with a corresponding increase in early-type, quenched systems at high stellar mass (M stellar > 1010.5 M ⊙), consistent with mass quenching. Group galaxies with masses M stellar < 1010.5 M ⊙ show evidence of quenching consistent with environmentally driven processes. The stellar mass distribution of late-type, quenched galaxies suggests that it may be an intermediate population as systems transition from being star-forming and late-type to the "red sequence." Finally, we use the projected area of groups on the sky to extract groups that are (relatively) compact for their halo mass. Although these show a marginal increase in their proportion of high-mass and early-type galaxies compared to nominal groups, a clear increase in quenched fraction is not evident.
Supplementary document for Scatter-plate microscopy with spatially coherent illumination and temporal scatter modulation - 5000766.pdf
Creators: name: Ludwig, Stephan
name: Pedrini, Giancarlo
name: Osten, Wolfgang
name: Peng, Xiang
name: Ruchka, Pavel
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Speckle size in SPM
Matching remote sensing images.
Creators: name: Abdelsaid, Sherif H. Kamal.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Electronics and Electrical.

description: Image analysis plays a crucial role in many computer vision applications in which images of the same scene with different geometrical orientations need to be compared for further processing. This thesis describes the design and implementation of a model-based vision system for the recognition of aerial images. The main objective is to register two remote sensing images taken at different times. First, some distinctive features are extracted and matched then, these matched features are used as marking points in defining a geometric mapping function. Once registered, the reference image can be used as an aid to automatic interpretation and as a framework for detecting changes between successive images. A two stage matching procedure is used for this task. In the first part, corners are extracted and matched in both images and an initial estimation of the mapping function is computed. This initial function is then used in the second part to estimate the parameters of a global mapping function for the entire image. The process ends when all the extracted features in one image are either mapped to features in the other image, or rejected if no match could be found.
Ambient air particulate total lung deposited surface area (LDSA) levels in urban Europe
Creators: name: Gerwig, Holger
name: Liu, Xiansheng
name: Hadiatullah, Hadiatullah
name: Zhang, Xun
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2023
Subjects: Stadt

description: This study aims to picture the phenomenology of urban ambient total lung deposited surface area (LDSA) (including head/throat (HA), tracheobronchial (TB), and alveolar (ALV) regions) based on multiple path particle dosimetry (MPPD) model during 2017-2019 period collected from urban background (UB, n = 15), traffic (TR, n = 6), suburban background (SUB, n = 4), and regional background (RB, n = 1) monitoring sites in Europe (25) and USA (1). Briefly, the spatial-temporal distribution characteristics of the deposition of LDSA, including diel, weekly, and seasonal patterns, were analyzed. Then, the relationship between LDSA and other air quality metrics at each monitoring site was investigated. The result showed that the peak concentrations of LDSA at UB and TR sites are commonly observed in the morning (06:00-8:00 UTC) and late evening (19:00-22:00 UTC), coinciding with traffic rush hours, biomass burning, and atmospheric stagnation periods. The only LDSA night-time peaks are observed on weekends. Due to the variability of emission sources and meteorology, the seasonal variability of the LDSA concentration revealed significant differences (p = 0.01) between the four seasons at all monitoring sites. Meanwhile, the correlations of LDSA with other pollutant metrics suggested that Aitken and accumulation mode particles play a significant role in the total LDSA concentration. The results also indicated that the main proportion of total LDSA is attributed to the ALV fraction (50 %), followed by the TB (34 %) and HA (16 %). Overall, this study provides valuable information of LDSA as a predictor in epidemiological studies and for the first time presenting total LDSA in a variety of European urban environments. ©2023 The Authors
Supplementary document for Scatter-plate microscopy with spatially coherent illumination and temporal scatter modulation - 5000766.pdf
Creators: name: Ludwig, Stephan
name: Pedrini, Giancarlo
name: Osten, Wolfgang
name: Peng, Xiang
name: Ruchka, Pavel
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Speckle size in SPM
North-South equity in the Montreal Protocol: Lessons from a feminist legal analysis.
Creators: name: Tanner, Susan.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: Political Science, International Law and Relations.

description: This paper is an analysis of North-South equity in an international environmental agreement, The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, in force Sept. 16, 1987 (26 I.L.M. 1541). The author creates a model which applies selected feminist equality principles to evaluate North-South relations in the Montreal Protocol. The model applies the principles to four key aspects of international environmental agreements and thereby draws out lessons for North-South relations in future multilateral agreements. The four feminist legal principles applied here are: (1) "cooperative inclusiveness," (2) "contextual analysis," (3) "results-orientation" and (4) "amelioration of disadvantage". These principles are applied to four key aspects of the Montreal Protocol: (1) the roles and responsibilities of the parties; (2) the standards used for evaluation; (3) the strengthening and extension of the law and (4) dispute resolution. These four aspects were identified by the Legal Experts Group of the World Commission on Environment and Development as requiring change in the interests of sustainable development. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
The response of biota in experimental stream channels to a 24-hour exposure to the herbicide, Velpar L.
Creators: name: Schneider, Judith.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1994
Subjects: subject: Biology, Ecology.

description: Ten experimental stream channels, fed from a Laurentian steam were used to examine the short-term impact of a pulse of Velpar L on stream periphyton and invertebrates. Velpar L was added to five alternating channels for 24 hours with the other five channels serving as controls. The mean concentration of hexazinone in the treatment channels varied over time from 145 $\mu$g L$\sp{-1}$ to 432 $\mu$g L$\sp{-1}$. Periphyton chlorophyll a-specific productivity was significantly reduced during the Velpar L treatment. Within 24 hours after the termination of the Velpar L treatment, productivity returned to control levels. Mean periphyton biomass, measured as the quantity of chlorophyll a per unit area, was not affected by the Velpar L treatment. In addition, the concentration of hexazinone that reduced periphyton chlorphyll a-specific productivity by 50% after a four hour exposure was determined. This value was only 3.6 $\mu$g L$\sp{-1}$ of hexazinone. Thus, low concentrations of Velpar L affect stream periphyton but the impact appears to be temporary. Velpar L did not cause an increase in the drift of insects or other macroinvertebrates. Mean density of benthic macroinvertebrates increased slightly with time in the Velpar L-treated channels and nearly doubled in the control channels. The mean length of individual macroinvertebrates decreased slightly over time in the control channels but not in the treated channels. However, the changes in mean density, biomass and length were not statistically significant. The variance of the invertebrate lengths increased over time in both the control and Velpar L-treated channels, which suggests that the size distribution of the invertebrate community varied with time. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Supplementary document for Tunable Electrochromic Filter for in situ Fourier Spatial Frequency Filtering - 5002875.pdf
Creators: name: Oesterschulze, Egbert
name: Hein, Alexander
name: Kortz, Carsten
name: Kaiser, Bastian
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Classical and Physical Optics
Electrochemistry
Optical Technology

description: Additional information on the spectroelectrochemic performance of the filter, the comparison between static Cr filters and the EC filter and the continous tunability of the transmission
title: Effects of Fire Disturbance on Terrestrial Salamanders in Mixed-Coniferous Forests of the Klamath/Siskiyou Region of the Pacific Northwest
Creators: name: Major, Donald J.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2005

description: An effective examination of fire disturbance on floral and faunal components requires research that integrates knowledge from multiple disciplines to understand the pattern and process controls affecting organisms in a complex system. However, current fire effects research typically focuses on the pattern response of organisms or their habitats with little integration of the dynamic fire process that created the pattern. This dissertation integrates an analysis of the processes of fire disturbance with terrestrial salamander ecology in a fire-dependent forest ecosystem, Klamath Province, California, USA.
In Chapter 1, I begin with a comprehensive review of disturbance ecology, focusing primarily on fire in forested ecosystems. Next, I discuss the current state of knowledge regarding effects of fire from the scale-extent of ground-dwelling vertebrate habitats through forested landscapes. Finally, I conclude with a oveview of my specific research objectives.
In Chapter 2, I examine multi-scale vegetative responses to fire disturbance. Specifically, I characterize micro-and macro-scale forest structure and physical site characteristics across various fire disturbances. Finally, I discuss the concept of a fire refugium and examine potential fire effects in current and future forest dynamics of these critical environments.
In Chapter 3, I characterize a fire exclusion legacy in a fire-dependent forest system. Specifically, I quantify fire exclusion legacy in stands perturbed by fire. Next, I estimate and characterize potential fuel structure and biomass associated with post-fire forest structure. To conclude, I explore the implications of a hypothetical legacy-mediated disturbance model on future fire severity and forest resilience.
In Chapter 4, I explore faunal responses to fire disturbance through the examination of processes directly and indirectly affecting terrestrial salamander populations. I use classification tree models to compare various population metrics at the micro-and macro-scale. I also examine associations between animal presence and multi-scale forest structure, physical site characteristics, and fire disturbances.
I conclude with a synthesis that examines the applicability of a salamander-based fire severity model (Chapter 5). Specifically, I examine the utility of predictive models to integrate fire processes and the effects of fire on terrestrial salamanders. Finally, I discuss the application of my results to future management and conservation of terrestrial salamanders.
A chip-integrated optical microfluidic pressure sensor
Creators: name: Höra, Christian
name: Kiontke, Andreas
name: Pahl, Maik
name: Belder, Detlev
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2017

description: Pressure sensing inside microfluidic channels in glass chips was achieved by integrating an oxygen sensitive luminescent sensor layer inside of an air-filled cavity. The device enables reliable determination of gas pressures, as well as flow rate-induced liquid backpressures at various positions along a channel. This optically readable microfluidic pressure sensor allows on-chip pressure sensing with high sensitivity at up to 9 mbar, and unsurpassed working range from atmospheric pressure up to 5 bar. Investigation of the system revealed high flexibility, stability and reproducibility of the proposed method. In addition to the pressure determination, the integrated luminescent sensor allows simultaneous detection of the temperature and oxygen content of a process medium. Quelle: http://www.sciencedirect.com/
Supplementary document for Tunable Electrochromic Filter for in situ Fourier Spatial Frequency Filtering - 5002875.pdf
Creators: name: Oesterschulze, Egbert
name: Hein, Alexander
name: Kortz, Carsten
name: Kaiser, Bastian
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Classical and Physical Optics
Electrochemistry
Optical Technology

description: Additional information on the spectroelectrochemic performance of the filter, the comparison between static Cr filters and the EC filter and the continous tunability of the transmission
Supporting scholarly e-teaching: lessons learned from a faculty-based initiative
Creators: name: Benson, Robyn
name: Brack, Charlotte
name: Weaver, Debbi
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Australian universities are challenged to provide training programs in the use of learning management systems (LMS) that assist staff both understand the software environment and use it effectively in their teaching practice. In this paper, we describe the development of an integrated professional development program designed for staff who want to use WebCT in their teaching. The program was part of a strategic initiative to provide centralised Information and Communication Technology infrastructure for teaching at Monash University. The integrated training program comprised a variety of strategies including: a series of 5 3-hour workshops, developed to introduce academic staff to design techniques and principles of delivery of educational material using WebCT; the option of specialist group access to workshops more tailored to meet their needs; support of networks of staff throughout the university and the use of third party instructional online tutorials. Workshops included discussion of teaching and learning issues of online course delivery, as well as hands-on use of the software. Printed resource materials to complement workshops are currently being developed. This paper discusses some of the implications of both the design and implementation of the integrated training program.
title: Levels, accumulation patterns and retrospective trends of perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) in terrestrial ecosystems over the last three decades
title: Levels, accumulation patterns and retrospective trends of perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) in terrestrial ecosystems over the last three decades
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Falk, Sandy
name: Stahl, Thorsten
name: Koschorreck, Jan
name: Fliedner, Annette
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2019
Subjects: Terrestrisches Ökosystem
Regenwurm
Laub

description: As a result of their ubiquitous presence in the environment perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) have been demonstrated in numerous organisms worldwide, in particular in those of higher trophic levels. The fact that PFAAs have been detected in various human matrices, together with the resultant potential human health risks, knowledge of possible paths of entry and distribution in various ecosystems, is of great importance. In this context pooled samples of terrestrial ecosystems - roe deer liver (n=141), earthworms (n=44) as well as leaves from beech and poplar trees (n=70) - from the year 1989-2015 were obtained from the German Environmental Specimen Bank and examined for the presence of 11 PFAAs for the first time. In addition to determining individual and total PFAA concentrations, temporal trends have been deduced in order to determine the effectiveness of regulatory measures. The highest total mean concentration of PFAAs (sum of the concentrations of the 11 analytes) were 9.9 (Mü)g/kg in the roe deer liver samples, followed by earthworm samples with a mean PFAA concentration of 3.5 (Mü)g/kg and leaves with a mean total concentration of 2.5 (Mü)g/kg. In regard to temporal trends there was a significant reduction of concentrations for perfluorooctane sulfonate, perfluorooctanoic acid, perfluorononanoic acid and perfluorodecanoic acid in roe deer liver from 2003 to 2015, an indication of the effectiveness of regulatory measures. The same is true for the perfluorooctane sulfonate concentrations in earthworms and for perfluorooctanoic acid concentrations in the leaves. In contrast, an increase in perfluorobutanoic acid concentrations was observed from 2003 to 2015 in all three matrices. In summary it must be noted that in spite of the discernible effectiveness of minimization strategies, PFAAs are still detectable in terrestrial matrices and concentrations of other PFAAs as perfluorobutanoic acid appear to be increasing. Quelle: http://www.sciencedirect.com
Entrepreneurial leadership in Indigenous enterprise development
Creators: name: Mapunda, Gido
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This paper argues that in order for Indigenous peoples to achieve economic development and social advancement the establishment of a robust business sector is critical. In the quest to establish such a sector the focus has to be the development of viable and successful small to medium size business enterprises. It further argues that entrepreneurial leadership will be the main determinant of such enterprises. The challenge for Indigenous peoples then is to identify and nurture entrepreneurial leadership in the hope that such leadership will embark on to the establishment of viable small business enterprises. Once these businesses are successful they can not only provide employment to Indigenous peoples but act as role models for other prospective Indigenous entrepreneurs.
Validation of Observed Bedload Transport Pathways Using Morphodynamic Modelling
Creators: name: Mineault-Guitard, Alexandre
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: Bedload transport
Morphodynamic modelling
Shear stress distribution

description: Braiding is a mesmerizing phenomenon since flow and sediment transport interact and are able to change the morphology of a channel in a rapid and complex fashion. Conventional two-dimensional morphodynamic models estimate bedload distribution using shear stress distribution. However, it is unclear if the use of such shear stress distributions is relevant or applicable for all situations when using two-dimensional morphodynamic modelling. This thesis strives to investigate whether shear stress distributions are useful to predict bedload transport pathways. This study focuses upon prediction of bedload transport pathways using a morphodynamic model (Delft3D) of an anabranch of the Rees River (New Zealand). Observed bedload transport pathways were compared to modelled bedload transport pathways in an attempt to validate the predictive ability of the model. Results show that there is a significant correlation between predicted bedload transport pathways and the apparent bedload transport pathways derived from the field measurements. Furthermore, bedload transport predictions were in good agreement with observed data in areas where the model’s predictions of high shear stress were comparable to field observations. However, substantial bedload transport predictions in low shear stress areas were not adequately captured by the model, suggesting that the observed pathways were not due to high shear stress, but rather to other sediment supply sources.
Recherches sur la condition personnelle et sociale des licteurs à Rome du premier siècle avant notre ère à la fin de l'époque des sévères.
Creators: name: Constant, Marie-Luce.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: History, Ancient.

description: Par ce travail de recherche, j'ai tente de reunir les donnees necessaires pour brosser un tableau vraisemblable, sur le plan historique, de la condition personnelle et sociale d'un licteur romain, entre le Ier siecle av. notre ere et la fin du IIe siecle de notre ere. Nous manquons encore de donnees sur la mobilite sociale et la condition personnelle des tranches intermediaires de la population romaine. J'ai entrepris cette etude pour essayer d'apporter une modeste contribution a la connaissance de cet aspect encore flou. Le licteur, qui entre dans la categorie des appariteurs, differe toutefois des autres employes de l'administration publique (viateurs, herauts et scribes notamment) parce que pour les auteurs romains, il est d'abord et avant tout le symbole de l'imperium. Cet aspect a ete abondamment etudie par les chercheurs modernes, mais jusqu'a present, peu d'historiens se sont interesses au personnage qui se cache derriere le symbole, a l'homme, au "fonctionnaire". Qui devenait licteur? Pourquoi et comment devenait-on licteur? Dans quelles conditions un licteur exercait-il son metier? S'agissait-il d'un "metier" au sens habituel du terme? Le licteur pouvait-il s'interesser a d'autres activites? Quelle etait la place du licteur dans la societe romaine? J'ai exploite le materiel epigraphique, les sources litteraires et, dans une mesure moindre, les temoignages iconographiques pour tenter d'apporter des reponses a ces questions. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
The Genome of the Steller Sea Lion (Eumetopias jubatus)
Creators: name: Kwan, Harwood H.
name: Culibrk, Luka
name: Taylor, Gregory A.
name: Leelakumari, Sreeja
name: Tan, Ryan
name: Jackman, Shaun D.
name: Tse, Kane
name: MacLeod, Tina
name: Cheng, Dean
name: Chuah, Eric
name: Kirk, Heather
name: Pandoh, Pawan
name: Carlsen, Rebecca
name: Zhao, Yongjun
name: Mungall, Andrew J.
name: Moore, Richard
name: Birol, Inanc
name: Marra, Marco, 1966-
name: Rosen, David A. S.
name: Haulena, Martin
name: Jones, Steven J. M.
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2019

description: The Steller sea lion is the largest member of the Otariidae family and is found in the coastal waters of the northern Pacific Rim. Here, we present the Steller sea lion genome, determined through DNA sequencing approaches that utilized microfluidic partitioning library construction, as well as nanopore technologies. These methods constructed a highly contiguous assembly with a scaffold N50 length of over 14 megabases, a contig N50 length of over 242 kilobases and a total length of 2.404 gigabases. As a measure of completeness, 95.1% of 4104 highly conserved mammalian genes were found to be complete within the assembly. Further annotation identified 19,668 protein coding genes. The assembled genome sequence and underlying sequence data can be found at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) under the BioProject accession number PRJNA475770.
title: Congestion-clearing payments to passengers
title: Congestion-clearing payments to passengers
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Minett, Paul
name: Niles, John
name: Lee, Richard
name: Schäfer, Marco
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2020
Subjects: Carsharing
Mobilitätsmanagement
Mobilitätsverhalten
Parkanlage
Tümpel

description: This paper reports on a project that considers whether the goals of (de)congestion pricing could be achieved in whole or in part by incentivizing mode-shift rather than using charging to force it: buying rather than selling decongestion. The project developed a method for estimating the net present value of the costs and benefits of a permanent ITS-enabled program of paying people to travel as passengers rather than as drivers - to reduce existing congestion in a target corridor to a target maximum level of delay - taking into account the mix of the traffic and the potential impact of latent demand and induced trips. This is relevant for making better use of existing infrastructure (a "build nothing" alternative to expansion, but not a "do nothing" one), for decarbonizing transport, and in the run up to automated vehicles where the possibility exists that new infrastructure investments in the 1-20-year timeframe will become stranded assets under some future scenarios. The project incorporated: a thorough review of the literature; focus groups; and a survey in a case study corridor in California to test the theory, develop the method, and determine the likely costs and benefits. The main insights include 1) the significance of an ââą Ìintra-peak demand shiftââą Ì that would occur if congestion was removed; 2) the need for four major components in a congestion-clearing payments program: a) incentives to switch from driving to being a passenger, b) incentives to travel at less preferred times, c) park and ride/pool facilities near the bottleneck to ease the passenger switch, and d) some limitation on single-occupant vehicle travel in the peak-of-the-peak in order to reserve space for vehicles carrying passengers; and 3) the possible need for different land-use regulations in a successful ââą Ìpayments to passengersââą Ì environment where the amount of traffic might no longer be an obvious constraint for expanding the local economy. The case study benefit cost analysis delivers a benefit cost ratio of 4.5 to 1. © 2020 The Author(s)
Sleepiness and daytime sleep in narcolepsy-cataplexy: Chronobiological, napping and performance aspects.
Creators: name: Mullington, Janet.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1994
Subjects: subject: Psychology, Experimental.

description: This dissertation deals with the chronobiology of sleep and sleepiness in narcolepsy-cataplexy. The text consists of a series of papers: three research papers, and a theoretical paper, with a technical paper appended. The first research paper presents an ambulatory EEG study in which subjects were free to go about their routine home activities, wearing the portable recorder for 24 hours. The timing and duration of sleep episodes were calculated relative to nocturnal midsleep time. Results demonstrated that the most frequent timing of naps was about 1-1.5 h in advance of that found for normal healthy subjects who show greatest sleep propensity 180 degrees out of phase with nocturnal midsleep time. The second paper is a theoretical review of circasemidean sleep-wake propensity and proposes a new modelling approach. The third and fourth papers represent companion papers from a 3-condition within-subjects experiment on the effects of scheduled naps on performance. Sleep schedules were based on habitual total sleep time amounts and experimental sleep schedules devised for each subject. A no-nap condition scheduled 100% of total sleep time at night, and nap conditions scheduled 25% of total sleep time in either a single long nap or 5 equidistantly spaced short naps. The first of these papers measures the efficacy of naps in terms of their effects on performance over the whole day and by time-of-day category divisions. Results indicated that for reaction time, performance in the single long nap condition was significantly improved over a no-nap control condition, attributable to post-nap improvements in performance. However, logical reasoning test results were actually better in the no-nap condition, but this may indicate that a longer nocturnal sleep period may be necessary for optimal performance on this task. The timing of unscheduled sleep episodes was again seen to be in advance of the most frequent nap time for normal subjects. The second of these papers examines the related sleep inertia effects. Sleep inertia was found after the short naps as measured by the descending subtraction task, is evident following all but the first and is most prolonged following the third, short nap. Sleep inertia was also found for reaction time variables following short, but was absent following the long nap. Sleep inertia effects on reaction time were significantly greater on SWS arousals. A paper on the technical details of the sleep-wake scheduling and performance testing software is appended.
Study protocol
Creators: name: Nolan, Claire
name: Taylor, Stephanie JC
name: Man, William DC
name: Steed, Elizabeth
name: Victor, Christina
name: Pokhrel, Subhash
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 420109
subject: Rehabilitation
classificationCode: 420319
subject: Primary health care
classificationCode: 420307
subject: Health counselling

description: Study protocol
Extending site-specific audience experience via multi-platform communication design
Creators: name: Watkins, Jerry
name: Russo, Angelina
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Across much of the Australian cultural sector, the principal mission of curatorship remains wedded to the production of site-specific physical exhibitions. This mission is entirely understandable when viewed through the tradition of ongoing cultural exhibition in well populated urban locations, yet sits less comfortably within the wide geographic distribution of the Australian population. Although a growing desire to reach wider audiences via an expanded online presence is evident, such initiatives are tempered by the prohibitive cost of digitising existing collections optimised for physical exhibition. Significant amounts -- if not the majority -- of compelling cultural content remain inaccessible to communities and the general public. Multi-Platform Communication Design is a design method which repurposes existing content across multiple communication channels in order to extend an audience experience across multiple target segments. Applied to the cultural institution sector, MPCD takes existing platform or site-specific artefacts to new, distributed audiences in a cost-effective manner. In so doing, MPCD can extend and increase the audience experience beyond current curatorial and audience expectations. The rationale behind MPCD lies neither in a technological orientation nor blue skies research. Rather, it is firmly focused in providing a tool whereby cultural institutions can reach a wider audience cost-effectively, and communities can not only access content more readily, they may also contribute to the creation of digital collections. This paper acknowledges the exciting potential of synchronous iTV/web broadcast and contributes to the developing multi-platform debate by defining outcomes for both consumers and producers and links this debate to the emerging concept of a 'cultural consumer' within this sector.
Effects of phosphatidylinositol on ApoA-I metabolism: Implications in HDL metabolism
Creators: name: Hopewell, Shawn
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Biology, Molecular.
subject: Chemistry, Biochemistry.
subject: Biology, Physiology.

description: Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the developed world. Attempts to prevent CHD using LDL lowering medications have been only partly successful and new approaches are under investigation. Significant efforts are being made to develop therapeutics that raise plasma HDL levels to aid in the prevention of CHD. HDL levels are believed to be inversely associated with the risk of developing CHD. Naturally occurring phospholipids such as phosphatidylinositol (PI), have been shown to increase plasma apoA-I levels and HDL levels in animal models and human subjects; but the mechanism remains to be elucidated. Since in humans, HDL is primarily synthesized in the liver, the objective of the present study was to evaluate the underlying molecular mechanism of PI-induced apoA-I and HDL secretion from liver cells. We show that PI doubles apoA-I/HDL secretion at 24h in a model hepatocyte, HepG2, cell culture system. PI-induced apoA-I secretion is unaffected by PI-3-kinase inhibitors but is sensitive to various MAP kinase inhibitors. While the p38MAPK inhibitor SB203580 has no effect on PI-induced apoA-I secretion, the MEK1/2 inhibitor U0126 blocks PI-induced apoA-I secretion. Inhibition of the JNK MAPK pathway by SP600125 also blocks PI mediated apoA-I secretion. Real-time PCR shows no changes in cellular apoA-I mRNA and suggests that PI is not impacting the transcription of the apoA-I gene. However, the degradation of apoA-I is decreased in PI treated HepG2 cells. Collectively, the data from these investigations suggest that PI acts through mitogen and stress-activated protein kinase pathways to increase plasma apoA-I levels by decreasing the degradation of apoA-I.
Forming “Mediators and Instruments of Grace”: The Emerging Role of Monastics in Teaching Contemplative Ambiguity and Practice to the Laity
Creators: name: Pryce, Paula
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2019

description: Drawing from long-term ethnographic research with a global network of contemplative Christians, this paper discusses an emerging teaching role for North American monasteries as the numbers of avowed religious decline. Since the Trappist community of St. Joseph’s Abbey in Spencer, Massachusetts, first developed the Christian meditation technique called Centering Prayer in the 1970s, monks and nuns have increasingly become teachers, models, and stabilizers of non-monastic practitioners who attempt to transform their ways of being and thinking towards monastic-inspired sensibilities. Their guidance includes the use of face-to-face, literary, and virtual means to teach methods of contemplative intersubjectivity and a commitment to lives based on service, hospitality, and humility, as well as on study and formalized rites. The paper focuses on non-monastics’ strong attraction to monastic teachings on ambiguity as a source of creativity and wonder in uncertain times, as practiced through a combination of cataphatic and apophatic ritual, including Centering Prayer. The number of monastic postulants continues to falter, yet a much larger, “non-gathered” community of non-monastic oblates and neo-monastic contemplatives has grown increasingly reliant on monastics to help provide alternatives. The rising interdependence of monastics and non-monastics may become the basis of a transformation of Christian monasticism and a new concept of religious community.
Social housing over the horizon: creating a contemporary social housing system
Creators: name: Burke, Terry
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: We are all too familiar with the problems of the social housing system, particularly public housing. This paper argues that the system is no longer capable of addressing client needs, current national housing problems, or those looming over the horizon. It briefly examines the causes of the system’s parlous state and outlines proposals for reform to change it into one which is more contemporary. These include a new funding system (dependent on a new rent assistance model) which draws private rental housing into the social housing system, a reconfiguration of the roles of community and public housing (the latter to focus on low income households, not complex needs), and a new organisational structure for public housing which makes area and regional offices more autonomous and more closely linked to local communities and local government. The paper challenges a lot of the current orthodoxies of thought around the relationship between the market and the state, between social housing provision and support, and between past housing needs and those of the future. The objective is to advance debate as to what a contemporary social housing system should look like and what are its objectives.
The effect of an interactive voice response system on communication of medication and appointment information to patients taking oral anticoagulants
Creators: name: Oake, Natalie
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Health Sciences, Medicine and Surgery.
subject: Information Science.

description: Introduction. An interactive voice response system (IVRS) may facilitate communication of medication information to patients taking oral anticoagulants (OAC). Objective. To evaluate an IVRS for OAC management using a health technology assessment framework. Design. Quasi-experimental study at the Ottawa Hospital Thrombosis Clinic. Patients. Patients who had completed 3 months of warfarin therapy, had stable anticoagulation control, and spoke English were enrolled and followed for a minimum of 3 months. Methods. Patients received their international normalized ratio result, dosage schedule, and date of their next blood test from the IVRS. The IVRS also notified patients of upcoming and missed appointments. Results. 226 patients were prospectively followed for a mean of 4.2 months. Patients' anticoagulation control during the post-intervention period (80.3%; 95% CI 77.5-83.1) was noninferior to their anticoagulation control during the pre-intervention period (79.9%; 95% CI 77.3-82.6). 77.4% of patients continued using the IVRS after the study. 78% of the scheduled dosage messages were successfully delivered by the IVRS and did not require further input from clinic staff. The IVRS resulted in a minor reduction in the workload of Clinic staff. Conclusion. An IVRS was a feasible and effective method of communicating medication information in this population of OAC patients. Future work is required to determine the generalizability of these results.