cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Terrorism and Photojournalism: Sensational Image and Ethical Coverage in the Arab and American Media
Creators: name: Jaber, Fadi
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011
Subjects: Sensational Image
War on Gaza
Arab Media
American Media
Israel
Palestine

description: During the 2008-2009 War on Gaza between Hamas and Israel, the Arab and American media published various sensational images of this terrorist event. The purpose of this thesis is to investigate and examine the ethicality of the Arab and American sensational images when covering a terrorist event perpetuated by the Other. The thesis draws on Aristotle’s theory of communication and virtue theory (fourth century B.C.), William James’s theory of truth (1907), as well as on contemporary theories, approaches and concepts in order to provide a philosophical and theoretical foundation of ethical publication of sensational images. As well, it looks into various definitions of terrorism, analyzes the Arab and American media codes of ethics, and benefits from relevant decision-making models. It has, therefore, established a theoretical model contingent to the terrorist event at stake – The Sensational Image of Terrorism Ethical Decision-Making Model (SITE-DMM). The thesis methodologically utilizes a qualitative comparative content analysis research design, analyzing a purposive sample of 144 sensational images from three Arab online media (Al-Ahram newspaper, Electronic Intifada, and Al-Jazeera.net TV); and three American online media (The New York Times newspaper, San Francisco Sentinel.com, and CNN.com TV) in order to examine the ethicality of publishing sensational images about this terrorist event in both the Arab and American media. Following a systematic analysis, guided by the suggested theoretical model – SITE-DMM, the findings provide a comprehensive understanding of the ethicality of the Arab and American sensational images during the coverage of the 2008-2009 War on Gaza.
Predictive Mobile IP Handover for Vehicular Networks
Creators: name: Magnano, Alexander
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: Vehicular networks
Mobile IP
Prediction
Hidden Markov model
Kalman filter
Wireless
Ad hoc Networks
NS-2
mobility management

description: Vehicular networks are an emerging technology that offer potential for providing a variety of new services. However, extending vehicular networks to include IP connections is still problematic, due in part to the incompatibility of mobile IP handovers with the increased mobility of vehicles. The handover process, consisting of discovery, registration, and packet forwarding, has a large overhead and disrupts connectivity. With increased handover frequency and smaller access point dwell times in vehicular networks, the handover causes a large degradation in performance. This thesis proposes a predictive handover solution, using a combination of a Kalman filter and an online hidden Markov model, to minimize the effects of prediction errors and to capitalize on advanced handover registration. Extensive simulated experiments were carried out in NS-2 to study the performance of the proposed solution within a variety of traffic and network topology scenarios. Results show a significant improvement to both prediction accuracy and network performance when compared to recent proposed approaches.
Integrated cervical cancer screening in Mayuge District Uganda (ASPIRE Mayuge): a pragmatic sequential cluster randomized trial protocol
Creators: name: Nakisige, Carolyn
name: Trawin, Jessica
name: Mitchell-Foster, Sheona
name: Payne, Beth
name: Rawat, Angeli
name: Mithani, Nadia
name: Amuge, Cathy
name: Pedersen, Heather
name: Orem, Jackson
name: Smith, Laurie W.
name: Ogilvie, Gina
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2020

description: Background: Cervical cancer is almost entirely preventable through vaccination and screening, yet remains one of the ‘gravest threats to women’s lives’ according to the World Health Organization. Specific high-risk subtypes of human papillomavirus (HR-HPV) are well-established as the primary cause of cervical cancer. Uganda has one of the highest cervical cancer incidence rates in the world (54.8 per 100,000) as a result of limited screening access and infrastructure. The integration of a self-collected cervical cancer screening program using HPV testing within existing community-based primary health care services could increase access to screening and reduce cervical cancer rates among Ugandan women. Methods: Using a pragmatic, sequential, cluster randomized trial design; we will compare the effectiveness of two cervical cancer screening models for self-collected HPV testing: 1) community health worker recruitment (door-to-door); and 2) community health meetings. In Mayuge district, Uganda, 31 villages are randomized to one of two treatment arms. Due to the nature of this trial, blinding is not possible. Women are eligible to participate if they have no previous history of hysterectomy or treatment for cervical cancer or pre-cancer and are aged 25–49 years old. All participants receive an integrated package of cervical cancer screening and education. Samples are tested for HPV using GeneXpert point of care testing. All women who test positive for HR-HPV types are referred to a designated health centre for follow-up inspection by Visual Inspection with Acetic acid (VIA) and treatment with thermal ablation. The primary outcome for the trial is the number of women who attend follow-up for VIA screening at a designated Health Centre after a positive HR-HPV test out of all women screened per arm. Secondary outcomes include: cervical cancer screening knowledge; patient-reported experience measures for self-collected cervical cancer screening; and HPV incidence. Discussion: Results from this study will inform the national scale-up of cervical cancer screening in Uganda, aligning with the World Health Organization’s target of achieving cervical cancer elimination through the pillar of increased HPV screening coverage. Trial registration: ISRCTN, ISRCTN12767014. Registered 14 May 2019, https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN12767014; clinicaltrials.gov, NCT04000503; Registered 27 June 2019, https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04000503 Protocol version January 8, 2020, version 1.
Systemization of RFID Tag Antenna Design Based on Optimization Techniques and Impedance Matching Charts
Creators: name: Butt, Munam
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)
Tag Antenna
UHF/HF tags
Tag Performance
Conjugate Impedance Matching Techniques
T-Match
Inductively Coupled Loop
Nested Slot
Dipoles
Radiating Resistance
Size Reduction Techniques
Meandered Dipoles
Inverted-F Configurations

description: The performance of commercial Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags is primarily limited by present techniques used for tag antenna design. Currently, industry techniques rely on identifying the RFID tag application (books, clothing, etc.) and then building antenna prototypes of different configurations in order to satisfy minimum read range requirements. However, these techniques inherently lack an electromagnetic basis and are unable to provide a low cost solution to the tag antenna design process. RFID tag performance characteristics (read-range, chip-antenna impedance matching, surrounding environment) can be very complex, and a thorough understanding of the RFID tag antenna design may be gained through an electromagnetic approach in order to reduce the tag antenna size and the overall cost of the RFID system. The research presented in this thesis addresses RFID tag antenna design process for passive RFID tags. With the growing number of applications (inventory, supply-chain, pharmaceuticals, etc), the proposed RFID antenna design process demonstrates procedures to design tag antennas for such applications. Electrical/geometrical properties of the antennas designed were investigated with the help of computer electromagnetic simulations in order to achieve optimal tag performance criteria such as read range, chip-impedance matching, antenna efficiency, etc. Experimental results were performed on the proposed antenna designs to compliment computer simulations and analytical modelling.
La reconnaissance des expressions faciales des émotions: profil de développement et utilisation des catégories émotionnelles au cours de l’enfance
Creators: name: Maassara, Reem
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: Reconnaissance
Expressions Faciales
Émotions

description: Le but de cette thèse était d’étudier le développement de la catégorisation des expressions faciales émotionnelles chez les enfants francophones à l’aide de deux tâches de jugement: l’étiquetage verbal (étude 1) et le jugement à choix forcés (étude 2). Le modèle théorique ayant guidé les études était celui proposé par Widen et Russell (2003, 2010). Les résultats de la première étude ont montré une très forte correspondance entre la séquence d’utilisation des catégories émotionnelles et celle prédite par le modèle de Widen et Russell. De plus, les résultats ont généralement appuyé les prédictions du modèle en ce qui concerne les profils de développement se rapportant à l’exactitude des jugements et à la fréquence d’utilisation et l’extension des catégories émotionnelles. Enfin, la première étude a permis de recueillir des informations sur le lexique émotionnel des enfants francophones, ce qu’aucune étude antérieure n’avait fait à notre connaissance. La deuxième étude visait à vérifier si le modèle de Widen et Russell décrivait bien l’utilisation des catégories émotionnelles dans la tâche de jugement à choix forcés. Les résultats ont montré que la performance des participants était supérieure au hasard dès 3 ans et, que conformément aux prédictions, elle augmentait pour chacune des six expressions entre 3 et 8 ans. Comme le prévoyait le modèle, le nombre de catégories émotionnelles utilisées par les enfants a augmenté en fonction de l’âge. L’utilisation des catégories de joie, tristesse et colère a diminué en fonction de l’âge alors que l’utilisation des catégories de peur, surprise et tristesse a augmenté. Cependant, les prédictions du modèle en rapport avec l’extension des catégories émotionnelles n’ont été que partiellement appuyées, puisque l’extension des catégories avait tendance à diminuer entre 3 et 8 ans seulement dans le cas de la joie et de la colère. Enfin, les résultats de la deuxième étude n’ont pas appuyé la séquence d’utilisation des catégories émotionnelles prédite par le modèle.
Il tradurre, tra verità ed etica: la Bibbia
Creators: name: Bartolomei, Maria Cristina
Publisher: name: Doctor Virtualis
Year: 2008

description: I testi biblici si guardano, rinviano l'uno all'altro, si citano (una sorta di ipertestualità) si rispecchiano l'uno nell'altro, e il frutto di tale rispecchiamento precipita a formare nuovi strati testuali.
description: Doctor Virtualis, N° 7 (2007): Tradurre l'intraducibile
Le traduzioni e la vita della Bibbia
Creators: name: Buzzetti, Carlo
Publisher: name: Doctor Virtualis
Year: 2008

description: Parola di Dio in parole umane. La prima non si traduce mai; le seconde si devono tradurre sempre, al variare dei tempi e delle culture degli uomini.
description: Doctor Virtualis, N° 7 (2007): Tradurre l'intraducibile
Supplementary document for Comb Operation In Terahertz Quantum Cascade Ring Lasers - 5212995.pdf
Creators: name: Jaidl, Michael
name: Opacak, Nikola
name: Kainz, Martin
name: Schoenhuber, Sebastian
name: Theiner, Dominik
name: Limbacher, Benedikt
name: Beiser, Maximilian
name: Giparakis, Miriam
name: Andrews, Aaron
name: Strasser, Gottfried
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Simulation parameters, reference ridge data, different harmonics spectra
Ruggero Bacone su traduttori e traduzioni
Creators: name: Rignani, Orsola
Publisher: name: Doctor Virtualis
Year: 2008

description: Bacone coglie la difficoltà delle traduzioni, che non rendono mai in completamente il senso del testo di partenza, soprattutto per quanto riguarda le scienze.
description: Doctor Virtualis, N° 7 (2007): Tradurre l'intraducibile
Role of the Retinoid X Receptors in Skeletal Muscle Development
Creators: name: Le May, Melanie
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011
Subjects: nuclear receptor
gene regulation
rexinoid
differentiation
lineage specification

description: Pluripotent stem cells have the capacity to develop into different cell lineages and can be manipulated into certain cell types through the use of small molecule inducers. Retinoic acid (RA) signaling through retinoic acid receptors (RAR) and retinoid X receptors (RXR) has the ability to direct lineage determination but has yielded disappointing results in promoting skeletal myogenesis in embryonic stem (ES) cells. RXR is crucial in embryonic development although it is generally considered to act as a silent partner for other nuclear receptors such as RAR. Our findings demonstrate that rexinoid specific signaling enhances skeletal myogenesis and requires β-catenin but not RAR. Moreover, RXR signalling in mouse ES cells can efficiently enhance skeletal myogenesis and closely recapitulates sequential events observed in vivo. Since ES cells closely represent the properties of the developing embryo, efficiently generating skeletal muscle provides a means to further scrutinize signaling pathways in myogenic development in view of developing therapies for muscle related diseases.
Transcriptional Regulatory Mechanisms of Freud-1, a Novel Mental Retardation Gene
Creators: name: Souslova, Tatiana
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011
Subjects: Freud-1
non-syndromic mental retardation
transcriptional regulation
5-HT1A receptor gene

description: The mechanisms that govern the repression of 5-HT1A receptor gene expression mediated by a novel mental retardation gene, Freud-1, were examined in HEK293 and SKNSH cells. This study provides a possible mechanism of 5-HT1A receptor gene regulation by Freud-1, which, to mediate its action, recruits Swi/Snf and Sin3A/histone deacetylase (HDAC) complexes in non-neuronal HEK293 cells and Swi/Snf only in neuronal, 5-HT1A receptor-expressing SKNSH cells. Thus, Freud-1 has a dual mechanism of repression depending on cell type: HDAC dependent in HEK293 cells and HDAC independent in SKNSH cells. In addition, I present evidence that Freud-1 is not sumoylated at its consensus sumoylation sites and I present the lipid binding properties of Freud-1 and Freud-1 mutants.
Problemi di traduzione della Politica di Aristotele
Il caso della traduzione in francese di Nicole Oresme
Creators: name: Fiocchi, Claudio
Publisher: name: Doctor Virtualis
Year: 2008

description: Necessità pratiche e riflessioni teoriche accompagnano il lavoro di Oresme, nella consapevolezza che la traduzione delle grandi opere è uno strumento fondamentale per la grandezza di un popolo.
description: Doctor Virtualis, N° 7 (2007): Tradurre l'intraducibile
The emergence of the thick disk in a cold dark matter universe
Creators: name: Brook, Chris B.
name: Kawata, Daisuke
name: Gibson, Brad K.
name: Freeman, Ken C.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The disk galaxy simulated using our chemodynamic galaxy formation code, GCD+, is shown to have a thick-disk component. This is evidenced by the velocity dispersion versus age relation for solar neighborhood stars, which clearly shows an abrupt increase in velocity dispersion at a look-back time of approximately 8 Gyr, and is in excellent agreement with observation. These thick-disk stars are formed from gas that is accreted to the galaxy during a chaotic period of hierarchical clustering at high redshift. This formation scenario is shown to be consistent with observations of both the Milky Way and extragalactic thick disks.
Supplementary document for Comb Operation In Terahertz Quantum Cascade Ring Lasers - 5212995.pdf
Creators: name: Jaidl, Michael
name: Opacak, Nikola
name: Kainz, Martin
name: Schoenhuber, Sebastian
name: Theiner, Dominik
name: Limbacher, Benedikt
name: Beiser, Maximilian
name: Giparakis, Miriam
name: Andrews, Aaron
name: Strasser, Gottfried
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Simulation parameters, reference ridge data, different harmonics spectra
A Theatre for Change: Applying Community Based Drama Practices into Ontario Middle Schools
Creators: name: Harrison, Kiersten Rose
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: Theatre in Education
Drama in Education
David Diamond
Theatre for Living
Community Theatre
Augusto Boal
Theatre of the Oppressed
Community Drama
Social Action
critical literacy
social awareness
global consciousness.
local community
social conciousness
classroom drama
Ontario middle schools

description: Teachers have an undeniable influence on youth, on whose shoulders tomorrow rests. It is vital for teachers to be conscious of their role in both the local and global community in order to facilitate occasions for students to develop a sense of global consciousness. By imparting to students the desire to learn and to explore their interactions with things, people and experiences, and actively pursue knowledge, they develop critical literacy skills required to both acquire understanding and be(come) understood. Through this research study, the implications of applying David Diamond’s community drama work called Theatre for Living, as an effective and critical literacy practice to enhance social conciousness within a middle school, is assesssed. The program was implemented in a split grade 7/8 and grade 8 classroom in southwestern Ontario. The study exemplifies for educators a practical yet significant step for initializing and developing a broad sense of awareness in students; that is the sense of global consciousness.
Petrogenesis of the Late Archean Lac Simard Intrusive Complex, Pontiac Subprovince, Quebec.
Creators: name: Tarnocai, David M.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1999
Subjects: subject: Geology.

description: The Archean Lac Simard Intrusive Complex (LSIC) represents an example of medium-K to shoshonitic and high-K transitional magmatism occurring in the Pontiac sedimentary terrane of the Superior Province. The complex formed from diverse magma batches ranging from weakly quartz saturated diorites to syenites and quartz monzodiorites to quartz monzonites and biotite-clinopyroxene bearing hornblendite magmas. The units of the LSIC are mutually intrusive and typically either display gradational or mingled contacts. All external contacts of the LSIC are variably sheared and intrusive contacts. Granitoids of the LSIC are dominantly monzodioritic Produced through functional crystallization, primarily of amphibole, clinopyroxene, apatite, magnetite, titanite, and biotite, from a melt with shoshonitic affinities emplaced at shallow levels (∼1 kbar.). Relatively oxidising primary conditions are evidenced by the mineral assemblage quartz + magnetite + titanite and a calculated fO2 lies on this buffer at ∼10-13.7 at 800°C. Amphibole and clinopyroxene chemistry provide evidence for polybaric crystallization. Field relationships among units of the LSIC and mafic silicate chemistry suggest that the units of the complex were emplaced over a relatively short time interval from either a zoned magma chamber, or multiple cogenetic chambers at depth. Shoshonitic samples of LSIC granitoids posses high La/YbCN, LREE, LILE/HFSE, Mg#, Cr and Nd indicative of a primary mantle melt with an arc-type trace element signature. Neodymium and Sr isotope compositions of primary mineral separates suggest that the LSIC rocks are similar Nd-Sr- isotopically to Abitibi Subprovince mantle derived rocks. Hornblendites within the LSIC are comagmatic with the granitoids of the LSIC and form two compositional populations. One group of relatively uncontaminated hornblendites appears to have been generated by fractional crystallization whereas a second group of similar parentage records assimilation of up to approximately 40% of a Pontiac sedimentary rock component.
Supplementary document for Precise theoretical model for quantum-dot color conversion - 5213061.pdf
Creators: name: Xu, Sheng
name: Yang, Tao
name: lin, jianyao
name: Shen, Qiongxin
name: li, jinan
name: ye, yuanyuan
name: Wang, Luanluan
name: Zhou, Xiaojian
name: Chen, Enguo
name: Ye, Yun
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Experimental Detail and Measured data
Aeternitas e tempus: ipotesi per un ripensamento della gnoseologia agostiniana
Creators: name: Colli, Andrea
Publisher: name: Doctor Virtualis
Year: 2008

description: Il tempo come creato da Dio e contrapposto all’eterno (tempus factum), e come dimensione soggettiva che si costituisce in quanto prodotto di un’esperienza individuale (distentio animi).
description: Doctor Virtualis, N° 8 (2008): Tracce di debolezza nel pensiero medievale
Host plant resistance and epidemiology of Fusarium ear rot in maize.
Creators: name: Vigier, Bernard.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: Agriculture, Agronomy.

description: This thesis examines fusarium ear rot epidemiology in maize (Zea mays L.) and host plant resistance to Fusarium species causing ear rot, in eastern Canada, through three major groups of experiments. A three-year disease survey that determines the causal agents of maize ear rot in Ontario; a three-year study on the stability of different genotypes to two different inoculation techniques across different environments; and a two-year study on fungal infection from an inoculum source using methods to detect infection spread. A survey of maize ear rot was conducted in eastern and western Ontario from 1991-1993 in order to develop a predictive model of ear rot incidence. Field data were collected on disease incidence, insect and/or bird damage, ear tip infection (silk), rainfall, and temperature. Isolations were made in the laboratory from samples showing evidence of infection, and the five prevalent Fusarium species (F. graminearum, F. moniliforme, F. proliferatum, F. sporotrichioides, and F. subglutinans) were enumerated. The profile of Fusarium species isolated varied considerably from year to year, and in a certain proportion between sites. Fusarium subglutinans was the most frequently isolated species and was associated with low rainfall in July. Fusarium moniliforme and F. proliferatum occurred mostly following the hot, dry summer of 1991. Fusarium graminearum presence increased significantly with higher precipitation in July. Presence of F. sporotrichioides was not associated directly with the incidence of ear rot. Insect damage and infection through the ear tip were the most important mode of fungal entry into maize ears. In the second major field study undertaken in east-central Ontario and south-western Quebec, the interaction between genotypes and environments was described using a Joint Regression Model and an Additive Main effects and Multiplicative Interaction effects (AMMI) model. The AMMI model was able to capture 68% of the interaction across both inoculation methods, compared to 84% for the Joint regression model. The number of cool and wet days (relative humidity over 80%) observed in August was more critical for silk channel inoculation infections, and the number of wet days was more critical to achieve severe ear rot with the kernel-stab inoculation technique. A disease spread study showed that the Power Law model is a suitable model to predict fusarium ear rot spread over a distance below five metres from a small inoculum source of F. graminearum (strain sc DAOM 180378). (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Efficacy of automated insulin delivery (AID) systems in type 1 diabetes: protocol of a systematic review and network meta-analysis of outpatient randomised controlled trials
Creators: name: Stahl-Pehe, Anna
name: Schlesinger, Sabrina
name: Kuss, Oliver
name: Shokri-Mashhadi, Nafiseh
name: Bächle, Christina
name: Warz, Klaus-D
name: Bürger-Büsing, Jutta
name: Holl, Reinhard
name: Spörkel, Olaf
name: Rosenbauer, Joachim
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: diabetes & endocrinology
subject: DDC 610 / Medicine & health
subject: Systematic reviews (Medical research)
subject: Endocrinology
subject: Quality of Life
subject: Lebensqualität

description: Introduction Automated insulin delivery (AID), also known as artificial pancreas system or ‘closed-loop system’, represents a novel option for current treatments for type 1 diabetes (T1D). The objective of this systematic review and meta-analysis is to assess the efficacy of AID systems in comparison with current intensified insulin therapy for glycaemic control and patient- reported outcomes in individuals with T1D. Methods and analysis Studies will be eligible if they are randomised controlled trials (RCTs) in people with T1D of all ages, and if they compare an AID system for self-administration during the day and night period with any other type of insulin therapy for at least 3 weeks. The primary outcome will be time in the glucose target range of 70–180 mg/ dL. A systematic review will be conducted in the MEDLINE, Embase, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials and ClinicalTrials.gov registries from their inception dates. Two authors will independently screen all references based on titles and abstracts against the eligibility criteria. For data extraction, standard forms will be developed and tested before extraction. All information will be assessed independently by at least two reviewers. The risk of bias of the included studies will be assessed using the Cochrane Risk of Bias 2 tool. The data synthesis will include a random-effects pairwise and network meta-analysis (NMA) in a frequentist framework. Where applicable and if sufficient RCTs are available, sensitivity analyses will be performed, and heterogeneity and publication bias will be assessed. The certainty of evidence from the NMA will be evaluated following the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation working group guidance. Ethics and dissemination No ethical approval is needed. The results will be reported to the funder, presented in a peer- reviewed scientific journal and at conferences, and disseminated via press release, social media and public events.
Robert Challe écrivain de soi.
Creators: name: Aïssaoui, Driss.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1999
Subjects: subject: Literature, Romance.

description: Jusqu'au XVIIIe siècle, la représentation de soi par l'écriture soulève l'indignation de la mentalité régnante qui y voit un risque de complaisance à soi. Les individus voulant laisser des traces écrites de leur vie doivent, afin de ne pas transgresser l'idéal normatif de leur époque, accommoder leur entreprise à des genres où la mise en scène du Je ne se fait que sur le mode de l'implicite ou de la discontinuité. L'oeuvre de Robert Challe est, à cet égard, digne d'intérêt. Se plaçant sous l'égide de la fiction romanesque, comme dans les Illustres Françaises , ou se soumettant aux contraintes du témoignage historique, comme dans les Mémoires et le Journal d'un voyage aux Indes Orientales , cet écrivain trouve à chaque fois le moyen de faire de son Moi une composante essentielle de son écriture tout en ménageant la sensibilité de ses contemporains. Ce qui, par ailleurs, distingue Robert Challe des autres auteurs qui ont tenté l'expérience autobiographique, c'est sa façon de doubler les procédés rhétoriques destinés à diluer l'allure intimiste de son oeuvre d'une poétique visant à camoufler le jeu de mystification par lequel il tente de substituer son Moi rêvé à son Moi réel. Ses textes permettent ainsi d'explorer une forme autobiographique tiraillée entre les convenances d'une société hostile à tout étalage abusif de l'individualité et les aspirations d'un être désirant se donner, par l'écriture, toute la grandeur qu'il n'a pas pu atteindre dans la vraie vie.
Cambridge, Corpus Christi College MS. 278: Embodying Community and Authority in Late Medieval Norwich
Creators: name: Burbridge, Brent E.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: Norwich
Manuscript studies
Psalms
Benedictine monks
Medieval vernacular literature
Medieval reading
Biblical literature
Parker Library

description: Cambridge, Corpus Christi College MS. 278 is an early-fourteenth-century trilingual manuscript of the Psalms from Norwich Cathedral Priory, an urban cathedral church staffed by Benedictine monks. This manuscript is notable because it contains one of six Middle English Metrical Psalters, the earliest Middle English translation of the Psalms, as well as a full Anglo-Norman Oxford Psalter, the most popular French translation of the Psalms in late medieval England. While the Middle English Metrical Psalter is a remarkable and understudied text in and of itself, the Metrical Psalter of CCC 278 is even more interesting because of its monastic provenance and innovative layout. This thesis explores the questions of why a monastic institution would produce a manuscript of two complete, prominently displayed, vernacular Psalters with only highly abbreviated Latin textual references; what sociolinguistic and political forces drove the production of this innovative manuscript; and how the Middle English Metrical Psalter in particular was read, and by whom. Because there are no annotations, colophon, prologue or external documentation to provide clues to either the intended or actual use of the manuscript by the Priory monks, this thesis undertakes a detailed historicization and contextualization of the book in its urban, religious, linguistic and social settings. In addition, the lenses of community, mediation, and authority are applied, leading to the conclusion that CCC 278 and its Middle English Metrical Psalter were likely used by the monks to reach out to Norwich’s élite laity in order to form a mixed reading community around the book—a reading community controlled by the Priory.
Il maestro Thâbit ibn Qurra e la teologia di Metafisica Lambda nella Baghdâd del IX secolo
Creators: name: Martini Bonadeo, Cecilia
Publisher: name: Doctor Virtualis
Year: 2008

description: La ricezione araba della filosofia greca si caratterizza per il tentativo di rendere compatibile l'eredità ellenica con la rivelazione coranica. Assimilata alla teologia di al-Kindi e trasposta nel ruolo di scienza universale, la metafisica così concepita rappresenta il presupposto da cui muoverà Avicenna.
description: Doctor Virtualis, N° 7 (2007): Tradurre l'intraducibile
La poetica aristotelica nella tradizione islamica
Creators: name: Forte, Francesca
Publisher: name: Doctor Virtualis
Year: 2008

description: La complessa storia della Poetica aristotelica nella cultura arabo-islamica. Alcune vistose discrepanze tra il testo greco e i commenti arabi e, al tempo stesso, l'originalità della lettura proposta dai falāsifah.
description: Doctor Virtualis, N° 7 (2007): Tradurre l'intraducibile
Formal Synthesis of (+/-) Morphine via an Oxy-cope/Claisen/Ene Reaction Cascade
Creators: name: Marcotte, Joel
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: morphine
synthesis

description: For years now, opium alkaloids and morphinans have been attractive synthetic targets for numerous organic chemists due to their important biological activity and interesting molecular architecture. Morphine is one of the most potent analgesic drugs used to alleviate severe pain. Our research group maintains a longstanding interest in tandem pericyclic reactions such as the oxy-Cope/Claisen/ene reaction cascade and their application to the total synthesis of complex natural products. Herein we report the ventures towards the formal synthesis of (+/-)-morphine based on the novel tandem oxy- Cope/Claisen/ene reaction developed in our laboratory. These three highly stereoselective pericyclic reactions occurring in a domino fashion generate the morphinan core structure after only 7 steps from commercially available material. The formal synthesis culminated in the production of a formal intermediate after a total of 18 linear steps, with an overall yield of 1.0%, successfully intersecting two previous syntheses of the alkaloids, namely the ones of Taber (2002) and Magnus (2009).
Smoking and Cerebrovascular Disease: A Three-phase Research Program
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2013
Subjects: Smoking
Stroke
Epidemiology
Multi-level Interventions

description: Purpose: The purpose of this research program was three-fold. First it aimed to determine the effectiveness of smoking cessation interventions in increasing cessation rates in smokers with cerebrovascular disease and whether smoking cessation reduces stroke recurrence. Second it aimed to determine the prognostic influence of smoking and its association with stroke severity, disability, length of stay in hospital and mortality. Third it aimed to identify multi-level correlates of smoking cessation in Canadians who reported stroke symptoms in a large population based survey. Methods: Two systematic reviews and meta-analyses were performed to achieve the first objective. For the second objective, a retrospective cohort study was undertaken using variables from the Registry of the Canadian Stroke Network. Finally, the third objective was achieved by analyzing respondents from the Canadian Community Health Survey. Results: There is a paucity of intervention studies examining the effectiveness of smoking cessation in smokers with cerebrovascular disease. Most intervention studies that were found, failed to employ evidence-based approaches to smoking cessation. No evidence was found in regards to the effect of smoking cessation on stroke recurrence. We found smokers had strokes at a younger age compared to non-smokers. We found that in transient ischemic attacks and intracerbral haemorrhage, smoking was a significant predictor of stroke severity, disability, length of stay in hospital and 1 year mortality. Correlates of smoking cessation among Canadians who have experienced symptoms of a stroke included: higher education and income, implementation of household and vehicle smoking restrictions, access to a general practitioner and the use of smoking cessation pharmacotherapies and counselling support. Co-morbidities such as depression and alcohol consumption reduced the likelihood of successful cessation. Conclusions: This three-phase research program elucidated the gaps in intervention research for this population along with co-morbidities that hinder success in cessation. Smoking negatively impacted outcomes such as disability, hospital length of stay and mortality in patients with transient ischemic attacks and intracerebral haemorrhage strokes. Future interventions should take into account modifiable smoking cessation correlates in order to increase cessation rates in smokers with cerebrovascular disease.
Time Course of Corticospinal Excitability in Simple Reaction Time Tasks
Creators: name: Kennefick, Michael
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
Corticospinal Excitability
Motor Preparation
Simple Reaction Time Task
Time Course
Complexity

description: The process of movement execution can be separated into two sections; the foreperiod and the response time. The foreperiod represents the time between the warning signal (WS) and the presentation of the imperative “go” signal, and the response time incorporates both the reaction time (RT) and the movement time (Schmidt & Lee, 2011). Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) was used to probe corticospinal excitability (CE) which has been measured in a variety of RT tasks during both the foreperiod and the response time periods. The purpose of the two studies in this thesis was to measure when and at what rate changes in CE occur in both simple and complex tasks. The results of the first experiment indicated that CE levels quickly increased from baseline with the presentation of the WS. This was followed by a holding period in which CE was held constant until a decline in CE occurred prior to the presentation of the IS. This decline was followed by a rapid increase in CE as the movement was initiated and released. Importantly, even though levels of CE were decreasing relative to the start of the decline, participants were still in a heightened state as they prepared to release their movements. Furthermore, it is suggested that selective inhibitory control mechanisms were at least partly responsible for the decline prior to the IS. The results of the second experiment indicated that MEP amplitudes in a simple task were significantly larger compared to those in a complex task relative to both the IS and the onset of electromyography. These findings suggest that simple and complex tasks achieve differing levels of corticospinal excitability, and it is suggested that the complex requires the use of the cerebellum, which suppresses excitatory projections to the thalamus, and consequently to the motor cortex.
A feminist analysis of campus foot-patrol/walk home services.
Creators: name: Cugliandro, Anita.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: Women's Studies.

description: The purpose of this research was to conduct a feminist analysis of campus foot patrol/walk home services. The recent proliferation of this type of program has prompted some concern from the feminist community regarding the implications of this type of response to women's fear. Feminist scholars contend that these programs maintain and foster fear of the outdoors as well as reinforce women's dependency on others for protection. In reality women have substantially greater risks of being assaulted within their homes or other safe places by someone known to them. Feminist scholars state that an effective response to properly dealing with women's fear lies in education and awareness efforts focused on the perpetrators of violence against women/men. Fear is fostered in women throughout their lives through experiences of both public and private abuse at the hands of men. This reality, contextualised within the realm of our patriarchal society, has led feminists to conclude that long-term social change can only be effectuated through measures directed at men in society. Representatives of campus foot patrol/walk home services from four universities in the Ottawa-Montreal region were interviewed regarding their respective programs. The results showed that while foot patrol/walk home services may indeed be victim-control oriented and reproduce women's dependency on others for protection, they serve to fulfil a present, compelling need for many women: to be able to be out after dark without fearing for their safety. Evidence of the possible potential for long-term social change exists in all the programs, as each has educational and awareness components compulsory for all their volunteers. These components differ greatly in content and length however, and thus further research would be needed to determine the actual impact on volunteers. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Correlations between opioid mortality increases related to illicit/synthetic opioids and reductions of medical opioid dispensing - exploratory analyses from Canada
Creators: name: Fischer, Benedikt
name: Jones, Wayne
name: Tyndall, Mark
name: Kurdyak, Paul
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2020

description: Background: North America has been experiencing a persistent epidemic of opioid-related overdose mortality, which has increasingly been driven by fatalities from illicit, toxic opioids in most recent years. Patterns of synthetic opioid availability and related mortality are heterogeneous across Canada, and differing explanations exist as to their differentiated proliferation. We examined the perspective that heterogeneous province-based variations in prescription opioid availability, facilitated by various control strategies, post-2010 may have created regionally differential supply gaps for non-medical opioid use substituted by synthetic opioid products with differential impacts on mortality risks and outcomes in Canada. Methods: We examined annual, prescription opioid dispensing rates and changes in the ten Canadian provinces (for the periods of 1) 2011–2018, 2) ‘peak-year’-to-2018) in Defined Daily Doses/1000 population/day, derived from data from a large representative, stratified sample of community pharmacies projected to a Canada total. Annual, provincial opioid-related mortality rates and changes for years 2016–2018 were calculated from federal data. We computed correlation values (Pearson’s R) between respective province-based change rates for prescription opioid dispensing and opioid-related mortality for the two over-time scenarios. Results: All but one province featured reductions in prescription opioid dispensing 2011–2018; seven of the ten provinces had increases in opioid mortality 2016–2018. The correlation between changes in opioid dispensing (2011–2018) and in opioid-mortality (2016–2018) was r = 0.63 (df = 8, p-value: 0.05); the correlation was r = 0.57 (df = 8, p-value: 0.09) for changes in opioid dispensing ‘peak year’-to-2018, respectively. Conclusions: Quasi-significant results indicate that recent increases in opioid-related deaths driven by illicit, synthetic opioids tended to be larger in provinces where reductions in prescription opioid availability have been more extensive. It is a plausible explanation that these reductions created supply gaps for non-medical opioid use increasingly filled by illicit, synthetic opioids differentially contributing to opioid-related deaths, generating un-intended adverse effects for previous interventions. General prevention measures to reduce opioid availability, and targeted prevention for at-risk opioid users exposed to toxic drug supply may be include counteractive effects and require coordinated reconciliation.
Isolation and Characterization of Anti-SLP Single Domain Antibodies for the Therapy of C. difficile Infection
Creators: name: Kandalaft, Hiba
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: sdAb
single domain antibodies
C. difficile
motility
protease resistance
thermostability
antibody engineering
VH
VHH
camelid
oral therapy of C. difficile infections

description: Clostridium difficile is the leading cause of death from gastrointestinal infections in Canada. Current antiobiotic treatment is non-ideal due to the high incidence of relapse and the rise in hyper-virulent antibiotic-resistant strains. Surface layer proteins (SLPs) cover the entire bacterial surface and mediate adherence to host cells. Passive and active immunization against SLPs greatly enhances survival in hamsters, suggesting that antibody-mediated bacterial neutralization may be an effective alternative therapeutic strategy. Using a recombinant-antibody phage display library, and SLPs from strain QCD 32g58 as bait antigen, we isolated and extensively characterized 11 SLP-specific recombinant single-domain antibodies (sdAbs), in terms of affinity and specificity, intrinsic stability, and ability to inhibit cell motility. Several sdAbs exhibit promising characteristics for a potential oral therapeutic based on their high affinity, high thermal stability, and resistance to pepsin digestion. Our study provides the basis of a proof-of-principle model with which to develop specific, broadly neutralizing and intrinsically stable antibodies for the oral therapy of C. difficile infections, as an alternative to conventional antibiotic treatment.
Development and testing of psychological conflict resolution strategies for assertive robots to resolve human–robot goal conflict
Creators: name: Babel, Franziska
name: Kraus, Johannes Maria
name: Baumann, Martin
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: HRI strategies
subject: Robot assertiveness
subject: Persuasive robots
subject: User compliance
subject: acceptance
subject: DDC 620 / Engineering & allied operations
subject: Social acceptance
subject: Trust
subject: Akzeptanz

description: As service robots become increasingly autonomous and follow their own task-related goals, human-robot conflicts seem inevitable, especially in shared spaces. Goal conflicts can arise from simple trajectory planning to complex task prioritization. For successful human-robot goal-conflict resolution, humans and robots need to negotiate their goals and priorities. For this, the robot might be equipped with effective conflict resolution strategies to be assertive and effective but similarly accepted by the user. In this paper, conflict resolution strategies for service robots (public cleaning robot, home assistant robot) are developed by transferring psychological concepts (e.g., negotiation, cooperation) to HRI. Altogether, fifteen strategies were grouped by the expected affective outcome (positive, neutral, negative). In two online experiments, the acceptability of and compliance with these conflict resolution strategies were tested with humanoid and mechanic robots in two application contexts (public: n1 = 61; private: n2 = 93). To obtain a comparative value, the strategies were also applied by a human. As additional outcomes trust, fear, arousal, and valence, as well as perceived politeness of the agent were assessed. The positive/neutral strategies were found to be more acceptable and effective than negative strategies. Some negative strategies (i.e., threat, command) even led to reactance and fear. Some strategies were only positively evaluated and effective for certain agents (human or robot) or only acceptable in one of the two application contexts (i.e., approach, empathy). Influences on strategy acceptance and compliance in the public context could be found: acceptance was predicted by politeness and trust. Compliance was predicted by interpersonal power. Taken together, psychological conflict resolution strategies can be applied in HRI to enhance robot task effectiveness. If applied robot-specifically and context-sensitively they are accepted by the user. The contribution of this paper is twofold: conflict resolution strategies based on Human Factors and Social Psychology are introduced and empirically evaluated in two online studies for two application contexts. Influencing factors and requirements for the acceptance and effectiveness of robot assertiveness are discussed.
Supplements and Nutritional Interventions to Augment High-Intensity Interval Training Physiological and Performance Adaptations—A Narrative Review
Creators: name: Forbes, Scott C.
name: Candow, Darren G.
name: Smith-Ryan, Abbie E.
name: Hirsch, Katie R.
name: Roberts, Michael D.
name: VanDusseldorp, Trisha A.
name: Stratton, Matthew T.
name: Kaviani, Mojtaba
name: Little, Jonathan P.
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2020

description: High-intensity interval training (HIIT) involves short bursts of intense activity interspersed by periods of low-intensity exercise or rest. HIIT is a viable alternative to traditional continuous moderate-intensity endurance training to enhance maximal oxygen uptake and endurance performance. Combining nutritional strategies with HIIT may result in more favorable outcomes. The purpose of this narrative review is to highlight key dietary interventions that may augment adaptations to HIIT, including creatine monohydrate, caffeine, nitrate, sodium bicarbonate, beta-alanine, protein, and essential amino acids, as well as manipulating carbohydrate availability. Nutrient timing and potential sex differences are also discussed. Overall, sodium bicarbonate and nitrates show promise for enhancing HIIT adaptations and performance. Beta-alanine has the potential to increase training volume and intensity and improve HIIT adaptations. Caffeine and creatine have potential benefits, however, longer-term studies are lacking. Presently, there is a lack of evidence supporting high protein diets to augment HIIT. Low carbohydrate training enhances the upregulation of mitochondrial enzymes, however, there does not seem to be a performance advantage, and a periodized approach may be warranted. Lastly, potential sex differences suggest the need for future research to examine sex-specific nutritional strategies in response to HIIT.