cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Double demand responsive electric bus operation to passengers and power system
Creators: name: Wu, Zongxiang
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2018

description: Recently the potential for the electrification of urban bus fleets has attracted considerable policy, industrial and academic attention. Although there are significant potential benefits in terms of reduced local emissions and operating costs, electric bus operations raise a number of new challenges -- how electric bus fleets and electric network operators can optimally benefit from the synergetic interaction, both as consumers of electricity and providers of grid balancing services. Researches in the public transport field exhibit simplistic learning from isolated operations in the proof-of-concept projects without considering the dynamic in electricity supply, whilst the lack of understanding of the interdependence between electric mobilities and charging flexibility has limited power system researchers’ applicability of load management of electric bus fleets. Against this backdrop, this thesis proposed, analysed and tested an analytic framework consist of two approaches that accommodates the interaction between the grid-integrated e-bus operation and demand side management in power system. At First, the classic frequency setting models are extended to incorporate the charging dimensions -- charging duration and residual energy requirement -– and embedded into a Stackelberg game model where the lower-level problem corresponds to the electricity pool market which generates distribution level location-specific prices. Secondly, in order to couple more complicated bus service patterns including short-turning and interlining options, a novel adaptive service scheduling approach is developed to embrace higher level of flexibility responding to the variation of passengers demand and electricity tariff. Extensive case studies using real-world transit data and IEEE test system, with different scenarios of operating conditions, are used to validate the theoretical properties of the proposed mechanism. This framework provides tools enabling the electric bus fleets operator to achieve cost-effectiveness by understanding the implication of dynamics in electricity supply and electric network operators to deliver efficient load management by utilising the flexibility of electric buses loads.
Supplementary document for Optical response of noble metal nanostructures: Quantum surface effects in crystallographic facets - 5088204.pdf
Creators: name: Echarri, Alvaro Rodriguez
name: Goncalves, Paulo Andre
name: Tserkezis, Christos
name: de Abajo, Javier García
name: Mortensen, Asger
name: Cox, Joel
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Nanophotonics
Optical Properties of Materials
Surfaces and Structural Properties of Condensed Matter

description: Supplementary information
Air pollution and DNA methylation: effects of exposure in humans
Creators: name: Rider, Christopher F.
name: Carlsten, Christopher Russell
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2019

description: Air pollution exposure is estimated to contribute to approximately seven million early deaths every year worldwide and more than 3% of disability-adjusted life years lost. Air pollution has numerous harmful effects on health and contributes to the development and morbidity of cardiovascular disease, metabolic disorders, and a number of lung pathologies, including asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Emerging data indicate that air pollution exposure modulates the epigenetic mark, DNA methylation (DNAm), and that these changes might in turn influence inflammation, disease development, and exacerbation risk. Several traffic-related air pollution (TRAP) components, including particulate matter (PM), black carbon (BC), ozone (O₃), nitrogen oxides (NOx), and polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), have been associated with changes in DNAm; typically lowering DNAm after exposure. Effects of air pollution on DNAm have been observed across the human lifespan, but it is not yet clear whether early life developmental sensitivity or the accumulation of exposures have the most significant effects on health. Air pollution exposure-associated DNAm patterns are often correlated with long-term negative respiratory health outcomes, including the development of lung diseases, a focus in this review. Recently, interventions such as exercise and B vitamins have been proposed to reduce the impact of air pollution on DNAm and health. Ultimately, improved knowledge of how exposure-induced change in DNAm impacts health, both acutely and chronically, may enable preventative and remedial strategies to reduce morbidity in polluted environments.
Studies with B6-cast congenic mice bearing mid-to-distal chromosome 7 genes that confer resistance to obesity: Mechanisms involved.
Creators: name: Gagné, Manon Danielle.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1999
Subjects: subject: Biology, Molecular.

description: The congenic mouse model studied herein is a mouse lineage in which a 26cM chromosomal segment on mid-to-distal chromosome 7, including the UCP2 and UCP3 genes from Mus Castaneous has been bred into the C57BL/6J background. The resulting congenic mice remain lean on a high fat diet. Control C57BL/6J mice on the same diet become almost twice as fat as the congenic mice. It was postulated that protection from obesity development could be due to functional differences in the UCP2 and/or UCP3 mapping in this region. The overall objective was to determine the metabolic basis for the observed differential susceptibility to fat deposition between congenic and control mice fed a high fat diet. We examined aspects of both energy intake and energy expenditure. Three separate studies were conducted with three sets of congenic and control mice. In the first study, the mice were fed a normal chow diet for 4.5 weeks. In the second and third studies they were fed a high fat diet for 6 weeks. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Sustainable Software Design
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Software
subject: Green IT
subject: Informations- und Telekommunikationstechnik
subject: green IT
subject: Informations- und Kommunikationstechnik
subject: Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologie
subject: Wirtschaft | Konsum

description: Das Faltblatt stellt das vom ⁠UBA⁠ beauftragte Forschungsprojekt "Sustainable Software Design" (Laufzeit Juli 2015 bis September 2017) vor.In den letzten Jahren wurden einige Anstrengungen unternommen, um die Hardware der Informations- und Kommunikationstechnik (IKT) umweltfreundlicher zu gestalten. Konkrete Anforderungen an das Design und die Programmierung von Softwareprodukten und -architektur, die weniger Energie und  weniger Hardwareressourcen benötigen, sind bisher kaum gestellt worden. Das Fehlen der Anforderungen an Softwareprodukte hat zur Folge, dass die Energieeffizienzgewinne der Hardware durch ineffiziente Software oder schlechte Softwarekonzepte nicht oder nur teilweise zum Tragen kommen. Es ist daher notwendig, die gegenseitige Beeinflussung von Hard- und Software zu untersuchen, zu bewerten und geeignete Maßnahmen zu entwickeln, die es ermöglichen, die Inanspruchnahme von natürlichen Ressourcen durch ein IKT-System zu reduzieren. Im Mittelpunkt des Forschungsvorhabens „Sustainable Software Design“ stehen dabei die Ausarbeitung eines methodischen Ansatzes zur Erstellung von ressourcenschonender Software und die Ermittlung von Kriterien, die für die Beurteilung der Umweltwirkungen von Software geeignet sind.
Effect of early diabetes mellitus on the glomerular renin-angiotensin system in the rat.
Creators: name: Wehbi, George J.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1999
Subjects: subject: Biology, Animal Physiology.

description: One third of all diabetic patients develop kidney disease, or diabetic nephropathy. An important site of progressive injury in diabetic nephropathy is the glomerulus. Angiotensin II (Ang II) has been implicated as a key mediator in the progression of diabetic nephropathy. Ang II influences renal hemodynamics and modulates renal transport and growth. The intrarenal renin-angiotensin system (RAS) is responsible for local production of Ang II, independent of the systemic RAS. It is not known whether the glomerular RAS is involved in altered local Ang II production. Moreover, a number of studies have suggested downregulation of Ang II receptors in early diabetes, primarily attributed to the angiotensin type I (AT1) receptors. These studies determined the effect of early diabetes on the expression of components of the glomerular RAS, and on the status of a novel Ang II receptor, Ang II type 2 (AT 2) receptor. Three groups of rats were studied after two weeks: (1) control [C], (2) streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetes, with daily insulin to prevent ketosis but maintain hyperglycemia [D], and (3) STZ-induced diabetes, with normoglycemia maintained by insulin implants [D+I]. D rats had increased plasma glucose levels [C: 9.63 +/- 0.19 mM vs D: 37.79 +/- 1.63 mM (p < 0.001 vs C) vs D+I: 4.88 +/- 0.43 mM (p < 0.05 vs C); n = 12] and experienced renal hypertrophy, and a decrease in body weight compared to C and D+I rats. Plasma renin activity (PRA) was decreased in D but not significantly compared to C and D+I rats. Glomerular suspensions were isolated by sequential sieving after density gradient centrifugation. By competitive RT-PCR, D had no significant effect on glomerular mRNA expression of renin [C: 2,497.50 +/- 405 .03 vs D: 3,155.50 +/- 417.26 vs D+I: 2,490.00 +/- 645.80 fg mRNA/62.5 ng RNA; p = NS; n = 6], angiotensinogen (n = 4), or angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE: n = 5). By Western analysis, glomerular AT1 receptor protein expression was increased in D rats (341 +/- 127% of C; p < 0.05; n = 7), an effect partly reversed in D+I. By RT-PCR, AT2 receptor mRNA was increased in the cortex of D rats [C: 58,430 +/- 6,004 vs D: 83,675 +/- 3,575 vs D+I: 56,326 +/- 3,011 arbitrary units, (p < 0.005, D vs C and D+I); n = 6--7]. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Climate forcing of aircraft contrails: uncertainty quantification and mitigation potential
Creators: name: Teoh, Roger
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2020

description: Contrails, lined-shaped clouds that form behind an aircraft, interact with earth’s radiative balance and are thought to have a net warming effect. Their climate forcing could be comparable to the cumulative impacts of aviation CO2 emissions, but with a low scientific understanding and large uncertainties. This thesis quantifies uncertainties of the contrail climate forcing and proposes mitigation solutions. Several research gaps were identified in an extensive literature review: (i) contrail models currently assume a constant aircraft black carbon (BC) number emissions index (EIn) although it is a critical parameter affecting various contrail properties; (ii) contrail uncertainties were not comprehensively modelled; and (iii) a fleet-wide flight diversion strategy, recommended by existing studies, can be highly disruptive to air traffic management and increase CO2 emissions. To address (i), a new methodology is developed from the theory of fractal aggregates to relate the BC number and mass emissions. The methodology is validated with various BC combustion sources and estimates the fleet-average BC EIn emitted by flights in Japanese airspace to be 1.37 [1.35, 1.39] ×1015 kg-1. Aircraft BC EIn and meteorological uncertainties are then propagated to address (ii), where contrail uncertainties are quantified using the Contrail Cirrus Prediction Model (CoCiP). Only 2.2% of flights contribute to 80% of the contrail energy forcing (EF) in this region. A small-scale strategy of selectively diverting 1.7% of the fleet can reduce the contrail EF by up to 59.3% [52.4%, 65.6%], with only a 0.014% [0.010%, 0.017%] increase in long-lived CO2 emissions. This addresses (iii) and highlights the possibility to instantaneously reduce aviation’s climate forcing. Over the longer term, a fleetwide adoption of cleaner-burning engines, which reduces BC EIn by 76%, achieves a 68.8% [45.2%, 82.1%] reduction in the contrail EF. A combination of both interventions significantly reduces the contrail EF by 91.8% [88.6%, 95.8%].
Vibration and stability analysis of toroidal shells.
Creators: name: Xu, Bo.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1999
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Mechanical.

description: The present study is concerned with the vibration and stability analysis of toroidal shells. The study was conducted in two parts. The first part dealt with the vibration of toroidal panels, and the second with the stability of complete toroidal shells under distributed and concentrated loading. The natural frequency and mode shape analysis of toroidal panels formed the first part of the study. The problem has potential application to reactor vessels. Panels were considered cut from different positions of a toroidal surface. Solutions were set up using the Fourier series approach, finite element method, and the differential quadrature method. Comparisons between results were made, and parametric studies considering the effect of position, thickness, and boundary conditions were carried out. The linear elastic stability analysis of a partially submerged toroidal shell subject to concentrated loads forms the second part of the study. The problem has potential application to an offshore platform. The loading applied to the shell is idealized as a set of pads of normal surface stresses. A theoretical solution for the smallest buckling load based on the Donnell stability equations is developed. Sample results for the critical load and buckling mode are determined using the finite element method. Finally a hybrid solution based on shell theory and the differential quadrature method is presented.
Sensitivity analysis, uncertainty quantification and parameter estimation for a numerical tide and storm surge model
Creators: name: Warder, Simon Charles
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2020

description: Storm surges pose a significant hazard to coastal communities worldwide. Accurate and reliable storm surge numerical models, combined with an understanding of model uncertainties, are therefore vital. In this work, an adjoint-capable numerical coastal ocean model, Thetis, is extended and used to perform a sensitivity analysis for a hindcast case study in the North Sea, revealing the spatial patterns of the sensitivity of modelled surges to three model inputs. These sensitivities are used to gain physical insight, and to perform uncertainty quantification for each of the model inputs. The results indicate that, while the greatest contribution to uncertainty is made by meteorological inputs, uncertain bottom friction is nevertheless significant. This motivates a comparison of parameter estimation methods for a spatially varying bottom friction coefficient. This is performed for a tide-only case study consisting of the Bristol Channel and Severn Estuary. Here, a gradient-based optimisation method via the adjoint model is compared with Bayesian inference via a Markov Chain Monte Carlo algorithm, utilising a Gaussian process emulator as a surrogate for the full numerical model. Three friction parameters, based on the distribution of sediment types within the model domain, are estimated, with the results from each calibration method consistent within the estimated parameter uncertainties. Furthermore, the estimated parameters are found to reduce model-observation misfit for a second numerical model, TELEMAC-2D, suggesting that the calibration process has identified physically meaningful parameters. Since such a model calibration relies on the availability of observation data, this work considers a framework for the identification of observation locations which will perform best in a parameter estimation exercise. In addition to an application within the Bristol Channel case study, this work takes steps towards guiding new observations in the Maldives, where present datasets are severely limited and the development of well-calibrated numerical models would be highly valuable.
Geographic variation in the costs of medical care for people living with HIV in British Columbia, Canada
Creators: name: Enns, Benjamin
name: Min, Jeong E.
name: Panagiotoglou, Dimitra
name: Montaner, Julio
name: Nosyk, Bohdan
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2019

description: Background: Regional variation in medical care costs can indicate heterogeneity in clinical practice, inequities in access, or inefficiencies in service delivery. We aimed to estimate regional variation in medical costs for people living with HIV (PLHIV), adjusting for demographics and case-mix. Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study using linked health administrative databases of PLHIV, from 2010 to 2014, in British Columbia (BC), Canada. Quarterly health care costs (2018 CAD) were derived from inpatient, outpatient, prescription drugs, antiretroviral therapy (ART), and HIV diagnostics. We used a two-part model with a logit link for the probability of incurring costs, and a log link and gamma distribution for observations with positive costs. We also estimated quarterly utilization rates for hospitalization-, physician billing- and prescription drug-days. Primary variables were indicators of individuals’ Health Service Delivery Area (HSDA). We adjusted cost and utilization estimates for demographic characteristics, HIV-disease progression, and comorbidities. Results: Our cohort included 9577 PLHIV (median age 45.5 years, 80% male). Adjusted total quarterly costs for all 16 HSDAs were within 20% of the provincial mean, 8/16 for hospitalization costs, 16/16 for physician billing costs and 10/16 for prescription drug costs. Northern Interior and Northeast HSDAs had 38 and 44% lower quarterly non-ART prescription drug costs, and 2 and 5% higher quarterly inpatient costs, respectively. Conclusions: We observed limited variation in medical care costs and utilization among PLHIV in BC. However, lower levels of outpatient care and higher levels of inpatient care indicate possible barriers to accessing care among PLHIV in the most rural regions of the province.
Significance of the Paleocene olistostrome-turbidite belt (Abant Formation) along the Intra-Pontide Suture, northern Turkey
Creators: name: Okay, Aral I.
name: Altıner, Demir
name: Özcan, Ercan
name: Hakyemez, Aynur
Publisher: name: Geological Society of London
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 3705
subject: Geology
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences

description: Supplementary Figures S14–S17.
Supplementary document for Adorym: A multi-platform generic x-ray image reconstruction framework based on automatic differentiation - 5088265.pdf
Creators: name: Du, Ming
name: Kandel, Saugat
name: Deng, Junjing
name: Huang, Xiaojing
name: Demortiere, Arnaud
name: Nguyen, Tuan Tu
name: Tucoulou, Remi
name: De Andrade, Vincent
name: Jin, Qiaoling
name: Jacobsen, Chris
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplemental Document
La scienza, il capitale e la libertà: l'Economia pubblica (1859) e le "relazioni pacifiche dei popoli" [In appendice: "Attinenze dell'economia col diritto internazionale", di Marco Minghetti]
Creators: name: Gherardi, Raffaella
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna
Year: 2012

description: La scienza, il capitale e la libertà: l'Economia pubblica (1859) e le "relazioni pacifiche dei popoli" [In appendice: "Attinenze dell'economia col diritto internazionale", di Marco Minghetti]
The potential value of homoeoprophylaxis in the long-term prevention of infectious diseases, and the maintenance of general health in recipients
Creators: name: Golden, Isaac
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Homoeoprophylaxis (HP) is the use of homoeopathically prepared substances to prevent targeted infectious diseases in recipients. Its first use in an epidemic of Scarlet Fever was documented in 1801. It has been used throughout the world since then for both short-term and long-term preventative purposes. The effectiveness and safety of Golden's long-term HP program using homoeopathically prepared substances to prevent targeted infectious diseases in recipients was tested through two research projects. The effectiveness of the program could not be established with statistical certainty given the limited sample size and the low probability of acquiring an infectious disease. However, a possible level of effectiveness of 90.3% was identified subject to specified limitations. Further research to confirm the effectiveness of the program is justified. Statistically significant results were obtained that confirmed the safety of the program both in absolute terms as well as compared to all other methods of disease prevention studied. It also appeared possible that a national immunisation system where both vaccination and HP were available to parents would increase the national coverage against targeted infectious diseases, and reduce the incidence of some chronic health conditions, especially asthma.
On dealing with semantically conflicting business process changes
Creators: name: Rinderle, Stefanie
name: Reichert, Manfred
name: Dadam, Peter
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Process control. Data processing

description: Correct propagation of process type changes to long-running process instances and the capability to perform ad-hoc-modifications of individual process instances are essential requirements for any process management software. In particular, in many cases it becomes necessary to propagate process type changes to individually modified process instances as well. In doing so, one must not only enable state-related compliance checks, but is additionally confronted with structural and semantical conflicts that may exist between process type and process instance changes. For the first time, this paper identifies and classifies semantical conflicts between process type and instance changes, and illustrates them by sophisticated examples. In order to be able to adequately deal with semantical conflicts at change propagation time we provide formal methods for conflict detection and discuss strategies to deal with different kinds of semantically conflicting changes.
title: Stöber method to amorphous metal-organic frameworks and coordination polymers
Creators: name: Zhang, Wei
name: Liu, Yanchen
name: Jeppesen, Henrik S.
name: Pinna, Nicola
Publisher: name: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Metal–organic frameworks
subject: Organic–inorganic nanostructures
subject: 540 Chemie und zugeordnete Wissenschaften

description: The article processing charge was funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) – 491192747 and the Open Access Publication Fund of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
description: The Stöber method is a widely-used sol-gel route for synthesizing amorphous SiO2 colloids and conformal coatings. However, the material systems compatible with this method are still limited. Herein, we have extended the approach to metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and coordination polymers (CPs) by mimicking the Stöber method. We introduce a general synthesis route to amorphous MOFs or CPs by making use of a base-vapor diffusion method, which allows to precisely control the growth kinetics. Twenty-four different amorphous CPs colloids were successfully synthesized by selecting 12 metal ions and 17 organic ligands. Moreover, by introducing functional nanoparticles (NPs), a conformal amorphous MOFs coating with controllable thickness can be grown on NPs to form core-shell colloids. The versatility of this amorphous coating technology was demonstrated by synthesizing over 100 core-shell composites from 20 amorphous CPs shells and over 30 different NPs. Besides, various multifunctional nanostructures, such as conformal yolk-amorphous MOF shell, core@metal oxides, and core@carbon, can be obtained through one-step transformation of the core@amorphous MOFs. This work significantly enriches the Stöber method and introduces a platform, enabling the systematic design of colloids exhibiting different level of functionality and complexity.
Supplementary document for Adorym: A multi-platform generic x-ray image reconstruction framework based on automatic differentiation - 5088265.pdf
Creators: name: Du, Ming
name: Kandel, Saugat
name: Deng, Junjing
name: Huang, Xiaojing
name: Demortiere, Arnaud
name: Nguyen, Tuan Tu
name: Tucoulou, Remi
name: De Andrade, Vincent
name: Jin, Qiaoling
name: Jacobsen, Chris
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplemental Document
European Pulsar Timing Array limits on continuous gravitational waves from individual supermassive black hole binaries
Creators: name: Babak, S.
name: Petiteau, A.
name: Sesana, A.
name: Brem, P.
name: Rosado, P. A.
name: Taylor, S. R.
name: Lassus, A.
name: Hessels, J. W. T.
name: Bassa, C. G.
name: Burgay, M.
name: Caballero, R. N.
name: Champion, D. J.
name: Cognard, I.
name: Desvignes, G.
name: Gair, J. R.
name: Guillemot, L.
name: Janssen, G. H.
name: Karuppusamy, R.
name: Kramer, M.
name: Lazarus, P.
name: Lee, K. J.
name: Lentati, L.
name: Liu, K.
name: Mingarelli, C. M. F.
name: Oslowski, S.
name: Perrodin, D.
name: Possenti, A.
name: Purver, M. B.
name: Sanidas, S.
name: Smits, R.
name: Stappers, B.
name: Theureau, G.
name: Tiburzi, C.
name: van Haasteren, R.
name: Vecchio, A.
name: Verbiest, J. P. W.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: We have searched for continuous gravitational wave (CGW) signals produced by individually resolvable, circular supermassive black hole binaries (SMBHBs) in the latest European Pulsar Timing Array (EPTA) data set, which consists of ultraprecise timing data on 41-ms pulsars. We develop frequentist and Bayesian detection algorithms to search both for monochromatic and frequency-evolving systems. None of the adopted algorithms show evidence for the presence of such a CGW signal, indicating that the data are best described by pulsar and radiometer noise only. Depending on the adopted detection algorithm, the 95 per cent upper limit on the sky-averaged strain amplitude lies in the range 6 x 10(-15) < A < 1.5 x 10(-14) at 5 nHz < f < 7 nHz. This limit varies by a factor of five, depending on the assumed source position and the most constraining limit is achieved towards the positions of the most sensitive pulsars in the timing array. The most robust upper limit - obtained via a full Bayesian analysis searching simultaneously over the signal and pulsar noise on the subset of ours six best pulsars - is A approximate to 10(-14). These limits, the most stringent to date at f < 10 nHz, exclude the presence of sub-centiparsec binaries with chirp mass M-c > 10(9) M-circle dot out to a distance of about 25 Mpc, and with M-c > 10(10) M-circle dot out to a distance of about 1Gpc (z approximate to 0.2). We show that state-of-the-art SMBHB population models predict < 1 per cent probability of detecting a CGW with the current EPTA data set, consistent with the reported non-detection. We stress, however, that PTA limits on individual CGW have improved by almost an order of magnitude in the last five years. The continuing advances in pulsar timing data acquisition and analysis techniques will allow for strong astrophysical constraints on the population of nearby SMBHBs in the coming years.
Excited states in organic semiconductors: theoretical studies of optical spin injection, polaron formation and singlet fission
Creators: name: Szumska, Anna Antonina
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2020

description: My research focuses on the modelling of excited states in organic semiconductors applied to three different areas, namely, optical spin injection singlet fission, and optical detection of polarons. One of the challenges in the field of spintronics is spin injection, which has been achieved optically in inorganic crystalline semiconductors, but not yet in organic semiconductors. Here, we apply group theory and computational methods to design molecular materials in which spin can be injected optically via circularly polarized light (CPL). When designing molecules for their optical excitation properties, additional design rules can be defined by considering the relationship between the symmetry of the molecule and its excited state properties using group theory. The theory reveals that molecules with C3h symmetry are good candidates, because they support circularly polarized transitions. Among the molecules with the correct symmetry using TDDFT calculation we are looking for candidates with low lying circularly polarized triplets corresponding to ms = +/-1 . To preserve the spin the triplet must be excited directly from the ground state, thus it is required to have a relatively high oscillator strength. We designed a series of molecules with C3h symmetry which were synthesized, some for the first time, by our collaborator. We present preliminary experimental validation of our approach with spectroscopic studies of the new family of molecules. The research shows how symmetry can be used in molecular design for spintronics applications. My second study concerns understanding the dynamics of singlet fission in organic semiconductors. Here I present a study on dynamics of singlet fission in diluted pentacene films and calculations which can explain the differences in quintet rates of dissociation between molecular pairs. We found out that the rate of the dissociation can be influenced by the degree of delocalization and charge-transfer character of the orbitals and excited states in the two different packing structures considered. My last study concerns understanding the behaviour of conjugated polymer electrodes operating in aqueous solution. We used calculations of absorption of polarons to quantify the depth of charge in polymer electrode. We used calculations of reaction potentials to identify likely side reactions that could limit the efficiency in the presence of oxygen.
Dietary Fatty Acids and Host–Microbial Crosstalk in Neonatal Enteric Infection
Creators: name: Quin, Candice
name: Gibson, Deanna L.
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2019

description: Human milk is the best nutritional choice for infants. However, in instances where breastfeeding is not possible, infant formulas are used as alternatives. While formula manufacturers attempt to mimic the performance of human breast milk, formula-fed babies consistently have higher incidences of infection from diarrheal diseases than those breastfed. Differences in disease susceptibility, progression and severity can be attributed, in part, to nutritional fatty acid differences between breast milk and formula. Despite advances in our understanding of breast milk properties, formulas still present major differences in their fatty acid composition when compared to human breast milk. In this review, we highlight the role of distinct types of dietary fatty acids in modulating host inflammation, both directly and through the microbiome-immune nexus. We present evidence that dietary fatty acids influence enteric disease susceptibility and therefore, altering the fatty acid composition in formula may be a potential strategy to improve infectious outcomes in formula-fed infants.
Diritti dallo "statuto" difficile. Aspetti del dibattito italiano sui diritti sociali nel secondo dopoguerra
Creators: name: Bongiovanni, Giorgio
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna
Year: 2012

description: Diritti dallo "statuto" difficile. Aspetti del dibattito italiano sui diritti sociali nel secondo dopoguerra
Power and influence in advertiser-agency processes: interpreting inter-organisational service interaction
Creators: name: Cargill, Barbara J.
name: Hill, Railton M.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: A study of advertiser satisfaction with agency creative services began with a series of exploratory depth interviews. Major advertisers explained how they attempt to obtain desired creative work. One outcome was a detailed description of the agency briefing and response process that occurs. Another was recognition of the issue of power and influence during the extended interactive briefing and response process. Analysis suggested a range of influence strategies were used by advertisers in their pursuit of the desired work. Such strategies seemed to follow a pattern of rapid escalation similar to a pattern observed in the management of urgent change.
Significance of the Paleocene olistostrome-turbidite belt (Abant Formation) along the Intra-Pontide Suture, northern Turkey
Creators: name: Okay, Aral I.
name: Altıner, Demir
name: Özcan, Ercan
name: Hakyemez, Aynur
Publisher: name: Geological Society of London
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 3705
subject: Geology
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences

description: Supplementary Figures S4–S9.
Physical Linkage vs. Linkage Ready Data Sources
Creators: name: Schiller, David
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: This talk will discuss approaches for linking different data sets with the goal of offering richer data sources for research. Approach one will make research easier by hosting all datasets in one place and creating one big data source. While this approach benefits from easy handling of data in one place, it also comes with issues like data ownership, data protection, and data documentation/services. Approach two is not demanding one single storage location. Data sets may be stored in different places, but they need to be structured to be “Linkage-Ready”. Being linkage-ready, or interoperable, demands, beside a useful identifier to link cases, a coordination of research domains, instruments, and universes. The talk will discuss the pros and cons of both approaches based on the current situation regarding the availability of data for research on education and learning in Switzerland.
Le Chartes in un inedito giudizio di Sismondi [In appendice: "Constitution francaise", di Jean Charles-Léonard Sismonde de Sismondi]
Creators: name: Sofia, Francesco
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna
Year: 2012

description: Le Chartes in un inedito giudizio di Sismondi [In appendice: "Constitution francaise", di Jean Charles-Léonard Sismonde de Sismondi]
Supplementary document for Highly-efficient terahertz emission from hydrogen-bonded single molecular crystal 4-nitro-2,5-bis(phenylethynyl)aniline - 5088906.pdf
Creators: name: Sotome, Masato
name: Ogaki, Takuya
name: takimiya, kazuo
name: Ogawa, Naoki
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplementary Materials
Significance of the Paleocene olistostrome-turbidite belt (Abant Formation) along the Intra-Pontide Suture, northern Turkey
Creators: name: Okay, Aral I.
name: Altıner, Demir
name: Özcan, Ercan
name: Hakyemez, Aynur
Publisher: name: Geological Society of London
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 3705
subject: Geology
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences

description: Supplementary Figures S1–S3.
Documentation of the Expert Forum 2017
Creators: name: Wilts, Henning
name: Nicolas, Jana
name: Jennifer, Jennifer
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Nahrungsmittelabfall
subject: reduction of food waste
subject: food waste
subject: prevention of food waste and losses
subject: food value chain
subject: Abfall | Ressourcen

description: On September 5th 2017, the expert forum "Effective reduction of food waste - achieving more together" took place in Berlin. The forum aimed to set an impulse to discuss and further develop ideas and approaches for the prevention of food waste and losses through scientific preparation and an interactive exchange with stakeholders from the entire food value chain. This report presents the status quo of the discussion on food waste that was prepared prior to the event. The identified causes of food waste and losses are also outlined. Based on these, the five core topics were discussed with the experts in five interactive workshops during the expert forum.
Influence of class-F coal fly ash on workability, strength, and predictability of water requirement in paste and mortar formulations with reduced cement – a case in the Philippines
Creators: name: Jamora, Janice B.
name: Gudia, Sarah Emily L.
name: Juanir, Roxanne G.
name: Gunarto, Chintya
name: Giduquio, Marnie B.
name: Go, Alchris Woo
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Space Science
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: The effects of class-F coal fly ash (CFA) as cement replacement in the paste and mortar formulation at different CFA-to-binder ratios (CBR) with varying water-to-binder ratios (WBR) were investigated and further evaluated using multivariate nonlinear regression to elucidate their influence on consistency, setting time, and water requirement. It was found that the required WBR for achieving normal consistency of formulated paste and mortar can be predicted using the obtained regression models. Water requirements for mortar formulation could also be predicted, given that the water requirement for paste formulation is known. The influence of partially replacing cement in mortar formulations on hardened mortar properties while ensuring formulations were at normal consistency was also investigated with replacements of up to 20 wt.% resulted in a mortar with improved strength, especially after curing for 28 and 56 days, as the CFA exhibits its inherent pozzolanic activity.
Community Water and Sanitation Alternatives in Peri-Urban Cochabamba: Progressive Politics or Neoliberal Utopia?
Creators: name: West, Madeline
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: Cochabamba
Bolivia
Water Vendors
Water Management
Urban Political Ecology
Community Water Management
Water and Sanitation
small scale infrastructure providers
communitarian service providers
water regulation

description: This thesis is about the tensions faced by communitarian water service providers in peri-urban Cochabamba, Bolivia, in their continued dependence on private water vending businesses, despite efforts to socialize service delivery. Based on fieldwork conducted in Cochabamba from May-July, 2013, this thesis argues that due in part to a lack of government intervention and regulation, many communitarian water associations in Cochabamba are being held captive by private water vendors who exploit the city’s unequal distribution of water resources for profit. It makes this argument by exploring two main points: that communitarian water associations leverage progressive forms of organization to improve service delivery, but are hindered by barriers which lie outside their control; and that small-scale water businesses are able to exploit the failures of the formal state/public and informal communitarian systems by positioning themselves as a necessary operation, in a way which limits the state’s ability to regulate their activities.
Application of fused deposition modelling in tissue engineering of tri-leaflet heart valves
Creators: name: Masood, Syed
name: Morsi, Y.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This paper presents a novel methodology for application of Fused Deposition Modelling rapid prototyping technology in the fabrication of scaffolds for tissue engineering of tri-leaflet heart valves. Traditional techniques for scaffolds fabrication have several drawbacks such as long fabrication time, labour intensive process, poor repeatability and insufficient interconnectivity of pores. The paper examines the high potential of FDM technology in biomedical engineering application, and presents the preliminary results of scaffolds fabrication and numerical simulation in the development of a fully functional heart valve for treatment of cardiovascular problems.
Synapse et Pixel / Living Room : la traduction comme méthodologie artistique
Creators: name: Dumouchel, Anne-Marie
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: mort
perte
processus artistique
collaboration
système informatique
traduction
deuil
transformation
identité

description: Dans son livre The &configured Eye: Visual Truth in the Post-Photographic Era, le théoricien de l'image W.J.T. Mitchell stipule que l'ère du post-photographique, caractérisée par la photographie numérique et les nouvelles technologies dans la sphère de l'image, préconise l'ordinateur comme outil artistique de prédilection, conférant ainsi une importance significative à la manipulation numérique. Selon Mitchell, cette manipulation constitue l'attitude de notre époque. Puisque nous vivons dans une ère immergée dans la technologie et l'informatique, il fait sens que Hanae se soit rabattue sur le même terrain duquel a émergé les images de la catastrophe pour créer des versions guéries de ce paysage massacré qu'elle considère son chez­ soi, sous entendant une petite fiction du réel qui l'aide a négocier avec les faits. Cette petite histoire m'a fait entrevoir l'art comme une forme de médiation entre le soi et le monde dans laquelle l'idée de traduction de l'insaisissable émotion a l'action symbolique, du réel vers la fiction, et de la réalité personnelle vers la réalite collective constitue une piste de réflexion intéressante.
Data-driven inverse mix design for sustainable alkali-activated materials
Creators: name: Kong, Y. K.
name: Kurumisawa, Kiyofumi
name: Tokoro, Chiharu
name: Li, Zhanzhao
name: Chu, S. H.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Space Science
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Plant Biology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Alkali-activated materials (AAMs) are promising alternatives to ordinary Portland cement (OPC), but standardized mix design approaches are limited. This study introduces a machine learning-based framework for inverse mix design of AAMs, predicting optimal mixes based on target properties and sustainability. The model considers eight key factors, including precursor reactivity, activator properties, and liquid-to-binder ratio. It operates in four steps: (i) constructing forward prediction models, (ii) generating new mix designs, (iii) evaluating workability and strength, and (iv) filtering for performance and sustainability. Experiments validated the model, targeting fluidity >100% and compressive strengths of 40 MPa (A40) and 50 MPa (A50). The A40 and A50 mixes achieved fluidities of 147.7% and 170.0%, and 28-day compressive strengths of 41.5 and 57.5 MPa. Both had lower environmental impacts (GWP, AP, and EP) compared to OPC-based mortars. This framework enhances AAM design efficiency and sustainability for broader applications.
Driven-dissipative Bose-Einstein condensation of just a few photons
Creators: name: Walker, Benjamin
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2020

description: Through trapping light in a dye-filled optical microcavity, one can engineer a gapped band structure for photons, causing them to behave as massive bosons moving in two dimensions. Repeated absorption and emission by the dye can lead to a thermal distribution and Bose- Einstein condensation. In this thesis, I study photonic condensates beyond the equilibrium thermodynamic Bose-Einstein condensation limit in three ways. First, I describe a method for fine control of the trapping potential for light allowing for future study of thermalised light in box potentials and 1D potentials as well as others, expected to show quasi-condensation and possibly superfluid behaviour, rather than ideal Bose-Einstein condensation. Second, I show how this fabrication technique has been used to define tight trapping potentials with only a few thermally accessible energy levels. In these systems, dominance of the ground- state population and build-up of coherence occur at photon numbers less than ten, raising interesting questions about how to define condensation. I discuss these questions through the relevant chapter. Third, pulsed-pump experiments show interesting temporal dynamics including jitter in the formation time of a condensate after a pump pulse due to the stochastic nature of the emission processes involved. I show how the non-stationary two-time correlation function g(2)(t1, t2) is a powerful tool for characterising these temporal dynamics and I interpret the results in a more general framework of the evolution of a probability density function through an effective free energy landscape, driven by drift terms and stochastic forces.
El problema de la forma de gobierno en la doctrina política de Spinoza. Una lectura de la democracia como enmendación de los afestos y las instituciones
El problema de la forma de gobierno en la doctrina política de Spinoza. Una lectura de la democracia como enmendación de los afestos y las instituciones
Creators: name: Volco, Agustin
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna
Year: 2011

description: El problema de la forma de gobierno en la doctrina política de Spinoza. Una lectura de la democracia como enmendación de los afestos y las instituciones
Role of Exon 2-Encoded ß-Domain of the von Hippel-Lindau tumor supressor protein.
Creators: name: Bonicalzi, Marie-Eve.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Biology, Molecular.

description: Sporadic clear cell renal carcinomas (RCC) frequently harbor inactivating mutations in exon 2 of the von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) tumor suppressor gene. In this work, we examine the effect of the loss of exon 2-encoded beta-domain function on VHL biochemical properties. Exon 2-encoded residues are not essential for VHL ability to assemble with elongin BC/Cullin-2 and to display E3-ubiquitin ligase activity in vitro. However, exon 2-encoded beta-domain is required for VHL-mediated NEDD8 conjugation on Cullin-2, proper formation of an extracellular fibronectin matrix, assembly with fibronectin and elongation factor-1alpha (EF-1alpha), a protein that we recently found to be associated with wild-type VHL in vivo. Exon 2-encoded residues are also needed for VHL binding to hypoxia-inducible factor alpha (HIF-alpha) and for its subsequent ubiquitination. Localization studies in HIF-1alpha-null embryonic cells suggest that exon 2-encoded beta-domain mediates transcription-dependent nuclear/cytoplasmic shuttling of VHL independently of assembly with HIF-1alpha and oxygen concentration. Therefore, we suggest that exon 2-encoded sequences of VHL are essential for VHL nuclear/cytoplasmic shuttling and for substrate HIF-alpha recognition and ubiquitination.
Supplementary document for Highly-efficient terahertz emission from hydrogen-bonded single molecular crystal 4-nitro-2,5-bis(phenylethynyl)aniline - 5088906.pdf
Creators: name: Sotome, Masato
name: Ogaki, Takuya
name: takimiya, kazuo
name: Ogawa, Naoki
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplementary Materials