cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Happy 30th anniversary to .au domains - what comes next?
Creators: name: Whitehead, Derek
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This year marks the 30th anniversary of Australian domain names - websites ending in .au. As of June this year, more than three million such domains have been registered. This is a lot for a country of only 24 million people, but especially notable when you think there were only a few hundred thousand domain names as recently as 2002. This explosion in registrations is the result of the constant evolution of our system - changes that have not only opened domains up to more and more people, but will set us up for the fourth decade of Australian websites.
Free vibration and stability of complete orthotropic circular toroidal shells
Creators: name: Wang, X. H
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Mechanical.

description: This study makes contributions in the areas of vibration and stability analysis of complete orthotropic circular toroidal shells. It is conducted in four main parts. A literature survey is first carried out indicating the new and continuing uses of toroidal shells in engineering structures. Secondly, theory is developed for the free vibration analysis of toroidal shells using the differential quadrature method. Numerical results are determined using the method for shells with small bend to cross-section radius ratios, and compared with finite element results. Thirdly, theory is developed using the Rayleigh-Ritz method for the free vibration analysis of toroidal shells having large bend to cross-section radius ratios. A parametric study of such shells including orthotropic and ring-stiffened isotropic ones is conducted using the finite element method. Finally, theory is developed using the Rayleigh-Ritz method for the linearized buckling analysis of toroidal shells with large bend to cross-section radius ratios. Numerical results are found for orthotropic and ring-stiffened isotropic shells using the finite element method. All theoretical work is carried out within the confines of the first-order Sanders-Budiansky shell theory. The work ends with an appropriate set of conclusions.
Photonic generation and processing of microwave arbitrary waveforms based on advanced fiber Bragg gratings
Creators: name: Wang, Chao
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Electronics and Electrical.

description: Photonic generation and processing of microwave arbitrary waveforms has been a topic of interest recently. Compared with the electronic techniques, photonics techniques provide the capabilities of generating and processing high-frequency and large-bandwidth microwave waveforms which cannot be fulfilled by the electronic techniques. In this thesis, techniques to generate and process microwave arbitrary waveforms in the optical domain using advanced fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) are investigated, with an emphasis on the system architectures in which FBGs are employed as spectral shapers and dispersive elements. The thesis consists of two main parts. In the first part, we investigate the generation of a microwave arbitrary waveform using advanced FBGs. Two techniques to generating microwave arbitrary waveforms based on coherent optical pulse shaping are investigated. The first technique is based on optical spectral shaping and frequency-to-time mapping. The use of an FBG as an optical filter to achieve spectral shaping, as a dispersive element to achieve frequency-to-time mapping, and as a multifunctional device to perform both optical spectral shaping and frequency-to-time mapping is investigated. In the second technique, the photonic microwave arbitrary waveform generation is realized based on Fourier-transform pulse shaping. Time-domain Fourier-transform pulse shaping is first studied, where a pair of linearly chirped FBGs is employed as dispersive elements to temporally stretch and compress the input optical pulse. Fourier-transform pulse shaping is also implemented in the frequency domain, where a linearly chirped FBG functioning as both an optical spectral shaper and a conjugate dispersive element pair to perform pulse stretching and pulse compression is employed. In the second part, we investigate the photonic processing of a microwave arbitrary waveform using advanced FBGs. A photonic microwave filter is usually used to process microwave signals in the optical domain. Two different photonic microwave filters are explored. The first filter is a nonuniformly spaced photonic microwave multi-tap delay-line filter, which is designed to have a quadratic phase response to achieve matched filtering of a frequency-chirped microwave waveform. A spatially-discrete chirped fiber Bragg grating (SD-CFBG), which can be designed to arbitrarily control the tap coefficients and the time delays, is utilized in the multi-tap delay-line filter to achieve the desired microwave filter response. The second photonic microwave filter is implemented based on optical filter response to microwave filter response conversion in which an FBG with the desired magnitude and phase response is employed as the optical filter. The employment of the photonic microwave filter for matched filtering of a frequency-chirped microwave waveform is demonstrated.
The critical raw materials concept
Creators: name: Keßler, Hermann
name: Kosmol, Jan
name: Müller, Felix
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2018
Subjects: Übriger Bergbau
Vulnerabilität
Rohstoffangebot

description: Criticality analysis has established itself as a multifactorial, action-oriented, socio-economic raw materials scarcity assessment method which is subject to continuous development. A raw material is critical when its supply is at risk and a company or economy is vulnerable to supply restrictions of that raw material. The binary labelling of raw materials as either critical or not delivers a strong message. However, each raw material has a characteristic risk profile which may not be described by an aggregated criticality score and a discrete treshold value. A differentiated interpretation allows for a deeper understanding of the raw material supply situation and for the adoption of appropriate measures. Criticality should be understood as a continuum, subjective to the raw material system in question. A harmonised criticality methodology presented in the industrial guideline on resource efficiency (VDI 4800-II) allows for a flexible application of the concept. ÖkoRess, a research project of the German Environment Agency, examines why and how environmental aspects should be included into the criticality concept. A raw material is consequently environmentally critical if it exhibits a high overall environmental hazard potential and is at the same time of great importance for a company or economy. A high environmental hazard potential can indicate a future supply risk. The conclusions to be drawn, however, differ from the conclusions from conventional criticality analysis. Ecological criticality widens the focus to include measures used to foster responsible sourcing and mining practices, which until now have not been discussed in the context of criticality. Quelle: Verlagsinformation
title: Utilidad del TC multicorte en el diagnóstico de las hipoacusias de transmisión.
Creators: name: Pastor del Campo, Aida
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Ear / Nose / Throat
subject: Head and neck
subject: Anatomy
subject: CT
subject: CT-High Resolution
subject: Prostheses

description: Objetivo docente
Revisión del tema
Conclusiones
description: Objetivo docente:
Exponer las causas más frecuentes de hipoacusia de transmisión,
mostrar los hallazgos de imagen por tomografía computarizada multicorte (TC) de estas patologías e indicar cuales son los datos a reseñar más útiles para el otorrino...
title: CANCER DE MAMA: Estudio RM de angiogénesis vascular e indice de proliferación celular
Creators: name: Fernández Planas, Mª Teresa
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Breast
subject: Oncology
subject: MR
subject: Outcomes analysis
subject: Laboratory tests
subject: Biological effects

description: Objetivos
Material y método
Resultados
Conclusiones
description: Objetivos:
Determinar si el “mapping” vascular por RM se relaciona con marcadores inmunohistoquímicos de angiogénesis (CD34 y VEGF) y con el índice de proliferación celular...
MIMO antenna design using characteristic mode concepts
Creators: name: Ethier, Jonathan
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Electronics and Electrical.

description: In this thesis we show how characteristic mode (CM) theory can be used to in the design of the antennas with the low envelope correlation coefficients preferred for MIMO antennas. This is due to the fact that the radiated fields of CMs are orthogonal over the radiation sphere. We show how a handheld device structure can be excited at various points (which form the multi-antenna ports) to ensure that each port excites a set of CMs such that the mode indices in each set are different for each antenna. It is this important result which causes the natural orthogonality properties of the CMs to be transferred to the overall radiation patterns of the multiple antennas. The CM analysis we have performed includes the effects of structure losses; it appears to be the first time that the computation of such modes have been reported. A logical and satisfying methodology for MIMO antenna design is the result. The methodology is extended to include arbitrary MIMO scattering environments using polarization sensitive generalized characteristic modes, which is the first of its kind from both the theory and methodology perspective. This design approach for MIMO antennas is not restricted to handheld devices, and can be used in a variety of applications. Lastly we discuss the various port mode theories that yield far-field orthogonality for perfect scattering environments, the application of which has already been discussed in the literature. We show succinctly that physical port symmetry yields frequency insensitive modes, but very minor symmetry breaking yields very narrow low envelope correlation bandwidth, something that is not discussed in the literature, but discussed in detail in this thesis.
The effect of visual transformation on implicitly and explicitly timed bimanual drawing tasks
Creators: name: Guerrette, Nadine
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Health Sciences, General.
subject: Health Sciences, Recreation.

description: Mirror drawing is a challenging task because appropriate hand actions must be planned and directed despite receiving visual feedback that is reversed by the mirror. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether visual transformation impacts the timing and spatial variability of explicitly and implicitly timed bimanual drawing tasks differently. To examine these issues, ten healthy participants bimanually drew various template shapes (circles, lines, vertical triangles and horizontal triangles) under normal (untransformed) and mirror-reflected vision conditions. Drawing movements were paced by a metronome and all templates were drawn in both symmetrical and asymmetrical coordination modes. Our results show that mirror feedback increased timing errors on implicit timing tasks but not explicit timing tasks. Mirror feedback also resulted in greater spatial variability and decreased interlimb coordination. These results provide insight into the role of visual information in the timing and performance of different types of bimanual drawing tasks.
title: Radiología del distrés respiratorio neonatal:
Creators: name: Benitez Vazquez, Ana
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Thorax
subject: Acute

description: Objetivo docente
Revisión del tema
Conclusiones
description: Objetivo docente:
Las características fisiológicas del pulmón del recién nacido tanto prematuro como nacido a término,
hacen que tanto las patologías como sus manifestaciones radiológicas difieran en gran medida de las del pulmón adulto. El distrés...
Development of a transient gene delivery vector to rejuvenate myofibroblasts for tissue engineering
Creators: name: Gamble, Carly M.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Tissue engineering involves the use of synthetic or natural materials for the replacement of non-functional tissue or organs. One approach to tissue engineering involves harvesting the patients own cells, culturing them in vitro and then seeding the cells onto scaffolds. The use of autologous cells avoids problems associated with rejection, however a major limitation of this approach is the finite lifespan of primary cells in culture. This finite replicative lifespan is due to the shortening of telomeres, short repetitive sequences of DNA located at the ends of eukaryotic chromosomes. Ectopic expression of telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT) is able to reconstitute telomerase activity and maintain the length of telomeres. This study investigated an alternative gene delivery vector, the baculovirus, for the expression of hTERT in primary human cells. The aim was to rejuvenate cells for use in the tissue engineering of heart valves. The optimal conditions for the baculoviral transduction of primary fibroblasts were first determined. Transduction efficiencies of greater than 50% were routinely obtained, without the need for ultracentrifugation of the viral supernatant. A recombinant baculovirus was then used to efficiently deliver the hTERT gene to primary fibroblasts. The complete telomerase enzyme was found to be active, as evidenced by the Telomere Repeat Amplification Protocol. Although no increase in telomere length was detected, expression of hTERT in primary fibroblasts resulted in a significant extension of replicative lifespan. The transience of the gene delivery was confirmed with a baculoviral DNA half-life of approximately 10 days. To our knowledge this is a novel attempt to use a recombinant baculovirus for the extension of cellular lifespan by exogenous expression of telomerase.
title: Diagnóstico precoz de la carcinomatosis peritoneal, un desafío para el radiólogo
Creators: name: Martín Illana, Esther
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Abdomen
subject: CT
subject: MR
subject: Contrast agent-intravenous
subject: Contrast agent-oral
subject: Metastases

description: Objetivo docente
Revisión del tema
Conclusiones
description: Objetivo docente:
Hemos realizado una revisión de las diferentes formas de manifestación de la carcinomatosis peritoneal,
basándonos en los hallazgos en TC,
haciendo hincapié en sus fases precoces,
así como en el grado de diagnóstico correcto en dichos...
Police intervention under the Mental Health Act: A comparison of rural and urban approaches.
Creators: name: Crow, Maartje Gezina Seinen.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1997
Subjects: subject: Health Sciences, Mental Health.

description: Description of research. This thesis explores how police intervene with clientele signalled as mentally ill, or acting in such a way that the presence of a mental health problem is perceived. Officers were interviewed in rural and urban detachments and forces in neighbouring jurisdictions in Eastern Ontario. All of the officers interviewed were bound by the same legislation and guidelines with respect to mental health and to policing, described in the theoretical framework of this thesis. Rural and urban perceptions are compared to determine differences in the areas explored: available information, general knowledge, descriptions of incidents, causes of disturbed behaviour, police actions, and interactions with community or health authorities to whom clients may be referred for further mental health interventions. Research method. The thesis compares non-directive interview material for differences in and within themes addressed. Seven interviews, all with male officers, are analyzed. Three interviews were conducted in urban stations; four in rural detachments. In both of the compared groups, one officer is a senior officer and all others are constables. The choices of topic, research subject, and other features of the methodology are defended based on feminist and other critical analyses of traditional sociological research. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
title: Diagnóstico por RM del Tumor de Células Gigantes de Vaina Tendinosa y diagnóstico diferencial.
Creators: name: Moral Cano, Martín
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: MR
subject: Musculoskeletal soft tissue
subject: Extremities

description: Objetivo docente
Revisión del tema
Conclusiones
description: Objetivo docente:
Mostrar y dar a conocer en qué consiste el Tumor de Células Gigantes de Vaina Tendinosa en la patología musculoesquelética,
sus principales características radiológicas y los puntos clave que permiten realizar el diagnóstico diferencial con...
"Le français, c'est le last frontier" : la structure nominale dans le discours bilingue français/anglais.
Creators: name: Turpin, Danielle.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: Language, Linguistics.

description: La categorisation des items lexicaux isoles d'une langue incorpores au discours d'une autre est souvent ambigue. Ces incorporations, qui representent la portion la plus riche du discours bilingue, sont-elles des emprunts, des alternances de langues d'un seul mot, ou des manifestations d'un autre type de phenomene de contact entre langues? Leur statut exact est important car il se trouve que les contraintes regissant les differentes manifestations de contact linguistique ne sont pas les memes d'une manifestation a une autre. Cette etude est consacree a la desambiguisation des noms isoles d'origine anglaise incorpores au discours bilingue francais/anglais de Moncton (Nouveau-Brunswick). La methode comparative (Poplack et Meechan 1995) rend possible la tache de faire la distinction entre les differents phenomenes de contact. Nous nous sommes servies de cette methode, qui consiste en la comparaison du patterning grammatical. L'examen de tous les niveaux grammaticaux du syntagme nominal a permis d'isoler des sites ou les systemes du francais et de l'anglais sont en contraste. A ces endroits, il a ete possible de mesurer empiriquement le degre d'integration des noms anglais isoles et de determiner s'ils se comportent comme des noms anglais ou comme des noms francais. Il s'est avere qu'entre autres, les patterns de balisage, l'emploi du determinant O la position des adjectifs et l'attribution du genre indiquent tous que les items jusqu'ici "ambigus" se comportent en fait comme de legitimes items de la langue receptrice, le francais. D'apres ce resultat, nous avons reussi a etablir que les noms anglais isoles de notre corpus sont en fait des emprunts lexicaux. Nous avons aussi demontre que la methode comparative, qui jusqu'a date n'a ete exploitee qu'en des etudes de couples de langues typologiquement distinctes, peut s'appliquer a une situation de contact entre langues typologiquement similaires, en l'occurrence, dans le discours bilingue francais/anglais. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Challenges and Strategies for High‐Energy Aqueous Electrolyte Rechargeable Batteries
Creators: name: Zhang, Huang
name: Liu, Xu
name: Li, Huihua
name: Hasa, Ivana
name: Passerini, Stefano
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: aqueous batteries
subject: aqueous electrolyte
subject: concentrated electrolyte
subject: high energy
subject: solid–electrolyte interphase
subject: DDC 540 / Chemistry & allied sciences
subject: DDC 620 / Engineering & allied operations
subject: Electrochemistry
subject: Erneuerbare Energien

description: A matter of concentration: The latest ground‐breaking advances and strategies of using concentrated electrolyte for aqueous batteries, are discussed. Emphasis is placed on aqueous batteries for lithium and post‐lithium chemistries, with improved energy density, resulting from the unique properties of salt‐concentrated electrolytes. Aqueous rechargeable batteries are becoming increasingly important to the development of renewable energy sources, because they promise to meet cost‐efficiency, energy and power demands for stationary applications. Over the past decade, efforts have been devoted to the improvement of electrode materials and their use in combination with highly concentrated aqueous electrolytes. Here the latest ground‐breaking advances in using such electrolytes to construct aqueous battery systems efficiently storing electrical energy, i.e., offering improved energy density, cyclability and safety, are highlighted. This Review aims to timely provide a summary of the strategies proposed so far to overcome the still existing hurdles limiting the present aqueous batteries technologies employing concentrated electrolytes. Emphasis is placed on aqueous batteries for lithium and post‐lithium chemistries, with potentially improved energy density, resulting from the unique advantages of concentrated electrolytes.
A randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a staff training program to implement consumer directed care on resident quality of life in residential aged care
Creators: name: McCabe, Marita
name: Beattie, Elizabeth
name: Karantzas, Gery
name: Mellor, David
name: Sanders, Kerrie
name: Busija, Lucy
name: Goodenough, Belinda
name: Bennett, Michelle
name: Von Treuer, Kathryn
name: Byers, Jessica
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Background: Residential Aged Care Facilities (RACFs) are moving towards a Consumer Directed Care (CDC) model of care. There are limited examples of CDC in ageing research, and no evaluation of a comprehensive CDC intervention in residential care was located. This study will implement and evaluate a staff training program, Resident at the Center of Care (RCC), designed to facilitate and drive CDC in residential care. Methods: The study will adopt a cluster randomized controlled design with 39 facilities randomly allocated to one of three conditions: delivery of the RCC program plus additional organizational support, delivery of the program without additional support, and care as usual. A total of 834 staff (22 in each facility, half senior, half general staff) as well as 744 residents (20 in each facility) will be recruited to participate in the study. The RCC program comprises five sessions spread over nine weeks: Session 1 clarifies CDC principles; Sessions 2 to 5 focus on skills to build and maintain working relationships with residents, as well as identifying organizational barriers and facilitators regarding the implementation of CDC. The primary outcome measure is resident quality of life. Secondary outcome measures are resident measures of choice and control, the working relationship between resident and staff; staff reports of transformational leadership, job satisfaction, intention to quit, experience of CDC, work role stress, organizational climate, and organizational readiness for change. All measures will be completed at four time points: pre-intervention, 3-months, 6-months, and 12-month follow-up. Primary analyses will be conducted on an intention to treat basis. Outcomes for the three conditions will be compared with multilevel linear regression modelling. Discussion: The RCC program is designed to improve the knowledge and skills of staff and encourage transformational leadership and organizational change that supports implementation of CDC. The overarching goal is to improve the quality of life and care of older people living in residential care. Trial registration: ACTRN12618000779279; Registered 9 May 2018 with the Australian and New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (ANZCTR; http://www.anzctr.org.au/).
Teacher-Centered Approach: Study of Profiles, Needs, and Practices in Astronomy Education in Primary
Creators: name: Bonneton, Olivier
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: This is a poster presented at the 6th Shaw-IAU Workshop on Astronomy for Education, organised by the IAU Office of Astronomy for Education (OAE, http//astro4edu.org).

Title: Teacher-Centered Approach: Study of Profiles, Needs, and Practices in Astronomy Education in Primary

Presenter:Bonneton, Olivier

This thesis engages in the exploration of astronomy education in France within primary schools, adopting a perspective centered on school teachers. Its primary objective is to analyze the profiles, needs, and pedagogical methods of teachers working in this field. It is noteworthy that in France, few recent studies have delved into this research area, with the majority of available surveys dating back more than two decades (MERLE 2003, FREGE & VENTURINI 2006). Thus, the thesis initiates an approach to create a state-of-the-art review and to characterize profiles primarily. During this oral presentation, we will discuss the initial results of the questionnaire distributed to all schools ( 36 000 ) from January to May 2024. To date, over 1730 feedback responses are being analyzed.

Collaborators:Juliette Tuaillion-Combes (Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1)Philippe Lautesse (Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1)

 

About the 6th Shaw-IAU Workshop:The 6th Shaw-IAU Workshop took place:12 - 15 November 2024. The Shaw-IAU workshops focus on astronomy education for primary and secondary school students and teacher training both in universities and in service. This year's workshop featured two special topics: an exploration of the first two years of the James Webb Space Telescope for the scientific topic, and the crucial aspect of evaluation in educational contexts as the non-scientific topic.More details can be found on: https://astro4edu.org/shaw-iau/Keep up to date with future Shaw-IAU Workshops and other opportunities at the IAU Office of Astronomy for Education by joining our mailing list https://astro4edu.org/mailing-list/Follow the IAU OAE on Bluesky and Facebook under @astro4edu
Detectability of gravitational waves from high-redshift binaries
Creators: name: Rosado, Pablo A.
name: Lasky, Paul D.
name: Thrane, Eric
name: Zhu, Xingjiang
name: Mandel, Ilya
name: Sesana, Alberto
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Recent nondetection of gravitational-wave backgrounds from pulsar timing arrays casts further uncertainty on the evolution of supermassive black hole binaries. We study the capabilities of current gravitational-wave observatories to detect individual binaries and demonstrate that, contrary to conventional wisdom, some are, in principle, detectable throughout the Universe. In particular, a binary with rest-frame mass 1010Ma can be detected by current timing arrays at arbitrarily high redshifts. The same claim will apply for less massive binaries with more sensitive future arrays. As a consequence, future searches for nanohertz gravitational waves could be expanded to target evolving high-redshift binaries. We calculate the maximum distance at which binaries can be observed with pulsar timing arrays and other detectors, properly accounting for redshift and using realistic binary waveforms.
Are we doing enough for human health and our environment?
Creators: name: Strich, Sigrid
name: Fischer, U.
name: Geupel, Markus
name: Hoffmann, A.
name: Dieffenbach-Fries, Helga
name: Mücke, Hans-Guido
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Luftgüte
subject: Luftverunreinigung
subject: Luftschadstoff
subject: Gewässerversauerung
subject: Genfer Luftreinhaltekonvention
subject: air quality
subject: air pollution
subject: air pollutant emission
subject: atmospheric pollutant
subject: air pollutant
subject: air quality monitoring
subject: acidification of waters
subject: soil acidification
subject: soil eutrophication
subject: eutrophication of waters
subject: ground level ozone
subject: Gothenburg Protocol
subject: Working Group on Effects
subject: CLRTAP
subject: Luft
subject: Air

description: This brochure presents the German national working groups for environmental monitoring and research which contribute to the Working Group on Effects (WGE) of CLRTAP. Their results show the improvements in the state of the environment which have been achieved since 1990, among other things by the implementation of the Gothenburg Protocol, and also shows where further measures are needed with respect to air quality.
(De)constructing identities: Self-creation in women writers of the Harlem Renaissance.
Creators: name: Bianchi, Cristina.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Black Studies.

description: This study examines the works of three Harlem Renaissance authors: Jessie Redmon Fauset, Nella Larsen, and Zora Neale Hurston. In this study, I explore the multiplicity of identity in four of Fauset's short stories, "Emmy" (1912--3), "Mary Elizabeth" (1919), "The Sleeper Wakes" (1920), and "Double Trouble" (1923); in Nella Larsen's novels, Quicksand (1928) and Passing (1929); and in Zora Neale Hurston's autobiographical text, Dust Tracks on a Road (1942). The variety of discursive genres here reflects the diverse construction of black female identity these works represent. More particularly, such variety parallels the multiplicity of identity itself and of the experiences of these women. The women represented in these works are all different in their ages, colours, classes, and backgrounds. This study focuses mainly on the multiplicity of positions from which any given woman may speak and construct her self. A picture of identity that is flexible, malleable, and ultimately unknowable in its entirety thus emerges. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Hypertext and association: space, time and hypomnesis
Creators: name: Barnet, Belinda
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Contemporary debates concerning hypertext theory often question the place of the written word in visual media. Contrary to this, I argue that hypertext is first and foremost a visual, graphical medium. It is a way of spatialising ideas into discrete units which might be grasped by the mind and efficiently retrieved along lines of connections: association. This technique has a long history. There is a strange continuity in metaphor between early associationist models of memory, classical Greek systems of place-memory loci, sixteenth and seventeenth century philosophies of memory retrieval and the history of hypertext. I argue that hypertext belongs to this lineage.
Priorities, Barriers, and Facilitators towards International Guidelines for the Delivery of Supportive Clinical Care during an Ebola Outbreak: A Cross-Sectional Survey
Creators: name: Battista, Marie-Claude
name: Loignon, Christine
name: Benhadj, Lynda
name: Nouvet, Elysee
name: Murthy, Srinivas
name: Fowler, Robert
name: Adhikari, Neill K. J.
name: Haj-Moustafa, Adnan
name: Salam, Alex P.
name: Chan, Adrienne K.
name: Mishra, Sharmistha
name: Couturier, Francois
name: Hudon, Catherine
name: Horby, Peter
name: Bedell, Richard
name: Rekart, Michael
name: Hajek, Jan
name: Lamontagne, Francois
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2019

description: During the Ebola outbreak, mortality reduction was attributed to multiple improvements in supportive care delivered in Ebola treatment units (ETUs). We aimed to identify high-priority supportive care measures, as well as perceived barriers and facilitators to their implementation, for patients with Ebola Virus Disease (EVD). We conducted a cross-sectional survey of key stakeholders involved in the response to the 2014–2016 West African EVD outbreak. Out of 57 email invitations, 44 responses were received, and 29 respondents completed the survey. The respondents listed insufficient numbers of health workers (23/29, 79%), improper tools for the documentation of clinical data (n = 22/28, 79%), insufficient material resources (n = 22/29, 76%), and unadapted personal protective equipment (n = 20/28, 71%) as the main barriers to the provision of supportive care in ETUs. Facilitators to the provision of supportive care included team camaraderie (n in agreement = 25/28, 89%), ability to speak the local language (22/28, 79%), and having treatment protocols in place (22/28, 79%). This survey highlights a consensus across various stakeholders involved in the response to the 2014–2016 EVD outbreak on a limited number of high-priority supportive care interventions for clinical practice guidelines. Identified barriers and facilitators further inform the application of guidelines.
Beteiligungsrechte im Umweltschutz
Creators: name: Beyer, Peter
name: Klasing, Anneke
name: Charlier, Isabelle
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Aarhus-Konvention
subject: Beteiligungsrecht
subject: Öffentlichkeitsbeteiligung
subject: Bürgerbeteiligung
subject: Nachhaltigkeit | Strategien | Internationales

description: Die Aarhus-Konvention hat das Ziel, die Beteiligung der Zivilgesellschaft im Umweltschutz zu erleichtern. Bürgerinnen und Bürger sollen sich einfacher für den Schutz der Umwelt engagieren können. Dazu spricht dieses internationale Umweltabkommen der Öffentlichkeit beim Zugang zu Umweltinformationen, bei der Beteiligung an umweltrelevanten Entscheidungsprozessen und bei der Überprüfung staatlichen Handelns durch Gerichte besondere Rechte zu. Die Broschüre erläutert, welche Rechte Bürgerinnen und Bürger konkret haben und wie sie diese wahrnehmen können. Sie ermuntert dazu, für den Schutz der Umwelt aktiv zu werden und sich in öffentliche Entscheidungen einzumischen.
UNTER FREUNDEN. JAPANISCHE TEEKERAMIK / AMONG FRIENDS. JAPANESE TEA CERAMICS
Creators: name: Schrape, Wibke
name: Kollwitz, Jan
name: Peters, Christoph
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Museum
Japan
Tea
Culture
Ceramics
Exhibition

description: Japanische Teekeramik dient der Zubereitung des grasgrünen Pulvertees Matcha in der Teezeremonie chanoyu (wörtlich „heißes Wasser für Tee“). Bei einer Teezusammenkunft treten die Objekte in einen stillen Dialog miteinander und regen Gespräche zwischen Gastgeber*in und Gästen an. Die Begeisterung für diese besondere Kunstform verbindet Teemenschen (chajin) und Keramikliebhaber*innen. Die Sammlung japanischer Teekeramik im MKG ist von der Freundschaft des Gründungsdirektors Justus Brinckmann (1843 –1915) mit dem Kunsthändler S. Bing (1838 –1905) geprägt. Der Austausch über Teekeramik und ihre Herstellung bildete auch den Grundstein für die Freundschaft zwischen dem Keramiker Jan Kollwitz (geb. 1960) und dem Schriftsteller Christoph Peters (geb. 1966). Das MKG lädt sie beide und die im Teehaus Shōseian des MKG chanoyu praktizierende Hamburger Gruppe der Urasenke-Teeschule ein, die Ausstellung mitzugestalten. Die Ausstellung ist Teil des von der Zeit-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius geförderten Projektes zur wissenschaftlichen Erschließung der Sammlung Ostasien. Japanese tea ceramics are utensils used to prepare the powdered green matcha tea in a tea ceremony known as chanoyu (literally ‘hot water for tea’). In a tea gathering, the objects enter into a quiet dialogue with each other and stimulate conversations between host and guests. The enthusiasm for this special art form brings tea people (chajin) and ceramics lovers together. The friendship between MKG’s founding director Justus Brinckmann (1843–1915) and the art dealer S. Bing (1838 –1905) decisively influenced the MKG collection of Japanese tea ceramics. Exchanges about tea ceramics and their production also formed the basis for the friendship between the ceramist Jan Kollwitz (b. 1960) and the writer Christoph Peters (b. 1966). MKG invited them both, as well as the group from the Urasenke tea school that practices chanoyu in the MKG’s Shōseian tea house to co-curate the exhibition. The exhibition is part of a project for academic research into MKG‘s East Asia Collection sponsored by the Zeit-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius.
Protocol re-testing and diagnostic testing methods.
Creators: name: El-Fakih, Khaled Abdul-Ghani.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Computer Science.

description: Many test selection methods have been developed for deriving tests when a system specification is represented in the form of a Finite State Machine (FSM). In the first part of this thesis, we present test generation methods that select tests for testing the modified parts of the system specification, in order to check that these modifications were correctly implemented in the system implementation. These methods are based on well-known test derivation methods called the W, Wp, HIS and distinguishing sequence methods. As the purpose of conformance testing is to check whether an implementation conforms to its specification, an interesting complementary problem is to locate the differences between a specification and its implementation when the implementation is found to be nonconforming. In the second part of this thesis, we consider a system consisting of two communicating FSMs, called components. First, we show that it is not always possible to locate a fault within the given system, once a fault has been detected in its implementation (called System Under Test (SUT)). Accordingly, we present two new two-level approaches for fault localization within the given system. The first method assumes that the SUT has a single fault in one of its components. Consequently, at the first diagnostic level the methods decide whether it is possible to identify the faulty component in the given system. If this is possible, the faulty component is identified, and if desired, at the second level, the methods determine whether it is possible to locate the fault within the faulty component. If that is possible, the methods provide additional test cases to locate the fault. The second method considers the case when the SUT may have multiple faults in at most one of its components. At the machine level diagnosis, the method decides whether it is possible to identify the faulty component machine in the given system, once faults have been detected in a system implementation. If this is possible, it provides tests for identifying the faulty component machine, and if desired, the method can be used to determine whether it is possible to locate the faults within the faulty component. If that is possible, he method provides additional test cases to locate the faults. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Endogenous growth: A search model for new technology with applications to international trade.
Creators: name: Zahedi Vafa, Mohammad Hadi.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Economics, Theory.

description: A model in which firms carry out a sequential search to raise their technological level is formulated under the overlapping-generations framework. Technological improvements are random outcomes of a sequential search process, which is financed by the capital raised by firms. The amount of capital resources spent on searching for new technologies by a firm is endogenous and depends on the search undertaken by the firm and its capital. This model identifies some factors that affect the interactions between the search process and the production technology. The basic model is extended to that of a two-sector economy that encompasses a high-technology sector and a more traditional sector. In the extended model, capital is sector-specific. Firms in the high-technology sector can raise their technological level by engaging in R&D, while those in the traditional sector have no more prospects for improving their technological capacity. The two sectors differ from each other in terms of technological level and factor intensity. Finally, the two-sector model is extended in to the world of international trade to analyze the impact of technological change on trade in goods and capital flow.
Antibiotika und Antibiotikaresistenzen in der Umwelt
Creators: name: Adler, Nicole
name: Balzer, Frederike
name: Blondzik, Katrin
name: Brauer, Frank
name: Chorus, Ingrid
name: Ebert, Ina
name: Fiedler, Traute
name: Förster, Christina
name: Grummt, Tamara
name: Heidemeier, Joachim
name: Hein, Arne
name: Helmecke, Manuela
name: Hilliges, Falk
name: Kirst, Ingo
name: Klasen, Jutta
name: Konradi, Sabine
name: Krause, Bernd
name: Küster, Anette
name: Pirntke, Ulrike
name: Roskosch, Andrea
name: Schönfeld, Jens
name: Selinka, Hans-Christoph
name: Straff, Wolfgang
name: Szewzyk, Regine
name: Westphal-Settele, Kathi
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Antibiotikaresistenz in der Umwelt
subject: Antibiotikarückstände in der Umwelt
subject: Chemikalien
subject: Gesundheit
subject: Wasser

description: Die Rolle der Umwelt wird bei der Entwicklung von Antibiotikaresistenzen bisher nur ansatzweise diskutiert. Um dieses Thema in den Focus zu bringen, veröffentlicht das ⁠UBA⁠ eine Zusammenstellung von Hintergründen und Daten zu dem Thema "Antibiotika und Antibiotikaresistenzen in der Umwelt". Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass die  bisher berücksichtigten Anforderungen zur Minderung aus Sicht des UBA nicht reichen, um Umwelt und Gesundheit ausreichend zu schützen. Das UBA sieht dringenden Nachbesserungsbedarf und schlägt mögliche Handlungsoptionen vor.
High density lipoprotein intracellular metabolism in the kidney
Creators: name: Veereswaran, Vasanthi
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Biology, Animal Physiology.
subject: Chemistry, Biochemistry.

description: Experiments were undertaken to evaluate the factors that control the re-absorptive salvage of high density lipoproteins (HDL) in the kidney. HDL is readily taken up at the apical surface of polarized human proximal tubule epithelial cells (HKC-8). HKC-8 cells do not degrade HDL apolipoproteins, but instead transport and re-secrete the lipoprotein from the opposite, basolateral surface. Only ∼10% of the HDL lipids taken up are re-secreted, while ∼60% of the internalized HDL proteins are re-secreted. The composition and charge of HDL directly affects their ability to be internalized and transported through HKC-8 cells. HDL-apolipoproteins stimulate the transport of HDL components to the basolateral surface, while HDL-lipids inhibit the process. Enrichment of HDL with phosphatidylinositol (PI) increases HDL negative charge and inhibits its transport and secretion from the basolateral surface. Enrichment with phosphatidylcholine (PC) decreases HDL charge and enhances the transcytosis of HDL. These results show that HDL composition and charge regulate the re-absorptive salvage of HDL apolipoproteins in the kidney by controlling the intracellular metabolism of this lipoprotein. Our data suggest that apical to basolateral transport within proximal tubule cells could serve to recover HDL from the glomerular filtrate and return it back to the circulation. A stimulation of this process may decrease the loss of HDL from the circulation and therefore be anti-atherogenic.
How binary stars affect galactic chemical evolution
Creators: name: Tout, Christopher A.
name: Karakas, Amanda I.
name: Lattanzio, John C.
name: Hurley, Jarrod
name: Pols, Onno R.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: At least 60% of stars appear to be binary and about half of these are close enough to interact. Because of the enormous expansion on the AGB, many of these interactions will involve an AGB star and a relatively compact companion, anything from a low-mass main-sequence star to a degenerate remnant. Mass loss plays the dominant role in determining the lifetime and the extent of nuclear processing of the AGB phase. Binary interaction will increase the mass loss from the AGB star and curtail its evolution, either through Roche-lobe overflow, common-envelope evolution or the driving of an enhanced stellar wind. These processes will tend to reduce the metals, particularly carbon, returned to the inter-stellar medium. On the other hand merged systems or companions that accrete a substantial amount of mass themselves evolve into AGB stars that can synthesize and return more carbon than the two individuals would have alone. By synthesizing large populations of stars, with nucleosynthesis and binary interaction, we estimate a reduction in carbon yield owing to binary star evolution of as much as 15%.
The gene products of Listeria monocytogenes induced specifically during rabbit infection
Creators: name: Yu, Weiling
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Biology, Microbiology.
subject: Health Sciences, Immunology.

description: Listeria monocytogenes is a Gram-positive, facultative, intracellular bacterium that can cause severe food-borne illness referred to as listeriosis in both humans and animals. This study has developed a rabbit model for the identification of L. monocytogenes gene products specifically induced during infection by constructing a L. monocytogenes protein expression library followed by differential immunoscreening with two kinds of antisera, one (RaL) from rabbits infected with viable bacteria, and the other (RaK) from animals immunized with heatkilled bacteria. This strategy led to the discovery of several L. monocytogenes proteins, including three members (InlA, InlD, and InlC2) of the internalin family, in which InlA and InlB are known bacterial virulence factors, and five novel proteins of unknown function (designated IspWei, IspLing, IspYu, IspMin, and IspLin, respectively). Library screening and Western blots showed that these proteins reacted only with RaL, indicating that they are specifically induced during infection. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Scene representation and view synthesis in image-based rendering
Creators: name: Sun, Xiaoyong
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Electronics and Electrical.

description: Image-Based Rendering is a technology that can be used to develop systems for navigation in real-image-based virtual environments, potentially providing a high-quality realistic experience. Scene representation and view synthesis are major research topics in this field and form the main focus of this thesis. Three major topics investigated in detail are high-quality panorama generation, view interpolation and a simplified Concentric Mosaics technique. First, a novel optimization model is proposed for registration of the overlap-area between two adjacent images taken by a camera mounted and rotated on a tripod, and a new algorithm is given to significantly reduce the accumulated errors when stitching multiple images to generate 360° panoramas. The algorithms have been implemented based on matching features to significantly reduce the computations. Second, a matching-feature-based view interpolation algorithm is proposed and the triangulation of the images, combined with an affine transformation model, has been applied for the texture mapping. In addition, a novel disparity estimation algorithm is studied for view interpolation. Special transformations determined from the physical imaging conditions to minimize the difference between two source views are used in the algorithm. Finally, a simplified implementation of the Concentric Mosaics technique is proposed. The camera positions, where the pre-captured images are taken, are estimated from the pre-captured images. The mathematical equations and the optimal solution of such large scale linear equations with noisy coefficients are given, together with a set of associated methods such as a closed-loop constraint, a ratio fitting technique, and an angle grouping method to improve the estimation precision. Simulation results demonstrate that each proposed view synthesis method can generate valid views of good quality and satisfy Image-Based Rendering application requirements.