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Differential Calculus for the Life Sciences
Creators: name: Edelstein-Keshet, Leah
Publisher: name: The author at the University of British Columbia
Year: 2021

description: Calculus arose as a tool for solving practical scientific problems through the centuries. However, it is often taught as a technical subject with rules and formulas (and occasionally theorems), devoid of its connection to applications. In this textbook, the applications form an important focal point, with emphasis on life sciences. This places the techniques and concepts into practical context, as well as motivating quantitative approaches to biology taught to undergraduates. While many of the examples have a biological flavour, the level of biology needed to understand those examples is kept at a minimum. The problems are motivated with enough detail to follow the assumptions, but are simplified for the purpose of pedagogy.
Les femmes des Premières nations et la Loi sur les foyers familiaux situés dans les réserves : déconstruction de discours idéologiques à la lumière de la théorie féministe postcoloniale
Creators: name: Courchesne, Guyanne
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2017
Subjects: Féminisme
Anticolonialisme
Autochtone
Biens matrimoniaux

description: En juin 2013, après un quart de siècle de débats quant à l’opportunité, la nature et l’étendue d’une intervention législative éventuelle pour régler les questions relatives à l’occupation et au partage des biens immobiliers matrimoniaux situés dans les réserves, le Parlement canadien a adopté la Loi sur les foyers familiaux situés dans les réserves et les droits ou intérêts matrimoniaux. Bien que cette loi entende concilier les positions du gouvernement canadien et des organisations autochtones, principalement l’Assemblée des Premières nations et l’Association des femmes autochtones du Canada, elle demeure controversée, d’aucuns étant d’avis qu’elle compromet les droits des femmes et des peuples autochtones visés par son application. La présente thèse a pour objet l’analyse critique des discours idéologiques de certains des acteurs-clés ayant contribué aux débats parlementaires concernant la Loi sur les foyers familiaux situés dans les réserves et les droits ou intérêts matrimoniaux afin de déterminer dans quelle mesure cette loi est susceptible de compromettre les droits des femmes des Premières nations.
Fletch, Muscles and the Rocket
Creators: name: Given, Jock
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Three players, three hard slogs. Jock Given on the golden age of Australian tennis. Review of the books 'Muscles: the story of Ken Rosewall, Australia's little master of the courts', by Ken Rosewall, as told to Richard Naughton, published by Slattery Media Group, Richmond, 2012, 'The education of a tennis player', by Rod Laver with Bud Collins, published by New Chapter Press, New York, 2009, and 'The Great Fletch: the dazzling life of Wimbledon Aussie larrikin Ken Fletcher', by Hugh Lunn, published by ABC Books, Sydney, 2008.
Dendritic Cells Mediate Protective Immunity Against Salmonella Typhimurium by Regulating Antigen Presentation, Inflammation and Cell Death
Creators: name: Patel, Rajen
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: Dendritic Cells
Salmonella
Antigen Presentation
Inflammation
Cell Death

description: Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium (ST) is an intracellular bacterium that resides within the phagosome of infected cells. ST is the causative agent of gastroenteritis in humans and typhoid like disease in mice. ST infects epithelial cells and phagocytic cells such as dendritic cells (DCs), which are immune sentinels that have been regarded as the most critical antigen-presenting cell (APC). I evaluated the role of CD8α DCs, a subset of DCs capable of antigen presentation of phagosomal pathogens to activate CD8+ T cells. Furthermore, I assessed the role of key cytokines such as the group of classical anti-viral cytokines known as Interferon-I (IFN-I), on licensing CD8+ T cells. Interestingly, IFN-I signalling was necessary for production of inflammatory cytokines and induction of cell death, which activated CD8+ T cells and clearance of ST. Lastly, I examined the role of key cell death pathways in innate immune protection against ST. In particular, I addressed how signalling pathways in necroptosis and pyroptosis are critical for the production of IL-1beta and IL-18 which mediate immune protection against ST. Determining the mechanisms of which DCs engage innate and adaptive immune responses against phagosomal bacteria is the central question of my study and is addressed by examining critical roles of DC function, inflammation and cell death.
Updating to 2018 the 1950- 2010 marine catch reconstructions of the Sea Around Us. Part II : The Americas and Asia-Pacific
Creators: name: Derrick, Brittany
name: Khalfallah, Myriam
name: Relano, Veronica
name: Zeller, Dirk, 1961-
name: Pauly, D. (Daniel)
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2021

description: In 2016, Dr. Daniel Pauly and Dr. Dirk Zeller were co-editors on GLOBAL ATLAS OF MARINE FISHERIES: AS CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF CATCHES AND ECOSYSTEMS IMPACTS. This book encapsulated data collected by the Sea Around Us Project, documenting fisheries catch reconstructions for all maritime countries of the world, which initially covered the years from 1950 to 2010. Prior to this opus there has been only one source of data on global fishery catches: information reported to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations by member countries. The Sea Around Us Project spent ten-years undertaking this epic study, showing that the officially reported catch data was misleading, with many countries underreporting the catch by as much as 500%, while others significantly overreported their catches. The study also included poorly reported data from small-scale, sport and recreational fishers; information that was not included in FAO figures. What you are looking at now is an update of that study, documenting the update to 2018 of the Sea Around Us’ fisheries catch reconstructions for all maritime countries of the world. It is the second of two volumes that cover the Americas, including the Caribbean and much of the Indo-Pacific region, i.e., East, South, Southeast and East Asia, and Oceania. The first volume, “Updating to 2018 the 1950-2010 marine catch reconstructions of the Sea Around Us: Part I” 28(5), covers African countries and territories, including the many islands surrounding that continent, Antarctica and its surrounding island territories, and Europe, with the North Atlantic islands and southern Mediterranean countries added in.
Calculations of Light-Matter Interactions in Dielectric Media Using Microscopic Particle-in-Cell Technique
Creators: name: Hoogkamp, Eric
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: MicPIC
Computational
Optics
Light-Matter
Dielectric
Lorentz

description: The interaction between light and matter is usually modeled by approximating the material under study as a continuum. The magnitude of the material's polarization in the presence of an electric field is dependent on the atomic response via the well-known Lorentz-Lorentz relation. These continuous medium models can be used to see many light-matter effects including non-linear interactions.The goal of this thesis is to adapt and use novel computational methods to explore the microscopic origins of non-linear optical effects. The Microscopic Particle-in-Cell (MicPIC) technique, initially developed to model the laser-driven dynamics of strongly-coupled plasmas, is extended to study the non-linear scattering of light by a collection of dipoles in the atomic limit. In this thesis, we find that in one-dimensional chains of individual scatterers there are apparent boundary effects and the generation of even harmonics that do not appear in continuous media calculations.These finite structures of dipoles also exhibit a lower average response from each at odd harmonic frequencies of the driving light frequency.These results are in contradiction with the commonly used Lorentz-Lorenz relation, derived for a dipole in a 3D material with infinite volume, and suggest that MicPIC is more appropriate for calculations of nanostructures than models using the Lorentz-Lorenz relation.
Atemporality from Conservation Laws of Physics in Lorentzian-Euclidean Black Hole
Creators: name: De Bianchi, Silvia
name: Capozziello, Salvatore
name: Battista, Emmanuele
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Recent results have shown that singularities can be avoided from the general relativistic standpoint in Lorentzian-Euclidean black holes by means of the transition from a Lorentzian to an Euclidean region where time loses its physical meaning and becomes imaginary. This dynamical mechanism, dubbed ``atemporality'', prevents the emergence of black hole singularities and the violation of conservation laws. In this paper, the notion of atemporality together with a detailed discussion of its implications is presented from a philosophical perspective. The main result consists in showing that atemporality is naturally related to conservation laws.
description: 14 pages, accepted for publication in Foundations of Physics
Learning from Each Other’s Journeys: Editors’ Epilogue
Creators: Chick, N.L. & Miller-Young, J.
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

In “Learning from Each Other’s Journeys: Editors’ Epilogue,” Nancy L. Chick and Janice Miller-Young summarize some of the common themes of the book, such as reflecting on SoTL identity. Ultimately, Becoming a SoTL Scholar reveals that, regardless of career stage, this identity development isn’t linear. Instead, it’s a recursive process of negotiation and renegotiation. They also note that almost half the chapters in this book were written collaboratively and that identity development is especially influenced by interaction with others. After providing brief narratives of their own journeys while editing the book, they reflect on how collaboration can result in key insights that may have never otherwise been realized, an important benefit of engaging in the multidisciplinary field of SoTL and, hopefully, this book.
A Public Juridic Person in Canon Law Seeking Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection in the United States: Theory, Process, and Application
Creators: name: Pham, Bryan V.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: canon law
temporal goods
ecclesiastical goods
chapter 11
bankruptcy
juridic person
public juridic person
religious institutes
parishes
dioceses
United States
federal law

description: According to the 1983 Code of Canon Law, public juridic persons in the Catholic Church are erected by competent ecclesiastical authority. Endowed with the right to acquire, retain, administer, and alienate ecclesiastical goods (i.e., properties), public juridic persons receive their mission from the Church, speak in the name of the Church, and make available their ecclesiastical goods to further the mission of the Church. In the United States of America, administrators of public juridic persons generally have the option to be incorporated under civil law. When civilly incorporated, these institutions are afforded the same legal rights and protections that other corporations have under civil law. The right to file for reorganization bankruptcy under Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the federal Bankruptcy Code of the United States is among those rights. This dissertation proposes that civilly incorporated public juridic persons should file for reorganization bankruptcy under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code when faced with insurmountable pressures from claimants and creditors and when their stable patrimonial condition is at risk. To achieve this objective, this dissertation begins by providing a survey understanding of public juridic persons (chapter one) and the care of their ecclesiastical goods (chapter two) according to the CIC/83. Next, this dissertation surveys the nature and the process of reorganization bankruptcy under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code (chapter three). Finally, in light of the technical principles and the theories developed in the previous chapters, this dissertation proposes a method for civilly incorporated public juridic persons to file for reorganization bankruptcy under Chapter 11 (chapter four).
Transnational Corporate Crimes and Dealing with the Issue of “Jurisdictional Veil”
Creators: name: Mahamuni, Sharmila
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: Transnational
Corporate Crimes
Jurisdiction
Extraterritorial Jurisdiction
Enterprise Liability
Home State Responsibility
Harmonization of Jurisdiction

description: À l’ère de la mondialisation, la responsabilité criminelle des entreprises transnationales est l’un des domaines du droit international les plus difficiles à appréhender. Un grand nombre de questions fondamentales relatives à l’efficacité du régime règlementaire et légal en place demeurent en litige, notamment en ce qui concerne la responsabilité des entreprises en matière de violations des droits de la personne constituant des crimes internationaux. Le présent article soutient que le processus de poursuite des entreprises transnationales pour des violations des droits de la personne à l’étranger doit être évalué de manière critique en tenant compte de questions juridictionnelles et juridiques actuelles. Dans un premier temps, l’article examine la difficulté d’attribuer la responsabilité criminelle aux entreprises transnationales en vertu des lois présentement en vigueur. Il considère également le défi que représente le contrôle des entreprises transnationales sous le régime règlementaire extraterritorial actuel. Par la suite, l’article évalue de façon critique l’efficacité du cadre juridique international actuel à régir les crimes corporatifs transnationaux causant des violations des droits de la personne. Enfin, dans la dernière section, l’article fait ressortir des moyens d’appréhender le problème, notamment en évaluant de manière critique la possibilité d’une harmonisation juridictionnelle en matière de crimes corporatifs transnationaux et de violations des droits de la personne. L’auteure mentionne également comment l’État de résidence peut régir les actions extraterritoriales de ses entreprises transnationales afin de combler la lacune de gouvernance laissée par l’incompétence juridictionnelle. En l’absence d’un régime juridique et d’un tribunal internationaux obligatoires pour régir les activités des entreprises transnationales, l’article fait valoir l’importance d’un cadre juridique intérieur qui permettrait de lever le voile juridictionnel et de poursuivre les multinationales pour des infractions et des crimes constituant des violations des droits de la personne.
Reading Islam in Hospitable Terms
Creators: name: Laurence-Pressault, Stephane
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Islam
subject: Ethics of Hospitality
subject: Multiculturalism
subject: Levinas
subject: Hegel
subject: Shari'a
subject: Hannah Arendt
subject: Judith Butler
subject: Orientalism
subject: Cultural Studies
subject: FOS: Other humanities
subject: Pluralism
subject: Traditionalism
subject: Ideology
subject: Religion

description: This thesis is an attempt to understand how Islam is becoming Canadian. The process of becoming is illustrated using the philosophical framework of the ethics of hospitality developed by Emmanuel Lévinas and Jacques Derrida as a means to emancipate from the Hegelian system of progress. This work illustrates the need to differentiate between Islam, Islamism and Muslimness. This is explained with an understanding of Hannah Arendt’s writing on totalitarianism, ideology and religion. Islam is found to differ from Islamism by its connection to a scholarly tradition while the latter’s emphasis on religious puritanism severs itself from tradition. Furthermore, examples are illustrated to show that Islam’s scholarly tradition respected context. By introducing the ethics of hospitality, it becomes evident that this ethical system promotes both the tradition of Islam and the contextualization of that tradition. The thesis’ final part exemplifies these ideas with a discussion on Islamic fashion as the embodiment of the ethics of hospitality.
Nonviolent Communication Tactics: Insights from Protest Uprisings in Burma and Iran
Creators: name: Heisler, Jay
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: Nonviolence
Burma
Iran
Protest
Revolution
Dissent

description: Essential to any activist movement is an effective communication strategy. With that in mind, my research examines cases where nonviolence and nonviolent protest tactics have been used to communicate. By demonstrating and communicating the nonviolence of their movements through their actions in order to gain the sympathy of key target audiences, activists effectively use these actions as a form of propaganda. Such communicative acts can include eye-catching physical actions that attract the attention of professional journalists and citizen journalists, and later the attention of international actors and potential domestic supporters. So far, very little academic literature appears to have examined nonviolent protest actions as a form of political communication. In the case studies that I have examined in my research, those of the 2007 “Saffron Revolution” uprising in Burma and the 2009 “Green Movement” uprising in Iran, there were several notable examples of nonverbal propaganda. In my research, I use a notable framework in propaganda theory—Garth S. Jowett and Victoria O’Donnell’s process for propaganda analysis—to examine the physical actions used by protesters in the recent Burmese and Iranian uprisings. I analyze a series of images from Burma and Iran to establish how the protesters’ nonviolent actions demonstrate clear pragmatic use and substantial propaganda value. I then assert that future nonviolent activist movements would be wise to harness the power of nonverbal propaganda, to create compelling images through which their nonviolence is demonstrated and their political goals are advanced.
Les droits de la personne et l'Islam : le cas de la République islamique d'Iran
Creators: name: Fleury, Aycha
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: droits humains
Déclaration universelle des droits de l'homme
Iran
post-modernité
religion
démocratie
Islam
modernité
laïcité
sécularité

description: Le 10 décembre 1948, les représentants des États formant l’Assemblée générale des Nations Unies votaient pour l’adoption de la Déclaration universelle des droits de l’homme (DUDH) à Paris. Avec aucun vote contre et seulement huit abstentions, elle représentait un consensus considérable au sein des membres des Nations Unies de l’après-guerre. Pourtant, les sociétés d’aujourd’hui ont évolué de la modernité à la post-modernité et les valeurs fondamentales de la DUDH sont maintenant remises en question sur la base de l’origine culturelle occidentale des droits de la personne. Inévitablement, la question se pose du lien entre les droits de la personne et la religion. Cette question est d’abord politique : elle nous permet de comprendre comment l’émancipation politique est un principe fondamental de l’émancipation religieuse, celle-ci n’étant possible que dans un monde libre et égalitaire, un monde dans lequel les individus peuvent pratiquer leur religion même s’ils sont minoritaires à l’intérieur d’un État. La séparation entre le pouvoir politique et le pouvoir religieux devient donc primordiale. Dès lors, on comprend qu’une constitution théocratique, comme c’est le cas en Iran, est théoriquement incompatible avec la pratique des droits de la personne. C’est donc à travers le cas de la République islamique d’Iran que cette thèse examine la question des droits de la personne et de leur relation à la religion.
Development of dynamic process models for oxygen steelmaking
Creators: name: Brooks, Geoffrey
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Oxygen steelmaking is a mature technology with over fifty years of continuous process development. Over the last twenty years, there have been significant advances in lance technology (e.g. coherent jets), refractories (e.g. C-MgO linings) and process control (e.g. use of cameras to monitor slopping). However, two inter-related challenges have only been partially addressed, namely: a) how to minimise flux additions whilst still providing adequate protection to the refractory lining and meeting the required grade of steel (particularly, in regard to phosphorus); and b) how to lower blowing times without excessive slopping whilst still meeting the required grade of steel and ensuring process stability. These problems are not easily addressed through the traditional static models because by they reflect interrelated issues of a dynamic nature, for example, lowering the lance close to the bath may accelerate decarburisation, lowering the potential blowing time, but this may result in slopping under certain circumstances. Similarly, changing the sequence of flux additions to a furnace may reduce the risk of slopping but maybe also expose the refractory to attack early during the blow. 'Black box' modelling techniques (i.e. neural networks, fuzzy logic and multi-variate statistics) have been used to address the issues such as these and there is some evidence that these techniques can help in optimising the operation. These types of approaches tend to be quite specific to the operation being modelled and also rarely provide insight into the underlying physics and chemistry of the process. Several groups around the world have recently attempted to address this shortfall in understanding of Oxygen Steelmaking through the development of 'Grey box' process models i.e. models based on underlying scientific principles but with semi-empirical corrections. At Swinburne University of Technology, we have previously developed a two zone model of Oxygen Steelmaking that is focused on understanding how decarburisation is affected by lance height, blowing rate, flux dissolution and scrap melting. A schematic diagram outlining the basic components of the model are provided in Figure 1. The model has been successfully validated against the industrial results of Cicutti et al. but is limited in its wider application because it doesn't include slag generation, slopping behaviour and dephosphorisation. More recent work at Swinburne has made significant progress in developing models for predicting slag foaming behaviour and droplet generation, with the ultimate goal that these models are incorporated into a general process model of Oxygen Steelmaking.
Updating to 2018 the 1950-2010 marine catch reconstructions of the Sea Around Us : Part I - Africa, Antarctica, Europe and the North Atlantic
Creators: name: Derrick, Brittany
name: Khalfallah, Myriam
name: Relano, Veronica
name: Zeller, Dirk, 1961-
name: Pauly, D. (Daniel)
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2021

description: In 2016, Dr. Daniel Pauly and Dr. Dirk Zeller were co-editors on GLOBAL ATLAS OF MARINE FISHERIES: AS CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF CATCHES AND ECOSYSTEMS IMPACTS. This book encapsulated data collected by the Sea Around Us Project, documenting fisheries catch reconstructions for all maritime countries of the world, which initially covered the years from 1950 to 2010. Prior to this opus there has been only one source of data on global fishery catches: information reported to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations by member countries. The Sea Around Us Project spent ten-years undertaking this epic study, showing that the officially reported catch data was misleading, with many countries underreporting the catch by as much as 500%, while others significantly overreported their catches. The study also included poorly reported data from small-scale, sport and recreational fishers; information that was not included in FAO figures. What you are looking at now is an update of that study, documenting the update to 2018 of the Sea Around Us’ fisheries catch reconstructions for all maritime countries of the world. It is the first of two volumes that cover African countries and territories, including the many islands surrounding that continent, Antarctica and its surrounding island territories, and Europe, with the North Atlantic islands and southern Mediterranean countries added in. A second volume, “Updating to 2018 the 1950-2010 marine catch reconstructions of the Sea Around Us: Part 2” 28(6) covers the Americas, including the Caribbean and much of the Indo-Pacific region, i.e., East, South, Southeast and East Asia, and Oceania.
Soil-Woody Plant Relationship in Oban Forest Reserve, Akamkpa, Cross River State, Nigeria.pdf
Creators: name: Imedimfon Essien
name: Ogbemudia, Felix
name: Ezekeil Anietie
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Botany
subject: 60203 Ecological Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 60299 Ecology not elsewhere classified

description: Aims: Relationship between soil and woody species were assessed in the forest reserve in view ofhighlighting plant diversity status, population density and nutrient-relations in the forest.Study Design: Systematic sampling method was used in sampling soil and vegetation parameters.
Place and Duration of Study: The study was conducted in the Oban Division of Cross RiverNational Park, Nigeria, between November 2015 and July 2016.Methodology: Systematic sampling method was used in studying the vegetation and soil. A total of
thirty plots were sampled in each season. Total area of vegetation sampled was 1500 m2. Soil samples were analyzed following the standard procedures outlined by the Association of OfficialAnalytical Chemist.Results: The result revealed a total of 24 species from 16 families and 23 plant species from 21
families in the wet and dry seasons respectively. Coula edulis was the most frequent plant species(100%) while Baphia nitida, recorded low frequency (20%) values. Barteria nigitiana (120±5.26) andDiospyros mespiliformis (120±6.20) dominated in density. Berlinia confusa was the tallest species(47.33±0.67 m) while Anthocleista vogelli was the smallest plant species (4.73±0.96 m).Brachystegia nigerica and Berlinia confusa had the widest crown coverage of 15.27±4.61 m2/ha and 15.27±4.73 m2/ha, respectively. Brachystegia nigerica had the largest basal area (0.42±0.07 m2/ha). Shannon and Simpson diversity indices were high in both wet (2.684 and 0.9029) and dry (2.968and 0.9373) seasons respectively. Correlation analysis indicated significant relationship betweenwoody species and soil edaphic factors. Stepwise multiple regression technique showed that soilvariables predicted for the variations observed in vegetation parameters in both seasons.Conclusion: The pedological indices and nutrient status of soil play critical roles in plant species
distribution and vegetation morphology in Oban Forest Reserve.
La Citizen Science utilizzata come metodologia didattica innovativa per sviluppare conoscenza e consapevolezza riguardo la biodiversità urbana: l'esperienza del progetto GuardaMI
Creators: name: Nova, Marina
name: Deaddis, Massimiliano
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Citizen Science
Citizen Science Italia
Biodiversity

description: GuardaMI è un progetto di citizen science che prevede un percorso formativo rivolto alle scuole al fine di conoscere la biodiversità urbana, il territorio cittadino e le problematiche associate. Nato nel 2017 in collaborazione con Il Liceo Artistico di Brera di Milano e il Museo di Storia Naturale di Milano, progetta e implementa attività di monitoraggio partecipato. Un corso di formazione e una web-app appositamente sviluppata guidano e facilitano i "citizen scientists" nel riconoscimento delle specie e nel trasmettere le loro osservazioni.
Assemblies of Hierarchs and Conferences of Bishops: A Comparative Study
Creators: name: Laschuk, Alexander
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: canon law
comparative law
CCEO
CIC

description: In numerous regions, whether due to migration or historical circumstance, a plurality of Churches sui iuris coexist with varying degrees of interaction. The main question of this thesis is: what does the single Corpus iuris canonici offer with respect to a model of collegiality for the bishops of a given region and what options are available in an inter-ecclesial environment? To answer this question, this study engages in a comparative analysis of the canons on assemblies of hierarchs and conferences of bishops as presented in the Latin and Eastern codes, respectively. There are four chapters. Chapter one examines the historical, theological, and canonical foundations for episcopal collegiality. Chapter two is an examination of the general canons on conferences of bishops as articulated in the 1983 Latin Code. Chapter three studies the legislation governing assemblies of hierarchs as articulated in canon 322 of the Eastern Code. Chapter four critically examines these two models as presented in the codes by means of comparative legal analysis. The general canons on conferences and assemblies are examined for their similarities and differences on numerous points. Further, concrete implementation of these structures is observed by contrasting already-promulgated statutes of both conferences of bishops and assemblies of hierarchs. Finally, this study offers practical suggestions for collegial activity in inter-ecclesial environments so as to promote collegial activity while respecting the juridical autonomy of the different Churches sui iuris. The proposal of this study is thus two-fold. First, in those territories where assemblies have not been erected but a plurality of Churches coexist, both in traditional “Eastern” territories and the diaspora, assemblies of hierarchs should be explored as a model for collegial activity. These structures can coexist along the already existing collegial bodies proper to the individual Churches. Second, these assemblies should be given competencies that reflect the broad possibilities of CCEO canon 322 in a manner that is both deliberative and respects the limitations provided by the common law. Common pastoral activity is of foremost importance and the assembly of hierarchs facilitates this activity in a spirit of collaboration and, importantly, equality. Promotion of these Churches must be made a priority in the Church’s ecclesial mission and the failure to do so risks detracting from that diversity which, far from subtracting from the Church’s splendour, contributes to its unity.
Les fondements autochtones de l’identité québécoise. À propos de L’empreinte
Creators: name: Capitaine, Brieg
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016

description: L’empreinte est un documentaire québécois réalisé en 2015 par Carole Poliquin et Yvan Dubuc mettant en scène l’acteur Roy Dupuis. Qu’est-ce qui fait de nous québécois un peuple si singulier ? s’interroge en substance Roy Dupuis. La thèse du documentaire est que la particularité de l’identité québécoise résiderait dans un processus de colonisation marqué non pas par la violence et le racisme, comme cela a pu être le cas en Amérique du Sud ou aux États-Unis, mais par des alliances politiques et économiques avec les nations autochtones qui occupaient d’ores et déjà le territoire. Le documentaire, pourtant émaillé de témoignages d’experts, n’a pas prétention à l’objectivité. Ce court texte ne se veut pas non plus un examen de la validité historique de ce paradigme de l’alliance, du métissage qui s’en suivit et de ses effets sur la culture québécoise contemporaine. Il vise plutôt à examiner cette thèse en la confrontant à l’approche dominante de l’identité québécoise. Plus précisément, alors que le sociologue Jacques Beauchemin parle du projet souverainiste en termes d’épuisement et de fatigue du fait des incertitudes qui minent l’identité québécoise, la thèse de L’empreinte prend des libertés avec l’historiographie dominante sur laquelle s’adosse une partie de la cause souverainiste et propose de dépasser l’ambivalence entre pluralisme et nation. Cette proposition n’est pas pour autant dépourvue d’effets pervers comme nous le verrons en conclusion.
Classification of bug fix patterns with implications for software testing
Creators: name: Nath, Shimul Kumar
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: No software quality assurance technique is effective against all types of faults. Therefore, developers and testers have to choose from a wide variety of possible techniques, to give the best chance of detecting those types of faults which are most likely to be present. However, there is little empirical evidence available in the open literature to support these intuitions. To support these intuitions, I have devised a fix pattern scheme of 14 types for if-conditional fixes and a fix pattern scheme of 14 types for Method Invocation related fixes. The implications of bug fix patterns and their frequencies were considered for choosing suitable software testing techniques. Furthermore, the collected data were used to support the Competent Programmer Hypothesis.
Organized Urban Violence: An Examination of the Threat of Organized Armed Groups to Urban Environments
Creators: name: Grace, Anita
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011
Subjects: urban violence
human security
gangs
organized armed groups
Rio de Janeiro
Cape Town

description: This research contributes to the assessment of urban violence by developing a category of urban violence, namely organized urban violence (OUV), defined as that which is generated by urban non-state organized armed groups (OAGs) who exert territorial and social control in urban areas. Through detailed examination of academic and policy literature, this thesis explores the types of non-state OAGs involved in urban violence – such as private security companies (PSCs), vigilantes, gangs, and organized crime groups – their characteristics and their impacts on urban environments. The category of OUV is further developed through two case studies: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Cape Town, South Africa – cities which have a proliferation of urban non-state OAGs and high levels of urban violence.
Exploiting Symmetry in the Production and Measurement of Photon Pairs
Creators: name: Saaltink, Rebecca
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2017

description: We present two projects that exploit symmetry to produce and measure photon pairs. In the first project, we propose a method for directly producing radially and azimuthally polarized photon pairs through spontaneous parametric downconversion (SPDC). This method constitutes a novel geometry for SPDC in which a radially polarized Bessel-Gauss pump beam is directed into a nonlinear crystal, with the central propagation direction parallel to the crystal axis. We model and plot the spatial and polarization distributions for Type-I and Type-II phasematching. In the second project, we demonstrate experimentally a method to measure the polarization state of single photons through direct measurements performed on optimal quantum clones. We produce these optimal quantum clones on a non-polarizing beam splitter and interfere the outputs of this beam splitter in a displaced Sagnac interferometer. By performing orthogonal polarization measurements on these two photons, we reconstruct the density matrix for input states H and R.
Counterinsurgency Doctrine in Light of the Afghan Experience Between 2005 and 2011: How Did We Get Here, How Have We Done and Where Are We Headed?
Creators: name: Schneider, Krista M.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: Counterinsurgency
Doctrine
COIN
Afghanistan
History

description: This thesis provides a thorough investigation into the American and Canadian counterinsurgency doctrines in light of the counterinsurgency experience in Afghanistan between 2005 and 2011. The major finding of this thesis is that counterinsurgency doctrine holds many assumptions that necessitate a re-evaluation of counterinsurgency. The assumptions have been overlooked because of a tailored historical record of counterinsurgency that attributed success to superior methods but ignored beneficial contextual factors. Since the historical record of British counterinsurgency in Malaysia has been subject to recent revisions by several academics, the common belief that counterinsurgency can be successful through minimal force may change. The necessity of force raises ethical and political considerations for counterinsurgency in the 21st century. Counterinsurgency doctrine will be re-evaluated in light of the experience in Afghanistan for it highlights that the amount of blood and treasure required in counterinsurgency operations cannot be wagered on a doctrine built on assumptions.
Magnifier: A Multi-grained Neural Network-based Architecture for Burned Area Delineation
Creators: name: Cambrin, Daniele Rege
name: Colomba, Luca
name: Garza, Paolo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: Image and Video Processing (eess.IV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: In crisis management and remote sensing, image segmentation plays a crucial role, enabling tasks like disaster response and emergency planning by analyzing visual data. Neural networks are able to analyze satellite acquisitions and determine which areas were affected by a catastrophic event. The problem in their development in this context is the data scarcity and the lack of extensive benchmark datasets, limiting the capabilities of training large neural network models. In this paper, we propose a novel methodology, namely Magnifier, to improve segmentation performance with limited data availability. The Magnifier methodology is applicable to any existing encoder-decoder architecture, as it extends a model by merging information at different contextual levels through a dual-encoder approach: a local and global encoder. Magnifier analyzes the input data twice using the dual-encoder approach. In particular, the local and global encoders extract information from the same input at different granularities. This allows Magnifier to extract more information than the other approaches given the same set of input images. Magnifier improves the quality of the results of +2.65% on average IoU while leading to a restrained increase in terms of the number of trainable parameters compared to the original model. We evaluated our proposed approach with state-of-the-art burned area segmentation models, demonstrating, on average, comparable or better performances in less than half of the GFLOPs.
description: Accepted in IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
Exploring the Experiences of Coaching Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Canadian Aquatic Programs
Creators: name: Kraft, Erin
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: coaching
swimming
Autism Spectrum Disorder
development
strategies
children

description: Teaching children how to swim provides them with the necessary skills to maintain a physically active lifestyle. Many children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) diagnosis have shown interest in participating in swimming lessons. Studies have demonstrated that teaching students with ASD how to swim has aided in their motor performance (Yanardag, Nurgil, & Akmanoglu, 2013), their ability to initiate social interactions with peers (Chu & Pan, 2012) and a reduction in stereotypical behaviours associated with ASD (Vonder Hulls, Walker, & Powell, 2006). In order to meet the needs of this unique group of students, swim instructors take part in a variety of training programs amongst other experiences to effectively prepare themselves to teach their students with ASD. This study consists of three individual case studies designed to examine the journeys that swim instructors have taken in order to effectively coach students with ASD how to swim, along with encouraging motor skill development, social interactions and reducing stereotypical behaviours. Two research questions guide this study: What are the experiences of swim instructors who work with children with ASD? What are the practical teaching strategies in swimming lessons that are effective for social skill development, reducing stereotypical behaviours and motor skill development in children with ASD? The findings of this study which focus on strategies of effective practice include: gestural communication, positive practice, contact communication, complexities of choice, and encouraging independence and confidence. Along with these findings, the instructors credit the following sources for their construction of knowledge: peer learning and mentorship, parental/caregiver support, and the value of certification and training. It is clear that instructors access a number of sources for their coaching development, but current swim instructor certification programs require revisions to increase instructor preparedness. This study contributes to current literature which focuses on coaching individuals with developmental disabilities. The findings may provide coaches with insight into strategies of effective practice for a more inclusive and equitable community.
CCRN Evaluation Report
Creators: name: Hollingdale, Hazel
Publisher: name: Bespoke Insights
Year: 2021

description: The Coordinated Community Response Network (CCRN) was born of a need to quickly develop a made-in-the-DTES pandemic response. Initiated by Steve Johnston and supported by CIRES, the CCRN has brought together a diverse range of organizations in an unprecedented way, and has successfully responded to a number of challenges. It has overcome many issues that have previously hindered inter-organizational collaboration in the DTES. It also offers important insights for how to capitalize on these successes and momentum to move forward collectively.
Moving beyond the pros and cons of automating cognitive testing in pathological aging and dementia: The case for equal opportunity
Creators: name: Wesnes, K. A.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The lack of progress over the last decade in developing treatments for Alzheimer's disease has called into question the quality of the cognitive assessments used while also shifting the emphasis from treatment to prophylaxis by studying the disorder at earlier stages, even prior to the development of cognitive symptoms. This has led various groups to seek cognitive tests which are more sensitive than those currently used and which can be meaningfully administered to individuals with mild or even no cognitive impairment. Although computerized tests have long been used in this field, they have made little inroads compared with non-automated tests. This review attempts to put in perspective the relative utilities of automated and non-automated tests of cognitive function in therapeutic trials of pathological aging and the dementias. Also by a review of the automation of cognitive tests over the last 150 years, it is hoped that the notion that such procedures are novel compared with pencil-and-paper testing will be dispelled. Furthermore, data will be presented to illustrate that older individuals and patients with dementia are neither stressed nor disadvantaged when tested with appropriately developed computerized methods. An important aspect of automated testing is that it can assess all aspects of task performance, including the speed of cognitive processes, and data are presented on the advantages this can confer in clinical trials. The ultimate objectives of the review are to encourage decision making in the field to move away from the automated/non-automated dichotomy and to develop criteria pertinent to each trial against which all available procedures are evaluated. If we are to make serious progress in this area, we must use the best tools available, and the evidence suggests that automated testing has earned the right to be judged against the same criteria as non-automated tests.
ResearchCodeAgent: An LLM Multi-Agent System for Automated Codification of Research Methodologies
Creators: name: Gandhi, Shubham
name: Shah, Dhruv
name: Patwardhan, Manasi
name: Vig, Lovekesh
name: Shroff, Gautam
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Software Engineering (cs.SE)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
subject: Multiagent Systems (cs.MA)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In this paper we introduce ResearchCodeAgent, a novel multi-agent system leveraging large language models (LLMs) agents to automate the codification of research methodologies described in machine learning literature. The system bridges the gap between high-level research concepts and their practical implementation, allowing researchers auto-generating code of existing research papers for benchmarking or building on top-of existing methods specified in the literature with availability of partial or complete starter code. ResearchCodeAgent employs a flexible agent architecture with a comprehensive action suite, enabling context-aware interactions with the research environment. The system incorporates a dynamic planning mechanism, utilizing both short and long-term memory to adapt its approach iteratively. We evaluate ResearchCodeAgent on three distinct machine learning tasks with distinct task complexity and representing different parts of the ML pipeline: data augmentation, optimization, and data batching. Our results demonstrate the system's effectiveness and generalizability, with 46.9% of generated code being high-quality and error-free, and 25% showing performance improvements over baseline implementations. Empirical analysis shows an average reduction of 57.9% in coding time compared to manual implementation. We observe higher gains for more complex tasks. ResearchCodeAgent represents a significant step towards automating the research implementation process, potentially accelerating the pace of machine learning research.