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Bridging the gap: Cloaking professionalism
Creators: name: Smith, Sandra
Publisher: name: Vancouver Island University - Royal Roads University
Year: 1999
Subjects: subject: Planners--Practice
subject: Planners--Professional ethics

description: Musing today on a desirable "cloaking" of professionalism for planners, and whether planners should aspire to a professional title, has led me to consider aspects of my work/life "theory", created and fashioned through professional "practice", in planning and other contexts. The invitation has allowed me to reflect on how I would ideally "bridge" this theory and practice.
description: https://viurrspace.ca/bitstream/handle/10613/6042/Article009.pdf?sequence=3
Environmental values and professionalism in planning: A case study
Creators: name: Gowdy, Andrew
name: Hendler, Sue
Publisher: name: Vancouver Island University - Royal Roads University
Year: 1999
Subjects: subject: Environmental protection--Planning
subject: Planners--Professional ethics
subject: Values

description: This paper explores the following questions: What values do planners have regarding the environment, and how might these values help define their profession by having a presence in planning codes? Theories of environmental ethics are reviewed, and the results of a mail-out survey to planners in Ottawa, Ontario indicate which perspectives these planners appear to prefer. The results support the intuitively attractive position that planners are generally pro-environment. They tend to value a number of elements and attributes of nature. Planners generally seem to value ecosystems and ecosystemic properties more than other aspects of the environment, including human interest. This can be seen as intrinsic or inherent value as opposed to instrumental value. Collectively, their attitudes towards the environment are suggestive of a "land ethic" perspective. Despite some contradictions and incongruities within the data, we can use such results to suggest that certain environmental values carry special weight with planners. We can then begin to apply this interpretation to professional planning codes which have often been criticized for lacking specificity in areas such as environmental consideration.
description: Cet article porte sur les questions suivantes : Quelle importance les urbanistes accordent-ils à l'environnement ? La prise en compte de ces valeurs dans les codes d'urbanisme peut-elle contribuer à redéfinir la profession ? Les principes d'éthique en matière d'environnement ont été passés en revue et les résultats d'un sondage effectué par correspondance à Ottawa, Ontario, indiquent la position des urbanistes à cet égard. Ce sondage fait ressortir l'idée réconfortante que les urbanistes sont soucieux de la qualité de l'environnement et qu'ils sont particulièrement sensibles à certains éléments et certaines propriétés de la nature. En général, les urbanistes ont tendance à accorder plus d'importance aux écosystèmes et à leurs particularités qu'a tout autre aspect de l'environnement, y compris l'intérêt humain. Il s'agirait donc d'une valeur essentielle ou personnelle et non d'un critère accessoire. Dans l'ensemble, leur position face à l 'environnement semble relever plutôt d'une " loi du sol ". Malgré les quelques contradictions ou déviations que contiennent les données, les résultats de ce sondage nous indiquent que certains problèmes environnementaux revêtent une importance particulière aux yeux des urbanistes. Nous pouvons alors commencer à appliquer cette interprétation aux codes de l'urbanisme, auxquels on a souvent reproché de manquer de précision sur les questions d'environnement.
description: Abstract in English and French; text in English.
description: Refereed article/Article soumis à des arbitres
description: https://viurrspace.ca/bitstream/handle/10613/6043/Article008.pdf?sequence=3
Zero-one laws for connectivity in inhomogeneous random key graphs
Creators: name: Yagan, Osman
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We introduce a new random key predistribution scheme for securing heterogeneous wireless sensor networks. Each of the n sensors in the network is classified into r classes according to some probability distribution μ = {μ_1 , . . . , μ_r }. Before deployment, a class-i sensor is assigned K_i cryptographic keys that are selected uniformly at random from a common pool of P keys. Once deployed, a pair of sensors can communicate securely if and only if they have a key in common. We model the communication topology of this network by a newly defined inhomogeneous random key graph. We establish scaling conditions on the parameters P and {K_1 , . . . , K_r } so that this graph i) has no isolated nodes; and ii) is connected, both with high probability. The results are given in the form of zero-one laws with the number of sensors n growing unboundedly large; critical scalings are identified and shown to coincide for both graph properties. Our results are shown to complement and improve those given by Godehardt et al. and Zhao et al. for the same model, therein referred to as the general random intersection graph.
description: Paper submitted to IEEE Transactions on Information Theory
Teaching professional practice in Canadian planning schools
Creators: name: Curry, John A.
Publisher: name: Vancouver Island University - Royal Roads University
Year: 1999
Subjects: subject: Planners--Practice
subject: Planners--Education (Higher)--Canada

description: This article analyzes data from a ten-question survey which was designed to determine how Canadian planning students are taught professional planning practice. The survey, which was electronically mailed to representatives of the eighteen planning programs at Canadian universities, asked respondents to describe what is meant by the term "professional planning practice" , the professional planning practice topics/concepts covered by their program curriculum, and the teaching techniques used. Conclusions identify a need for a closer working relationship between planning educators, and between these educators, the practicing profession, and the communities served by the profession.
description: Cet article analyse les résultats d'un sondage contenant dix questions destinées à faire une évaluation de l'enseignement de la pratique professionnelle de l'urbanisme. Ce sondage a été adressé par courrier électronique aux responsables des dix-huit programmes d'urbanisme des universités canadiennes, leur demandant ce qu'ils entendent par «pratique professionnelle de l'urbanisme», quels sont les sujets/concepts de la pratique de l'urbanisme couverts par leur programme de cours, et quelles sont les méthodes d'enseignement utilisées. Les résultats de ce sondage font ressortir le besoin d'une collaboration plus étroite entre les professeurs d'urbanisme euxmêmes, mais aussi entre les professeurs, les professionnels de l'urbanisme et les communautés qui bénéficient de leurs services.
description: Abstract in English and French; text in English.
description: https://viurrspace.ca/bitstream/handle/10613/6044/Article007.pdf?sequence=3
Identification of the Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga, Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina and interspecific hybrids using the morphology of shed flight feathers
Creators: name: Rohtla, Freddy
name: Väli, Ülo
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biotechnology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Cancer

description: Shed feathers can be used for the field identification of the Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga and Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina, but identification of hybrids is problematic. To provide an easy method for distinguishing the shed flight feathers of the Greater Spotted Eagle, Lesser Spotted Eagle, and their hybrids. We examined seven morphological characteristics and developed multinomial logistic regression models to aid in identification of feathers. The most informative feature was the relative feather length. Barring improved the identification of tail feathers, secondaries, and proximal primaries. Feathers of Lesser Spotted Eagles were significantly shorter and more barred than those of Greater Spotted Eagles. Feathers of hybrids were also highly barred but had an intermediate length. The length from the tip to notch, width of the notch, and specific colouration patterns were also included in the best models for specific feather types. The combination of these characteristics resulted in identification accuracies of 89–97% for Lesser Spotted Eagle feathers and 80–100% for Greater Spotted Eagle feathers. However, all F1-hybrids were incorrectly identified as Greater Spotted or Lesser Spotted Eagles. Shed feathers could have potential for the non-invasive field identification of spotted eagle species at nest sites. However, the identification of hybrids based on feathers is difficult due to substantial morphological variation and overlap with parent species.
Comparing Preferences for and the Efficacy of Within- and Cross-Category Substitutes for Food: A Multiverse Analysis
Creators: name: Newsome, Lauren
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: This research project is a multiverse analysis of an effect reported in Huh et al.'s (2016) paper. Specifically the multiverse will be looking at Study 3 which built upon the findings of Studies 1 and 2, which found that people prefer a within-category substitute to a cross-category substitute in order to satisfy their cravings for a desired stimulus. Study 3 investigated the logic of these previous findings. The proposed analysis is for a planned comparison following an ANOVA and will produce a total of 72 outcomes. Please see attached document for full preregistration details.
Caenorhabditis elegans chromosome arms are anchored to the nuclear membrane via discontinuous association with LEM-2
Creators: name: Lieb, Jason D.
name: Ikegami, Kohta
Publisher: name: BioMed Central Ltd
Year: 2010

description: Abstract Background Although Caenorhabditis elegans was the first multicellular organism with a completely sequenced genome, how this genome is arranged within the nucleus is not known. Results We determined the genomic regions associated with the nuclear transmembrane protein LEM-2 in mixed-stage C. elegans embryos via chromatin immunoprecipitation. Large regions of several megabases on the arms of each autosome were associated with LEM-2. The center of each autosome was mostly free of such interactions, suggesting that they are largely looped out from the nuclear membrane. Only the left end of the X chromosome was associated with the nuclear membrane. At a finer scale, the large membrane-associated domains consisted of smaller subdomains of LEM-2 associations. These subdomains were characterized by high repeat density, low gene density, high levels of H3K27 trimethylation, and silent genes. The subdomains were punctuated by gaps harboring highly active genes. A chromosome arm translocated to a chromosome center retained its association with LEM-2, although there was a slight decrease in association near the fusion point. Conclusions Local DNA or chromatin properties are the main determinant of interaction with the nuclear membrane, with position along the chromosome making a minor contribution. Genes in small gaps between LEM-2 associated regions tend to be highly expressed, suggesting that these small gaps are especially amenable to highly efficient transcription. Although our data are derived from an amalgamation of cell types in mixed-stage embryos, the results suggest a model for the spatial arrangement of C. elegans chromosomes within the nucleus.
Mass and Heat Diffusion in Ternary Polymer Solutions: A Classical Irreversible Thermodynamics Approach
Creators: name: Es-haghi, S. Shams
name: Cakmak, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Governing equations for evolution of concentration and temperature in three-component systems were derived in the framework of classical irreversible thermodynamics using Onsager variational principle and were presented for solvent/solvent/polymer and solvent/polymer/polymer systems. The derivation was developed from the Gibbs equation of equilibrium thermodynamics using the local equilibrium hypothesis, Onsager reciprocal relations and Prigogine theorem for systems in mechanical equilibrium. It was shown that the details of mass and heat diffusion phenomena in a ternary system are completely expressed by a 3x3 matrix whose entries are mass diffusion coefficients (4 entries), thermal diffusion coefficients (2 entries) and three entries that describe the evolution of heat in the system. The entries of the diffusion matrix are related to the elements of Onsager matrix that are bounded by some constraints to satisfy the positive definiteness of entropy production in the system. All the elements of diffusion matrix were expressed in terms of derivatives of exchange chemical potentials of the components with respect to concentration and temperature. The spinodal curves of ternary polymer solutions were derived from the governing equations and their correctness was checked by the Hessian of free energy density. Moreover, it was proved that setting cross-diffusion coefficients to zero results in a contradiction, and, the governing equations without cross-diffusion coefficients do not express the actual phase behavior of the system.
description: 34 pages, The introduction was expanded; added references; corrected typos
A new global review of bird atlases and their contribution to knowledge
Creators: name: Pototsky, P. Christy
name: Cresswell, Will
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health

description: Over 600 bird atlases projects have been implemented across 93 countries, with at least 380,000 participants. Bird atlases with larger geographical scope had greater research impact but those utilizing online data submission and so higher number of participants had lower research impact. To provide a comprehensive global review of bird atlases, to explore the impact of bird atlases in research, and identify variables that influence impact. A database of bird atlases was compiled. Variables were extracted including: overall survey effort (an index generated using principal components analysis (PCA) comprised of total survey area, number of participants, and number of data records); research impact (an index generated using PCA comprised of bibliometric measures extracted from Scopus and Google Scholar); geographical details; fieldwork, project, and publication timing; fieldwork methods. We then used mixed linear models to explore how these variables differed across atlases, and which were predictors of research impact index. As of 2021, over 600 bird atlases projects have been implemented across 93 countries, with at least 380,000 participants worldwide. Total survey area, geopolitical scale, and number of atlas generations had significant positive relationships with research impact. Negative relationships were found between research impact and whether an atlas was published in English and the use of online data submission platforms like eBird. However, we found a significantly positive relationship between atlases using online data submission and our measure of survey effort. Bird atlases have been undertaken all around the world at a wide variety of geopolitical scales, and are likely to be influential through widespread impact on knowledge, including research impact and citizen science involvement. Atlases utilizing online data submission generate more data and have a higher level of participant engagement but are less frequently cited by researchers in both scientific and grey literature.
A prospective analysis of the employment impacts of energy efficiency retrofit investment in Portugal by 2020
Creators: name: Oliveira, Carla
name: Coelho, Dulce
name: Pereira Da Silva, Patrícia
Publisher: name: International Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management
Year: 2014

description: Energy efficiency plays a significant role in increasing the security of energy supply and mitigating climate change. Although this role is indubitable, there is an ongoing discussion about the employment impacts of promoting energy efficiency measures, in particular of building retrofit investments. The purpose of this paper is to provide an estimation of the number of net jobs associated with the most common retrofit investment options in the building stock of Portugal. The examined investment options aim at improving the thermal properties of the building envelope and include the insulation of external walls and roof and the substitution of window frames and single glazed windows. The implementation of a methodological frameworkfor the assessment of employment benefits is based on Input-Output (I-O) analysis, providing consistent estimates for depicting the significant contribution of energy saving measures in the building sector (residential, private services and public services) in net employment generation.
description: International Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management, Vol 2 (2014)
A missing link in the bench-to-bedside paradigm: engaging regulatory stakeholders in clinical genomics research
Creators: name: O’Daniel, Julianne M.
name: Berg, Jonathan
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2016

description: Editorial summary For genomic medicine research to be fully translated into clinical care, it is critical for researchers to engage stakeholders who ultimately regulate the use of genomic technologies and therapeutics within healthcare practice. Herein, we describe an example of how this might work.
So, what's a profession?: And how does CIP-style planning rate?
Creators: name: Marshall, Nancy
Publisher: name: Vancouver Island University - Royal Roads University
Year: 1999
Subjects: subject: Professional associations
subject: Professional employees
subject: Planners

description: Popular and theoretical descriptions of professions are quite different. Professions really started to take hold in Europe during the eleventh and twelfth centuries with the formation of guilds and associations. These started out as exclusive groups, but, with the Industrial Revolution, changes came to society and to the professions within it: professional associations became formally organized, and were soon studied as bodies that were distinct from other occupations. Theoretically, the component parts of a profession are commonly defined as: (1) knowledge and theory specific to a discipline; (2) community sanctions; (3) professional authority, autonomy and control; (4) codes of ethics; and (5) socialisation and the development of a professional culture. In contemporary times, many occupational groups have attempted to become recognized as professions, and a number have achieved this popular status. A theoretical definition, though, continues to limit the application of the label "profession" to relatively few vocations. Nevertheless, many Canadian planners continue their quest for such public acknowledgment.
description: La définition populaire des professions libérales est très différente de leur définition théorique. Les professions libérales ont fait leur apparition au cours des 11ème et 12ème siècles en Europe avec la formation de guildes et d'associations. Elles débutèrent sous forme de groupes très fermés, mais avec la révolution industrielle, des changements ont bouleversé la société et du même coup le monde professionnel. Les associations professionnelles devinrent des organismes officiels et ne tardèrent pas à faire l'objet d'études en tant que corporations distinctes des autres activités. En théorie, on peut énumérer les parties constituantes d'une profession libérale de la façon suivante: (1) connaissance pratique et théorique particulière à une discipline ; (2) reconnaissance de la collectivité ; (3) maîtrise, autonomie et contrôle; (4) codes d'éthique et (5) socialisation et développement d'une culture professionnelle. À notre époque, de nombreux groupes d'activités ont cherché à être reconnus en tant que profession libérale et certains d'entre eux y sont parvenus. Toutefois, l'une des conditions théoriques empêche encore un nombre relativement restreint de métiers d'obtenir cette appellation. Quoiqu'il en soit, les urbanistes canadiens continuent nombreux à rechercher ce statut social et la reconnaissance du public.
description: Abstract in English and French; text in English.
description: https://viurrspace.ca/bitstream/handle/10613/6045/Article006.pdf?sequence=3
Beam transport experiment with a new kicker control system on the HIRFL-CSR
Creators: name: Wang, Yan-Yu
name: Zhou, De-Tai
name: Luo, Jin-Fu
name: Zhang, Jian-Chuan
name: Zhou, Wen-Xiong
name: Ni, Fa-Fu
name: Yin, Jun
name: Yin, Jia
name: Yuan, You-Jin
name: Shang-Guan, Jin-Bin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Accelerator Physics (physics.acc-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The kicker control system was used for beam extraction and injection between two cooling storage rings (CSRs) at the Heavy Ion Research Facility in Lanzhou (HIRFL). To meet the requirements of special physics experiments, the kicker controller was upgraded. The new controller was designed based on ARM+DSP+FPGA technology and monolithic circuit architecture, which can achieve a precision time delay of 2.5 ns. In September 2014, the new kicker control system was installed in the kicker field, and the test experiment using the system was completed. In addition, a pre-trigger signal was provided by the controller, which was designed to synchronize the beam diagnostic system and physics experiments. Experimental results indicate that the phenomena of "missed kick" and "inefficient kick" were not observed, and the multichannel trigger signals' delay could be adjusted individually for kick power supplies in digitization; thus, the beam transport efficiency was improved compared with that of the original system. The fast extraction and injection experiment was successfully completed based on the new kicker control systems for HIRFL-CSR.
Shape optimisation with multiresolution subdivision surfaces and immersed finite elements
Creators: name: Bandara, Kosala
name: Rüberg, Thomas
name: Cirak, Fehmi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science (cs.CE)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We develop a new optimisation technique that combines multiresolution subdivision surfaces for boundary description with immersed finite elements for the discretisation of the primal and adjoint problems of optimisation. Similar to wavelets multiresolution surfaces represent the domain boundary using a coarse control mesh and a sequence of detail vectors. Based on the multiresolution decomposition efficient and fast algorithms are available for reconstructing control meshes of varying fineness. During shape optimisation the vertex coordinates of control meshes are updated using the computed shape gradient information. By virtue of the multiresolution editing semantics, updating the coarse control mesh vertex coordinates leads to large-scale geometry changes and, conversely, updating the fine control mesh coordinates leads to small-scale geometry changes. In our computations we start by optimising the coarsest control mesh and refine it each time the cost function reaches a minimum. This approach effectively prevents the appearance of non-physical boundary geometry oscillations and control mesh pathologies, like inverted elements. Independent of the fineness of the control mesh used for optimisation, on the immersed finite element grid the domain boundary is always represented with a relatively fine control mesh of fixed resolution. With the immersed finite element method there is no need to maintain an analysis suitable domain mesh. In some of the presented two- and three-dimensional elasticity examples the topology derivative is used for creating new holes inside the domain.
Energy efficiency and renewable energy systems in Portugal and Brazil
Creators: name: Østergaard, Poul Alberg
name: Soares, Isabel
name: Ferreira, Paula
Publisher: name: International Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management
Year: 2014

description: This article presents a review of the energy situation in Brazil and Portugal; two countries which are both characterised by high utilisation of renewable energy sources though with differences between them. The article also introduces contemporary energy research conducted on the two countries and presented at The 1st International Congress on Energy & Environment ranging from electricity end-use analyses, electricity production analyses to socio-economic assessment and large-scale energy scenarios.
description: International Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management, Vol 2 (2014)
Influence of mass contrast in alloy phonon scattering
Creators: name: Shiga, Takuma
name: Hori, Takuma
name: Shiomi, Junichiro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have investigated the effect of mass contrast on alloy phonon scattering in mass-substituted Lennard-Jones crystals. By calculating the mass-difference phonon scattering rate using a modal analysis method based on molecular dynamics, we have identified the applicability and limits of the widely-used mass-difference perturbation model in terms of magnitude and sign of the mass difference. The result of a phonon -mode-dependent analysis reveals that the critical phonon frequency, above which the mass-difference perturbation theory fails, decreases with the magnitude of the mass difference independently of its sign. This gives rise to a critical mass contrast, above which the mass-difference perturbation model noticeably underestimates the lattice thermal conductivity.
How to improve influenza vaccine coverage of healthcare personnel
Creators: name: Weber, David
name: Rutala, William
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2016

description: Abstract Influenza causes substantial morbidity and mortality worldwide each year. Healthcare-associated influenza is a frequent event. Health care personnel (HCP) may be the source for infecting patients and may propagate nosocomial outbreaks. All HCP should receive a dose of influenza vaccine each year to protect themselves and others. This commentary will discuss the study recently published in the IJHPR by Nutman and Yoeli which assessed the beliefs and attitudes of HCP in an Israel hospital regarding influenza and the influenza vaccine. Unfortunately, as noted by Nutman and Yoeli in this issue many HCP in Israel choose not to receive influenza immunization and many harbor misconceptions regarding their risk for influenza as well as the benefits of influenza vaccine. We also discuss proven methods to increase acceptance by HCP for receiving an annual influenza vaccine.
Scaling laws and electricity consumption in cities: a sectoral view
Creators: name: Goncalves, Ana
name: Domingos, Tiago
Publisher: name: International Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management
Year: 2014

description: With the use of electricity being increasingly concentrated in urban areas it becomes important to understand the influence of cities, and their size, on patterns of consumption. We tested the application of the scaling law to the Portuguese urban system, across time and municipalities, with special focus on the sectoral consumption of electricity from 1994 until 2009. Results showed that the scaling law is not suitable to describe a city’s electricity consumption throughout the years. In the cross-sectional results, the scaling law proved to be applicable for all cases, although the scaling exponent varies both in time and across sectors. For the residential sector the decrease of the scaling exponent might be related with the electrificationof the energy system and with the increase of average income. For the service sector the scaling exponent was fairly constant, above 1, during the 16 years of the study. The largest variation was found for the industrial sector whose scaling exponent decreased 15–20% in the time frame analyzed, though in this sector electricity consumption appeared to be the one with the weakest relation with city size.
description: International Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management, Vol 2 (2014)
Scalable randomized benchmarking of non-Clifford gates
Creators: name: Cross, Andrew W.
name: Magesan, Easwar
name: Bishop, Lev S.
name: Smolin, John A.
name: Gambetta, Jay M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Randomized benchmarking is a widely used experimental technique to characterize the average error of quantum operations. Benchmarking procedures that scale to enable characterization of $n$-qubit circuits rely on efficient procedures for manipulating those circuits and, as such, have been limited to subgroups of the Clifford group. However, universal quantum computers require additional, non-Clifford gates to approximate arbitrary unitary transformations. We define a scalable randomized benchmarking procedure over $n$-qubit unitary matrices that correspond to protected non-Clifford gates for a class of stabilizer codes. We present efficient methods for representing and composing group elements, sampling them uniformly, and synthesizing corresponding $\mathrm{poly}(n)$-sized circuits. The procedure provides experimental access to two independent parameters that together characterize the average gate fidelity of a group element.
description: 5+4 pages, 1 figure
Technical-Economic Evaluation of a Cogeneration Unit Considering Carbon Emission Savings
Creators: name: Ferreira, Ana Cristina
name: Nunes, Manuel Lopes
name: Martins, Luís Barreiros
name: Teixeira, Senhorinha Fatima
Publisher: name: International Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management
Year: 2014

description: The support of combined heat and power production systems has gained policy attention, because these are often considered to be less polluting and more efficient than conventional energy conversion systems. As a consequence, the potential market for these energy systems that contribute to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to enhance energy security on a national level, is shifting from large-scale existing units to small and micro-size emerging technologies. This paper presents a numerical model based on a cost-benefit analysis used to design an optimal cogeneration system for a small-scale building application, considering the Portuguese context and the comparison with the harmonized efficiency reference values for the separate production of electricity and useful heat. The model includes the identification of the objective function terms (i.e., the elements involved in the financial analysis across the system lifetime and the economic evaluation of costs) and benefits of the combined heat and power production system. The economic viability of cogeneration systems significantly depends on system technology, client energy requirements and support schemes implemented in the respective countries. A strategic approach is necessary to adequately embed the new technology as a feasible solution in terms of investment and operational costs. Only by matching the energy supply to the needs and expectations of the energy users, it will be possible to improve the market competitiveness of these alternative power production plants. The optimal solution disclosed a positive annual worth, which is higher if the carbon emission savings are monetized. In addition, the optimal system represents a more efficient way to produce useful heat and electricity (i.e. a positive primary energy saving) and to reduce gas emissions. A cost-benefit analysis can be applied for the techno-economic evaluation of a CHP system by assessing the monetary socio-environmental costs and benefits of a capital investment over its useful lifetime.
description: International Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management, Vol 2 (2014)
The science and technology parks and their role in supporting digital transformation of the Turkish economy
Creators: name: Yılmaz, Metin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Digitalization
Turkish economy
Digital transformation
Science and Technology Parks (STPs)

description: Digitalization has played a key role in Turkish economy during the last two decades. The country has started to reap the benefits of digitalization. It ranked 41st among 132 countries in 2021 in terms of innovation . Since 2020, 5 startups from Turkey reached unicorn status in terms of market value . In Turkey, a key component in digital transformation is Science and Technology Parks (STPs) and the country has invested heavily through the STPs to Turkey’s digital transformation journey during the last two decades.
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Roles of phosphotase 2A in nociceptive signal processing
Creators: name: Wu, Jing
Publisher: name: BioMed Central Ltd
Year: 2013

description: Abstract Multiple protein kinases affect the responses of dorsal horn neurons through phosphorylation of synaptic receptors and proteins involved in intracellular signal transduction pathways, and the consequences of this modulation may be spinal central sensitization. In contrast, the phosphatases catalyze an opposing reaction of de-phosphorylation, which may also modulate the functions of crucial proteins in signaling nociception. This is an important mechanism in the regulation of intracellular signal transduction pathways in nociceptive neurons. Accumulated evidence has shown that phosphatase 2A (PP2A), a serine/threonine specific phosphatase, is implicated in synaptic plasticity of the central nervous system and central sensitization of nociception. Therefore, targeting protein phosphotase 2A may provide an effective and novel strategy for the treatment of clinical pain. This review will characterize the structure and functional regulation of neuronal PP2A and bring together recent advances on the modulation of PP2A in targeted downstream substrates and relevant multiple nociceptive signaling molecules.
A class of tridiagonal operators associated to some subshifts
Creators: name: Hernández-Becerra, Christian
name: Itzá-Ortiz, Benjamín A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Spectral Theory (math.SP)
subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We consider a class of tridiagonal operators induced by not necessary pseudoergodic biinfinite sequences. Using only elementary techniques we prove that the numerical range of such operators is contained in the convex hull of the union of the numerical ranges of the operators corresponding to the constant biinfinite sequences; whilst the other inclusion is shown to hold when the constant sequences belong to the subshift generated by the given biinfinite sequence. Applying recent results by S. N. Chandler-Wilde et al. and R. Hagger, which rely on limit operator techniques, we are able to provide more general results although the closure of the numerical range needs to be taken.
description: 14 pages
Viscospora peruviscosa, a new fungus in the Glomeraceae from a plantation of Theobroma cacao in Peru
Creators: name: Corazon-Guivin, Mike Anderson
name: Vallejos-Tapullima, Adela
name: Valles-Coral, Miguel Ángel
name: Mendiola-Céspedes, Anita Ruth
name: Ascón-Dionicio, Gilberto Ubaldo
name: Corrêa, Ronan Xavier
name: Santos, Viviane Monique
name: Silva, Gladstone A.
name: Oehl, Fritz
Publisher: name: Journal of Applied Botany and Food Quality
Year: 2023

description: A new fungus, Viscospora peruviscosa, was detected in a Theobroma cacao plantation in the Huallaga province of San Martín State in Peru.The fungus was propagated in the greenhouse on Sorghum vulgare and Brachiaria brizantha. The fungus is similar to V. viscosa as it has two spore wall layers and also a viscose outer spore surface, but its spores are smaller ((30-) 44-56 (-65) × (25-) 44-54 μm) and the subtending hyphae generally are more pronounced funnel-shaped. Also, the walls of the spores and subtending hyphae are thinner than in V. viscosa. Phylogenetically, both species form two well separated sister clades in the genus Viscospora. Based on the partial nrDNA gene, the two species have 90-91% maximum identity (MI). So far, the fungus is only known from the cacao plantation in Huallaga. No environmental sequences in the public data bases suggest that the fungus has already been found elsewhere in the neotropics or worldwide. This is the second species in the genus Viscospora (Glomeraceae) described, hence Viscospora is no longer monospecific.
description: Journal of Applied Botany and Food Quality, Vol. 96 (2023): Journal of Applied Botany and Food Quality
Deficient NRG1-ERBB signaling alters social approach: relevance to genetic mouse models of schizophrenia
Creators: name: Moy, Sheryl S
name: Ghashghaei, H. Troy
name: Anton, Eva
name: Threadgill, David W.
name: Weimer, Jill M
name: Yokota, Yukako
name: Nonneman, Randal J
Publisher: name: Springer US
Year: 2009

description: Abstract Growth factor Neuregulin 1 (NRG1) plays an essential role in development and organization of the cerebral cortex. NRG1 and its receptors, ERBB3 and ERBB4, have been implicated in genetic susceptibility for schizophrenia. Disease symptoms include asociality and altered social interaction. To investigate the role of NRG1-ERBB signaling in social behavior, mice heterozygous for an Nrg1 null allele (Nrg1+/−), and mice with conditional ablation of Erbb3 or Erbb4 in the central nervous system, were evaluated for sociability and social novelty preference in a three-chambered choice task. Results showed that deficiencies in NRG1 or ERBB3 significantly enhanced sociability. All of the mutant groups demonstrated a lack of social novelty preference, in contrast to their respective wild-type controls. Effects of NRG1, ERBB3, or ERBB4 deficiency on social behavior could not be attributed to general changes in anxiety-like behavior, activity, or loss of olfactory ability. Nrg1+/− pups did not exhibit changes in isolation-induced ultrasonic vocalizations, a measure of emotional reactivity. Overall, these findings provide evidence that social behavior is mediated by NRG1-ERBB signaling.
Development of a “Current Energy Mix Scenario” and a “Electricity as Main Energy Source Scenario” for electricity demand up to 2100
Creators: name: Brito, Mário
name: Sousa, Tânia
Publisher: name: International Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management
Year: 2014

description: In this work, we develop a model to forecast world electricity production up to 2100. We analyze historical data for electricity production, population and GDP per Capita for the period 1900–2008. We show that electricity production follows general trends. First, there is an electricity intensity target of 0.20-0.25 kWh per unit of GDP (US$2012) as economies mature, except in countries traditionally relying heavily on renewable electricity (hydroelectricity), for whom this target ranges between 0.50 to 0.80 kWh per unit GDP. Also, countries that belong to the same region tend to follow the evolution of electricity production and GDP/Capita of a regional “modelcountry”. Equations that describe the behavior of these model countries are used to forecast electricity production per capita up to 2100 under a low and a high scenario for the evolution of GDP per Capita. For electricity production two main scenarios were set: “Current Energy MixScenario” and “Electricity as Main Energy Source Scenario”, with two additional sub scenarios considering slightly different electric intensities. Forecasts up to 2100 yield a demand forelectricity production 3.5 to 5 times higher than the current production for the “Current EnergyMix Scenario” and about 9 to 14 times for the “Electricity as Main Energy Source Scenario”. Forecasts for the “Current Energy Mix Scenario” matched well with forecasts from IEA/EIA (International Energy Agency/ Energy Information Administration) while the forecasts for the“Electricity as the Main Energy Source Scenario” are much higher than current predictions.
description: International Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management, Vol 2 (2014)
Low antimony concentration promoted growth, glucosinolates metabolism and biological activity of two Brassica species
Creators: name: Khamis, Galal
name: Hassan, Abdelrahim H.A.
name: Alsherif, Emad A.
name: Korany, Shereen Magdy
name: AbdElgawad, Hamada
Publisher: name: Journal of Applied Botany and Food Quality
Year: 2023

description: Antimony (Sb), a common rare heavy metal, is found naturally in soils at low concentrations. This study aimed to understand the effect of low Sb concentrations on plant growth and metabolism. To this end, canola (Brassica napus L. var. napus) and turnip roots (Brassica rapa L. var. rapa) were treated with Sb at low concentrations (8 mg/kg soil) to explore the effect Sb on their growth, photosynthesis, glucosinolate metabolism, redox status, and biological activity. Our results revealed that Sb significantly promoted growth by 1.34 and 1.14-fold in B. napus and B. rapa compared to control conditions. This increase can be explained by the observed increase in photosynthesis as indicated by increased chlorophyll content. Low Sb concentration significantly improved total glucosinolate accumulation, through improved amino acid production, namely alanine, leucine, isoleucine, valine, methionine, phenylalanine, tyrosine, and tryptophan. There were increases in myrosinase activity, which stimulated glucosinolate hydrolysis to yield health-promoting sulforaphane. In contrast, a low level of ineffective sulforaphane nitrile was detected. Sb also improved antioxidant metabolites (tocopherol) and enzymes (CAT, POX, SOD) in both species but to a bigger extent in B. napus by 1.98, 2.77, 2.46, and 2.05 fold, respectively. In conclusion, although high Sb concentrations are toxic, low Sb concentrations can promote biomass and bioactive compound accumulation in Brassica spp.
description: Journal of Applied Botany and Food Quality, Vol. 96 (2023): Journal of Applied Botany and Food Quality
Highly efficient system for the micropropagation and acclimatization of pineapple in vitro plants (Ananas comosus L. Merr, var. MD2)
Creators: name: Guzmán Antonio, Adolfo
name: Canto Flick, Adriana
name: Avilés Viñas, Susana
name: Rodriguez Llanes, Yaritza
name: Pijeira Fernández, Gema
name: Santana Buzzy, Nancy
Publisher: name: Journal of Applied Botany and Food Quality
Year: 2023

description: The low acclimatization efficiency of pineapple seedlings obtained by in vitro culture has been one of the main limitations to massively scale micropropagation protocols. Various factors may be affecting the successful establishment of in vitro plants to ex vitro conditions, related to the plant and/or the environment and the management of seedlings. The objective of this study was to establish an efficient micropropagation and acclimatization system for the MD2 variety, with a high in vitro multiplication rate and a high greenhouse and field survival of pineapple in vitro plants. In the multiplication phase, the axillary buds were isolated and placed on a semisolid medium and three induction treatments with different concentrations of BAP (1.0, 3.0, 5.0 mg/L) and ANA (2.0 mg/L), were evaluated. After the third subculture, multiple shoots were transferred to a temporary immersion system (BIOMINT). During acclimatization and nursery phases, six treatments with different substrate compositions wereevaluated. The induction treatment IT3 (BAP 5.0 mg/L and ANA 2.0 mg/L) was selected for a significantly high multiplication rate. AT4 treatment (Soil + Coconut fiber + perlite 1:1:1) showed the highest survival rate (95%) and allowed the obtaining of well-developed plants. This system constitutes a valuable technology to introduce in vitro plants to the pineapple production scheme on a commercial scale.
description: Journal of Applied Botany and Food Quality, Vol. 96 (2023): Journal of Applied Botany and Food Quality
A Scoping Review Protocol for 'Physical Activity and Menstruation: A Scoping Review of Adolescents’ Experiences'
Creators: name: Harvey, Jessica
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Sports Sciences
subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: Life Sciences
subject: Rehabilitation and Therapy
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Adolescents
subject: Exercise
subject: Menstruation
subject: Physical Activity
subject: Puberty

description: This is the registration for the protocol of a scoping review titled 'Physical Activity and Menstruation: A Scoping Review of Adolescents’ Experiences’. There are no prior registrations.