cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Physique Characteristics of Elite Caucasian and Polynesian Rugby Union Athletes
Creators: name: Zemski, Adam J
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2018
Subjects: body composition
DXA
MRI
ethnicity
surface anthropometry
skinfolds
visceral adipose tissue
VAT

description: Rugby union (RU) is an international full-contact team sport characterised by short bursts of high intensity running, heavy tackling, and substantial body contact events. It requires a unique combination of physiological attributes, which are position specific, with an athlete's morphology considerably influencing their on-field position. Forwards are in continual close contact with opposition players, and need to be strong and powerful to gain and retain possession of the ball. Backs control possession of the ball once obtained by the forwards, and are required to accelerate away from opposition players to create scoring opportunities, whilst providing cover in defence. Speed and endurance are among the most important physical attributes for backs. Substantial morphological differences between forwards and backs exist, with forwards possessing more lean mass (LM), and greater absolute and proportional fat mass (FM) compared to backs. There are well established links between the mass of RU athletes and success, with "supersized" athletes highly sought after at the professional level. With physique traits having the potential to influence performance, being able to monitor and manipulate body composition in elite RU athletes is beneficial. As such, physique traits are routinely assessed in elite RU populations, with the most common techniques utilised being surface anthropometry (SA) and dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA).
Supplementary document for Boosting the output power of large aperture lasers by breaking their circular symmetry - 5256586.pdf
Creators: name: Brejnak, Adam
name: Gebski, Marcin
name: Sokół, Adam
name: Marciniak, Magdalena
name: Wasiak, Michal
name: Muszalski, Jan
name: Lott, James
name: Fischer, Ingo
name: Czyszanowski, Tomasz
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplemental materials
Supplementary Material: Building community resilience through the multi-disciplinary research of Australia's leading early-career researchers
Creators: name: Elrick-Barr, Carmen
name: Piggott-McKellar, Annah
name: Alim, Mohammad A
name: Backhouse, Bridget
name: Boersma, Martijn
name: Crossley, Penelope
name: Bush, Judy
name: Cadd, Haidee
name: Chapuis, Lucille
name: Dalziell, Anastasia
name: Deane, David
name: Dusenge, Mirindi Eric
name: Li, Ang
name: Fischer, Tobias
name: Godden, Naomi
name: Hulme, Adam
name: Morris, Heather
name: Prescott, Michaela F
name: Rohr, Tyler
name: Stanely, Samantha
name: Rosentreter, Judith
name: Scanes, Elliot
name: Siahvashi, Arman
name: Thomsen, Giles
name: Wang, Cao
name: Zhao, Chen
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast
Year: 2024
Subjects: Community resilience
Climate adaptation
Hazard resilience
Human geography not elsewhere classified
Climate change impacts and adaptation not elsewhere classified
Natural hazards
Adaptation to climate change

description: This document is the Supplementary Material to the DECRA24 Community Resilience Consortium's publication in the Australian Journal of Emergency Management (Sept 2024). It summarises the research contributions made by the 26 DECRA24 fellows working on projects addressing the 4 components of community resilience: Reducing impact and consequences: Research that will help communities, industries, or systems reduce vulnerabilities, and build capacity and resilience to be better prepared when disasters hit, and therefore reduce impacts on people’s lives, the economy, and society. Reducing recovery and renewal time: Research that will assist communities to respond and recover quickly and effectively in the face of disasters. Recovery may include returning to prior or a new state (bouncing back/bouncing forward). This can include research that will improve services available to populations during and post disasters.Reducing future hazards and vulnerability: Research that examines/draws on past events and associated learning to inform adaptation or mitigation efforts to reduce future disaster vulnerabilities.Reducing future uncertainties: Research that generates new knowledge so systems can adapt/change in the absence of impact; research that supports proactive adaptation to change. This can include new climate models.
Why Open Science?
Creators: name: Verdes-Montenegro, Lourdes
name: Sánchez, Susana
name: Garrido, Julián
Publisher: name: Forschungzentrum Jülich
Year: 2022

description: doi:10.5281/ZENODO.6535369
description: Scientific reproducibility and Open Science may seem like a “new' approach to Science, but these concepts are in fact fundamental principles of the Scientific Method, established a thousand years ago.  By definition, scientists want to follow the Scientific Method. Then why have different studies demonstrated that researchers have difficulties reproducing even their own methods? Clues can be found in a system where science is being drowned by numerical ranking, favouring productivity over discovery. Given the current epoch of economic crisis, where researchers are forced into a competitive game of pandering to panelists in quests for funds, it seems to be a good time for deep reflection on the entire scientific system, and on how to support good ideas versus good marketing. The challenge will be harder when facilities like the Square Kilometre Array Observatory start generating data volumes reaching the exa-scale. Not only will computing, networking or storage resources reach their limits, but the biggest challenge will be scientific: Extracting knowledge will become an impossible task without a fundamental change in methodology and policies in the short-term. Computing facilities enabling science in Big Data oriented facilities should be key in supporting astronomers to build reproducible methods.  I will discuss how different research communities (such as individual researchers, large collaborations, data centres, journals and their referees) as well as policy makers, view the challenges/barriers and rewards of reproducibility. For scientific facilities, adoption of Open Science is both a need and a duty. Open Science not only enhances scientific collaboration and knowledge interchange in a transparent way. It also brings a wider impact in other areas, by encouraging the democratisation of science, contributing to achieving UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.  With this talk I aim to provoke extra critical thinking among the different actors involved in our system (applicants for jobs/grants,  referees, or evaluators), while trying to discuss state of the art and possible future tools and metrics in order to empower scientists to achieve reproducibility in their work. The end game should not be 'good' science but just Science, the one that follows the Scientific Method.
Additional file 18 of The expansion of the TRB and TRG genes in domestic goats (Capra hircus) is characteristic of the ruminant species
Creators: name: Giannico, Francesco
name: Massari, Serafina
name: Jambrenghi, Anna Caputi
name: Soriano, Adriano
name: Pala, Angela
name: Linguiti, Giovanna
name: Ciccarese, Salvatrice
name: Antonacci, Rachele
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 18: Figure S8. (A) Dotplot matrix of goat/sheep TRG1 genomic comparison. Description: The transcriptional orientation of each gene is indicated by arrows and arrow-heads. The triangle indicates a gap (insertions or deletions) between the homology unit. Coloured boxes enclose J-C blocks (red), TRGV genes (blue) and enhancer-like sequences (green).
Les débats parlementaires précédant l'adoption de la Loi sur l'immigration et la protection des réfugiés (C-11) : à l'ère de la sécuritisation des nouveaux venus
Creators: name: Marquis, Lucie
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011
Subjects: Sécuritisation
Loi sur l'immigration et la protection des réfugiés

description: La thèse analyse les distinctions qui se sont opérées dans les débats parlementaires précédant l’adoption de la LIPR (2002) et ce, pour tenter d’identifier le dénominateur commun qui a justifié l’élaboration, par les députés, d'une loi réunissant pour la toute première fois immigrants et réfugiés. Intéressée à voir si ces deux groupes constituaient des figures du sujet à part entière, nous avons analysé les représentations qu’en avaient les parlementaires, que ce soit dans une logique de parti ou dans une logique plus transversale. L’examen des débats parlementaires montre que les députés distinguent non pas les réfugiés des immigrants, mais plutôt les désirables des non-désirables. Par ailleurs, notre démarche analytique a permis de relever les éléments qui particularisent les désirables et les non-désirables. Enfin, nous avons été en mesure de constater l'établissement, voire l'assouplissement d'une diversité de conditions pour notamment favoriser la non-entrée (ou la sortie) des non-désirables.
La BD s’en va t-en guerre
Creators: name: Grossi, Alessandra
Publisher: name: Università degli  Studi di Milano
Year: 2011

description: La BD s’en va t-en guerre
(Un film de Mark Daniels, Arte Editions, 100’, 2010)
par Alessandra Grossi
description: Altre Modernità, 2011: 9/11/2011
Investigating small-scale fisheries supporting shellcraft in Papua New Guinea
Creators: name: Simard, Nittya S M
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2024
Subjects: coastal livelihoods
marine rousource management
molluscs
Pacific islands
shellcraft
small-scale fisheries
subsistence
sustainability
Fisheries sciences
Pacific Peoples society and community

description: Molluscs play an important role in coastal livelihoods within the Indo-Pacific region by supporting fisheries and value-adding activities that are embedded within international and local trade networks. Mother-of-pearl (MoP) fisheries from the region provide over half of the global supply of MoP. Because of long-term, sustained exploitation of MoP and a reliance on international markets, however, coastal livelihoods dependent on MoP are vulnerable to both declining trends and sudden unexpected disturbances (i.e., shocks). Recently, shellcraft which processes marine resources, such as MoP, shells, and skeletal remains of other marine species, into hybrid crafts has become an increasingly important source of income for coastal households. Livelihood development intervention is increasingly focused on shellcraft, which has provided numerous socio-economic benefits for coastal communities in the region, including women’s empowerment. Despite this, in areas where shellcraft is dependent on a fishery, the environmental sustainability of these activities is uncertain because information related to species diversity, habitat fished, and stocks of targeted resources is limited. Molluscs are a versatile resource, because, as well as their shells being used for income generating activities such as MoP exports and shellcraft, their meat provides a source of protein to coastal households. There is, however, a poor understanding on such small-scale fisheries production systems that have interconnected activities like the MoP fishery and export, shellcraft and its fishery, mollusc consumption. There is a need to research historic, economic, social, and ecological dimensions relevant to these activities because such information can assist the fisheries and international development sectors in PNG and potentially in the broader Indo-Pacific region.
A Canadian evaluation framework for quality improvement in childhood arthritis: key performance indicators of the process of care
Creators: name: Barber, Claire E H
name: Twilt, Marinka
name: Pham, Tram
name: Currie, Gillian R
name: Benseler, Susanne
name: Yeung, Rae S M
name: Batthish, Michelle
name: Blanchette, Nicholas
name: Guzman, Jaime
name: Lang, Bianca
name: LeBlanc, Claire
name: Levy, Deborah M
name: O’Brien, Christine
name: Schmeling, Heinrike
name: Soon, Gordon
name: Spiegel, Lynn
name: Whitney, Kristi
name: Marshall, Deborah A
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2020

description: Background: The evaluation of quality of care in juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is critical for advancing patient outcomes but is not currently part of routine care across all centers in Canada. The study objective is to review the current landscape of JIA quality measures and use expert panel consensus to define key performance indicators (KPIs) that are important and feasible to collect for routine monitoring in JIA care in Canada. Methods: Thirty-seven candidate KPIs identified from a systematic review were reviewed for inclusion by a working group including 3 pediatric rheumatologists. A shortlist of 14 KPIs was then assessed using a 3-round modified Delphi panel based on the RAND/UCLA Appropriateness Method. Ten panelists across Canada participated based on their expertise in JIA, quality measurement, or lived experience as a parent of a child with JIA. During rounds 1 and 3, panelists rated each KPI on a 1–9 Likert scale on themes of importance, feasibility, and priority. In round 2, panelists participated in a moderated in-person discussion that resulted in minor modifications to some KPIs. KPIs with median scores of ≥ 7 on all 3 questions without disagreement were included in the framework. Results: Ten KPIs met the criteria for inclusion after round 3. Five KPIs addressed patient assessments: pain, joint count, functional status, global assessment of disease activity, and the clinical Juvenile Arthritis Disease Activity Score (cJADAS). Three KPIs examined access to care: wait times for consultation, access to pediatric rheumatologists within 1 year of diagnosis, and frequency of clinical follow-up. Safety was addressed through KPIs on tuberculous screening and laboratory monitoring. KPIs examining functional status using the Childhood Health Assessment Questionnaire (CHAQ), quality of life, uveitis, and patient satisfaction were excluded due to concerns about feasibility of measurement. Conclusions: The proposed KPIs build upon existing KPIs and address important processes of care that should be measured to improve the quality of JIA care. The feasibility of capturing these measures will be tested in various data sources including the Understanding Childhood Arthritis Network (UCAN) studies. Subsequent work should focus on development of meaningful outcome KPIs to drive JIA quality improvement in Canada and beyond.
The Open Science MOOC
Creators: name: Candian, Alessandra
name: Walma, Lisanne
Publisher: name: Forschungzentrum Jülich
Year: 2022
Subjects: Open Science
OLS-5

description: doi:10.5281/ZENODO.6855937
description: Presentation of our Graduation Project 'Building a community around the TU Delft Open Science MOOC' for the 5th cohort (Cohort Hope) of the Open Life Science Program .
Supplementary document for Boosting the output power of large aperture lasers by breaking their circular symmetry - 5256586.pdf
Creators: name: Brejnak, Adam
name: Gebski, Marcin
name: Sokół, Adam
name: Marciniak, Magdalena
name: Wasiak, Michal
name: Muszalski, Jan
name: Lott, James
name: Fischer, Ingo
name: Czyszanowski, Tomasz
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplemental materials
Les réseaux d’acteurs et le changement des politiques publiques : enquête sur la politique québécoise d’intégration des immigrants et des minorités ethnoculturelles, 1976-1991
Creators: name: Koji, Junichiro
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011
Subjects: Québec
politique d'intégration
immigration
minorités ethnoculturelles
réseaux de politique

description: La présente thèse a pour but d’expliquer l’évolution de la politique d’intégration des immigrants et des minorités ethnoculturelles du Québec entre 1976 et 1991. Plus précisément, notre recherche s’intéresse à deux changements intervenus entre l'énoncé de politique de 1981, Autant de façons d’être Québécois, et celui de 1990/1991, Au Québec pour bâtir ensemble. Nous remarquons d’abord que la priorité des interventions gouvernementales s’est déplacée, passant de la conservation et du développement des cultures d’origine au renforcement des droits de la personne et du mélange interculturel. Ensuite, nous constatons que la charge de mise en oeuvre de l'énoncé a été transférée d’un comité composé des représentants des minorités ethnoculturelles à un groupe interministériel de fonctionnaires. Pour expliquer ces changements, nous utilisons une analyse qui examine l’influence des relations structurelles entre les acteurs gouvernementaux et les acteurs sociétaux dans un domaine de politique publique – conceptualisées dans la littérature comme des « réseaux de politique (policy networks) » – ainsi que l’impact des idées portées par les acteurs composant ces réseaux sur l’évolution des politiques publiques. En nous appuyant sur les documents d’archives, les documents gouvernementaux, la couverture médiatique et des entrevues, nous retraçons la dynamique des réseaux de politique d’intégration au Québec et l’évolution des idées des acteurs afin d’expliquer l’évolution des politiques d’intégration. En identifiant trois réseaux entre 1976 et 1991, nous montrons qu’ils avaient tous une configuration favorable à la dominance des acteurs gouvernementaux vis-à-vis des acteurs sociétaux. En particulier, nous démontrons que le ministre d’État au Développement culturel (MÉDC) et le Ministère des Communautés culturelles et de l’Immigration (MCCI) se sont imposés dans le processus d’élaboration des politiques d’intégration en tant qu’acteurs dominants. En outre, en identifiant les idées portées par les acteurs, nous démontrons que les idées du MÉDC et du MCCI ont eu une influence importante sur les politiques d’intégration. En particulier, nous avançons que les changements intervenus entre les deux énoncés sont dus à la transformation des idées du MCCI, qui a mis plus d’accent sur les interventions auprès des individus et sur le contrôle des fonctionnaires en ce qui concerne la mise en oeuvre des politiques.
The Effect of Gluteus Medius Muscle Activation on Lower Limb Three-dimensional Kinematics And Kinetics in Male and Female Athletes during Three Drop Jump Heights
Creators: name: Nowak, Stephanie Christine
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: gluteus medius
ACL injury
intramuscular electrodes
drop jumps
sex differences

description: Women are four to eight times more likely to injure their anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) compared to men. It is most commonly injured through a non-contact mechanism during game time situations. During landings, women display valgus collapse, where a less active gluteus medius muscle (GMed) may be unable to control the internal rotation of the thigh, causing an increase in knee joint abduction angle, augmenting the risk of ACL injury. This study’s purpose was to determine the difference between 12 male and 12 female athletes in muscle activity, specifically the GMed, and the 3D kinematics and kinetics of the lower-limb during drop jump landings from three heights; maximum vertical jump height, tibial length, and a commonly used height of 40cm. Results showed that females had greater hip adduction and knee abduction angles compared to men. The GMed activity showed no significant differences between sexes at each drop jump height.
Gish Jen, World and Town
Creators: name: Russo, Daniele
Publisher: name: Università degli  Studi di Milano
Year: 2011

description: Gish Jen, World and Town
(New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 2010, pp. 386. ISBN 978-030-727-219-5)
di Daniele Russo
description: Altre Modernità, 2011: 9/11/2011
Preparing university graduates for a career in marketing communications: examining the roles of universities and practice
Creators: name: Llewellynn, Anne
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2017
Subjects: marketing communications
work-ready graduates
optimum employability

description: Current literature indicates that, over the last ten years, higher education in Australia has generally placed increased emphasis on graduate employability, and the need to address generic skills in undergraduate courses. Whether generic skills and graduate employability have been given a greater focus specifically in university in courses teaching marketing communications (also referred to as 'marcoms') has not been widely investigated. Research conclusions differ regarding the roles of universities, employers and industry in developing work-ready, marcoms practitioners. This study examined the roles of universities and practitioners in preparing university graduates for a career in marketing communications and sought to identify at what stage the education and knowledge building responsibilities of universities end and those of employers or professional practice in marcoms begin? The focal research question was: Who should teach what in order to best prepare marketing communications graduates for optimum employability?
Additional file 17 of The expansion of the TRB and TRG genes in domestic goats (Capra hircus) is characteristic of the ruminant species
Creators: name: Giannico, Francesco
name: Massari, Serafina
name: Jambrenghi, Anna Caputi
name: Soriano, Adriano
name: Pala, Angela
name: Linguiti, Giovanna
name: Ciccarese, Salvatrice
name: Antonacci, Rachele
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 17: Figure S7. J-RS sequence logos. Description: Recombination signal sequence logos of the heptamers and nonamers of the goat and sheep TRGJ genes generated using Weblogo [55] The height of letters indicates the relative frequency of each nucleotide at that position.
Biochar and hyperspectral imaging in rhizome crops
Creators: name: Farrar, Michael
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2021
Subjects: biochar
biochar fertiliser
curcumin
Dermosol
enriched biochar
ginger (Zingiber officinale)
hyperspectral imaging
jack-knifing
nutrient management
organic farming
partial least squares regression
soil nutrients
VNIR
turmeric (Curcuma longa)

description: One of the greatest challenges in agriculture is to reconcile increasing demand for food while developing improved management practices in response to our changing climate. Last century’s advancements in synthetic fertilisers have allowed yield increases by supplying high levels of water-soluble soil nutrients that are immediately plant available. However, long term use and overapplication of synthetic fertilisers have resulted in negative environmental outcomes including soil degradation and nutrient leaching to water sources. Excessive nutrient inputs and lack of real-time information about plant available nutrients are two major barriers towards sustainable food production. Therefore, alternative methods are being sought to manage nutrient cycling in food production systems. Two potential technologies that can assist in increasing production are biochar and hyperspectral imaging.
description: Biochar is a carbon rich material made by thermally treating organic material in a process called pyrolysis. Biochar can be applied to soils and is known to affect soil properties and plant growth. Rapid advancements in digital technologies since 2000 are now being developed for use in food production systems. Hyperspectral imaging (HSI) collects spectral and spatial data and can detect spectral signatures of chemical compounds in soils and plants. New technologies that can detect nutrients and minimise nutrient losses during delivery to plants will help to maintain yields and improve sustainability. The general aims of my research were to: (1) investigate how co-applied biochar and biochar-based fertilisers affect soil and plant nutrient cycling and plant growth in rhizome crops (Part A), and (2) explore the potential for hyperspectral imaging to detect nutrients and compounds in soils and plants (Part B).
Anatomy and Handling: Implications for Macadamia Nut quality
Creators: name: Walton, David
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2005
Subjects: Macadamia integrifolia
macadamia
kernel breakage

description: Macadamia (Macadamia integrifolia, M. tetraphylla and hybrids) is a high quality nut with a nutritious, edible kernel. Macadamia is an important horticultural crop in Australia and other countries and Australia is now a world leader in production of macadamia. Research priorities for macadamia have recently shifted from cultural issues to improving quality. Examples of quality issues are insect damage, immature kernels, whole kernel, shoulder damage, weight of pieces, oily and dusty kernels and whether kernels display after-roast-darkening (ARD). The aim of this study was to investigate how kernel ultrastructure, differences in site and season, mechanical dehuskers, delaying harvest, dropping macadamia nut-in-shell (NIS) and the on-farm postharvest handling chain affect kernel quality. The principal quality parameters assessed were roasting quality, oily and dusty kernels, whole kernel, shoulder damage and pieces. Roasting quality was measured by ARD, patchiness of colour and surface damage.
Supplementary document for Influence of the wavefront types on movement artefacts in handheld laser speckle contrast perfusion imaging - 5257205.pdf
Creators: name: Chizari, Ata
name: Knop, Tom
name: Steenbergen, Wiendelt
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Optical Technology

description: Results of using an aiming beam, replication of translation, use of a linear polarizer and a comparison between speckle contrast maps with spherical and scrambled illuminations.
How weird does this mob still seem?
Creators: name: McFarlane, Brian
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Impossibly remote in many ways, the late fifties are portrayed with verve and nuance in John O’Grady’s bestselling novel, writes Brian McFarlane, in his review of the book and DVD 'They’re a weird mob', by Nino Culotta, published by Text Classics, Melbourne, 2012, and 'They're a weird mob', directed by Michael Powell, distributed by Reel DVD, Australia, 1966.
Linking land to sea restoration to optimise management of coastal ecosystems
Creators: name: Goodridge Gaines, Lucy
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: estuaries
subject: fish biodiversity
subject: habitat
subject: landscape
subject: prioritisation
subject: seascape
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Coastal ecosystems are under threat from a diversifying and expanding range of pressures that affect many environmental realms and multiple spatial scales. These multi-scaled impacts change the extent, connectedness and condition of coastal ecosystems, altering their value for humans and animals. For this reason, there is a drive to increase restoration across coastal seascapes to help mediate the effects of anthropogenic pressures both within estuaries and across broader catchments. Quantitatively identifying the scale, ecosystem and target ecosystem condition to prioritise is challenging due to competing impacts from multiple spatial scales. Disentangling these effects requires quantitative data and a systematic approach to prioritising restoration site selection to increase the likelihood of success. In this thesis, I quantified the relative effect of impacts and drivers originating from and impacting upon coastal ecosystems at three spatial scales; landscape, seascape and habitat. I show that at landscape scales, catchments with higher natural habitat and conservation land percent cover, lower chlorophyll-a concentrations (<1.19 μg/L) and sites that are in closer proximity to the estuary mouth (<3,000 m) support greater fish and fisheries. At seascape scales, spatial positioning was more important than habitat condition in structuring fish abundance and diversity in six habitats. Specifically, sites that were in closer proximity to the estuary mouth (<10,000 m) and to diverse habitats patches (especially smaller patches of mangrove and intertidal flats) support higher fish abundance and diversity. I applied this multi-scaled approach to address gaps in the literature about optimal placement and target condition of log snag habitats in estuaries. There were consistent effects of proximity to the estuary mouth (<10,000 m), deeper water (>3 m) and with lower algae cover on the log (<25 %) supported a more diverse and abundant fish assemblages and abundant fish functional groups across three years of survey. I then reviewed the literature on the effects of impacts and drivers of coastal ecosystems at these three spatial scale and synthesised these findings with a case study that uses a systematic approach to site selection throughout southeast Queensland (SEQ) estuaries to enhance fish biodiversity. I highlight that using quantitative data results in system-specific outcomes that can be used to develop frameworks for restoration planning. Consequently, adapting a systematic approach to prioritising restoration may result in a higher likelihood of restoration success.
Additional file 19 of The expansion of the TRB and TRG genes in domestic goats (Capra hircus) is characteristic of the ruminant species
Creators: name: Giannico, Francesco
name: Massari, Serafina
name: Jambrenghi, Anna Caputi
name: Soriano, Adriano
name: Pala, Angela
name: Linguiti, Giovanna
name: Ciccarese, Salvatrice
name: Antonacci, Rachele
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 19: Figure S8. (B) Dotplot matrix of goat/sheep TRG2 genomic comparison. Description: The transcriptional orientation of each gene is indicated by arrows and arrow-heads. The triangle indicates a gap (insertions or deletions) between the homology unit. The regions of more extensive homology are numbered. The parallel lines representing the duplication of TRGC2A and TRGC2B cassettes are boxed (red). Green rectangle enclose the position of the enhancer-like sequences in the sheep locus.
Additional file 1 of The expansion of the TRB and TRG genes in domestic goats (Capra hircus) is characteristic of the ruminant species
Creators: name: Giannico, Francesco
name: Massari, Serafina
name: Jambrenghi, Anna Caputi
name: Soriano, Adriano
name: Pala, Angela
name: Linguiti, Giovanna
name: Ciccarese, Salvatrice
name: Antonacci, Rachele
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. Description of the TRB genes in the Capra hircus chromosome 4 genome assembly (NCBI Reference Sequence CM_004565.1). The position of all genes and their classification and functionality are reported.
Phytoplankton Communities in Temperate Rivers
Creators: name: Contant, Jacinthe
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: phytoplankton
picophytoplankton
size distribution analysis
seasonal succession
nutrients
Picophytoplankton in rivers

description: The structure of phytoplankton communities was examined seasonally across five rivers with a focus on small cells and their relative importance. Picophytoplankton (0.2-2 μm), previously considered insignificant in rivers, reached densities as high as those observed in lakes and oceans (~ 10e4-10e5 cells/mL). Their relative importance was not a function of trophic state with the highest contribution to algal biomass found in the most eutrophic river. Body size distributions were analyzed from both chlorophyll-a size fractions and taxonomic enumerations; no significant effect of river or season was detected, suggesting that phytoplankton size distribution is not a useful metric of change in rivers. Unlike lake ecosystems, the rivers were uniformly dominated by small cells (< 20 μm). Taxonomic analyses of the seasonal succession did not reveal a common periodicity of particular divisions (e.g. diatoms). However, strong dominance was more typical of eutrophic rivers even though taxa richness was similar.
Pharmacokinetics, radiation dosimetry, acute toxicity and automated synthesis of [18F]AmBF3-TATE
Creators: name: Lau, Joseph
name: Pan, Jinhe
name: Rousseau, Etienne
name: Uribe, Carlos F.
name: Seelam, Sudhakara R.
name: Sutherland, Brent W.
name: Perrin, David M.
name: Lin, Kuo-Shyan
name: Bénard, François
Publisher: name: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 2020

description: Introduction: [¹⁸F]AmBF₃-TATE is a somatostatin agonist that selectively binds to somatostatin receptor subtype 2 (SSTR2). For clinical translation, pharmacokinetics, radiation dosimetry, and acute toxicity of [¹⁸F]AmBF₃-TATE were assessed with good laboratory practice (GLP) standards. Methods: ICR mice were intravenously administered 0.8–2.0 MBq of [¹⁸F]AmBF₃-TATE, with one group pre-injected with 100 μg of [¹⁹F]AmBF₃-TATE 30 min before radiopharmaceutical administration to assess uptake specificity. The mice were euthanized at 0.5, 1, 2, or 4 h post-injection (p.i.). Blood and tissues were collected, weighed, and counted on a gamma counter to determine percentage injected dose per gram (%ID/g). Dosimetry was calculated based on biodistribution data using the mouse and human phantoms included in OLINDA. Acute toxicity was assessed in Sprague-Dawley rats at the dose of 0.742 mg/kg [¹⁹F]AmBF₃-TATE, with a 14-day observation/recovery period. Blood chemistry parameters, gross, and histopathology were evaluated. Body weight change and food consumption were monitored. The production of [¹⁸F]AmBF₃-TATE was automated on a Trasis AllinOne synthesis module. Results: [¹⁸F]AmBF₃-TATE was cleared through the renal and hepatobiliary pathway. At 1 h p.i., the pancreas (F, 15.7 ± 3.72 and M 14.3 ± 1.61 %ID/g), stomach (F, 15.3 ± 3.63 and M, 19.0 ± 3.49 %ID/g), and lungs (F, 9.26 ± 2.24 and M, 6.17 ± 6.04 %ID/g) were the organs with the highest specific uptake. Pre-injection with [¹⁹F]AmBF₃-TATE significantly reduced pancreatic uptake (F, 0.13 ± 0.03 and M, 0.18 ± 0.09 %ID/g) at 1 h p.i. For dosimetry extrapolated to the average adult human, the bladder (0.027–0.030 mGy/MBq), pancreas (0.018–0.028 mGy/MBq), and lungs (0.006–0.013 mGy/MBq) are expected to receive the highest doses. No test-item related effects were observed upon evaluation of clinical observations, body weights, food consumption, clinical pathology, gross pathology, and histopathology for acute toxicity. [¹⁸F]AmBF₃-TATE was produced at activity yields of 15.6 ± 4.59 GBq, average molar activity of 435 ± 162 GBq/μmol, and radiochemical purity of 98.0 ± 1.73% with the automated synthesizer. Conclusion: [¹⁸F]AmBF₃-TATE binds specifically to SSTR2. At 1000× clinical dose, [¹⁹F]AmBF₃-TATE was well tolerated with no treatment-related adverse effects.
Evaluation of MicroRNA Mechanisms Involved in Collagen Matrix Therapy for Myocardial Infarction
Creators: name: Chiarella-Redfern, Hélène
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2015
Subjects: MicroRNA
Myocardial Infarction
Biomaterial
miR-92a

description: Myocardial infarction (MI), a late-stage event of many cardiovascular diseases (CVD), results in cardiomyocyte death, myeloid cell recruitment to promote cellular debris removal and excessive cardiac remodeling affecting architecture and function, which can ultimately lead to heart failure. Currently, the use of biomaterials to intervene on the hostile post-MI environment and promote myocardial healing is being investigated to restore cardiac function. It has been shown that an injectable collagen matrix improves cardiac repair by altering macrophage polarization, reducing cell death and enhancing angiogenesis, leading to a reduction in infarct size and improved cardiac function when delivered at 3 hours post-MI. MicroRNAs (miRNA) “fine tune” gene expression by negatively regulating the translational output of target messenger RNA (mRNA). As such, miRNAs present interesting therapeutic opportunities for the treatment of MI. However, the delivery of miRNA mimics and/or inhibitors can be complicated by degradation and off target effects. The objectives of this thesis were to determine how the matrix may regulate endogenous miRNAs and to explore the biomaterial’s ability to deliver therapeutic miRNAs. It was shown that matrix treatment of MI mouse hearts resulted in altered expression of 119 miRNAs, some of which had functions linked to the beneficial effects of matrix treatment. Of particular interest, miR-92a was down-regulated within the infarct and peri-infarct cardiac tissue 2 days after matrix treatment (delivered at 3-hours post-MI) compared to PBS treatment. In in vitro cultures, the matrix down-regulated miR-92a levels in macrophages but did not significantly alter miR-92a expression in endothelial cells, circulating angiogenic cells or fibroblasts. In addition, using an in vitro model system, it was shown that the matrix may have the potential to deliver functional therapeutic miRNAs to cells; however further experimental optimisation is required to confirm these results. Therefore, collagen matrix treatment may be a promising approach to regulate and/or deliver miRNAs for protecting the myocardial environment and improving function of the infarcted heart.
Open Science @LCSB-ECI
Creators: name: Schymanski, Emma
Publisher: name: Forschungzentrum Jülich
Year: 2021
Subjects: Open Science

description: doi:10.5281/ZENODO.4959841
description: Invited talk for the ELIXIR-Luxembourg ( ELIXIR-LU ) Best Practices in Research Data Management and Stewardship workshop (14 June 2021 - 17 June 2021) scheduled for June 17th at 10:30 CET .  Many thanks to all group members, collaborators, contributors and Open Science champions who were a part of the content presented in the slides!
High Dynamic Range Panoramic Imaging with Scene Motion
Creators: name: Silk, Simon
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011
Subjects: high dynamic range imaging
HDR
panoramic imaging
tele-presence
image processing
computer graphics
computer vision
ghost removal
deghosting
image-based rendering

description: Real-world radiance values can range over eight orders of magnitude from starlight to direct sunlight but few digital cameras capture more than three orders in a single Low Dynamic Range (LDR) image. We approach this problem using established High Dynamic Range (HDR) techniques in which multiple images are captured with different exposure times so that all portions of the scene are correctly exposed at least once. These images are then combined to create an HDR image capturing the full range of the scene. HDR capture introduces new challenges; movement in the scene creates faded copies of moving objects, referred to as ghosts. Many techniques have been introduced to handle ghosting, but typically they either address specific types of ghosting, or are computationally very expensive. We address ghosting by first detecting moving objects, then reducing their contribution to the final composite on a frame-by-frame basis. The detection of motion is addressed by performing change detection on exposure-normalized images. Additional special cases are developed based on a priori knowledge of the changing exposures; for example, if exposure is increasing every shot, then any decrease in intensity in the LDR images is a strong indicator of motion. Recent Superpixel over-segmentation techniques are used to refine the detection. We also propose a novel solution for areas that see motion throughout the capture, such as foliage blowing in the wind. Such areas are detected as always moving, and are replaced with information from a single input image, and the replacement of corrupted regions can be tailored to the scenario. We present our approach in the context of a panoramic tele-presence system. Tele-presence systems allow a user to experience a remote environment, aiming to create a realistic sense of "being there" and such a system should therefore provide a high quality visual rendition of the environment. Furthermore, panoramas, by virtue of capturing a greater proportion of a real-world scene, are often exposed to a greater dynamic range than standard photographs. Both facets of this system therefore stand to benefit from HDR imaging techniques. We demonstrate the success of our approach on multiple challenging ghosting scenarios, and compare our results with state-of-the-art methods previously proposed. We also demonstrate computational savings over these methods.
Supplementary document for Influence of the wavefront types on movement artefacts in handheld laser speckle contrast perfusion imaging - 5257205.pdf
Creators: name: Chizari, Ata
name: Knop, Tom
name: Steenbergen, Wiendelt
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Optical Technology

description: Results of using an aiming beam, replication of translation, use of a linear polarizer and a comparison between speckle contrast maps with spherical and scrambled illuminations.
Additional file 6 of The expansion of the TRB and TRG genes in domestic goats (Capra hircus) is characteristic of the ruminant species
Creators: name: Giannico, Francesco
name: Massari, Serafina
name: Jambrenghi, Anna Caputi
name: Soriano, Adriano
name: Pala, Angela
name: Linguiti, Giovanna
name: Ciccarese, Salvatrice
name: Antonacci, Rachele
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 6: Figure S2. (B) Dot-plot of the goat TRBV cluster sequence against itself. Description: Enlargement of the wider red box in (A) showing the pattern of parallel lines due to the tandem duplicative events of the TRBV5 and TRBV6 genes. The arrows indicate long homology lines determined by a repetitive TRBV5-TRBV6 base unit.
Italiano per Cinesi – Didael. Corso di lingua italiana online.
Creators: name: Bosc, Franca
Publisher: name: Italiano LinguaDue
Year: 2009

description: Per gli apprendenti sinofoni la lingua italiana, con la sua complessità e fragilità morfologica, rappresenta  un ostacolo notevole. Il corso  pone attenzione alla lontananza tipologica delle due lingue con schede grammaticali in cinese e, soprattutto, i livelli A1 e A2 hanno una progressione molto controllata per fissare le basi della lingua italiana. Sono disponibili un Glossario, tre diversi tipi di dizionario (il dizionario automatico, il dizionario, visuale e il dizionario fraseologico) e approfondimenti culturali.   Si tratta di un corso completo che consente di sviluppare le competenze previste  dal Quadro Comune Europeo; il modello formativo è flessible e prevede varie opzioni di erogazione.

    For Chinese speakers Italian, in all its complexity and morphological fragility, represents a great obstacle.  This course takes into careful account the distance between the two language types, with grammar fact cards in Chinese and, above all, progression at levels A1 and A2 which is very carefully controlled in order to establish the bases of the Italian language.  A Glossary, three different types of dictionary (an automatic dictionary, a visual dictionary and a dictionary of phrases) and cultural details are available.  This is a complete course which makes it possible to develop the competences foreseen by the Common European Framework; the teaching pattern is flexible and can be provided in different forms.

description: Italiano LinguaDue, Vol 1, N° 1 (2009)
La construction des phrases en contexte post-tonal : une analyse du Trio n°2 de Clermont Pépin
Creators: name: Tétreault, Louis
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: Analyse musicale
Phrase musicale
Clermont Pépin
Musique post-tonale
Musique canadienne

description: Cette étude présente une méthode pour interpréter les phrases post-tonales en analysant le premier et deuxième mouvement du Trio n°2 (1982) du compositeur canadien Clermont Pépin (1926 - 2006). Trois caractéristiques de la phrase musicale (cohérence, continuité et conclusion) sont tirées des recherches de Christopher Hasty et sont appliquées principalement à l'analyse du premier mouvement. L'analyse permet entre autres d'établir une liste des procédés servant à conclure les phrases et à dresser un plan formel du mouvement en tenant compte des différences structurelles des phrases de chaque section. L'analyse du deuxième mouvement, dont la musique comprend une part plus importante de périodicité, joint les caractéristiques de Hasty aux concepts formels tonals (types thématiques, caractéristiques spécifiques des débuts, milieux et fins formels) tels qu'énoncés par William Caplin.
Grammatica e acquisizione dell'italiano L2
Creators: name: Andorno, Cecilia
Publisher: name: Italiano LinguaDue
Year: 2010

description: Gli apprendenti richiedono l’insegnamento della grammatica e, data la complessità e la pervasività del sistema grammaticale italiano,  il docente deve dotarsi di strumenti e conoscenze per rispondere adeguatamente. L’intervento, attraverso lo sviluppo del sistema verbale,  prende in considerazione una  descrizione grammaticale statica e una descrizione dinamica, procedurale e funzionale pensata per descrivere  l’uso che di tale sistema ne fanno i parlanti.  L’insegnante per poter svolgere il ruolo di mediatore tra ciò che l’apprendente sa e il modo in cui il sistema è organizzato, dovrebbe conoscere il sistema nella sua interezza e complessità,  non solo secondo un modello descrittivo del sistema finale, ma anche secondo le operazioni necessarie alla ricostruzione del sistema che l’apprendente mette in atto.       Learners ask to be taught grammar and, given the complex and pervasive nature of the Italian language system, the teacher must be equipped with tools and knowledge to provide an adequate response.  Through the development of the verb system, this paper takes into consideration a static description of grammar and a dynamic, procedural and functional one, conceived for describing the use that speakers actually make of this system.  In order to perform her role as mediator between what the learner knows and the way in which the system is organized, the teacher  should have an overall knowledge of it in all its complexity, not only in terms of a descriptive model of the final system, but also in terms of the operations required for reconstructing the system that are put into practice by the learner.
description: Italiano LinguaDue, Vol 1, N° 1 (2009)
Slow Science, Open Science
Creators: name: Masuzzo, Paola
Publisher: name: Forschungzentrum Jülich
Year: 2021
Subjects: Open Science
Inclusive Science
Slow Science

description: doi:10.5281/ZENODO.4715218
description: This is a mini presentation I showed during the Inter-University Doctoral Schools Course organized by 'Slow Science in Belgium': ‘ What does it mean to be a researcher in 21st century academia? ’
Additional file 7 of The expansion of the TRB and TRG genes in domestic goats (Capra hircus) is characteristic of the ruminant species
Creators: name: Giannico, Francesco
name: Massari, Serafina
name: Jambrenghi, Anna Caputi
name: Soriano, Adriano
name: Pala, Angela
name: Linguiti, Giovanna
name: Ciccarese, Salvatrice
name: Antonacci, Rachele
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 7: Figure S3. (A) Description of the goat TRBD genes. The inferred amino acid sequence of the TRBD genes in the three coding frames are reported.