cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Occupational exposure to power frequency magnetic fields and risk of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
Creators: name: Johns, Karen
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Health Sciences, Occupational Health and Safety.
subject: Health Sciences, Public Health.
subject: Health Sciences, Oncology.

description: Extremely low frequency magnetic fields (MF) have been associated with leukemia. The objective of this thesis was to determine the risk of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) associated with occupational exposure to power frequency MF. We analyzed data collected through the Canadian National Enhanced Cancer Surveillance System (NECSS) from 1624 histologically confirmed incident cases of NHL and 1643 population controls. Every occupation held by subjects was categorized through blinded expert review according to its average MF exposure. Cumulative exposure indices were calculated for each subject. Adjusted odds ratios were calculated using logistic regression. We found no association between occupational exposure to MF and NHL risk. We did find an association between self-reported work with pesticides and NHL risk (OR 1.3, 95% CI: 1.0, 1.6). Our findings provide no support for the hypothesis that exposure to power frequency MF is a causal factor for NHL.
Urinary excretion of phthalates and the substitutes DINCH and DEHTP in Danish young men and German young adults between 2000 and 2017 - a time trend analysis
Creators: name: Kolossa-Gehring, Marike
name: Frederiksen, Hanne
name: Lange, Rosa
name: Vogel, Nina
name: Weber, Till
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2023
Subjects: Human-Biomonitoring

description: Over the last twenty-five years it has become evident that exposure to several phthalates can have adverse effects on human health, such as endocrine disruption. This led to a series of EU regulations that resulted in a decrease in the production volumes of the restricted phthalates and an increased production of substitutes. The current study describes the impact of regulations and changes in production and use of phthalates and their substitutes on internal exposure patterns in two European populations since the beginning of the 2000'ies. Using harmonised data from young adults in Denmark (Danish Young Men Study, n = 1,063, spot urine) and Germany (Environmental Specimen Bank, n = 878, 24-h urine) with repeated cross-sectional design (3-11 cycles per biomarker) we applied Locally Estimated Scatterplot Smoothing (LOESS) and Generalized Linear Models (GLMs) to estimate time trends and the role of covariates on the trend (e.g. age, BMI). Time trends of daily excretion (mikrog/24h) are comparable between the two samples for the regulated (DEHP, BBzP, DiNP, DnBP, DiBP, DiDP/DPHP) as well as the non-regulated substances (DMP, DEP, DINCH, DEHTP) although the rate of change differ for some of the compounds. GLM results indicate that the daily excretion of the most regulated phthalates has decreased over time (DEHP yearly about 12-16%, BBzP 5%, DnBP 0.3-17%, and DiBP 4-12%). Interestingly, also the non-regulated phthalates DMP and DEP decreased by 6-18% per year. In sharp contrast, the phthalate substitutes DINCH and DEHTP show very steep annual increases (~10-68% and ~100%, respectively) between 2009 and 2017. We did not find an effect of age, sex, BMI, or education on the time trend. The present study provides comparable insights into how exposure to phthalates and two of their substitutes have changed over the last two decades in Germany and Denmark. © 2022 The Authors
Supplementary document for Near-field nonlinear imaging of an anapole mode beyond diffraction limit - 5128863.pdf
Creators: name: Cui, Tong
name: Zhang, Mingqian
name: Zhao, Yun
name: Yang, Yuanmu
name: Bai, Benfeng
name: Sun, Hong-Bo
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplement 1
Leaving the 'lucky country'? Return migration trajectories between Australia and Germany
Creators: name: Klein, Maren
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This thesis investigates the development of migratory processes between Germany and Australia since1952 with a focus on long-term return trajectories. While Australia and Germany serve as reference points in the investigation, the longitudinal approach employed allows for a differentiated exploration of the development and conceptualisations of the phenomenon. The thesis highlights the intersection and interdependency of macro-level socio-political and economic factors and micro-level decision. By focusing on long-term return trajectories and conceptualisations, and using a migrant-centred approach, the thesis illuminates the increase in mobility conceptualisations as one building block in an individual's biography in an increasingly global world.
Charles Fourier and Charles Taylor: Romantic expressivism and the socialist philosophy of labour.
Creators: name: Ravignat, Mathieu G.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Political Science, General.

description: An exploration of the link between romanticism as a Weltanschauung and the early socialist philosophy of labour. A romantic interpretation against the utopian socialist interpretations of Charles Fourier's thought using three criteria: materialism, expressivism and social estheticism. Authors found in text include: Charles Fourier, Charles Taylor, Karl Marx, Helvetius, George Lukacs, Robert Sayre, Michael Lowy, Saint-Simon, and Jacques Barzun.
The traditional, the innovative, the ephemeral: conception, realization, intervention in contemporary art
Creators: name: Lorusso, Salvatore
name: Natali, Andrea
name: Volpe, Filomena
Publisher: name: Dipartimento di Storie e Metodi per la Conservazione dei Beni Culturali (Di.S.Me.C.)
Year: 2009

description: The traditional, the innovative, the ephemeral: conception, realization, intervention in contemporary art.
One must consider the traditional, the innovative and also the ephemeral related to the artistic intentions and thus to the interventions on works of contemporary art, for which the concepts of originality and authenticity do not always correspond.
The Brandian vision and point of view do not completely resolve the problematics relative to restoration and conservation: artists realize their artifacts with the intention of undermining tradition or, however, of interpreting it in an unusual way.
There are, therefore, cases when a diagnostic-analytical and conservative intervention is possible correspondently to the different and numerous typologies of the materials (poor, plastic, industrial) and techniques (collage, enamel on rubber foam, paint on textile or plastic, neon).
A vocation for the ephemeral can be transformed into the adoption of deteriorated materials or into the realization of works of conceptual art and net-art.
Some case studies are treated in the comparison of art works of different age.
The solutions to the aforementioned problematics are offered and the importance of the involvement of the historical-technical experts, authors and manufacturers of the materials used in the artifacts is highlighted.
Finally the procedure of intervention cannot be the same for all works of contemporary art. One must employ a methodology based on the critical study, not only of the materials used but also of the philosophy and creative conceptual intentions of the artist.
title: Differential Gene Expression in Starvation Selected Drosophila Melanogaster
Creators: name: Schultz, Katherine
Publisher: name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Year: 2020

description: Fruit flies that have been selected for starvation resistance can be used in experimental studies to study physiological processes. Both their genomes and their phenotypes, especially metabolism, change significantly as a result of artificial selection. Starvation selected flies develop slower and are larger due to higher lipid content as adults. We used RNAseq to study gene expression in third instar larval fat body tissue from selected and control lines at the same chronological time point, when the fed control (“FC”) lines were wandering, and the starvation selected (“SS”) lines were in the third larval instar but not yet wandering due to longer larval feeding and delayed development. DAVID and bioinformatic statistical analyses showed genes of interest that were significantly over- and under-expressed in each population. The gene clusters that were most over-expressed in the starvation selected lines were glutathione metabolism, regulation of lipid storage, pseudouridine synthesis, mitochondrial proton transport, long-chain fatty acid biosynthesis, response to sucrose, and glycogen metabolism. The gene clusters that were most under-expressed in the starvation selected lines were the proteasome, arginine and proline metabolism, pyruvate metabolism, the TCA cycle, and malate metabolism. We conclude that third instar larvae in the SS and FC populations have significantly different transcriptomes. Further genomic, transcriptomic, and physiology approaches can help uncover the phenomena causing differences between SS and FC larvae.
Atrial fibrillation care in rural communities: a mixed methods study of physician and patient perspectives
Creators: name: Rush, Kathy L.
name: Burton, Lindsay
name: Van Der Merwe, Fransien
name: Hatt, Linda
name: Galloway, Camille
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2019

description: Background: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a serious heart arrhythmia associated with devastating outcomes such as stroke. Inequitable rural AF care may put patients at risk. Virtually delivered specialty AF care offers a viable option, but stakeholder perceptions of this option within the context of rural AF care is unknown. The study purpose was to obtain patient and primary care physician perspectives of rural AF care and virtually delivered AF care as a potential option. Methods: Using a mixed methods design, AF patients (n = 101) and physicians (n = 15) from three rural communities participated in focus groups and/or surveys. Focus group data were thematically analyzed, survey data were descriptively analyzed, and data were triangulated. Results: Findings captured patients’ and physicians’ perceptions of prioritized, needs, concerns and problems in AF management, available/unavailable services, and their ideas about virtual AF care. Patients and physicians identified eclectic problems in managing AF. Overall, patients felt ill informed about managing their AF and their most salient problems related to fatigue, exercise intolerance, weight maintenance, sleep apnea, and worry about stroke and bleeding. Physicians found treating patients with co-morbidities and cognitive decline problematic and balancing risks related to anticoagulation challenging. Patients and physicians identified education as a pressing need, which physicians lacked time and resources to meet. Despite available rural services, access to primary and cardiology care was a recurring challenge, and emergency department (ED) use highly contentious but often the only option for accessing care. Physicians’ managed AF care and varied in the referrals they made, often reserving them for complex situations to avoid patient travel. Patients and providers supported a broad approach to virtual AF care, tailored to an inclusive rural patient demographic. Conclusions: The study offered valuable physician and patient perspectives on AF care in rural communities including diverse management challenges, gaps in access to primary and specialty services that made ED an often used but contentious option. Findings point to the potential value of virtual care designed to reach patients with AF across the spectrum and geared to local contexts that preserve the vital role of primary care physicians in AF care in their communities.
An acoustical survey about the Sanctuary of Altavilla Milicia (Palermo)
Creators: name: Barbaro, Salvatore
name: Caracausi, Rosario
name: Chisesi, Rosa Maria
name: Cognata, Gaetano
name: Genualdi, Giuseppe
name: Lorusso, Salvatore
name: Mazzè, Angela
name: Milione, Daniele
Publisher: name: Dipartimento di Storie e Metodi per la Conservazione dei Beni Culturali (Di.S.Me.C.)
Year: 2006

description: This study aims at using the science and the technique, known nowadays, at the service of the Liturgy and of the holy architecture.  In addition to this, its second goal is to investigate completely, on some general acoustic aspects that can be founded inside liturgical rooms, without overlooking the historical-architectural aspects regarding the difference "kinds" of manufactures and materials in relation to the specific liturgical needs. According to this, an interesting simulation of sound diffusion inside the Sanctuario of Altavilla Milicia, defined by the Cardinal S. De Giorgi "the first and most notorious Marian place of veneration belonging to the Church of Palermo", was performed. By means of this simulation, the acoustic parameters of the ecclesial room were taken, in compliance to the standards UNI EN ISO 3382/1997 (Measurements   of enclosed environments Reverberation Time with reference to other acoustic parameters).
Variability of black carbon mass concentrations, sub-micrometer particle number concentrations and size distributions: results of the German Ultrafine Aerosol Network ranging from city street to high alpine locations
Creators: name: Birmili, Wolfram
name: Sun, Junying
name: Gerwig, Holger
name: Hermann, Markus
name: Ries, Ludwig
name: Schwerin, Andreas
name: Sohmer, Ralf
name: Meinhardt, Frank
name: Wirtz, Klaus
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2019
Subjects: Black Carbon

description: This work reports the first statistical analysis of multi-annual data on tropospheric aerosols from the German Ultrafine Aerosol Network (GUAN). Compared to other networks worldwide, GUAN with 17 measurement locations has the most sites equipped with particle number size distribution (PNSD) and equivalent black carbon (eBC) instruments and the most site categories in Germany ranging from city street/roadside to High Alpine. As we know, the variations of eBC and particle number concentration (PNC) are influenced by several factors such as source, transformation, transport and deposition. The dominant controlling factor for different pollutant parameters might be varied, leading to the different spatio-temporal variations among the measured parameters. Currently, a study of spatio-temporal variations of PNSD and eBC considering the influences of both site categories and spatial scale is still missing. Based on the multi-site dataset of GUAN, the goal of this study is to investigate how pollutant parameters may interfere with spatial characteristics and site categories. © 2019 The Authors
Supplementary document for Self-stabilized soliton generation in a microresonator through mode-pulled Brillouin lasing - 5130253.pdf
Creators: name: Hwan, In
name: Kim, Dohyeong
name: Jeong, Dongin
name: suk, daewon
name: Kwon, Dohyeon
name: Kim, Jungwon
name: Lee, Jae Hoon
name: Lee, Hansuek
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Nonlinear Optics and Spectroscopy

description: Supplemental document
The development of "clinically sensible" tools to screen for cognitive impairment in community-dwelling elderly persons. Bridging the gap between research and clinical practice by balancing discriminant ability vs. practicality.
Creators: name: Molnar, Frank J.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Health Sciences, Mental Health.

description: Background. Despite its prevalence and clinical relevance, cognitive impairment typically remains undetected in 50% of cases. Objective. To develop clinically sensible (quick, simple, acceptable), accurate and readily recalled screens for cognitive impairment based on easily reproducible analytic strategies. Methods. The Canadian Study of Health and Aging (CSHA-1) served as the derivation data set. 3MS cognitive screening questions which were judged as most likely to be employed by busy clinicians and which were significantly associated (via chi2 analysis) with cognitive impairment were selected as independent variables for multivariate analysis. The screening tests derived from logistic regression and recursive partitioning analyses which most closely approximated the sensitivity and specificity of the entire 3MS were externally validated. Results. Two logistic regression based scales and two recursive partitioning algorithms demonstrated sensitivities and specificities approaching those of the complete 3MS (approximately 80% and 60% respectively). The sensitivity was superior to that of the MMSE. Conclusion. Readily reproducible multivariate analysis based strategies can be developed which generate practical screening tests with psychometric properties approaching those of the 3MS. Given the existence of verification bias, these screens as well as screens with higher sensitivity and lower specificity must be validated prospectively before they can be clinically employed.
Archaeology and public works: an example from Iran
Creators: name: Callieri, Pierfrancesco
Publisher: name: Dipartimento di Storie e Metodi per la Conservazione dei Beni Culturali (Di.S.Me.C.)
Year: 2006

description: The contrast, often dramatic, between the needs of the economic development in the protection of our cultural heritage concerns mainly those countries which are endowed with a glorious past full of historical remains, among them there is Iran as well. In this country, one of the fields that stands for one of the main risk for the protection of the cultural heritage is represented by the ambitious plan to build several dams in order to solve the country water and energy problems. The author shows one of the project worked out by the Iranian Office for the Cultural Heritage, whose goal is to cope with such emergencies. This project refers to archaeological surveys carried out in the area which should be flooding by the Sinvand dam, not so far from the ancient centre of Pasargade, in the Fars area: this project presents an additional interest since it is based on a international collaboration totally new for the Moslem Republic. An "archaeological mission" of the Ravenian branche of the Alma Mater Studiorum (Facoltà di Conservazione dei Beni Culturali), shas taken part to this valuable program, and as explored two rural settlements of Achemenide and Post-achemenide Age (VIth-Ist century B.C.) age, in collaboration with the Iranian Centre for the Archaeological Researches. The results of these three excavations performed, represent the first proof of the region occupation belonging to this period, outside the big dynastic complexes of palaces.
Determining the Contribution of Utrophin A Versus Other Components of the Slow, Oxidative Phenotype in the Beneficial Adaptations of Dystrophic Muscle Fibers Following AMPK Activation
Creators: name: Al-Rewashdy, Hasanen
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: Utrophin
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Dystrophin
AMPK
AICAR

description: Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) results from the absence of a functional dystrophin protein. Among its possible therapeutic options is the upregulation of dystrophin’s autosomal analogue, utrophin A. This can be achieved by a pharmacologically induced shift towards a slower, more oxidative skeletal muscle phenotype, which has been shown to confer morphological and functional improvements on models of DMD. Whether these improvements are a result of the utrophin A upregulation or other beneficial adaptations associated with the slow, oxidative phenotype, such as improved autophagy, has not been determined. To understand the importance of utrophin A to the therapeutic value of the slow, oxidative phenotype, we used the utrophin/dystrophin double knockout (dKO) model of DMD. We found the dKO mouse to have a similar skeletal muscle signaling capacity and phenotype to mdx mice. When treated with the adenosine monophosphate activated protein kinase (AMPK) agonist 5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide-1-β-D-ribofuranoside (AICAR), both dKO and mdx mice expressed a shift towards a slower, more oxidative phenotype. In the mdx mice, this shift caused improvements in muscle fiber central nucleation, IgM penetration, damage from eccentric contractions, and forelimb grip strength. These morphological and functional benefits were not seen in the AICAR treated dKO mice. This study highlights the importance of utrophin A upregulation to the benefits of the slow, oxidative myogenic program to dystrophic mice. It confirms utrophin A as a therapeutic target in DMD and the slow, oxidative myogenic program as clinically relevant avenue towards treatment of the disease.
Stem cell-specific mechanisms ensure genomic fidelity within HSCs and upon aging of HSCs
Creators: name: Möhrle, Bettina M.
name: Nattamai, Kalpana
name: Brown, Andreas
name: Florian, Maria C.
name: Ryan, Marnie
name: Vogel, Mona
name: Bliederhäuser, Corinna
name: Soller, Karin
name: Prows, Daniel R.
name: Abdollahi, Amir
name: Schleimer, David
name: Walter, Dagmar
name: Milsom, Michael D.
name: Stambrook, Peter
name: Porteus, Matthew
name: Geiger, Hartmut
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: DNA-Damage Response
subject: Cycle checkpoints
subject: Progenitor cells
subject: Mammalian cells
subject: Self-renewal
subject: DDC 610 / Medicine & health
subject: Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute
subject: Zinc finger nucleases
subject: Hematopoietic stem cells
subject: Myelodysplastic syndromes
subject: DNA damage
subject: DNA repair
subject: Akute myeloische Leukämie
subject: DNS-Schädigung
subject: DNS-Reparatur
subject: Zink-Finger
subject: Blutstammzelle
subject: Myelodysplastisches Syndrom

description: Whether aged hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs) have impaired DNA damage repair is controversial. Using a combination of DNA mutation indicator assays, we observe a 2- to 3-fold increase in the number of DNA mutations in the hematopoietic system upon aging. Young and aged hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) and hematopoietic progenitor cells (HPCs) do not show an increase in mutation upon irradiation-induced DNA damage repair, and young and aged HSPCs respond very similarly to DNA damage with respect to cell-cycle checkpoint activation and apoptosis. Both young and aged HSPCs show impaired activation of the DNA-damage-induced G1-S checkpoint. Induction of chronic DNA double-strand breaks by zinc-finger nucleases suggests that HSPCs undergo apoptosis rather than faulty repair. These data reveal a protective mechanism in both the young and aged hematopoietic system against accumulation of mutations in response to DNA damage.
Methods and theories in haemofiltration in the paediatric population
Creators: name: McRae, Rosemary
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Filtration of the blood in the critically ill aims to mimic renal function in the event of renal failure. There is limited research in the adult population and less in paediatric population. This thesis aims to determine, in the paediatric population, if there is a preferred method for anticoagulating and priming the extra corporeal circuit used, investigate the haemodynamic instability observed in some patients upon initiation of therapy and review 20 years of treatment data.
Respecting Tradition: A Practical Exercise Using Theatrical Stage Lighting to Enhance a Work from Traditional Beijing Opera
Creators: name: Zhang, Jingwei
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: Beijing Opera
Stage Lighting
McCandless Method

description: During the early 20th century, artists associated with Beijing Opera reformed various elements of the performance to reflect contemporary events. Attempts at reform were deemed unsuccessful since most traditional components of the Beijing Opera were obscured. This thesis explores the use of theatrical stage lighting with specific emphasis on the use of stage lighting to support the aspects of time, space, and mood which are inherent in the performance. The ultimate objective is to do this without destroying the original performance style associated with Beijing Opera. The practical component of this thesis is based on the McCandless method of stage lighting and the application of this method to the lighting design created for Murder of a Concubine, a traditional piece of repertory of the Beijing Opera. The culminating performance was presented on December 1st, 2013 on the Academic Hall stage in the Department of Theatre of the University of Ottawa.
The prevalence of cardiometabolic multimorbidity and its association with physical activity, diet, and stress in Canada: evidence from a population-based cross-sectional study
Creators: name: Sakakibara, Brodie M.
name: Obembe, Adebimpe O.
name: Eng, Janice
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2019

description: Background: Cardiometabolic multimorbidity (CM) is defined as having a diagnosis of at least two of stroke, heart disease, or diabetes, and is an emerging health concern, but the prevalence of CM at a population level in Canada is unknown. The objectives of this study were to quantify the: 1) prevalence of CM in Canada; and 2) association between CM and lifestyle behaviours (e.g., physical activity, consumption of fruits and vegetables, and stress). Methods: Using data from the 2016 Canadian Community Health Survey, we estimated the overall and group prevalence of CM in individuals aged ≥50 years (n = 13,226,748). Multiple logistic regression was used to quantify the association between CM and lifestyle behaviours compared to a group without cardiometabolic conditions. Results: The overall prevalence of CM was 3.5% (467,749 individuals). Twenty-two percent (398,755) of people with diabetes reported having another cardiometabolic condition and thus CM, while the same was true for 32.2% (415,686) of people with heart disease and 48.4% (174,754) of stroke survivors. 71.2% of the sample reported eating fewer than five servings of fruits and vegetables per day. The odds of individuals with CM reporting zero minutes of physical activity was 2.35 [95% CI = 1.87 to 2.95] and having high stress was 1.89 [95% CI = 1.49 to 2.41] times the odds of the no cardiometabolic condition reference group. The odds of individuals with all three cardiometabolic conditions reporting zero minutes of physical activity was 4.31 [95% CI = 2.21 to 8.38] and having high stress was 3.93 [95% CI = 2.03 to 7.61]. Conclusion: The number of Canadians with CM or at risk of CM is high and these individuals have lifestyle behaviours that are associated with adverse health outcomes. Lifestyle behaviours tend to diminish with increasing onset of cardiometabolic conditions. Lifestyle modification interventions focusing on physical activity and stress management for the prevention and management CM are warranted.
Supplementary document for Self-stabilized soliton generation in a microresonator through mode-pulled Brillouin lasing - 5130253.pdf
Creators: name: Hwan, In
name: Kim, Dohyeong
name: Jeong, Dongin
name: suk, daewon
name: Kwon, Dohyeon
name: Kim, Jungwon
name: Lee, Jae Hoon
name: Lee, Hansuek
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Nonlinear Optics and Spectroscopy

description: Supplemental document
First evidence of anticoagulant rodenticides in fish and suspended particulate matter: spatial and temporal distribution in German freshwater aquatic systems
Creators: name: Friesen, Anton
name: Kotthoff, Matthias
name: Rüdel, Heinz
name: Koschorreck, Jan
name: Jürling, Heinrich
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2018
Subjects: Antikoagulans
Umweltmonitoring
Brasse
Umweltprobenbank

description: Anticoagulant rodenticides (ARs) have been used for decades for rodent control worldwide. Research on the exposure of the environment and accumulation of these active substances in biota has been focused on terrestrial food webs, but few data are available on the impact of ARs on aquatic systems and water organisms. To fill this gap, we analyzed liver samples of bream (Abramis brama) and co-located suspended particulate matter (SPM) from the German Environmental Specimen Bank (ESB). An appropriate method was developed for the determination of eight different ARs, including first- and second-generation ARs, in fish liver and SPM. Applying this method to bream liver samples from 17 and 18 sampling locations of the years 2011 and 2015, respectively, five ARs were found at levels above limits of quantifications (LOQs, 0.2 to 2 ÎÌg kg-1). For 2015, brodifacoum was detected in 88% of the samples with a maximum concentration of 12.5 ÎÌg kg-1. Moreover, difenacoum, bromadiolone, difethialone, and flocoumafen were detected in some samples above LOQ. In contrast, no first generation AR was detected in the ESB samples. In SPM, only bromadiolone could be detected in 56% of the samples at levels up to 9.24 ÎÌg kg-1. A temporal trend analysis of bream liver from two sampling locations over a period of up to 23 years revealed a significant trend for brodifacoum at one of the sampling locations. © The Author(s) 2018
Signal Processing to Overcome Random Vibration Interference in an Oil Debris Monitor (ODM) Sensor
Creators: name: Chen, Weihong
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: signal processing
oil debris monitor
ODM
vibration sensor

description: Online Oil Debris Monitors (ODM) provide a direct, effective and reliable approach to machinery condition monitoring. ODM can be used to monitor the condition of complex machines, such as airplane engines, electric generators, wind turbines, or other machines with oil circulation systems. The principle of the sensor is to detect the quantity and the size of metal particles in the flowing oil. The current available ODM sensors suffer from sensitivity to vibrations, as their electromagnetic response is largely affected by interfering vibrations. This thesis presents a novel structure and algorithms to separate and eliminate the vibration interference. In the new structure, a dual channel system is designed as opposed to previous single channel systems. Three signal processing algorithms have been developed and tested using experimental data from a prototype. They have shown to be effective, as detailed in the thesis.
Accounting for gender in climate policy advice: adapting a gender impact assessment tool to issues of climate change
Creators: name: Sauer, Arn Thorben
name: Stieß, Immanuel
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2021
Subjects: Klimaschutz
Anpassung an den Klimawandel

description: This article discusses how gender impact assessment (GIA) can be adapted and utilised to better include gender aspects in climate policy advice. The article explains the re-modelling of the equality governance tool gender impact assessment in the context of climate change and adaptation policies, programmes and projects on behalf of the German Environment Agency. While the focus of the tool remains on women and men, it operates with an intersectional and non-binary gender+ concept and understanding of sex and gender relations. The main novelties of the tool are its evidence-based educational elements and that it encompasses seven gender dimensions addressing the main areas of life that play critical roles in producing and reproducing gender disparities. This allows for the identification of how climate policies interact with gender relations and can make substantial contributions to gender equality, as well as of areas in which addressing gender issues could render climate policies more effective. Drawing on the case of the GIA tool in Germany, we argue that core insights gained during the tool development and testing can be applied to gender mainstreaming strategies of climate policies and interventions in other jurisdictions, as well as holding potential for adoption in other policy domains. © 2021 Informa UK Limited
Alcoholism treatment digest (Release No. 70, June 15, 1964)
Creators: name: Keller, Mark
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1964

description: The Alcoholism Treatment Digest was a subscription-based publication prepared for special clients by the editorial department of the Quarterly Journal of Studies on Alcohol / Journal of Studies on Alcohol from 1950 to 1973 with Mark Keller as editor. It was published in February, April, June, October, and December, summarizing scholarly content on four topics, available to republish with attribution. Some of the reviews were simultaneously published in the "Connecticut Review on Alcoholism" under the identical subtitle "Alcoholism Treatment Digest" every other month. The authors of the reviews were first noted in 1964, in the June issue.Contents, Release No. 701.The Alcoholic and the General Practitioner2.Challenge to LSD Treatment of Alcoholism 3.Salvation Army's Program for Alcoholics4.Preventing Death in Delirium Tremens
Supplementary document for Coherent control of the multiple wavelength lasing of N_2^+: coherence transfer and beyond - 5130269.pdf
Creators: name: Zhang, Xiang
name: Lu, Qi
name: Zhang, Zhedong
name: Fan, Zhengquan
name: Zhou, Dongjie
name: Liang, Qingqing
name: Yuan, Luqi
name: Zhuang, Songlin
name: Dorfman, Konstantin
name: Liu, Yi
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: more details of modeling
Une enquête exploratoire sur la rationalité coûts/bénéfices de la théorie de la dissuasion.
Creators: name: Dubé, Richard.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Sociology, Criminology and Penology.

description: Dans ce projet de recherche, nous nous sommes intéressés à la rationalité coûts/bénéfices de la théorie de la dissuasion en droit pénal. Notre recherche se présente comme une recherche exploratoire. Nous nous sommes concentrés sur certains actes non conformes aux expectatives normatives du code criminel et jugés graves (meurtre, vol à main armée). Notre matériel empirique est construit à partir d'une série d'entretiens de type qualitatif avec mise en rétrospection. Nous avons cherché à identifier dans le discours de l'acteur le rôle qu'il accordait à la peine dans l'événementiel de son passage à l'acte. L'étude de ces histoires de vie suggère une série de rationalités comportementales qui ne sont pas prise en compte par la théorie de la dissuasion, des rationalités qui ne se caractérisent pas par un calcul rationnel coûts/bénéfices. Par conséquent, dans notre recherche, c'est la rationalité même de la théorie de la dissuasion qui est remise en cause. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Diagnostic investigations and historical-stylistic evaluation on the oil painting: "reading man by oil lamp light"
Creators: name: Lorusso, Salvatore
name: Matteucci, Chiara
name: Natali, Andrea
name: Visco, Valerio
Publisher: name: Dipartimento di Storie e Metodi per la Conservazione dei Beni Culturali (Di.S.Me.C.)
Year: 2006

description: This investigation intends to verify the attribution of the oil painting (70x50,5 cm) portraying a reading man by oil lamp light, to Gerrit van Hontorst. The note refers not only to a stylistic and historical-artistical evaluation but also to the knowledge, through diagnostic techniques, of the application to characterize components of matter, and of the manufacture execution technique and preservation conditions. This investigation denies the attribution to the painter Gerrit van Hontorst, but it does not exclude a dating within the XVII century.
The anomalous shortfall in T pulse effectiveness.
Creators: name: Fournier, Thomas A. J.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: Psychology, Psychobiology.

description: Paired pulse stimulation is used to estimate the refractory period of the directly stimulated substrate of intracranial self stimulation. When the delay between the conditioning (C) pulse and the test (T) pulse is shorter than the refractory period, the T pulse elicits very little behaviour. The T pulse is ineffective because the substrate has not had time to recover from refractoriness. Conversely, when the C-T delay is longer than the refractory period, one would expect the T pulse to be fully effective. In practice, however, T pulses often fall 20% short of full effectiveness. This anomalous shortfall has received scant attention. The present study documented this anomaly, and tested a theory about its cause. Experiment 1 tested at very long C-T delays and at closely spaced C-T delays. It was found that T pulses always became fully effective, but often only at C-T delays of 30 ms. Experiment 2 determined that the shortfall is not an undersampling or scaling artifact. T pulse effectiveness was calculated using standard 0.1 log$\sb $ unit gradations, and then again with 0.05 log$\sb $ unit gradations, the finest practical scaling. The fine scaling had no effect on the shortfall. T pulse effectiveness is usually estimated with six replications per C-T delay. This limits statistical power, and estimates are necessarily approximate. Experiment 3 used an automated testing apparatus to generate very large numbers of replications: as many as 120 per C-T delay. The resulting effectiveness curves are extremely precise. They show that effectiveness usually rises to 80% within 5 ms. Effectiveness stays near that level until 25 ms. Then it gradually rises to 100% at 35 ms. Effectiveness remains steady near 100% until at least 50 ms, the longest C-T interval that was tested. Experiment 4 tested the theory that the shortfall is caused by a relative refractory period, a subnormal period, or a supernormal period by using T pulse currents that were 40% larger than the C pulse currents. Large T pulses eliminate relative refractory, subnormal, and supernormal effects, but they did not eliminate the shortfall. It follows that the shortfall is not caused by any of these factors.
Analyse coûts-bénéfices et environnement : le projet d'aménagement du bassin versant de la Rivière San Juan en République dominicaine.
Creators: name: Chevalier, Michel.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1997
Subjects: subject: Economics, Agricultural.

description: Dans cette these, l'auteur fait l'analyse economique d'un projet d'amenagement de bassin versant et suggere quelques outils qui permettent un rapprochement entre l'analyse couts-benefices et le concept de developpement durable. Cette these est composee de quatre chapitres. Les trois premiers chapitres, theoriques, sont suivi de la presentation de l'etude de cas dans le dernier chapitre. On trouvera, a la fin, une bibliographie limitee aux ouvrages cites dans le texte et, en annexe, quelques tableaux qui feront le detail des calculs effectues. Le premier chapitre propose une mise en contexte historique et theorique des relations qui se sont tissees entre la science economique et les disciplines se rapportant a l'environnement. Le concept de developpement durable, formalise vers la fin des annees 80, est d'abord expose dans sa perspective la plus large et ensuite reduit a une optique microeconomique. Le second chapitre met en place le cadre theorique necessaire a l'analyse couts-benefices et aborde le probleme de la monetisation des externalites environnementales. Le troisieme chapitre introduit les principales relations biophysiques a considerer lors de l'amenagement des bassins versants et propose quelques modeles qui simulent ces relations. Le dernier chapitre presente le projet PRODAS, soit le projet d'amenagement du bassin versant de la riviere San Juan de la Maguana en Republique Dominicaine. Les analyses financieres et economiques y sont menees et des conclusions sur la rentabilite et la soutenabilite du projet sont presentees en fin de chapitre. L'analyse economique--integrant, par les modelisations utilisees, les externalites environnementales aux benefices prives degages des amenagements proposes--revele une rentabilite fragile selon le critere traditionnel de la valeur actualisee nette. Cependant, le critere de soutenabilite tel que defini dans cette these revele que le projet est soutenable et surtout profitable pour la generation qui suit la generation actuelle. La conclusion sur la rentabilite du projet n'est donc pas unique, mais jette neanmoins une perspective interessante sur les resultats esperes du project. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Home ground advantage in the Australian Netball League (Commonwealth Bank Trophy)
Creators: name: Norton, Pam
name: Clarke, Stephen
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This paper investigates home advantage (HA) in Australian netball. Tradition measures of HA for whole competitions, such as the percentage of games won by home teams and alternative measures, such as the average margin of victory (in goals) for the home team, are calculated. Individual HAs for each team are obtained with a linear model, which takes account of teams sharing venues, using least squares methods. It is shown that HA in netball is small in comparison to other sports.
Discovery of the grave and identification of the remains of Matteo Maria Boiardo in Saint Mary's church, Scandiano (Reggio Emilia)
Creators: name: Benazzi, Stefano
name: Gruppioni, Giorgio
name: Garofano, Luciano
name: Pizzamiglio, Marco
name: Mameli, Alessandro
Publisher: name: Dipartimento di Storie e Metodi per la Conservazione dei Beni Culturali (Di.S.Me.C.)
Year: 2006

description: According to the documentary information and to the prospectings performed by means of the georadar, beneath the floor of the Church of Santa Maria of Scandiano (RE), it has been possible to locate the sepulchral crypts where the poet Matteo Maria Boiardo and other members of his family, such as his father Giovanni, his grandfather Feltrino and maybe his wife Taddea Gonzaga and one of his sons, Camillo, must have been buried. The exploration of these sepulchral crypts has led to the recovery of the skeletal remains belonging altogether to at least 20 persons (adults and children). Among them, 3 have been discovered into a sepulchral room and the rest into an adjacent tomb. Among the first ones, a person, with the same sex, age of death, sturdiness, height and physical characteristics of the poet Boiardo, has been identified. As confirmation of this probable identity, the genetic profile of this man, got from the nuclear dna sample taken from his body, has come out to be compatible with a possible father/child relationship, this result has been compared to the one gotten from the find found into the adjacent room where the poet's father and grandfather had to be buried. The body of a second person, of female sex and well on in years, with a genetic profile different from the previous ones, could be identified with Boiardo's wife. For what regards the body of the third man, besides it is not possible to exclude that it belongs to Camillo, the poet's son dead when he was very young, it has not been possible yet, to get enough proofs able to confirm this theory.
Measurement-based modeling of contact forces and textures for haptic rendering
Creators: name: Andrews, Sheldon
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Electronics and Electrical.

description: Haptics is a topic which, in recent years, has gained significant attention from several research fields, including computer graphics, robotics, human-computer interfaces, and virtual environments. Through the use of computer controlled forces, a user is given tactile and kinesthetic cues about the underlying application. These cues enhance the overall quality of the application, or possibly add a new dimension, by allowing the user to experience first-hand some previously unavailable phenomena (e.g., hardness, softness, mass, inertia). In this thesis, we introduce an interactive and mobile system for the acquisition and synthesis of haptic textures, which includes the surface profile and compliance. Texture represents the attributes at the surface of an object and is related to physical characteristics such as roughness and friction. By texturing objects in a 3D virtual application, the realism of the simulation is greatly increased. Our system is cost effective, simple, and adaptable to a number of workspace environments. We demonstrate how surface features may be acquired by scanning an object using a hand-held touch probe. Sensor data is processed and used to generate haptic textures of sufficient quality to allow for haptic rendering. We also introduce a method to assign 2D texture coordinates based on registration of scanning trajectory with 3D geometry.
Hydrophobicity and dielectric properties across an isostructural family of MOFs: a duet or a duel?
Creators: name: Sorbara, Simona
name: Mukherjee, Soumya
name: Schneemann, Andreas
name: A. Fischer, Roland
name: Macchi, Piero
Publisher: name: University of Limerick
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 34
subject: Chemical sciences
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: An isoreticular family of metal–organic frameworks is post-synthetically subjected to polymer grafting. Surface hydrophobicity analysis, adsorption experiments, and impedance spectroscopy characterise the water molecules adsorbed, both on the surface and in the pores, while resolving how molecular mobility is impacted.
Resource allocation for radar signal interception in ESM receivers
Creators: name: MacSween, Peter J. A. F
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Electronics and Electrical.

description: Electronic Support Measures (ESM) receivers exist that are capable of detecting the transmissions from radar emitters in a robust and reliable manner. Typically, the receiver operator wishes to detect the transmitted signals from a known set of emitters as quickly as possible. To achieve this, a schedule is created that dictates the order in which the receiver will search for the various emitters. Techniques exist for predicting the maximum time to intercept between a receiver and an emitter, but they only work from known scheduling parameters. The quantity of emitters and the density of their signals typically prevents a naive approach to generating the schedule. The purpose of this thesis was to generate scanning receiver schedules that minimize the maximum time to intercept for a set of scanning emitters. Genetic algorithms and the use of pulse train theory were combined to generate the schedules in an automated fashion. The genetic algorithm consistently produced ESM receiver schedules that used duration values for each frequency band that were near the largest scan rate of all the emitters in each band. This was an unexpected result and demonstrated that the minimization of the maximum intercept time for a set of emitters can be accomplished using the maximum scan values. A new scheduling algorithm was created that utilized the maximum scan values. It generated ESM receiver schedules that were equivalent to the best schedules produced by the genetic algorithm scheduler, and produced them with much less computational effort.
title: Die Nutzung natürlicher Ressourcen
title: Die Nutzung natürlicher Ressourcen. Bericht für Deutschland 2018.
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Lutter, Stephan
name: Giljum, Stefan
name: Manstein, Christopher
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Ressourcen
subject: Abfall | Ressourcen

description: Deutschland hat sich im Jahr 2012 im Ressourceneffizienzprogramm (ProgRess) zum schonenden Umgang mit natürlichen Ressourcen bekannt. Wo stehen wir in Deutschland sechs Jahre nach seiner Verabschiedung? Das Umweltbundesamt unterstützt die Umsetzung von ProgRess unter anderem mit diesem Bericht zur Nutzung natürlicher Ressourcen in Deutschland, der nach 2016 zum zweiten Mal erscheint. Darin analysieren wir neue Zahlen über die Zusammenhänge von Rohstoffentnahme, Rohstoffhandel, der Rolle der Wirtschaft und des Konsums.