cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Full Citizens, Double Agents: An Agent-Centred Account of Dual Citizenship
Creators: name: Peruniak, Blair
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2013
Subjects: dual citizenship

description: Dual citizenship—once synonymous with a dubious moral and political status—has recently been hailed as a new standard of autonomy, inclusiveness, and political choice. The growing recognition of multiple citizenship as a viable, constitutionally protected status has been viewed as an indication of states’ increasing willingness to relinquish controls over personal identity-formation and conceptions of political belonging. However, vastly divergent views about the nature and influence of plural citizenship persist, hampering efforts to assess its significance as a progressive and democratic political phenomenon. The thesis highlights the normative implications of dual citizenship as a moral-political issue from the perspective of the theory of moral agency. Drawing from the work of Christine Korsgaard, I argue that dual citizenship is not a practical identity that individuals can endorse as autonomous, self-respecting moral agents. Nonetheless, dual citizenship represents a valuable political ideal for persons whose interest in avoiding compromises to their moral agency entails the capacity for critical self-reflection on state membership. The thesis contributes to current developments in transnational citizenship theory while underscoring the importance of the theory of moral agency for understanding of the value of citizenship.
Application of Base Isolation Systems to Reinforced Concrete Frame Buildings
Creators: name: Han, Mengyu
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2017
Subjects: Rubber Bearing
Friction Pendulum Bearing
Viscous Damper
Structural Performance Analysis
Reinforced Concrete Frame
Seismic Analysis

description: Seismic isolation systems are widely used to protect reinforced concrete (RC) structures against the effects of strong ground motions. After a magnitude 6.6 earthquake, the outpatient building of Lushan People’s hospital in China remained in good condition due to the seismic isolation technology, while the non-isolated older outpatient building nearby experienced major damage. The building provides a good opportunity to study and assess the contribution of isolation systems to seismic performance of RC structures. In the current research project, the isolated outpatient building was modelled and analyzed using computer software SAP2000. The post-yield behaviour of the structure was modelled by assigning multi-linear plastic links to frame objects. The rubber isolators were represented by rubber isolator link elements, assigned as a single joint element between the ground and the superstructure. The isolated structure was subjected to four earthquake records with increasing intensity. The performances of the isolated structure were compared with those of the fixed-base structures in terms of lateral inter-storey drifts, peak absolute floor accelerations, and residual drifts. The laminated rubber bearings, the high damping isolation devices, composed of rubber bearings and viscous dampers, and the hybrid isolation system of rubber bearings and friction pendulum bearings were analysed. The effectiveness of the three base isolation systems considered in enhancing structural performance was investigated. The results show the level of improvement attained in seismic response by each system. They also illustrate that the rubber bearings coupled with friction pendulum bearings produce the best drift control without causing excessive horizontal displacements at the base level and without adversely affecting floor accelerations.
Optimal Non-Asymptotic Rates of Value Iteration for Average-Reward Markov Decision Processes
Creators: name: Lee, Jonmin
name: Ryu, Ernest K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Optimization and Control (math.OC)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: While there is an extensive body of research on the analysis of Value Iteration (VI) for discounted cumulative-reward MDPs, prior work on analyzing VI for (undiscounted) average-reward MDPs has been limited, and most prior results focus on asymptotic rates in terms of Bellman error. In this work, we conduct refined non-asymptotic analyses of average-reward MDPs, obtaining a collection of convergence results that advance our understanding of the setup. Among our new results, most notable are the $\mathcal{O}(1/k)$-rates of Anchored Value Iteration on the Bellman error under the multichain setup and the span-based complexity lower bound that matches the $\mathcal{O}(1/k)$ upper bound up to a constant factor of $8$ in the weakly communicating and unichain setups
Requirements Engineering for an Online Asset Mapping Tool for Disaster Preparedness
Creators: name: Hadi, Ahsanuzzaman
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2017
Subjects: Requirement Engineering
Requirement Analysis
Disaster Preparedness
Asset Mapping
Asset Based Community Development
Online Asset Mapping
The EnRiCH Project

description: With increasing incidence of severe disasters, global policies and frameworks have been shifting towards an emphasis on collaboration and community resilience. The greater use of information systems to assist with disasters has prompted a need to examine how technology can support collaboration and resilience. Hence, this thesis aims to identify a set of requirements for a collaborative online asset mapping tool through a requirement engineering process. A multiple case study design was used with the objective of answering: (1) what are the functional, non-functional, and general system requirements of an online asset mapping tool for disaster preparedness; (2) is a standard “off-the-shelf” asset-mapping application feasible for community development and adaptive capacity building for disaster management; and (3) what are the potential designs that can address the requirements? The specific cases examined were The Region of Waterloo, Ontario and Truro, Nova Scotia. The data from the cases was used to perform qualitative content analysis combined with activity diagrams, to determine and analyze the requirements for an online asset mapping tool to aid in disaster preparedness. The findings of the research included shared requirements between the two communities that encompassed: system purpose, system functionalities, user characteristics, and system requirements. Furthermore, prototype user interface (UI) wireframes were developed using the requirements results to show a potential design of an online asset mapping application. This thesis research addressed the need to design a tool that facilitates all aspects of the asset mapping process. Ultimately, this research builds the foundation to which future research can examine the requirements to design and develop a citizen-oriented tool to enhance community disaster resilience.
Phase contrast in x-ray imaging
Creators: name: Greaves, Anthony Wayne
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: X-ray phase contrast imaging (PCI) has the potential, over certain energy ranges, to improve conventional x-ray diagnostic practice by utilizing the higher phase than absorption coefficient in the complex index of refraction for low atomic Z materials, thereby potentially enhancing the di®erences between healthy and cancerous tissue. Mammography is a particularly suitable application due to its high biopsy incidence. Of the different types of PCI, the in-line holographic method or propagation-based imaging (PBI) has the ability to utilize polychromatic x-ray sources. In clinical practice, polychromatic x-ray sources require filtering to remove the lower energy rays that have insufficient energy to penetrate the body and provide useful diagnostic information. However, the introduction of filters in PBI is known to cause phase contrast degradation, and this thesis examines both experimentally and theoretically, the various factors affecting phase contrast. Experimental factors using a Feinfocus micro-focus, tungsten x-ray source with 0.5 mm beryllium inherent filtration, included: varying the tube voltage and source size, introducing extra filters of different materials and thicknesses including grain size and surface smoothness, and objects of different shapes and materials and at various positions in the beam. Image detection was via Fuji image plates and BAS-5000 scanner. The most convenient filter material was aluminium, and the object showing the best phase contrast was a thin walled, cylindrical fibre (Cuprophan RC55) normally used in dialysis. The x-ray spectrum of the tube was also measured using a SiLi detector system, with and without various filters. Theoretically, phase contrast was simulated via geometric ray optics, Fresnel and Fresnel-Kirchhoff wave diffraction methods. Inelastic scattering was also included in a simple model but was found to have only a very minor effect. Simulations showed good qualitative concurrence between the ray optics and Fresnel diffraction methods, with the Fresnel method providing greater detail in the line profile shape of the object, but essentially showing the same behaviour. Phase contrast reduction was found to be caused mainly by beam hardening, which narrows the phase peaks obtained from dispersion in the object, and together with source and detector considerations which then smooth the narrower filtered phase peaks more than the unfiltered case. There were some discrepancies with theoretical simulations producing absolute values approximately twice that of experimental ones, but the overall behaviour of phase contrast with the imaging parameters was consistent.
title:  Gli oneri istruttori e le regole per l’accesso, l’utilizzabilità e l’efficacia delle prove
Creators: name: Ammassari, Ginevra
Publisher: name: RomaTrE-Press
Year: 2017

description: Nel ripercorrere l’evoluzione giurisprudenziale e normativa subita dalla responsabilità sanitaria, l’elaborato predilige l’analisi dei profili attinenti alla ripartizione del relativo onere probatorio, così da offrire una ricognizione dei possibili esiti interpretativi cui si espone l’attuale regime di responsabilità delineato dalla L. 24/2017; infine,
description: I profili processuali della nuova disciplina sulla responsabilità sanitaria
Mercury Challenges in Mexico: Regulatory, Trade and Environmental Impacts
Creators: name: Marshall, Bruce
name: Camacho, Arlette Andrea
name: Jimenez, Gabriel
name: Veiga, Marcello M. (Marcello Mariz)
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2021

description: Primary artisanal mercury (Hg) mining in Mexico continues to proliferate unabated, while official Hg exports have declined in recent years amid speculation of a rising black market trade. In this paper, an assessment of primary Hg mining in Mexico was conducted, with a focus on four sites in Querétaro State. Atmospheric Hg concentrations were measured at two of those sites. In addition, trade data was examined, including Hg exports from Mexico and imports by countries that have a large artisanal gold mining (AGM) sector. Results showed that while annual Hg production in Mexico has ramped up in recent years, official Hg exports reduced from 307 tonnes in 2015 to 63 tonnes in 2019. Since 2010, mercury exports to Colombia, Peru and Bolivia have represented 77% of Mexico’s total Hg trade. As the large majority of Hg trade with these countries is apparently destined for the AGM sector, which is contrary to Article 3 of the Minamata Convention, there is evidence that increased international scrutiny has led to an increase in unregulated international transfers. Atmospheric Hg concentrations at the mines show dangerously high levels, raising concern over the risk of significant health impacts to miners and other community members.
On the microplasticity and dynamic strain aging in an FeAlCrMo complex-concentrated alloy
Creators: name: Tayari, Tomáš
name: Knapek, Michal
name: Jača, Eliška
name: Minárik, Peter
name: Pešička, Josef
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show by acoustic emission analysis that FeAlCrMo complex-concentrated alloy (CCA) exhibits signatures of self-organization of deformation processes during both microplasticity and serrated flow (dynamic strain aging). Due to complex microstructures of CCAs and scarcity of literature data, these novel alloys are a prominent subject of future research efforts.
description: Accepted manuscript (Elsevier, Materials Science and Engineering: A); contains 13 pages, 4 figures
title:  Linee guida e buone pratiche clinico-assistenziali
Creators: name: Calvigioni, Simone
Publisher: name: RomaTrE-Press
Year: 2017

description: Si affrontano le questioni relative al ruolo delle linee guida e delle buone pratiche clinico-assistenziali nell’ambito della responsabilità degli esercenti la professione sanitaria alla luce della l. 24/17, con particolare riferimento alle modalità di ingresso delle linee guida e delle buone pratiche nel processo civile, alla loro rilevanza ai fini del giudizio sull’an e sul quantum debeatur ed al sindacato di legittimità relativo alla loro applicazione concreta.
description: I profili processuali della nuova disciplina sulla responsabilità sanitaria
Forensic Psychiatric Assessment for Capital Crime Offenders with Mental Illness in China: A Stakeholder Perspective Analysis
Creators: name: Jiang, Lilou
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: Mental illness
Psychiatric assessment
the Death penalty
China

description: This paper investigates the accessibility and reliability of forensic psychiatric assessment for capital crime offenders who raise the defense of insanity in the Chinese criminal justice system. At present, only the judicial authority agencies can order a psychiatric assessment in criminal cases, whereas suspects/defendants’ requests for mental evaluation are subject to the approval of the former, who, in practice, tend to accept requests from suspects bearing misdemeanor charges, but are inclined to deny an assessment when dealing with felony offenses. This paper begins with an introduction to the legislation related to psychiatric assessment in China, and is followed by an investigation of the factors militating against China’s judicial authority ordering a psychiatric assessment for capital crime offenders raising the defense of insanity. It then examines the public stigma in Chinese society and the traditional philosophical thoughts behind the historical legal treatment of mentally ill offenders. It concludes that the historical punitive attitude toward mental illness will continue influencing stakeholders’ choices in the context of psychiatric assessment as long as China’s judicial system emphasizes the superiority of social stability over individual human rights. Some practicable reforms are proposed at the end.
Thermal Energy Storage Using Adsorption Processes for Solar and Waste Heat Applications: Material Synthesis, Testing and Modeling
Creators: name: Lefebvre, Dominique
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: Thermal energy storage
Adsorption

description: As the worldwide energy demand continues to increase, scientists and engineers are faced with the increasingly difficult task of meeting these needs. Currently, the major energy sources, consisting of oil, coal, and natural gas, are non-renewable, contribute to climate change, and are rapidly depleting. Renewable technology research has become a major focus to provide energy alternatives which are environmentally-friendly and economically competitive to sustain the future worldwide needs. Thermal energy storage using adsorption is a promising technology which can provide energy for heating and cooling applications using solar and waste heat sources. The current work aims to improve adsorption systems to provide higher energy outputs and therefore, more economical systems. New adsorbents and operating conditions were tested with the goal of storing the available energy more efficiently. A model was also developed to gain a better understanding of the adsorption system to improve this developing technology.
title: Efektywność ekonomiczna jako cel prywatyzacji zadań z zakresu administracji świadczącej. Studium prawno-administracyjne
Creators: name: Blicharz, Jolanta
name: Raszewska-Skałecka, Renata
Publisher: name: E-Wydawnictwo. Prawnicza i Ekonomiczna Biblioteka Cyfrowa. Wydział Prawa, Administracji i Ekonomii Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego
Year: 2020

description: Wskazanie na specyfikę administracji świadczącej wynika stąd właśnie, że ma ona „dwa oblicza: z jednej strony, to piecza okazywana poszczególnemu człowiekowi, z drugiej strony, świadczenie na rzecz całej społeczności. Konstatacja ta prowadzić więc może do wniosku, że rola państwa obejmuje nie tylko zaopatrywanie ludności w dobra i usługi o istotnym znaczeniu dla egzystencji, ale także minimalizowanie poczucia zagrożenia i stanów niepewności ekonomiczno-społecznej w sytuacji trudnego położenia jednostek.
Navigating Boundary Experiences in SoTL: Pinch Points, Paradigms and Perspectives
Creators: Miller-Young, J.,
Yeo, M. & Manarin, K.
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

In the reflective essay entitled “Navigating Boundary Experiences in SoTL: Pinch Points, Paradigms, and Perspectives,” Janice Miller-Young, Michelle Yeo, and Karen Manarin share some of the challenges they experienced working together on an interdisciplinary SoTL research methods book. Despite years of collaborating with each other, they characterize the definitional work of writing the book as a “boundary experience,” an extended period of deep engagement, negotiation, and even compromise with each other, requiring open-mindedness, trust, and a shared vision for success.
Self, Scripture, and World of Meaning: A Study of the Formation and Impact of Method in the Theology of J.I. Packer and Charles C. Hefling
Creators: name: Davidson, Keltie
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: J.I. Packer
Charles C. Hefling
Anglican Unity
same-sex marriage
Theology and Culture

description: This thesis examines the formation and impact of methodology in theology. The Anglican Communion is presently fraught with divisions concerning the theological ethics of same-sex relationships, specifically same-sex marriage, the blessing of same-sex civil unions, and the ordination of gay and lesbian presbyters. At present, theological conversations appear to be at a stalemate. This thesis is a study of the North American expression of these divisions, with a specific focus on two contemporary Anglican theologians: J.I. Packer of the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) and Charles C. Hefling of The Episcopal Church (TEC). Packer routinely asserts that theologians who arrive at different conclusions from his own are merely “liberals” or “cultural conformists.” Hefling’s approach to theology and culture provides a unique counterpoint to Packer’s, yet his theological method cannot be reduced to theological liberalism or cultural conformism. Using a historical-model methodology, this thesis establishes how the development of theology within culture is an inescapable reality. To establish this assertion, Section One examines Saint Augustine’s De doctrina Christaina as a way to highlight the means by which Augustine employed the best of his culture of learning to interpret and communicate the Christian message. Saint Augustine becomes the model by which we understand the relationship between theology and culture. Section One outlines a threefold analysis of self, the interpretation of scripture, and world of meaning (culture of learning). This threefold analysis is the grid through which Packer and Hefling are evaluated. Section Two establishes the historical context of our authors with respect to the influences of modernity and developments within philosophical hermeneutics. Sections Three and Four bring into dialogue the contemporary context and the threefold analytical grid in order to analyze the methodologies of Packer and Hefling. This method is the means for better understanding each theologian’s approach to the theological ethics of same-sex relationships in Section Five, wherein Packer employs an exegetical argument and Hefling an historical argument and a theological vision. Finally, this thesis demonstrates that one must acknowledge their own presuppositions of methodology in order to thoughtfully engage with the methodology of others. It suggests that this is essential for theologians in the Anglican community if dialogue between divergent groups is to have any success.
Concert rock et théâtralité : Secret World Live de Peter Gabriel
Creators: name: Bercier, Ariane
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: Théâtralité
Rock
Peter Gabriel
Figuration
Représentation
Narrativité
Secret World Live
Analyse de la représentation

description: Les recherches actuelles sur les rapports entre théâtre et musique dans une perspective interartistique sont très peu développées et les études théâtrales portant sur un corpus musical populaire, plus spécifiquement sur la théâtralité du concert rock, sont presque inexistantes. Cette thèse de maîtrise, qui portera sur un cas de figure précis, a pour objectif de développer les recherches sur la théâtralité des concerts de musique populaire et, plus particulièrement, de brosser les contours d’un genre scénique que nous désignons comme étant le « concert rock-théâtral », caractérisé par une utilisation importante de procédés théâtraux et dramatiques, telles que la narrativité, la figuration et la représentation. Pour ce faire, nous avons choisi comme objet d’étude le concert Secret World Live de Peter Gabriel (1993), par le biais d'une captation vidéo, mis en scène avec la collaboration de Robert Lepage. Dans un premier chapitre, il s’agit de présenter un survol historique du genre rock, selon une perspective permettant de souligner l'évolution spectaculaire, performative et théâtrale de cette forme scénique. C’est à partir du rock progressif, suite à l'apparition de l'album concept, que l'on remarque l'influence du théâtre sur les performances scéniques des artistes. Le deuxième chapitre a pour objectif l'analyse des chansons du concert de 1993 de Peter Gabriel Secret World Live, afin d'y repérer les marques de théâtralité. Le dernier chapitre a pour objet l’analyse du spectacle lui-même et examine dans quelle mesure les thèmes des chansons sont « représentés » sur scène, et si les différentes composantes du concert (jeu de l’acteur, élaboration de personnages, décor, accessoires, éclairage, projections vidéos, etc.) participent de l’élaboration d’une fable scénique.
Flow Structure Characterization and Performance Evaluation of Pin Fins Produced Using Cold Spray
Creators: name: Dupuis, Philippe
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: Additive Manufacturing
Cold Spray
Heat Transfer
Fluid Mechanics

description: Energy efficiency has become a growing concern in a world driven by a fossil fuel economy. Recuperated micro-gas-turbine systems offer the possibility of high efficiency power generation for low output power systems. To this end, increasing the performance while decreasing the cost, the weight and the volume of heat exchangers such as recuperators has become a critical research focus. Recent work done by Brayton Energy Canada (BEC) has renewed interest in Wire Mesh Heat Exchangers (WMHE) by introducing a new production method that uses cells of stacked wire mesh sheets that have a thick external shell deposited by cold spray. Fins are then machined in this external shell, creating a heat exchanger. Net shaped pin fins were successfully deposited using Cold Gas Dynamic Spraying (CGDS or simply cold spray) as an additive manufacturing technique to replace the plate fin arrays currently used. This new development is envisioned to save costs while providing higher heat transfer efficiency than traditional fin arrays. Increasing the performance of such fin arrays would yield higher heat exchanger efficiencies and increase the total efficiency of the gas turbine system. The present thesis provides a description of the research performed, as well as the results thereof, with regards to the performance of pin fin arrays produced using cold spray. A review of the relevant literature is performed to establish the motivation of this study and to describe the relevant work that has been performed by other authors in this respect. The research objectives are to evaluate the thermal and hydrodynamic performance of these fin arrays and relate those to the flow structures arising from fluid motion between these extended surfaces. Furthermore, the proposed approach and the experimental equipment that will be used are described in this work. The research objectives were successfully met, with the results obtained from this work presented in the form of peer-reviewed publications.
Multirobot Localization Using Heuristically Tuned Extended Kalman Filter
Creators: name: Masinjila, Ruslan
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: Extended Kalman Filter
Sensor fusion
Heuristics
consistency
Robot Operating System

description: A mobile robot needs to know its pose (position and orientation) in order to navigate and perform useful tasks. The problem of determining this pose with respect to a global or local frame is called localisation, and is a key component in providing autonomy to mobile robots. Thus, localisation answers the question Where am I? from the robot’s perspective. Localisation involving a single robot is a widely explored and documented problem in mobile robotics. The basic idea behind most documented localisation techniques involves the optimum combination of noisy and uncertain information that comes from various robot’s sensors. However, many complex robotic applications require multiple robots to work together and share information among themselves in order to successfully and efficiently accomplish certain tasks. This leads to research in collaborative localisation involving multiple robots. Several studies have shown that when multiple robots collaboratively localise themselves, the resulting accuracy in their estimated positions and orientations outperforms that of a single robot, especially in scenarios where robots do not have access to information about their surrounding environment. This thesis presents the main theme of most of the existing collaborative, multi-robot localisation solutions, and proposes an alternative or complementary solution to some of the existing challenges in multirobot localisation. Specifically, in this thesis, a heuristically tuned Extended Kalman Filter is proposed to localise a group of mobile robots. Simulations show that when certain conditions are met, the proposed tuning method significantly improves the accuracy and reliability of poses estimated by the Extended Kalman Filter. Real world experiments performed on custom-made robotic platforms validate the simulation results.
Narrations de soi aux confins du temps : essai d’une herméneutique de la minoritarité
Creators: name: Delic, Emir
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2013
Subjects: sujet minoritaire
narrations de soi
littérature franco-ontarienne
être, temps et récit
minoritarité
herméneutique
Paul Ricœur

description: Depuis les années 1980, la problématique identitaire a fait couler beaucoup d’encre dans le cadre des études des minorités culturelles, dont celles des communautés francophones du Canada. Si la richesse et l’apport de ces études ne font aucun doute, une tendance s’est profilée au cours des ans consistant à aborder la question des identités minoritaires à travers le thème de l’espace. Cette étude va, dans une certaine mesure, à contre-courant de ces travaux en faisant du temps son objet d’intérêt principal. Plus précisément, elle se donne pour objectif d’explorer, dans une perspective herméneutique, de quelle manière le soi minoritaire inscrit et interprète son être dans le monde du point de vue de la temporalité. Ayant comme ancrage théorique central l’anthropologie philosophique de Paul Ricœur, cette étude se divise en trois parties connexes. Pour commencer, il est question de cerner les fondements de la conception narrative que tout être humain possède de son existence dans le temps en ce sens que tout un chacun construit son identité par les histoires qu’il raconte et fait raconter à son propre endroit. Ensuite, il s’agira d’interroger si les sujets minoritaires sont en mesure de s’appréhender sur le même mode narratif que celui auquel ont recours les sujets majoritaires. De cette interrogation, il ressortira une particularité structurelle dans la manière dont les sujets minoritaires et majoritaires se réalisent (les premiers ont toujours un pouvoir d’agir alors que celui des seconds est inhibé à des degrés différents) et, par conséquent, une différence dans la manière dont ils se rapportent au temps. À la fin, la tâche sera de montrer comment le rapport particulier que les sujets minoritaires entretiennent au temps engendre, tel que nous l’enseigne l’unique vecteur culturel qu’est la littérature – et dans ce cas-ci la littérature franco-ontarienne – des narrations de soi qui leur sont propres.
User Experience-Based Provisioning Services in Vehicular Clouds
Creators: name: Aloqaily, Moayad
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: Vehicular Cloud Computing
Game Theory
Auction Theory
Quality of Experience
Mobile Cloud Computing
Privacy
Service Provisioning
Latency
Cloud Computing

description: Today, the increasing number of applications based on the Internet of Things, as well as advances in wireless communication, information and communication technology, and mobile cloud computing have allowed users to access a wide range of resources while mobile. Vehicular clouds are considered key elements for today’s intelligent transportation systems. They are outfitted with equipment to enable applications and services for vehicle drivers, surrounding vehicles, pedestrians and third parties. As vehicular cloud computing has become more popular, due to its ability to improve driver and vehicle safety and provide provisioning services and applications, researchers and industry have growing interest in the design and development of vehicular networks for emerging applications. Though vehicle drivers can now access a variety of on-demand resources en route via vehicular network service providers, the development of vehicular cloud provisioning services has many challenges. In this dissertation, we examine the most critical provisioning service challenges drivers face, including, cost, privacy and latency. To this point, very little research has addressed these issues from the driver perspective. Privacy and service latency are certainly emerging challenges for drivers, as are service costs since this is a relatively new financial concept. Motivated by the Quality of Experience paradigm and the concept of the Trusted Third Party, we identify and investigate these challenges and examine the limitations and requirements of a vehicular environment. We found no research that addressed these challenges simultaneously, or investigated their effect on one another. We have developed a Quality of Experience framework that provides scalability and reduces congestion overhead for users. Furthermore, we propose two theory-based frameworks to manage on-demand service provision in vehicular clouds: Auction-driven Multi-objective Provisioning and a Multiagent/Multiobjective Interaction Game System. We present different approaches to these, and show through analytical and simulation results that our potential schemes help drivers minimize costs and latency, and maximize privacy.
title: W obliczu administracji świadczącej i jej zadań publicznych w ujęciu nauk administracyjnych
Creators: name: Raszewska-Skałecka, Renata
Publisher: name: E-Wydawnictwo. Prawnicza i Ekonomiczna Biblioteka Cyfrowa. Wydział Prawa, Administracji i Ekonomii Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego
Year: 2020

description: Spojrzenie na administrację świadczącą jako narzędzie badawcze w zakresie oświaty i nauki pokazuje przekształcenia odzwierciedlające dynamikę rozwoju zadań publicznych o charakterze edukacyjnym oraz wielość podmiotów administrujących w kontekście odpowiedzialności państwa za realizację zadań publicznych. Specyfika administracji świadczącej w nauce prawa „ma dwa oblicza: z jednej strony, to piecza okazywana poszczególnemu człowiekowi, z drugiej strony, świadczenie na rzecz całej społeczności.
title: Rola państwa w realizacji bezpieczeństwa socjalnego
Creators: name: Blicharz, Jolanta
Publisher: name: E-Wydawnictwo. Prawnicza i Ekonomiczna Biblioteka Cyfrowa. Wydział Prawa, Administracji i Ekonomii Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego
Year: 2020

description: Nowoczesne państwo, rozumiane jako zawiadująca środkami publicznymi struktura organizacyjna, jest powołane do reprezentowania najszerzej pojętych interesów ogólnospołecznych. Wynika stąd, że państwo oprócz działalności policyjnej i reglamentacyjnej zobowiązane jest także do działalności świadczącej, która zapewni członkom danej społeczności (jednostkom) warunki egzystencji godnej człowieka.
An Analysis of Gandhi's Constructive Program Based on Galtung's Theories
Creators: name: Dillon, Amy
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: nonviolence
structural
cultural
constructive
peace
violence

description: Mohandas Gandhi emphasized the importance of his constructive program as nonviolent action. This thesis examines the constructive program through the lens of Johan Galtung’s theories. The analysis illustrates the cultural and structural violence to which the program was responsive. Two examples include exploitation through industrialization, and repression through the custom of untouchability. Both examples were supported by cultural violence in the idea of superiority and inferiority between groups of peoples. The analysis demonstrates that the constructive program established cultures and structures that support cycles of nonviolence in response to existing cycles of violence. Two forms of cultural nonviolence expressed were personal social responsibility, and unity of humanity. Two forms of structural nonviolence established were nonviolent self-sufficiency with dignity, and nonviolent education. This thesis shows that Gandhi’s constructive program demonstrated eight qualities: intentionally nonviolent, voluntary, inclusive, autonomous, responsive to cultural and structural violence, self-reinforcing, context-specific, and comprehensive.
Reporter-based Synthetic Genetic Analysis of Budding Yeast Reveals Novel MMS-induced Effectors of the RNR3 Promoter
Creators: name: Elnour, Nada
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: Reporter synthetic genetic array
Flow cytometry
RNR3 promoter
DNA damage response
High-throughput screen
Methyl methanesulfonate
Differential EMAP
Chemogenetic screen

description: The DNA damage response is a cell-wide response that coordinates repair and cell-cycle progression. Crucial to fidelity of genetic propagation, survival, and apoptosis, dysfunctions in the response are at the root of genome instability syndromes and cancer predisposition in mammalian cells. Within the response lie hubs of coordination, called checkpoints, whose members and organization are ubiquitous amongst eukaryotes. The high conservation of these checkpoints enable the study of their dynamics by proxy via simpler model organisms. We use the budding yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, to study the replication and DNA damage checkpoints --- both implicated in DNA damage repair. Using a yEGFP reporter driven by the RNR3 promoter and reporter-based synthetic genetic array analysis, we created a detector of potential checkpoint activation in response to two doses of MMS, 0.015% and 0.060% (v/v). The high-throughput screens and differential epistasis miniarray analyses (EMAPs) yield unanticipated involvement of oxidative stress response, ribosomal biogenesis, and chromatin remodelling genes.
The History/Literature Problem in First World War Studies
Creators: name: Milne-Walasek, Nicholas
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: First World War
Propaganda
Literature
History
Historiography
Modern
War
World War One
WWI
British

description: In a cultural context, the First World War has come to occupy an unusual existential point half-way between history and art. Modris Eksteins has described it as being “more a matter of art than of history;” Samuel Hynes calls it “a gap in history;” Paul Fussell has exclaimed “Oh what a literary war!” and placed it outside of the bounds of conventional history. The primary artistic mode through which the war continues to be encountered and remembered is that of literature—and yet the war is also a fact of history, an event, a happening. Because of this complex and often confounding mixture of history and literature, the joint roles of historiography and literary scholarship in understanding both the war and the literature it occasioned demand to be acknowledged. Novels, poems, and memoirs may be understood as engagements with and accounts of history as much as they may be understood as literary artifacts; the war and its culture have in turn generated an idiosyncratic poetics. It has conventionally been argued that the dawn of the war's modern literary scholarship and historiography can be traced back to the late 1960s and early 1970s—a period which the cultural historian Jay Winter has described as the “Vietnam Generation” of scholarship. This period was marked by an emphatic turn away from the records of cultural elites and towards an oral history preserved and delivered by those who fought the war “on the ground,” so to speak. Adrian Gregory has affirmed this period's status as the originating point for the war's modern historiography, while James Campbell similarly has placed the origins of the war's literary scholarship around the same time. I argue instead that this “turn” to the oral and the subaltern is in fact somewhat overstated, and that the fully recognizable origins of what we would consider a “modern” approach to the war can be found being developed both during the war and in its aftermath. Authors writing on the home front developed an effective language of “war writing” that then inspired the reaction of the “War Books Boom” of 1922-1939, and this boom in turn provided the tropes and concerns that have so animated modern scholarship. Through it all, from 1914 to the current era, there has been a consistent recognition of both the literariness of the war's history and the historiographical quality of its literature; this has helped shape an unbroken line of scholarship—and of literary production—from the war's earliest days to the present day.
title: Prywatyzacja usług gminnych
Creators: name: Behr, Jolanta
Publisher: name: E-Wydawnictwo. Prawnicza i Ekonomiczna Biblioteka Cyfrowa. Wydział Prawa, Administracji i Ekonomii Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego
Year: 2020

description: Przedmiotem pracy jest prywatyzacja usług gminnych. Celem pracy jest ustalenie podmiotów świadczących usługi mieszczące się w zakresie zadań gminy oraz wskazanie rodzajów tych usług. Jest nim także ustalenie przyczyn i zakresu prywatyzacji usług gminnych oraz zwrócenie uwagi na wybrane szanse i zagrożenia związane z tym procesem.
Visual Arts and Numeracy: Inside out - Public art
Creators: name: Burke, Geraldine
name: Nish Belford
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2020
Subjects: Art

description: Visual Arts and Numeracy: Inside Out – Public Art Public art activates the imagination and encourages audiences to engage, reconsider, and perceive the environment in which they live more deeply. In this resource, Geraldine Burke and Nish Belford encourage students to explore public art as a topic of inquiry to stimulate their learning and thinking in, through, and about the visual arts. This lesson involves a cross-disciplinary approach to explore society and the interconnections between people’s lives and social spheres. Public art offers several ways to include numeracy skills within Visual Arts. Different aspects of numeracy are used across different visual arts forms in making public art (murals, sculptures, installation, computer-generated artworks, and photography). In studying artists’ use of mathematical processes, students develop an understanding of what is involved in design procedures. They explore how artists use scale and proportion, such as comparing size of sculpture, in relation to human scale. For instance, scale and proportion are design elements that are often considered simultaneously by artists and architects in various artworks. This sequence is part of a 'Numeracy in the Curriculum initiative by Department of Education and training, Victoria. https://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/teachers/teachingresources/discipline/maths/Pages/numeracy-for-all-learners.aspx
Does Thomas Scanlon’s Theory of Blame Resolve the Problem Presented by Moral Luck?
Creators: name: Madigan, Courtney
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2013

description: Moral luck describes the peculiar process of appraisal that occurs when someone is praised or blamed for actions or traits stemming from factors beyond her control. The reason that this phenomenon is philosophically problematic – rather than say, psychologically interesting – is because it is both common and resistant to change. Although we tend to see morality as something that is immune to luck, we find ourselves unable to form moral judgments in the absence of it. The focus of this thesis is on Thomas Scanlon’s theory of blame and whether it successfully resolves luck’s apparent paradox. Contrary to our general moral intuitions, Scanlon argues that an agent can and should be held responsible for actions that reveal something about her (either good or bad), regardless of whether it is the result of factors under her control. Despite its many insights, Scanlon’s theory, I argue, neglects and confuses some of the more important features of impermissibility and blame. For this reason and others, Scanlon fails to resolve the problem presented by moral luck.
Comparative advantage analysis in selected trade deficit categories in Australia: 1990-2006
Creators: name: Belicka, Samuel
name: Saleh, Ali Salman
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This study develops and calculates the Comparative Advantage (CA) indices between eight selected Trade Deficit (TD) countries (China, France, Germany, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States of America) in 4 selected TD goods categories (542: -Medicaments incl. Vet; 759: -Office Equipment Parts/ Accessories; 764: - Telecoms Equipment NES and 781: - Passenger Cars Etc.) and are all based on SITC-31 level of aggregation. The CA analysis was conducted by calculating and observing the Balassa Revealed Comparative Advantage Index (BRCAI), the Vollrath Revealed Export Advantage Index (VRCAI). In addition to the CA indices, the trade performance indices are analysed by calculating and observing the Trade Specialization Index (TSI), the Export Propensity Index (XPI), the Import Penetration Index (MPI) and the Export/ Import Ratio (XMR). The overall results indicate that Australia records a Revealed Comparative Disadvantage (RCD) in all the selected categories. Furthermore, there is evidence that the X in all categories is increasing overtime as a proportion of the domestic output and the M competition for the Australian producers in all categories is increasing.
Brain Disorders and Chemical Pollutants: A Gap Junction Link?
Creators: name: Mesnil, Marc
name: Defamie, Norah
name: Naus, Christian
name: Sarrouilhe, Denis
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2021

description: The incidence of brain pathologies has increased during last decades. Better diagnosis (autism spectrum disorders) and longer life expectancy (Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease) partly explain this increase, while emerging data suggest pollutant exposures as a possible but still underestimated cause of major brain disorders. Taking into account that the brain parenchyma is rich in gap junctions and that most pollutants inhibit their function; brain disorders might be the consequence of gap-junctional alterations due to long-term exposures to pollutants. In this article, this hypothesis is addressed through three complementary aspects: (1) the gap-junctional organization and connexin expression in brain parenchyma and their function; (2) the effect of major pollutants (pesticides, bisphenol A, phthalates, heavy metals, airborne particles, etc.) on gap-junctional and connexin functions; (3) a description of the major brain disorders categorized as neurodevelopmental (autism spectrum disorders, attention deficit hyperactivity disorders, epilepsy), neurobehavioral (migraines, major depressive disorders), neurodegenerative (Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases) and cancers (glioma), in which both connexin dysfunction and pollutant involvement have been described. Based on these different aspects, the possible involvement of pollutant-inhibited gap junctions in brain disorders is discussed for prenatal and postnatal exposures.
Sozioökonomische Ungleichheit und COVID-19 – Eine Übersicht über den internationalen Forschungsstand
Creators: name: Wachtler, Benjamin
name: Michalski, Niels
name: Nowossadeck, Enno
name: Diercke, Michaela
name: Wahrendorf, Morten
name: Santos-Hövener, Carmen
name: Lampert, Thomas
name: Hoebel, Jens
Publisher: name: Robert Koch-Institut
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: COVID-19
subject: SARS-COV-2
subject: Gesundheitliche Ungleichheit
subject: Literaturübersicht
subject: 610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Die sozialepidemiologische Forschung beschreibt den Zusammenhang zwischen dem sozioökonomischen Status und den Krankheits- und Sterberisiken der Menschen. Ob und wie sich dieser Zusammenhang in Bezug auf eine SARS-CoV-2-Infektion beziehungsweise COVID-19-Erkrankung darstellt ist noch wenig erforscht. Das vorliegende Scoping Review gibt einen Überblick über die internationale Forschungsliteratur zu dieser Frage. Insgesamt wurden dabei 138 Veröffentlichungen identifiziert, von denen 46 in die Analyse eingeschlossen wurden. Aus den USA und Großbritannien werden Befunde berichtet, die auf das Vorliegen von sozioökonomischen Ungleichheiten im Infektionsrisiko und in der Erkrankungsschwere zuungunsten sozioökonomisch benachteiligter Bevölkerungsgruppen hinweisen. Für Deutschland liegen, genauso wie für die meisten anderen europäischen Länder, bisher deutlich weniger Erkenntnisse vor. Die wenige vorhandene Evidenz deutet aber ebenfalls auf sozioökonomische Ungleichheiten im COVID-19-Geschehen hin. Insgesamt sind die meisten Analysen bisher ökologische Studien und nur wenige Arbeiten untersuchen sozioökonomische Ungleichheiten auf der Individualebene. Solche Studien wären in Zukunft besonders wünschenswert, auch um die zugrundeliegenden Mechanismen, die zur Entstehung solcher Unterschiede im Infektionsrisiko und der Erkrankungsschwere führen, besser zu verstehen und einer möglichen Verschärfung gesundheitlicher Ungleichheit gezielt entgegenwirken zu können.