cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
UV to IR LUMINOSITIES and DUST ATTENUATION DETERMINED from ∼4000 K-SELECTED GALAXIES at 1 z 3 in the ZFOURGE SURVEY
Creators: name: Forrest, Ben
name: Tran, Kim Vy H.
name: Tomczak, Adam R.
name: Broussard, Adam
name: Labbe, Ivo
name: Papovich, Casey
name: Kriek, Mariska
name: Allen, Rebecca
name: Cowley, Michael
name: Dickinson, Mark
name: Glazebrook, Karl
name: Van Houdt, Josha
name: Inami, Hanae
name: Kacprzak, Glenn
name: Kawinwanichakij, Lalitwadee
name: Kelson, Daniel
name: McCarthy, Patrick J.
name: Monson, Andrew
name: Morrison, Glenn
name: Nanayakkara, Themiya
name: Persson, S. Eric
name: Quadri, Ryan F.
name: Spitler, Lee R.
name: Straatman, Caroline
name: Tilvi, Vithal
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 510103
subject: Cosmology and extragalactic astronomy

description: We build a set of composite galaxy spectral energy distributions (SEDs) by de-redshifting and scaling multi-wavelength photometry from galaxies in the ZFOURGE survey, covering the CDFS, COSMOS, and UDS fields. From a sample of ~4000 Ks-band selected galaxies, we define 38 composite galaxy SEDs that yield continuous low-resolution spectra (R ~ 45) over the rest-frame range 0.1–4 μm. Additionally, we include far infrared photometry from the Spitzer Space Telescope and the Herschel Space Observatory to characterize the infrared properties of our diverse set of composite SEDs. From these composite SEDs we analyze the rest-frame UVJ colors, as well as the ratio of IR to UV light (IRX) and the UV slope (β) in the IRX−β dust relation at 1 < z < 3. Blue star-forming composite SEDs show IRX and β values consistent with local relations; dusty star-forming galaxies have considerable scatter, as found for local IR bright sources, but on average appear bluer than expected for their IR fluxes. We measure a tight linear relation between rest-frame UVJ colors and dust attenuation for star-forming composites, providing a direct method for estimating dust content from either (U − V) or $(V-J)$ rest-frame colors for star-forming galaxies at intermediate redshifts.
title: Social cognition in aggressive offenders
title: Impaired empathy, but intact theory of mind
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Winter, Korina
name: Spengler, Stephanie
name: Bermpohl, Felix
name: Singer, Tania
name: Kanske, Philipp
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Emotion
subject: Human behaviour
subject: Psychiatric disorders
subject: Social behaviour
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Aggressive, violent behaviour is a major burden and challenge for society. It has been linked to deficits in social understanding, but the evidence is inconsistent and the specifics of such deficits are unclear. Here, we investigated affective (empathy) and cognitive (Theory of Mind) routes to understanding other people in aggressive individuals. Twenty-nine men with a history of legally relevant aggressive behaviour (i.e. serious assault) and 32 control participants were tested using a social video task (EmpaToM) that differentiates empathy and Theory of Mind and completed questionnaires on aggression and alexithymia. Aggressive participants showed reduced empathic responses to emotional videos of others’ suffering, which correlated with aggression severity. Theory of Mind performance, in contrast, was intact. A mediation analysis revealed that reduced empathy in aggressive men was mediated by alexithymia. These findings stress the importance of distinguishing between socio-affective and socio-cognitive deficits for understanding aggressive behaviour and thereby contribute to the development of more efficient treatments.
Manu-Visage
Creators: name: Kulkarni, Anurag V
name: Tripathi, Abhinav
name: Mishra, Abhishek Kumar
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: The objective of the program is to detect faces in real time and to analyze their facial expressions. The classifier can be

trained on other objects using training samples.

The project utilizes libraries like Open CV, Dlib to detect/process images and recognize emotions. A Basic Artificial

Intelligence (AI) model was created using Machine learning (ML) algorithms.
Veränderungsfähigkeit lernen: Initiative für eine Schule zur Kunst des Wandels
Creators: name: Heinecke, Hans Jürgen
name: Kristof, Kora
name: Pfriem, Reinhard
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2013

description: Ressourcenleicht, immissionsneutral und gerecht - das sind die Ziele der anstehenden großen Veränderungen,wenn wir die Belastungsgrenzen des Systems Erde, das Wohlergehen aller Menschen und die Idee einer globalen undgenerationenübergreifen den Gerechtigkeit ernst nehmen.
Wir wissen viel darüber, was sich ändern soll.Allein, die Veränderun gen in Richtung Nachhaltigkeit
kommen nicht schnell genug voran. Deswegen müssenwir uns intensiver mit den Wegen für einen
erfolgreichen Wandel beschäftigen. Quelle: www.oekom.de/gaia GAIA 22/1 (2013): 34-38
Femmes et microentreprises rurales : une étude de cas bolivienne.
Creators: name: Losier, Mireille Renée.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1997
Subjects: subject: Women's Studies.

description: Cette these offre une lecture a la fois theorique et empirique de la microentreprise comme nouvelle approche au developpement international dans laquelle est articulee l'importance des activites informelles des femmes microentrepreneurs. Il s'agit d'un travail d'analyse methodologique d'un projet de microentreprise bolivien operationnalise par une ONG (Organisation non-gouvernementale) canadienne de Toronto; Calmeadow, en fonction de l'optique IFD (Integration de la femme au developpement) de l'ACDI (Agence canadienne de developpement international). A l'aide de l'analyse conceptuelle de microentreprises de femmes de Iris Villalobos Barahona ("Women's Micro- and Small Scale Enterprises' Emergence, Features and Limits: A Costa Rican Experience", 1995) et de grille d'analyse empirique de projets de microentreprise incluant les femmes de Marguerite Berger ("Key Issues en Women's Access to and Use of Credit in the Micro- and Small-Scale Enterprise Sector", 1995), une evaluation des methodes empiriques qu'utilise la Calmeadow pour etudier les resultats du projet de microentreprise bolivien est realisee. Les resultats de la presente these montrent que (1) l'etude d'impact du projet geree par la Calmeadow n'a pas bien defini le concept de microentreprises de femmes et que (2) la definition biaisee du concept rend problematique l'evaluation du projet en soi.
Practical adaptive hybrids with no bursting.
Creators: name: Wang, Liwen.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1993
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Electronics and Electrical.

description: In this thesis, the bursting phenomenon in echo cancellation of telephone system is investigated. Bursting is characterized as long periods of successful echo attenuation alternating with short periods of wildly oscillating signals. The objective of this thesis is to propose means of modifying the echo cancellation algorithm to ensure bursting does not happen in practical hybrids. Several approaches are proposed first for the simple cases currently discussed in the literature, then for realistic hybrids. The advantages and disadvantages of these solutions are discussed, and extensive computer simulations are provided to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed approaches for low-order hybrids as well as realistic ones.
An experimental investigation of spirally prestressed concrete columns.
Creators: name: Godse, Ramkrishna Maruti.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1970
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Civil.

description: This thesis is concerned with an experimental investigation of the effects of initial prestress and slenderness ratios on the ultimate load carrying capacity of spirally prestressed concrete columns. The experimental investigation was carried out on 6 inch diameter concrete columns. The program was divided into series A, B, C and D with slenderness ratios 16.6, 25.4, 37.05 and 49.4 respectively. Series A and B were made of plain concrete, while series C and D had longitudinal reinforcing of 4 - #3 vertical and #2 ties @ 6 inches c/c. Lateral prestress, which varied from 20% to 60% of the compressive stress of the concrete was applied by means of a high-strength piano wire of 0.031 inch diameter. Details of fabrication, materials and testing are discussed in Chapter 3. It was found that an increase in initial spiral prestress increases the load carrying capacity of columns, but the column capacity decreases with an increase in slenderness ratio of the column. Increase in initial spiral prestress showed considerable effect on the elastic behaviour and durability of the column. Spirally prestressed concrete columns behave in a manner similar to plain concrete columns, and can be analyzed in the same-way using the ultimate triaxial concrete strength in place of the cylinder strength.
title: Outcome of Elderly Patients with Meningioma after Image-Guided Stereotactic Radiotherapy
title: A Study of 100 Cases
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Kaul, David
name: Budach, Volker
name: Graaf, Lukas
name: Gollrad, Johannes
name: Badakhshi, Harun
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Introduction. Incidence of meningioma increases with age. Surgery has been the mainstay treatment. Elderly patients, however, are at risk of severe morbidity. Therefore, we conducted this study to analyze long-term outcomes of linac-based fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy (FSRT) for older adults (aged ≥65 years) with meningioma and determine prognostic factors. Materials and Methods. Between October 1998 and March 2009, 100 patients (≥65, median age, 71 years) were treated with FSRT for meningioma. Two patients were lost to follow-up. Eight patients each had grade I and grade II meningiomas, and five patients had grade III meningiomas. The histology was unknown in 77 cases (grade 0). Results. The median follow-up was 37 months, and 3-year, 5-year, and 10-year progression-free survival (PFS) rates were 93.7%, 91.1%, and 82%. Patients with grade 0/I meningioma showed 3- and 5-year PFS rates of 98.4% and 95.6%. Patients with grade II or III meningiomas showed 3-year PFS rates of 36%. 93.8% of patients showed local tumor control. Multivariate analysis did not indicate any significant prognostic factors. Conclusion. FSRT may play an important role as a noninvasive and safe method in the clinical management of older patients with meningioma.
Predictors of inappropriate and excessive use of reliever medications in asthma: a 16-year population-based study
Creators: name: Tavakoli, Hamid
name: Mark FitzGerald, J.
name: Lynd, Larry D.
name: Sadatsafavi, Mohsen
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2018

description: Background: Understanding factors associated with the inappropriate or excessive use of short-acting beta agonists (SABA) can help develop better policies. Methods: We used British Columbian (BC)‘s administrative health data (1997–2014) to create a retrospective cohort of asthma patients aged between 14 and 55 years. The primary and secondary outcomes were, respectively, inappropriate and excessive use of SABA based on a previously validated definition. Exposures were categorised into groups comprising socio-demographic variables, indicators of type and quality of asthma care, and burden of comorbid conditions. Results: 343,520 individuals (56.3% female, average age 30.5) satisfied the asthma case definition, contributing 2.6 million person-years. 7.3% of person-years were categorised as inappropriate SABA use and 0.9% as excessive use. Several factors were associated with lower likelihood of inappropriate use, including female sex, higher socio-economic status, higher continuity of care, having received pulmonary function test in the previous year, visited a specialist in the previous year, and the use of inhaled corticosteroids in the previous year. An asthma-related outpatient visit to a general practitioner in the previous year was associated with a higher likelihood of inappropriate SABA use. Similar associations were found for excessive SABA use with the exception that visit to respirologist and the use of systemic corticosteroids were associated with increased likelihood of excessive use. Conclusions: Despite proven safety issues, inappropriate SABA use is still prevalent. Several factors belonging to patients’ characteristics and type/quality of care were associated with inappropriate use of SABAs and can be used to risk-stratify patients for targeted attempts to reduce this preventable cause of adverse asthma outcomes.
Supplementary document for Chiral absorption enhancement via critically coupled resonances in atomically thin photonic crystal exciton-polaritons - 7005943.pdf
Creators: name: Zhou, Jiaxin
name: Huang, Di
name: Wang, Yuefeng
name: Chen, Yuhua
name: Xia, Meng
name: Zhang, Xingwang
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2024
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplemental Document
Data reconciliation for dynamic processes
Creators: name: Bai, Shuanghua
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Chemical.

description: In a modern chemical plant, the implementation of a distributed control system leads to a large number of measurements that are available online for process monitoring, control, optimization and management decision making. Unfortunately, these measurements often contain errors that degrade the information quality obtained from the raw data. This thesis is dedicated to the development of dynamic data reconciliation (DDR) algorithms for the optimal estimation of variables in dynamic processes. More importantly, the DDR algorithms were implemented within the structures of feedback control loops, and the performance of the DDR algorithms as well as the controllers was quantitatively assessed via a series of process simulations. The DDR algorithms, acting as digital filters, were compared to commonly used filters, such as the exponentially weighted moving average (EWMA), moving average (MA), Kalman and extended Kalman filters. Methodologies to use the DDR algorithms to deal with autocorrelated noise were also investigated. The DDR algorithms integrate information from both measurements and process dynamic models such that, at each sampling time, the estimates obtained by the DDR algorithms provide more precise representations of the current state of the process. Three DDR algorithms were developed, namely, nonlinear programming (NLP) based DDR, predictor-corrector based DDR, and autoassociative neural network (AANN) based DDR. Evaluations of these DDR algorithms were conducted via simulations of three chemical processes, namely a cylindrical storage tank, a spherical storage tank and a binary distillation column. Results demonstrated that the DDR algorithms are efficient and effective tools for the estimation of dynamic processes. They perform significantly better than the EWMA and MA filters. Furthermore, compared to the Kalman filter, the DDR algorithm is easier to understand and to implement. Studies also showed that the structure of process models has considerable impact on the performance of the DDR. The use of the DDR algorithms embedded in feedback control loops significantly enhanced the controller performance. For example, the cost function of the control system in the distillation column was reduced by 28∼39% when linear, adaptive linear and nonlinear DDR algorithms were used. The cost function of the controller in the cylindrical storage tank was reduced by 46% using DDR, while it was reduced by 33% when using a EWMA filter.
title: Identity salience
title: an intersectional approach to understanding multicultural processes & outcomes in psychotherapy
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Anders, Christopher
Publisher: name: University of Iowa
Year: 2023
Subjects: Identity Salience
Intersectionality
Multicultural
public abstract
Psychotherapy

description: A growing body of research has demonstrated the importance of therapists’ multicultural orientation (MCO), namely their cultural humility, cultural comfort, and cultural opportunities, on treatment processes and outcomes (Davis et al., 2018). However, to date, little research has attempted to identify client factors that may influence the relationship between therapists’ MCO and therapeutic processes and outcomes. This is surprising given literature documenting the importance of attending to clients’ cultural identities and experiences of systems of power and privilege within therapy. Informed by Yakushko and colleagues’ (2009) Identity Salience Model, this study seeks to advance the MCO literature by examining relationship between the saliency of clients’ cultural identities, therapists’ MCO, and treatment outcome. Data for this study consisted of 193 individuals who had received at least five sessions of psychotherapy in the last six months and responded to an online survey about their therapy experience. Polynomial Regression and Response Surface Analysis were used to examine if the relationship between therapists’ MCO and clients’ perceived improvement in psychotherapy differ as a function of the salience of their cultural identities. Results indicated that when clients have high salience of multiple identities and practitioners engage in a strong MCO, including cultural humility and cultural comfort, there are greater therapeutic improvements. Additionally, as salience of multiple identities increases, a strong MCO becomes more significantly related to positive therapeutic improvement. Practitioners should seek out training and opportunities to facilitate growth in their multicultural orientation through continuing education, self-reflection, and exploring their own and other cultures.
Supplementary document for Chiral absorption enhancement via critically coupled resonances in atomically thin photonic crystal exciton-polaritons - 7101334.pdf
Creators: name: Zhou, Jiaxin
name: Huang, Di
name: Wang, Yuefeng
name: Chen, Yuhua
name: Xia, Meng
name: Zhang, Xingwang
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2024
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplemental material
RAE: The Rainforest Automation Energy Dataset for Smart Grid Meter Data Analysis
Creators: name: Makonin, Stephen
name: Wang, Z. Jane
name: Tumpach, Chris
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2019

description: Datasets are important for researchers to build models and test how well their machine learning algorithms perform. This paper presents the Rainforest Automation Energy (RAE) dataset to help smart grid researchers test their algorithms that make use of smart meter data. This initial release of RAE contains 1 Hz data (mains and sub-meters) from two residential houses. In addition to power data, environmental and sensor data from the house’s thermostat is included. Sub-meter data from one of the houses includes heat pump and rental suite captures, which is of interest to power utilities. We also show an energy breakdown of each house and show (by example) how RAE can be used to test non-intrusive load monitoring (NILM) algorithms.
A comparative analysis of fish stock assessment methods: Spatial-temporal versus VPA.
Creators: name: Deng, Xiaoying.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: Agriculture, Fisheries and Aquaculture.

description: This thesis presents research on an alternative spatial-temporal method of fish stock assessment. We develop a simulation model of spatial-temporal stock analysis and compare its assessment with the common VPA/SPA method. In recent years, fisheries biologists have depended mainly on age structured aggregated sequential population analysis (SPA)/virtual population analysis (VPA) for stock assessment purposes. The VPA method is an aggregate model that consolidates all spatial and within-season temporal stock dynamics into a single total stock estimate. The proposed spatial-temporal method produces historical estimates of population size and fishing mortality rate by age and year. In this thesis, the abundance states of age-aggregated stock components are tracked in space over the course of each season using computer simulation. Data about fish stock spatial-temporal migration dynamics are used to estimate stock abundance in space and time over the course of a fishing season. The spatial-temporal assessment method is applied to the herring stock of the Scotia Fundy region of Atlantic Canada. The dynamics of the herring spawning groups are described and the simulation model is developed for a given season. The results suggest that disaggregated spatial-temporal estimates provide more information for in-season management of herring spawning groups than the traditional aggregate VPA approach.
3700277.pdf
Creators: name: Li, Xuan
name: Youngblood, Nathan
name: Rios, Carlos
name: Cheng, Zengguang
name: Wright, David
name: Pernice, Wolfram
name: Bhaskaran, Harish
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplement
title: Can Additional Homeopathic Treatment Save Costs?
title: A Retrospective Cost-Analysis Based on 44500 Insured Persons
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Ostermann, Julia K.
name: Reinhold, Thomas
name: Witt, Claudia M.
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Objectives The aim of this study was to compare the health care costs for patients using additional homeopathic treatment (homeopathy group) with the costs for those receiving usual care (control group). Methods Cost data provided by a large German statutory health insurance company were retrospectively analysed from the societal perspective (primary outcome) and from the statutory health insurance perspective. Patients in both groups were matched using a propensity score matching procedure based on socio-demographic variables as well as costs, number of hospital stays and sick leave days in the previous 12 months. Total cumulative costs over 18 months were compared between the groups with an analysis of covariance (adjusted for baseline costs) across diagnoses and for six specific diagnoses (depression, migraine, allergic rhinitis, asthma, atopic dermatitis, and headache). Results Data from 44,550 patients (67.3% females) were available for analysis. From the societal perspective, total costs after 18 months were higher in the homeopathy group (adj. mean: EUR 7,207.72 [95% CI 7,001.14–7,414.29]) than in the control group (EUR 5,857.56 [5,650.98–6,064.13]; p<0.0001) with the largest differences between groups for productivity loss (homeopathy EUR 3,698.00 [3,586.48–3,809.53] vs. control EUR 3,092.84 [2,981.31–3,204.37]) and outpatient care costs (homeopathy EUR 1,088.25 [1,073.90–1,102.59] vs. control EUR 867.87 [853.52–882.21]). Group differences decreased over time. For all diagnoses, costs were higher in the homeopathy group than in the control group, although this difference was not always statistically significant. Conclusion Compared with usual care, additional homeopathic treatment was associated with significantly higher costs. These analyses did not confirm previously observed cost savings resulting from the use of homeopathy in the health care system.
Studien zu den Nachweiseigenschaften des OPERA Driftröhrenspektrometers
Creators: name: Oldorf, Christian
Publisher: name: Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, DESY, Hamburg
Year: 2009
Subjects: thesis
tracking detector
drift chamber: drift tube
spatial resolution
temperature dependence
density dependence
performance
Gran Sasso
OPERA

description: Universität Hamburg, Diplomarbeit, 2009; 112 pp., (2009). doi:10.3204/DESY-THESIS-2009-024
description: Within the framework of this diploma thesis the density dependent detection characteristics of the OPERA Precision Tracker are studied at a test set up with two drift tube modules. Measurements of gain, hit eciency, spatial resolution and time{to{distance relation are presented depending on the density, anode voltage and discriminator thresholds. At a constant anode voltage the gain falls with increasing density. Therefore the hit eciency and the spatial resolution decrease with increasing density above 1,70 kg/m 3 . Within the temperature{ uctuations of 6 K inside the LNGS, an uncertainty of the spatial resolution up to 75 m is found. Within these temperature{ uctuations the upper limit for the variation of the drift distance at a drift time of 1200 ns is about 220 m. Both eects are tolerable for the spatial resolution of the OPERA Drift Tubes.
description: Published by Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, DESY, Hamburg
Phytochemical mixtures and NHPs as antimicrobials against antibiotic resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae and other pathogens
Creators: name: Ruddock, Patrick
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Biology, Microbiology.

description: Phytochemicals and garlic extracts were evaluated for their potential as complementary treatments against Neisseria gonorrhoeae. The minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of the phytochemicals silibinin and dillapiol, and a panel of garlic natural health products were determined against a panel of resistant and susceptible N. gonorrhoeae strains using agar and broth dilution methods and bacterial killing curves. Combinations of subinhibitory concentrations of silibinin or dillapiol with penicillin elicited a significant reduction in MICs of ∼50% and ∼25% of the tested strains respectively. Ternary combinations of silibinin, dillapiol and penicillin yielded a significant MIC reduction in 88% of the tested strains, including some strains whose penicillin MICs were reduced below the penicillin resistance breakpoint. The garlic extracts exhibited discrepancies in product composition and antimicrobial activity, with few products having comparable activity to fresh garlic. The activity of these phytochemicals against multiple N. gonorrhoeae resistance phenotypes makes them worthy of further investigation.
Versatile directional searches for gravitational waves with Pulsar Timing Arrays
Creators: name: Madison, D. R.
name: Zhu, X. J.
name: Hobbs, G.
name: Coles, W.
name: Shannon, Ryan
name: Wang, J. B.
name: Tiburzi, C.
name: Manchester, R. N.
name: Bailes, Matthew
name: Bhat, N. D.R.
name: Burke-Spolaor, S.
name: Dai, S.
name: Dempsey, J.
name: Keith, M.
name: Kerr, M.
name: Lasky, P.
name: Levin, Y.
name: Oslowski, Stefan
name: Ravi, V.
name: Reardon, Daniel
name: Rosado, P.
name: Spiewak, R.
name: van Straten, Willem
name: Toomey, L.
name: Wen, L.
name: You, X.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 5101
subject: Astronomical sciences
classificationCode: 5109
subject: Space sciences

description: By regularly monitoring the most stable millisecond pulsars over many years, pulsar timing arrays (PTAs) are positioned to detect and study correlations in the timing behaviour of those pulsars. Gravitational waves (GWs) from supermassive black hole binaries (SMBHBs) are an exciting potentially detectable source of such correlations. We describe a straightforward technique by which a PTA can be 'phased-up' to form time series of the two polarization modes of GWs coming from a particular direction of the sky. Our technique requires no assumptions regarding the time-domain behaviour of a GW signal. This method has already been used to place stringent bounds on GWs from individual SMBHBs in circular orbits. Here, we describe the methodology and demonstrate the versatility of the technique in searches for a wide variety of GW signals including bursts with unmodelled waveforms. Using the first six years of data from the Parkes Pulsar Timing Array, we conduct an all-sky search for a detectable excess of GW power from any direction. For the lines of sight to several nearby massive galaxy clusters, we carry out a more detailed search for GW bursts with memory, which are distinct signatures of SMBHB mergers. In all cases, we find that the data are consistent with noise.
Interrogating the 'selective gaze' of Canadian CCTV operators: Perspectives from behind the camera's lens
Creators: name: Derby, Patrick M
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Sociology, Criminology and Penology.

description: A new field of research commonly referred to as 'surveillance studies' has emerged over the past decade. Despite work being done in this area long before September 11, 2001, the acts of terrorism which occurred on that day, and the subsequent response by several states have spawned an explosion of interest in this area. This study looks beyond post-9/11 surveillance practices and technological obsessions, delving into the 'black box' to explore how CCTV surveillance is conducted within the institutions of everyday life. Drawing on ten interviews and covering eight sites that employ CCTV surveillance this research explores how camera operators organize and perceive their work. Of specific interest is developing an understanding of how CCTV operators determine whom and/or what requires their attention. The researcher interrogates the 'selective gaze' of CCTV operators to reveal that their gaze is frequently directed by information they receive from other sources. This study also corroborates Norris and Armstrong's (1999) suggestion that an individual operator's own values and beliefs play an important factor with regard to their selectivity. In addition to exploring the gaze of CCTV operators as it relates to suspicion, this work also provides an understanding of how surveillance information flows within and through the surveillance sites.
Three ways to improve the NBN – a broadband policy for the next federal election
Creators: name: Gerrand, Peter
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: At the time of writing, the Australia Opposition has agreed that the National Broadband Network will be here to stay. However, if it wins the federal election on 14 September 2013, it proposes to implement the remaining rollout in what it believes to be a more cost-effective way. Given the bipartisan agreement finally reached on the need for an NBN, this editorial suggests three ways in which it can be improved, to the greater benefit of both the community (in social cohesion and inclusiveness) and the national economy - at negligible additional cost to whichever government is in power.
Supplementary document for Sensorless adaptive optics in the near-infrared II window for deep vascular imaging in vivo - 7078463.pdf
Creators: name: Li, Dayan
name: Shi, Tianyue
name: xiao, Yao
name: Wu, Changfeng
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2024
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplementary document
Trade and the environment: A game-theoretic analysis of the linkages.
Creators: name: Eslamloueyan, Karim.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: Economics, Commerce-Business.

description: This thesis attempts to analyze some prominent linkages between trade and the environment. More specifically, the thesis seeks to elucidate the endogenous determination of environmental policies in the context of North-South and North-North relations when pollution generated in one country can cross the border and flow into another country. It also provides a theoretical framework to analyze the political influence of environmental lobbies on environmental policies, environmental damages, and the strategic behavior of domestic firms in making political contributions and investments in environmental R&D. This thesis adopts the political-support approach formalized with the help of the game-theoretic framework of a first-price menu auction formulated by Bernheim and Whinston (1986). In the political process, environmental interest groups that seek to influence environmental and trade policies set by politicians will face other lobby groups. By contrast, domestic firms in imperfectly competitive industries will press for protectionist trade policies and laxer environmental regulations. We find that an equilibrium emission tax depends on the cost and emission per unit of output, the weight that an incumbent government attaches to social welfare, the amount of pollution that countries transfer to each other, and the type of environmentalists. This thesis shows how interactions between different interest groups and their national governments may prevent the adoption of socially optimal levels of environmental policies. Moreover, it shows that environmentalists might be pressing for more stringent environmental policies if they care only about their own local environment and might have common cause with protectionist tendencies if they believe that liberalized trade will result in more pollution. With some exceptions, it is found that the presence of environmental lobbies improves the quality of their local environments. The exceptions arise when environmentalists also care about the global environment and pollution spills over from one country to another. This thesis shows that the presence of environmental lobbies may raise environmental R&D investments in the North, lower the profits of domestic firms, and improve the quality of their home and the world environments by inducing their incumbent government to adopt more stringent environmental policies. The thesis also finds that a more stringent environmental regulation, if properly set, may induce a domestic firm to undertake R&D investments, but it fails to confirm that this will raise the firm's profitability or competitiveness. Indeed, we show that an increase in a pollution tax causes the domestic firm to either cut back its output or raise its R&D expenditure. In either case, the profit of the domestic firm declines.
Mental imagery-induced attention modulates pain perception and cortical excitability
Creators: name: Volz, Magdalena Sarah
name: Suarez-Contreras, Vanessa
name: Portilla, Andrea L. Santos
name: Fregni, Felipe
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Background Mental imagery is a powerful method of altering brain activity and behavioral outcomes, such as performance of cognition and motor skills. Further, attention and distraction can modulate pain-related neuronal networks and the perception of pain. This exploratory study examined the effects of mental imagery-induced attention on pressure pain threshold and cortical plasticity using transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). This blinded, randomized, and parallel-design trial comprised 30 healthy right-handed male subjects. Exploratory statistical analyses were performed using ANOVA and t-tests for pain and TMS assessments. Pearson’s correlation was used to analyze the association between changes in pain threshold and cortical excitability. Results In the analysis of pain outcomes, there was no significant interaction effect on pain between group versus time. In an exploratory analysis, we only observed a significant effect of group for the targeted left hand (ANOVA with pain threshold as the dependent variable and time and group as independent variables). Although there was only a within- group effect of mental imagery on pain, further analyses showed a significant positive correlation of changes in pain threshold and cortical excitability (motor-evoked potentials via TMS). Conclusions Mental imagery has a minor effect on pain modulation in healthy subjects. Its effects appear to differ compared with chronic pain, leading to a small decrease in pain threshold. Assessments of cortical excitability confirmed that these effects are related to the modulation of pain-related cortical circuits. These exploratory findings suggest that neuronal plasticity is influenced by pain and that the mental imagery effects on pain depend on the state of central sensitization.
3700621.pdf
Creators: name: Enzian, Georg
name: Szczykulska, Magdalena
name: Silver, Jonathan
name: Del Bino, Leonardo
name: zhang, Shuangyou
name: Walmsley, Ian
name: Del'Haye, Pascal
name: Vanner, Michael
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplementary tex with figures
L'Église de demain dans l'oeuvre de Marcel Légaut : les communautés de foi.
Creators: name: Goudreault, Pierre.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: Theology.

description: L'objet de notre recherche porte sur les communautes de foi dans l'oeuvre de Marcel Legaut. Notre these tente donc de repondre a une question chere a Legaut: comment l'Eglise doit-elle se renouveler pour demeurer fidele a sa mission? Notre hypothese de recherche essaie de montrer que, pour Legaut, l'avenement des communautes de foi aidera l'Eglise a changer, afin qu'elle realise mieux sa mission dans le monde moderne. Il privilegie ainsi une Eglise faite de petites communautes toutes centrees sur la foi en Jesus ou leurs membres cherchent a devenir ses disciples. Notre these montre que les communautes de foi sont une voie prometteuse pour resoudre la crise actuelle et preparer l'Eglise de demain. Ainsi, le premier chapitre commence d'abord par presenter le regard de Legaut sur l'Eglise. En traitant de la mission des le deuxieme chapitre, nous avons voulu par la mettre en relief l'importance premiere que Legaut accorde a une transformation qui concerne l'idee que l'Eglise se fait de sa raison d'etre. Pour etre plus fidele a sa mission, l'Eglise doit appeler ses membres a vivre une conversion personnelle et encourager leur regroupement en communautes de foi. Le troisieme chapitre montre que ces petits groupes, qui s'inspirent des premieres communautes chretiennes que nous font connai tre les Ecritures, offrent la possibilite de retrouver, sous des modalites renouvelees, ce que les disciples ont vecu avec Jesus. L'existence et le developpement de la communaute de foi dependent de la mise en oeuvre d'un certain fonctionnement. Pour comprendre la vie concrete de cette petite communaute, nous etudions au quatrieme chapitre cinq activites qui, selon Legaut, sont necessaires a sa croissance. Les communautes de foi surgissent meme dans les structures actuelles. Elles ne sont pas etrangeres a l'organisation de l'Eglise; elles sont le ferment spirituel des cadres institutionnels deja etablis, afin qu'ils soient davantage au service de la mission. Nous examinons de plus pres, au cinquieme chapitre, le rapport existant entre les ministres ordonnes et les communautes de foi. Le dernier chapitre precise la qualite de la reflexion de Legaut sur le monde et l'Eglise d'aujourd'hui. Certains criteres nous permettront d'emettre un jugement sur les communautes de foi: leur rapprochement avec d'autres experiences similaires de petites communautes, leur rapport avec l'enseignement de l'Eglise depuis une vingtaine d'annees, leur originalite et leur contribution a l'ecclesiologie de communion. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
General Support Call for Repositories
Creators: name: Stein, Ilona Von
name: Huigen, Frans
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Certification
Trusted Digital Repositories
FAIR
FAIRsFAIR Certification Support

description: This presentation was held on Thursday, June 11th, 2020, in the framework of the FAIRsFAIR Certification Support Initiative. This initiative supports ten selected repositories throughout Europe in obtaining their CoreTrustSeal certification. The purpose of this presentation, attended by representatives of the selected repositories, was to help them finalise their draft CoreTrustSeal self-assessments. For more information on this support initiative, please see this article on the FAIRsFAIR website.
Evaluation of fracture resistance of bonded and luted zirconia crowns with varying occlusal thicknesses after the endodontic access preparation
Creators: name: Rosas Diaz, Maria Teresa
Publisher: name: University of Iowa
Year: 2025
Subjects: crowns
endodontic access
fracture resistance
occlusal
thicknes
zirconia
public abstract

description: Objective: Endodontic access preparation after crown cementation potentially affects the resistance of all-ceramic crowns. This study evaluated the effect of crown occlusal thickness, cement type, and endodontic access on the fracture resistance of full-contour zirconia crowns (Cercon HT, Dentsply Sirona) containing 3 mol% yttria (3Y).Methods: One hundred and twenty extracted molars were prepared, scanned and a crown was designed in 3 Shape CAD software with different occlusal thicknesses of 1.0 mm, 1.5mm, and 2.0 mm. Crowns were milled (Ceramill motion 2, Amann Girrbach) and sintered in the furnace (Lab Profire, Dentsply Sirona) using the manufacturer’s recommended sintering cycle. Crowns were cemented using, either a Resin-Modified Glass Ionomer cement (RelyX Luting Plus) or a resin cement (PanaviaV5), then submitted to thermocycling test (5,000 cycles, 5-55°C). An endodontic access was prepared under the microscope on half of the specimens (n=60). The endodontic accesses were restored with resin composite (Filtek Supreme Ultra, 3M ESPE). All samples underwent a fracture resistance test. Fracture load was measured as the maximum load until fracture in Newton (N).
description: Results: Predicting clinical performance of zirconia crowns and thickness selection is important for long term results. Larger occlusal thicknesses require more fracture force with a p-value of 0.006. Furthermore, when the occlusal thickness increased from 1mm to 2mm thickness, the force at fracture increased by 1582.75 N. and the p-value was <0.001. When the tooth changed from not having an endodontic access to having an endodontic access, the interaction of the force at fracture was decreased by 1264.50 N with a statistical significant p-value of 0.017. Catastrophic failure by force and cement type showed a relationship between force and cement type. Catastrophic failure with Panavia was higher than with Rely X Luting by proportions of mode of fracture IV. Furthermore, the teeth luted with Panavia, showed odds of catastrophic failure by 195% compared to Rely X cement with a significant p-value = 0.032. The higher catastrophic failure with Panavia signifies that Panvaia better withstood the force. Results demonstrate a rejected null hypotheses. T-tests against null hypotheses of no effect indicate significant main effects of the thickness and endodontic access. Increased occlusal thickness increases fracture force and presence of endodontic access decreased fracture force.
description: Conclusion: Design and selection of occlusal thickness influence the strength of zirconia crowns. After endodontic treatment, the zirconia material potentially suffers long-term drawbacks by potentially yielding clinically relevant fractures and failure.
Serum IgG subclass levels and risk of exacerbations and hospitalizations in patients with COPD
Creators: name: Leitao Filho, Fernando S.
name: Ra, Seung W
name: Mattman, Andre
name: Schellenberg, Robert
name: Criner, Gerard J.
name: Woodruff, Prescott G.
name: Lazarus, Stephen C.
name: Albert, Richard
name: Connett, John E.
name: Han, Meilan K.
name: Martinez, Fernando J.
name: Leung, Janice M.
name: Man, S. F. P.
name: Aaron, Shawn D.
name: Reed, Robert M.
name: Sin, Don D.
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2018

description: Background: The literature is scarce regarding the prevalence and clinical impact of IgG subclass deficiency in COPD. We investigated the prevalence of IgG subclass deficiencies and their association with exacerbations and hospitalizations using subjects from two COPD cohorts. Methods: We measured IgG subclass levels using immunonephelometry in serum samples from participants enrolled in two previous COPD trials: Macrolide Azithromycin for Prevention of Exacerbations of COPD (MACRO; n = 976) and Simvastatin for the Prevention of Exacerbations in Moderate-to-Severe COPD (STATCOPE; n = 653). All samples were collected from clinically stable participants upon entry into both studies. IgG subclass deficiency was diagnosed when IgG subclass levels were below their respective lower limit of normal: IgG1 < 2.8 g/L; IgG2 < 1.15 g/L; IgG3 < 0.24 g/L; and IgG4 < 0.052 g/L. To investigate the impact of IgG subclass levels on time to first exacerbation or hospitalization, we log-transformed IgG levels and performed Cox regression models, with adjustments for confounders. Results: One or more IgG subclass deficiencies were found in 173 (17.7%) and 133 (20.4%) participants in MACRO and STATCOPE, respectively. Lower IgG1 or IgG2 levels resulted in increased risk of exacerbations with adjusted hazard ratios (HR) of 1.30 (95% CI, 1.10–1.54, p < 0.01) and 1.19 (95% CI, 1.05–1.35, p < 0.01), respectively in the MACRO study, with STATCOPE yielding similar results. Reduced IgG1 or IgG2 levels were also associated with increased risk of hospitalizations: the adjusted HR for IgG1 and IgG2 was 1.52 (95% CI: 1.15–2.02, p < 0.01) and 1.33 (95% CI, 1.08–1.64, p < 0.01), respectively for the MACRO study; in STATCOPE, only IgG2 was an independent predictor of hospitalization. In our multivariate Cox models, IgG3 and IgG4 levels did not result in significant associations for both outcomes in either MACRO or STATCOPE cohorts. Conclusions: Approximately 1 in 5 COPD patients had one or more IgG subclass deficiencies. Reduced IgG subclass levels were independent risk factors for both COPD exacerbations (IgG1 and IgG2) and hospitalizations (IgG2) in two COPD cohorts. Trial registration This study used serum samples from participants of the MACRO ( NCT00325897 ) and STATCOPE ( NCT01061671 ) trials.
Aktualisierte EMAS-Umwelterklärung des Umweltbundesamtes (UBA) 2015
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2015
Subjects: Umweltmanagement
Umweltmanagementsystem

description: Im Jahr 2014 haben wir für unser Umweltmanagementsystem Schwerpunkte definiert, für die wir konkrete, überprüfbare Ziele für das Jahr 2017 festlegten. Für jeden Schwerpunkt beschlossen wir konkrete Maßnahmen, die auf diese Ziele gerichtet sind. Mit dieser aktualisierten Umwelterklärung 2015 informieren wir Sie nun darüber, inwieweit wir unseren EMAS-Zielen näher gekommen sind. Wo sind wir auf einem guten Weg, wo müssen wir nachsteuern, weitere oder sogar andere Maßnahmen durchführen? Darüber hinaus berichten wir über die Änderungen und Weiterentwicklungen unseres Umweltmanagementsystems und ergänzen die relevanten Umweltkennzahlen des Jahres 2014.
Quelle: www.umweltbundesamt.de
CoQ deficiency causes disruption of mitochondrial sulfide oxidation, a new pathomechanism associated with this syndrome
Creators: name: Luna-Sanchez, Marta
name: Hidalgo-Gutierrez, Agustin
name: Hildebrandt, Tatjana M.
name: Chaves-Serrano, Julio
name: Barriocanal-Casado, Eliana
name: Schuelke, Markus [U.A.]
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Coenzyme Q (CoQ) is a key component of the mitochondrial respiratory chain, but it also has several other functions in the cellular metabolism. One of them is to function as an electron carrier in the reaction catalyzed by sulfide:quinone oxidoreductase (SQR), which catalyzes the first reaction in the hydrogen sulfide oxidation pathway. Therefore, SQR may be affected by CoQ deficiency. Using human skin fibroblasts and two mouse models with primary CoQ deficiency, we demonstrate that severe CoQ deficiency causes a reduction in SQR levels and activity, which leads to an alteration of mitochondrial sulfide metabolism. In cerebrum of Coq9R239X mice, the deficit in SQR induces an increase in thiosulfate sulfurtransferase and sulfite oxidase, as well as modifications in the levels of thiols. As a result, biosynthetic pathways of glutamate, serotonin, and catecholamines were altered in the cerebrum, and the blood pressure was reduced. Therefore, this study reveals the reduction in SQR activity as one of the pathomechanisms associated with CoQ deficiency syndrome.