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title: Towards an Epistemology for Action-Research
Creators: name: Winter, Richard John Edward
Publisher: name: Goldsmiths, University of London
Year: 1986

description: Action-research's epistemological problem is that it proposes an opposition to positivist forms of social inquiry while implicitly using a positivist epistemology to justify its own procedures. This work is an attempt to formulate an alternative epistemology for action-research. A selection of action-research writing is critically reviewed in order to show the lacunae and inconsistencies which necessitate a more thoroughly argued theoretical framework. This alternative epistemology is based on a reflexive theory of consciousness and language, and on a dialectical theory of the self-other relationship. In this way it proposes the possibility of a theorizing Subject, and in particular its specific autonomy in relation to theories of ideology and of societal and psychoanalytic determinism. The argument has the following stages. Chapter One introduces the general theme. Chapter Two analyzes the relationship between action and research, not as a process of evaluation or prescription, but as a dialectic of reflexive and critical questioning. Chapter Three critically considers theories of the self and of the unconscious in order to formulate the possibility of critical self-reflection. Chapter Four analyzes the social relationships of the research process, criticizing the Habermasian notion of -emancipation", and analysing the relationship between criteria for the improvement of professional practice and the criteria for adequate research, including a consideration of how action-research might relate to the processes of professionalized institutions. This section involves an analysis of theories of professionalism and bureaucracy. In Chapter Five the argument turns more generally to the forms of validity to which action-research might aspire, criticizing such notions as "naturalistic theory" and "illumination", and formulating validity in terms of reflexivity and dialectics. In this context, also, action-research attempts to invoke "aesthetic" modes of understanding are considered, and a contrast is drawn between action-research's reliance on forms of representational realism and reflexive theories of textual structure and response. Chapter Six, the conclusion, draws together the foregoing arguments in order to present six critical propositions, as a set of implications for the renewed practice of action-research.
Soybean peroxidase treatment of 2,4-dichlorophenol in a soil mixture.
Creators: name: Driscoll, Nicole.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Environmental.

description: Soybean peroxidase (SBP) shows potential to remediate water-soil systems, yet relatively little is understood about its reaction in soil environments. While the potential may exist for the use of SBP in soil systems, too many difficulties and unknowns face the research of SBP to soil systems. This study will focus on the use of SBP in soil slurries as a stepping block to future research with soil systems. This study investigates the use of SBP to remediate 2,4-dichlorophenol (2,4-DCP) in wastewater when soil is present in the reactor vessel. Characterization of 2,4-DCP binding to soil (peat moss and silica sand) revealed that the binding was effected by the pH and the mass of the soil. The determination of enzyme kinetic constants and enzyme reactions was not examined in this study. The application of SBP to reactors with wastewater and soil has the potential to improve or decrease removal, under different reactor conditions, versus wastewater only systems. Assumptions regarding the sorption of the 2,4-DCP to soil allowed conclusions to be made regarding the activity of the SBP. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Synthesis of Oligomannose Azides; Homoallyboration of Aldehydes: Stereoselective Synthesis of Allylic-Substituted Alkenes
Creators: name: Xu, Bokai
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2024
Subjects: Boron
HIV
Homoallylation
Mannose

description: Part 1: The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) was first found by scientists at the Institute Pasteur in Paris. Among the two types of HIV, HIV-1 is the one that has been broadly spread around the world. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 30 million people are living with HIV/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) worldwide, and 690,000 people died of HIV-related illnesses worldwide in 2019. Although the development of antiretroviral therapies has improved the quality of patients’ lives, the cost of treatment, the global distribution, and the fast mutation of the virus make vaccine development urgent. In the first and second chapters, the synthesis of Man9-(GlcNac)2-N3 (1.10) and Mann-(Cyclohexyl)-N3, key compounds in HIV vaccine design, will be discussed.
description: Part 2: Allylation has been widely used to prepare homoallylic alcohols and amines, which could be used as building blocks for the synthesis of complex natural products. Among allylic reagents, allyl boranes and allyl boronates have been widely utilized to react with aldehydes under the activation of Lewis acid. Inspired by these reactions, our group developed homoallylboration between cyclopropylcarbinyl boronates and vialdehydes. Our homoallylboration shows great stereoselectivity and high yield. In the third
description: chapter, the synthesis of γ-substituted cyclopropylcarbinyl boronates, along with the effect of the substituents on the cyclopropyl ring on homoallylation, will be discussed.
Lingua sacra, simboli e mistero in Cristina Campo
Creators: name: Fontanini, Walter
name: Fontanini, Monika
Publisher: name: Nuova Corvina
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Linguistics
subject: FOS: Languages and literature
subject: Philosophy
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: Religions

description: UN TELO COLORATO. SOLO UN TELO COLORATO.Centinaia di uomini possono arrivare a dare la vita o ad uccidere per un telo colorato? Sicuramente no, se lo chiamano «strofinaccio», sicuramente sì, se lo chiamano«bandiera». Le azioni umane non derivano tanto dall’oggetto che le ha stimolate o a cui esse mirano, quanto dal significato che a tale oggetto viene attribuito. La difesa delnostro telo colorato, per esempio, qualora esso venga definito una «bandiera», può assumere una rilevanza tanto grande da comportare il volontario sacrificio di molteplicivite umane. Ancora, lo stesso gesto (per esempio, un colpo sulla spalla) provoca azioni diverse a seconda che sia inteso come pacca amichevole, segno di scherno o urto accidentale. Si tratta di ciò che il sociologo americano George H. Mead definisce «gesto significativo» distinguendolo dal gesto automatico. Nel caso del gesto significativo,allo stimolo non segue immediatamente la risposta, ma l’interpretazione che ne valuta l’intenzionalità. A questo proposito chi interpreta l’azione cercherà di porsi «nei panni dell’altro». Va rilevato che il processo di significazione proprio della specie umana è dotato di una portata universale; il significato non viene cioè riconosciuto unicamente dal singolo soggetto, ma da un intero gruppo sociale. Nel momento in cui qualcosa (si tratti di un evento, un’azione, un oggetto) non indica unicamente se stessa, ma rimanda a un significato altro da sé....
Gli Etruschi in TV. Da Telescuola all'Anno degli Etruschi
Creators: name: Micozzi Marina
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Etruschi, televisione

description: Edito in M. Vallozza, G.M. Di Nocera (a cura di), Sistemi educativi e politiche culturali dal mondo antico al contemporaneo, Studi offerti a Gabriella Ciampi (Daidalos, Supplementi, 18), Viterbo, Università della Tuscia, ISSN: 2037-9803, pp. 161-166.
Aging out of Sympathy: Asylum, SIJ, and the “Worthy” Immigrant
Creators: name: Khadraoui, Norah
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2024
Subjects: Special Immigrant Juvenile Status
Asylum
childhood
victimhood
worthiness
Immigration

description: This study compares Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJ), and domestic violence (DV) asylum claims to understand how status is conveyed by the state. These legal procedures shape ideas of worthiness using constructions of “childhood” and “victimhood”. Understanding of the differences between worthy childhood and worthy victimhood can allow us a deeper understanding of how gender, age, and racial dynamics play out in the courtroom and establish distinct levels of “worthiness.” Through in-depth interviews with 13 New York immigration attorneys, I found that, while SIJ presumes minors as “worthy” due to their vulnerability (worthy childhood), more discretionary statuses like asylum require proof of worthiness (worthy victimhood) that is more difficult to achieve. This difference in assumed worthiness manifested in three ways: the way the courts are structured, judicial discretion, and the political atmosphere. First, immigration court, unlike family court, is under the executive branch and has no baseline standard of care like the family court’s best interest of the child standard. SIJ operates in both state family court and immigration court, where it has less of a discretionary status, compared to DV asylum which solely lies in immigration court. Second, judicial discretion plays a significant role, with judges' attitudes based on suspicion, sympathy, respectability politics, and trauma affecting outcomes in asylum and SIJ cases. Third, the political atmosphere can directly impact immigration policies because the immigration courts are under the purview of the executive branch. The constantly changing political landscape makes it hard for attorneys to advise clients accurately. Structural reforms, including an independent judiciary, are essential for fair treatment in the immigration system.
Nutrients and Other Environmental Factors Influence Virus Abundances across Oxic and Hypoxic Marine Environments
Creators: name: Finke, Jan F.
name: Hunt, Brian P. V.
name: Winter, Christian
name: Carmack, Eddy C.
name: Suttle, Curtis A.
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2019

description: Virus particles are highly abundant in seawater and, on average, outnumber microbial cells approximately 10-fold at the surface and 16-fold in deeper waters; yet, this relationship varies across environments. Here, we examine the influence of a suite of environmental variables, including nutrient concentrations, salinity and temperature, on the relationship between the abundances of viruses and prokaryotes over a broad range of spatial and temporal scales, including along a track from the Northwest Atlantic to the Northeast Pacific via the Arctic Ocean, and in the coastal waters of British Columbia, Canada. Models of varying complexity were tested and compared for best fit with the Akaike Information Criterion, and revealed that nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations, as well as prokaryote abundances, either individually or combined, had significant effects on viral abundances in all but hypoxic environments, which were only explained by a combination of physical and chemical factors. Nonetheless, multivariate models of environmental variables showed high explanatory power, matching or surpassing that of prokaryote abundance alone. Incorporating both environmental variables and prokaryote abundances into multivariate models significantly improved the explanatory power of the models, except in hypoxic environments. These findings demonstrate that environmental factors could be as important as, or even more important than, prokaryote abundance in describing viral abundance across wide-ranging marine environments.
The Effect of Spatial and Dynamic Visual Cues on Balance
Creators: name: Davies, Hannah
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2024
Subjects: Balance
Position Channel
Random Dot Kinematogram
Rate Channel
Vision

description: This report studies balancing an external visual object, which may share a common process with the clinically important task of maintaining upright bipedal balance. Participants were instructed to keep a virtually simulated unstable object in its upright position by moving a joystick. The unstable object was a circular array of random dots rolling about its center according to the equation of motion of a simple inverted pendulum, with a calibrated pendular rate constant. Information about the object’s angular displacement was eliminated by reducing the ratio of dots moving as a unit relative to jumping randomly per frame (coherence), and information about angular velocity was degraded by reducing the rendering rate (strobing). Eight dependent variables were measured to quantify performance and learning. Experiment 1 (n=32) showed that loss of either position or rate information significantly degrades visual balance ability, with a significantly larger degradation in the absence of rate information. Experiment 2 (n=10) results showed that increasing the strobe rate of image displacement improves performance, with the best performance found at the rate used in Experiment 1. Also, Experiment 2 concluded that a change in random dot kinematogram (RDK) rollover rate impacts performance accuracy more than a change in apparent motion perception.
The Influence of Culture and Group Membership on Learning Trustworthiness
Creators: name: Song, Yuchen
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2018
Subjects: Trustworthiness
Learning
Group Membership
Memory
Economic Game
Associative Memory
Economic Decision
Culture

description: The present study investigated the effects of culture on learning about trustworthiness. Prior work has focused on how culture affects the perception of trustworthiness based on facial features. A broker investment task was used to measure learning of whether different faces, tested for ingroup and outgroup members, behaved in a trustworthy, untrustworthy, or neutral manner. We found individuals across cultural groups learned to differentiate the brokers and did so better for ingroup than outgroup members.
Open Science in Latin America … to the Cloud and beyond!
Creators: name: Schallier, Wouter
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Open Science

description: Open Science in Latin America … to the Cloud and beyond!
 Wouter Schallier
 Chief, Hernán Santa Cruz Library
 ECLAC -United Nations
 29 May 2020
Effects of Domain Growth on Turing Pattern Development and Morphology in Experimental and Simulated Systems
Creators: name: Konow, Christopher John
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Domain growth
Patterning
Turing mechanism
Zebrafish
Nonlinear Dynamics

description: Proposed almost 60 years ago, the Turing mechanism has been rigorously studied as a potential basis for morphogenesis and the driving force behind multiple patterning behaviors found in biology, ecology, behavioral science, mathematics, and chemistry. Growth, which is ubiquitous in biology, has been shown to impact Turing pattern formation in a variety of simple model systems. In this Dissertation, the influence of domain growth on Turing patterns is studied using both experimental and simulated systems. Domain growth significantly impacts pattern formation and morphology in all of these systems.
description: The first Turing pattern-generating system considered is the experimental chlorine dioxide - iodine - malonic acid (CDIMA) reaction. This reaction system has generated numerous previous insights into Turing-type morphogenesis. CDIMA's photosensitivity is harnessed to artificially ``grow" the patterned region, which causes a variety of pattern morphologies to occur \textit{via} multiple growth modes, all of which depend on the growth rate. This effect was qualitatively reproduced using a realistic chemical model (the Lengyel-Epstein model).
description: The second Turing pattern-generating system considered is a biologically-inspired model of the interactions between chromatophores (colored pigment cells) on the skin of a zebrafish. First, the patterning from this model (termed the ``Survival model") is shown to result from a Turing bifurcation, even in the absence of any cellular movement. Secondly, the Survival model and another related model are analyzed on a growing domain. Both models show that domain growth can orient the patterns perpendicularly to the growing boundary, albeit at different separations of length scales.
description: The third project presented here systematically considers the influence of domain growth on simulations of all possible two-node reaction networks. Using a recently published novel instability condition, simulations of each system are tested to see if they are sensitive to spatial perturbations while on a growing domain. All reaction networks show that domain growth can affect the region where the system is unstable to spatial perturbations; however, only a few generate Turing patterns.
Potential drug-drug interactions in a Canadian tertiary-care hospital
Creators: name: Reimche, Leanne D
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Health Sciences, Medicine and Surgery.

description: Drug-Drug interactions (DDIs) are an important focus of patient safety because they account for a substantial number of adverse drug events and are preventable. Objective. To study DDIs in a Canadian hospital, a retrospective observational study was completed using the Ottawa Hospital Data Warehouse. Study cohort. Admissions to the Ottawa hospital between January 1, 1999 and September 30, 2005. Methods. Potential drug-drug interactions were identified by examining all co-administered medications for combinations of drugs previously reported to have potential interactions. Poisson regression was used to examine potential patient and hospital factors associated with drug-drug interactions. Results. Between 1999 and 2005, we found at least one DDI in 19.3% of all hospitalizations and 18.8% of hospitalization time. Category 1 (drug combinations to be avoided) and Category 2 (drug combinations usually avoided) interactions were rare, accounting for only 0.022% and 1.4% of hospitalization time, respectively. Category 3 interactions (drug combinations requiring alteration) occurred with 5.7% of all drug orders and were present for 17.4% of hospitalization time. Poisson regression analysis found that DDIs were significantly more likely to occur in patients who were: older; admitted to a surgical service; had a greater number of comorbidities; and were prescribed a greater number of drugs. Conclusion. Drug-Drug interactions occurred frequently during hospitalization. Future study is required to determine if the interactions identified are associated with important clinical outcomes.
Contemporary lay associate programs in Canada: Origins, canonical considerations and practical aspects.
Creators: name: Wikeem, Susan.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: Religion, General.

description: One positive outcome of the post-Vatican II renewal is the movement among laity and religious towards greater collaboration. Collaboration, in some instances, has led to a desire for formal association. In the last fifteen to twenty years many religious institutes and societies of apostolic life have responded by establishing associate programmes which offer selected laypersons a structured participation in their spirit, mission and community life. Lay association with religious institutes is not a new development but rather "a tradition revived." The newness of the current movement is found in its variety of forms which do not fit into any of the established canonical categories. The contemporary situation, therefore, raises new canonical questions and presents new practical challenges. This dissertation considers these canonical and practical issues related to contemporary associate programmes. There are two components to the methodology used: an analysis of canonical norms to determine their direct or analogous application to the functioning of these programmes; and an examination of selected Canadian associate programme guidelines to establish and assess current practice. Chapter one places lay association in its historical and legal contexts and explores the framework for contemporary programmes. Chapter two examines current universal and proper legislation related to lay association. Chapter three explores canonical issues related to contemporary lay associate programmes including membership requirements, the relationship between institutes/societies and their associates, and the participation of associates in the life of the sponsoring institutes/societies. Finally, chapter four considers some practical aspects related to contemporary associate programmes including organization, content, statutes and policies, agreements, rights and obligations. The study clarifies the canonical status of individual associates and groups of associates and offers suggestions for the functioning of programmes. It concludes with an evaluation of the existing situation and explores future directions.
Anaerobic degradation of aircraft deicing fluid (ADF) in upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactors and the fate of ADF additives.
Creators: name: Pham, Thi Tham.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Biology, Microbiology.

description: A central composite design was employed to methodically investigate anaerobic treatment of aircraft deicing fluid (ADF) in bench-scale Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket (UASB) reactors. A total of 23 runs at 17 different operating conditions were conducted in continuous mode. The development of four empirical models describing process responses (i.e., chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal efficiency, biomass specific acetoclastic activity, methane production rate, and methane production potential) as functions of ADF concentration, hydraulic retention time (HRT), and biomass concentration is presented. Model verification indicated that predicted responses (COD removal efficiencies, biomass specific acetoclastic activity, and methane production rates and potential) were in good agreement with experimental results. Biomass specific acetoclastic activity was improved by almost two-fold during ADF treatment in UASB reactors. For the design window, COD removal efficiencies were higher than 90%. Predicted methane production potentials were close to theoretical values, and methane production rates increased as the organic loading rate (OLR) was increased. ADF toxicity effects were evident for 1.6% ADF at medium specific organic loadings (SOLR above 0.5 g COD/g VSS/d). In contrast, good reactor stability and excellent removal efficiencies were achieved at 1.2% ADF for reactor loadings approaching that of highly loaded systems (0.73 g COD/g VSS/d). Acclimation to ADF resulted in an initial reduction in the biomass settling velocity. The fate of ADF additives was also investigated. There was minimal sorption of benzotriazole (BT), 5-methyl-1 H-benzotriazole (MeBT), and 5,6-dimethyl-1 H-benzotriazole (DiMeBT) to anaerobic granules. A higher sorption capacity was measured for NP. Active transport may be one of the mechanisms for NP sorption. Ethylene glycol degradation experiments indicated that BT, MeBT, DiMeBT, and the nonionic surfactant Tergitol NP-4 had no significant effects on acidogenesis and methanogenesis at the concentration levels studied. A significant inhibition of acetoclastic activity was observed for NP at 100 mg/L, with acetic acid consumption rate at 38% of that for controls. No evidence for anaerobic degradation of benzotriazole and its derivatives was observed; however, both batch and continuous experiments suggested that anaerobic degradation of NP occurred. Kinetic analysis of operational data obtained for the anaerobic treatment of ADF in UASB reactors indicated that the substrate utilization rate was independent of the reactor biomass concentration. The maximum rate of substrate utilization and the half-velocity constants for ADF treatment were 28.4 g COD/L/d and 648 mg COD/L, respectively. For 1.2% ADF, the biomass yield and endogenous decay coefficients were 0.027 g VSS/g COD and 0.012 d-1 , respectively.
Reverse engineering: A cognitive approach, a case study and a tool.
Creators: name: Zayour, Iyad.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Computer Science.

description: Software maintenance (SM) for large legacy systems is a very inefficient process; on average, 70% of software costs are spent on maintenance [Swanson 89]. The inefficiency of SM has been related to the difficulty comprehending software systems; therefore program comprehension is considered to be a key bottleneck of SM. Reverse engineering tools have been used to alleviate this bottleneck with lower than expected success. We present a cognitively based approach for reverse engineering tool development. We use ideas from cognitive psychology and other disciplines to formulate the approach. We also describe a case study in which we applied the approach in a telecommunication company. The case study resulted in the development of DynaSee, a reverse engineering tool which helps software engineers analyze dynamic program information. DynaSee reads routine call traces, and provides several processing and visualization features that make the use of traces much more useful for software maintenance and program comprehension. Next, we describe and evaluate the various features of DynaSee that compress, abstract and augment traces to make them comprehensible and useful for SM tasks. Finally, based on our experience in developing DynaSee, we generalize the aspects of our findings and techniques that are based on psychology by relating them to the mainstream psychological literature and to other disciplines where similar techniques have been used.
Exploring Perceived Legal and Organizational Support and Attitudes on the Decision to Mediate or Arrest in Domestic Violence Cases: A Study Among Community and Criminal Justice Professionals in China.
Creators: name: Radtke, Spenser R
name: Kim, Jeongsuk
name: Rizo, Cynthia Fraga
name: Zhao, Ruohui
name: Macy, Rebecca J
name: Zhang, Hongwei
name: Wretman, Christopher J
Publisher: name: SAGE Publications
Year: 2023

description: This study investigates factors related to the decision to (a) arrest or (b) mediate in domestic violence (DV) situations-nonmutually exclusive but highly differing decisions chosen a priori as being outcomes of interest. The sample included three types of professionals handling domestic violence cases in China: (a) Women's Federation (WF), (b) police, and (c) judicial personnel. The participants (n = 817) responded to a vignette describing a DV incident. Logistic regression revealed that legal, organizational, and attitudinal factors were associated with decision-making and varied by group. The findings suggest training and detailed instructions on handling DV.
The father god and traditional Christian interpretations of suffering, guilt, anger and forgiveness as impediments to recovery from father-daughter incest.
Creators: name: Redmond, Sheila Ann.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1993
Subjects: subject: Religion, General.

description: The hypothesis of this dissertation suggested that certain teachings of traditional Christianity would make it difficult for a Christian daughter who was sexually assaulted by her father to successfully recover from the trauma. To see if this could be the case, I first looked at the psychological damage done to the daughter who is sexually assaulted by her father from the perspective of the research of authors such as Florence Rush, Judith Herman, E. Sue Blume, Diana Russell, Ellen Bass, Laura Davis, David Finkelhor, Louise Armstrong, Susanne Sgroi and Roland Summit. I then analyzed what little references there are to father-daughter sexual assault and physical and sexual child abuse in the literature that dealt with aspects of Christianity that were relevant to father-daughter sexual assault, in terms of occurrence of father-daughter incest in Christian environments, the impact of Christianity on the abuse and recovery, or the impact of sexual assault on Christian beliefs. Following that, I analyzed the biblical texts for their input into the problem by focusing on the story of Lot and his daughters and the kinship rules of Leviticus 18. In the same chapter, I discussed the story of eleven-year-old Maria Goretti who was canonized for resisting the sexual advances of a young man living in her household, and dying because of that resistance. There was almost nothing in either of these chapters that would suggest that there was anything in Christianity that would cause a special problem for a believing daughter who was sexually assaulted by the father save in the work of Dutch authors, Annie Imbens-Fransen and Ineke Jonkers, and the recent work of James Poling. These authors, who have worked extensively with Christian abusers and victims, indicted the patriarchal power and belief structure of traditional Christianity as a source of extreme pain for sexually assaulted Christians and for Christian abusers. After a critique of the analysis of god as a transitional god, it is suggested that in order to understand the impact of the Christian belief system on victims of father-daughter incest, it would be better to view the anthropomorphic Christian god as a second male parent for the daughter, albeit a super-father. This done, the last chapter looks at what the process of recovery should entail according to the authors mentioned in the second chapter. Aspects of the recovery process are compared to traditional Christian teachings on issues such as suffering, guilt, anger and forgiveness. It was discovered that the Christian teachings are often at odds with the necessities of the recovery process. This would mean that a Christian daughter who was sexually assaulted by her father would have to overcome resistances caused by her belief system as well as the inherent difficulties which victims have in order to become survivors.
I Want to Work Myself Out of a Job: The Struggles and Hopes of Campus Sexual Violence Prevention
Creators: name: Basile, Jessica M
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2024
Subjects: gender-based violence
sexual violence
sexual violence prevention
American Studies

description: This dissertation offers an ethnographic exploration of higher education sexual violence prevention initiatives through the perspectives of professional staff whose mission is to counter what many call a pandemic of sexual violence. Central to my examination are the emic theories and language ideologies underlying prevention professionals’ critique of everyday terms and phrases and their challenge to dominant discourses and practices. I explore sexual violence prevention through the lens of the dynamic relationship between sociocultural structures and individual agency. Through interviews and participant observation conducted over several years, the research delves into the multifaceted challenges faced by prevention professionals, their motivations, and the strategies they employ in their work. Drawing from various disciplines including anthropology, sociology, intersectional, queer and feminist theories, the research highlights the multiplicity of positions within both individuals and sociocultural structures. I engage with theoretical frameworks to contextualize my analysis, emphasizing prevention professionals’ nuanced understandings of language’s role in perpetuating or challenging sociocultural norms and the ensuant need for collaborative efforts to effect meaningful change. By exposing power dynamics and denaturalizing embodied discourses and practices, prevention professionals understand their work as envisioning alternative futures and empowering individuals to enact change.
Acceptance of Combined Coronary CT Angiography and Myocardial CT Perfusion versus Conventional Coronary Angiography in Patients with Coronary Stents - Intraindividual Comparison
Creators: name: Rief, Matthias
name: Feger, Sarah
name: Martus, Peter
name: Laule, Michael
name: Dewey, Marc
name: Schönenberger, Eva
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Objectives To evaluate how well patients with coronary stents accept combined coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA) and myocardial CT perfusion (CTP) compared with conventional coronary angiography (CCA). Background While combined CTA and CTP may improve diagnostic accuracy compared with CTA alone, patient acceptance of CTA/CTP remains to be defined. Methods A total of 90 patients with coronary stents prospectively underwent CTA/CTP (both with contrast agent, CTP with adenosine) and CCA as part of the CARS-320 study. In this group, an intraindividual comparison of patient acceptance of CTA, CTP, and CCA was performed. Results CTP was experienced to be significantly more painful than CTA (p<0.001) and was associated with a higher frequency of dyspnea (p<0.001). Comparison of CTA/CTP with CCA revealed no significant differences in terms of pain (p = 0.141) and comfort (p = 0.377). Concern before CTA/CTP and CCA and overall satisfaction were likewise not significantly different (p = 0.097 and p = 0.123, respectively). Nevertheless, about two thirds (n = 60, 68%) preferred CTA/CTP to CCA (p<0.001). Moreover, patients felt less helpless during CTA/CTP than during CCA (p = 0.026). Lack of invasiveness and absence of pain were the most frequently mentioned advantages of CTA/CTP over CCA in our patient population. Conclusions CCA and combined CTA/CTP are equally well accepted by patients; however, more patients prefer CTA/CTP. CTP was associated with more intense pain than CTA and more frequently caused dyspnea than CTA alone.
The Church of the Augsburg Confession in Quebec.
Creators: name: Somers, David H.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: Religion, History of.

description: This dissertation presents the story of the (Lutheran) Church of the Augsburg Confession in Quebec. Both from within and without, the Church has been influenced in its theology and practice by a unique configuration of factors, making it distinctive from Lutheran churches elsewhere. In addition to the expected differences from the dominant British Protestant and French Roman Catholic teaching, there was the added Quebec peculiarity of Canadian millennial nationalism. This politico-religious nationalism was at its height just at the time that the confessional Lutheranism being implanted in Quebec was at an acutely amillennialist point. Theology though, was not the only distinctive feature. The Church as a whole tended to be an immigrant church. This was especially true for the first century, but even when English-Canadian congregations were established later on, they were largely composed of Lutherans originally from outside of Quebec. As was the case for most nineteenth and twentieth-century immigrants to the province, the Lutheran immigrants tended to be integrated into anglophone society. The anglicization and resultant decimation through the English exodus of the late twentieth century played a major role in the development of what is perhaps the most distinctive feature of Lutheranism in Quebec, that of its francophone missions. The author concludes that the combination of theology, ethnic diversity and minority status of Lutherans in the province has determined that the Church of the Augsburg Confession in Quebec be a distinctive Church. This distinctiveness sets it apart from other denominations in the province as well as from the Lutheran churches in the rest of Canada, North America, or for that matter, the rest of the world.
Determining the expression pattern of Potential Ultradian Candidate genes using real-time quantitative PCR (qPCR)
Creators: name: Gamal, Gehad
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2024
Subjects: Ultradian genes

description: Ultradian genes are genes that transcribe with ultradian rhythmicity (more than one cycle in 24 hours), that is speculated to be independent of the Circadian Clock. Their expression can induce cyclic changes such as in behavior, gene expression and metabolism (1). They have no known internal regulators, and the regulation of their expression is not well understood in D. melanogaster. Our Goal is to determine if our candidate Ultradian Genes are indeed cycling with ultradian rhythmicity in Canton-S and per01 flies using real-time quantitative PCR (qPCR) in LD. Canton-S and per01 flies were entrained in a 12hr L:D phase for 72 hrs and the expression of our targets were analyzed at12 timepoints in a 24hr cycle. We then compared our expression results to our Poly(A) RNAseq libraries to confirm the predicted oscillations of our targets in a day. Having assessed their rhythmic activity, we then observed the expression of our ultradian genes in per01 flies to determine their dependance on the circadian clock. Conclusively, four of the 14 targets we analyzed had an ultradian pattern of expression at the mRNA levels in CS flies and two of those maintain their rhythmic expression in per01 flies. Further studies are needed to understand the mechanism by which their rhythmic expression is generated.
Managing unskilled migrant workers in the sme sector: a study of managers in Australia
Creators: name: Taylor, Letchumy
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This thesis examines the perspectives of managers of unskilled migrant workers in Small to Medium Enterprises (manufacturing firms). Interviews were conducted with managers and regulators. The managers reported frustrations emerging in their dealings with some migrant workers, with several situations developing into multi-faceted problems for ongoing periods. Several managers were found to be inept in their management skills and attitudinal differences emerged between senior- and middle-level management. Continued problems were experienced by managers of migrant workers yet to adapt to local work expectations. The thesis enhances understanding of some of the problems faced by managers and highlights the importance of training for both managers and migrant workers.
Impact of systematic capacity building on cataract surgical service development in 25 hospitals
Creators: name: Judson, Katherine
name: Courtright, Paul
name: Ravilla, Thulsiraj
name: Khanna, Rohit
name: Bassett, Ken
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2017

description: Background: This study measured the effectiveness and cost of a capacity building intervention in 25 eye hospitals in South Asia, East Africa and Latin America over 4 years. The intervention involved eye care non-governmental organizations or high-performing eye hospitals acting as “mentors” to underperforming eye hospitals- “mentees” in 10 countries. Intervention activities included systematic planning and support for training and key equipment purchases as well as hospital-specific mentoring which focused on strengthening leadership, increasing the volume and equity of community outreach, improving surgical quality and volume, strengthening organizational and financial management and streamlining operational processes. Methods: This is a before and after observational study of the impact of this multi-dimensional process on hospital and individual productivity and financial sustainability after 4 years. Mentee hospitals reported data monthly using a standardized template. Key indicators included cataract surgery volume, cataract operations per surgeon, the proportion of direct paying cataract surgical patients, intervention program costs per additional surgery and cost per mentor. Results: By the end of the study period, the hospitals experienced a 69% average increase (range: −63% to 690%) in cataract surgical volume over baseline with 12 hospitals showing increases over 100%. Twenty-three hospitals experienced a 59% average increase in the number of cataract surgeries per surgeon with 10 hospitals showing increases over 100%. The proportion of paying patients increased in 8 of the 14 hospitals reporting this data. The average mentoring cost per additional surgery for these 25 hospitals was $5.39. An average of $36,489.99 was spent per mentor per year to support their work with mentees. Conclusions: The intervention resulted in proportionally similar increases in cataract surgical volume and productivity across diverse settings in three distinct geographic regions. Its wide applicability and moderate cost make it an attractive means to rapidly and substantially increase eye care services to meet VISION2020 goals.
Kitsap County 4-H Newsletter, January 2021
Creators: name: Washington State University Kitsap County Extension
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2021
Subjects: 4-H Club

description: Contents:
description: Important Dates
description: In the Spotlight
description: 4-H in Kitsap County
description: State & National 4-H Opportunities
description: 4-H Fundraisers
description: Scholarship Opportunities
description: Volunteer News
description: 4-H Office Contact Information
Three-dimensional object reconstruction using structured light and two two-dimensional images.
Creators: name: Lavoie, Philippe.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Electronics and Electrical.

description: For machine vision and for graphical representation of real objects in a computer environment, the three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction of the image of a real object has become a key technique. A few methods such as range finding, which use laser scanners, computer tomography, based on CTR or MRI machines, computational stereo, etc. were developed. Computational stereo is broadly defined as the recovery of 3D characteristics of a scene from a series of images obtained from different points in the three dimensional (Euclidean) space. In this thesis, a new algorithm and system is introduced and developed for the 3D reconstruction of the images of real objects from two 2D images required with two cameras. The algorithm is based on a new matching method, a new procedure for the determination of the fundamental matrix used in stereo vision, and a new technique for stereo fusion. The novelty of the matching procedure, and of the determination of the camera alignment, consists of the projection of a structured light pattern on the real object, the pattern being created using a pseudo-random encoded mesh (PRBA) (34). The novelty of the stereo fusion algorithm consists of the application of the dynamic programming principle (DP) (5) (27) using a cost function which contains the information obtained from the list of matched points. It is also proposed to use an autoregressive (AR) modeling technique for calculating the stereo disparity of each pixel of the two images. The autoregressive filter helps the DP part of the algorithm to calculate the disparity of the pixels when the above pixels are occluded. The above proposed methods offer three distinctive advantages over a conventional stereo system: (1) It easily generates a list of matching points. (2) It adds structure to an object without textures. (3) It is less computational intensive.
Characterization of c-fos promoter binding proteins in normal and neoplastic liver cells.
Creators: name: De Belle, Ian D.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: Biology, Molecular.

description: The ability of the c-fos gene to respond to a variety of stimuli reflects the complexity of its regulation. Indeed, aberrant regulation can lead to cellular transformation. The fine regulation of the gene relies on the interaction of protein factors interacting with a set of regulatory elements present within the promoter of the gene in a cooperative fashion. In these studies, multiprotein complexes capable of binding to the serum response element, the cAMP response element, and sis-conditioned medium response element, were identified in liver cell nuclei. A subset of these proteins was able to interact with multiple regulatory elements and might be able to direct functional cooperation between them. These multiple factors could be targeted by different signalling pathways. The behavior of these multiprotein complexes was analyzed under physiological conditions of transient c-fos expression in regenerating rat liver and under pathological conditions of chemically induced hepatocarcinogenesis and in solid 5123tc Morris hepatomas whereby constitutive expression of the gene occurs. Elevated expression of the c-fos gene in both normal and in transformed cells correlated with the loss and/or complete absence of the 47 kDa CRE-binding activity. The 47 kDa CRE-binding protein was characterized as highly CRE-specific and distinct from the other members of the CREB/CREM/ATF family of proteins. The 47 kDa CREB factor displayed DNA-binding activity in the dephosphorylated form. The functional importance of the c-fos promoter binding proteins was assessed by in vitro transcription which suggested the presence of a transcriptional block in quiescent liver cells which was relieved in proliferating hepatocytes. The results are consistent with the identification of the 47 kDa CRE-specific DNA-binding protein as a transcriptional repressor in quiescent liver cells.
title: Unrelated donor versus matched sibling donor in adults with acute myeloid leukemia in first relapse
title: an ALWP-EBMT study
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Ruggeri, Annalisa
name: Battipaglia, Giorgia
name: Labopin, Myriam
name: Ehninger, Gerhard
name: Beelen, Dietrich
name: Tischer, Johanna
name: Ganser, Arnold
name: Schwerdtfeger, Rainer
name: Glass, Bertram
name: Finke, Jurgen
name: Michallet, Mauricette
name: Stelljes, Matthias
name: Jindra, Pavel
name: Arnold, Renate
name: Kröger, Nicolaus
name: Mohty, Mohamad
name: Nagler, Arnon
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Acute myeloid leukemia
subject: Relapse
subject: Matched sibling donor
subject: Unrelated donor
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Background Allogeneic stem cell transplantation is the only curative option for patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) experiencing relapse. Either matched sibling donor (MSD) or unrelated donor (UD) is indicated. Methods We analyzed 1554 adults with AML transplanted from MSD (n = 961) or UD (n = 593, HLA-matched 10/10, n = 481; 9/10, n = 112). Compared to MSD, UD recipients were older (49 vs 52 years, p = 0.001), transplanted more recently (2009 vs 2006, p = 0.001), and with a longer interval to transplant (10 vs 9 months, p = 0.001). Conditioning regimen was more frequently myeloablative for patients transplanted with a MSD (61 vs 46 %, p = 0.001). Median follow-up was 28 (range 3–157) months. Results Cumulative incidence (CI) of neutrophil engraftment (p = 0.07), grades II–IV acute GVHD (p = 0.11), chronic GVHD (p = 0.9), and non-relapse mortality (NRM, p = 0.24) was not different according to the type of donor. At 2 years, CI of relapse (relapse incidence (RI)) was 57 vs 49 % (p = 0.001). Leukemia-free survival (LFS) at 2 years was 21 vs 26 % (p = 0.001), and overall survival (OS) was 26 vs 33 % (p = 0.004) for MSD vs UD, respectively. Chronic GVHD as time-dependent variable was associated with lower RI (HR 0.78, p = 0.05), higher NRM (HR 1.71, p = 0.001), and higher OS (HR 0.69, p = 0.001). According to HLA match, RI was 57 vs 50 vs 45 %, (p = 0.001) NRM was 23 vs 23 vs 29 % (p = 0.26), and LFS at 2 years was 21 vs 27 vs 25 % (p = 0.003) for MSD, 10/10, and 9/10 UD, respectively. In multivariate analysis adjusted for differences between the two groups, UD was associated with lower RI (HR 0.76, p = 0.001) and higher LFS (HR 0.83, p = 0.001) compared to MSD. Interval between diagnosis and transplant was the other factor associated with better outcomes (RI (HR 0.62, p