cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Fragmente römischer Grabbauten aus Segobriga und Augusta Emerita
Creators: name: Trunk, Markus
Publisher: name: Deutsches Archäologisches Institut
Year: 2015
Subjects: Segobriga (Saelices, Cuenca)
Mérida (Badajoz)
Römische Grabarchitektur
Tholos
Aedicula
Roman tomb architecture
tholos
aedicula

description: Madrider Mitteilungen, 56 (2015)
description: Der vorliegende Beitrag stellt bislang unbekannte Fundstücke vor, die zu römischen Grabmonumenten aus Segobriga und Augusta Emerita gehören. Sie stammen in dem einen Fall aus neueren Ausgrabungen, in dem anderen handelt es sich um einen Altfund des 19. Ja
description: This article presents hitherto unknown architectural fragments belonging to Roman funerary monuments from Segobriga and Augusta Emerita. In one case, it originates from recent excavations, in the other case, it is an old finding of the 19th century. Both
description: El artículo presenta fragmentos arquitectónicos hasta ahora desconocidos, que pertenecen a monumentos funerarios de Segobriga y de Augusta Emerita. Proceden en el primer caso de excavaciones recientes, en el otro se trata de un hallazgo antiguo del siglo
Understanding the Post-Communist Perspective: An Analysis of Identity Development in Slovenia, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic from 1995 to 2013
Creators: name: Costantini, Kristin
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2017
Subjects: nationalism in post-communist Eastern Europe
cosmopolitanism
national identity development
Czech Republic
Globalization
Slovakia
Slovenia

description: The purpose of this paper is to understand the manner through which identity has developed in the years following the end of communism in Eastern Europe. Through the use of ISSP survey data and case studies, this the pathways of identity development in these nations from 1991-2013, using data from surveys conducted from 1995-2013. The primary directive of this paper is to conclude whether or not national identities for citizens within Slovenia, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic have become either more nationalistic or cosmopolitan in their national ideologies. This thesis hypothesizes that in reaction to globalization and increased international interconnectivity, national identities within post-communist Eastern European states have maintained the same level or increased their levels of nationalism since the fall of communism in 1989 and the beginning of their independent governance after the dissolution of Yugoslavia and the USSR in 1991-1992. Taking into account the historical narratives of nationalism inherent in the creation of these newly-formed countries, as well as the economic and political circumstances of their development, this thesis concludes that a growth in nationalism has occurred in all three cases since independence was achieved in 1990s. To confirm this conclusion, the analytical use of public opinion survey data was used to determine levels of national pride, feelings of attachment, and the perception of one’s nation within the over the last two decades. Essentially, this thesis argues that in spite of cosmopolitan development in the years following the end of communism, Slovenia, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic have maintained nationalistic identities since their inception as independent nations in the early to mid-1990s.
title: Construcción, innovación y circulación de mano de obra en los puentes romanos de la Lusitania : los casos de Mérida, Aljucén, Alconetar, Segura y Vila Formosa
Creators: name: Pizzo, Antonio
Publisher: name: Deutsches Archäologisches Institut
Year: 2015
Subjects: Mérida (Badajoz)
Aljucén (Mérida)
Vila Formosa
puente (Alter do Chão, Portalegre, Port.)
Lusitania
Römische Brücken
Lusitanien
Konstruktionstechniken
Innovation
Technologie
Roman bridges
construction techniques
innovation
technology

description: Madrider Mitteilungen, 56 (2015)
description: Dieser Artikel analysiert technische und bauliche Details einer Reihe römischer Brücken in Lusitanien. Ziel des Beitrages ist es, aus den Details der Bauprozesse der einzelnen Brücken allgemeingültige Indikatoren zur Wiedererkennung der Arbeitskräfte, die
description: This paper discusses some building techniques of a selected group of Roman bridges in Lusitania province. Our aim is to extract, from these examples, some common indicators for the recognition of manpower in the construction of these infrastructures. In a
description: Este artículo analiza algunos detalles técnico-constructivos de una serie de puentes romanos de la Lusitania, con el objetivo de convertir algunos elementos de los procesos de construcción de cada puente en indicadores comunes para el reconocimiento de la
Employment across generations: Italian men in Toronto
Creators: name: Mandarino, Peter
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Geography.
subject: Psychology, Industrial.
subject: Sociology, Industrial and Labor Relations.
subject: Sociology, Ethnic and Racial Studies.

description: This research examines the labour force characteristics of several generations of Italian men working in Toronto. Utilizing a mixed-methods approach, the analysis focuses on differences in participation and occupational status characteristics between generations of Italian workers. This study also investigates the social and geographic factors that may underpin observed labour market outcomes for men. In particular, the study focuses on social processes mediated by interpersonal relations constituted in and across particular locales (such as the home and schools). Some possible explanations for differences in the labour market status of generations of Italian men are presented, including a discussion of the messages transmitted within families about education, the influence of residential locale on labour market opportunities, and an exploration of the ways that gender roles influence the strategies and expectations for men with regard to work.
title: Transactions on Additive Manufacturing Meets Medicine, Vol 2 No 1 (2020): Trans. AMMM
title: Trans. AMMM
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Transactions On Additive Manufacturing Meets Medicine
Publisher: name: Transactions on Additive Manufacturing Meets Medicine
Year: 2020

description: 3D Printing for COVID pandemic response: laryngoscopes, ventilators, and beyond Novel design and development process for 3D printed personal protective equipment against COVID-19 Use of AM technologies to face the Covid-19 emergency Ramping-up 3D-printed corona devices – additive manufacturing opposing injection moulding Implementation of Design for Additive Manufacturing in rapid product development. 3D printing workflows for printing individualized personal protective equipment: an overview Design of 3D-printable nasopharyngeal swabs in Matlab for COVID-19 testing 3D printing of frames for anti-coronavirus face shields using different processes and materials Structural Static Characterization of a Novel 3D Printed Prosthetic Foot 3D Additive manufacturing of shapeshifting scaffolds: polymeric and ceramic solutions Dimensional characteristics of FDM 3D printed PEEK implant for craniofacial reconstructions Mechanical performance of electronically functional smart textiles Digital design and fabrication of controlled porosity, personalized lower limb AFO splints Surface processing of Additively Manufactured articles for the improvement of antimicrobial properties Sensors integration in additive DMLS metal parts 3D selective laser glass etching for medical applications Dimensional consistency of SLM printed orthopaedic implants designed using lightweight structures Mechanical performances of lightweight structures for orthopaedic implants Sintering behavior of 3D printed barium titanate composite scaffolds for bone repair Polydopamine Functionalized 3D Printed Scaffolds for Bone Tissue Engineering PEGDA drug delivery scaffolds manufactured with a novel hybrid AM process Strategies to evaluate alginate based bioinks applying extrusion printing for biofabrication Novel co-axial extrusion printing head for tissue engineering 3D-printing of elastic stenosis phantoms Determination of the critical closing pressure for a 3D printed collapsible model of an idealized upper airway geometry Exploring realistic haptics for 3D-printed organ phantoms in surgery training in VR and AR Additively manufactured anatomical heart model for performance evaluation of aortic valve implants Comparing Technologies of Additive Manufacturing for the Development of Modular Dosimetry Phantoms in Radiation Therapy Biomechanical analysis of a novel external fixator with finite element method 3D laser microfabrication of medical devices Comparing pediatric airway variability to standard laryngoscope sizes for 3D printing patient specific blades. Using 3D printing to implement a hyperthermia insert for a preclinical MPI scanner Application-specific software supporting engineers and physicians to manage risks in 3DP Metrology of additively manufactured lattice structures by X-ray tomography
title: Nuevo fragmento de sarcófago paleocristiano procedente de Begastri (Cehegín, Murcia)
Creators: name: Noguera Celdrán, José Miguel
name: Molina Gómez, José Antonio
Publisher: name: Deutsches Archäologisches Institut
Year: 2015
Subjects: Begastri (Cehegín, Murcia)
Frühchristlicher Sarkophag
Adam und Eva
Altes Testament
Auferweckung des Lazarus
Neues Testament
Early Christian sarcophagus
Adam and Eve
Old Testament
resurrection of Lazarus
New Testament

description: Madrider Mitteilungen, 56 (2015)
description: Die Grabungskampagne von April bis Juni 2009 an der Puerta Oriental der spätrömischen und westgotischen Stadtmauer von Begastri (Cabezo Roenas, Cehegín, Murcia, provincia Carthaginiensis) hat es erlaubt, ein bereits eingestürztes Niveau freizulegen. Unter
description: The excavation season carried out between April and June 2009 in the Puerta Oriental, on the Late Roman and Visigothic city wall of Begastri (Cabezo Roenas, Cehegín, Murcia, provincia Carthaginiensis) has resulted in the identification of a collapse level
description: La campaña de excavaciones arqueológicas, desarrollada entre abril y junio de 2009 en la Puerta Oriental de la muralla tardorromana y visigoda de la ciudad de Begastri (Cabezo Roenas, Cehegín, Murcia, provincia Carthaginiensis), ha permitido constatar un
Customizing InvenioRDM and Customizations at Caltech
Creators: name: Morrell, Thomas E.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: InvenioRDM
Institutional Repositories
Open Repositories
Theming
Vocabularies
OR2024

description: Presentation outlinling CaltechDATA's customizations of the institutional repository software InvenioRDM.
3D Printing for COVID pandemic response: laryngoscopes, ventilators, and beyond
Creators: name: Chepelev, Leonid
name: Miguel, Olivier
name: Sheikh, Adnan
Publisher: name: Transactions on Additive Manufacturing Meets Medicine
Year: 2020

description: The COVID-19 global pandemic has placed an unprecedented strain upon global medical resources, resulting in shortages of both, everyday disposable medical items, and specialized devices and materials that are often crucial to patient survival. In this work, we discuss the most acute needs faced by the Intensive Care Unit physicians in Canada and the mitigation steps our group undertook to address these needs. We provide several practical examples of devices developed and manufactured within our group and discuss some of the associated implementation challenges.
description: Transactions on Additive Manufacturing Meets Medicine, Vol 2 No 1 (2020): Trans. AMMM
Bayesian spatial modeling of visceral Leishmaniasis Disease and infection in Brazil at multiple spatial scales
Creators: name: Hernandez Reyes, Helin Giselle
Publisher: name: University of Iowa
Year: 2025
Subjects: public abstract

description: This dissertation aimed to enhance the understanding of the spread and control of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in Brazil using spatial and spatio-temporal statistical models. Our first goal was to estimate the relative risk of VL in the state of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, and to evaluate drivers of disease risk. By employing a dimension reduction technique on Census data, this first study identified three latent factors used to explain higher-than-average risk of VL, including socioeconomic status, sanitation levels, and various animal reservoirs. A Bayesian hierarchical model was then applied to estimate municipality specific VL risk longitudinally using data from 2007 to 2020. Based upon our findings, we narrowed the focus of understanding L. infantum exposure among apparently healthy individuals in the community of Nordelandia within the northern Lagoa Azul neighborhood in Natal, Brazil. Second, we explored the spatial patterns of multiple L. infantum exposure outcomes at a granular spatial scale where outcomes for each study participant were derived from multiple independent diagnostic tests. We estimated the spatial distribution of L. infantum exposure and measured the spatial association between the multiple outcomes through a Bayesian multivariate marked point process. A simulation study validated our ability to recover the model parameters. We additionally provided an empirical analysis using data from approximately 500 residents in the Nordelandia community obtained in a 2021 cross-sectional investigation. Next, our final study evaluated the causal effects of a vector-management intervention on host L. infantum infections at a local community level for an endemic region. Here we developed a Bayesian spatial causal model to quantify the effects of an intervention on the vector population in reducing vector-borne infections in host species. Specifically, we built a Bayesian point-referenced model that considered spatial dependence and interference (spillover) between units. Spillover effects between units were modeled using a Gaussian kernel function, where an intervention’s influence on sand fly and infection outcomes gradually diminish through space. Through a simulation study we demonstrated our model’s ability to recover parameters and capture true causal effects of a hypothetical vector-management intervention strategy in an urban endemic region.
Redefining the Functional Repertoire and Metal Dependence of Type I Cas3 HD Domain Nucleases
Creators: name: Jiang, Paul Yanning
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2021
Subjects: 2'3'-cAMP
Cas3
CRISPR
diiron
HD-Domain
Phosphodiesterase

description: Targeted DNA degradation by the Type I CRISPR-Cas system is performed by Cas3, typically a two-component protein with a nuclease and a helicase domain. The nuclease belongs to the HD-domain metalloprotein superfamily, that harbors functionally diverse representatives including phosphodiesterases, phosphatases and oxygenases. The range of metal ions reported to support Cas3 catalytic activity is diverse, including Mg, Mn, and Ni, demonstrating variability in cofactor requirements. Type IE Cas3 nucleases are dinuclear, whereas for Type IA Cas3s (containing only the nuclease domain) assembly of a binuclear site has not been demonstrated. In the present study, we redefine the metal ions that confer hydrolytic activity and show that the di-ferrous cofactor in Thermobifida fusca Cas3 degrades ssDNA with the highest observed rates. We also demonstrate assembly of diiron cofactors in two Type IA Cas3s and show that these have phosphodiesterase activity. In addition, Cas3 efficiently hydrolyzes 2’3’-cAMP, in agreement with previous notions that it may act as a nucleotidase at the 2’3’-cyclic phosphate crRNA termini. 2’3’-cAMP hydrolysis is specific to Cas3, and not a general property of the HD-domain scaffold. ssDNA and 2’3’-cAMP cleavage exhibit the same metal-dependence, suggesting that cofactor chemical nature is not a substrate specificity element. HD-domain PDEs harbor a seventh conserved histidine ligand, for which the role remains unclear. We show that this histidine is not essential for activity, but is crucial for substrate (re)positioning, in particular for the larger ssDNA substrate compared to the smaller 2’3’-cAMP. We also show that Cas3’’ proteins can harbor a diiron site with a similar coordination environment as that of Tf Cas3 and suggest Cas3’’s utilizes the same seven residue HD-motif to assemble their active sites.
Comparing pediatric airway variability to standard laryngoscope sizes for 3D printing patient specific blades.
Creators: name: Habib, Madelene
name: Sims, Robert
name: Inziell, J.
name: Fenoglietto, F. Lobo
name: Stubbs, Jack
Publisher: name: Transactions on Additive Manufacturing Meets Medicine
Year: 2020

description: Commercially available pediatric laryngoscope blades have limited variability in shape and sizes. Difficult airway intubations may require physicians to improvise in their selection of a patient’s blade size and could potentially lead to physical trauma and complications. With advancements in three-dimensional (3D) imaging, modeling, and printing, we are introducing a method for the design and fabrication of patient specific pediatric laryngoscopes at the point of care and comparing our methods to current industry standards.
description: Transactions on Additive Manufacturing Meets Medicine, Vol 2 No 1 (2020): Trans. AMMM
Effects of dopamine D1 and D2 receptor agonists on cognitive functions in rats
Creators: name: Zenko, Michelle J
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Biology, Neuroscience.

description: The dopamine system modulates many functions through its 5 G-protein-coupled receptors. Many studies have identified a synergy in gene expression, neuronal firing and stereotyped behaviours when the D1 and D2 dopamine receptors are concomitantly activated. This project aims to study the effects of co-administrating D1 and D2 agonists on various cognitive functions. Well established models were selected to evaluate cognitive functions: the Social Interaction Test of olfactory memory, the Delayed Non-Match-to-Sample T-Maze Test of working memory and the Active Avoidance Test of associative memory. We demonstrate that co-administration of D1 and D2 dopamine receptor agonists is deleterious to performance in olfactory and prefrontal-dependent working memory, but has no effects in striatal-dependent associative memory. The results of this study suggest a role, though detrimental, for the D1 and D2 dopamine receptor synergy in cognitive functions. Additional work will be necessary to properly characterize this role and its mechanism of action.
Novel design and development process for 3D printed personal protective equipment against COVID-19
Creators: name: Schmidt, Michael
name: Roitenberg, Jesse
name: Sims, Robert
name: Inziell, J.
name: Fenoglietto, F. Lobo
name: Stubbs, Jack
Publisher: name: Transactions on Additive Manufacturing Meets Medicine
Year: 2020

description: In response to the personal protective equipment shortages caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, our team established a collaboration with Orlando Health and Stratasys for the development, validation and mass production of 3D-printed, custom-fit N95 respirators and face shields. The partnership has delivered more than 5000 face shields to local Central Florida hospitals, including Orlando Health and Lakeland Regional.
description: Transactions on Additive Manufacturing Meets Medicine, Vol 2 No 1 (2020): Trans. AMMM
A reduced complexity detection algorithm employing adaptive LMS filters for CDMAMIMO systems using permutation spreading in slowly varying Rayleigh fading channels
Creators: name: Luo, Jing
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Electronics and Electrical.

description: In wireless communications, research in the area of advanced detection techniques and adaptive filter algorithms for CDMA and MIMO systems in Rayleigh fading channels has been of a great interest in the past several years. On one hand, most detection algorithms can acquire satisfactory performance. On the other hand, however, the performance improvement can be achieved at the cost of an increase in computational complexity. In this thesis, we present a reduced complexity detection technique based on adaptive Least-mean-square (LMS) filtering for CDMA/MIMO systems using permutation spreading in slowly varying Rayleigh fading channels. By simulating and comparing the BER performance of 27 different models related to 4 different detections techniques (Wiener, Maximum likelihood detection (MLD), LMS, conventional method) in different Rayleigh fading channels and by analyzing and evaluating the computational complexity of Wiener, MLD, and LMS tracking detection solutions, it is not difficult to find that the proposed LMS tracking detection algorithm for CDMA/MIMO systems with permutation spreading has shown its outstanding advantages: lower complexity, without sacrificing too much BER performance, and dynamic tracking of frequency non-selective Rayleigh fading channels.
Limits on the mass, velocity and orbit of PSR J1933-6211
Creators: name: Graikou, E.
name: Verbiest, J. P. W.
name: Oslowski, S.
name: Champion, D. J.
name: Tauris, T. M.
name: Jankowski, F.
name: Kramer, M.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: We present a high-precision timing analysis of PSR J1933−6211, a millisecond pulsar with a 3.5 ms spin period and a white dwarf (WD) companion, using data from the Parkes radio telescope. Since we have accurately measured the polarization properties of this pulsar, we have applied the matrix template matching approach in which the times of arrival are measured using full polarimetric information. We achieved a weighted root-mean-square timing residuals of the timing residuals of 1.23 μs, 15.5 per cent improvement compared to the total intensity timing analysis. After studying the scintillation properties of this pulsar, we put constraints on the inclination angle of the system. Based on these measurements and on χ2 mapping we put a 2σ upper limit on the companion mass (0.44 M⊙). Since this mass limit cannot reveal the nature of the companion, we further investigate the possibility of the companion to be a He WD. Applying the orbital period-mass relation for such WDs, we conclude that the mass of a He WD companion would be about 0.26±0.01 M⊙, which combined with the measured mass function and orbital inclination limits, would lead to a light pulsar mass ≤ 1.0 M⊙. This result seems unlikely based on current neutron star formation models and we therefore conclude that PSR J1933−6211 most likely has a CO WD companion, which allows for a solution with a more massive pulsar.
Use of AM technologies to face the Covid-19 emergency
Creators: name: Marconi, Stefania
name: Alaimo, Gianluca
name: Mauri, Valeria
name: Negrello, Erika
name: Cattenone, Alberto
name: Pietrabissa, Andrea
name: Auricchio, Ferdinando
Publisher: name: Transactions on Additive Manufacturing Meets Medicine
Year: 2020

description: The present work aims at describing the workflow applied for the use of AM technologies during the worst phase of Covid-19 emergency. AM technologies have proved to be effective for the production in short time of many components to be used within ventilation systems, and which rapidly run out of stock due to unprecedent high demand. Moreover, many systems required modifications to prevent personnel’s infection. We report the workflow applied to face production needs, in terms of materials and technologies selection according to the specific requirements (disinfection, device criticality) and some practical examples.
description: Transactions on Additive Manufacturing Meets Medicine, Vol 2 No 1 (2020): Trans. AMMM
La motivation d'élèves de 9(e) et 10(e) année à s'inscrire à un programme spécialisé en musique dans une école secondaire de langue française de l'Ontario
Creators: name: Benoît, Josée
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Education, Music.
subject: Education, Secondary.

description: L'abolition d'une année de scolarité au secondaire et la récente réforme scolaire en Ontario font en sorte que les élèves ont moins de cours optionnels à suivre dans leur programme. Par conséquent, certaines écoles font de grands efforts pour inciter les élèves à recevoir une formation artistique en développant des programmes spécialisés. De tels programmes permettent aux élèves inscrits de suivre des cours d'art tous les jours et tout au long de leur programme scolaire au secondaire. Cette étude cherche alors à mieux comprendre ce qui motive des élèves à s'inscrire à un programme spécialisé en musique. Dans une démarche qualitative, des entrevues semi-dirigées et des groupes de discussion ont été réalisés auprès d'élèves de 9e et 10e année inscrits dans un tel programme dans une école secondaire de langue française de l'Ontario. Cette recherche s'appuie principalement sur la théorie de l'autodétermination (Deci et Ryan, 1985; Ryan et Deci, 2000a) qui reconnaît la prédominance des besoins d'autonomie, de compétence et d'appartenance pour favoriser la motivation et le bien-être de l'élève. L'analyse des données recueillies fait ressortir des motifs, tant intrinsèques qu'extrinsèques, qui incitent des élèves à s'inscrire à un programme spécialisé en musique. Cette étude permet alors de voir comment des adolescents parlent de leurs besoins et de leur motivation dans leur formation musicale.
Séparation et divorce selon l'enseignement de Bar Hebraeus et l'implication oecuménique.
Creators: name: Salamah, Youhanna.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Religion, General.

description: La présente étude sur les législations et canons en matière de divorce rédigés ou commentés par Bar Hebraeus se propose de montrer combien il est difficile et délicat de les appliquer à des décisions concrètes. Le mariage est une institution naturelle, fondée sur la dualité sexuelle de l'espèce humaine l'homme et la femme sont attirés l'un vers l'autre et invités à s'unir et former une communauté, pour toute la vie. Par nature, le mariage présente les propriétés essentielles d'unité et d'indissolubilité. En tenant compte de l'expérience humaine et des réalités sociales, l'Église syriaque orthodoxe d'Antioche a légiféré sur les motifs légitimes de séparation et de divorce. Pour elle, le divorce proprement dit, ou divorce pénal, ne peut être envisagé que comme une mesure exceptionnelle, une solution extrême à de graves problèmes d'infidélité conjugale. Elle propose ainsi la dissolution du lien matrimonial, ou divorce remède, tout en reconnaissant le rôle de l'économie dans les décisions finales relatives aux cas particuliers. Selon son enseignement et celui de Bar Hebraeus, le mariage conclu et consommé ne peut être dissous que pour les motifs déterminés par la loi et le divorce est considéré comme un mal inévitable et une affaire très sérieuse. Je crois, et j'affirme, qu'aucune autorité humaine ne peut dissoudre le lien matrimonial et que, si un tribunal ecclésiastique peut accorder un divorce, lorsque l'exigent les intérêts supérieurs des fidèles, c'est seulement par un don gracieux de Dieu lui-même. Le droit reconnaît la nécessité du divorce et de la séparation pour protéger l'institution familiale des atteintes du péché. Il incombe aux pasteurs de prendre le relais du droit dans le domaine spirituel et de recourir à des moyens de correction pacifique pour tenter de contribuer à reconstruire la relation conjugale. J'espère avoir démontré que l'enseignement de l'Église syriaque orthodoxe d'Antioche en matière de divorce repose sur des fondements bibliques et patristiques et que sa pratique s'inspire de motifs constitutifs déterminés par sa législation ecclésiastique. Pour elle, le divorce constitue soit une solution pénale, soit une solution thérapeutique et seul un tribunal eccléastique a compétence pour établir la réalité des motifs invoqués.
3D Additive manufacturing of shapeshifting scaffolds: polymeric and ceramic solutions
Creators: name: Gailevicius, Darius
name: Merkininkaite, Greta
name: Andrijec, Dovile
name: Andriukaitis, Deividas
name: Gricius, Henrikas
name: Vargalis, Rokas
name: Jonusauskas, Linas
name: Šakirzanovas, Simas
Publisher: name: Transactions on Additive Manufacturing Meets Medicine
Year: 2020

description: Scaffolds for cell growth have been irreplaceable in regenerative medicine. Typically, the scaffold structures are rigid or semi-rigid. This can be overcome using multiphoton laser lithography that allows the fabrication of flexible geometries, appropriate for soft tissue application. A step beyond that is the application of a postprocessing step appropriate to hybrid polymers that results in new materials and new properties. This gives an option to produce new types of structures.
description: Transactions on Additive Manufacturing Meets Medicine, Vol 2 No 1 (2020): Trans. AMMM
Replication or Reproduction or What? Modes of Repetitive Research in Computational Literary Studies
Creators: name: Schöch, Christof
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Presentation for: Christof Schöch: “Replication or Reproduction or What? Modes of Repetitive Research in Computational Literary Studies”. ExploreCor: Using Programmable Corpora in Computational Literary Studies (CLS INFRA Training School). Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities and Cultural Heritage, Vienna, June 10-12, 2024.
Genetic Characterization of timeless Splicing Isoforms and Their Role on the Circadian System in Drosophila
Creators: name: Chacon, Madison Skye
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2021
Subjects: Temperature Adaptation
Hermosensitive Splicing
Timeless
Circadian Rhythms

description: Circadian rhythms help organisms adapt to their environment by predicting daily changes and are generated by the cyclic transcription, translation and degradation of core clock genes, including timeless. Circadian rhythms have been shown to be both responsive and compensatory to changes in environmental stimuli, such as temperature.Recently, our lab discovered that timeless contains four thermosensitive isoforms, which were linked to temperature adaptation.However, these isoforms have yet to be characterized. Here, we genetically characterized tim isoforms by creating Drosophila melanogaster with shRNAs directed to knockdown all, multiple or individual isoforms. We then determined the locomotor activity of these flies in 12:12 light:dark and inconstant darkness at three different temperatures to see the effect of the isoforms on temperature adaptation, rhythmicity and period.
Beyond functionality and a user interface: a design thinking perspective on the design of dashboards
Creators: name: Cahyadi, Amelia
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This study provides a better understanding of issues surrounding dashboard design especially on strategic change in current processes and/or the structure of the organisation which can significantly impact dashboard design. Furthermore, it informs IS design practitioners on the evolution of roles in a dashboard design team. The importance of a holistic approach in analysing design problems and co-existence with solution and concept development has been highlighted as a notion that should be embraced. Lastly, a framework for ongoing dashboard design in which design thinking mindset is prevalent, regardless of the design and development method employed by the organisation is developed.
Biomechanical analysis of a novel external fixator with finite element method
Creators: name: Alqahtani, Mohammed
name: Bartolo, Paulo
Publisher: name: Transactions on Additive Manufacturing Meets Medicine
Year: 2020

description: External fixation is a common technique for the treatment and stabilization of bone fractures using pins or wires. Different designs were considered, but all of them present limitations such as high weight (they are based on heavy frame), not comfortable to use and not customized to individual patients. Therefore, this paper proposes a novel lightweight customized external fixator, overcoming some of the identified limitations. It also investigates the mechanical characteristics of the newly developed fixator considering different stages of healing using finite element method.
description: Transactions on Additive Manufacturing Meets Medicine, Vol 2 No 1 (2020): Trans. AMMM
title: Unnatural Histories
title: Selected Themes of English-Language Queer History Before 1969
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Collay, Jay
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2021
Subjects: Queer history
Queer historiography
History

description: This study examines commonalities in English-language texts dealing with queer history before 1969. The goal of this research is to expand the field of queer historiography by understanding what stories and methodologies preceded more modern histories, and especially to understand what existed before the narrative of an upward arc from the flashpoint of the Stonewall Uprisings. Material surveyed includes magazines, poetry, sexology books, novels, diaries, pamphlets, newspaper articles, and academic papers in order to collect items that are often overlooked in timelines of queer politics and culture. These materials are brought into conversation with extant historiographical theory to discuss how historiography and queer theory may benefit each other.
description: Evidence is grouped under three major themes: absence, gay lists, and mythology. Each subject chapter is expanded using examples of representational materials. Absence recognizes that queer history’s lack of institutions and generational transmission repeatedly create silence and gaps over time, and examines how these silences may exist as sites of potential. The chapter on gay lists analyzes over time the phenomenon of creating lists of names of famous queer people as a manifestation of revisionist/reparative history. Mythology explores the deployment of legend and antiquity by queer voices for political and emotional purposes. The primary ideological focus of this study is historical exploration as an expression of desire.
Reifying Democratic Ideals Through Combinatory Virtue-Building: A Case for Civic-Wisdom-Pursuant Education
Creators: name: Tribuna, Danya
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2023
Subjects: Democracy
Education

description: A polarized and volatile political climate has dominated the American consciousness in recent decades, and in turn, democracy has buckled. This paper argues that education is key in re-identifying the values necessarily upheld by all members of the populace to ensure a functioning democracy. Without a shared objective for public schools and a method for how to best nurture a rising generation of citizens, it is certain that a shared goal of the larger democracy is unobtainable. The current trajectory of democracy is ineluctable without a radical overhaul of the American education system. To best determine what such reforms would entail, this paper returns to the original pillars of democratic society as intuited by the ancient Greeks and the types of independent and moral values most conducive to its enduring prosperity. Outlined in this paper is a historical timeline of the abandonment of such values in favor of more invasive measures to influence the nation’s most pliable minds; assimilation, religion, and labor. In an effort to return schooling to its purpose of promoting original democratic values such as creativity, collaboration, and communication, this paper advocates for the adoption of a pedagogy that values democracy in theory and praxis, utilizing schools as stages for democratic simulations. This civic-wisdom-pursuant education allows students to apply academic and social-emotional knowledge in lifelike democratic settings. The skills that students obtain throughout this process are those which inform their personal sense of morality and identity, as well as aid them in learning how and where to situate themselves in the larger society.
Parental influences on adolescents' physical activity motivation and behavior.
Creators: name: Gaumond, Stéphane.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: Health Sciences, Recreation.

description: The general purpose of this study was to examine multiple sources of parental influences on adolescents' physical activity motivation and behavior using Self-Determination Theory (Deci & Ryan, 1985, 1991) as the main theoretical framework. More specifically, this study attempted to develop and verify a Model of Parental Influences in the context of physical activity. It was hypothesized that the predicted relationships in the model would be significant and in the expected direction. A questionnaire, composed of several validated scales, that assessed: physical activity motivation, physical activity behavior and perceptions of parental influence, was administered to 829 ninth grade physical education students from the Ottawa, Canada region. Results from a recursive path analysis consisting of two multiple regressions revealed that perceived parental motivation towards physical activity, perceived parental involvement in their physical activities and perceived parental autonomy support in the context of physical activity significantly influenced adolescents' physical activity motivation. Results also revealed that perceived parental expectations with regards to physical activity and adolescents' physical activity motivation were significant predictors of their physical activity behavior. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Metrology of additively manufactured lattice structures by X-ray tomography
Creators: name: Du Plessis, Anton
name: Campbell, Neil
Publisher: name: Transactions on Additive Manufacturing Meets Medicine
Year: 2020

description: Additive manufacturing allows complexity of manufactured metal structures. Lattice structures hold the most promise for high complexity, tailorable and ultra-lightweight structures. In medical applications, these structures find application especially in bone implants – allowing matching of local elastic modulus of implant to that of bone while also allowing osseointegration. With this new complexity comes new manufacturing quality control and metrology challenges. Traditional metrology tools cannot access the entire structure and the only reliable method to inspect the inner details of these structures non-destructively is by X-ray tomography.
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To be or not to be: A corpus-based study of unaccusative verbs and auxiliary selection
Creators: name: Brutti, Richard
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2012
Subjects: linguistics
unaccusative
Computational Linguistics

description: Since the introduction of the Unaccusative Hypothesis (Perlmutter, 1978), there\r have been many further attempts to explain the mechanisms behind the division\r in intransitive verbs. This paper aims to analyze and test some of theories of unaccusativity\r using computational linguistic tools. Speci cally, I focus on verbs that\r exhibit split intransitivity, that is, verbs that can appear in both unaccusative and\r unergative constructions, and in determining the distinguishing features that make\r this alternation possible. Many formal linguistic theories of unaccusativity involve\r the interplay of semantic roles and temporal event markers, both of which can be\r analyzed using statistical computational linguistic tools, including semantic role\r labelers, semantic parses, and automatic event classi cation. I use auxiliary verb\r selection as a surface-level indicator of unaccusativity in Italian and Dutch, and\r iii\r test various classes of verbs extracted from the Europarl corpus (Koehn, 2005).\r Additionally, I provide some historical background for the evolution of this distinction,\r and analyze how my results t into the larger theoretical framework.
Simulation, estimation des paramètres et prédiction pour un processus de Kendall.
Creators: name: Mangin, Christian.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1994
Subjects: subject: Statistics.

description: Le processus de Kendall a ete propose par Nucho (1979) comme une description adequate de la fluctuation de la demande entre deux points. Nous utilisons une simulation pour tester une methode d'estimation des parametres du processus. Nous developpons un algorithme pour calculer un intervalle de prediction de la demande a 95% de certitude, a t unites de temps dans le futur, a partir d'une realisation du processus $t\sp*$ unites de temps dans le passe. Nous verifions l'applicabilite de ce modele sur une base de donnees decrivant les fluctuations de la demande sur un reseau commercial.
Novel co-axial extrusion printing head for tissue engineering
Creators: name: Yang, Jiong
name: Bartolo, Paulo
Publisher: name: Transactions on Additive Manufacturing Meets Medicine
Year: 2020

description: Additive manufacturing is a relevant technology for tissue engineering applications. However, due to some limitations in terms of the printing heads being used it is difficult to create complex multi-material hierarchical structures resembling natural tissues. The combination of 3D printing and microfluidics has the potential to overcome these limitations allowing to engineer functional artificial tissues with complex architectures. To achieve this a novel negative protrusion compression co-axial nozzle with a small expanding chamber is proposed in this paper, allowing balanced fluid flow conditions and uniform core-shell fibers.
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Single Nuclei RNA Sequencing Reveals Gene Expression Alterations in Alzheimer’s Disease
Creators: name: Peng, Zhuyu
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2019

description: Alzheimer’s disease is a severe neurodegenerative disorder that results in loss of memory and cognition (Canter et al. 2016). In order to (1) investigate whether and how gene expression in the molecularly distinct cell types of the human brain is affected in Alzheimer’s disease and (2) to map the cellular diversity of the aged human brain at single-cell resolution on a genome-wide scale, we analyzed human post-mortem brain tissue of 12 AD patients and 12 aged-matched normal individuals using single-nucleus RNA-sequencing. A total of 3264 adult human postmortem prefrontal cortex nuclei were sequenced. We identified six distinct cell types and two pathology associated cell clusters in the human postmortem prefrontal cortex tissue. Finally, data analysis revealed dramatic differences in gene expression in both neurons and oligodendrocytes of individuals carrying one or more copies of the APOE4 allele compared to subjects that do not carry an APOE4 allele.
Application-specific software supporting engineers and physicians to manage risks in 3DP
Creators: name: Herzmann, Martin
name: Leonhardt, Stefan
Publisher: name: Transactions on Additive Manufacturing Meets Medicine
Year: 2020

description: Abstract: To allow easier judgement about successfully 3D printed parts Kumovis develops a proprietary software as guiding instrument for physicians and engineers operating the filament printer R1 to manufacture surgical guides, instruments and implants. The software takes multiple parameters into account to manage the risk of failed print jobs and provides a Go / NoGo decision for the printer operator. Aim of the software is the raise of success rate per printed parts in a regulated market and reduction of failed print jobs.
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Isolation of mycolytic enzyme producing bacteria from the environment in Sarawak, and evaluation of their potentials as biocontrol agents against Ganoderma boninense
Creators: name: Wee, Shui Shui
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The aims of this research study were to isolate and characterise the mycolytic producing microbes from the soil ecosystem in Sarawak and evaluate their effectiveness as biological control agents against Ganoderma boninense. The greatest threat to oil palm cultivation in Malaysia is the basal stem rot caused by white rot fungus, Ganoderma boninense. Traditionally, chemical fungicides are used to control basal stem rot. However, they do carry other side effects to both the environment and human health. Hence, this brings in the suggestion of the application of biocontrol agents, as they are a more environmentally friendly approach.
Controlling Transgression through Disgust: The Effect of Visually Disgusting Stimuli on Moral Judgment and Decision Making
Creators: name: Xue, Zeyu
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2022
Subjects: disgust
moral decision
moral judgment
morality
Cognitive Psychology

description: Disgust is a universal emotion that helps in avoiding harmful substances. More recent research has examined moral disgust, a negative reaction to violations of norms which is said to have developed out of the primitive core disgust system. Research on disgust has shown that perceived physical disgust elevates people’s harshness evaluating morally ambiguous events. The current study aimed to test the effect of physical disgust on moral judgments and decision making by using visually disgusting images, collected from the International Affective Picture System (IAPS) and the Culpepper Disgust Image Set (C-DIS). We hypothesized that visually disgusting stimuli would elevate people’s harshness evaluating moral violation vignettes and reduce the tendencies to make unethical decisions. We also explored any differences between varying types of disgust on moral judgment. Results showed that participants made harsher judgments of moral violations and made fewer unethical decisions after viewing disgusting images than after viewing neutral images. Differences among specific types of disgust were also observed. The images involving body-envelop violation, body waste elicited the harshest moral judgments, the images involving snakes, insects, spiders, and worms came second, and the images involving corrupt food and hygiene issues (injectors, sneezing person) elicited the least harsh moral judgment. Future research could explore the fading of disgust perception over time, which was observed in the present study. To enhance ecological validity, replication with a behavioral measure of moral decision is critical. Results from the current study suggest potential application of visual disgust as a convenient and flexible method to affect immoral behavior.
3D printing of frames for anti-coronavirus face shields using different processes and materials
Creators: name: Westphal, Erik
name: Mau, Robert
name: Dreier, Tim
name: Seitz, Hermann
Publisher: name: Transactions on Additive Manufacturing Meets Medicine
Year: 2020

description: Due to the rapid spread of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), medical protective equipment is in high demand. In order to cover the need for these protective materials, frames for face shields, for instance, can be produced flexibly, quickly and decentrally in small quantities through 3D printing. In this study, Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) is used for the production of corresponding components from Polylactide plus (PLA+) and Polyethylene terephthalate glycol (PETG) material. Stereolithography (SLA) is also used to produce high-quality frames from a photopolymer. The frames are presented and examined with regard to their manufacturing technology features and surface properties.
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Scaled Homology and Topological Entropy
Creators: name: Liu, Zihao
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2021
Subjects: Topological Entropy
Homology
Entropy conjecture

description: One of the known results is that the entropy conjecture holds for the first homology group once the space $M$ is a compact smooth manifold. My work in the last section generalizes the existing results of entropy conjecture, relaxing the restrictions on the compact metric space on which $f$ acts. The entropy conjecture will then hold for the first homology group with $lc$-homology.