cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Interaction of bacteria with flat and nanostructured plasma polymers
Creators: name: Pegalajar Jurado, Adoracion
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Biofilm formation causes severe and costly problems in maritime, food and biomedical applications. Therefore, the ability to minimise bacterial attachment and growth will have significant impact on a wide number of industries. Surface microtopography and chemistry are known to affect bacterial attachment. However, the role of surface nanotopography and chemical cues is unclear. In this thesis, colloidal lithography and plasma polymerisation were combined to fabricate a platform that would enable the roles of surface chemistry and nanotopography to be isolated. Modification of the colloidal assembly process enabled large (400 x 400 μm2) surface arrays to be formed. SEM was used to characterise the morphology and the area covered with colloidal arrays. The atomically composition and physico-chemical stability of the thin films were characterised by XPS, QCM-D, contact angle, and AFM. The attachment of E. coli onto carboxyl (ppAAc) and hydrocarbon (ppOct) rich plasma polymer films on either flat or colloidal array surfaces revealed that chemistry plays a critical role in bacterial attachment; while the effect of surface nanotopography is more difficult to define. Analysis of nanostructured ppOct surfaces suggested a more homogeneous colonisation of the surface in comparison to the flat ppOct. In addition, results indicated that when given a choice on hydrophilic ppAAc, cells appeared to prefer the nanostructured rather than the flat regions. The influence of surface chemistry on bacterial attachment was also examined by fabricating a plasma polymer from the essential oil, eucalyptol (ppCO). The antimicrobial activity of the oil was investigated against E. coli and S. aureus. The results illustrated that the oil was more effective against E. coli than S. aureus when tested in solution. When the oil was formed into a plasma polymer film, attachment decreased by 63 % with S. aureus and 98 % with E. coli compared with the glass control. The short-term behaviour of ppCO was similar to negative control (ppOct). However, long-term experiments using E. coli revealed that after five days ppCO showed isolated cells attached while ppOct reported approximately 3 % of the surface covered with biofilm. The significant reduction in the number of E. coli attached to ppCO open a wide range of applications in industries where E. coli biofilm formation in the initial days of exposure causes significant environmental and financial cost.
Recurrent/Disseminated Choroid Plexus Carcinoma: Overall Survival of > 23.6 Years in a One-Year and Nine-Month-Old Female Treated with Antineoplastons.
Creators: name: Stanislaw R. Burzynski*
name: Gregory S. Burzynski
name: Tomasz Janicki
name: Samuel Beenken
Publisher: name: Escientificpublishers
Year: 2024

description: Abstract

 

Choroid plexus neoplasms (CPNs) are uncommon and have three types: papilloma, atypical papilloma, and carcinoma (CPC). There is no established treatment for recurrent/disseminated CPC. Objectives: CPN patients received treatment at the Burzynski Clinic (BC) according to the phase II protocol, BT-26, which aimed to evaluate the antitumor activity of ANP and to evaluate patient tolerance to ANP. Tumor response was assessed by sequential brain and spine MRIs utilizing gadolinium enhancement. Findings: After gross total resection of her CPC at another facility, this one-year and nine-month-old child, along with her parents, came to the BC for evaluation and treatment of the child’s recurrent/disseminated CPC. Baseline MRI of the brain (September 15, 2000) showed four enhancing lesions totaling 2.16 cm2 in size. Baseline MRI of the spine (August 28, 2000) showed enhancing but non-measurable dural lesions. Subsequent MRIs (December 14, 2000) showed enhancing brain tumors totaling 3.03 cm2 in size (a 40.3% increase from baseline) and enhancing dural lesions of the spine totaling 0.81 cm2 in size, indicating progressive disease. However, following ANP, this child has enjoyed > 23.6 years overall survival while experiencing good health. Conclusions: A very rare long-term survival with recurrent/disseminated CPC is presented and the usefulness of ANP is discussed.
title: Recent findings of halogenated flame retardants (HFR) in the German and Polar environment
title: Recent findings of halogenated flame retardants (HFR) in the German and Polar environment
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Dreyer, Annekatrin
name: Koschorreck, Jan
name: Neugebauer, Frank
name: Lohmann, Nina
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2019
Subjects: Polybromierte Diphenylether

description: To get an overview about distribution, levels and temporal trends of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE) and halogenated flame retardants (HFR) of emerging concern, different types of environmental samples archived in the German Environment Specimen Bank as well as fish filet samples from the Arctic (n=13) and Antarctica (n=5) were analysed for 43 substances (24 PBDE, 19 HFR) using a multi-column clean-up and GC-API-MS/MS or GC-MS. Sample types were herring gull egg (n=3), blue mussel (n=3) and eelpout filet (n=3) from the German North- and Baltic Sea, bream filet (n=7), zebra mussel (n=6) and suspended particulate matter (SPM, n=7) from German freshwater ecosystems as well as tree leaves (n=9)/shoots (n=10), soil (n=4), earthworm (n=4) and deer liver (n=7) as representatives of German terrestrial ecosystems. PBDE and emerging HFR were present in each investigated matrices from Germany and Polar regions showing their widespread distribution. The presence in Arctic and Antarctic fish samples confirms their long-range transport potential. Average concentrations of total emerging HFR were highest in SPM (26 ng g-1 dry weight (dw)), zebra mussel (10 ng g-1 dw) and herring gull egg (2.6 ng g-1 dw). Lowest levels were measured in fish filet samples from Antarctica (0.02 ng g-1 dw). Average total PBDE concentrations were highest in bream filet (154 ng g-1), herring gull egg (61 ng g-1 dw), SPM (21 ng g-1 dw), and zebra mussel 18 (ng g-1) and lowest in deer liver (0.04 ng g-1 dw). The patterns of non-fauna terrestrial samples (leaves, shoots, soil) as well as SPM were dominated by DBDPE and BDE209. Elevated proportions of DPTE and in most cases the absence of DBDPE characterized all fauna samples with the exception of Polar samples. Overall, emerging HFR appeared to be less bioaccumulative than PBDE. Temporal trends were generally decreasing with few exceptions such as DBDPE. Quelle: https://www.sciencedirect.com
La normativité corporelle sous le bistouri : (re)penser l’intersectionnalité et les solidarités entre les études féministes, trans et sur le handicap à travers la transsexualité et la transcapacité
Creators: name: Baril, Alexandre
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2013
Subjects: Intersectionnalité
Théories féministes
Théories trans
Théories queer
Théories sur le handicap
Mouvements sociaux
Modifications corporelles
Corps
Transsexualité
Transcapacité
Amputations volontaires
Body Integrity Identity Disorder (BIID)
Handicap
Pathologisation
Normalité/anormalité
Stigmatisation
Analyses critiques de discours
Normes
Oppressions
Autonomie
Bioéthique

description: Cette recherche se situe à la jonction des études féministes, trans et sur la production du handicap. Elle s’intéresse aux limites des analyses féministes intersectionnelles et leurs difficultés à considérer certains axes identitaires, telles l’identité de genre et les capacités, à travers l’analyse de deux cas de figure de modifications corporelles, soit la transsexualité et la transcapacité (transformation visant à acquérir un handicap). Cette thèse s’articule autour de la question suivante : quels sont les angles morts des analyses intersectionnelles et comment pouvons-nous y remédier? Pour répondre à cette question, cette thèse propose trois objectifs : 1) Participer aux questionnements critiques entourant certaines limites des analyses féministes intersectionnelles pour en diversifier les axes à partir de l’identité de genre et des capacités; 2) Remettre en question les présupposés conceptuels et les privilèges cisgenristes et (cis)capacitistes qui sous-tendent les discours négatifs entourant ces modifications corporelles et mettre en valeur les points de convergence entre les mouvements féministes, transactivistes et anticapacitistes pour instaurer des dialogues et des solidarités entre eux; 3) Fournir un modèle enrichi de l’intersectionnalité pouvant être déployé en études féministes, trans et sur la production du (trans)handicap, apte à répondre aux nouvelles revendications de justice de groupes opprimés, comme celles des personnes transsexuelles et transcapacitaires. À l’aide d’une méthodologie alliant l’analyse critique de discours, l’analyse archéologique et généalogique, les discours négatifs de certaines féministes et d’autres scientifiques sur ces transformations corporelles sont cartographiés et critiqués. Les réflexions présentées ici, s’inscrivant dans une approche poststructuraliste et queer, ne proposent pas une recherche des « origines » et des motivations de la transsexualité et de la transcapacité, mais plutôt une étude des discours négatifs vis-à-vis ces phénomènes et des systèmes normatifs qui sous-tendent ces discours. C’est sous cet angle que cette recherche constitue un apport important aux champs des savoirs, tant sur le plan théorique, normatif que politique : en se penchant sur deux cas de figure « extrêmes », elle met en lumière les normativités corporelles des régimes dominants, notamment cisgenriste et (cis)capacitiste, occultées tant dans nos sociétés que dans nos mouvements sociaux.
BOSHLANG'ICH SINF MATEMAΤΙΚΑ DARSLIKLARIDA XORIJIY TAJRIBALARDAN FOYDALANISHNI TAKOMILLASHTIRISH
Creators: name: Mamatqulova, Irodaxon
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: Ushbu maqolada boshlang‘ich sinf matematika darsliklarini takomillashtirishda xorijiy ilg‘or tajribalarni o‘rganish va ularni milliy ta’lim tizimiga moslashtirish masalalari yoritilgan. Shuningdek, maktab darsliklarining tahlili orqali o‘quvchilarda mustahkam matematik bilim va amaliy ko‘nikmalarni shakllantirish bo‘yicha tavsiyalar keltirilgan.
Carcinogenity and Mutagenicity of Nanoparticles - Assessment of Current Knowledge as Basis for Regulation
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: carcinogenic effect
subject: mutagenicity
subject: carcinogenicity
subject: nanoparticle toxicity
subject: Chemikalien
subject: Gesundheit
subject: Chemicals
subject: Health

description: Carcinogenicity studies with several types of respirable particles and fibres indicate a carcinogenic potential from inhalation and there is concern that the carcinogenic potency of nanomaterials is higher than for the corresponding micromaterials. In this research project, longtermstudies with nanomaterials were used to identify relevant indicators of toxicity of nanomaterials including possible precursors of carcinogenicity
Quelle: www.umweltbundesamt.de

description: Carcinogenicity studies with several types of respirable particles and fibres indicate a carcinogenic potential from inhalation and there is concern that the carcinogenic potency of nanomaterials is higher than for the corresponding micromaterials. In this research project, long term studies with nanomaterials were used to identify relevant indicators of toxicity of nanomaterials including possible precursors of carcinogenicity.
“Globalization from below”? Uncovering the Nuances in Grassroots/Transnational Mobilization
Creators: name: Hettiarachchi, Cindy
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: Globalization
Globalization from below
local organizing
grassroots organizing
transnational organizing
grassroots mobilization
political economy
International Relations
local/global organizing
micro-level analysis
case study
maquiladora
labour organizing
women's organizing
Northern Mexico

description: This thesis offers a micro-level analysis of labour and women’s organizing in the context of globalization through the case study of the Comité Fronterizo de Obrer@s (CFO) from 1978 to 2009. We will see how one organization’s journey can give us insights into the complexities of local organizing and transnational networking in the context of globalization. This case study can be seen as a lens through which we can examine the changing context of labour and women’s organizing in the distinct maquiladora environment. My work positions itself in the “globalization from above” and “globalization from below” debate, specifically around the question of transnational social movements that form the “globalization from below” category in the context of a political economy analysis. However, where my thesis differs from a more traditional analysis of the resistance to globalization, such as that found in the global justice movements or alter-globalization movements, is in its focus on the complexities of organizing at the local level and the pressures that these local organizations feel from “above” from their transnational partners. What this thesis adds to the literature are the stories from the actual members of the organization, about the structure, the decision-making process of their organization, the role of the leadership and the connections between the local organizing and the transnational civil society partners. The complex history of an organization that has been there since the beginning of the maquiladora industry allows us a better understanding of the changing conditions and struggles these workers have faced. This journey through the history of the CFO, the richness of this empirical data encompassing more than 30 years of organizing in the maquiladora zone of Northern Mexico also allows us to explore “globalization from below” through different lens. This thesis brings in a micro-detail analysis of a specific organization in a specific context where we can see clearly transnational civil society linkages and the impact of globalizing capitalist neoliberal economy. As such, this research can offer us new insights into the intricacies of local-global linkages and thus contribute to an area often neglected or underdeveloped in international relations (IR).
Kant and the Meaning of Freedom in Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit
Creators: name: LeBlanc, Richard
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011
Subjects: Hegel
Kant
Phenomenology of Spirit
Critique of Pure Reason
R. B. Pippin
D. Moggach
spontaneity
reflectivity
negativity
freedom

description: Relying mainly on R. B. Pippin’s and D. Moggach’s interpretative works on Kant and Hegel, the thesis tackles the problem of the reception of Kant by Hegel. It does so by looking into the impact of Kant’s first critique on the Preface, the Introduction and the first part of the section Self-consciousness of the Phenomenology of Spirit. Three Kantian conditions for there to be freedom are identified and shown to be reinterpreted by Hegel in a continuist perspective. These three conditions are spontaneity, reflectivity and negativity which propels and retains the free Kantian subject in the Hegelian becoming of reality.
Synchronisation of road profile data and the assessment of road roughness using waveband analysis
Creators: name: Evans, Robert
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: A series of new road roughness profile indices and associated design charts have been developed to better identify road pavements that contain abnormal concentrations of long wavelength roughness. Subsequently, roughness progression rates were calculated based on these new profile indices and revealed pavement deterioration to be non-uniform across such individual wavebands. In particular, roughness progression was found to be dominated by the longer wavelengths in geological areas known to contain expansive clay deposits. In the future, these findings should provide Engineers with a better understanding of pavement deterioration and lead to more effective maintenance strategies.
Development of Biodegradable Flame-Retardant Bamboo Charcoal Composites, Part I: Thermal and Elemental Analyses
Creators: name: Wang, Shanshan
name: Zhang, Liang
name: Semple, K. E. (Kate E.)
name: Zhang, Min
name: Zhang, Wenbiao
name: Dai, Chunping, 1963-
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2020

description: In this study, bamboo charcoal (BC) was used as a substitute filler for bamboo powder (BP) in a lignocellulose-plastic composite made from polylactic acid (PLA), with aluminum hypophosphite (AHP) added as a fire retardant. A set of BC/PLA/AHP composites were successfully prepared and tested for flame-retardancy properties. Objectives were to (a) assess compatibility and dispersibility of BC and AHP fillers in PLA matrix, and (b) improve flame-retardant properties of PLA composite. BC reduced flexural properties while co-addition of AHP enhanced bonding between PLA and BC, improving strength and ductility properties. Adding AHP drastically reduced the heat release rate and total heat release of the composites by 72.2% compared with pure PLA. The formation of carbonized surface layers in the BC/PLA/AHP composites effectively improved the fire performance index (FPI) and reduced the fire growth index (FGI). Flame-retardant performance was significantly improved with limiting oxygen index (LOI) of BC/PLA/AHP composite increased to 31 vol%, providing a V-0 rating in UL-94 vertical flame test. Adding AHP promoted earlier initial thermal degradation of the surface of BC/PLA/AHP composites with a carbon residue rate up to 40.3%, providing a protective layer of char. Further raw material and char residue analysis are presented in Part II of this series.
A Domain-Specific Language for Traceability in Modeling
Creators: name: Rahman, Anisur
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2013
Subjects: Traceability in Modeling
Traceability
Modeling
Domain Specific Language
DSL
Domain-Specific Language
MT-DSL
Model Traceability Domain Specific Language
RMS
Requirements Management System
DOORS

description: Requirements are a key aspect of software development. Requirements are also related with other software artefacts including designs, test cases and documentation. These artefacts are often captured with specialized models. However, many tools lack support for traceability relationships between requirements artefacts and model artefacts, leading to analysis issues. To establish traceability between models and other types of requirements artefacts, this thesis proposes a new Domain-Specific Language (DSL) for describing the concepts of a modeling language that would be intended to be traced using a Requirements Management System (RMS), with tool support handling the evolution of models and of their traceability links. In the first part of this thesis, the syntax and metamodel of the Model Traceability DSL (MT-DSL) are defined, together with an editor implemented using Xtext. In the second part of the thesis, a library of import and maintenance functions is generated automatically (using Xtend) from model traceability descriptions written using MT-DSL. The target language for this library is the DOORS eXtension Language (DXL), the scripting language of a leading commercial RMS with traceability support, namely IBM Rational DOORS. The implementation has been tested successfully for importing and evolution scenarios with two different modeling languages (User Requirements Notation and Finite State Machines). This work hence contributes a reliable mechanism to define and support traceability between requirements and models.
Effects of the FRIENDS for Life Program on Anxiety, School Functioning, and Social Functioning
Creators: name: Kavanagh, Candice
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: Anxiety
School Functioning
Social Functioning
FRIENDS for Life
Academic Performance
Academic Functioning
Working Memory

description: The aim of the current pilot trial was to evaluate the effects of the group-based FRIENDS for Life (FFL) program on school and social functioning in children with elevated levels of anxiety. Participants were 15 children aged eight to 12 identified by their parents as experiencing elevated levels of anxiety. Children attended six two-hour sessions of the FFL program and completed measures of anxiety, school functioning, and social functioning at pre- and post-treatment. Results indicated nonsignificant reductions from pre- to post-treatment in both child- and parent-report anxiety with large and medium effect sizes, respectively. Working memory scores increased significantly and there was a trend toward a significant increase in academic performance; large within group effects were found for both increases. The increase in academic functioning scores was significant with a moderate effect size only for child-report scores. A significant improvement with a large effect size was found for child-report peer relations scores and significant decreases were found for parent-report asocial behaviour and relational aggression scores, both with moderate effect sizes. Overall, children in this study demonstrated improvements in anxiety, school functioning, and social functioning. While reduction in anxiety is the primary focus of the FFL program additional benefits include improvements in school and social functioning. Though results are encouraging it is important to note that this was an uncontrolled pilot study with a small sample size. Thus results should be interpreted with caution. Nevertheless, the generally positive findings of this trial suggest a larger controlled trial is warranted. If these findings are replicated in a larger trial, the FFL may be a cost-effective, easily implemented, and versatile anxiety prevention program that can help change the trajectory of anxious children’s school and social functioning.
A Detailed Analysis Of The NERC MST Radar At Aberystwyth After Twenty Years Of Operation
Creators: name: Hooper, D. A.
name: Eastment, J. D.
name: Bradford, W. J.
name: Davies, O. T.
name: Olewicz, Z. A. K.
name: Dean, L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Mesosphere-Stratosphere-Troposphere (MST) Radar
Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)

description: The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Mesosphere-Stratosphere-Troposphere (MST) Radar at Aberystwyth (UK) is a 46.5 MHz, 160 kW peak-power, Doppler Beam Swinging, wind-profiling instrument. It was designed and built by the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, albeit making use of a number of third party modules. The hardware has remained virtually unchanged since part-time operations began in 1989. The radar has been operated on a quasi-continuous basis since late 1997 and its performance has noticeably decreased in that time. Whereas the maximum useful altitude for ST-mode wind-profiling purposes was typically around 20 km in 1999, it is now closer to 15 km a decade later.  Two detailed studies of the entire radar system were undertaken during the second part of 2008. These had the aim of establishing the cause of the reduction in performance. This document is primarily concerned with the results. Owing to the lack of pre-existing official documentation for the radar system, this opportunity has been taken to record miscellaneous additional technical information which might otherwise become lost.  The layout of this document is as follows. An overview of the radar system is given in Section 2. An analysis of individual components is given in Section 3. Finally, the requirements for component replacement are discussed in Section 4. The document is aimed at readers who have some familiarity with the principles of operation and of the hardware used by wind-profiling radars.
Role of DJ-1 in the Activation of AKT Via Binding and Inhibition of PHLDA3 Under Oxidative Stress
Creators: name: Don-Carolis, Katherine
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2015
Subjects: Parkinson's Disease
DJ-1
AKT
PHLDA3

description: Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the selective loss of dopaminergic (DA) neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta (SNc). PD affects ~1% of the population over 65, as demonstrated by characteristic symptoms such as tremor, rigidity, and bradykinesia. While the majority of PD cases are idiopathic, some cases are familial, including those caused by homozygous loss-of-function mutations in DJ-1 (PARK7), which lead to early onset PD. Although the physiological role of DJ-1 is not fully understood, DJ-1’s neuroprotective role against oxidative stress is well documented. DJ-1 is required for AKT-mediated neuroprotective effects, however the mechanism by which DJ-1 affects membrane localization/activation of AKT is unknown and is likely a critical aspect of DJ-1 function. In this thesis we explore the mechanism through which DJ-1 confers neuroprotection through AKT membrane recruitment, particularly in the case of oxidative stress insult. We demonstrate here that DJ-1 interacts with PHLDA3, a negative regulator of AKT, and loss of DJ-1 leads to hypersensitivity of neurons to PHLDA3-mediated death. Additionally, we demonstrate that in the absence of DJ-1, PHLDA3 localization at the membrane is increased, and overexpression of PHLDA3 causes reduced AKT phosphorylation in DJ-1 KO MEFs in response to oxidative stress. Taken together, these studies provide a potential novel mechanism by which DJ-1 regulates the activity of AKT, a critical neuronal survival pathway. Elucidation of these mechanisms may provide insight into the design of neuroprotective therapies for PD.
Welchen Nutzen haben Hitzewarnsystem, UV-Index, Pollenflug- und Ozonvorhersage für die Bevölkerung?
Creators: name: Capellaro, Marcus
name: Mücke, Hans-Guido
name: Sturm, Diethard
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2015

description: Der Klimawandel wirkt sich durch kontinuierliche Veränderungen, durch ein häufigeres und/oder verstärktes Auftreten von extremen Wetterereignissen und durch zunehmende Klimavariabilität auch auf die menschliche Gesundheit aus. Nationale Informations- und Frühwarnsysteme (UV-Index, Hitzewarnsystem, Pollenflug- und Ozonvorhersage) haben das Potenzial, Schutz- beziehungsweise Anpassungsmaßnahmen durch die Bevölkerung auszulösen und somit die Gesundheit vor den Umweltfaktoren zu schützen. Mit Befragungen der Bevölkerung, Behörden und Einrichtungen des Umwelt- und Gesundheitswesens erfolgte die Evaluation dieser vier Informations- und Frühwarnsysteme. Auf dieser Basis wurde ein Kommunikationskonzept entwickelt. Des Weiteren wurde ein Konzept für die Versorgung von alten und kranken Bürgerinnen und Bürgern durch Pflege und niedergelassene Ärztinnen und Ärzte entwickelt, die auch bei Extremwetterereignissen robust ist. In: Institut für Wasser-, Boden- und Lufthygiene : UMID : Umwelt und Mensch - Informationsdienst ; Umwelt & Gesundheit, Umweltmedizin, Verbraucherschutz. - Berlin. S. 27
description: Climate change affects human health through more frequent and/or more severe extreme weather events and increasing climate variability. National information and early warning systems (UV index, heat health warnings, pollen and ozone forecasts) can potentially prompt protective or adaptive measures by the population and thus protect health from environmental factors. These four information and early warning systems were evaluated by means of polls of the population, the authorities and the environment and public health agencies. The result formed the basis for a communication concept. Furthermore, a concept for the care of old and sick citizens by nursing care providers and office-based physicians was developed that will be viable under extreme weather conditions.In: Institut für Wasser-, Boden- und Lufthygiene : UMID : Umwelt und Mensch - Informationsdienst ; Umwelt & Gesundheit, Umweltmedizin, Verbraucherschutz. - Berlin.S. 27
Modifying NFD for NDN Experimentation: A Review
Creators: name: Olsen, Egil
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 100503 Computer Communications Networks
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: NFD is the most popular Named-Data Networking (NFD) router software. In this paper, we present how community researches have experimented and modified NFD to enable experimentation with NDN in different cases and applications.
Sleep quality and mood regulation strategies among Australian young adults
Creators: name: Woodruff, Zoe
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The aim of the research was to explore sleep quality, sleep disturbances and associated correlates of emotional and physical health among 327 young Australian adults. A mixed methods design consisting of both variable and person-oriented approaches revealed three distinct profiles of sleep disturbances which reflected the extent to which young adults experienced each of the four types of sleep disturbances including, insomnia, hypersomnia, parasomnias and sleep apnoea. The findings support the importance of implementing person-oriented approaches when examining sleep disturbances by revealing distinct sleep disturbance profiles amongst young adults. Finally, the findings emphasise the importance of recognising subthreshold sleep disturbances given that a proportion of young adults in the current study who reported experiencing subthreshold disturbances to their sleep also reported poorer physical and mental health outcomes.
title: Reformation und Gegenreformation in der Psychiatrie: Besichtigung der Betten-Debatte
Creators: name: Elgeti, Hermann
Publisher: name: Medizinische Hochschule Hannover Bibliothek
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: 610

description: Sozialpsychiatrische Informationen, vol. 31, no. 1, p. 25
Employing Sensor and Service Fusion to Assess Driving Performance
Creators: name: Hosseinioun, Seyed Vahid
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2015
Subjects: auto-insurance telematics
mobile media
driving assessment
sensory event detection

description: The remarkable increase in the use of sensors in our daily lives has provided an increasing number of opportunities for decision-making and automation of events. Opportunities for decision-making have further risen with the advent of smart technology and the omnipresence of sensors. Various methods have been devised to detect different events in a driving environment using smart-phones as they provide two main advantages: they remove the need to have dedicated hardware in vehicles and they are widely accessible. Rewarding safe driving has always been an important issue for insurance companies. With this intention, they are now moving toward implementing plans that consider current driving usage (Usage-based-drive plans) in contrast with traditional history-based-plans. The detection of driving events is important in insurance telematics for this purpose. Events such as acceleration and turning are good examples of important information. The sensors are capable of detecting whether a car is accelerating or braking, while through fusing services we can detect other events like speeding or the occurrence of a severe weather phenomenon that can affect driving. This thesis aims to look at the telematics from a new angle that employs smart-phones as the sensing platform. We proposed a new hybrid classification algorithm that detects acceleration-based events with an F1-score of 0.9304 and turn events with an F1-score of 0.9038. We further performed a case study on measuring the performance of driving utilizing various measures. This index can be used by a wide range of benefactors such as the insurance and transportation industries.
Wood and Pulping Properties Variation of Acacia crassicarpa A.Cunn. ex Benth. and Sampling Strategies for Accurate Phenotyping
Creators: name: Martins, Gustavo Salgado
name: Yuliarto, Muhammad
name: Antes, Rudine
name: Sabki
name: Prasetyo, Agung
name: Unda, Faride
name: Mansfield, Shawn D., 1969-
name: Hodge, Gary R.
name: Acosta, Juan Jose
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2020

description: Research Highlights: This study provides a comprehensive set of wood and pulping properties of Acacia crassicarpa A.Cunn. ex Benth. to assess variation and efficient sampling strategies for whole-tree level phenotyping. Background and Objectives: A. crassicarpa is an important tree species in Southeast Asia, with limited knowledge about its wood properties. The objective of this study was to characterize important wood properties and pulping performance of improved germplasm of the species. Furthermore, we investigated within-tree patterns of variation and evaluated the efficiency of phenotyping strategies. Materials and Methods: Second-generation progeny trials were studied, where forty 50-month-old trees were selected for destructive sampling and assessed for wood density, kraft pulp yield, α-cellulose, carbohydrate composition, and lignin content and composition (S/G ratio). We estimated the phenotypic correlations among traits determined within-tree longitudinal variation and its importance for whole-tree level phenotyping. Results: The mean whole-tree disc basic density was 481 kg/m3, and the screened kraft pulp yield was 53.8%. The reliabilities of each sampling position to predict whole-tree properties varied with different traits. For basic density, pulp yield, and glucose content, the ground-level sampling could reliably predict the whole-tree property. With near infrared reflectance spectroscopy predictions as an indirect measurement method for disc basic density, we verified reduced reliability values for breast height sampling but sufficiently correlated to allow accurate ranking and efficient selection of genotypes in a breeding program context. Conclusions: We demonstrated the quality of A. crassicarpa as a wood source for the pulping industry. The wood and pulping traits have high levels of phenotypic variation, and standing tree sampling strategies can be performed for both ranking and high-accuracy phenotyping purposes.
Heuristic Evaluation of HidrateSpark 2: Supplementary Material
Creators: name: Filho, José Cezar De Souza
name: Brito, Marcos Randel Freitas
name: Andréia Libório Sampaio
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 80602 Computer-Human Interaction
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: This document presents supplementary material regarding Heuristic Evaluation performed in the paper "Comparing Heuristic Evaluation and MALTU Model in Interaction Evaluation of Ubiquitous Systems", published in Proceedings of the 19th Brazilian Symposium on Human Factors in Computing Systems (IHC 2020).
Prácticas evaluativas en la oferta educativa de formación del profesorado en las universidades en España desde una perspectiva intercultural
Creators: name: Mottareale, Daria
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Capítulo de libro en imprenta
description: Proyecto de investigación "Actitudes hacia la alculturación y la interculturalidad del profesorado de educación obligatoria en España".

Diverprof. 

IP del proyecto: Ángela Martínez.

Financiado por la Universidad Internacional de La Rioja.

https:///diverprof.es/
title: Mit 40 Jahren ins Pflegeheim: Endstation der Gemeindepsychiatrie
Creators: name: Bastiaan, P.
name: Bartusch, S.
name: Elgeti, Hermann
name: Steffen, H.
Publisher: name: Medizinische Hochschule Hannover Bibliothek
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: 610

description: Sozialpsychiatrische Informationen, vol. 31, no. 1, p. 6
Heuristic Evaluation of HidrateSpark 2: Supplementary Material
Creators: name: Ommited For Review
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 80602 Computer-Human Interaction
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: This document present supplementary material regarding Heuristic Evaluation performed in the paper "Comparing Heuristic Evaluation and MALTU Model in Interaction Evaluation of Ubiquitous Systems", submitted (under review) to IHC 2020.
title: Regelungen der Bundesländer auf dem Gebiet der umweltfreundlichen Beschaffung
title: Regelungen der Bundesländer auf dem Gebiet der umweltfreundlichen Beschaffung
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Schmidt, Vanessa
name: Dubbers, Elisabeth
Publisher: name: Umweltbundesamt
Year: 2014
Subjects: Umweltfreundliche Beschaffung

description: In diesem Bericht werden die bestehenden Regelungen der Bundesländer zu umweltfreundlicher Beschaffung mit dem Bearbeitungstand von Januar 2014 dargestellt. Dabei wird deutlich, dass die Vorgaben in Berlin, Bremen und Nordrhein-Westfalen besonders ambitioniert sind. Viele andere Bundesländer verfügen über Soll-Vorschriften, Empfehlungen oder Leitfäden zum Thema umweltfreundliche Beschaffung. Quelle: https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/
BIOPREPARATION, LOCAL, AND MINERAL FERTILIZERS AFFECT THE COMPOSITION OF COMMON WHITE CABBAGE IN TYPICAL GRAY SOILS, DEPENDING ON RATE AND DURATION.
Creators: name: Imomaliev, Mirshoxid
name: Asatova, Saodat
name: Djabborov, Shavkat
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: This article presents scientific data on the mineral content, biochemical composition, vitamins and ash content of local, mineral and biopreparations applied to the common white cabbage plant in the conditions of typical gray soils subjected to irrigation erosion, depending on the rate and duration.
The Acute Effects of Aerobic and Resistance Exercise on Blood Glucose Levels in Type 1 Diabetes
Creators: name: Yardley, Jane E.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011
Subjects: type 1 diabetes
aerobic exercise
resistance exercise
hypoglycemia
hyperglycemia
blood glucose levels
continuous glucose monitoring

description: Aerobic exercise interventions involving individuals with type 1 diabetes have had little positive effect on blood glucose control as reflected by hemoglobin A1c. The few existing interventions involving resistance exercise, either alone or combined with aerobic exercise, while small in sample size, have had better outcomes. The purpose of this research program was to examine the changes in blood glucose levels during activity and for 24 hours post-exercise (as measured by continuous glucose monitoring) when resistance exercise is performed, either on its own or combined with aerobic exercise, as compared to aerobic exercise alone or no exercise. Twelve physically active individuals with type 1 diabetes performed 5 separate exercise sessions in random order separated by at least five days: 1) no exercise/control; 2) aerobic exercise (45 minutes of treadmill running at 60% VO2peak); 3) resistance exercise (45 minutes of weight lifting – 3 sets of 8 repetitions of 7 different exercises); 4) aerobic then resistance exercise (2 and 3 combined with the aerobic exercise first); 5) resistance then aerobic exercise (2 and 3 combined with the resistance exercise first). We found that resistance exercise was associated with a lower risk of hypoglycemia during exercise, less carbohydrate intake during exercise, less post-exercise hyperglycemia and more frequent (but less severe) nocturnal hypoglycemia than aerobic exercise. When aerobic and resistance exercise were combined, performing resistance exercise prior to aerobic exercise (rather than the reverse) resulted in attenuated declines in blood glucose during aerobic exercise, accompanied by a lower need for carbohydrate supplementation during exercise and a trend towards milder post-exercise nocturnal hypoglycemia.
Real-time route guidance in stochastic time-dependent traffic networks
Creators: name: Dong, Wei
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: In-vehicle route guidance systems have become significant in alleviating congestion in urban transportation networks. This thesis studies the problem of real-time route guidance in stochastic time-dependent traffic networks. The contribution of the thesis is three-fold: i) the real-time determination of routes with minimum expected travel time for any connected origin-destination pair; ii) the real-time determination of reliable routes among all feasible routes of any connected origin-destination pair and iii) travel time distribution analysis based on real data and evaluation of proposed methods and other related methods.
The Cost-Effectiveness of Screening Mammography in Canada
Creators: name: Dinh, Ngoc-Thy
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2015
Subjects: Cancer
Mammography
Neoplasm
Health economics
Modeling
Cost-effectiveness

description: This work includes a series of studies that examines the health and economic impacts of screening mammography from international and Canadian perspectives. This work is a compendium of several researched chapters that include an introduction, four body chapters, and a discussion. The body chapters include a systematic review of the health economic literature on screening mammography, a review of quantitative models used to examine the consequences of breast cancer screening, and cost-effectiveness analyses of screening mammography programs in Canada for the general female population and for subgroups of the population at high-risk for breast cancer. There are three analytic chapters that will be submitted as manuscripts for peer-reviewed publication. The main results of this research show that current screening mammography practices in Canada may extend life at an acceptable cost to the health care system. Due to the outlined methodological limitations of this research the results should be interpreted with caution.
Initiation of In-hospital CPR: An Examination of Nursing Behaviour Within their Scope of Practice
Creators: name: Hebert, Robin Lewis
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2017
Subjects: CPR Initiation
Nurse
Scope of Practice
Ontario
Basic Life Support (BLS)
Resuscitation
Cardiac Arrest
Defibrillation

description: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and defibrillation are the interventions performed by health care professionals in order to preserve the life of a patient suffering cardiac arrest. These tasks are important to the role of nurses because they are the most common first responders to in-hospital cardiac arrest scenarios. The early initiation of CPR and defibrillation is essential in increasing the likelihood of a patient surviving cardiac arrest. Despite possessing the knowledge, skills, training, and professional obligation to deploy CPR and defibrillation independently, nurses may hesitate to perform the appropriate actions in a timely manner. This topic has been studied previously; however, there have been no studies directly examining this issue in the Ontario context. This thesis explored the factors that influence the behaviour of nurses in the first responder role by employing a mixed-methods research design. The quantitative portion of the study consisted of a series of scales on an online survey that examined teamwork factors and nurses’ experience with CPR events. The qualitative part of the study consisted of open-ended questions on the survey as well as individual interviews with nurses to understand the barriers and enablers to the role of nurses in the enactment of basic life support (BLS). The qualitative data were analyzed with a modified grounded theory approach. The qualitative data analysis followed the guidelines developed by Charmaz (2006) and employed the conceptual framework on optimizing scopes of practice developed by the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (2014) to extrapolate findings on the influence of nurses’ scope of practice on their behaviour. This study revealed a number of contextual factors in Ontario influencing nurses’ deployment of CPR and defibrillation including variations in hospital unit types, geography, workload, the availability and quality of technology, legislation and regulation, accountability, as well as economic constraints.
Życie śmiercią przemienione - transhumanistyczne podejście do idei omegalnego Nowego Adama
Creators: name: Surowiec, Paweł Robert
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: transhumanizm
biotechnologia
śmierć
życie
Punkt Omega
eschatologia
chrześcijaństwo
Nowy Adam
technologia

description: ABSTRAKT: W życiu człowieka przychodzi moment, który kończy jego biologiczną egzystencję. Śmierć w antropologii chrześcijańskiej nie jest kresem ani celem ludzkiej egzystencji, ale etapem mającym doprowadzić indywidualnego człowieka do jego ostatecznego celu jakim jest życie z Nowym Adamem (zob. 1 Kor 15,45; Rz 5,14). Relacja przyjaźni i pojednania z Chrystusem doprowadza do zjednoczenia z Nim, jako pełnią przebóstwionego człowieczeństwa. Na tym eschatologicznym gruncie spotykają się nauki biblijne, teologiczne i filozoficzne. Biblijne wskazują na Chrystusa jako doskonałego człowieka – nowego, ostatecznego Adama – w odróżnieniu od ludzkości niedoskonałej i ograniczonej. Idee teologiczne dotyczące eschatonu poruszają wątki celowościowe otaczającego nas świata, sposobu funkcjonowania ludzkiej świadomości, także po śmierci oraz konsekwencji podejmowanych decyzji. Współczesne idee filozoficzne w rozważaniach o śmierci, jej oddalaniu lub nieuchronności, akcentują rolę pokonywania biologicznych, psychologicznych i społecznych ograniczeń człowieczeństwa, łącząc je z transhumanizmem. Ten ruch intelektualny i kulturowy kojarzony jest często wyłącznie, a przez to błędnie, z procesem technologicznego udoskonalania ludzkich niedomagań poprzez aplikację biomedycznych rozwiązań, mających przedłużyć ludzkie życie. W podjętych rozważaniach zostały wskazane płaszczyzny do dyskusji na styku nauk filozoficznych, biblijnych i teologicznych w kontekście transhumanistycznego podejścia do fenomenu śmierci.
description: II Ogólnopolska Konferencja Naukowa "My się śmierci nie boimy - zmiany w postrzeganiu śmierci na przestrzeni dziejów" (2. edycja), Warsaw, 26-27 October 2019. Organizers: Uniwersytet Warszawski - Wydział "Artes Liberales"; Fundacja "dzień dobry! kolektyw kultury" (Fundacja dd!kk)
Development of Biodegradable Flame-Retardant Bamboo Charcoal Composites, Part II: Thermal Degradation, Gas Phase, and Elemental Analyses
Creators: name: Wang, Shanshan
name: Zhang, Liang
name: Semple, K. E. (Kate E.)
name: Zhang, Min
name: Zhang, Wenbiao
name: Dai, Chunping, 1963-
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2020

description: Bamboo charcoal (BC) and aluminum hypophosphite (AHP) singly and in combination were investigated as flame-retardant fillers for polylactic acid (PLA). A set of BC/PLA/AHP composites were prepared by melt-blending and tested for thermal and flame-retardancy properties in Part I. Here, in Part II, the results for differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), thermogravimetry-Fourier transform infrared spectrometry (TG-FTIR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and X-ray photoelectron analysis (XPS) are presented. The fillers either singly or together promoted earlier initial thermal degradation of the surface of BC/PLA/AHP composites, with a carbon residue rate up to 40.3%, providing a protective layer of char. Additionally, BC promotes heterogeneous nucleation of PLA, while AHP improves the mechanical properties and machinability. Gaseous combustion products CO, aromatic compounds, and carbonyl groups were significantly suppressed in only the BC-PLA composite, but not pure PLA or the BC/PLA/AHP system. The flame-retardant effects of AHP and BC-AHP co-addition combine effective gas-phase and condensed-phase surface phenomena that provide a heat and oxygen barrier, protecting the inner matrix. While it generated much CO2 and smoke during combustion, it is not yet clear whether BC addition on its own contributes any significant gas phase protection for PLA.