cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Quasi-Static Fracture Behaviour of AISI 304L and CA6NM
Creators: name: Angel, O
Publisher: name: Liverpool John Moores University
Year: 2023

description: Nuclear transport packages are required to transport radioactive material for a variation of reasons such as the transport of new fuel to reactor sites. Depending on the type of nuclear transport package, AISI 304L is used for various components such as internal/external shock absorbers and outer containment structures. Literature regarding CA6NM suggests that the material provides the mechanical properties to be used for thick wall castings for nuclear transport packages. The aim of this thesis was to obtain data characterising the plasticity and fracture behaviour of two grades of stainless steel, AISI 304L and CA6NM when subjected to a range of multiaxial loading.

Nuclear transport packages must pass a series of testing standards regulated by the IAEA before they can be licenced for use. The main motivating factor in this study was to acquire data regarding the failure of AISI 304L and CA6NM, by producing a fracture locus which could be utilised to assist structural integrity assessments for the design of nuclear transport packages.

The experimental testing programme had 4 main phases of testing, a total of 200 tests were performed at ambient temperature under quasi-static conditions on test specimens having 15 different geometries. The methodology used DIC in parallel with FE analysis, to find the equivalent fracture strain, average stress triaxiality and average Lode angle parameter over the load history.

Initially, the fracture initiation point was assumed to be at the location of the maximum plastic equivalent strain of the FE analysis. However, fracture initiation at the critical location of the geometries designed to provide pure shear data, occurred at the point of maximum tensile stress. This led to an investigation to extract data from a central node located in the shear region or alternatively averaging the whole of the failure zone of the specimen. Various fracture loci were constructed at the moment of failure but using the different methods for extracting the data. From this a strain-based criterion for AISI 304L and CA6NM was produced. Analytical expressions of the fracture envelope for each method can be utilised for practical relevance, regarding nuclear transport packages depending on the failure model. Methods developed in this thesis can be used for other materials and can aid future experiments investigating plasticity and fracture behaviour for factors such as a range of strain rates and temperatures.
Book review: 'Writing about medicines for people: usability guidelines for consumer medicine information', by David Sless and Rob Wiseman
Creators: name: Friedman, Ken
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Review of the book 'Writing about medicines for people: usability guidelines for consumer medicine information', by David Sless and Rob Wiseman, published by Communication Research Institute of Australia, 1997.
Adaptive Systems for Smart Buildings Utilizing Wireless Sensor Networks and Artificial Intelligence
Creators: name: Qela, Blerim
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: Adaptive Systems
Smart Homes and Buildings
Intelligent Buildings
Intelligent Systems
Wireless Sensor Networks
Artificial Intelligence
Programmable Communicating Thermostat
Smart Thermostat
Adaptive Learning System
Energy Conservation and Comfort

description: In this thesis, research efforts are dedicated towards the development of practical adaptable techniques to be used in Smart Homes and Buildings, with the aim to improve energy management and conservation, while enhancing the learning capabilities of Programmable Communicating Thermostats (PCT) – “transforming” them into smart adaptable devices, i.e., “Smart Thermostats”. An Adaptable Hybrid Intelligent System utilizing Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques is presented, based on which, a novel Adaptive Learning System (ALS) model utilizing WSN, a rule-based system and Adaptive Resonance Theory (ART) concepts is proposed. The main goal of the ALS is to adapt to the occupant’s pattern and/or schedule changes by providing comfort, while not ignoring the energy conservation aspect. The proposed ALS analytical model is a technique which enables PCTs to learn and adapt to user input pattern changes and/or other parameters of interest. A new algorithm for finding the global maximum in a predefined interval within a two dimensional space is proposed. The proposed algorithm is a synergy of reward/punish concepts from the reinforcement learning (RL) and agent-based technique, for use in small-scale embedded systems with limited memory and/or processing power, such as the wireless sensor/actuator nodes. An application is implemented to observe the algorithm at work and to demonstrate its main features. It was observed that the “RL and Agent-based Search”, versus the “RL only” technique, yielded better performance results with respect to the number of iterations and function evaluations needed to find the global maximum. Furthermore, a “House Simulator” is developed as a tool to simulate house heating/cooling systems and to assist in the practical implementation of the ALS model under different scenarios. The main building blocks of the simulator are the “House Simulator”, the “Smart Thermostat”, and a placeholder for the “Adaptive Learning Models”. As a result, a novel adaptive learning algorithm, “Observe, Learn and Adapt” (OLA) is proposed and demonstrated, reflecting the main features of the ALS model. Its evaluation is achieved with the aid of the “House Simulator”. OLA, with the use of sensors and the application of the ALS model learning technique, captures the essence of an actual PCT reflecting a smart and adaptable device. The experimental performance results indicate adaptability and potential energy savings of the single in comparison to the zone controlled scenarios with the OLA capabilities being enabled.
Fate of 14C-labelled ionic organic chemicals in a water-sediment system and surface water
Creators: name: Ackermann, Juliane
name: Holzmann, Hannah
name: Claßen, Daniela
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Persistenz
Halbwertszeit

description: The persistence assessment of organic chemicals is based on neutral reference substances. Therefore, our study aimed at investigating the influence of a chemical charge on the degradation of organic compounds in a water-sediment system (OECD 308) and surface water (OECD 309). We used radiolabelled 4-n-dodecylbenzenesulfonic acid sodium salt (14C-DS-, anionic), 4-n-dodecylbenzyltrimethylammonium chloride (14C-DA+, cationic) and 4-n-dodecylphenol (14C-DP, non-ionic) which are structurally similar except their charges. After 120 days of incubation in a water-sediment system, 68% (14C-DS-), 6% (14C-DA+) and 63% (14C-DP) of the applied radioactivity (AR) were mineralized. The formation of non-extractable residues (NER) after 120 days was highest for 14C-DA+ (33% AR), followed by 14C-DS- (19% AR) and 14C-DP (14% AR). Dissipation half-lives (DT50) at 12 ˚C decreased as follows: 14C-DA+ (346 days) >> 14C-DS- (47 days) > 14C-DP (30 days). After 60 days of incubation in surface water with suspended sediment, mineralization of 14C-DS-, 14C-DA+ and 14C-DP accounted for 63%, 7% and 58% AR, respectively. Highest NER formation was observed for 14C-DP (21% AR), followed by 14C-DA+ (14% AR) and 14C-DS- (9% AR). DT50 (12 ˚C) decreased as follows: 14C-DA+ (45 days) > 14C-DP (3 days) > 14C-DS- (2 days). We showed that a positive charge reduces the degradability of organic chemicals in both test systems. From a scientific point of view, simulation studies following OECD 309 should always be complimented by tests with high sorption capacity, e.g. OECD 308 and OECD 307 tests in order to assess the degradation of a compound, especially in case of cationic organic compounds. © 2022 The Authors
Influences of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Microsystem on Mothers' Experiences
Creators: name: Rowland, Emily
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2015
Subjects: Health Systems
NICU

description: The goal of this project was to explore mothers’ experiences of caring for infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) using a microsystem perspective. This perspective focuses on the structure, processes and people and in so doing allows for a critical exploration of how these elements work together to influence mothers in the NICU. The research framework involved an institutional ethnography to explore care delivery, relationships, and discourses in the NICU. Data was collected using nonparticipant-observations, interviews, and collection of discourse artifacts. There is clear evidence that caring for an infant in the NICU can result in significant increases in maternal stress and associated outcomes. Results from triangulation of the data indicated that being separated from the infant and learning to mother in the unit were particularly salient experiences retold by the mothers. These experiences were affected – either positively or negatively – by different elements of the microsystem including consistency in communications, increased opportunities for mothers’ inclusion in decision-making and infant care and lastly, access to more support resources. Implementing improvements to the microsystem could better empower mothers adjusting to parenthood within the NICU context.
Multicultural Motivations: Power, Counterpower, Elites, and Independence
Creators: name: Zamat, Christopher
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: multiculturalism
power
counterpower
will to independence
minority groups
dominant groups

description: This thesis examines the motivations for adopting multiculturalism. To this end, it examines a phenomenon that is commonplace in everyday life but is curiously absent from the academic literature: power. I argue that power provides a better causal explanation for the adoption of multiculturalism than previous explanations, such as desecuritization, and renders justifications for multiculturalism based exclusively on moral grounds insufficient and impractical in the world of politics. I divide the analysis into two parts: power acquisition as a factor that prompts dominant groups to enact multicultural policies, and power as a factor that enables non-dominant groups to mobilize for greater rights. In the process, I examine the structure of power in the modern nation-state, and claim, in short, that it is not only a network of boundaries, rules and institutions, but also an instrument used to delimit independence. I also claim that dominant groups will be most amenable to accepting multiculturalism if it does not alter the existing power praxis, and even reinforces the authority of the bearers of power. In areas of the world where multiculturalism is perceived as granting minorities too much power, it has been and will continue to be outright rejected. Moreover, I contend that minorities are not powerless and can effectively mobilize to acquire greater rights by engaging in ‘counterpower’. Ultimately, I conclude that the realistic prospects of diffusing multiculturalism, in light of the analysis of power, are poor, since in many areas of the world, authorities have too strong a grasp on power, and the counterpower of the masses is concordantly too weak. In this respect, a focus on the concept of power with regard to the adoption of multiculturalism reflects the political reality.
Management of chronic lymphocytic leukemia in Canada during the coronavirus pandemic
Creators: name: Sehn, Laurie H.
name: Kuruvilla, P.
name: Christofides, A.
name: Stakiw, J.
Publisher: name: MDPI
Year: 2021

description: The emergence of the covid-19 disease pandemic caused by the 2019 novel coronavirus has required a re-evaluation of treatment practices for clinicians caring for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (cll). The American Society for Hematology (ash) has provided a series of recommendations for the treatment of patients with cll during the pandemic, covering a range of topics, including testing for covid-19, cll treatment initiation and selection, use of immunoglobulin therapy, in-person monitoring, and treatment of patients with cll and covid-19. We summarize the ash recommendations and discuss their applicability as guidelines for the treatment of cll during the covid-19 pandemic in Canada.
Supplementary document for Two-Dimensional Quantum Walk of Correlated Photons - 5379235.pdf
Creators: name: Jiao, Zhi-Qiang
name: Gao, Jun
name: Zhou, Wen-Hao
name: Wang, Xiao-Wei
name: Ren, Ruo-Jing
name: Xu, Xiao-Yun
name: Qiao, Lu-Feng
name: Wang, Yao
name: Jin, Xianmin
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplemental material
RFID Tag Design and Range Improvement
Creators: name: Chirammal Ramakrishnan, Rijwal
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: RFID tag design
Antenna design

description: Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is a short range radio technology for communication between two objects namely, a reader and a tag. Design of an RFID tag with the best range is always the motive of an RFID designer. In this thesis two RFID tags were simulated, designed and manufactured. The first one is a semi-passive RFID tag, which also serves as a discrete prototype tag for the research group to master RFID tag designs. The user can program and further extend the use of this tag according to the requirements. This RFID tag is provided with JTAG interface to program and debug. The read range of this prototype tag is found to be 1m with reader EIRP of 30dBm. The second design is a passive tag which can be commercialized. It achieves a competitive read range of 2.9m for reader EIRP of 21dBm. The read range when measured in a practical implementation inside a building corridor was 15m.
The HIV Burden in the African Caribbean and Black Communities in Ottawa
Creators: name: Elien Massenat, Marie Dominique
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: Public Health
Canadian
HIV/AIDS
African, Caribbean and Black

description: Statement of problem: Ottawa Public Health has expressed the need for accurate and complete data/information on HIV in the Black community from Africa and the Caribbean (ACB) in Ottawa. Method of investigation: A mixed methods approach was done. The first phase was a descriptive analysis of HIV diagnoses in the ACB population in Ottawa between 2005-2010. The second phase used qualitative interviews with people living with, and not living with HIV in ACB communities in Ottawa. Results: HIV diagnosis rates were higher in ACB in comparison to the non-ACB population. The issues that emerged from interviews touched on HIV-related stigma, the exacerbating effect of HIV, essential gaps in current programs and HIV-related services for ACB communities. Conclusion: The HIV diagnosis rates in the ACB communities in Ottawa provide reason for concern. OPH’s approach to reducing HIV rates in ACB communities must attempt to incorporate understandings of the cultural context of HIV in the ACB communities for the betterment of HIV-prevention programming.
Studies of Metathesis for Materials Applications: Present and Future Possibilities
Creators: name: Marleau-Gillette, Joshua
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2013
Subjects: Olefin Metathesis
Alkyne Metathesis
Ring-opening Metathesis Polymerization
Ruthenium Carbynes
Linear Pseudohalide

description: Compounds containing multiple metal-carbon bonds are now widely used as catalysts for organic and materials synthesis. Among such transformations, olefin metathesis (OM) occupies a position of pre-eminent significance. Alkyne metathesis holds great promise, but remains in a much lower state of development. The OM-directed work in this thesis sought to advance the state of the art in living, Ru-catalyzed ringopening metathesis polymerizations (ROMP). Currently, the first- and third-generation Grubbs initiators, which exhibit the ease of handling characteristic of the late metal ruthenium, dominate ROMP applications. These initiators are characterized by extremes of reactivity, however. We describe the first ruthenium initiator capable of living ROMP at RT, irrespective of monomer bulk. Polydispersity indices as low as 1.03 are routinely attainable, and excellent control is maintained in synthesis of diblock copolymers from sterically demanding and sterically unencumbered monomers. Work on alkyne metathesis sought to expand existing understanding of the features that influence stability and reactivity in ruthenium carbynes. A classification system was developed in which Class A carbynes were defined as those that readily undergo conversion into an M=C entity (e.g. vinylidene, allenylidene, or alkylidene); Class B carbynes those that have a stable carbyne functionality. Four Ru carbyne complexes, all initially regarded as prospective Class B carbynes, were selected for study. Investigation of their reactivity resulted in categorization of several as Class A species, and development of design criteria that may open the door to assembly of stable, well-defined carbyne complexes of ruthenium.
New evidence for flux cutting in type II superconductors.
Creators: name: LeBlanc, David.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1992
Subjects: subject: Physics, Condensed Matter.

description: We present new evidence for cross flow and cutting of nonparallel flux lines in type II superconductors. A dramatic reversal is observed in the evolution of $B\sb{z}\sb{hole}$, the axial flux density in the cavity of a hollow cylinder when the magnitude of a helical magnetic field, $\vec H\sb{ext} = \\phi H\sb\phi + \ z H\sb{\rm II}$ is increased or decreased along the surfaces of the specimen. This turn around constitutes a 180$\sp\circ$ degree deviation from the predictions of the "classical" critical state framework (no flux line cutting). Measurements of the concurrent evolution of $\langle B\sb{z}\rangle \sb{wall}$, the axial flux density threading the wall of the hollow cylinder, complement the above data. The behaviour of $\langle B\sb{z}\rangle\sb{wall}$ is also in drastic disagreement with the "classical" picture of "one way" traffic of flux lines dictated solely by the change in magnitude of $\vec H\sb{ext}.$ These observations also provide strong support for our interpretation. Our account of these unexpected phenomena is based on the ideas of two way traffic of sublattices of nonparallel flux lines traversing each other via flux line cutting processes. We briefly review the classical critical state concept. The essential features of the flux cutting process, cross traversal of flux line sheets and attendant "breathing" modes are also outlined. Then the Generalized Critical State Model incorporating a phenomenological framework based on Maxwell's equations, standard physical constraints and two separate energy dissipation mechanisms is summarized. Finally we present our data curves and show in qualitative detail that the observed behaviour demonstrates that flux line cutting occurs and associated breathing in and out of non-parallel flux lines takes place across the surface of type II superconductors subjected to a varying $\vec H\sb{ext}.$
Fairness comparison of FAST TCP and TCP Vegas
Creators: name: Andrew, Lachlan L. H.
name: Tan, Liansheng
name: Cui, Tony
name: Zukerman, Moshe
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This paper compares the equilibrium properties of FAST TCP and TCP Vegas. Although the two have the same equilibrium point when all sources know their true propagation delays, FAST is fairer when there are estimation errors. The performance of Vegas approaches that of FAST when the queueing delay is very much less than the propagation delay.
Supplementary document for CDDA: extension and analysis of the Discrete Dipole Approximation for chiral systems - 5380078.pdf
Creators: name: Rosales, Saúl
name: Albella, Pablo
name: Gonzalez, Francisco
name: Gutierrez, Yael
name: Moreno, Fernando
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplementary Information
Supplementary document for CDDA: extension and analysis of the Discrete Dipole Approximation for chiral systems - 5380078.pdf
Creators: name: Rosales, Saúl
name: Albella, Pablo
name: Gonzalez, Francisco
name: Gutierrez, Yael
name: Moreno, Fernando
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplementary Information
Exploring the Self-Regulation of Physicians and Medical Students in Relation to their Well-Being and Performance
Creators: name: Gagnon, Marie-Claude
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011
Subjects: Self-regulation
Well-being
Performance
Stress
Burnout
Physicians
Medical students
Mixed methods

description: Self-regulation capacity allows individuals to manage their thoughts, feelings, and actions to attain personal goals (e.g., well-being and performance), as well as adjust to their changing social and physical environment (Zimmerman, 2000). Self-regulation as a positive adaptive skill and process has not been examined in relation to well-being in the context of medicine. The purpose of the current study was to examine self-regulation with 37 medical students and 25 supervising physicians to determine whether or not it may enhance well-being and performance, and reduce stress and burnout. A mixed-methods design was used to collect and analyze the data, and findings from the quantitative and qualitative phases were presented in two separate articles. Self-regulation capacity appears to be an important skill that may help both physicians and medical students to meet the demands of the medical profession and maintain an adequate level of well-being and performance in their work and daily life.
Intellektual mulk obyektlari bilan bogʻliq nizolarni sudgacha hal qilish: milliy va xorijiy tajriba
Creators: name: Buriyev Abdumannop Abduraxmatovich
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Ko’p hollarda nizolarni hal qilish sudlar yordamida amalga oshiriladi. Ammo, yuzaga keladigan nizolarni sud yordamida hal qilish har doim ham samara beravermaydi. Sudlarning ish yuki, sud ishlarining uzoq davomiyligi,  tomonlarning sud jarayonini kechiktirishning turli usullaridan foydalanish imkoniyati, harajatlarning qimmatligi ziddiyatlarni hal qilishning yangi, tejamkor, samarali va oddiy usullarini izlashga undaydi. Butun dunyoda bunday usullarga nizolarni hal qilishning muqobil usullari (ADR-Alternative dispute resolution) sifatida qaraladi....
Supplementary document for Determination of Dynamic Dielectric Function of PEDOT:PSS from Visible to Near-infrared Region - 5380208.pdf
Creators: name: Jiang, Chunping
name: Zhao, Yongmin
name: Lin, Yu
name: Zeng, Zhongming
name: Su, Chengxi
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplement 1
title: An Operational Model for Mobile Sensor Cloud Management
Creators: name: Kalyankar, Indrajeet
Publisher: name: Old Dominion University
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04zjtrb98
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2006

description: Mobile sensors provide a safe, cost effective method for gathering information in hazardous environments. When the hazardous environment is either unexplored, such as the surface of Mars, or unanticipated, such as the result of chemical contamination, it is desirable for a system to gather information with a minimal amount of outside control (localization, decision control, etc.) and prepositioned sensors. If one takes a look at the number of the sensors deployed on a scale, at the lower end is the sole, multipurpose sensor unit. The upper end deals with hordes of inexpensive, expendable sensors. In the middle, a cluster of a reasonable number of sensors has benefits. This thesis speaks of the pros and cons of a small set of sensors and reveals how different its behavior is in comparison with systems at either ends of the scale, in terms of coverage, fault tolerance, and cost effectiveness. This thesis presents the concept of a sensor cloud as a tightly coupled, mobile sensor cluster. The primary characteristics of a sensor cloud are defined in terms of connectivity and coverage. Secondary characteristics like degrees of motion, density and fault tolerance are also laid out. The model of a sensor cloud was derived by extracting commonalities from several of the concepts of sensor collections published in the past. The different kinds of cloud management such as mobility, control and power are discussed. To facilitate development, an operational model for the sensor cloud is developed. The model supports development of control algorithms focused on specific operational needs. Several algorithms are presented within the context of the operational model. Actions such as deployment and navigation are discussed in detail at both the individual sensor level and at the cloud level. Performance parameters such as cloud build up and navigation times are compared for the algorithms and presented.
The Influence of a Submarine Canyon on the Circulation and Cross-Shore Exchanges around an Upwelling Front
Creators: name: Saldías, Gonzalo
name: Allen, Susan
Publisher: name: American Meteorological Society
Year: 2022

description: The response of a coastal ocean numerical model, typical of eastern boundaries, is investigated under upwelling-favorable wind forcing and with/without the presence of a submarine canyon. Experiments were run over three contrasting shelf depth/slope bathymetries and forced by an upwelling-favorable alongshore wind. Random noise in the wind stress field was used to trigger the onset of frontal instabilities, which formed around the upwelling front. Their development and evolution are enhanced over deeper (and less inclined) shelves. Experiments without a submarine canyon agree well with previous studies of upwelling frontal instabilities; baroclinic instabilities grow along the front in time. The addition of a submarine canyon incising the continental shelf dramatically changes the circulation and frontal characteristics. Intensified upwelling is channeled through the downstream side of the canyon in all depth/slope configurations. Farther downstream a downwelling area is generated, being larger and stronger on a shallow shelf. The canyon affects mainly the location of the southward upwelling jet, which is deflected inshore and accelerated after passing over the canyon. This process is accompanied by a break in the alongshore scale of the instabilities on either side of the canyon. Term balances of the depth-averaged cross-shore momentum equation reaffirm the downstream acceleration of the jet and the increased wavelength of the instabilities, and clarify the dominant balance between the advection and ageostrophic terms around the canyon.
Mort en sursis: processus décisionnels dans l'attribution de la Prérogative Royale pour les condamnés québécois, 1895-1959
Creators: name: Pelletier-Audet, Alexandre
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: Droit pénal Canada Histoire
Peine de mort Canada
Punition
Prérogative royale Canada

description: À travers l’étude de trente-deux condamnations à mort prononcées au Québec entre 1895 et 1959, l’auteur retrace le processus qui menait aux délibérations quant à l’octroi de la Prérogative Royale de clémence par le Cabinet fédéral. En se basant sur les dossiers compilés par le ministère fédéral de la Justice et conservés dans le Fonds des condamnés à mort des Archives nationales du Canada, il a été possible de dégager la participation de nombreux acteurs dans l’exercice de la peine capitale et de la clémence. Parmi eux, trois acteurs – le jury, le juge de première instance et les bureaucrates du Ministère de la Justice chargés de la constitution des dossiers – étaient conviés à offrir une recommandation à la clémence, qui était généralement respectée par l’exécutif.
Supplementary document for Post-fabrication Tuning of Micro-ring Resonators Using 3D-printed Microfluidics - 5381250.pdf
Creators: name: Larson, Kevin
name: Hammond, Alec
name: Carver, Christian
name: Anderson, Derek
name: Viglione, Matthew
name: Boaks, Mawla
name: Nordin, Gregory
name: Camacho, Ryan
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplementary Informaton
Seasonal Cycling in Electrical Resistivities at Ten Thin Permafrost Sites, Southern Yukon and Northern British Columbia
Creators: name: Miceli, Christina
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: Permafrost
Electrical Resistivity Tomography
Yukon
British Columbia

description: Permanent electrode arrays were set up at ten monitoring sites from Whitehorse, Yukon, to Fort St. John, British Columbia, in order to gain a clearer perspective of the effectiveness of electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) monitoring over an annual cycle of freezing and thawing. This research forms part of a longer-term project that is attempting to use ERT to examine changes in permafrost resulting from climate change. Inter-site and intra-site variability were examined by installing and maintaining data-loggers to monitor active layer and shallow permafrost temperatures, air temperatures, and snow depths at each site from August 2010 – August 2011. Additional site information was collected on each ERT survey date, including frost table depths, snow depths, and vegetation heights. Based on nearby community records, the climate in the region has been warming by a rate of 0.3 to 0.5 °C per decade since 1970. The permafrost at all ten sites was characteristic of sporadic discontinuous and isolated patches permafrost zones, and is classified as Ecosystem-protected. Nine of the ten permafrost sites had permafrost that was thinner than the 14 or 7 m penetration depth of the ERT survey (three-layer system consisting of an active layer, permafrost, and sub-permafrost perennially unfrozen zone). The most predictable results were achieved at the two-layer system site (active layer overlying permafrost to the base of the profile) in each of its virtual resistivity boreholes, relative resistivity change comparisons, and mean near-surface apparent resistivity progressions. ERT is an effective method of delineating permafrost boundaries in thin permafrost environments and does show strength when monitoring areas of seasonally frozen ground. Repeat surveys at a site indicate seasonal changes in three-layer conditions, but not as predictably as those in a two-layer system. In order to receive the most accurate information regarding permafrost extent and thickness, it appears ideal to conduct ERT surveys annually, within the same month as the previous year’s survey.
Control of Joint Spacing During Fin Development and Regeneration
Creators: name: Lopez-Jimenez, Cristobal
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2015
Subjects: Developmental biology
computational tools
zebrafish
regeneration

description: The zebrafish (Danio rerio) has emerged as a model to study vertebrate development due to rapid ontogenetic processes with external embryonic development. It is also an excellent model to study the mechanisms of regeneration and in this respect, the caudal fin is particularly convenient because it is easily accessible for experimental manipulation. Collection of quantitative data and postulation of theoretical models have become an attractive practice to explain complex biological problems. These models are used to test hypothetical mechanisms and predict results, but they also require calibration and validation with analysis of experimental data. This thesis aims at studying the developmental control of fin joint formation, which determines segment patterns of the rays in the caudal fin of zebrafish, before and after an amputation event, through a computational approach and imaging morpho-dynamics. We used a computational approach based on a quantitative framework developed for the analysis of fish fin development and regeneration and more specifically focused our analysis on the pattern of bone segments forming the ray. This allowed us to generate visual maps of the developing and regenerating caudal fins based on average fin data. The results from our experimental set show that bone segments at the amputation plane are longer after regeneration than segments at the same position in non-amputated fins. We also optimized a previously proposed morphogen driven model for fin growth and regeneration to accurately recreate segment numbers based on experimental data. Finally, we collected segment regression data that could be integrated into a new visual map method to analyse fin bony segment patterns.
The Mineralogic Implications of Impact-Induced Climate Perturbations
Creators: name: Kaufman, Sierra V.
name: Bjonnes, Evan
name: Palumbo, Ashley
name: Mustard, Jack
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022

description: Matlab codes to produce the conduction model and associated temperature files which are used in the reactive transport model runs. Also included are the Crunchflow executable, database files, and input files for the runs described in "The Mineralogic Implications of Impact-Induced Climate Perturbations." The zip files contain the input files for each of the runs with the deposition temperatures specified in the title. These must be opened in separate folders due to the repeated file names.
The adventures of Trev the tablet: replacing practical classes and lectures using an online game scenario
Creators: name: Jones, Keri
name: Larson, Ian
name: Weaver, Debbi
name: Caliph, Suzanne
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Both lectures and a 'wet' practical class using outdated equipment and expensive to run in both materials and staff and student time has been replaced by an integrated online site, incorporating a mixture of text with diagrams, video clips and multiple-choice questions. The online material has been organised into a 'Snakes & Ladders'-type game scenario, where students must successfully complete mini self-assessment activities to progress onto subsequent sections. Movement through the gameboard is via an animated character, 'Trev the tablet' who is also used to explain the concepts and illustrate key points. An action research approach was used during the design and development phase of this module. Three stages of the development, including evaluation, are described.
Supplementary document for Post-fabrication Tuning of Micro-ring Resonators Using 3D-printed Microfluidics - 5381250.pdf
Creators: name: Larson, Kevin
name: Hammond, Alec
name: Carver, Christian
name: Anderson, Derek
name: Viglione, Matthew
name: Boaks, Mawla
name: Nordin, Gregory
name: Camacho, Ryan
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplementary Informaton
L’accord de collaboration Opinagow : une enquête sur les enjeux de sa mise en œuvre
Creators: name: Gauthier, Mathieu
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2017
Subjects: Ententes sur les répercussions et les avantages (ERA
Mine
Développement minier
Ethnographie
Communauté autochtone
Accord de collaboration Opinagow
Nation crie de Wemindji

description: La Nation crie de Wemindji (NCW) est une communauté autochtone située à l’est de la Baie-James, qui a ratifié en 2011, l’accord de collaboration Opinagow (ACO) avec la compagnie minière canadienne Goldcorp (GC). Cette recherche ethnographique s’est intéressée aux représentations des membres de la NCW quant aux défis de mise en œuvre de l’ACO. Pour ce faire, nous avons jumelé l’analyse des rapports de pouvoir selon l’Économie politique internationale (ÉPI) au concept de la multiplicité des mondes de l’Ontologie politique. Les résultats de cette étude suggèrent que l’ACO aurait permis d’intégrer la NCW dans les discussions entourant l’implantation du projet de la mine Éléonore sans pour autant rééquilibrer la nature de la relation de pouvoir asymétrique qui, généralement, caractérise la relation communauté-entreprise dans le secteur minier. Puisque le pouvoir décisionnel semble reposer essentiellement entre les mains du promoteur du projet minier, la signature d’une entente n’impliquerait pas forcément le respect des engagements corporatifs tels que perçus par les membres de la NCW. En revanche, certains enjeux liés à l’interprétation de l’accord, au respect de l’accord et des rapports au territoire cris, au manque de réciprocité ou à différentes perceptions de la temporalité ont tendance à créer des tensions entre les principaux acteurs de la relation communauté-entreprise à l’étude. Ce savoir localement pertinent a pour but d’épauler la NCW dans la défense de ses intérêts dans le contexte de l’élaboration de leur relation avec Goldcorp ainsi que de contribuer à la littérature portant sur les perspectives autochtones quant à l’amélioration des politiques et des standards du secteur minier mondialisé.
Rescue Stenting of Isolated Middle Cerebral Artery (MCA) Dissections (MCAD) with Antithrombogenic Coating Stents on Mono Antiplatelet Therapy (MAPT)
Creators: name: Pedowski, Piotr
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 420319
subject: Primary health care

description: Acute ischemic stroke (AIS) is the second most common cause of death in western population. Despite that, AIS caused by isolated middle cerebral artery (MCA) dissection is in scientific literature very rarely reported. Until this day, the mechanism of isolated MCAD is not completely understood and thus is the diagnosis of dissection probably underdiagnosed and underreported. Due to the clinical course of disease and the way of diagnosis, no randomized control trials were conducted in this topic. Few case reports and retrospective review articles are available in the literature. The aim of this article is to provide more detailed insight into the topic of MCAD, with the emphasis on technical aspect of its endovascular treatment and subsequent pharmacological management with current materials, medication and knowledge. The focus is on the use of antithrombogenic stents and mono antiplatelet therapy (MAPT).
title: FLEXPART airtracer trajectories for the MOSAIC campaign
title: Emission sensitivities below 100 m
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Bucci, Silvia
Year: 2023
Subjects: Atmosphärenchemie
Atmospheric chemistry
ÖFOS 2012 -- NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN (1) -- Geowissenschaften (105) -- Meteorologie, Klimatologie (1052) -- Atmosphärenchemie (105208)
ÖFOS 2012 -- NATURAL SCIENCES (1) -- Geosciences (105) -- Meteorology, Climatology (1052) -- Atmospheric chemistry (105208)
Meteorologie
Meteorology
ÖFOS 2012 -- NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN (1) -- Geowissenschaften (105) -- Meteorologie, Klimatologie (1052) -- Meteorologie (105206)
ÖFOS 2012 -- NATURAL SCIENCES (1) -- Geosciences (105) -- Meteorology, Climatology (1052) -- Meteorology (105206)
FLEXPART, MOSAIC, emissions sensitivities, footprint, atmospheric transport

description: The file reports the footprint emissions sensitivities for the FLEXPART back-trajectories released along the Mosaic ship campaign.

The file gives the residence time (in seconds) of the air masses, considered as Air Tracer (hence not subject to any removal processes) over the geographical grid in a time span of 0.25, 1, 7, 10 or 30 days of transport.
This quantity is proportional to the relative contribution of each grid bin to the air composition at the ship position.

When this quantity, also called emissions' sensitivity, is multiplied with emission fluxes (e.g., from an inventory), it gives the contribution of each grid point (the source contribution) to the total concentration at the ship location.

The 100m label refers to the thickness of the layer (above ground level) considered for the emission coupling. So the 100m, which represents the lowest model layer, take into account only the interactions with emissions when the air masses in their transport has been traveling close to the surface.

The dataset is also described more in details in Shupe et al. 2022 (https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.2021.00060
)
Stepping back to look inside the entangled bank
Creators: name: Jones, Colin
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The development of curriculum to facilitate the development of graduate entrepreneurship is a challenging task. That we can help graduate students become entrepreneurs is a frequently challenged assumption. To make matters worse there is little consensus as to how entrepreneurship education should be delivered. This paper argues that our focus should be first and foremost on the processes associated with entrepreneurship curriculum. With reference to a recent study of graduate entrepreneurship, major concerns related to developing entrepreneurship curriculum are tackled through consideration of specific educational literature. Using an evolutionary perspective, this paper provides evidence of how entrepreneurship curriculum can be developed to also account for the diversity of student abilities and the general ambiguity of the subject matter itself. In doing so, it is suggested that the designers of contemporary entrepreneurship curriculum will themselves be entrepreneurs. That the development of entrepreneurship curriculum is an evolving process without a starting or ending point.
Partial oxidation of methanol to formaldehyde over molybdenum-tin oxide catalysts.
Creators: name: Zoumot, Rowaida George.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1992
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Chemical.

description: The vapor phase air oxidation of methanol to formaldehyde was investigated over molybdenum oxide, tin oxide and their mixtures in an integral flow reactor at atmospheric pressure between temperature of 513 and 573 K, a space time of 10-40 hr g-cat/g-mol methanol and a molar ratio of 0.04-0.1 mol CH3OH/mol air. Experiments were done under such conditions that the effects of internal and external heat and mass transfer effects were negligible. The effects of several process variables, temperature, space time and methanol/air ratio on the conversion of methanol and the selectivity of the catalyst for formaldehyde production were determined. The results indicated that the impact of the process variables on the conversion, selectivity and yield of formaldehyde were in the following decreasing order T > W/F > R. A screening study indicated the optimum catalyst composition to be 50% SnO2 and 50% MoO3, while conversion increased with temperature and W/F selectivity decreased. This catalyst proved to be highly active and selective to formaldehyde production. Selectivity and yield of up to about 100% were obtained at 100% conversion at a temperature of 553 K, a space time (W/F) of 40 g-cat/g-mol methanol per hour and a molar ratio (R) of 0.04 mol CH3 OH/mol air. The rate expression r=k1P2M 1+k1P2M2k 2PO2 was deduced assuming a steady-state involving two-stage irreversible oxidation-reduction process. It represented the experimental data satisfactorily. Arrhenius plots of the two rate constants gave activation energies of 31.7 and 18.1 kcal/g-mol.
Supplementary document for Spectral-temporal channeled spectropolarimetry using deep-learning-based adaptive filtering - 5381374.pdf
Creators: name: Li, Qiwei
name: Song, Jiawei
name: Alenin, Andrey
name: Tyo, J. Scott
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Classical and Physical Optics

description: Supplement 1
Challenges to student engagement and school effectiveness indicators
Creators: name: Cunningham, Everarda
name: Wang, Wei Chun
name: Bishop, Nicole
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: School systems are increasingly required to report on a range of pre-determined indicators designed to measure aspects of student engagement and school effectiveness. However the utility and validity of indicators that form part of the public accountability of schools is rarely questioned. In Australia, student perceptions of school engagement (i.e., sense of connection to school, teachers and peers), motivation to learn, self-esteem, and student safety are part of a range of public accountability indicators. This study examined differences between two cohorts of Year 9 female students from socio-economically low (n1 = 99) and high (n2 = 97) resourced schools on a number of these accountability indicators. Contrary to expectations, no significant differences were found between low and high resourced schools on student engagement measures or measures of motivation to learn or self-esteem. The only significant finding was that females from the high-resourced school reported higher levels of student safety (i.e., fewer bullying behaviours) than females from the low-resourced school. The findings from this study raise questions about the suitability of these indicators as measures of student engagement and school effectiveness.
SD40 School Nourishment Program 2018-2019 Report : Insights about School Lunch Experiences from Three Schools with Pre-existing Lunch Programs During the 2019 Transition to the Fuel Up! School Nourishment Program in New Westminster
Creators: name: Black, Jennifer L.
name: Elliott, Sinikka
name: Heckelman, Amber
name: Mazac, Rachel
name: Jassar, Sukhdeep
name: Tan, Deanna
name: Sohi, Lisa
name: Gamblen, Quirina
name: Engler-Stringer, Rachel
name: Niimi-Burch, Seri
name: Ramirez, Iris Lopez
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2022

description: In June 2017, New Westminster Schools (known as SD40) passed a motion with the aim of nurturing a school district where “no child is hungry and every child eats healthy” (Board of Education motion, June 2017) . To meet this goal, SD40 partnered with the Fraser Health Authority (FHA) to develop a plan to address documented concerns related to inequitable access to nutritious, culturally appropriate, tasty foods that would be feasible and cost-effective for SD40 schools across the district. SD40 then hired a School Nutrition Coordinator (in September 2018) partnered with a private caterer (Ready Maid Meals) to develop a program called Fuel Up! to provide parents with the option to order school lunches through an online ordering system. In February 2019, Fuel Up! was launched at 3 schools with pre-existing lunch programs. Fifty cents from each full-priced entrée was allocated to support a subsidy program wherein families with significant financial need could apply to receive a full or partial subsidy. Applying for subsidies included providing a brief statement of financial or other needs that reduced their family’s ability to provide a healthy meal for their child(ren). In 2018, SD40 and collaborators from FHA partnered with a research team from the University of British Columbia to better understand the process of implementing this program, and to provide insight into the experiences of students and parents during the initial winter/spring 2019 rollout of the program.
Supplementary document for Spectral-temporal channeled spectropolarimetry using deep-learning-based adaptive filtering - 5381374.pdf
Creators: name: Li, Qiwei
name: Song, Jiawei
name: Alenin, Andrey
name: Tyo, J. Scott
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Classical and Physical Optics

description: Supplement 1
O niektorych faktach fonetycznych jezyka polskiego w stanach zjednoczonych Ameryki polnocnej w zwiazku z czynnikami ksztaltujacymi jezyk emigracyjny
Creators: name: Sklodowski, Wlodzimierz A
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1951
Subjects: subject: Language, Linguistics.

description: Abstract not available.