cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Electron Dynamics in Finite Quantum Systems
Creators: name: McDonald, Christopher
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2013
Subjects: Multiconfiguation time-dependent Hartree-Fock
Electron dynamics
Nonsequential double ionization
high harmonic generation
quantum dots
Time-dependent Schrodinger equation
multielectron systems
nonperturbative dynamics
Tunnel time
MCTDHF
Multiconfiguation time-dependent Hartree
MCTDH

description: The multiconfiguration time-dependent Hartree-Fock (MCTDHF) and multiconfiguration time-dependent Hartree (MCTDH) methods are employed to investigate nonperturbative multielectron dynamics in finite quantum systems. MCTDHF is a powerful tool that allows for the investigation of multielectron dynamics in strongly perturbed quantum systems. We have developed an MCTDHF code that is capable of treating problems involving three dimensional (3D) atoms and molecules exposed to strong laser fields. This code will allow for the theoretical treatment of multielectron phenomena in attosecond science that were previously inaccessible. These problems include complex ionization processes in pump-probe experiments on noble gas atoms, the nonlinear effects that have been observed in Ne atoms in the presence of an x-ray free-electron laser (XFEL) and the molecular rearrangement of cations after ionization. An implementation of MCTDH that is optimized for two electrons, each moving in two dimensions (2D), is also presented. This implementation of MCTDH allows for the efficient treatment of 2D spin-free systems involving two electrons; however, it does not scale well to 3D or to systems containing more that two electrons. Both MCTDHF and MCTDH were used to treat 2D problems in nanophysics and attosecond science. MCTDHF is used to investigate plasmon dynamics and the quantum breathing mode for several electrons in finite lateral quantum dots. MCTDHF is also used to study the effects of manipulating the potential of a double lateral quantum dot containing two electrons; applications to quantum computing are discussed. MCTDH is used to examine a diatomic model molecular system exposed to a strong laser field; nonsequential double ionization and high harmonic generation are studied and new processes identified and explained. An implementation of MCTDHF is developed for nonuniform tensor product grids; this will allow for the full 3D implementation of MCTDHF and will provide a means to investigate a wide variety of problems that cannot be currently treated by any other method. Finally, the time it takes for an electron to tunnel from a bound state is investigated; a definition of the tunnel time is established and the Keldysh time is connected to the wavefunction dynamics.
A Comparative Analysis of Post-market Surveillance for Natural Health Products (NHPs)
Creators: name: Kaur, Suman D.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2013
Subjects: Post-market surveillance
Natural Health Products
NHPs
Comparative Analysis
Herbal Medicines
Pharmacovigilance
Adverse Drug Reactions
Adverse Reactions
Post-market Surveillance Best Practices
Post-market Surveillance Framework
Scoring Scheme
Canadian NHP Post-market Surveillance System
International Practices for NHPs Post-market Surveillance

description: Natural health products (NHPs) are attractive due to the public’s perception that they are natural and safe but there is wide variety of risks associated with these products. Post-market surveillance is the key to control hazards produced from NHPs. A set of activities are involved in post-market surveillance designed to assure the safety, efficacy and quality of products after being launched into the market. Although post-market surveillance is an efficient tool to preserve the safety of users from adverse reactions of NHPs but there are various challenges associated with performing post-market surveillance specifically for NHPs. This research project is focused on defining a framework for performing post-market surveillance for NHPs and on identifying best practices in its application. An international comparative analysis was undertaken to formulate best practices by reviewing existing frameworks for post-market surveillance of NHPs in Australia, Germany, New Zealand, United Kingdom and United States. Evidence-based best practices are compared with the Canadian post-market surveillance framework to identify key gaps in the Canadian system. Recommendations are provided for bridging each gap, and making the Canadian NHPs surveillance system, strong according to the international standards of best practices.
Documenting and preserving: new technologies for the knowledge, the safeguarding and the communication of Armenian cultural heritage
Documentare per conservare: l'uso delle nuove tecnologie per la conoscenza, la salvaguardia e la comunicazione del patrimonio culturale armeno
Creators: name: Cardaci, Alessio; Università Di Bergamo
name: Versaci, Antonella; Università Di Enna
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna
Year: 2012
Subjects: Armenia; patrimonio cultural; conservazione; documentazione; rilievo 3D
Armenia; cultural heritage; conservation; documentation; 3D survey

description: The main aim of survey is the architecture’s comprehension. To the end of cultural heritage conservation, it is also necessary to communicate the acquired knowledge. In the recent years, this need has resulted in a radical change in cataloging and digitization systems and telematics networking. Moreover, the use of laser scanner has transformed not only the approaches related to metrics data acquisition and graphic rendering but has also given the opportunity to share important data on the web. This paper focus on the usefulness of new technologies for documentation, showing a case study developed in Armenia.
description: L'obiettivo principale del rilievo è la comprensione dell'architettura. Al fine della conservazione del patrimonio culturale, è anche, però, necessario comunicare le conoscenze acquisite. Negli ultimi anni, questa necessità ha portato a un notevole avanzamento nei sistemi di digitalizzazione e catalogazione dei beni culturali e nelle tecnologie di connessione telematica di larga scala. Contestualmente, l'uso di laser scanner ha sensibilmente modificato le prassi operative riguardanti l'acquisizione metrica e la restituzione grafica ma anche permesso nuove opportunità di condivisione via web. Questo contributo si propone di affrontare il tema dell’utilizzo delle nuove tecnologie per la documentazione attraverso un caso studio sviluppato in Armenia.
description: DISEGNARECON; Vol. 5, Numero Speciale (2012) - DOCO 2012, a cura di R. Mingucci, C. Bartolomei, L. Bravo, S. Garagnani; 265-272
Estimating Flow, Hydraulic Geometry, and Hydrokinetic Power at Ungauged Locations in Canada
Creators: name: Bomhof, James
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: rivers
regionalization
hydraulic geometry
downstream
hydrokinetic
bank strength
flow

description: A resource assessment of the hydrokinetic potential in Canada's rivers was completed. The main objectives of the study were to (1) quantify the potential hydrokinetic energy avail- able for development both nationally and regionally, and (2) develop geospatial datasets identifying streams or areas of high hydrokinetic potential. Flow estimates at ungauged locations were found using multiple linear regression coupled with Canonical correlation analysis (MLR-CCA). Total theoretical hydro power, equivalent to total theoretical hydroki- netic power was calculated using these ow estimates and hydraulic head estimates from DEMs. It is estimated that there are 710 GW of potential power in Canadian rivers, with 97.5% con dence that there is at least 433 GW. Downstream hydraulic geometry (DHG) relations were applied to ow estimates to nd cross section velocity and power at ungauged locations. Further testing was done on DHG relations, and were found to be most accurate when characterized by soil drainage characteristics.
Hijacking of Lipid Droplets by Hepatitis C, Dengue and Zika Viruses—From Viral Protein Moonlighting to Extracellular Release
Creators: name: Cloherty, Alexandra P. M.
name: Olmstead, Andrea
name: Ribeiro, Carla M.S.
name: Jean, François
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2020

description: Hijacking and manipulation of host cell biosynthetic pathways by human enveloped viruses are essential for the viral lifecycle. Flaviviridae members, including hepatitis C, dengue and Zika viruses, extensively manipulate host lipid metabolism, underlining the importance of lipid droplets (LDs) in viral infection. LDs are dynamic cytoplasmic organelles that can act as sequestration platforms for a unique subset of host and viral proteins. Transient recruitment and mobilization of proteins to LDs during viral infection impacts host-cell biological properties, LD functionality and canonical protein functions. Notably, recent studies identified LDs in the nucleus and also identified that LDs are transported extracellularly via an autophagy-mediated mechanism, indicating a novel role for autophagy in Flaviviridae infections. These developments underline an unsuspected diversity and localization of LDs and potential moonlighting functions of LD-associated proteins during infection. This review summarizes recent breakthroughs concerning the LD hijacking activities of hepatitis C, dengue and Zika viruses and potential roles of cytoplasmic, nuclear and extracellular LD-associated viral proteins during infection.
Supplementary document for Time-Resolved Ultrafast Laser Ablation Dynamics of Thin Film Indium Tin Oxide - 5418040.pdf
Creators: name: Hallum, Goran
name: Kürschner, Dorian
name: Redka, David
name: Niethammer, Dorothée
name: Schulz, Wolfgang
name: Huber, Heinz
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Lasers and Quantum Electronics

description: Supplemental Document
The Effect of Negative Human Recognition on Farmland Access and Child Nutrition: Evidence from Women Farmers in Malawi: Supplementary Materials
Creators: name: Ebelechukwu Maduekwe
name: Bchenrieder, Gertrud
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 140201 Agricultural Economics
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: Economics
subject: 140219 Welfare Economics
subject: 140104 Microeconomic Theory
subject: 160505 Economic Development Policy
subject: FOS: Political science

description: Supplementary Materials for Original contribution: The Effect of Negative Human Recognition on Farmland Access and Child Nutrition: Evidence from Women Farmers in Malawi
title: Penile metastasis from prostatic neuroendocrine carcinoma
Creators: name: Riesenberger, Pedro
Publisher: name: EURORAD
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Uroradiology & genital male imaging
subject: Genital / Reproductive system male
subject: Oncology
subject: Urinary Tract / Bladder
subject: CT
subject: MR
subject: Staging
subject: Metastases
subject: Neoplasia
subject: Clinical Case

description: Clinical History: A 72-year-old male patient with benign prostatic hyperplasia was brought to the emergency department with frank haematuria. Laboratory workup revealed severe anaemia, negative inflammatory biomarkers and a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) of 0.78 ng/mL. A cystoscopy was performed, and a large tumour invading the bladder outlet was found and incompletely resected.

description: 72 years, male
The Geochemistry and Runoff Process in Wolf Creek Research Basin, Whitehorse, Yukon Territory
Creators: name: Li, Tianjiao
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2013
Subjects: hydrogeology
permafrost watershed
tritium
radiocarbon
runoff process
stable isotope
major ion geochemistry

description: This study investigates the runoff process and groundwater behavior in a subarctic watershed called Wolf Creek Research Basin, in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada. This basin is underlain by discontinuous permafrost that is typical of high latitude watersheds. Goundwater supports the stream flow year round and dominated the hydrology in most of the study period as baseflow. The baseflow was concentrated in dissolved ions. However, the baseflow was diluted during the melt season in May and June of 2012. Multiple chemical and isotopic tracers were used to develop a robust three-component (groundwater, soilwater and precipitation) mixing model for runoff generation. The concentrations of weathering ions decreased with the increased discharge during the melt. Soilwater was responsible for about 60% of the streamwater on the hydrograph in the melt season. The infiltration of the meltwater from the snowpack and the thawed water from the seasonal frost to the baseflow existed. The tritium concentrations indicated that there was fast moving hydrogeological system within the basin. The baseflow was also characterized as relatively enriched in both 13C and 14C, and concentrated in DIC. DIC was the major loss of carbon in Wolf Creek Research Basin.Le pergélisol est grandement sous-jacent dans les bassins-versants à haute latitude. Cette étude examine le processus de ruissellement et le comportement des eaux souterraines dans un bassin-versant subarctique de Wolf Creek, à Whitehorse, territoire du Yukon au Canada. Les eaux souterraines soutenaient l’écoulement fluvial et dominaient l’hydrographe comme débit de base durant la majorité de la période d’étude. Le débit de base était concentré d’ions dissipés. Par contre, le débit de base était dilué durant la saison des fontes au mois de mai et juin 2012. Plusieurs traceurs chimiques et isotopiques étaient utilisé afin de développer un modèle de trois composants (eau souterraine, eau interstitielle de sol et précipitation) de ruissellement. Les concentrations de la déségrégation des ions diminuaient avec l’augmentation du débit durant la fonte. Les eaux interstitielles des sols étaient responsables de 60% de l’eau de ruisseau sur l’hydrographe durant la saison de fontes. L’infiltration de l’eau de fonte du manteau neigeux et l’eau du gel du débit de base existaient. Les concentrations de tritium indiquent qu’il y avait un système hydrogéologique qui se déplaçait à grande vitesse dans les limites du bassin. Le débit de base était aussi caractérisé comme étant enrichi en 13C et 14C, avec des concentrations en carbone inorganique dissous.
Unraveling Media Perspectives: A Comprehensive Methodology Combining Large Language Models, Topic Modeling, Sentiment Analysis, and Ontology Learning to Analyse Media Bias
Creators: name: Jähde, Orlando
name: Weber, Thorsten
name: Buchkremer, Rüdiger
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
subject: Information Retrieval (cs.IR)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Multiagent Systems (cs.MA)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: I.2; H.3; I.5; I.7; H.5; H.1
subject: 68T09, 68T50, 68T05, 62R07, 68U15, 68T27, 68T20 68T09, 68T50, 68T05, 62R07, 68U15, 68T27, 68T20 68T09, 68T50, 68T05, 62R07, 68U15, 68T27, 68T20

description: Biased news reporting poses a significant threat to informed decision-making and the functioning of democracies. This study introduces a novel methodology for scalable, minimally biased analysis of media bias in political news. The proposed approach examines event selection, labeling, word choice, and commission and omission biases across news sources by leveraging natural language processing techniques, including hierarchical topic modeling, sentiment analysis, and ontology learning with large language models. Through three case studies related to current political events, we demonstrate the methodology's effectiveness in identifying biases across news sources at various levels of granularity. This work represents a significant step towards scalable, minimally biased media bias analysis, laying the groundwork for tools to help news consumers navigate an increasingly complex media landscape.
Landau levels in Weyl semimetal under uniaxial strain
Creators: name: Yadav, Shivam
name: Ptok, Andrzej
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The external strain can lead to the similar effect to the external applied magnetic field. Such pseudomagnetic field can be larger than typical magnetic fields, what gives the opportunity to experimentally study the Landau levels. In this paper we study the effects of uniaxial strain on the Weyl nodes, using continuum and lattice model. In the continuum model we show that the uniaxial strain leads to magnetic field renormalization, which in practice corresponds to the shift of the Landau levels to higher energy. We also investigate type-I and type-II Weyl nodes using lattice model. In this case, the magnetic field is introduced by the Pierels substitution, while uniaxial strain by the direction dependence of hopping integrals. This allowed us to probe the Landau level and system spectrum which takes form of Hofstadter butterfly. We show that the renormalization of magnetic field, similar to this observed in the continuum model, emerges.
description: 12 pages, 5 figures
Diversifying exploration of features spaces in evolutionary searches
Creators: name: Hendtlass, Tim
name: Copland, Howard
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Evolutionary algorithms require excellent search capabilities in order to find global minima, particularly in complex feature spaces. A means of enhancing search capabilities based upon a distributed genetic-style encoding of solution has been shown to be advantageous. Such a representation requires the use of varying gene lengths. The effects of variable gene lengths are explored in detail.
Donor Engagement of Diasporas: Public-Private Partnerships Towards Development Effectiveness?
Creators: name: Bene, Charmaine B.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2013
Subjects: public-private
partnership
diaspora
development
effectiveness
donor
aid
Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
Department for International Development (DFID)
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

description: During the past decade, international development discourse has shifted from a narrow focus on aid effectiveness to one of cooperation towards more effective development. A series of High Level Forums have produced a set of principles to guide this new development framework. With the steady increase of international migration, sizeable diasporas who generate a diversity of activities with development implications in their homelands have formed outside of developing countries. Recognizing their importance and potential for development, several developed country bilateral donors have engaged these emerging development actors, including the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID), and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Analysis of their policies and programs reveals a set of emerging themes and lessons learned that identify the need to challenge conventional ways of thinking about the nature of development partnerships in order to move towards more effective development.
Twelve-Tone Identity: Adorno Reading Schoenberg through Kant
Creators: name: Ivanova, Velia
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2013
Subjects: Adorno, Theodor W.
Schoenberg, Arnold
Kant, Immanuel
identity thinking
Hill, Richard S.
twelve-tone music
philosophy
Frankfurt School
Second Viennese School

description: Theodor Adorno’s view of Arnold Schoenberg can be seen in light of his criticism of Immanuel Kant. Critiquing Kant’s concept of Enlightenment and his dualist philosophy, Adorno also critiques common misconceptions about Kant's work in bourgeois society. Similarly, in Schoenberg's oeuvre Adorno finds radical musical creation but also a reversion to formulaic composition in its reception by Richard Hill among others. In both Kant and Schoenberg, Adorno identifies a tripartite movement: (1) A radical work (philosophical or musical) is created by a member of bourgeois society. (2) The work adopts the function of a societal critique. (3) However, bourgeois society is incapable of understanding the work as critique and erases its radical nature. Seen in light of Adorno's thought, the thesis explores the transactional nature of idea production and reception in society.
LEGAL ENTITY - PARTICIPANT OF CIVIL-LAW RELATIONS
Creators: name: Kostruba, Anatoliy
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: civi law
civil relationship
legal fact
content of legal relations
legal entity
company
corporation
compamy law

description: A person, or using legal terminology, an INDIVIDUAL, is not the only participant of legal relations. The process of capital concentration and centralization driven by transition from natural to commodity economy resulted in the need to create a participant in legal relations SEPARATE FROM THE INDIVIDUAL, which is known now as LEGAL ENTITY A LEGAL ENTITY becomes the embodiment of interests and capital of a certain group of individuals. In the absence of a physical form of existence, a LEGAL ENTITY becomes the fiction of a human being, its shadow. This is the nature of its participation in civil relations. This explains the name of such a participant - LEGAL ENTITY. as a participant of civil-law relations, the LEGAL ENTITY is vested with the same rights and obligations as an INDIVIDUAL. but Regardless of the dependence of a legal entity from the will of its founder, it becomes an independent participant in civil relations. In other words, according to law, a legal entity is a fiction of an individual created through artificial concentration of rights and obligations in order to satisfy the property or non-property interest of its creator. This is the main essence of the theory of fiction by Friedrich Carl von Savigny, who first provided a theoretical justification for the nature of a legal entity in 1840.
description: https://youtu.be/u_yC8tkzxZc
The auxin herbicide mecoprop-P in new light: Filling the data gap for dicotyledonous macrophytes
Creators: name: Feibicke, Michael
name: Gergs, René
name: Hönemann, Linda
name: Sahm, René
name: Kusebauch, Björn
name: Mohr, Silvia
name: Périllon, Cécile
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2021
Subjects: Makrophyten

description: Mecoprop-P (MCPP-P) is an auxin herbicide which has been used against dicotyledonous weed plants since the 1980s. While fate and monitoring data of MCPP-P in the aquatic environment revealing concentrations up to 103 ÎÌg/L in freshwaters are well documented, only very few toxicity data and no studies with dicotyledonous macrophytes have been published in open literature so far. To fill up this essential data gap, a microcosm study was conducted in order to test the sensitivity of nine dicotyledonous and one Ceratophyllales macrophyte species. The plant species were exposed to seven MCPP-P concentrations ranging from 8 to 512 (micro)g/L for 21/22 days in one microcosm per concentration, and two further microcosms served as controls. Plant preparation was adapted to each species and endpoints were measured to calculate growth rates. Data were generated to obtain effect concentrations (ECX) which then were used to construct species sensitivity distribution curves (SSD). Eight species proved to be sensitive to MCPP-P in the tested concentration range with EC50 values ranging from 46.9 (micro)g/L for Ranunculus aquatilis to 656.4 (micro)g/L MCPP-P for Ludwigia repens. Taking the EC50 values of this study and published data for autotrophic organisms into account, a hazard concentration (HC5) of 2.7 (micro)g/L was derived from the SSD curve, while an SSD curve without dicotyledonous macrophytes resulted in an about 100 times higher HC5 (360.8 (micro)g/L MCCP-P). This confirms that a re-evaluation for old auxin herbicides by including dicotyledonous test species into the environmental risk assessment may be indicated. Furthermore, the use of MCPP-P in bitumen felts as protection against rooting by plants is not in the focus of any risk regulation so far. This application, however, can lead to high run-off concentrations that can enter surface waters easily, exceeding the new regulatory acceptable concentration values. © 2021 The Authors
The Role of Omega-3 Unsaturated Fatty Acids in Postpartum Depression: A Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis
Creators: name: Fatima, Mougharbel
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2015
Subjects: Narrative synthesis
n-3 PUFAs
PPD
Systematic review

description: Background: Postpartum depression (PPD) is a complex mental health disorder that affects women during their childbearing years. It is a serious medical condition that occurs in approximately 13–20% of women after birth and has an adverse effect on both the mother and the infant. Certain dietary deficiencies in a pregnant or postnatal woman’s diet may cause postnatal depression. It is unclear whether Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 PUFAs) are effective for treating or preventing PPD. Objectives: To assess the best available evidence to date regarding the effect of n-3 PUFAs on the etiology, prevention and treatment of postnatal depression. Methods: A systematic review and narrative synthesis was conducted in order to address the gaps in knowledge. For the systematic review, a broad search of electronic databases of published quantitative literature was conducted. Quality appraisal was performed using the tools produced by the effective public health practice project (EPHPP). The narrative synthesis consists of four elements: 1) developing a theory; 2) developing a preliminary synthesis; 3) exploring relationships in the data; 4) assessing the robustness of the synthesis. Results: Out of 181 potential articles, a total of 17 studies met the inclusion criteria. The overwhelming majority of the studies found that n-3 PUFAs had no association with PPD evaluations versus only few ones observed a beneficial effect of n-3 PUFAs supplementation on depressive symptoms. Significant heterogeneity was observed among included studies which can be explained by dissimilar study designs, differences in study duration, time period of measurement and number of participants, and in varied dosages and types of supplemental n-3 PUFAs. Conclusions: Overall, This systematic review and narrative synthesis failed to find a significant positive association between n-3 PUFAs intake and PPD. However further investigation of the specific molecular mechanisms underlying the function of n-3 PUFAs in the brain and the factors related to the pathophysiological nature of depression is warranted.
Data Base for the Management of Green Urban Areas
Banche dati e sistemi integrati per la gestione del verde urbano
Creators: name: Parinello, Sandro; Università Di Pavia
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna
Year: 2012
Subjects: Survey of green elements; management of urban green spaces; thematic 3D maps
Rilievo del verde; gestione del verde urbano; carte tematiche 3D

description: This research is aimed to studying the reading systems and identify opportunities for the analysis of complex equipment plants that live in urban areas. Analyzing census systems, generally used for the creation of databases and archives on virtual plant health of ornamental species that inhabit urban environments, we propose a system of interaction between the clouds, provided by the laser scanner, and banks virtual data, integrating quantitative understanding of digital archives, with descriptive data, creating useful tools for the management of urban space for the comprehensive interpretation of the various activities of knowledge on the green and the city.
description: La presente ricerca è mirata a studiare i sistemi di lettura e ad individuare le possibilità di analisi dei complessi apparati vegetali che vivono nei contesti urbani. Analizzando i sistemi di censimento, genericamente impiegati per la creazione delle banche dati e degli archivi virtuali sullo stato fitosanitario delle essenze ornamentali che popolano gli ambienti urbani, si propone  un sistema di interazione tra le nuvole di punti, fornite dai laser scanner, e le banche dati virtuali, integrando la comprensione degli archivi digitali quantitativi, con dati descrittivi, creando strumenti utili alla gestione dello spazio urbano per la lettura integrata delle diverse attività di conoscenza sul verde e sulla città.
description: DISEGNARECON; Vol. 5, Numero Speciale (2012) - DOCO 2012, a cura di R. Mingucci, C. Bartolomei, L. Bravo, S. Garagnani; 273-278
Supplementary document for Time-Resolved Ultrafast Laser Ablation Dynamics of Thin Film Indium Tin Oxide - 5418040.pdf
Creators: name: Hallum, Goran
name: Kürschner, Dorian
name: Redka, David
name: Niethammer, Dorothée
name: Schulz, Wolfgang
name: Huber, Heinz
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Lasers and Quantum Electronics

description: Supplemental Document
Automatic Stereoscopic 3D Chroma-Key Matting Using Perceptual Analysis and Prediction
Creators: name: Yin, Ling
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: Chroma key
Alpha matting
Adaptive estimation
Inpainting
Stereoscopic
3D
Colour analysis
Perception analysis
Real-time
Video processing
Image processing
GPU
Automatic system
Video switching

description: This research presents a novel framework for automatic chroma keying and the optimizations for real-time and stereoscopic 3D processing. It first simulates the process of human perception on isolating foreground elements in a given scene by perceptual analysis, and then predicts foreground colours and alpha map based on the analysis results and the restored clean background plate rather than direct sampling. Besides, an object level depth map is generated through stereo matching on a carefully determined feature map. In addition, three prototypes on different platforms have been implemented according to their hardware capability based on the proposed framework. To achieve real-time performance, the entire procedures are optimized for parallel processing and data paths on the GPU, as well as heterogeneous computing between GPU and CPU. The qualitative comparisons between results generated by the proposed algorithm and other existing algorithms show that the proposed one is able to generate more acceptable alpha maps and foreground colours especially in those regions that contain translucencies and details. And the quantitative evaluations also validate our advantages in both quality and speed.
Polar Interpolants for Thin-Shell Microstructure Homogenization
Creators: name: Chan-Lock, Antoine
name: Otaduy, Miguel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: Graphics (cs.GR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This paper introduces a new formulation for material homogenization of thin-shell microstructures. It addresses important challenges that limit the quality of previous approaches: methods that fit the energy response neglect visual impact, methods that fit the stress response are not conservative, and all of them are limited to a low-dimensional interplay between deformation modes. The new formulation is rooted on the following design principles: the material energy functions are conservative by definition, they are formulated on the high-dimensional membrane and bending domain to capture the complex interplay of the different deformation modes, the material function domain is maximally aligned with the training data, and the material parameters and the optimization are formulated on stress instead of energy for better correlation with visual impact. The key novelty of our formulation is a new type of high-order RBF interpolant for polar coordinates, which allows us to fulfill all the design principles. We design a material function using this novel interpolant, as well as an overall homogenization workflow. Our results demonstrate very accurate fitting of diverse microstructure behaviors, both quantitatively and qualitatively superior to previous work.
Traditional Wooden Architecture and Landscape in Karelia. Methodological considerations for the analysis and census
Architettura tradizionale lignea e paesaggio in Carelia. Considerazioni metodologiche per l’analisi ed il censimento
Creators: name: Parinello, Sandro; Università Di Pavia
name: Picchio, Francesca; Università Di Firenze
name: Porzilli, Sara; Università Di Firenze
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna
Year: 2012
Subjects: European Research Project; Wooden Architecture; Villages of Karelia (Russia); Survey campaigns; Buildings schedules
Progetto di Ricerca Europeo; Architettura del Legno; Villaggi della Carelia (Russia); Campagne di rilievo; Schedatura edifici

description: The survey work on the Karelian landscape and traditional architecture, embedded within the European research project entitled "Wooden Architecture. Karelian Timber Traditional Architecture and Landscape", is intended to enable understanding of how Karelian culture and history have led, over time, unique urban landscapes. The context of transformation, in which they were involved in both the behavioral habits of local populations both traditional architectural ones, which are mixed with inavitabilmente models and with the administrative Soviet structures, were analyzed in this scientific field in order to not compromise the conservation and enhancement of the historic, architectural and landscape of this country.
description: Il lavoro di indagine sul paesaggio e l'architettura tradizionale careliana, inserito all'interno del Progetto di Ricerca Europeo dal titolo "Wooden Architecture. Traditional Karelian Timber Architecture and Landscape", ha lo scopo di consentire la comprensione di come la cultura e la storia careliana abbiano determinato, nel corso del tempo, scenari paesaggistici e urbani unici nel loro genere. Il contesto di trasformazione, nel quale sono state coinvolte sia le usanze comportamentali delle popolazioni locali sia quelle architettoniche tradizionali, che si sono inavitabilmente mescolate con i modelli e con le strutture amministrative sovietiche, sono state analizzate in questo ambito scientifico al fine di non compromettere la conservazione e la valorizzazione del patrimonio storico, architettonico e paesaggistico di questo paese.
description: DISEGNARECON; Vol. 5, Numero Speciale (2012) - DOCO 2012, a cura di R. Mingucci, C. Bartolomei, L. Bravo, S. Garagnani; 279-284
A Gain of Function Variant of the Mitochondrial Matrix Protease SPG7 Is Associated with Increased Risk of Coronary Artery Disease
Creators: name: Almontashiri, Naif
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: CAD
SPG7
ROS
Cell proliferation

description: Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified up to 30 loci that associate with increased risk of coronary artery disease or myocardial infarction. Here, I tested the function of one locus that changed the amino acid sequence of a mitochondrial matrix protease called paraplegin (SPG7) that performs critical quality assurance functions. Loss-of-function mutations in this protease are associated with hereditary spastic paraplegia. Here, I show that this variant that changes an arginine to a glutamine at position 688 within the protease domain is a gain-of-function. Cells bearing this variant have increased mitochondrial fusion and number, produce higher levels of reactive oxygen species and have increased cellular proliferation. Importantly, when expressed in yeast, the Q688 variant of SPG7 rescues the growth arrest caused by a protease-deficient mutation in AFG3L2. My study identifies a novel functional variant of SPG7 and highlights the need to go beyond the GWAS paradigm.
Advanced Process Simulation of Low Pressure Die Cast A356 Aluminum Automotive Wheels—Part II Modeling Methodology and Validation
Creators: name: Ou, Jun
name: Wei, Chunying
name: Cockcroft, Steve L.
name: Maijer, Daan M.
name: Zhu, Lin
name: A, Lateng
name: Li, Changhai
name: Zhu, Zhihua
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2020

description: This manuscript presents an advanced modeling methodology developed to accurately simulate the temperature field evolution in the die and wheel in an industrial low-pressure die casting (LPDC) machine employed in the production of A356 automotive wheels. The model was developed in the commercial casting simulation platform ProCAST for a production die operating under production conditions. Key elements in the development of the model included the definition of the resistance to heat transfer across the die/casting interfaces and die/water-cooling channel interfaces. To examine the robustness of the modeling methodology, the model was applied to simulate production and non-production process conditions for a die cooled by a combination of water and air-cooling (Die-A), and to a second die for a different wheel geometry (Die-B) utilizing only water cooling for production conditions. In each case, the model predictions with respect to in-die and in-wheel temperature evolution were compared to industrially derived thermocouple (TC) data, and were found to be in good agreement. Once tuned to the process conditions for Die-A operating under production conditions, no further tuning of the die/casting interface resistance was applied. Additionally, the model results, in terms of the prediction of pockets of solid encapsulated liquid, were used to compare to x-ray images of wheels. This comparison indicated that the model was able to predict clusters of porosity associated with encapsulated liquid with an equivalent radius of ~27 mm.
Know to restore: an integrated model
Conoscere per restaurare: un modello integrato
Creators: name: Bartolomei, Cristiana; Università Di Bologna
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna
Year: 2012
Subjects: iCAR 17 - Disegno
Renovation; Multimedia Information Archive; Database; Design
Restauro; Archivo informativo multimediale; Database; Disegno

description: Renovation and conservation interventions on historical buildings are generally accomplished based on wide and heterogeneous documents. The possibility of using this information is important for the design of appropriate strategies of intervention. The use of a Multimedia Information Archive (A.I.M) allows in-depth knowledge of the buildings preservation status and can generate new data for further processing through dedicated procedures leading the user to highlight significant conceptual links. This paper presents an overview of some basic methodologies developed in integrated digital environments.
description: Il restauro e gli interventi di conservazione su edifici di interesse storico sono generalmente eseguite basandosi su una documentazione ampia ed eterogenea. La possibilità di fruire queste informazioni è importante per la progettazione di strategie di intervento appropriate. L’ausilio di un Archivio Informativo Multimediale (A.I.M) permette la profonda conoscenza dello stato di conservazione degli edifici e attraverso procedure dedicate può generare nuovi dati per ulteriori elaborazioni, potendo l'utente evidenziare significativi collegamenti concettuali. Questo contributo presenta una panoramica di alcune metodologie fondamentali sviluppate in ambienti digitali integrati.
description: DISEGNARECON; Vol. 5, Numero Speciale (2012) - DOCO 2012, a cura di R. Mingucci, C. Bartolomei, L. Bravo, S. Garagnani; 285-288
Evolution and Diversity of Sexually-Related Genes in the Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungus Rhizophagus irregularis
Creators: name: Charron, Philippe
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2015
Subjects: Fungi
Bioinfomatics

description: Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are ancient organisms that form symbioses with more than 80% of land plants. Fossil evidence of this partnership dates back 460Ma, when land was first colonized by plants. The mutualistic relationship between host roots and the fungus consists of an exchange of essential nutrients for the proliferation of both organisms, highlighting the importance of the mycorrhizal symbiosis. Despite their extreme longevity, a lack of evidence supporting sexual reproduction has labelled AMF as asexual organisms. However, recent evidence seems to point towards the potential of a cryptic sexuality. Specifically, AMF genomes encode for homologues of proteins that have a role in sexual processes in other fungi, including several typically involved in partner recognition, such as mating-type high mobility group (MATA-HMG) proteins found in mating-type loci. In my thesis, I expanded our analyses to five isolates of the AMF model organism Rhizophagus irregularis, through the acquisition of novel genome data. Some key findings consist of an expansion of MATA-HMG proteins, their unique organizations throughout the genome and the presence of a conserved fungal pheromone pathway. In retrospect, this research uncovers an unprecedented number of AMF genes that are homologues to sex-related genes of other fungi and reveals for the first time their atypical genomic architecture, providing valuable information towards the identification of a cryptic sexuality in these ecologically and economically important organisms.
title: An airborne measurement system to detect, locate, and quantify methane emissions with attitude-based wind speed estimation
Creators: name: Kistner, Lars
name: Schmoll, Robert
name: Kroll, Andreas
Publisher: name: Universität Kassel
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: 600
subject: 620
subject: Messsystem
subject: Erkennung
subject: Methanemission
subject: Flugkörper

description: Gefördert durch den Publikationsfonds der Universität Kassel
Emergency, knowledge and prevention. The experience of the Recovery Program of the old town of Camerino fifteen years after
Emergenza, conoscenza e prevenzione. L’esperienza del Programma di Recupero del centro storico di Camerino quindici anni dopo
Creators: name: Ippoliti, Elena; Università La Sapienza Di Roma
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna
Year: 2012
Subjects: Knowledge; surveying; diagnostic survey; prevention
Conoscenza; rilevamento; rilievo diagnostico; prevenzione

description: The paper presented refers to the experience carried out in relation to the preparation of the Recovery Program of the old town of Camerino damaged by the earthquake of September 1997. In particular, one of the main aims of the Recovery Program was the planning of the reconstruction process not only through emergency interventions, but also by the actions of a new practice prevention and conservation. Despite the years that have passed, it seems useful to relate this experience because of the innovations that were introduced by Law no. 61 March 1998, which set up the instrument, why seem not only consistent with the themes of the seminar, but also still being dramatically actual.
description: Il contributo presentato si riferisce all’esperienza condotta relativamente alla predisposizione del Programma di Recupero del centro storico di Camerino danneggiato dagli eventi sismici del settembre 1997. In particolare una delle principali finalità del Programma di Recupero era la programmazione del processo di ricostruzione non solo attraverso gli interventi emergenziali, ma anche per mezzo delle azioni di una nuova prassi ordinaria di prevenzione e conservazione. Nonostante gli anni trascorsi, sembra utile relazionare su tale esperienza perché le novità che allora furono introdotte dalla legge n. 61 del marzo 1998, che istituì tale strumento, sembrano non solo coerenti con i temi del Seminario, ma soprattutto ancora drammaticamente attuali.
description: DISEGNARECON; Vol. 5, Numero Speciale (2012) - DOCO 2012, a cura di R. Mingucci, C. Bartolomei, L. Bravo, S. Garagnani; 289-296
Family and community: A consorted effort.
Creators: name: Curdt-Christiansen, Xiao Lan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Family language policy, Education policy, Meso-level language policy

description: Invited talk presented by Prof. Curdt-Christiansen (University of Bath, UK) at the Multilingual Childhoods SIG/REYLL webinar Language Education Policy and its application at the micro classroom level on September 9th 2020.
Semantic Building Information Modeling and high definition surveys for Cultural Heritage sites
Building Information Modeling semantico e rilievi ad alta risoluzione di siti appartenenti al Patrimonio Culturale
Creators: name: Garagnani, Simone; Università Di Bologna
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna
Year: 2012
Subjects: BIM; laser scanning; AEC digital tools; Autodesk Revit; GreenSpider plug-in
BIM; scansioni laser terrestri; strumenti digitali AEC; Autodesk Revit; modulo software GreenSpider

description: In recent years, digital technology devoted to the building design has experienced significant advancements allowing to reach, by means of the Building Information Modeling, those goals only imagined since the mid-Seventies of the last century. The BIM process, bearer of several advantages for actors and designers who implement it in their workflow, may be employed even in various case studies related to some interventions on the existing architectural Cultural Heritage. The semantics typical of the classical architecture, so pervasive in the European urban landscape, as well as the Modern or Contemporary architecture features, coincide with the self-conscious structure made of “smart objects” proper of BIM, which proves to be an effective system to document component relationships. However, the translation of existing buildings geometric information, acquired using the common techniques of laser scanning and digital photogrammetry, into BIM objects, is still a critical process that this paper aims to investigate, describing possible methods and approaches.
description: Negli ultimi anni la tecnologia digitale dedicata alla progettazione degli organismi edilizi ha conosciuto avanzamenti di notevole portata, permettendo di raggiungere mediante il Building Information Modeling quei traguardi che erano stati solo immaginati, a partire dalla metà degli anni Settanta del secolo scorso. Il processo BIM, latore di numerosi vantaggi per i progettisti che lo implementano nel proprio flusso di lavoro, può essere declinato con successo anche alle casistiche applicative di intervento sul patrimonio architettonico esistente. La semantica tipica dei componenti dell’architettura classica, così pervasiva nel paesaggio storico urbano europeo, così come i caratteri propri del moderno o del costruito contemporaneo, incontrano nella struttura autocosciente degli “oggetti intelligenti” BIM un valido apparato di documentazione relazionale. Tuttavia la traduzione delle informazioni geometriche di precisione pertinenti l’esistente, acquisite utilizzando le tecniche diffuse di laser scanning e fotogrammetria digitale, costituisce ancora una criticità di processo che questo contributo vuole indagare, descrivendo un possibile approccio di metodo.
description: DISEGNARECON; Vol. 5, Numero Speciale (2012) - DOCO 2012, a cura di R. Mingucci, C. Bartolomei, L. Bravo, S. Garagnani; 297-302
Information literacy in the virtual library
Creators: name: Roberts, Susan
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Multi-modal learning is a feature of educational provision at Swinburne University of Technology’s Lilydale Campus. Academic staff expect a high level of computer and information literacy from all students, and also have the expectation that library staff are well equipped to support this. To that end, library staff are responsible for the design, delivery and assessment of a module in a core subject that must be taken by all first year students, regardless of their course. This paper provides some background to this situation, looking first at the campus background, the nature of the library and its services, expectations of academic staff, and the library’s profile in course delivery. From our experiences at Lilydale campus, library staff have most definitely been called on to play a dynamic role.