cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Housing aspirations: some implications for welfare housing policy
Creators: name: Gribbin, C.
name: Newton, Peter
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Social research on housing has grown rapidly during the last decade or so. Indeed, the need for social research in housing reflects something of the nature of housing itself---or at least what it has been seen to become. Housing fulfils a role both as a means of shelter and as a transmitter of information about a pousehold's position and achievement. The situation which Australia found itself in after the second world war---with an acute shortage of houses, rapid industrialisation and overseas immigration called for a massive increase in the housing stock and sustained a 'housing as shelter' philosophy for a number of years. Being an important subset of the national housing sphere, public housing was also highly motivated to 'produce the goods'. By the 1970s the societal setting had changed somewhat: the shortfall in housing had narrowed, demographic and economic transitions (from high growth to low or near zero growth) were in train, material well-being was high, traditional roles were being questioned, community expectations were higher than they had been in the past, there were calls for dialogue and corrmunity participation. It is perhaps understandable, therefore, that statements such as the one which follows, have recently emanated from state housing authorities: ' ... public housing authorities in this country have reached the cross-roads, and they are at this moment in a dilemma. Which way should we go? Which way will we be forced to go?' (Crane, 1977). There are no simple answers to these questions. As a starting point, however, it would seem necessary to investigate the ways in which different groups evaluate housing situations. Is it possible to speak of a commonality of aspirations as they relate to housing, or should one be looking for a range of residential value systems? It is our contention that the value systems currently operating in our urban society, particularly as they relate to housing, need to be understood and incorporated into policies concerned with housing provision. Implicit in this statement is the need for housing authorities to work to a program which is framed in terms of the needs and value systems present in our community rather than from a rather detached and insular position where confined attitudes often lead to programs which are out of step with current requirements.
Transitioning with an Ostomy: The Experience of Patients with Cancer Following Hospital Discharge
Creators: name: Padilla, Liza L.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2013
Subjects: ostomy
cancer
transitions
hospital discharge
community
nursing
home care
Canada
Ontario

description: The study aim was to describe the lived experience of patients with an ostomy due to cancer following hospital discharge, using a Heideggerian phenomenological lens. Colaizzi’s (1978) process guided a thematic analysis of nine unstructured interviews. The overall essence of patients’ transition experience was Adjusting to a New Way of Living. Four major themes emerged, Some Things are Different, Always on my Mind, Moving Towards Independence, and I’m Not Alone. Results suggest that the transition involves: adjusting to the ostomy and cancer; financial implications; changes in self, physical being, lifestyle, and social aspects of life; and psychological acceptance and preparation for the unexpected. Home care nurses and patients’ support network facilitated meeting their comprehensive care needs; while cancer treatments, the role of the significant other in the loss of privacy, funding inconsistencies, and temporary ostomy status were barriers. Patients need a comprehensive care approach to better facilitate the transition process.
title: Time course of phthalate cumulative risks to male developmental health over a 27-year period: Biomonitoring samples of the German Environmental Specimen Bank
title: Time course of phthalate cumulative risks to male developmental health over a 27-year period: Biomonitoring samples of the German Environmental Specimen Bank
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Apel, Petra
name: Conrad, André
name: Kortenkamp, Andreas
name: Koch, Holger Martin
name: Kolossa-Gehring, Marike
name: Rüther, Maria
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2020
Subjects: Human-Biomonitoring

description: In several human biomonitoring surveys, changes in the usage patterns of phthalates have come to light, but their influence on the risks associated with combined exposures is insufficiently understood. Based on the largest study to date, the 27-year survey of urinary phthalate metabolite levels in 24-hour urine samples from the German Environmental Specimen Bank, we present a deep analysis of changing phthalate exposures on mixture risks. This analysis adopts the Hazard Index (HI) approach based on the five phthalates DBP, DIBP, BBP, DEHP and DINP. Calculations of the hazard index for each study participant included updated phthalate reference doses for anti-androgenicity (RfDAAs) that take account of new evidence of phthalates' developmental toxicity. The Maximum Cumulative Ratio (MCR) approach was used to establish whether a subjectâ€Ìs combined exposure was dominated by one phthalate or was influenced by several phthalates simultaneously. Generally, over the years there was a shift towards lower HIs and higher MCRs, reflecting an increased complexity of the combined exposures. The decade from 1988 to about 1999 was characterised by rather high HIs of between 3 and 7 (95th percentile) which were driven by exposure to DBP and DEHP, often exceeding their single acceptable exposures. Traditional single phthalate risk assessments would have underestimated these risks by up to 50%. From 2006 onwards, no study participant experienced exposures above acceptable levels for a single phthalate, but combined exposures were still in excess of HI = 1. From 2011 onwards most individuals stayed below HI = 1. In interpreting these results, we caution against the use of HI = 1 as an acceptable limit and develop proposals for improved and more realistic mixture risk assessments that take account of co-exposures to other anti-androgenic substances also capable of disrupting the male reproductive system. From this perspective, we regard HIs between 0.1 and 0.2 as more appropriate for evaluating combined phthalate exposures. Assessed against lowered HIs of 0.1 - 0.2, the combined phthalate exposures of most study participants exceeded acceptable levels in all study years, including 2015. Continued monitoring efforts for phthalate combinations are required to provide the basis for appropriate risk management measures. © 2020 The Authors.
A Study in the Frequency Warping of Time-Domain Methods
Creators: name: Gao, Kai
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2015
Subjects: Shooting method
Warping error
High-order method

description: This thesis develops a study for the frequency warping introduced by time-domain methods. The work in this study focuses first on the time-domain methods used in the classical SPICE engine, that is the Backward Euler, the Trapezoidal Rule and the Gear's methods. Next, the thesis considers the newly developed high-order method based on the Obreshkov formula. This latter method was proved to have the A-stability and L-stability properties, and is therefore robust in circuit simulation. However, to the best of the author's knowledge, a mathematical study for the frequency warping introduced by this method has not been developed yet. The thesis therefore develops the mathematical derivation for the frequency warping of the Obreshkov-based method. The derivations produced reveal that those methods introduce much smaller warping errors than the traditional methods used by SPICE. In order to take advantage of the small warping error, the thesis develops a shooting method framework based on the Obreshkov-based method to compute the steady-state response of nonlinear circuits excited by periodical sources. The new method demonstrates that the steady-state response can be constructed with much smaller number of time points than what is typically required by the classical methods.
Low Birth Weight is Associated with Impaired Skeletal and Cardiac Muscle Energetics in Adult Mice
Creators: name: Beauchamp, Brittany
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2015
Subjects: Mitochondria
Skeletal muscle
Obesity
Metabolism
Heart
Fetal Programming

description: In utero undernutrition is associated with increased risk for insulin resistance, obesity, and cardiovascular disease during adult life. A common phenotype associated with low birth weight is reduced skeletal muscle mass. Given the central role of skeletal muscle in whole body metabolism, we hypothesized that predisposition to metabolic disease is, in part, due to low oxidative capacity and dysfunctional mitochondrial energetics in muscle. We used an experimental mouse model system of maternal undernutrition during late pregnancy to examine female offspring from undernourished dams (U) and control offspring from ad libitum fed dams (C). U have increased adiposity and decreased glucose tolerance compared to C. Strikingly, when U are put on a 4 week 40% calorie restricted diet they lose half as much weight as calorie restricted controls. Skeletal muscle mitochondria from U have decreased coupled and uncoupled respiration and increased maximal respiration compared to C. In permeabilized fiber preparations from mixed fiber type muscle, U have decreased mitochondrial content and decreased adenylate free leak respiration, fatty acid oxidative capacity, and state 3 respiratory capacity through complex I. Fiber maximal oxidative phosphorylation capacity does not differ between U and C. We next aimed to determine if the impaired skeletal muscle energetics observed in U also exist in primary muscle cells derived from these mice. We measured oxidative and glycolytic capacities in primary myotubes from U and C using cellular bioenergetics. Myotubes from U have decreased resting respiration and increased glycolysis compared to myotubes from C. There was no difference in myotube mitochondrial content. Findings suggest that undernutrition in utero causes a primary muscle defect. Energetics in cardiac muscle were also examined. U have impaired cardiac muscle homogenate energetics, including decreased fatty acid oxidative capacity, decreased maximum oxidative phosphorylation rate, and decreased proton leak respiration. Additionally, we measured plasma acylcarnitine levels and found that short-chain acylcarnitines are increased in U. Overall, results reveal that in utero undernutrition alters metabolic physiology through a profound effect on skeletal muscle and cardiac muscle energetics. These effects may be mediated by epigenetic mechanisms which could be explored in future research.
The Seal of the Author: Paradigm, Logos and Myth in Plato's 'Sophist' and 'Statesman'
Creators: name: Barry, John Conor David
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: Plato
Universals
Paradigm
Ethics
Dialogue Form
Platonic Myth

description: Recent trends in scholarship on Plato’s philosophy have shifted emphasis from an almost exclusive focus on inductive and deductive logical techniques, and even ethics, to the treatment of image, myth and the literary dimension, above all in the work of scholars such as Kahn, Rowe and Gonzalez. In keeping with this trend, recent scholars, like Gill, Notomi and Collobert, have postulated the need for a philosophical image on the basis of a reading of the Sophist and Statesman. This thesis examines the unique significance given to the term ‘paradigm’ in Plato’s Sophist and Statesman. Paradigm is Plato’s term for image. A close reading of these dialogues shows, however, that such an image is “philosophical” or dialectical only insofar as it leads to a proportionate grasp of higher, invisible, ethical realities. This is the connection the specialist work on image in the Sophist and Statesman bears to wider scholarship on the literary dimension of Plato. Plato provides, in the Sophist and Statesman, three ways of making use of paradigms: (1) the use of an analogy, like the city and the soul and the weaving analogy, which is functionally equivalent to the analogy of the city and the soul, (2) an inductively defined universal essence, for example, the universal essence of a human being, like Socrates, and (3) an ethical character, like the Socrates Plato presents in his dramatic composition, or other characters presented in myth. The distancing effect Plato uses in the Sophist and Statesman suggests that Plato, himself, is the philosophical artist or image-maker. This is an important topic for one unifying reason. The question of a philosophical image in Plato remains unanswered or inadequately answered. Although the Sophist and Statesman treat this question, the exceeding technicality of these dialogues has lead commentators, unanimously, to treat the exploration of image and essence in these Eleatic dialogues, as a kind of island, separated from Plato’s work. My study, by leading readers of Plato to a greater awareness of the importance of these works for Plato on image and Plato as artist, turns this island into a peninsula.
Transformative environmental policy: consistently promote and shape sustainable development
Creators: name: Wolff, Franziska
name: Heyen, Dirk Arne
name: Brohmann, Bettina
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Umweltpolitik
subject: Nachhaltige Entwicklung
subject: Soziale Innovation
subject: environmental policy
subject: sustainable development
subject: social innovation
subject: Sustainability | Strategies | International matters

description: Many environmental problems have been successfully resolved in recent decades. However some are persistent and prove difficult to solve, and new ones have been added. Environmental problems can be particularly persistent if their causes are closely linked to the way we do business, to central aspects of our society or to lifestyles that are perceived as attractive. This guide can help staff in the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU ) to tackle such environmental problems. For this purpose, approaches to "transformative environmental policy" are presented. Quelle: http://www.umweltbundesamt.de/
description: Many environmental problems have been successfully resolved in recent decades. However some are persistent and prove difficult to solve, and new ones have been added. Environmental problems can be particularly persistent if their causes are closely linked to the way we do business, to central aspects of our society or to lifestyles that are perceived as attractive. This guide can help staff in the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (⁠BMU⁠ ) to tackle such environmental problems. For this purpose, approaches to "transformative environmental policy" are presented.
In vitro Functional Properties and In vivo Local Effects of Transplanted Human Progenitor Cells in Ischemic Tissues
Creators: name: Zhang, Yan
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011
Subjects: Stem cell therapy
Ischemic heart disease
Cell fate
Cell expansion
Positron emission tomography

description: Growing evidence from animal and clinical studies suggests that cardiac cell therapy can restore perfusion and improve function in the ischemic/infarcted myocardium. However, cell therapy is hindered by insufficient cell numbers, inefficient cell homing and engraftment, and inadequate cellular interactions. Furthermore, the biological mechanisms and local effects of transplanted cells have not been well-elucidated. The research presented herein attempts to address some of these issues. In manuscript #1, a new subpopulation of circulating progenitor cells (CPCs), termed derived CD133+ cells, was generated from the CD133- fraction of human peripheral blood. The derived CD133+ progenitors appeared to have superior vasculogenic potential in vitro, which may prove to be beneficial in inducing vasculogenesis in ischemic tissues. Positron emission tomography (PET) with direct cell labeling and reporter gene techniques were employed to assess the fate of transplanted human CPCs in vivo at different subjects of investigation, and different stages of cell transplantation. In manuscript #2, PET imaging with 2-[18F]fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (18F-FDG) direct cell labeling was used to demonstrate that collagen-based matrices improve the early homing and retention of delivered CPCs in a rat ischemic hindlimb model. This mechanism conferred by the matrix may have implications on cell therapy at the early stages after transplantation. In manuscript #3, a more efficient, stable and accurate labeling method, hexadecyl-4-[18F]fluorobenzoate (18F-HFB) direct cell labeling, was developed to quantify cell distribution of transplanted CPCs in a rat myocardial infarction model. PET imaging of 18F-HFB-CPCs revealed significant cell washout from the myocardium immediately after intramyocardial injection, with only a small proportion of transplanted CPCs remaining in the target area in the first 4 hours after delivery. In manuscript #4, human CPCs transduced with lentiviral vectors showed stable expression of PET reporter genes. This reporter gene based-cell labeling technique can be developed for noninvasive tracking cells within a bioengineered matrix by PET, while preserving cell phenotype, viability and function. These studies contribute important insights into the biology and physiology of transplanted stem cells and the ability of delivery matrices to improve transplanted cell engraftment, survival, and function. I believe with further refinement, cell expansion, tissue engineering and PET imaging could facilitate the clinical applications of cell therapies in years to come.
Hyperspectral and Thermal Sensing of Stomatal Conductance, Transpiration, and Photosynthesis for Soybean and Maize under Drought
Creators: name: Sobejano-Paz, Verónica
name: Mikkelsen, Teis Nørgaard
name: Baum, Andreas
name: Mo, Xingguo
name: Liu, Suxia
name: Köppl, Christian Josef
name: Johnson, Mark S.
name: Gulyas, Lorant
name: García, Mónica
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2020

description: During water stress, crops undertake adjustments in functional, structural, and biochemical traits. Hyperspectral data and machine learning techniques (PLS-R) can be used to assess water stress responses in plant physiology. In this study, we investigated the potential of hyperspectral optical (VNIR) measurements supplemented with thermal remote sensing and canopy height (hc) to detect changes in leaf physiology of soybean (C₃) and maize (C₄ ) plants under three levels of soil moisture in controlled environmental conditions. We measured canopy evapotranspiration (ET), leaf transpiration (Tr), leaf stomatal conductance (gs), leaf photosynthesis (A), leaf chlorophyll content and morphological properties (hc and LAI), as well as vegetation cover reflectance and radiometric temperature (TL,Rad). Our results showed that water stress caused significant ET decreases in both crops. This reduction was linked to tighter stomatal control for soybean plants, whereas LAI changes were the primary control on maize ET. Spectral vegetation indices (VIs) and TL,Rad were able to track these different responses to drought, but only after controlling for confounding changes in phenology. PLS-R modeling of gs, Tr, and A using hyperspectral data was more accurate when pooling data from both crops together rather than individually. Nonetheless, separated PLS-R crop models are useful to identify the most relevant variables in each crop such as TL,Rad for soybean and hc for maize under our experimental conditions. Interestingly, the most important spectral bands sensitive to drought, derived from PLS-R analysis, were not exactly centered at the same wavelengths of the studied VIs sensitive to drought, highlighting the benefit of having contiguous narrow spectral bands to predict leaf physiology and suggesting different wavelength combinations based on crop type. Our results are only a first but a promising step towards larger scale remote sensing applications (e.g., airborne and satellite). PLS-R estimates of leaf physiology could help to parameterize canopy level GPP or ET models and to identify different photosynthetic paths or the degree of stomatal closure in response to drought.
The Role of cIAP2 in Early and Late Atherosclerosis Lesion Development
Creators: name: Sleiman, Lyne
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011
Subjects: Atherosclerosis
Apoptosis
ApoE
Macrophage

description: Cellular Inhibitor of Apoptosis 2 (cIAP2) belongs to the IAP family, a group of endogenous proteins that inhibit apoptosis. However, the physiological role of cIAP2 remains poorly defined. Knock-out (KO) and wild type (WT) mice were used to examine the effect of cIAP2 protein on the progression of atherosclerosis in apoE -/- mice. Following the high-fat diet period of 4 and 12 wks, tissues were harvested and analysis focused on the aortic root, the aortic arch, the descending aorta, and the blood. Ex vivo results show a significant decrease in aortic arch lesion area in KO vs. WT in both study groups. Results also show a decrease in aortic root lesion size in KO vs. WT in both study groups. These results support that cIAP2 is an important survival factor for lesion-associated macrophages, since loss of cIAP2 expression in this mouse model reduced atherosclerotic lesion development.
Pedagogical foundations of web-based simulations in political science
Creators: name: Linser, Roni
name: Naidu, Som
name: Ip, Albert
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This paper outlines and discusses some of the pedagogical foundations of an innovative 'learning architecture' which combines the power of goal-based learning, role playing, the capabilities of the World Wide Web and the traditional method of lectures and tutorials. What it demostrates is the way this learning architecture is used to achieve pedagogical goals in Political Science using the example of a World Politics course and the potential it has for other social science courses.
title: Deconvolution Tools for Extracting Insight from Challenging Two-Flavin Systems
Creators: name: Bell, Dallas
Publisher: name: University of Kentucky Libraries
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: Flavoproteins have long been explored for their ubiquity among a number of metabolic and energetic reactions. The flavin cofactor has the inherent benefit of distinct spectral changes associated with redox transitions; however, the double-edged sword is incurred as these distinct signatures overlap and take up much of the UV-vis spectral range. Therefore, it is crucial to create a method to demarcate the expressed redox transitions for studying these systems. The first portion of these studies discusses the creation of a program that deduces spectra for redox transitions in a single-flavin containing model protein: flavodoxin. The latter portions discuss the application of the program in a much more challenging diflavin system (Rhodopseudomonas palustris ETF) for a variety of experiments, including separating spectral contributions from individual flavins and studying an intriguing feature, possibly associated with a conformational change. Together, these demonstrate the program’s ability to increase the insight obtainable from a variety of experiments.
description: © 2020 Dallas Michael Bell
The international environmental specimen banks - let's get visible
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2014

description: Environmental specimen banks (ESBs) are facilities that archive samples from the environment for future research and monitoring purposes. In addition, the long-term preservation of representative specimens is an important complement to environmental research and monitoring. Today, environmental specimen banking is experiencing a renaissance due to an increase in regulatory interest in ESB biota standards and trend data. The International Environmental Specimen Bank Group (IESB) promotes the worldwide development of techniques and strategies of environmental specimen banking and the international cooperation and collaboration among national ESBs. In order to provide a current and comprehensive overview on international environmental specimen banking activities, a questionnaire was sent to the national ESBs and asked for detailed information on the respective ESBs. The results show the rich diversity of national sampling programs, including more detailed information on archived samples, sampling strategies, and studies that have already been performed in the respective countries. All ESBs completing the survey expressed a strong interest in cooperating with other ESBs on a collaborative project. The collected information of national ESBs is intended to be made publicly available. Quelle: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Migrating “Otherness”: Serbian Ethnic Media amid Nationalism and Multiculturalism
Creators: name: Previsic, Ivana
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011
Subjects: nationalism
ethnic media
multiculturalism
Balkanism
Orientalism
Otherness
long-distance nationalism
Serbian heritage

description: The thesis explores the ways in which Serbian ethnic media in Canada represent their own group and “Others”, specifically Croats, Slovenians and Catholics, Bosniaks, Albanians and Muslims, Montenegrins and the West. The research investigates the convergence of these representations with Canadian multiculturalism. The thesis epistemologically feeds from Jean Jacques Rousseau’s 18th century theories of recognition and patriotism, Stuart Hall’s (1997) theory of representation and identity and Edward Said’s (1978) theory of Orientalism, and is further guided by the theoretical frameworks of Charles Taylor’s (1994) politics of recognition, Benedict Anderson’s (1992) long-distance nationalism and Maria Todorova’s (1994) Balkanism. Qualitative content analysis through purposive and sequential sampling of Serbian ethnic broadcasting is conducted to gauge the programs’ representations of the “Self” and “Others”. Ethnic media provide a method to promote a minority group’s heritage, but also to facilitate communication between various cultural, ethnic, religious and racial groups. In the age of an increased critique of multiculturalism, the role of ethnic media rises in importance. The findings of the thesis show that Serbian ethnic media employ Canadian multiculturalism to promote Serbian heritage, but also to stereotype other groups. Applying the theoretical juxtaposition of multiculturalism, nationalism and “Othering”, this research argues that through negative identification of “Others”, Serbian ethnic media deviate from Canadian multiculturalism that calls for a positive recognition of all Canadian groups.
Space, Place, and Queer Experiences on a College Campus
Creators: name: Jones, Jillian
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: LGBTQIA+ policy
subject: Queer experience
subject: Queer Geography
subject: Campus experience
subject: queer
subject: geography
subject: inclusive
subject: college campus
subject: LGBTQIA+

description: It is vital for LGBTQIA+ people to have safe spaces where they can explore or express their queer identity. Since college is often the first place where people can explore their identity
away from previous influences, it is important to promote a positive campus experience for LGBTQIA+ individuals. The goal of this study is to answer the question: How does space and
place influence queer experiences on a college campus?

While most research focuses on the lived experiences of LGBTQIA+ students, there is scant research investigating the experiences of LGBTQIA+ faculty and staff. Given campus is
their workplace and a place where they should be able to comfortably express their queer identity, this line of investigation is important to understand. Through focus groups, I found themes which all fit into queer geography and the importance of inclusivity on campus. This project expands queer geography’s original purpose to examine how space and place influence the queer experiences of faculty, staff, and students to create a more inclusive college campus. Findings show that college campuses need to be viewed as their own institution, with external factors, such as the political climate of their specific location, to effectively create an inclusive college campus for LGBTQIA+ students, faculty, and staff. They further indicate the need for LGBTQIA+ inclusive college campuses to create positive queer experiences on college campuses.
A seed of consequence: indirect image transfer and chemcial printing: the role played by lithography in the development of printing technology
Creators: name: Bryans, Dennis
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The history of printing is dominated by studies of mechanical typography. In this thesis the role of lithography in modernising printing is presented as an alternative path. The conventional explanation of how different printing processes work is generally made by dividing them into relief, intaglio and planographic processes. This explanation is of questionable value now, in a world where digital pre-press and offset printing hold sway. It is an outmoded idea to think that different ways of delivering ink under pressure is at the core of printing. Instead, it is more useful to focus our attention on the role played by direct and indirect image transfer. The similarities between the uses made by Gutenberg and Senefelder of direct and indirect image transfer has a greater importance than has the simplified division of printing processes into classes based upon depth of impression which is, essentially, a mechanical idea grounded in the typographic tradition. The idea presented here is that Gutenberg's application of indirect image transfer in his invention of moveable type provoked changes of greater importance than did the alternative invention of printing illustrations directly from metal plates or wooden blocks. Similarly, direct lithography was transformed by Senefelder into a vehicle for indirect image transfer by the invention of lithographic transfer paper. This invention had important ramifications for the future of lithography and for the preservation of photographic images. The combination of chemical printing and indirect image transfer made the capture of photographic images possible for the first time. In the nineteenth century, lithography also provided the first means by which photographs could be reproduced with printing ink in books - typography following here rather than leading the way. These issues have not been clearly recognised by many. The widely acknowledged superiority of typography to print economically, sharply, and at speed, was not surpassed by lithographers (who tended to concentrate on technical illustration and decorative printing) for many years. It was not until indirect image transfer was applied to the lithographic press that this barrier to progress was overcome, and, at last, text and image were efficiently transferred photographically to the rotary offset press.
Collecting statistics at the Australian Open tennis championship
Creators: name: Clarke, Stephen
name: Norton, Pam
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This paper discusses methods used to collect statistical data at the Australian Tennis Open. The process of data entry, and the uses of the statistics are discussed, along with methods used to ensure consistency. Areas where the statistics may be misinter-preted are highlighted, and suggestions for improving the process are made.
Elvis Gratton : mythe et microcosme
Creators: name: Philippe, Céline
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011
Subjects: Elvis Gratton
Pierre Falardeau
Julien Poulin
Cinéma québécois - perspective sociohistorique
Mouvance décolonisatrice (Québec)
Fatigue culturelle (Hubert Aquin)
Petites sociétés (Joseph Yvon Thériault)
Américanité/américanisation
mythes québécois

description: Elvis Gratton est sans doute l’une des figures les mieux connues du cinéma québécois. Pourtant, ce succès tient du malentendu. En effet, si le cinéaste Pierre Falardeau et son complice Julien Poulin ont créé ce personnage en guise de réponse au référendum de 1980, afin de dénoncer par l’entremise d’une caricature ceux qu’ils tenaient pour responsables de l’échec référendaire, la charge critique derrière le « cycle Gratton » semble être passée inaperçue dès le départ. Cette thèse cherchera à replacer les films consacrés à ce personnage tant dans leur contexte sociopolitique que dans l’ensemble de l’œuvre de Pierre Falardeau. En analysant comment le personnage devait être au départ la caricature du Québécois « colonisé », à la lumière des théories de la décolonisation qui étaient chères à Pierre Falardeau, nous verrons aussi comment Gratton aura, semble-t-il, « échappé au contrôle de ses créateurs », selon les théories de Pierre Bayard. Mais surtout, une fois ce constat établi, nous chercherons à comprendre le succès des Gratton. C’est à l’aide du concept de la « fatigue culturelle du Canada français » tel qu’élaboré par Hubert Aquin, de même qu’avec les théories du sociologue Joseph Yvon Thériault au sujet du « désir d’être grand » des « petites sociétés », que nous verrons comment il pourrait exister un lien inextricable entre la grande popularité des Elvis Gratton et l’omniprésence du courant de l’américanité au sein de la société québécoise post-référendaire. Ce faisant, nous verrons comment il se pourrait que Pierre Falardeau et Julien Poulin aient, contre leur gré, créé un « mythe québécois » qui aurait pour effet d’encourager ce qu’ils voulaient dénoncer.
Communication in a Human biomonitoring study:Focus group work public engagement and lessons learnt in 17 European countries
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2015
Subjects: Verkehr
Biomonitoring

description: A communication strategy was developed by The Consortium to Perform Human Biomonitoring on a European Scale (COPHES), as part of its objectives to develop a framework and protocols to enable the collection of comparable human biomonitoring data throughout Europe. The framework and protocols were tested in the pilot study DEMOCOPHES (Demonstration of a study to Coordinate and Perform Human biomonitoring on a European Scale). The aims of the communication strategy were to raise awareness of human biomonitoring, encourage participation in the study and to communicate the study results and their public health significance. It identified the audiences and key messages, documented the procedure for dissemination of results and was updated as the project progressed. A communication plan listed the tools and materials such as press releases, flyers, recruitment letters and information leaflets required for each audience with a time frame for releasing them. Public insight research was used to evaluate the recruitment material, and the feedback was used to improve the documents. Dissemination of results was coordinated in a step by step approach by the participating countries within DEMOCOPHES, taking into account specific national messages according to the needs of each country. Participants received individual results, unless they refused to be informed, along with guidance on what the results meant. The aggregate results and policy recommendations were then communicated to the general public and stakeholders, followed by dissemination at European level. Several lessons were learnt that may assist other future human biomonitoring studies. Recruitment took longer than anticipated and so social scientists, to help with community engagement, should be part of the research team from the start. As a European study, involving multiple countries, additional considerations were needed for the numerous organisations, different languages, cultures, policies and priorities. Therefore, communication documents should be seen as templates with essential information clearly indicated and the option for each country to tailor the material to reflect these differences. Future studies should consider setting up multidisciplinary networks of medical professionals and communication experts, and holding training workshops to discuss the interpretation of results and risk communication. Publicity and wide dissemination of the results helped to raise awareness of human biomonitoring to the general public, policy makers and other key stakeholders. Effective and timely communication, at all stages of a study, is essential if the potential of human biomonitoring research to improve public health is to be realised.& 2014PublishedbyElsevierInc.
Surviving Africa
Creators: name: Browne, Peter
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The author's visit to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) refugee camp at Kakuma, Kenya, served as a reminder of the enormity of the international refugee crisis. Kakuma was established by the Kenyan Government in 1991 in response to a massive influx of refugees. The numbers have settled to between 220,000 and 250,000, a figure which dwarfs Australia's refugee intake particularly when one considers that the Kenyan base population is half that of Australia and its economy is much smaller. A peaceful change of government in Kenya in December 2002 offers significant scope for improvements in the lives of the refugees at Kakuma. However, their futures still rest on continued assistance from Australia and other developed nations.
Assessing the Health-Related Outcomes and Correlates of Active Transportation in Children and Youth
Creators: name: Larouche, Richard
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2013
Subjects: active transport
physical activity
obesity
cardiovascular fitness
correlates
social-ecological model
transport actif
activité physique
obésité
capacité cardiovasculaire
déterminants
modèle socio-écologique

description: Active school transport (AST; e.g. the use of non-motorized modes such as walking and cycling to travel to/from school) is an inexpensive, accessible and environmentally-friendly source of physical activity (PA). This dissertation addresses two overarching objectives: 1) to measure the relationships of AST with PA and health-related outcomes; and 2) to examine the correlates of AST immediately before and after the transition from primary to secondary school (the “school transition”). First, a systematic review revealed increasing evidence showing that AST is associated with greater daily PA levels, and that cycling to/from school is associated with higher cardiovascular fitness. Cycling for transportation (not only for school trips) was also associated with lower values for total cholesterol and total cholesterol/HDL cholesterol ratio in the nationally-representative 2007-2009 Canadian Health Measures Survey. Moreover, the present dissertation provides preliminary evidence suggesting that AST may help attenuate the decline in PA across the school transition. However, the relationship between AST and body composition indicators remains unclear. With respect to the correlates of AST, distance was the strongest barrier to AST at both time points, but several road safety concerns, and the perception of having too much stuff to carry were also associated with engagement in motorized travel. At follow-up, AST was more common in children whose parents owned less than 2 cars. In contrast, children were more likely to engage in AST if their parents reported that they chose to live in their current neighbourhood so that their children could walk or bike to school. The associations of neighbourhood walkability (as measured with the Walk Score® application) with AST and PA were generally stronger after the school transition. While AST may improve health among children and youth, an ecological approach targeting multiple levels of influence will likely be needed to alleviate current barriers to AST.
title: Summary Report for the 2001-2002 STATEMAP Project: Geological Mapping to Support Improved Database Development and Understanding of Urban Corridors and Critical Aquifers of Texas
Creators: name: Collins, Edward W.
name: Raney, J. A.
Publisher: name: The University of Texas at Austin
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: STATEMAP
subject: geological mapping
subject: urban corridors
subject: aquifers
subject: Texas
subject: data development

description: This Texas STATEMAP project involves geologic mapping of areas where improved geologic information can assist development, land use, public education, environmental protection, and the economy. Work during the past year focused on new mapping and digital compilation projects within four study areas (fig. 1): (1) digital compilation (1:100,000) of geology of the northern segment of the Edwards aquifer recharge zone, south-central Texas, Project 1; (2) geologic mapping (1:24,000) of the Hill Country Trinity aquifer recharge zone, south-central Texas, Project 2; (3) geologic mapping (1:24,000) of the San Marcos-Seguin corridor, Project 3; and (4) digital compilation of geology of Quihi and Timber Creek quadrangles-part of the West San Antonio corridor and Edwards aquifer, Addendum Project 4. Geologic maps produced by each of the projects address groundwater resource and urban development issues that are of paramount importance to the affected regions of Texas. Improved geologic maps benefit the management of two major aquifers that are critical to Texas, the Edwards and Hill Country Trinity aquifers, and a minor aquifer, the Leona aquifer. The improved geologic maps of each of the areas produced by this project will aid professionals and the public in making informed decisions regarding land use, aquifer management, and environmental protection for urban-growth corridors in south-central Texas. Deliverables produced for this 2001-2002 contract year are (1) Project 1: digital 1:100,000-scale open-file map of the northern Edwards aquifer, Geologic Map of the West Half of the Taylor, Texas 30 x 60 minute Quadrangle; (2) Project 2: 12 open-file geologic quadrangle maps (1:24,000) of the Hill Country Trinity aquifer west of Austin and north of San Antonio; (3) Project 3: 2 open-file geologic quadrangle maps (1:24,000) of the San Marcos-Seguin corridor; and (4) Addendum Project 4: draft digital map/GIS database of Quihi and Timber Creek quadrangles, two quadrangles within the West San Antonio corridor and Edwards aquifer, Quihi and Timber Creek quadrangles.
Anatomy of Place: Ecological Citizenship in Canada's Chemical Valley
Creators: name: Wiebe, Sarah
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2013
Subjects: Ecological citizenship
Biopolitics
Governmentality
Place
Environmental justice
Reproductive justice
Aamjiwnaang
Chemical Valley
Interpretive research methods
Political ethnography

description: Citizens of the Aamjiwnaang First Nation fight for justice with their bodies at the frontlines of environmental catastrophe. This dissertation employs a biopolitical and interpretive analysis to examine these struggles in the polluted heart of Canada’s ‘Chemical Valley’. Drawing from a discursive analysis of situated concerns on the ground and a textual analysis of Canada’s biopolitical ‘policy ensemble’ for Indigenous citizenship, this dissertation examines how citizens and public officials respond to environmental and reproductive injustices in Aamjiwnaang. Based upon in-depth interviews with residents and policy-makers, I first document citizens of the Aamjiwnaang First Nation’s activities and practices on the ground as they cope with and navigate their health concerns and habitat. Second, I examine struggles over knowledge and the contestation over scientific expertise as the community seeks reproductive justice. Third, I contextualize citizen struggles over knowledge by discussing the power relations embedded within the ‘policy ensemble’ for Indigenous citizenship and Canadian jurisdiction for on-reserve environmental health. From an interpretive lens, inspired by Foucault’s concepts of biopower and governmentality, the dissertation develops a framework of “ecological citizenship”, which confronts biopolitics with a theoretical discussion of place to expand upon existing Canadian citizenship and environmental studies literature. I argue that reproductive justice in Aamjiwnaang cannot be separated from environmental justice, and that the concept of place is central to ongoing struggles. As such, I discuss “ecological citizenship’s double-edge”, to contend that citizens are at once bound up within disciplinary biopolitical power relations and also articulate a radical form of place-based belonging.
Supplementary document for Substrate dependent terahertz magneto-optical properties of monolayer WS₂ - 5410495.pdf
Creators: name: Dong, Haiming
name: Tao, Z. H.
name: Duan, Y.F.
name: Li, L. L.
name: Huang, F.
name: Peeters, F.M.
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplement 1
Supplementary document for Substrate dependent terahertz magneto-optical properties of monolayer WS₂ - 5410495.pdf
Creators: name: Dong, Haiming
name: Tao, Z. H.
name: Duan, Y.F.
name: Li, L. L.
name: Huang, F.
name: Peeters, F.M.
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplement 1
Claims-Making in Context: Forty Years of Canadian Feminist Activism on Violence Against Women
Creators: name: Fraser, Jennifer A.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: Violence against women
Feminism
Social activism
Contextual constructionism
Feminist history

description: Feminist activism has a rich history in Canada, but mobilization on the issue of violence against women specifically gained considerable momentum during what is often referred to as the “second wave” of the feminist movement. Since this time, the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec have seen a proliferation of both grassroots and public policy responses to intimate partner violence and sexual violence. This study is an effort to construct a feminist history of the activism that occurred between 1970 and 2010, as well as to make sense of feminist claims-making strategies using a social constructionist approach to social problems and to make sense of feminist activism as a social movement using social movement impact theory. In constructing a feminist history, documents from the Canadian Women’s Movement Archives were consulted and interviews with current and former feminist activists were conducted. The historical component of this study focuses on how feminist activists first recognized and responded to the problem of violence against women. This analysis suggests that throughout the last forty years, feminist activists have engaged in a multi-pronged project of providing feminist services for victims of intimate partner and sexual violence, advocating for social and legal change as the “official” response to violence against women, and conducting their own research on the extent and nature of violence against women. Various strategies were used in this process, including forming partnerships and coalitions, but activists also faced challenges from within and outside the movement, including internal debates, struggles to fit in, and backlash from counter movements. The final chapter discusses how the history of feminist activism on violence against woman cannot easily fit into strict constructionist approach to understanding social problems and, as a social movement, is difficult to evaluate given the myriad goals, mechanisms for reaching those goals, and interpretations of success associated with the movement. Future research directions are also suggested, including looking at evidence of claims-making from other sources; bridging the gap, theoretically and pragmatically, between the “mainstream” feminist movement and other streams of women’s activism; and, more conceptual work on feminist movements and the separation between intimate partner and sexual violence.