cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: On the Fluid Mechanical and Acoustic Mechanisms of Serrated Leading Edges
Creators: name: Becker, Stefan
name: Riedel, Jörg
name: Kaltenbacher, Manfred
name: Schoder, Stefan
name: Czwielong, Felix
Publisher: name: UNSPECIFIED
Year: 2022

description: In most applications, axial fans are operated in disturbed inflow conditions. This is the case, for example, in air conditioning systems when the axial fan is positioned downstream of a heat exchanger. But axial fans are also used in traffic and habitation applications for cooling and fresh air supply. Here, the turbomachines are operated with protection grids or filters, which in turn can generate turbulence on the suction side of the axial fan. All of these induced inflow turbulences cause the sound radiation from the fans to increase and the systems to be recognized as disturbing. Especially due to the current corna-panedemic this disturbing factor increases, due to the fact that air conditioning units are more often installed in indoor areas. In order to reduce the sound emissions of axial fans under disturbed inflow conditions, leading edge modifications of axial fans have been investigated in recent years. For example, it has been attempted to reduce the sound emissions from the fans by means of serrations, slits or porous materials, while at the same time avoiding any losses in the pressure build-up. The basic mechanisms of these sound reduction measures are not yet fully understood and many leading edge modifications are based on internal company experience. In order to understand the physical mechanisms of serrated leading edges, simulations of a flat-plate fan downstream of a turbulence grid were performed. The simulations were validated with experimental measurements. It was shown that the serrations form longitudinal vortices along the fan chord and that this leads to a stabilization of the flow over the blade. In addition, radial flows are reduced by this fluid pattern and backflow over the tip gap are reduced. The improved flow guidance over the blade surface reduces the pressure fluctuations on the blade surface, which in turn leads to a decrease in sound radiation. A transfer of the sound reduction measures from a flat-plate fan model to profiled fans showed that the found fluid mechanical mechanisms have only a smaller impact on profiled fans. This indicates that the possibilities for optimizing axial fans with leading edge modifications are limited and can only result in noise reductions for certain cases.
AGGREGATE BREAKAGE IN LAMINAR COUETTE FLOW
Creators: Cifuentes, Gustavo A.
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2022

Micron-size particle suspensions are very common in industrial processes such as mineral extraction and wastewater treatment. These particles are difficult to separate from the fluid media due to their size. The formation of aggregates increases the effective size of these particles, increasing the settling velocity of the particles and facilitating separation. Control of the aggregate characteristics, such as size, and structure, influences the efficiency of these industrial processes. This study investigates the effect of shear on the breakage of aggregates. For this purpose, an experimental setup was designed where aggregates were formed and then broken in a Couette cell with a rotating inner cylinder and a transparent outer cylinder, which permits monitoring the aggregates using in situ image analysis.

The experiments were carried out with 2 µm sulfate latex microspheres in a neutrally buoyant fluid-particle system. The aggregates were grown at a constant shear rate of 17.6 s-1 until they reached their steady-state size. Then, breakage was induced by increasing the rotational velocity of the inner cylinder. Different breakage shear rates within the range of 28.9 s-1 and 86.8 s-1 were tested, which were in the laminar Couette flow regime.

Two different behaviours were observed for the range of shear rate studied. One range of shear rate produced re-aggregation of the fragments; in the other, only breakage takes place. It was observed that by increasing the breakup shear rate, the aggregate size was proportional to γ^(-p) with p = 0.69 for all the experiments, and p = 0.48 for the region where only breakage takes place. These results are in agreement with previous studies. Measurements of perimeter fractal dimension indicated that aggregate breakup is accompanied by restructuring. The aggregate sizes obtained in the experiments where only breakage was observed were used to estimate the aggregate cohesive force holding the aggregates together, which was found to be 1.94 ±0.11 nN and independent of the aggregate size. This value is in good agreement with the aggregate strength reported in the literature. The value of the aggregate cohesive force obtained in the present study is similar to the theoretical interaction force between two particles, suggesting that, for this system, the aggregate cohesive force is dictated by the attractive force between two primary particles, i.e., between the 2µm latex microspheres. This result suggests that the force required to break the aggregate is related to the force required to break a single chain of particles within the aggregate. More studies of the cohesive force of aggregates of different primary particles sizes and different aggregation mechanisms are needed.
Contribution of Montney Sourced Hydrocarbons to the Doig and Montney Petroleum System in Western Canada Sedimentary Basin
Creators: Feng, Wujun
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2022

Previously acquired biomarker analyses of oil samples and Rock-Eval analyses of cores and cutting samples have been integrated with new Rock-Eval analyses to determine the source rock potential of Montney Formation. Furthermore, the geochemical signature of Montney organic matter is used to evaluate the relative contributions of Montney-sourced hydrocarbons and Doig-sourced hydrocarbons to the Triassic petroleum system.

        A source rock evaluation indicates that the Montney Formation contains intervals of good hydrocarbon source rock that generated large volumes of hydrocarbons. An empirical relationship between TOC and gamma ray (GR) values is established to determine the TOC values in Montney Formation and to quantify the thickness of Montney source rock.

         There are three end members of oil families (Family A, Family B and Family C) with distinct geochemical signatures in the Triassic oil accumulations of Western Canada Sedimentary Basin (WCSB).  Family A oils are characterized by low ratios of diasterane/regular sterane and Ts/Tm, high ratios of C24Tetracyclic terpane over C26 tricyclic terpanes and C29/C30 hopanes, a high C35 homohopane index and high sulfur contents. Family B oils are characterized by a moderate C24 tetracyclic terpane over C26 tricyclic terpane ratio, high abundances of hopanes, a low C35 homohopane index, a high diasterane/regular sterane ratio and relatively low C28 regular sterane. Family C oils show abundant extended tricyclic terpances and almost no hopanes.

        Source rock characteristics of Montney Formation, Doig Formation and Jurassic Gordondale Member are analysed and applied for oil-to-source rock correlations.  Studies show that Family A oils are linked to a calcareous source rock and interpreted to be originated from Jurassic Gordondale Member.  Family B oils are correlated with Doig source rock extracts and believed to be derived from Doig phosphate. Family C oils are interpreted to be originated from the Montney Formation.

        A volumetric method (Schmoker’s formula) is applied to calculate the in-place resources generated from Montney and Doig source rocks based on thermal degradation of different type of kerogens. It is inferred that the contribution of Montney sourced hydrocarbons is approximately 3.7 times that of the contribution of Doig sourced hydrocarbons in the Doig and Montney petroleum system.
Examining the role of  Mco4 in Drosophila iron transport.
Creators: Abd Elhafiz, Areeg
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2022

Iron is involved in many aspects of life and is essential for survival and normal development. The role of iron in the body is crucial for many processes, including oxygen transport, steroid hormone synthesis, and DNA repair. However, iron transport in Drosophila melanogaster is less characterized compared to mammalian systems. The mechanism behind how dietary iron is absorbed and transported throughout the body is not entirely clear. Three independent RNA-Seq experiments performed by former Ph.D. students from the King-Jones lab identified significant upregulation of the Drosophila melanogaster gene multicopper oxidase 4 (Mco4) under iron-deprived conditions. This signifies Mco4's possible involvement in the cell's response to low iron conditions. Mco4 is the ortholog of yeast Fet3 and is predicted to encode a multicopper ferroxidase. Fet3p works in conjunction with the transport protein Ftr1p and is required for high affinity iron import. Accordingly, this thesis proposes Mco4 to function as a high affinity iron importer under low iron conditions in Drosophila. The cellular localization and tissue distribution of Mco4 has not been reported before. Therefore, I generated an ex vivo overexpression construct and a transgenic line to study the localization of Mco4 in cells and tissues. In both experiments, I found Mco4 to be localized in the cell membrane, similar to its ortholog Fet3p. To further understand its function, I generated a complete Mco4-loss-of-function line using CRISPR/Cas9. Analysis of the Mco4 null mutant flies was found to significantly reduce the survival rate when these mutants were reared on a low iron diet. To my knowledge, this is the first time a complete loss of Drosophila Mco4 function has been reported. Based on these findings, it would seem likely for Mco4 to play a key role in the cell's response to low iron levels as a potential ferroxidase.
Assessing numerical reasoning provides insight into financial literacy
Creators: name: Sunderaraman, Preeti
name: Barker, Megan
name: Chapman, Silvia
name: Cosentino, Stephanie
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Pharmacology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases

description: Financial literacy is linked to financial well-being and decision making. While financial literacy and numeracy skills are strongly related, the relevance of different aspects of numeracy (mental arithmetic, math achievement, and numerical reasoning) for financial literacy has not yet been examined. Data were collected from 88 cognitively healthy adults, mean age = 50 years (SD = 15); mean education = 15 years (SD = 2); 61% females; with 56% Caucasian, 36% Black, and 90% non-Hispanic. Financial literacy was measured with the widely used Big Three scale, and numeracy was measured with the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-III, Arithmetic subtest; the Wide Range Achievement Test-IV, Math Computation subtest; and the Weller’s Abbreviated Numeracy Scale (WANS). Regressions analyses were conducted with financial literacy as the outcome variable and each numeracy measure along with demographics (age, sex, and education) as the predictors. In all the models, only the numeracy measures were significant as individual predictors, with numerical reasoning holding the strongest association with financial literacy, followed by mental arithmetic and math achievement. The current study supports the existing literature that numeracy is important for financial literacy, and provides empirical evidence for the specific contributions of individual numeracy measures that clinicians may use to garner impressions about financial skills.
Pre-registration Study 3 Who does not trust basic science
Creators: name: Mercier, Hugo
name: Pfänder, Jan
Publisher: name: OSF Registries
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences

description: In two previous studies (https://osf.io/8utsj/) we tested whether participants would accept the scientific consensus on basic science facts. We first asked participants to answer basic science questions in a multiple choice format. After they had provided their answer, we presented participants with the scientific consensus on the question. Most participants did accept this consensus, even after having provided the wrong answers - but not for all the questions. In the second study, we provided participants with more extensive explanations and sources for the scientific consensus, as we anticipated that this might increase acceptance. For cases in which participants still did not accept the consensus, we asked them to explain why. Both study 1 and 2 were run on convenience samples. Here, we will run study 2-–with some minor modifications-–on a sample of people holding anti-vaccination beliefs (see below). By contrast to study 2, after asking participants an open question about why they did not accept the consensus (in case they didn’t), we provide them with an explicit opportunity to change their answer. Based on the answers to the open questions we got in study 2, we also propose a categorization scheme of reasons why people rejected the consensus.
title: Controlled Inflow Turbulence - Aeroacoustic Interaction of Axial Fans with an Active Turbulence Grid
Creators: name: Czwielong, Felix
name: Becker, Stefan
Publisher: name: UNSPECIFIED
Year: 2022

description: Leading edge noise is one of the dominant noise sources from axial fans. This sound source is particularly amplified under disturbed inflow conditions, i.e. high turbulence or inhomogeneous flow fields. In most technical applications, axial fans are operated in disturbed inflow conditions. The increased turbulence intensities and irregularities in the flow field are generated by other upstream system components. For example, heat exchangers and filters in the air-conditioning systems or protection grids and flow redirectors in the field of mobility are used on the suction side of the fan. The flow fields influenced by these components interact with the axial fan, which amplifies the leading edge noise. Since the inflow conditions differ from system to system, it is not possible to integrate this high amount of different flow profiles in the design process of the axial fan. For this reason, the axial fan is designed for undisturbed inflow conditions, which leads to increased sound emissions in real installation situations. In addition to this challenge, the lack of knowledge about the particular effects of turbulence quantities on the sound emissions of axial fans is a challenging task. In most flows, turbulence characteristics such as turbulence intensity, length scale, anisotropy and inhomogeneity are highly connected. This made it difficult to investigate the influence of individual parameters and to gain a better understanding of the relation to the acoustics. The knowledge about the connection of sound generation mechanisms at the axial fan and turbulence characteristics would offer the possibility to estimate in advance the effects of different disturbed inflow conditions. In order to investigate these two tasks, an active grid was developed, which is used to generate defined inflow conditions. This offers the option to control the turbulence characteristics of the flow and thus to clarify the influence of individual turbulence characteristics. In addition, axial fans can be tested under different inflow turbulence conditions before they are installed in real systems. It was shown that with the active turbulence grid, the flow can be adjusted in a controlled manner and a large number of different flow conditions can be created. Based on the investigations, correlations between the turbulence characteristics and the sound emissions of axial fans were be concluded. In addition, it was shown that the mean flow fields of heat exchangers could be reproduced with this active grid.
Gnaphalium pensylvanicum Willd.
Creators: name: Info Flora
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Asterales
Asteraceae
Gnaphalium
Gnaphalium pensylvanicum

description: Gnaphalium pensylvanicum Willd.
Pennsylvanisches Ruhrkraut
Art ISFS: 192450 Checklist: 1021865 Asteraceae Gnaphalium Gnaphalium pensylvanicum Willd.
Bestimmungsschlüssel
ZusammenfassungKEINE ANGABE
Ökologie
Lebensraum Lebensraumnach Delarze & al. 2015
KEINE ANGABE
Ökologische Zeigerwerte nach Landolt & al. (2010)
BodenfaktorenKlimafaktorenSalztoleranzFeuchtezahl F--Lichtzahl L--Salzzeichen--Reaktionszahl R--Temperaturzahl T--Nährstoffzahl N--Kontinentalitätszahl K--
Nomenklatur
Gültiger Name (Checklist 2017):Gnaphalium pensylvanicumWilld.
Volksname Deutscher Name: Pennsylvanisches Ruhrkraut Nom français: Cotonnière de Pennsylvanie
Nome italiano: --
Übereinstimmung mit anderen Referenzwerken
RelationNomReferenzwerkeNo=Gnaphalium pensylvanicum Willd.Checklist 2017192450
= Taxon stimmt mit akzeptiertem Taxon überein (Checklist 2017)  Taxon enthält (neben anderen) auch das akzeptierte Taxon (Checklist 2017)
Kommentare aus der Checklist 2017 Neues Taxon: Gegenüber SISF-2 neu aufgenommener Neophyt. Checklist
Status Indigenat: Neophyt: nach der Entdeckung von Amerika in der Region aufgetreten (nach 1500)
Liste der gefährdeten Pflanzen IUCN(nach Walter & Gillett 1997): Nein
description: Published as part of Info Flora, 2021,
Effective maps, easily done: Visualizing geo-psychological differences using distance weights
Creators: name: Ebert, Tobias
name: Götz, Friedrich
name: Mewes, Lars
name: Brenner, Thomas
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences

description: This document was created after the paper was accepted for publication. It registers the files uploaded to this OSF project which are necessary to replicate the main analytical steps of the paper.
Sport Evangelism: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Sport for Development and Free Play for Kids
Creators: Ormandy, Matthew
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2022

Recent sport for development (SFD) scholarship undertaken from critical and poststructuralist perspectives (Darnell, 2012; Darnell and Hayhurst, 2011; Hayhurst, Giles, and Wright, 2016) has called for further research that problematizes SFD programming while considering the impacts of existing social, political, and economic structures. Specifically, scholars have suggested that research which attends to structures of oppression based on race, gender, and colonization is needed. This thesis takes up such calls through a critical discourse analysis (CDA) of Free Play for Kids (FPK), a prominent no-cost SFD program operating in Edmonton, Alberta. Before presenting the CDA I historicize relevant programs and discursive lines in sport and recreation in the 19th and 20th century which work to construct particular subjects as ‘in need’. This historicization is informed by critical theoretical perspectives (Hall, 1996; Kincheloe and McLaren, 2005) which call for deep historical understandings of existing social processes and contexts.

    In conducting the CDA I identified three main themes which were dominant in media produced by and about FPK. The first theme centers around a welcoming and inclusive Edmonton, which is shaped by hegemonic representational forms of Canadian multiculturalism and reconciliation. I primarily draw on Mackey (2002), and Dene scholar Glen Coulthard (2014a) to argue that such discourses work to shape the logics of FPK and reinforce dominant framings of Canadian nationhood.

    The second theme I identified is ‘giving back’ to the community and how that participates in ongoing neoliberal, and individualist discourses. I position FPK within neoliberal political rationalities (Brown, 2006) and follow Spade (2020) in arguing that the discourse of ‘giving back’ operates to depoliticize social movements. I also apply critical cultural studies insights to explore two subthemes: sporting celebrity, and the patriarchal ‘father figure’ who founded FPK.

    Third, I explore discourses of positive youth development and ‘sport evangelism’ (Giulianotti, 2004) which are prominently used to promote and market FPK. I draw on existing critical SFD literature which has critiqued individualist (sport) development paradigms, and apply Coakley’s (2011) critique of hegemonic, racist, SFD narratives. I then conclude by reflecting on the methodological design of the thesis and explaining the implications this research has for other SFD researchers and practitioners.
Building Futures: Indigenous-led Energy Transitions in Alberta
Creators: Miller, Andrea
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2022

Transitions towards renewable energy at all scales are urgently needed to meet current targets for climate action and renewable electricity generation. Indigenous communities across Canada are increasingly investing in clean energy initiatives, energy efficiency measures, and renewable energy projects that centre community members as project planners, managers, owners, and beneficiaries. This research explores the landscape of Indigenous-led and owned renewable energy in Alberta. The work presented here shares the findings of a community-based participatory research partnership with members of Enoch Cree Nation, Maskêkosihk, in Treaty 6 territory. With the support of Community Advisors and together with the Community Research Partner, we develop an understanding of how Enoch Cree Nation members imagine community-level energy transitions within the Nation, and how they envision the role for Enoch Cree Nation in the province’s emerging clean energy economy. Community-specific findings are situated within the context of interviews with key informants from the fields of Indigenous renewable energy and community generation, who shed light on the roles that Indigenous communities are playing in Alberta’s energy transition and how project ownership can support further Indigenous involvement and control in Alberta’s renewable energy sector. We find that equally important to equity ownership are the ways that community members are involved in project design and decision making, through youth engagements, creative approaches to communicating projects within communities, and in building and rebuilding relationships with energy players. We demonstrate how Indigenous communities are leading their own energy transitions, and in light of barriers to Indigenous renewable energy in the Alberta context, how communities like Enoch Cree Nation are taking active steps to participate in energy transitions at all scales as a means of gaining community benefits and actualizing a vision for an alternative energy future.
title: Sound Level Control for Air Handling Units
Creators: name: Krause, Ralph
name: Oppelt, Thomas
name: Friebe, Christian
name: Modrakowski, Leopold
name: Hackeschmidt, Karsten
Publisher: name: UNSPECIFIED
Year: 2022

description: People react very differently to the background noise of their environment depending on the activity they are performing. If the background noise is excessive, the sounds are perceived as unwanted noise. Focused intellectual work, for example, regularly requires a lower noise or background sound level than physical activity. The background sound emission of air handling units (AHU) is also perceived as either disturbing or acceptable, depending on the situation. This is particularly problematic in rooms with highly variable human activity, i.e. rooms in which phases of focused, noise-emphasising work and physical activity alternate. An example of such spaces are school classrooms, where noise pollution - also from air handling units - has to be avoided during lessons, while background noise is likely to be submerged and negligible during break times. The use of air handling units is often essential in order to maintain hygienic standards. In common rooms with several people in them, these devices can be perceived as disturbing during quiet periods. Therefore, there is a risk that they are switched off for the sake of convenience. However, as soon as the level of activity in the room increases, the unit is not necessarily put back into operation, which ultimately means that a pathogen-reducing air exchange then no longer exists: This situation has to be avoided. In this presentation, a concept is introduced with the objective of suppressing or reducing the sound emission of air handling units during idle periods (without putting the air handling unit out of operation) and allowing it during active periods. The sound level emitted by the air handling units shall be adapted to a desired background noise in the respective room depending on the situation. Such sound level adjustment has long been applied to devices and systems with loudspeakers. With this technology, also known as automatic volume control, the volume of a loudspeaker is increased or decreased depending upon the volume of the ambient noise. Unlike this well-known principle, the concept presented here permits the adaptation of a noise source (e.g. AHU) to the sound level present in a room. It consists of a microphone, an analyser and a controller and can be used in all common ventilation units (mobile air purifiers, central ventilation and air conditioning systems, etc.). The first findings will be presented at this presentation. The focus lies on the operating principle and the results of the measurements in a room with adjustable reverberation time and different positions of the noise sources and the sound sources due to the ventilation equipment.
The Central Asian Ethnojazz Laboratory: Music and Intercultural Understanding
Creators: Mukhtarova, Kanykei
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2022

Abstract

The purpose of this dissertation is to examine the transnational social impact of ethnojazz, the synthesis of traditional music with jazz and contemporary music, as a grass-roots musical collaboration across the Central Asian context. Although fusions between traditional music and jazz had taken place during Soviet times, there have been more opportunities for such artistic collaboration since the breakup of the Soviet Union, and the process has unfolded differently and with new meaning, particularly within the Central Asian Ethnojazz Laboratory project. My case is rather unusual in ethnomusicology. My research project was possible because I first developed a creative environment where ethnojazz evolved; it was only later that I realized I had also created material for my research.

Examining music, interactions, and discourses of musicians brought together in a laboratory setting to create a collective musical composition, I explore how the musical experiences promoted mutual understanding among the different nationalities of the region while celebrating the cultural diversity of Central Asia, something that has been lacking in the national and ethnic conflicts both within and between nations. I study Central Asian ethnojazz in order to understand how its musical processes may facilitate multicultural dialogue, express national, regional, and musical identities in post-Soviet republics, and create new musical compositions reflective of these intercultural improvisations across the Central Asian region.

Another major point of this dissertation is the role of the Bishkek International Jazz festival and its impact in spreading ethnojazz and stimulating the appearance of the other jazz festivals in the region. Moreover, I analyze the intentions of the international

organizations and embassies in funding the Bishkek jazz festival and other jazz festivals in the region as a way to use “soft power”, while realizing their geopolitical interests and eagerness to win in a contested region. Ethnographic research at the Bishkek International Jazz Festival from 2006 to 2018 and the Ethnojazz Laboratory from 2014 to 2017 was possible because I was involved as the main organizer. From this vantage point, the Ethnojazz Laboratories became the case study for my research.  My findings show that even though these projects were supported by Western funders and by this promoted their own interests, overall these projects helped musicians to generate new ideas, to build social and cultural connections, and express identities.
Vinta dalla natura materna … Le opere attribuite alla monaca Jefimija
Creators: name: Morabito, Rosanna
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Jefimija, letteratura serba antica, letteratura slava ecclesiastica

description: Breve descrizione dei testi attribuiti alla monaca serba Jefimija (1345 ca. – dopo 1405), conosciuti per essere tra le opere più originali della letteratura slava ecclesiastica. Bozza di contributo in volume
title: Rudolf Pestalozzi-Sturzenegger
title: 10. Januar 1881 bis 7. Mai 1963
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Frick, Max
name: Orelli, Hans Von
Publisher: name: Zentralbibliothek Zürich
Year: 1963
Subjects: subject: 920 Biografien, Genealogie, Insignien
subject: Nachruf
subject: Pestalozzi, Rudolf
subject: Elgg
subject: Zürich

description: Nekrolog
From Continuous Modelling to Discrete Constrained Optimal Control of Distributed Parameter Systems
Creators: Ozorio Cassol,Guilherme
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2022

Distributed parameter systems (DPS) are systems that have their evolution through time and in space. These systems are present in every type of industrial process, from chemical to electrical applications. Thus, proper modeling and control of DPS are indispensable for the optimization and control of such processes.

Due to their spatiotemporal dynamics, these systems are generally represented by partial integro-differential equations (PIDEs), which brings issues with the control and monitoring of such applications. This thesis studies the modeling and control of such systems, specifically the ones modelled by first and second-order hyperbolic PDEs, not relying on the spatial approximation generally applied to deal with the PIDEs. First, an alternative model for transport-reaction processes is analyzed, taking into account the possible inertia present in the transport. Second, the regulator design of a heat exchanger system in the continuous-time setting is developed, ensuring disturbance rejection and proper output tracking.

Then, the leap from the continuous to the discrete-time is taken by studying the regulator design for the sediment-filled water canal dynamics.

Lastly, the optimal constrained controller is developed in the last chapters, to take into account constraints applied to the system. First, an autothermal reactor operating in an unstable condition is considered. The simulations show the controller performance and proper convergence to the desired steady-state. In the subsequent chapter, the constrained control problem is solved for the alternative model of transport-reaction processes. The difference in the system response of the commonly used model and the proposed model is noticeable. The discrete representation used for the systems in the discrete-time setting does not consider the early spatial approximation generally used when dealing with DPS.
Seti and the media: Improving science communication
Creators: name: Oliver, Carol Ann
Publisher: name: CQUniversity
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 20101 Astrobiology
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: From its beginnings, the scientific Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence has faced the 'giggle factor' - that all it amounted to was 'looking for Little Green Men'. Yet SETI has gained credibility as well as recognition that the endeavour is very much part of the rapidly emerging science of astrobiology. SETI is also unusual among areas of science in that almost from the beginning, researchers have considered the social and cultural implications of the experiment. Over the past 15 years, the SETI Institute in Mountain View, California, the largest organisation among a group of independent international efforts, has developed formal education curricula reflective of its research, which continues today. The Institute is also engaged in public outreach in an effort to improve the public understanding of SETI and SETI-related science. In particular, SETI has encouraged mass media attention through a variety of initiatives. This thesis will view science communication through the experiences of SETI - and mostly the SETI Institute. This - probably unique - approach will explore relevant elements of SETI and science communication to show that the current perspective of promulgating the public understanding of science via the mass media may be flawed and worthy of further investigation.
Essays on Consumer Wastefulness
Creators: Rawal, Saurabh Mukesh
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2022

Consumer wastefulness continues to be one of the most pressing issues in achieving sustainable development. While research on wasteful consumer behavior garners increasing attention, most of it is significantly limited by how we conceptualize waste, and consequently how we identify and reduce wasteful consumer behavior. In the first essay of my dissertation, I develop a new conceptualization of consumer wastefulness and provide a framework to study wasteful consumer behavior. I argue that the current consumer-centric definition of waste, based on how it is created, at the sole discretion of the consumers when they discard goods that they do not want or find useful, is inadequate and ineffective in reducing wasteful consumer behavior. In response, I take a societal perspective on waste by arguing that waste is the failure to responsibly use all the product’s utilities by its owner or someone else in society. This shift in perspective has significant implications for future research because it changes the way we identify, study, and reduce wasteful consumer behavior.

My second essay provides an empirical test of one of my propositions about how consumers can be nudged to reduce the waste from the abandonment of possessions (e.g., a usable toaster that has been in storage for over a year) by disposing of such possessions to potential users in society (e.g., by selling or donating). Specifically, I theorize and demonstrate that, counter to what prior literature may suggest, anthropomorphizing abandoned products increases consumers’ willingness to find those products a new home by disposing of them to other users. Basically, when consumers anthropomorphize abandoned possessions, they tend to perceive possessions experience human-like social rejection, which makes them empathize with those possessions. This in turn increases consumers’ willingness to find those possessions a new home by disposing of them to others who are more likely to use (i.e., interact with) those products.
Defining Post-Release Success: Perspectives of Formerly Incarcerated Women
Creators: DeVries, Jessica L.
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2022

The number of incarcerated women continues to rise at alarming rates, increasing the pressure on an already overcrowded prison system. Although re-integrating women back into the community post-release should be of utmost importance, literature continues to document the many needs of women exiting prison and the difficulties faced in securing support while attending to competing priorities and demands. While understanding the realities women face post-release are essential to supporting women’s transition into the community, literature seeking to understand how formerly incarcerated women define success in life after prison is limited. In its absence, recidivism remains the primary if not only measure of post-release success. Although not returning to prison is an aspect of success, it is a limited measure that does not consider definitions of success that have importance to those with lived experiences nor take into account the complex and challenging process that is community re-integration. Therefore, this thesis explores how formerly incarcerated women define success in life after prison and describes the factors that support and inhibit women from realizing their goals. In partnership with a local not-for-profit organization, a community-based participatory research approach was utilized and engaged women throughout different stages of the research. A qualitative description methodology grounded in feminist standpoint theory and intersectionality was employed. When considering community re-integration as a journey, 16 interviews were conducted with formerly incarcerated women that explored their definitions of success. While achieving post-release goals were successes described by participants, this study points to the significance of personal transformation as a key definition of success critical to leading a life characterized by new values and priorities. Success was described in the day to day as women continued to engage in life in ways that moved them forward and attended to their health holistically. The importance of robust support networks, being engaged in the community, and receiving mental and emotional health support, among others, are identified as crucial supporting factors. The barriers, the lack of available mental health support, limiting parole conditions and staff, and the lifetime impacts of incarceration are described. While women continue to define their lives outside of prison walls that reflect their current conceptualizations of success, their understandings have yet to be adopted as true indicators of success by authorities mandated with facilitating their transition post-release. Therefore, implications to practice, programming, and policies are examined that take into account women’s experiences and perspectives. In particular, the provision of mental health support, recognizing measures of success beyond outcomes, removing systemic barriers, and mobilizing the community are outlined.
Guizotia abyssinica Cass.
Creators: name: Info Flora
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Asterales
Asteraceae
Guizotia
Guizotia abyssinica

description: Guizotia abyssinica (L. f.) Cass.
Ramtillkraut
Art ISFS: 193150 Checklist: 1021940 Asteraceae Guizotia Guizotia abyssinica (L. f.) Cass.
ZusammenfassungKEINE ANGABE
Ökologie
Lebensraum Lebensraumnach Delarze & al. 2015
KEINE ANGABE
Ökologische Zeigerwerte nach Landolt & al. (2010)
BodenfaktorenKlimafaktorenSalztoleranzFeuchtezahl F--Lichtzahl L--Salzzeichen--Reaktionszahl R--Temperaturzahl T--Nährstoffzahl N--Kontinentalitätszahl K--
Nomenklatur
Gültiger Name (Checklist 2017):Guizotia abyssinica(L. f.) Cass.
Volksname Deutscher Name: Ramtillkraut Nom français: Guizotia d'Abyssinie
Nome italiano: --
Übereinstimmung mit anderen Referenzwerken
RelationNomReferenzwerkeNo=Guizotia abyssinica (L. f.) Cass.Checklist 2017193150
= Taxon stimmt mit akzeptiertem Taxon überein (Checklist 2017)  Taxon enthält (neben anderen) auch das akzeptierte Taxon (Checklist 2017)
Kommentare aus der Checklist 2017 Neues Taxon: Gegenüber SISF-2 neu aufgenommener Neophyt. Aus Kultur verwildert, als Gründüngung angesät. Checklist
Status Indigenat: Kultivierter Neophyt: nach dem Jahr 1500 in der Schweiz aufgetreten
Liste der gefährdeten Pflanzen IUCN(nach Walter & Gillett 1997): Nein
description: Published as part of Info Flora, 2021,
Exploring Respect During Childbirth among Nurses, Women and their Families
Creators: Johnson, Leanne C.
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2022

Background: Childbirth is a transitional moment in a person’s life. In Canada, most women give birth in a hospital supported by labour and birth nurses. Respectful maternity care have been revealed as a global concern, yet there is limited research on what respectful care means within the context of nursing practice.

Purpose: The purpose of this research is to explore the culture of respectful care as experienced by nurses, women who recently gave birth and their families within the context of patient and family centered care.

Method: A focused ethnography was conducted utilizing interviews, observations, and review of relevant documents. Semi-structured interviews with nine labour and birth nurses, thirteen perinatal women and one partner were completed.

Results: Four themes emerged: creating space for respectful relationships; shifting autonomy amid pain and vulnerability; navigating relationships with colleagues; and nursing in the middle of competing roles and responsibilities. Creating space involves building a collaborative relationship with a birthing person, supporting their family, and responding to diversity. Shifting autonomy reflects the changes in autonomy in both the birthing person during the birth process and in the nursing role. Navigating relationships among colleagues focuses on the importance of reciprocal respect. Lastly, nursing in the middle highlights how competing roles and responsibilities can impact the nurses ability to provide respectful care.

Conclusion: Providing respectful care during childbirth is essential to safe, high quality nursing care. Nursing care is influenced by other healthcare professionals, the culture of the unit, and the organization.  Respectful interactions between all healthcare professionals is necessary to support respectful care for all.
Synthesis And Characterization Of Ba2+ Doped Ndcoo3 As Potential Cathode Materials For Sofcs Application
Creators: name: Paramananda Jena
name: Kumar, Dinesh
name: Akhilesh Kumar Singh
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018

description: The talk presented at 29th Annual General Meeting Of Materials Research Society Of India And National Symposium On Advances In Functional And Exotic Materials.
Helianthus annuus L.
Creators: name: Info Flora
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Asterales
Asteraceae
Helianthus
Helianthus annuus

description: Helianthus annuus L.
Einjährige Sonnenblume
Art ISFS: 195700 Checklist: 1022260 Asteraceae Helianthus Helianthus annuus L.
Bestimmungsschlüssel
Zusammenfassung
Artbeschreibung (nach Lauber & al. 2018): 0,5-2,5 m hoch, kaum verzweigt, rauhaarig. Blätter wechselständig, herz- bis eiförmig, spitz gezähnt. Blütenköpfe einzeln oder wenige, nickend, Durchmesser 10-40 cm. Zungenblüten 20-70, 6-10 cm lang und bis 2 cm breit, meist gelb. Röhrenblüten rotbraun, seltener gelb. Blütenboden flach, mit Spreublättern, welche die Früchte umschliessen. Diese 8-15 mm lang, grau, oft schwarz gestreift, mit 2 leicht abfallenden Pappusborsten.
Blütezeit (nach Lauber & al. 2018): 7-9
Standort und Verbreitung in der Schweiz (nach Lauber & al. 2018): Schuttplätze, Bahndämme, Wegränder, kultiviert und verwildert / kollin /
Verbreitung global (nach Lauber & al. 2018): Stammt aus Nordamerika
Ökologische Zeigerwerte (nach Landolt & al. 2010) 334-454.t.2n=34
Ökologie
Lebensform Therophyt
Lebensraum Lebensraumnach Delarze & al. 2015
KEINE ANGABE
Ökologische Zeigerwerte nach Landolt & al. (2010)
BodenfaktorenKlimafaktorenSalztoleranzFeuchtezahl Fmässig feuchtLichtzahl LhellSalzzeichen--Reaktionszahl Rschwach sauer bis neutral (pH 4.5-7.5)Temperaturzahl Tsehr warm-kollin (nur an wärmsten Stellen, Hauptverbreitung in Südeuropa)Nährstoffzahl NnährstoffreichKontinentalitätszahl Ksubkontinental (niedrige relative Luftfeuchtigkeit, grosse Temperaturschwankungen, eher kalte Winter)
Nomenklatur
Gültiger Name (Checklist 2017):Helianthus annuusL.
Volksname Deutscher Name: Einjährige Sonnenblume Nom français: Tournesol, Hélianthe annuel Nome italiano: Girasole comune
Übereinstimmung mit anderen Referenzwerken
RelationNomReferenzwerkeNo=Helianthus annuus L.Checklist 2017195700=Helianthus annuus L.Flora Helvetica 20012093=Helianthus annuus L.Flora Helvetica 20122085=Helianthus annuus L.Flora Helvetica 20182085=Helianthus annuus L.Index synonymique 1996195700=Helianthus annuus L.Landolt 19773112=Helianthus annuus L.SISF/ISFS 2195700
= Taxon stimmt mit akzeptiertem Taxon überein (Checklist 2017)  Taxon enthält (neben anderen) auch das akzeptierte Taxon (Checklist 2017)
Status Indigenat: Kultivierter Neophyt: nach dem Jahr 1500 in der Schweiz aufgetreten
Liste der gefährdeten Pflanzen IUCN(nach Walter & Gillett 1997): Nein
description: Published as part of Info Flora, 2021,
Temperature And Frequency Dependence Dielectric And Complex Impedance Studies On Composite Of Lead Titanate And Strontium Sexaferrite (Pbtio3 – Srfe12O19)
Creators: name: Singh, Ajay
name: Vishal Singh
name: Kaur, Balwinder
name: K.K.Bamzai
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018

description: The talk presented at 29th Annual General Meeting Of Materials Research Society Of India And National Symposium On Advances In Functional And Exotic Materials.
Helianthus decapetalus L.
Creators: name: Info Flora
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Asterales
Asteraceae
Helianthus
Helianthus decapetalus

description: Helianthus decapetalus L.
Zehnstrahlige Sonnenblume
Art ISFS: 195800 Checklist: 1022270 Asteraceae Helianthus Helianthus tuberosus aggr. Helianthus decapetalus L.
Bestimmungsschlüssel
ZusammenfassungKEINE ANGABE
Ökologie
Lebensraum Lebensraumnach Delarze & al. 2015
KEINE ANGABE
Ökologische Zeigerwerte nach Landolt & al. (2010)
BodenfaktorenKlimafaktorenSalztoleranzFeuchtezahl F--Lichtzahl L--Salzzeichen--Reaktionszahl R--Temperaturzahl T--Nährstoffzahl N--Kontinentalitätszahl K--
Nomenklatur
Gültiger Name (Checklist 2017):Helianthus decapetalusL.
Volksname Deutscher Name: Zehnstrahlige Sonnenblume Nom français: Hélianthe à dix pétales Nome italiano: Girasole semplice
Übereinstimmung mit anderen Referenzwerken
RelationNomReferenzwerkeNo=Helianthus decapetalus L.Checklist 2017195800=Helianthus decapetalus L.SISF/ISFS 2195800
= Taxon stimmt mit akzeptiertem Taxon überein (Checklist 2017)  Taxon enthält (neben anderen) auch das akzeptierte Taxon (Checklist 2017)
Kommentare aus der Checklist 2017 Neuer Status: Das Taxon hatte im SISF-2 den Status «I» eines eingeschlossenen Namens und ist neu als gültiger Name akzeptiert. Checklist
Status Indigenat: Neophyt: nach der Entdeckung von Amerika in der Region aufgetreten (nach 1500)
Liste der gefährdeten Pflanzen IUCN(nach Walter & Gillett 1997): Nein Neophyten-Infoblatt
description: Published as part of Info Flora, 2021,
The professional development of teachers who will teach in the distance education mode in the Philippines
Creators: name: Orbeta, Luz Manzon
Publisher: name: CQUniversity
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 130199 Education systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Educational sciences
subject: 130306 Educational Technology and Computing

description: Professional development in this thesis means the development of teachers in the context of learning how to teach in the distance education mode. This involves organising professional development for teachers who will teach in the proposed elementary and secondary schools of distance education in the Philippines. The intention of this study has been to provide a solid foundation for enhanced and professionalised distance education teaching in that country. This study drew on an analysis of exemplary models in inducting and developing distance education teachers in Australia. The qualitative research orientation and the case study method were adopted to guide the research design of the thesis. Theoretically the study applied the ideas of Fullan (1993) concerning the management of educational change. Data were collected from the documents gathered and from the semi- structured interviews with the twelve respondents from the Brisbane and Capricornia School of Distance Education, and the Department of Education, Culture and Sports in the Philippines. The analysis of findings in this study revealed useful information about effective professional development principles and practices for distance education teachers. This information addresses the question of how to teach appropriate instructional skills and to enable teachers to become effective change agents. The need for further research in the provision of a regular and continuous training to ensure the sequential skill development of distance education teachers was recommended.