cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
What are the different attributes between entrepreneurs in Australia and New Zealand?
Creators: name: Drever, Margaret
name: De Vries, Herb
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This paper involved intensive interviews, both in Australia and New Zealand based on the framework developed by Timmons (1996), as to what are the attributes of an entrepreneur and the differences are significant from one country to another. Names of the entrepreneurs were randomly selected from the Business Enterprise Register (BER) located at Southern Cross University (Coffs Harbour - campus) in Australia. The selecting criteria of small enterprises for this study were they had to have more than ten employees and less than twenty employees. Whereas in New Zealand a Christchurch Small Business Database developed at Christchurch College of Education was used to extract a random selection of small enterprises that aligned with the criteria set in Australia. Both regions are regarded as tourist destinations and it is of interest to see whether the entrepreneurs have the similar or different attributes. The purpose of interviewing entrepreneurs, in the Coffs Harbour, New South Wales Australia and comparing them with entrepreneurs in Christchurch, New Zealand, to evaluate potential differences in their attributes. Both regions have different employment situations. The Australian region studied had a high percentage of unemployment (approximately fourteen per cent). Some of the entrepreneurs commenced their businesses by using their redundancy payments or moved from the metropolitan areas for a better life style. However the New Zealand region of Canterbury has had traditionally low unemployment and the entrepreneurs sampled entered business for family, lifestyle and achievement reasons. All respondents had previous experience in their particular industry prior to entering self employment.
Supplementary document for Fourier-Basis Structured Illumination Imaging with an Array of Integrated Optical Phased Arrays - 5309701.pdf
Creators: name: Dostart, Nathan
name: Zhang, Bohan
name: Brand, Michael
name: Feldkhun, Daniel
name: Popovic, Milos
name: Wagner, Kelvin
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplement 1
Promoting positive maternal, newborn, and child health behaviors through a group-based health education and microfinance program: a prospective matched cohort study in western Kenya
Creators: name: Maldonado, Lauren Y.
name: Songok, Julia J.
name: Snelgrove, John W.
name: Ochieng, Christian B.
name: Chelagat, Sheilah
name: Ikemeri, Justus E.
name: Okwanyi, Monica A.
name: Cole, Donald C.
name: Ruhl, Laura J.
name: Christoffersen-Deb, Astrid
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2020

description: Background: Chamas for Change (Chamas) is a group-based health education and microfinance program for pregnant and postpartum women that aims to address inequities contributing to high rates of maternal and infant mortality in rural western Kenya. In this prospective matched cohort study, we evaluated the association between Chamas participation and facility-based delivery. We additionally explored the effect of participation on promoting other positive maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) behaviors. Methods: We prospectively compared outcomes between a cohort of Chamas participants and controls matched for age, parity, and prenatal care location. Between October–December 2012, government-sponsored community health volunteers (CHV) recruited pregnant women attending their first antenatal care (ANC) visits at rural health facilities in Busia County to participate in Chamas. Women enrolled in Chamas agreed to attend group-based health education and microfinance sessions for one year; controls received the standard of care. We used descriptive analyses, multivariable logistic regression models, and random effect models to compare outcomes across cohorts 12 months following enrollment, with α set to 0.05. Results: Compared to controls (n = 115), a significantly higher proportion of Chamas participants (n = 211) delivered in a health facility (84.4% vs. 50.4%, p < 0.001), attended at least four ANC visits (64.0% vs. 37.4%, p < 0·001), exclusively breastfed to six months (82.0% vs. 47.0%, p < 0·001), and received a CHV home visit within 48 h postpartum (75.8% vs. 38.3%, p < 0·001). In multivariable models, Chamas participants were over five times as likely as controls to deliver in a health facility (OR 5.49, 95% CI 3.12–9.64, p < 0.001). Though not significant, Chamas participants experienced a lower proportion of stillbirths (0.9% vs. 5.2%), miscarriages (5.2% vs. 7.8%), infant deaths (2.8% vs. 3.4%), and maternal deaths (0.9% vs. 1.7%) compared to controls. Conclusions: Chamas participation was associated with increased odds of facility-based delivery compared to the standard of care in rural western Kenya. Larger proportions of program participants also practiced other positive MNCH behaviors. Our findings demonstrate Chamas’ potential to achieve population-level MNCH benefits; however, a larger study is needed to validate this observed effect. Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT03188250 (retrospectively registered 31 May 2017).
Authorisation of Anticoagulant Rodenticides in Germany
Creators: name: Fischer, Juliane
name: Friesen, Anton
name: Geduhn, Anke
name: Hein, Susanne
name: Jacob, Stefanie
name: Jahn, Barbara
name: Kalle, Agnes
name: Kehrer, Anja
name: Nöh, Ingrid
name: Petersohn, Eleonora
name: Riedhammer, Caroline
name: Rissel, Ricarda
name: Schlötelburg, Anika
name: Schmolz, Erik
name: Schwarz-Schulz, Beatrice
name: Stahr, Christiane
name: Wege, Kristina
name: Wieck, Stefanie
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Rodentizid
subject: Chemische Schädlingsbekämpfung
subject: Ratte
subject: Maus
subject: Schädling
subject: rodeniticides
subject: Rodentizide
subject: Rodent Control
subject: rat poison
subject: Mice
subject: anticoagulant rodenticides
subject: best practice
subject: risk mitigation measures
subject: biocides
subject: authorization
subject: Chemikalien
subject: Chemicals

description: In Germany, rodent control in the non-agricultural area relies heavily on the use of anticoagulant rodenticides, i.e. baits containing active substances that inhibit blood coagulation. Although these compounds have unacceptable effects on the environment, they were authorised under the European Biocidal Products Regulation. However, their authorisation is subject to strict risk mitigation measures (RMM) such as the restriction of use to (trained) professionals or setting mandatory instructions for use. These RMM drove many discussions and raised numerous questions among manufacturers, users and industry in Germany. The German Environment Agency has therefore compiled answers to frequently asked questions (FAQ) on the authorisation and use of anticoagulant rodenticides in this document. The 4th edition provides latest information about the emerging environmental issue of anticoagulant rodenticides in fish and dedicates an entire chapter to rat control in sewer systems. Quelle: https://www.umweltbundesamt.de
description: In Germany, rodent control in the non-agricultural area relies heavily on the use of anticoagulant rodenticides, i.e. baits containing active substances that inhibit blood coagulation. Although these compounds have unacceptable effects on the environment, they were authorised under the European Biocidal Products Regulation. However, their authorisation is subject to strict risk mitigation measures (RMM) such as the restriction of use to (trained) professionals or setting mandatory instructions for use. These RMM drove many discussions and raised numerous questions among manufacturers, users and industry in Germany. The German Environment Agency has therefore compiled answers to frequently asked questions (FAQ) on the authorisation and use of anticoagulant rodenticides in this document. The 4th edition provides latest information about the emerging environmental issue of anticoagulant rodenticides in fish and dedicates an entire chapter to rat control in sewer systems.
COST BREAKDOWN OF RUSSIAN STATE DEFENSE ORDER PROCESSES FOR R&D WORKS
Creators: name: Lyudmila Zubova, David Davydyants
Publisher: name: TuEngr Group
Year: 2020
Subjects: Uncertainty assessment
Risk management
R&D project
Project process
R&D financial indicator
Total risk cost
Russian Government R&D program
R&D in rocket and space technology.

description: International Transaction Journal of Engineering, Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies, 11, 12, 11A12T: 1-6
title: NATIONAL STATUS AND TRENDS, MUSSEL WATCH PROGRAM: A 2020 Assessment of Contaminants of Emerging Concern on the South Atlantic Coast
Creators: name: Tanabe, Philip
name: Swam-Jaramillo, Lauren M.
name: Rider, Mary M.
name: Apeti, Dennis A.
name: Pisarski, Emily C.
Publisher: name: NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/05ba43f71
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2025

description: NOAA technical memorandum NOS NCCOS ; 352
description: In 2020, the National Mussel Watch Program (MWP) assessed the magnitude and distribution of contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) in coastal waters in South Carolina and Florida, the latter in collaboration with the Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML). Using Eastern oysters (Crassostrea virginica) and sediment as indicators of contamination, oyster tissue and sediment samples were analyzed for alkylphenols (APs), polybrominated flame retardants (BFRs) such as polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), and pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCPs).
Kosten und Nutzen einer europäischen Bodenrahmen-Richtlinie für Deutschland
Creators: name: Altvater, Susanne
name: Bodle, Ralph
name: Landgrebe-Trinkunaite, Ruta
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Boden
subject: Europäische Kommission
subject: Nationales Recht
subject: Bodengüte
subject: Daten
subject: Bundesrepublik Deutschland
subject: boden
subject: Europäische Bodenrahmenrichtlinie
subject: Bodenqualität
subject: Bodengefährdung
subject: EU-Regelung
subject: Boden | Fläche

description: Ziel des Vorhabens war es, die sich mit Einführung einer Europäischen Bodenrahmenrichtlinie verändernden Vollzugsaufgaben im Bereich des vor- wie auch nachsorgenden Bodenschutzes zu identifizieren, zu analysieren und zu bewerten. Das Vorhaben sollte eine Kostenschätzung für den nationalen Erfüllungsaufwand bei der Umsetzung einer europäischen Regelung ermöglichen.Nachdem die Europäische Kommission im Mai 2014 den Entwurf der Bodenrahmenrichtlinie zurückzog, wurde das Projekt inhaltlich angepasst. Eine Recherche unter bestehenden, relevanten europäischen Regelungen sollte zusammentragen, welche qualitativen und quantitativen Anforderungen an den Bodenschutz bereits implementiert sind.
The success of Ghanaian women entrepreneurs: human and cash capital factors
Creators: name: Dzisi, Smile
name: Meyer, Denny
name: Buckley, Patricia
name: Selvarajah, Christopher
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This paper examines the human and financial resources available to women entrepreneurs in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Ghana and how these resources relate to their success. Being one of the first studies to explore the attributes and credit facilities available to women entrepreneurs in Ghana, hypotheses were tested to examine the influence of human and financial capital on success as measured by personal and financial achievements as well as contributions to the development of their country. Data was obtained from a survey of 216 Ghanaian women entrepreneurs and interviews with 20 of these women. Results revealed that although the majority of the women entrepreneurs had limited access to finance, did not have higher educational background and had little working experience, they possessed diverse business skills which are positively related to their success. The study found that while Ghanaian women entrepreneurs tend to derive their human capital mainly from their entrepreneurial family backgrounds, and by learning business skills from relatives who are entrepreneurs, their counterparts from developed countries tend to derive their knowledge and skills from high level education and work experience. In addition it was found that while limited financial capital is seen to inhibit successful entrepreneurship in the developed world this was not the case in this study. This paper therefore suggests that research findings regarding women entrepreneurs in developed countries need to be carefully examined before being applied to developing countries.
Supplementary document for Fourier-Basis Structured Illumination Imaging with an Array of Integrated Optical Phased Arrays - 5309701.pdf
Creators: name: Dostart, Nathan
name: Zhang, Bohan
name: Brand, Michael
name: Feldkhun, Daniel
name: Popovic, Milos
name: Wagner, Kelvin
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplement 1
Performance bounds for diversity receptions over a new fading model with arbitrary branch correlation
Creators: name: Olutayo, Adebola
name: Cheng, Julian
name: Holzman, Jonathan
Publisher: name: Springer International Publishing
Year: 2020

description: The performance of a new (Beaulieu-Xie) fading model is analyzed using bounds. This recently proposed fading model can be used to describe both line-of-sight and non-line-of-sight components of a fading channel having different diversity orders. We consider the outage probability and error rate performance of maximal ratio combining, equal-gain combining, and selection combining over arbitrarily correlated Beaulieu-Xie fading channels. Closed-form expressions for upper and lower bounds to the outage probability and error rate are obtained, and it is shown that these bounds are asymptotically tight in the high signal-to-noise ratio regime. The analytical results are verified via Monte Carlo simulations. It is shown that the Beaulieu-Xie fading model can be more useful than the Ricean and Nakagami-m fading models in characterizing environments with both line-of-sight and multiple reflected specular components.
Teachers Beliefs About Mathematics and Multilingual Students
Creators: name: Goss, Alison Mary
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: mathematics primary elementary
teachers beliefs epistemology attitude
multilingual second language ESL bilingual students
sociocultural

description: I used a sociocultural perspective (Vygotsky, 1978) to examine teachers’ epistemological and efficacy beliefs about the teaching and learning of mathematics with multilingual students. Specifically, I use the work of Negueruela-Azarola (2011) who suggests that teachers’ beliefs are conceptualizing tools for thinking about activity. Beliefs, which are social and dynamic, arise from teachers’ lived experiences. What teachers believe is relevant because beliefs inform pedagogical practices and once established are hard to change (Brownlee, Boulton-Lewis & Purdie, 2002; Cross, 2009; Pajares, 1992). Established beliefs with regards to mathematics hold that it is the easiest subject for multilingual students since there is little language involved. On the other hand, established beliefs are that increased English vocabulary is mainly what students need to be successful in mathematics. Barwell (2009) and Moschkovich (2002), using sociocultural perspectives, argue that language is important in mathematics and that multilingual students can participate in mathematical discussions when using resources such as their own mathematical knowledge, objects, and codeswitching. I interviewed five teachers who had experience teaching mathematics to students whose first language was other than English. I found that some teachers had beliefs which contrasted with the philosophies of their training institutions and with their schools. Teachers were found to hold contradictory beliefs. The study showed the importance of terminology in that how teachers referred to their multilingual students reflected their beliefs. Multilingual students were welcomed in the classroom for their contribution to cultural diversity but teachers acknowledged increased workload, and periods of frustration when supporting their multilingual students in mathematics.
title: Gaucher disease in Astrakhan region: clinical picture, features of modern diagnostics and therapy
Creators: name: Zaklyakova, Lyudmila V.
name: Levitan, Boleslav N.
name: Ovsyannikova, Elena G.
name: Shamgunova, Bella A.
name: Petelina, Ilona Yu.
name: Bolgova, Mariya Yu.
name: Zaklyakov, Konstantin K.
name: Ovsyannikova, Lyubov S.
Publisher: name: Astrakhan State Medical University
Year: 2020

description: Gaucher disease belongs to the group of hereditary orphandiseases. The frequency of the Gaucher disease in the general population is 1 : 40 000 – 1 : 70 000. Gaucher disease is a rare autosomal recessive disease, therefore it is more often observed in siblings and is caused by a hereditary deficiency of the hydrolytic enzyme – glucocerebrosidase. Red blood cells and white blood cells, which completed their life cycle with physiological apoptosis in ordinary places of phagocytosis (spleen, liver, lungs), are the sites of accumulation of glucocerebrosides. When their lipid membrane is broken down, glucocerebrosides are released. Deficiency of the glucocerebrosidase enzyme leads to the accumulation of glucocerebroside in the cells of phagocytic mononuclear cells, which leads to the formation of specific Gaucher cells. The article analyzes all diagnosed cases of Gaucher disease in the Astrakhan region. Key words: Gaucher disease, clinical features, diagnosis, enzyme replacement therapy.
description: Astrakhan Medical Journal, Volume 15, Issue 2, 2020, Pages 61–68
“The Past is Perfect”: Leonard Cohen’s Philosophy of Time
Creators: name: Vesselova, Natalia
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: Leonard Cohen
Canadian literature
Canadian novel
Canadian poetry
Time in literature
Jewish Canadian heritage

description: ABSTRACT This dissertation, “The Past is Perfect”: Leonard Cohen’s Philosophy of Time, analyzes the concept of time and aspects of temporality in Leonard Cohen’s poetry and prose, both published and unpublished. Through imagination and memory, Cohen continuously explores his past as a man, a member of a family, and a representative of a culture. The complex interconnection of individual and collective pasts constitutes the core of Cohen’s philosophy informed by his Jewish heritage, while its artistic expression is indebted to the literary past. The poet/novelist/songwriter was famously designated as “the father of melancholy”; it is his focus on the past that makes his works appear pessimistic. Cohen pays less attention to the other two temporal aspects, present and future, which are seen in a generally negative light until his most recent publication. The study suggests that although Cohen’s attitude to the past has not changed radically from Let Us Compare Mythologies (1956) to Book of Longing (2006), his views have changed from bitterness prompted by time’s destructive force to acceptance of its work and the assertion of the power of poetry/art to withstand it; there is neither discontent with the present nor prediction of a catastrophic future. Time remains a metaphysical category and subject to mythologizing, temporal linearity often being disregarded. Although Cohen’s spiritual search has extended throughout his life, his essential outlook on time and the past is already expressed in the early books; his latest publications combine new pieces and selections from previous books of poetry and prose works, confirming the continuity of ideas and general consistency of his vision.
Eyes wide shut: technology entrepreneurship, inertia and the impact of organizational field transparency
Creators: name: Thomond, Pete
name: Steffens, Paul
name: Lettice, Fiona
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Research has consistently linked organizational inertia to the failure of industry incumbents to prosper or even survive from periods of discontinuous change driven by technological entrepreneurship. Recent work has unbundled the structure of inertia into two key determinants; 'resource rigidities' and 'routine rigidities'. In this study, we elaborate our understanding of the conditions under which these two forms of inertia are likely to occur, by drawing on the notion of Organizational Field Transparency, central to Institutional Theory. We use four years of field data from two manufacturing cases and their 21 responses to discontinuous threats and opportunities. We show that as a manager's experience of their organizational field transparency varies (opaque, semitransparent, transparent, semi-hazy or hazy) so does their sensitivity to discontinuous threats and opportunities, along with the legitimacy and intensity of resource and routine rigidities. We offer our findings as a novel conceptual progression with five two-part propositions, which also have implications for dealing with heterogeneity in entrepreneurship and innovation research.
A model checker for LOTOS.
Creators: name: Ghribi, Brahim.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1992
Subjects: subject: Computer Science.

description: LOTOS (Language Of Temporal Ordering Specification) is a Formal Description Technique (FDT) based on the temporal ordering of observational behaviour. It was developed by ISO (International Organization for Standardization) for the specification of OSI (Open Systems Interconnections) services and protocols. CTL (Computation Tree Logic) is a branching-time temporal logic, which can be used to express properties of the system being designed. Efficient algorithms were reported in the literature which make it possible to check whether a given behaviour tree enjoys a property expressed in CTL. Such algorithms constitute what is commonly called "model checking". The topic of this thesis is the design and implementation of a model checker for LOTOS specifications called LMC (LOTOS Model Checker). LMC allows users to check whether a specification behaves correctly. To do so, LMC requires a graph model obtained by expanding the LOTOS specification symbolically, and a set of correctness properties describing the requirements behaviour of the system to be checked. These properties are expressed in the branching temporal logic CTL. We present an introduction to formal description techniques along with a review of some relevant existing work. We then present the technical framework of the branching temporal logic CTL, and discuss some important aspects such as correctness properties of concurrent systems and their classification. We discuss the algorithms used in our model checker together with their application to LOTOS. Finally, we use two examples to illustrate the validation methodology.
title: Artisanal and small-scale gold mining: A cross-sectional assessment of occupational mercury exposure and exposure risk factors in Kadoma and Shurugwi, Zimbabwe
title: Artisanal and small-scale gold mining: A cross-sectional assessment of occupational mercury exposure and exposure risk factors in Kadoma and Shurugwi, Zimbabwe
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Mambrey, Viola
name: Rakete, Stefan
name: Tobollik, Myriam
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2020
Subjects: Human-Biomonitoring
Quecksilber
Simbabwe

description: In artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) the toxic metal mercury is used for gold extraction. The objective of this cross-sectional study was to assess mercury concentrations in urine and blood and mercury-related symptoms of participants identifying themselves as miners from Kadoma and Shurugwi, Zimbabwe. Moreover, we aimed to explore possible risk factors influencing mercury body burden. In 2019, urine and blood samples of 207 participants were collected and analyzed for mercury using atomic absorption spectroscopy. All participants answered questions regarding their exposure risks. The median urine mercury value was 4.75 my g/L with a maximum of 612 my g/L. Median mercury concentration in creatinine corrected urine values was 3.98 my g/g with a maximum value of 478 my g/g. The median blood mercury value was 2.70 ÎÌg/L with a maximum of 167 my g/L. Correlations between exposure risks factors such as the lack of retort use and elevated mercury values were demonstrated. ASGM is very common in Zimbabwe. Thus, mercury exposure is a major occupational health risk for miners. Moreover, this study emphasizes the impact of exposure risk factors on the mercury body burden. © 2020 The Authors
THE THERAPEUTIC POTENTIAL OF MICRORNAS IN PROMOTING VASCULARIZATION FOR BONE HEALING
Creators: name: Jun, Hao Wang
Publisher: name: CARSON JOURNAL
Year: 2024
Subjects: Bone Tissue Engineering, Vascularization, Inflammation, Cell-Based Therapies, Orthopedic Implants

description: In the past thirty years, bone tissue engineering has significantly progressed, leading to advancements in materials and techniques that facilitate cell-based therapies in orthopedics. Despite these strides, challenges remain, particularly concerning the post-transplantation phase where inflammation and suboptimal conditions can compromise treatment success. One of the critical issues impacting the efficacy of bone tissue engineering is the inadequate blood supply to the transplanted tissue during the early stages. This lack of sufficient vascularization can lead to an inflammatory response and a hostile environment for cell survival, ultimately affecting the integration and function of the transplanted bone. Addressing these challenges requires innovative approaches to enhance blood supply and reduce inflammation, thereby improving the overall outcome of bone tissue engineering procedures. This study reviews current strategies and materials aimed at overcoming these obstacles, exploring their effectiveness in fostering better vascularization and reducing inflammatory responses to enhance the survival and integration of engineered bone tissues
The role of adsorption in adsorbing colloid flotation of anions
Creators: name: Angerosa, Julia
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Adsorbing colloid flotation of mercury(II), as a function of chloride concentration and pH, and sulphate and phosphate as a function of pH was carried out in the total carry-over mode (Sanciolo, 1993) and found to be highly successful. A mixed hydrous oxide containing equal portions of aluminium(III) and iron(III) was used in the case of mercury and a mixed hydrous oxide containing a 2:1:1 ration of aluminium(III):iron(III):iron(II) was used in the case of sulphate and phosphate. A dual surfactant mixture of sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS) and dodecanoic acid (DA) was used in all three cases. Flotation was found to be effective both for model, simulated waste samples and for industrial effluents from a chloro-alkaline factory (high in mercury(II)) and a dye-making factory (high in sulphate). Adsorption experiments were also carried out, for the simulated waste, under similar conditions to the flotation experiments, and were found to correlate remarkably well with each other. Precipitates of small size were found to occur at low to medium pH due to the relatively insolubility of dodecanoic acid at low pH. In the presence of mercury, these precipitate altered in appearance, particle size and number. Surfactant, specifically dodecanoic acid was then found to significantly change the adsorption profile of mercury, especially at high chloride concentrations. Sulphate and phosphate were found to adsorb, and to float, in a fashion expected of anionic materials. Specifically, their removal decreased as pH increased. Mercury, in the presence of high concentrations of chloride, exists predominantly in an anionic form (eg. HgCl42-) and might have been expected to mimic the behaviour of sulphate and phosphate. However, it did not. Mercury removal was enhanced at high pH values, similar to that observed with aqueous heavy metal cations (Crawford et al., 1993a), and chloride inhibited both adsorption and flotation.
Experimental Characterization of the Thermal, Hydraulic and Mechanical (THM) Properties of Compost Based Landfill Covers
Creators: name: Bajwa, Tariq Mahmood
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: Thermal
hydraulic
mechanical
chemical
coupled
free air space
degree of saturation
column

description: Landfills are considered to be one of the major sources of anthropogenic methane (CH4) emissions in the environment. A landfill biocover system optimizes environmental conditions for biotic CH4 consumption that controls the fugitive and residual emissions from landfills. A compost material has more oxidation potential in comparison to any other material due to its high porosity, organic content, free flux for gases and water holding capacity. Thermal, hydraulic, bio – chemical and mechanical (THMCB) properties are important factors that can significantly affect the performance of biocover material with regards to CH4 oxidation potential as well as structural stability. Technical data on the thermal, hydraulic and mechanical (THM) properties of compost based biocover materials are quite limited. Hence, a detailed experimental program has been carried out at the University of Ottawa to study the THM properties and behaviour of compost biocover material by conducting experimental tests on small compost samples as well as by performing column experiments. The test results indicate that lower water content (dry of optimum for compaction curve) shows more free air space (FAS) in comparison to higher water content. The compost has almost the same shear strength for various initial water contents and dry unit weights; however, it settles and swells more at higher water content than lower water content per mechanical test results. The thermal and hydraulic properties of compost are a function of the compaction degree in addition to various other parameters. It is also found that the THM properties of compost are strongly coupled and the degree of saturation greatly affects the FAS.
Supplementary document for Distinguishing between coherent and incoherent signals in excitation-emission spectroscopy - 5310549.pdf
Creators: name: De Sio, Antonietta
name: Lünemann, Daniel C.
name: Thomas, Anitta
name: Xu, Jingjing
name: Bartölke, Rabea
name: Mouritsen, Henrik
name: Lienau, Christoph
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Revised Supplemental, S1-S6
Unconscious Prejudice: Examining the Contributions of both Implicit & Explicit Racial Bias to Ethical Decision-Making in Criminology Students
Creators: name: Lazary, Donny
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: Implicit
Explicit
Racial Bias
Attitudes
Ethical
Decision-making

description: Exploring the relationship between prejudice and ethical decision-making within individuals that wish to pursue a career in the field of criminal justice has the potential to yield valuable insights on the ways that moral decisions may be impacted by extraneous factors. The objective of this thesis was to explore this relationship by means of quasi-experimental design and through examining 30 potential criminal justice candidates. Results suggested that significant associations between explicit racial attitudes and ethical decision-making are largely context-specific. Conversely, there was no significant relationship found between implicit racial attitudes and decision-making. In conducting this study, a better understanding of the role that explicit factors contribute within the decision-making process was revealed and a gap within the literature was identified. Also worthy of note, this study was the first known research inquiry into the relationship between both implicit and explicit attitudes and ethical decision-making within a Canadian criminological setting.
A Strategy for Eco-Fashion Design Based on the Clothing Life Cycle
Creators: name: Marzie Hatef Jalil, Siti Shukhaila Shaharuddin
Publisher: name: TuEngr Group
Year: 2020
Subjects: Clothing life cycle
Clothing waste
Design for disassembly
Eco-fashion design
Multifunctional design
Sustainable fashion
Eco-fashion materials
Zero-waste fabric design
Eco dress.

description: International Transaction Journal of Engineering, Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies, 11, 12, 11A12U: 1-13
Risk Analysis in Costal Communities' Decision Making
Creators: name: Mohammadi, Seyedeh Sara
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014

description: The analysis of decision making under risk involves (i) risk assessment - the preparation of appropriate probability assessments of stochastic events; (ii) risk management – the application of quantifiable measures of the impacts of the stochastic events under alternative strategies; and (iii) risk communication – through the governance of structured decision making processes, and tracking and monitoring of the event. This work involves the application of the steps of the risk analysis process on coastal communities facing short-term operational decisions and long-term strategic decisions to deal with the pending impacts of climate change. These impacts include the immediate impacts from the increased frequency of severe storms and storm surge, and the long-term impacts of rising sea levels. The analysis of risk is in support of coastal communities’ decision support systems. This work is a part of the C-Change International Community-University Research Alliance (ICURA) program that is examining the adaptation of selected coastal communities in Canada and the Caribbean. In all these cases, the foundation to support community-based decision making for adaptation is required in the event of mounting evidence that coastal communities are especially susceptible to the changing climate, that coastal communities are under-resourced with respect to their abilities to respond to the climate threats, and that coastal communities are in need of defensible structures on which to make critical decisions on adaptation that will ensure community sustainability. The work draws on: (1) statistical, time-series analysis for predicting the event of storms; (2) the profiling of community threats and vulnerabilities, as well as community environmental, economic, social, and cultural priorities; (3) the calibration and interpretation of storm impacts through utility curve analysis; and (4) the application of the risk analysis to decision making in complex, multi-criteria environments. The significance of determining an appropriate time horizon for adaptation decision making impacts communities’ outcomes. If strategic planning periods are too short, evidence from this research demonstrates that the often used strategy of Status Quo or ‘Do Nothing’ may be justified. However, a more strategic planning period clearly indicates that an active adaptation strategy to Accommodate or Protect the community from severe storms is much preferred to the ‘Do Nothing’ strategy or the unwelcome Retreat strategy in the face of more frequent severe storms. The community of Charlottetown, PEI, is considered as the application of this study.
The (Post)Development of Rwandan Rice-Growers' Cooperatives
Creators: name: Ratcliffe, Joel
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: Rwanda
Rural development
Cooperatives
Co-operatives
Post-development
Rice farming

description: The Rwandan countryside is currently undergoing a process of rapid reform under ambitious government programs to modernize agriculture for participation in national and international markets. While the government asserts that it is pursuing pro-poor growth, many critics present significant evidence to the contrary. This thesis examines the use of farmers cooperatives within the ongoing government campaign of agricultural modernization, and it asks whether the co-ops themselves are sources of personal empowerment and material gain for the small producers. Adopting the “sceptical” post-development position advanced by Aram Ziai, the present research attempts to take a pragmatic look at the ways in which the co-ops meet or fail to meet the material and non-material needs of their members while appreciating that cultural preferences are heterogeneous and dynamic. While the use of farmers cooperatives appears appropriate for the Rwandan marshland, the co-ops examined very much fall short of the post-development social movement model.
From single static to multiple dynamic combinatorial auctions
Creators: name: Perugini, Don
name: Lambert, Dale
name: Sterling, Leon
name: Pearce, Adrian
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: We apply the Provisional Agreement Protocol (PAP) as a new approach to single static, single dynamic and multiple combinatorial auction problems, and empirically evaluate PAP. PAP benefits over one-shot auctions include: bidders not required to submit all bids and their dependencies; interaction with a changing environment during the auction can improve the solution; less communication when each bidder possesses many bids. PAP's backtracking may allow a better solution to be found than the first (greedy) solution, but can be detrimental with multiple auctions when bids (resources) are limited. With multiple auctions, dynamics and competition increases as resources becomes scarce. Therefore, PAP is likely to perform better when many resources are available, which is when auctions are useful anyway. PAP scales well, and applying PAP to a second domain shows its generality.
Evaluation: WebCT and the Student Experience
Creators: name: Weaver, Debbi
name: Nair, Chenicheri Sid
name: Spratt, Christine
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This paper presents findings from an institutional online survey investigating the use of WebCT by students in their learning and teaching at a large Australian University. The survey was designed to ascertain how WebCT was being used, what support services were being utilized, and to determine what areas, if any, needed improvement. Based on anecdotal evidence, it was expected that most student comments would relate to technical and infrastructure issues, but instead, the survey elicited responses primarily on how WebCT was used in teaching and learning, indicating that quality control is a major issue for the University. Generally, students were positive about their use of WebCT and appear to have little trouble in using the technology. Student opinions appear to reflect more the use of the technology made by teaching staff - students who have experienced a well-designed unit rich with resources, timely feedback and good interaction with staff reporting a positive experience with the technology. However, there were equally negative responses from students about poorly designed sites, little or no feedback from staff, outdated information and broken links. The findings in this paper have implications for teaching and learning with technology and the way in which tertiary institutions support students using such technology.
Does household income mediate the association between education and health in Canada?
Creators: name: Veenstra, Gerry
name: Vanzella Yang, Adam
Publisher: name: Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
Year: 2020

description: OBJECTIVES: To investigate whether household income mediates the association between education and health in a nationally representative sample of Canadian adults. METHODS: The data came from the Longitudinal and International Study of Adults linked to income data from the Canada Revenue Agency. Odds ratios and predicted probabilities from binary logistic regression models were used to describe associations between education and (i) self-rated health, (ii) longstanding illness or health problem, (iii) emotional, psychological or mental health problem and (iv) symptoms of psychological distress. The Karlson-Holm-Breen decomposition method was used to investigate the potentially mediating role of household income in these associations. The analyses were conducted separately for women and men. RESULTS: Education was significantly associated with all four health indicators for both women and men. Of the four health indicators, education was most strongly associated with self- rated health for both women and men. Education was more strongly associated with self-rated health and the presence of an emotional, psychological or mental health problem for women than for men. Curiously, men with a postgraduate degree were significantly more likely than men with a bachelor degree to report symptoms of psychological distress. Only modest proportions of the associations between education and health could be attributed to differences in household income. Education and household income manifested independent associations with all four health indicators among women and with three of four health indicators among men. CONCLUSION: Education and household income are joint and independent predictors of health in Canada. Accordingly both should be included in research on socioeconomic health inequalities in this context.
Circular economy for durable products and materials: the recycling of plastic building products in Germany - status quo, potentials and recommendations
Creators: name: Bendix, Phillip
name: Achenbach, Hermann
name: Oehme, Ines
name: Weißhaupt, Petra
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Haltbarkeit
Recyclebarkeit
Gebäude

description: The construction sector is the second largest area for the application for plastics. Due to the long life times of construction products, the implementation of the circular economy faces its own challenges. To investigate this challenge, the study covers a market study for Germany, voluntary take-back and recycling schemes of construction products, as well as the use of plastic recyclates in construction products. In addition, plastic packaging of construction products is covered. Opportunities and barriers to the use of recycled plastics in construction products are derived from the intersection of available technologies, recyclate supply, and technical requirements for construction products. The report concludes with recommendations to various stakeholders on how to promote the use of recyclates in construction products and their packaging. Important points here are the introduction of a recyclate quota for films as construction product packaging and the description of recycling possibilities and recyclate content in the technical documentation of construction products. © The Author(s) 2022
The Third Mexico: Civil Society Advocacy for Alternative Policies in the Mexican Drug War
Creators: name: Gautreau, Ginette Léa
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: Mexico
War on Drugs
Policy Advocacy
Critical Political Economy
Civil Society
Social Movements
Drug Policies

description: The growth of the drug war and rates of narco-violence in Mexico has captured the attention of the international community, leading to international debates about the validity and effectiveness of the War on Drugs mantra. Since 2006, the Mexican government has been actively combating the cartels with armed troops, leading to high rates of human rights abuses as well as growing opposition to official prohibition policies. This thesis explores three movements advocating for alternatives to the Mexican drug war that have their foundation in civil society organizations: the movements for human rights protection, for drug policy liberalization and for the protection and restitution of victims of the drug war. These movements are analysed through a theoretical framework drawing on critical political economy theory, civil society and social movement theory, and political opportunity structures. This thesis concludes that, when aligned favourably, the interplay of agency and political opportunities converge to create openings for shifting dominant norms and policies. While hegemonic structures continue to limit agency potential, strong civil society advocacy strategies complemented by strong linkages with transnational civil society networks have the potential to achieve transformative changes in the War on Drugs in Mexico.
Mechanical Properties of an Inconel Dissimilar Metal Weld
Creators: name: Knapp, Steven
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: Inconel
Weld
Nuclear
Hardness
Digital Image Correlation
Tensile
Finite Element Analysis

description: A pipe consisting of Inconel 600 welded to grade 106-B Carbon-Steel using Inconel 182 weld filler is used to transport heavy water in nuclear reactors. A confidential report concluded that cracking is one of the problems these pipes are currently facing. Before cracking can be fully understood the mechanical properties of the weld must be determined. This thesis analyzed the pipe at various length-scales using optical microscopy, micro-hardness testing, small and large scale tensile testing and digital image correlation (DIC). This thesis successfully achieved it goals of determining the mechanical properties and creating a model of the Inconel dissimilar metal weld. It partially met the goal of observing fracture mechanisms as it was able to observe fracture in tensile samples but was not able to successfully track crack growth.
Action means more than words: how effective can a global action-learning program for entrepreneurship education be? A comparison of the outcomes in Singapore, China, Korea and New Zealand
Creators: name: Mueller, Jens
name: Dewberry, Joe
name: Liang, Tan Wee
name: Hanjun, Hu
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: We review the effectiveness of the same action-learning entrepreneurship program in four countries.
Pflanzenschutz mit Luftfahrzeugen - Naturschutzfachliche Hinweise für die Genehmigungsprüfung
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Schädlingsbekämpfungsmittel
subject: Weinbau
subject: Wald
subject: Natura 2000
subject: Ausbringung von Pflanzenschutzmitteln aus der Luft; Luftfahrzeuge
subject: Pestizid
subject: Natura-2000-Gebiet
subject: Chemikalien
subject: Landwirtschaft

description: Der Einsatzbereich der Ausbringung von Pestiziden mit Luftfahrzeugen ist gesetzlich auf Steillagen im Weinbau und auf Kronenbereiche von Wäldern beschränkt. Im gemeinsamen Informationspapier „Pflanzenschutz mit Luftfahrzeugen“ informieren ⁠UBA⁠ und ⁠BfN⁠ über naturschutzrechtliche Einschränkungen in ⁠Natura-2000⁠-Gebieten, wenn ⁠Pestizide⁠ mit dem Hubschrauber ausgebracht werden sollen. Sind Beeinträchtigungen des Gebietes und seiner Schutzgüter nicht sicher auszuschließen, muss eine ⁠Umweltverträglichkeitsprüfung⁠ nach Bundesnaturschutzgesetz (BNatSchG) durch die zuständige Landesbehörde durchgeführt werden. Das Informationspapier vermittelt dazu praktische Hinweise.