cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Tectono-magmatic evolution of peri-Laurentian and peri-Gondwanan arc-back arc complexes along the Red Indian Line, central Newfoundland Appalachians
Creators: name: Zagorevski, Alexandre
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Geology.

description: The Appalachian-Caledonian Orogen is a classic example of a Paleozoic accretionary orogen which turned into a collisional orogen. The Newfoundland Appalachians represent a critical element of the Appalachian-Caledonian Orogen to evaluate terrane linkages and tectonic models between the North American and European segments, especially those formed during the closure of lapetus. This thesis presents new geochemical, geochronological, Sm/Nd isotope, structural and P/T data and proposes informal tectonostratigraphic framework for the central Newfoundland Appalachians. The data presented in this thesis are used to test tectonic models for closure of the lapetus and thus have important implications for the interpretation of tectonic relationships in other parts of the northern Appalachians (e.g. New England) and the British Caledonides. Central Newfoundland is underlain by the peri-Laurentian Annieopsquotch Accretionary Tract and peri-Gondwanan Victoria Lake Supergroup, separated by the Red Indian Line, the main lapetan suture zone. Subduction in the Annieopsquotch Accretionary Tract initiated at c. 480 Ma. Subsequently two distinct continental arc-backarc terranes (c. 473 Ma Buchans and 465-460 Ma Red Indian Lake arcs) were formed over an approximately 15 Ma period. A refined tectonic model is proposed for the Annieopsquotch Accretionary Tract involving both thrust and strike-slip displacements. The data require rapid accretion of arc-backarc complexes to the Laurentian margin less than 10 Ma after their formation. This accretion forms part of the Taconic Orogeny and is associated with development of D1 shear zones as early as c. 470 Ma. The subduction in the Victoria Lake Supergroup initiated prior to 513 Ma. Subsequently two distinct arc complexes were formed (513-485 Ma Penobscot arc and 473-453 Victoria arc). The Penobscot arc has been previously interpreted as an intraoceanic arc, however Sm/Nd isotopes, zircon inheritance data and stratigraphic relationships indicate formation of the Penobscot arc on continental crust. This crust is similar to Ganderia, which is a postulated peri-Gondwanan microcontinent. The gap in arc magmatism between the Penobscot and Victoria arcs coincides with the obduction of ophiolites onto Ganderia (Penobscot Orogeny). The data presented herein support a new model for the tectonic evolution of the Penobscot arc above an east dipping subduction zone. In this model the Penobscot ophiolites are obducted as a result of backarc basin inversion, possibly due to accretion of a seamount (Summerford Group) or ridge subduction. Following the Penobscot Orogeny, arc volcanism recommenced as the Victoria arc which rifted from the Ganderia margin opening a wide Exploits-Tetagouche backarc in its wake. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Exploring Artificial Intelligence in COVID-19 Detection Through Cough Sound Analysis
Creators: name: Kho, Sarah Jane
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Previous studies feature cough sound recordings and AI for COVID-19 pre-screening. These studies often neglect cough segmentation and relies on single-source datasets. This study introduces a deep learning framework with cough segmentation methods using 15 MFCC coefficients and a Mini VGGNet model. Cross-dataset training and testing with Cambridge, Coswara, and NIH Malaysia datasets were also conducted. Findings highlight manual segmentation (0.4-second duration, 0.1-second overlap) as the optimal cough segmentation method. The best performing model was trained on 80% of merged dataset (triple sourced) and tested on 20% of the Cambridge set achieving 0.921 test-accuracy, 0.973 AUC, 0.910 precision, and 0.910 recall.
title: Smoking prevalence differs by location of residence among Ghanaians in Africa and Europe
title: The RODAM study
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Brathwaite, Rachel
name: Addo, Juliet
name: Kunst, Anton E.
name: Agyemang, Charles
name: Owusu-Dabo, Ellis
name: Aikins, Ama De-Graft
name: Beune, Erik
name: Mockenhaupt, Frank P.
name: Amoah, Stephen [U.V.M.]
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Background Although the prevalence of smoking is low in Ghana, little is known about the effect of migration on smoking. Comparing Ghanaians living in their country of origin to those living in Europe offers an opportunity to investigate smoking by location of residence and the associations between smoking behaviours and migration-related factors. Methods Data on a relatively homogenous group of Ghanaians living in London (n = 949), Amsterdam (n = 1400), Berlin (n = 543), rural Ghana (n = 973) and urban Ghana (n = 1400) from the cross-sectional RODAM (Research on Obesity & Diabetes in African Migrants) study were used. Age-standardized prevalence rates of smoking by location of residence and factors associated with smoking among Ghanaian men were estimated using prevalence ratios (PR: 95% CIs). Results Current smoking was non-existent among women in rural and urban Ghana and London but was 3.2% and 3.3% in women in Amsterdam and Berlin, respectively. Smoking prevalence was higher in men in Europe (7.8%) than in both rural and urban Ghana (4.8%): PR 1.91: 95% CI 1.27, 2.88, adjusted for age, marital status, education and employment. Factors associated with a higher prevalence of smoking among Ghanaian men included European residence, being divorced or widowed, living alone, Islam religion, infrequent attendance at religious services, assimilation (cultural orientation), and low education. Conclusion Ghanaians living in Europe are more likely to smoke than their counterparts in Ghana, suggesting convergence to European populations, although prevalence rates are still far below those in the host populations.
The independent servant: A socio-cultural examination of the post-war Toronto taxi driver
Creators: name: Berry, Kimberly M
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: History, Canadian.
subject: Transportation.

description: The thesis explores the significance of occupational identity of, and for, Toronto taxicab drivers during the regulatory regime of the Metropolitan Licensing Commission, 1956-1998. The study uses municipal records, union papers, and local newspapers to identity four critical spheres of contention between the state and the drivers over their occupational identity. The struggle between the regulators and the workers revealed that cultural values such as obedience, honesty, and respectability were inextricably linked to economic values, such as the price of taxi licenses and lease fees. Efforts by the state to control the cultural values linked to the image and identity of taxi drivers profoundly affected material conditions within the industry including the form and structure of taxi companies, the employment relationship between the companies and the workers, and the working conditions of the drivers. Similarly, changes to industry structure, such as the demise of traditional cab companies and the shift to owner-operated vehicles profoundly affected the identity of taxi drivers by altering their status as employees and restricting their ability to access state-legislated protections and benefits including employment standards and collective bargaining. The thesis documents the active resistance of drivers to controls that dictated their attire and the use of meters, their efforts to gain collective bargaining rights as dependent contractors, and their tactics for coping with three decades of unprecedented crime rates. The study examines four critical battlegrounds in the dialectic of taxi driver identity: industry corruption, employment class, rising crime, and continuing education. In doing so, it finds that during the forty-two-year tenure of the Metropolitan Licensing Commission, the link between the identity of taxi drivers and the coveted image of Toronto repeatedly dictated regulatory policy at the expense of the drivers. Toronto taxi drivers were alternately punished for damaging the reputation of "Toronto the Good", saddled with responsibility for creating a "world-class city", and ignored on issues, vital to them, that were not seen as relevant to the municipality's quest for respectability and growth.
The Influence of IL-10 and TNFα on Chondrogenesis of Human Mesenchymal Stromal Cells in Three-Dimensional Cultures
Creators: name: Jagielski, Michal
name: Wolf, Johannes
name: Marzahn, Ulrike
name: Völker, Anna
name: Lemke, Marion
name: Meier, Carola
name: Ertel, Wolfgang
name: Godkin, Owen
name: Arens, Stephan
name: Schulze-Tanzil, Gundula
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Chondrogenic differentiated mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) are a promising cell source for articular cartilage repair. This study was undertaken to determine the effectiveness of two three-dimensional (3D) culture systems for chondrogenic MSC differentiation in comparison to primary chondrocytes and to assess the effect of Interleukin (IL)-10 and Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF)α on chondrogenesis by MSCs in 3D high-density (H-D) culture. MSCs were isolated from femur spongiosa, characterized using a set of typical markers and introduced in scaffold-free H-D cultures or non-woven polyglycolic acid (PGA) scaffolds for chondrogenic differentiation. H-D cultures were stimulated with recombinant IL-10, TNFα, TNFα + IL-10 or remained untreated. Gene and protein expression of type II collagen, aggrecan, sox9 and TNFα were examined. MSCs expressed typical cell surface markers and revealed multipotency. Chondrogenic differentiated cells expressed cartilage-specific markers in both culture systems but to a lower extent when compared with articular chondrocytes. Chondrogenesis was more pronounced in PGA compared with H-D culture. IL-10 and/or TNFα did not impair the chondrogenic differentiation of MSCs. Moreover, in most of the investigated samples, despite not reaching significance level, IL-10 had a stimulatory effect on the type II collagen, aggrecan and TNFα expression when compared with the respective controls.
Ukrainian Sentiments and Canadian Sustenance: In Remembrance of the 1932--1933 Great Famine (the Holodomor)
Creators: name: Mokrushyna, Halyna
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Sociology, Ethnic and Racial Studies.
subject: Mass Communications.

description: The thesis studies the recent efforts of the Ukrainian community in Canada to raise awareness of the Holodomor, Ukrainian Famine-Genocide of 1932-33. The theoretical framework is built on Jan Assmann's concept of cultural memory (1995), the concept of human rights and social justice elaborated by John Finnis (1980) and John Rawls (1999), the post-modern interpretation of Diaspora by Stuart Hall (1990) and James Clifford (1994), and the positive reading of nationalism by Anthony Smith (1995) and Benedict Anderson (1991). The thesis investigates how the Ukrainian Diaspora in Canada raises awareness of the Holodomor and explores the motivations behind these efforts. This explanatory case study utilizes two qualitative data collection methods: a content analysis of the Canadian legislation and school curricula on the Holodomor as well as in-depth interviews with Ukrainian Canadian professionals involved in the Holodomor awareness campaign. Findings reveal that Ukrainian Canadians concentrate their efforts on political recognition of the Holodomor, on the introduction of it as a compulsory subject in school curricula and on the recording of eye witnesses of the Holodomor. Ukrainian Canadians are driven by the sense of being part of the Ukrainian nation, the need to tell the historical truth and the belief in Canada's commitment to respect and protect human rights. By preserving and sharing the memory of the Holodomor with Canadian society, the Ukrainian Canadian Diaspora re-actualizes its distinctive collective identity, contributes to the reconstruction of the Ukrainian historical memory, supports Ukraine on its way to democracy, consolidates democratic values of Canadian society and contributes to Canada's role as defender of human rights.
title: izmenenie klimata i zdorov'e
title: izmenenie klimata i zdorov'e
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Mücke, Hans-Guido
name: Matzarakis, Andreas
Publisher: name: Umweltbundesamt
Year: 2020
Subjects: Gesundheit

description: Lang anhaltende Perioden extremer Hitze - so genannte Hitzewellen - treten seit etwa 30 Jahren in ungewöhnlicher Häufigkeit in Europa und in Deutschland auf. Die dadurch ausgelösten gesundheitlichen Belastungen können erheblich, mitunter lebensbedrohend sein. Der Sommer 2018 war der zweitheißeste seit Beginn der Wetteraufzeichnungen 1881. Er folgt dem bislang heißesten des Jahres 2003, der in mehreren Ländern Westeuropas insgesamt weit über 40 000 Menschenleben forderte (in Deutschland etwa 7 000). Die erhöhte hitzebedingte Mortalität betrifft vor allem ältere Menschen. Der Ratgeber gibt wichtige Hinweise für ein angepasstes und individuelles Gesundheitsverhalten bei sommerlicher Hitze. Quelle: https://www.umweltbundesamt.de
description: Long-lasting periods of extreme heat - so-called heat waves - have been occurring in unusual frequency in Europe and Germany for about 30 years. The resulting health problems can be considerable, sometimes life-threatening. The summer 2018 was the second hottest since climate records started in 1881. The hottest ever summer was in 2003, which claimed over 40,000 lives in several countries in Western Europe (around 7,000 in Germany). The increased heat-related mortality primarily affects older people. The guide provides important information for a well adapted and individual protective behaviour for summer heat. Quelle: www.umweltbundesamt.de
O'ZBEK XALQINING MILLIY MADANIYATIDA AN'ANA, URF-ODAT VA MAROSIMLARNING O'RNI
Creators: name: Baxtiyorova, Oltinoy
name: Soliyeva, Shahnoza
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Mazkur maqolada o’zbek xalqining asrlar davomida saqlanib kelayotgan, o’zbek xalqining boshqa xalqlardan ajralib turuvchi milliy madaniyati urf-odat va an’analari xususida so’z bordi va  ba'zi mulohazalar yoritib o’tildi.
THE SAMI GALAXY SURVEY: REVISITING GALAXY CLASSIFICATION THROUGH HIGH-ORDER STELLAR KINEMATICS
Creators: name: Van De Sande, Jesse
name: Bland-Hawthorn, Joss
name: Fogarty, Lisa M R
name: Cortese, Luca
name: D'Eugenio, Francesco
name: Croom, Scott M.
name: Scott, Nicholas
name: Allen, James T.
name: Brough, Sarah
name: Bryant, Julia J.
name: Cecil, Gerald
name: Colless, Matthew
name: Couch, Warrick
name: Davies, Roger
name: Elahi, Pascal J.
name: Foster, Caroline
name: Goldstein, Gregory
name: Goodwin, Michael
name: Groves, Brent
name: Ho, I. Ting
name: Jeong, Hyunjin
name: Jones, D. Heath
name: Konstantopoulos, Iraklis S.
name: Lawrence, Jon S.
name: Leslie, Sarah K.
name: López-Sánchez, Ángel R.
name: McDermid, Richard M.
name: McElroy, Rebecca
name: Medling, Anne M.
name: Oh, Sree
name: Owers, Matt S.
name: Richards, Samuel N.
name: Schaefer, Adam L.
name: Sharp, Rob
name: Sweet, Sarah
name: Taranu, Dan
name: Tonini, Chiara
name: Walcher, C. Jakob
name: Yi, Sukyoung K.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 510103
subject: Cosmology and extragalactic astronomy

description: Recent cosmological hydrodynamical simulations suggest that integral field spectroscopy can connect the high-order stellar kinematic moments h3 (~skewness) and h4 (~kurtosis) in galaxies to their cosmological assembly history. Here, we assess these results by measuring the stellar kinematics on a sample of 315 galaxies, without a morphological selection, using two-dimensional integral field data from the SAMI Galaxy Survey. [Abstract truncated]
Determining the Stability of Sugarcane Filtercake Biochar in Soils with Contrasting Levels of Organic Matter
Creators: name: Speratti, Alicia B.
name: Romanyà, Joan
name: Garcia-Pausas, Jordi
name: Johnson, Mark S.
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2019

description: Sugarcane filtercake is a nutrient-rich residue produced prior to sugarcane distillation and is commonly disposed of by applying directly to agricultural fields, often causing high decomposition and leaching rates. Transforming this material into biochar could improve its stability in the soil. In this 92-day incubation study, filtercake biochar produced at 400 °C (BC400) and 600 °C (BC600) was used to trace biochar stability when mixed with two soils with different organic matter levels: an agricultural field (1.2% carbon (C)) and a forest (2.8% C) soil. Based on δ¹³C isotope analysis, biochar decreases in the field soil mostly occurred in the coarse silt fraction. In contrast, biochar decreases in forest soil appeared to be more equally distributed in all particle size fractions. A negative priming effect in biochar-amended soils was noticeable, mainly in the forest soil. Cumulative CO₂ emissions were greater in soils with BC400 than in those with BC600 for both field and forest soils, while adding biochar increased CO₂ emissions only in field soils. This increase did not appear to affect native soil organic matter pools. High-temperature filtercake biochar could thus be a more stable alternative to the current practice of raw filtercake applications.
Reversal of Stock Market Trends: Contrarian Strategies in the Moroccan Context
Creators: name: SOLHI Sanae
name: SERGHINI Yousra
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: This study aims to test the profitability of the contrarian strategy in the Moroccan stock market. This counter-trend strategy involves buying losing stocks and selling winning ones. The underlying intuition is to take advantage of the trend reversal that will occur to correct the discrepancies between stock prices and their fundamental values, caused by an overreaction of the market. This leads us to compare the profitability of this strategy with that of the Momentum strategy. The trend reversal was analyzed using 76 Moroccan stocks over a one-year period, divided into a formation period and a holding period. Our study found that one-third of the stocks listed on the Casablanca Stock Exchange exhibit a price reversal behavior.
Kunststoffe in der Umwelt
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Abwasserbehandlung
subject: Gummiabrieb
subject: Littering
subject: Mikroplastikpartikel
subject: Kunststoffe
subject: Abfallmanagement
subject: Reifenabrieb
subject: Mikroplastik
subject: Wirtschaft | Konsum
subject: Abfall | Ressourcen
subject: Wasser
subject: Boden | Fläche

description: Kunststoffe sind wichtige Werkstoffe, und der Bedarf und Verbrauch steigen seit Jahren stark an. Gelangen die Kunststoffe in die Umwelt, können sie Ökosysteme und Lebewesen massiv beeinträchtigen. Inzwischen finden sie sich in Meeren, Flüssen, Seen und Böden. Eine Hauptursache weltweit ist ein unzureichendes Abfall- und Abwassermanagement, aber es gibt noch viele weitere Quellen wie Reifenabrieb, in der Landwirtschaft eingesetzte Folien oder Plastikpartikel in Kosmetika und Reinigungsmitteln. Auch durch Littering landet immer mehr Plastik in der Umwelt. Dieses Papier zeigt – bezogen auf Deutschland- , wo wir stehen, was wir tun müssen, welcher Forschungsbedarf besteht und welche Maßnahmen wir jetzt schon umsetzen können, um das Problem in den Griff zu bekommen.
Étude comparative sur l'abandon d'enfants.
Creators: name: Pourbaix, Marie-Noëlle.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: Law.

description: Ce travail porte sur la question de l'abandon d'enfants analysee sous l'angle du droit compare. Nous avons tente d'y mettre en relief les differentes interpretations entourant la notion juridique d'abandon et les composantes des systemes quebecois, ontarien et francais relativement aux mesures existant pour proteger l'enfant abandonne. Nous avons examine principalement trois contextes juridiques differents: les lois sur la protection de l'enfant, l'autorite parentale et les declarations d'abandon. Nous avons voulu mettre en lumiere, entre autres, les mecanismes d'intervention en milieu familial en comparant les lois particulieres du Canada au systeme d'assistance educative de la France. Nous nous sommes aussi attardee a la decheance de l'autorite parentale comme moyen supplementaire de proteger l'enfant. Finalement, nous avons etudie le contexte des mesures permettant de rendre adoptable un enfant abandonne. Cette analyse nous a demontre qu'en cette matiere, l'Etat quebecois preconise un systeme hybride, c'est-a-dire un systeme alliant des interpretations et des mecanismes clairement inspires de la common law a d'autres purement civilistes.
Supplementary document for Ultrafast Measurement of Photoacoustic Parameters with Mid-Infrared Frequency Comb Transients - 7048081.pdf
Creators: name: Jang, Hyunmin
name: Lee, Chanseul
name: Cho, Minhaeng
name: Yoon, Tai Hyun
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2024
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: 6 notes, 4 Supplemental figures
The limits of oxygen : the effect of salinity and photoperiod on metabolism and hypoxia tolerance and mechanisms of enhanced oxygen unloading associated with hypoxia tolerance in Atlantic salmon
Creators: name: Carless, Justin
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2025

description: Recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) are one avenue by which the environmental impact of aquaculture may be reduced, although optimal rearing conditions are not conclusively known. Salinity and photoperiod are two such conditions. Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) were raised in three different salinities, 2.5 ppt, 10 ppt, and 30 ppt combined with two light regimes, 12 h of light and 12 h of darkness, or 24 h of continuous light. Intermittent flow respirometry was conducted after 180–200 and 360–380 days and oxygen consumption was measured to determine the animals’ metabolic profile across 12 respiratory indices, including maximum oxygen uptake (ṀO₂max), standard metabolic rate (SMR), and absolute aerobic scope (AAS). Fish reared at 2.5 ppt (429±101 mg kg⁻¹ h⁻¹) had an ṀO₂max 16% greater than those raised in 10 ppt (369 ± 78.1 mg kg⁻¹ h⁻¹) and 22% greater than the fish raised in 30 ppt (351 ± 84.2 mg kg⁻¹ h⁻¹). This difference in ṀO₂max was responsible for a 26% larger AAS when fish were reared in 2.5 ppt (336 ± 96.1 mg kg⁻¹ h⁻¹) relative to 30 ppt (265 ± 83.0 mg kg⁻¹ h⁻¹). The critical oxygen tension (O₂crit) and incipient lethal oxygen saturation (ILOS) were measured to assess hypoxia tolerance. Salmon reared in 2.5 ppt (O₂crit: 14.8 ± 4.73%; ILOS: 12.8 ± 5.89%) had a greater tolerance for hypoxia when compared to 10 ppt (O₂crit: 20.8 ± 8.67%; 16.4 ± 3.23%) and 30 ppt (O₂crit: 18.7 ± 1.77%). Recent studies have found that localized plasma-accessible carbonic anhydrase (paCA) at the tissues and β-adrenergic sodium (Na⁺)/hydrogen (H⁺) exchangers (βNHE) on the red blood cells allow teleosts to greatly increase oxygen extraction to metabolically active tissues, without compromising O₂ uptake at the gill. This has been demonstrated during sustained exercise in salmon, but its role has not been investigated during exposure to environmental hypoxia. To address this, O₂ levels were reduced at a rate of 1.79 ± 0.21% O₂ min⁻¹ with and without injection of C18, a membrane impermeable CA inhibitor. In measurements of % air saturation at ILOS, fish injected with C18 (19.50 ± 1.74%) demonstrated reduced hypoxia tolerance compared to those receiving a saline injection (13.17 ± 1.90%), indicating that functioning paCA enabled salmon to maintain their orientation in waters with over 30% less environmental O₂
Characterization of nuclear import of the glucocorticoid receptor mediated by the nuclear localizaton signal in the ligand binding domain.
Creators: name: Hsu, Brian.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: Biology, Cell.

description: The glucocorticoid receptor (GR) is a member of the nuclear receptor superfamily of transcription factors. Before exposure to hormone, GR is situated in the cytoplasm in a heterocomplex consisting of heat shock proteins and immunophilins. Upon addition of hormone, GR dissociates from this complex and translocates to the nucleus. After hormone withdrawal, GR returns to the cytoplasm where it is found once again associated in a heterocomplex. GR contains two nuclear localization signals (NLS) in its primary sequence. Nuclear localization signal 1 (NL1), a hormone-independent NLS, is located in the hinge region from amino acid residue 486 to 524 in rat GR. Nuclear localization signal 2 (NL2), a hormone-dependent NLS, is found in the ligand binding domain but its sequence has not been delimited further. To determine the contribution by NL2 to the nucleocytoplasmic trafficking of the full length GR, a GR mutant (mutGR) with no NL1 activity was generated by mutation of the three lysine (K) residues at amino acid residues 513 to 515 to asparagine (N). Characteristics of nuclear uptake and occupancy of the full length wildtype receptor (wtGR) and mutGR were determined by a semi-quantitative indirect immunofluorescence (IIF) assay. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Development and Evaluation of Road Network Pricing Models for Travel Demand Management
Creators: name: Munir, Tariq
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This research explores the role of road pricing for managing travel demand and promoting sustainable transport. By reviewing international literature and conducting simulation experiments, it evaluates effectiveness of road pricing, its benefits, and public acceptance in Australia. Findings indicate potential traffic congestion reductions and emissions cuts with appropriate pricing strategies. The study also develops road pricing choice models based on public attitudes obtained through a survey of Australian travellers, highlighting factors influencing road user acceptance. These insights provide policy directions for equitable and efficient road pricing reforms, crucial for Australia's sustainable transport future, bridging knowledge gaps and guiding evidence-based decision-making.
Norbornane: An investigation into its valence electronic structure using electron momentum spectroscopy, and density functional and Green's function theories
Creators: name: Knippenberg, S.
name: Nixon, K. L.
name: Brunger, M. J.
name: Maddern, T.
name: Campbell, L.
name: Trout, N.
name: Wang, Feng
name: Newell, W. R.
name: Deleuze, M. S.
name: Francois, J. P.
name: Winkler, D. A.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: We report on the results of an exhaustive study of the valence electronic structure of norbornane (C7H12), up to binding energies of 29 eV. Experimental electron momentum spectroscopy and theoretical Green's function and density functional theory approaches were all utilized in this investigation. A stringent comparison between the electron momentum spectroscopy and theoretical orbital momentum distributions found that, among all the tested models, the combination of the Becke-Perdew functional and a polarized valence basis set of triple-quality provides the best representation of the electron momentum distributions for all of the 20 valence orbitals of norbornane. This experimentally validated quantum chemistry model was then used to extract some chemically important properties of norbornane. When these calculated properties are compared to corresponding results from other independent measurements, generally good agreement is found. Green's function calculations with the aid of the third-order algebraic diagrammatic construction scheme indicate that the orbital picture of ionization breaks down at binding energies larger than 22.5 eV. Despite this complication, they enable insights within 0.2 eV accuracy into the available ultraviolet photoemission and newly presented (e,2e) ionization spectra, except for the band associated with the 1a2^-1 one-hole state, which is probably subject to rather significant vibronic coupling effects, and a band at ~25 eV characterized by a momentum distribution of 's-type' symmetry, which Green's function calculations fail to reproduce. We note the vicinity of the vertical double ionization threshold at ~26 eV.
Women’s Mid-Life Night Sweats and 2-Year Bone Mineral Density Changes: A Prospective, Observational Population-Based Investigation from the Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study (CaMos)
Creators: name: Wong, Evelyn M. M.
name: Tomlinson, George
name: Pinto, Marsha M.
name: Berger, Claudie
name: Cheung, Angela M.
name: Prior, Jerilynn C., 1943-
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2019

description: Women’s hot flushes and night sweats, collectively called vasomotor symptoms (VMS), are maximal (79%) in late perimenopause. The evidence describing whether VMS are associated with loss of areal bone mineral density (BMD) is mixed. We examined baseline and 2-year data for 1570 randomly selected women aged 43–63 in the Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study (CaMos), a prospective Canada-wide study; we used linear regression to assess the relationship of night sweats (VMSn) with BMD and its changes. Clinically important VMSn occurred for 12.2%. Women with VMSn were slightly younger (54.5 vs. 55.3 years, p = 0.02) and less likely to use sex steroid therapies (39.8% vs. 51.4%, p < 0.05). BMD at the lumbar spine (L1-4), femoral neck (FN) and total hip (TH) were similar between those with/without VMSn. In adjusted models, we did not find a significant association between VMSn and 2-year change in L1-4, FN and TH BMD. Age, reproductive status, weight, sex steroid therapy and smoking status were associated with 2-year change in BMD. Incident fractures over 2 years also did not differ by VMSn. Our analyses were restricted to VMSn and may not truly capture the relationship between VMS and BMD. Additional research involving VMS, bone loss and fracture incidence is needed.
Supplementary document for Hyperspectral multiphoton microscopy for in vivo visualization of multiple, spectrally-overlapped fluorescent labels - 4445260.pdf
Creators: name: Bares, Amanda
name: Mejooli, Menansili
name: Pender, Mitchell
name: Leddon, Scott
name: Tilley, Steven
name: Lin, Karen
name: Dong, Jingyuan
name: Kim, Minsoo
name: Fowell, Deborah
name: Nishimura, Nozomi
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplemental document
Das Erfurter Modell: giftfreies Rattenmanagement in der Kanalisation
Creators: name: Friesen, Anton
name: Behrendt, Hans-Jörg
name: Sackmann, Kathrin
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Ratte
Kanalisation
Rodentizid
Biozid
Spurenstoff
Gewässerschutz

description: Die Rattenbekämpfung in der Kanalisation ist für viele öffentliche und private Kanalnetzbetriebe zu einem Dilemma geworden. Einerseits sorgen die Betriebe bei der Abwasserreinigung dafür, dass Schadstoffe aus dem Wasserkreislauf entfernt werden. Andererseits sind sie in der Regel dazu verpflichtet, Ratten als Gesundheitsschädlinge in der Kanalisation zu kontrollieren. Dazu werden dann für die Umwelt hochproblematische Wirkstoffe in Form von Rattengift in die Kanalisation vom betriebseigenen Personal oder von beauftragten Schädlingsbekämpfungsunternehmen eingebracht. Spätestens seit dem Bekanntwerden der damit verbundenen Umweltrisiken und der Festlegung verbindlicher Vorgaben für die sichere Ausbringung von Ködern hat vielerorts eine rege Diskussion eingesetzt, wie man Ratten wirksam und rechtskonform in der Kanalisation bekämpft, ohne dabei die Gewässer zu belasten. Dass das Rattenmanagement auch ohne den Einsatz von Rodentiziden in der Kanalisation nachhaltig gelingen kann, zeigt das Vorgehen der Stadtentwässerung Erfurt. Im Zentrum steht dabei der Verschluss ungenutzter Anschlussstellen mithilfe von Robotertechnik sowie die Erkenntnis, dass die Kanalbeköderung ohne die Kanalsanierung einen größeren negativen Effekt auf die Umwelt als auf die bestehende Wanderrattenpopulation hat. Quelle: Aufsatz
description: The control of rats in sewers has become a real dilemma for many public and private sewer network operators. On the one hand, operators make sure that pollutants are removed from the water cycle during wastewater treatment. On the other hand, they are generally required to control rats as health pests in the sewer system. To this end, they deploy poisonous bait containing active substances that are highly problematic for the environment in the sewer or commission pest control companies to do so. A lively discussion has begun on how to control rats effectively, in a way that complies with the law and without polluting water bodies as soon as the environmental risks of sewer baiting become public knowledge and mandatory rules for the safe use of bait in the sewer system were established. The approach taken by the Erfurt municipal water company shows that rats can be controlled in a sustainable manner without using rodenticides in sewers. This method is based on proofing and maintaining defective pipes in the sewer system using robot technology and the insight that sewer baiting without sewer maintenance has a much more negative impact on the environment than on the current brown rat population. Quelle: Aufsat
A novel virtual manufacturing system synergising operations and operators for enhanced efficiencies
Creators: name: Yadla, Venkata Aswani Kumar
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Manufacturing industries are vital for Australia's economic growth. Amongst various challenges inefficiencies due to operator operations real-time synchronization is major hurdle. The Virtual Manufacturing System framework (VMS) developed, integrates operations and operators for real-time data capture and analysis. A real-world textile manufacturing industry was implemented with VMS for significant efficiency improvements, ~35% reduction in operation times and production costs, driven by operator performance analysis and predictive models. This framework will set a benchmark for diverse industries and highlights the potential for future advancements, such as incorporating Industrial Internet of Things and bionic enhancements for operators, to further enhance manufacturing efficiencies.
Supplementary document for Hyperspectral multiphoton microscopy for in vivo visualization of multiple, spectrally-overlapped fluorescent labels - 4445260.pdf
Creators: name: Bares, Amanda
name: Mejooli, Menansili
name: Pender, Mitchell
name: Leddon, Scott
name: Tilley, Steven
name: Lin, Karen
name: Dong, Jingyuan
name: Kim, Minsoo
name: Fowell, Deborah
name: Nishimura, Nozomi
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2020
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplemental document
title: Manifestaciones infrecuentes de neoplasias hematológicas: extensión más allá de la médula ósea y del sistema linfático.
Creators: name: Plasencia Martínez, Juana María
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Neoplasia
subject: Haematologic diseases
subject: CT
subject: Oncology
subject: Haematologic

description: Objetivo docente
Revisión del tema
Conclusiones
description: Objetivo docente:
Exponer iconográficamente los casos recogidos hasta la fecha de neoplasias del sistema linfohematopoyético y procesos relacionados,
con extensión neoplásica atípica cervical,
torácica y abdominal.
Dada la rareza de las manifestaciones y...
The Origins and Development of Roger J. Williams' Concept of Biochemical Individuality
Creators: name: Brand, Georg-Benedict
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Bonn
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biochemical Individuality
subject: Roger J. Williams
subject: Roger Williams
subject: Individuality
subject: Human Variation
subject: Metabolic Idiosyncrasies
subject: ddc:610

description: This thesis reconstructs and discusses the research of Roger J. Williams and the process of development behind his concept of Biochemical Individuality. The fundamental theories on which this conjugate term is based summarise all forms of variation shown by human beings on a fundamental metabolic level and explore the consequences of these deviations for science and society. As a pioneer within the budding scientific field of biochemistry, Williams explored, collected, and analysed the extent to which human beings differ on a (bio)chemical level, while additionally investigating the effect of this individuality on science, politics, and society.
 This analysis reconstructs the process of development behind these ideas from inception to conclusion. Chronologically examining all of Williams’ publications and personal documents between the years 1919 and 1956 and discussing these within their historical, political, cultural, and scientific contexts, this analysis investigates the terminology, bibliographical data, and scientific material of these documents in order to illustrate how Williams’ theories and ideas morph over time, while appreciating internal and external influences on this process.
 This research has shown that the concept of Biochemical Individuality undergoes a complex process of development throughout Williams’ career, ultimately culminating in the publication of Biochemical Individuality: The Basis for the Genetotrophic Concept in 1956. The analysis of Williams’ publications has shown that this book represents an abridged summary of all previous research, reflecting aspects of all stages of Biochemical Individuality’s development. It is therefore a clear crystallisation point of his research on human variation and is in accordance with the previously available academic literature on the subject. This work has also indicated how his theories progress and develop, expanding on the previously purported depictions of Biochemical Individuality as a finished product by the in-depth discussion and depiction of Williams’ research process alongside the relativisation of the influence of external theories, circumstances, and individuals. Williams’ studies and concepts of individuality largely remain applicable to medical and cultural conceptions of individuality to this day and can provide a historical perspective on central philosophies for current and future generations.
7-(Phenylsulfonyl)-bicyclo[4.2.0]octa-1,3,5-triene as a synthetic intermediate.
Creators: name: Gowland, Barbara D.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1978
Subjects: subject: Chemistry, Inorganic.

description: The role of 7-(phenylsulfonyl)-bicyclo[4.2.0]octa-1,3,5-triene (benzocyclobutene phenylsulfone (83)) as a synthetic intermediate is investigated. Attempts were made to prepare this compound by several new routes. Cyclization of 1-(chloromethyl),2-(phenylsulfonylmethyl)-benzene ( 127) was attempted with LDA, MeLi, and phase transfer conditions, as well as flash vacuum thermolysis. None of these modifications were successful. The synthesis of phenyl 2-(o-chlorophenyl)ethyl sulfone (80) was approached by a new route in moderate yields by condensation of the anion of methyl phenyl sulfone with o-chloro-benzyl bromide, followed by oxidation. Cyclization of (80) via a benzyne intermediate proved possible with only four equivalents of KNH2. Hindered bases such as 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidide gave intractable tars. The o-quinodimethane intermediate of ( 83) could not be efficiently trapped with maleic anhydride; instead, adducts with toluene and anisole were obtained. A rationale is proposed for this transformation. The anion of (83) was found to be an efficient nucleophile, trapping alkyl bromides, iodides, ketones, and epoxides in high yields. Desulfonylations of the alkylated parent compound were carried out easily and in excellent yields to give the alkyl species. Thermolysis of 7-(phenylsulfonyl)-7-(5'-eta-hexenyl)-1bicyclo[4.2.6]octa-1,3,5-triene (161) resulted in 1,5 hydrogen abstraction to yield styrenes, whereas the desulfonylated species of (161) and (102) were transformed smoothly to tricyclic compounds. Novel approaches to 7-(hydroxy)-bicyclo[4.2.0]octa-1,3,5-triene (benzocyclobutenol (77)) were investigated by intramolecular attack of an aromatic halide on an epoxide via the Grignard or halogen-metal exchange. These attempts did not lead to the desired compound, but instead, gave bromohydrins and olefins.
The electrophoretic properties of end-labeled DNA molecules in gels, polymer solutions and free-solutions: A theoretical and experimental study.
Creators: name: Desruisseaux, Claude.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: Chemistry, Analytical.

description: Many aspects of the electrophoretic properties of end-labeled DNA molecules were studied in free-solutions, in dilute polymer solutions as well as in gels. New theoretical models for the friction coefficient of the hybrid molecules (for all three cases) are presented in this thesis. Our experimental investigation allowed us to validate the theoretical approach. A study of the gel edge electric field gradients in denaturing polyacrylamide gels was also performed and a method to take this gradient into account (in order to obtain reproducible and useful results) is presented. Using that method, the effect of steric trapping in polyacrylamide gels could be investigated (for different electric fields and polyacrylamide concentrations) and the validity of our biased reptation model was experimentally verified. Finally, we demonstrated theoretically that it is possible to build a ratchet system where two molecules having the same charge (DNA and end-labeled DNA fragments) can move in opposite directions when electrophoresed in a zero-integrated pulsed electric field.
Weiterentwicklung des deutschen Makrozoobenthos-Bewertungsverfahrens für Seen "AESHNA" zu einer Strukturgütegestützten Gesamtseebewertung
Creators: name: Miler, Oliver
name: Pusch, Martin
name: Böhmer, Jürgen
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: EG-Wasserrahmenrichtlinie
subject: See [Binnengewässer]
subject: Invertebraten
subject: Seen
subject: Wirbellose
subject: AESHNA
subject: Wasser

description: Zur Bewertung von Seenufern unter der EG-WRRL in Deutschland wurde das Seeuferbewertungsverfahren „AESHNA“ entwickelt. Im vorliegenden Projekt wurden wissenschaftliche Empfehlungen zur Verbesserung der Zuverlässigkeit und Genauigkeit von AESHNA erarbeitet. Die Effizienz der Probenahme-Methode und die Stressorspezifität wurden verbessert. Der Einfluss von Neozoen, trophischer Belastung, natürlicher Windexposition und anthropogenem Wellenschlag auf das eulitorale ⁠Makrozoobenthos⁠ und die hydromorphologische Bewertung mit AESHNA wurden untersucht und quantifiziert. Weitere Projektbestandteile ergänzen und komplettieren den ökologischen Bewertungsansatz für Seen auf Basis des Makrozoobenthos.
title: El vólvulo gástrico en la edad pediátrica
Creators: name: Pérez Vega-Leal, Carmen
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Volvulus
subject: Paediatric
subject: Stomach (incl. Oesophagus)

description: Objetivo docente
Revisión del tema
Conclusiones
description: Objetivo docente:
Conocer la clínica del vólvulo gástrico. Describir las principales causas asociadas que pueden predisponer a la volvulación,su mecanismo de producción así como los hallazgos radiológicos característicos para un diagnóstico...
Supplementary document for Ultralow light level color image reconstruction using high- efficiency plasmonic metasurface mosaic filters - 4446030.pdf
Creators: name: Shah, Yash
name: Connolly, Peter
name: Grant, James
name: Hao, Danni
name: Accarino, Claudio
name: Ren, Ximing
name: Kenney, Mitchell
name: Annese, valerio
name: Rew, Kirsty
name: Greener, Zoe
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplementary information
Male body image and related behaviors surrounding the ideal mesomorphic physique: A multi-phase mixed method investigation
Creators: name: Bottamini, Gina
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Education, Educational Psychology.
subject: Education, Health.

description: The purpose of the research presented herein was to gain a better understanding of male body image-related behaviors through a multi-phase mixed method approach. With research revealing a noted increase in muscularity in media representations of the male physique in the latter part of the twentieth century, context to the present day ideal male physique was first provided via the examination of sculptures and paintings from ancient Greece to the latter part of the 19th century (phase I). The ideal male physique was further examined in the qualitative phase of the research (phase II) where semi-structured interviews with 11 males were conducted. Data obtained from the interviews also aided in the construction of the Male Body Image Behavior Questionnaire (MBIBQ). The structure and length of the MBIBQ as well as its psychometric properties were next examined with a total of 550 participants in phases III and IV respectively. The examination of art representations of the male physique revealed varied depictions of a muscular ideal with interceding portrayals of thin or nonrealistic interpretations. A number of themes emerged from the qualitative data including the ideal physique and attributes, influences, psychosocial consequences, motivations, and behaviors. An interesting finding was that a few of the males expressed a preference for a female interviewer suggesting that cross-gender interviewing should be considered when examining body image in males. The results from the exploratory principal components and confirmatory factor analyses conducted in phase III revealed that the MBIBQ is comprised of four subscales; weight gain, weight loss, avoidance, and appearance. The more extreme behaviors on the preliminary version of the MBIBQ did not meet the criteria for item inclusion and were thus deleted, suggesting that although males may indicate knowledge of more extreme behaviors, their actual utilization may be limited. Phase IV of the research, conducted with 253 participants, showed preliminary evidence of convergent, discriminant, and concurrent validity as well as test-retest validity for the MBIBQ. The MBIBQ is the first of its kind to address several dimensions of body image behaviors in males. The educational implications of the findings for school-based programs are discussed.