cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Cyanobacteria North of 60°: Environmental DNA Approaches
Creators: name: Alambo, Katherine I.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2017
Subjects: Cyanobacteria
Microcystin
Paleolimnology
Environmental DNA
ddPCR

description: Cyanobacterial blooms, such as those recently reported in Great Slave Lake (GSL, NWT), have sparked concern over the occurrence of toxic blooms in the North. This study investigated past and present incidences of cyanobacteria in lakes above latitude 60° N. The abundance of the toxin (microcystin) gene mcyE, as well as genes common to all cyanobacteria (16S rRNA) and bacteria (glnA) were quantified from lake sediment cores using ddPCR. Individual colony isolates from a surface bloom in Yellowknife Bay (GSL) in August 2015 were amplified and identified as non-toxigenic Dolichospermum lemmermannii. Very low levels of microcystin genes were detected through the sediment archives (over ~100-150 yr) of GSL and other lakes, as well as in the plankton of GSL. While recent increases in mcyE were not observed, an increase in the cyanobacterial 16S rRNA and glnA genes was seen through time. In the high Arctic Meretta Lake, gene abundance profiles reflected the effects of past eutrophication and recovery.
Supplementary Material from Enhanced antifouling and antibacterial performances of novel UV-curable polysiloxane/microcapsules/Ag composite coatings for marine applications
Creators: name: Liu, Ze
name: zheng, nan
name: Liu, Jie
name: Jia, Bo
name: Wang, Xiaojun
name: Yao, Pan
name: Zhang, Yayu
name: Xia, Fu
name: Guo, Xinyu
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 340599
subject: Organic chemistry not elsewhere classified

description: Supplementary material-clean version).docx
Hybrid Efficient Unsupervised Anomaly Detection for Early Pandemic Case Identification
Creators: name: Ghajari, Ghazal
name: PK, Mithun Kumar
name: Amsaad, Fathi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Image and Video Processing (eess.IV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: Unsupervised anomaly detection is a promising technique for identifying unusual patterns in data without the need for labeled training examples. This approach is particularly valuable for early case detection in epidemic management, especially when early-stage data are scarce. This research introduces a novel hybrid method for anomaly detection that combines distance and density measures, enhancing its applicability across various infectious diseases. Our method is especially relevant in pandemic situations, as demonstrated during the COVID-19 crisis, where traditional supervised classification methods fall short due to limited data. The efficacy of our method is evaluated using COVID-19 chest X-ray data, where it significantly outperforms established unsupervised techniques. It achieves an average AUC of 77.43%, surpassing the AUC of Isolation Forest at 73.66% and KNN at 52.93%. These results highlight the potential of our hybrid anomaly detection method to improve early detection capabilities in diverse epidemic scenarios, thereby facilitating more effective and timely responses.
La spiritualité vécue dans les couples islamo-chrétiens: partir à la découverte de l'autre.
Creators: name: Jezabel, Jaumain
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: couples mixtes
spiritualité
thérapie de couple

description: Nous vivons aujourd’hui dans un rythme de vie effréné où la vie des couples ne cesse d’évoluer: nationalités différentes, familles recomposées, religions ou philosophies multiples. Parmi eux, nous avons le couple islamo-chrétien vivant dans une société où la question de l’Islam devient sujet de débats. Dans un couple, chaque partenaire avance à son rythme sur son chemin de foi. Un chemin fait de doutes, de pauses, de réflexion selon ses expériences de vie. Mais que se passe-t-il lorsqu’un croyant de confession musulmane cohabite avec une croyante de foi chrétienne? Est-ce que deux religions peuvent trouver leur place de façon à ce que chaque partenaire puisse vive librement l’expression de sa foi ? Comment les couples islamo-chrétiens peuvent-ils trouver leur place dans notre société ? Nous souhaitons ainsi répondre à la question suivante: comment la spiritualité est-elle vécue au sein des couples islamo-chrétiens : 1) de façon personnelle ; 2) dans le couple et 3) dans le milieu social ? La méthodologie utilisée, celle de la phénoménologie, nous a permis de dégager les constituants essentiels du phénomène étudié: la spiritualité vécue au sein des unions islamo-chrétiennes. Nos résultats démontrent que ces unions font - comme tout autre couple - face à des défis, et ce principalement lorsqu’il est question de l’éducation religieuse des enfants. À travers le dialogue, l’ouverture et le respect, les partenaires proposent des compromis et bâtissent sur des valeurs communes. Nos résultats soulèvent l’importance des connaissances dans sa propre confession religieuse et le besoin de soutien au sein des communautés. Au clinicien, cette étude apportera un regard nouveau et des modes d’interventions spécifiques qui reposent sur le souci de la croissance de la personne dans son entièreté. Aux couples islamo-chrétiens, enfin, cette étude apportera les témoignages de nos participants, des ressources, mais surtout un hommage à l’expérience de leur réalité.
Governance-Performance Relationship: A Re-examination Using Technical Efficiency Measures
Creators: name: Bozec, Yves
name: Dia, Mohamed
name: Bozec, Richard
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2008
Subjects: Canada
panel regression
endogeneity
technical efficiency
DEA
corporate governance indexes
Corporate governance

description: The objective of this study is to analyze further the governance-performance relationship while improving on two methodological issues: control for endogeneity and firm performance measurement. To mitigate the endogeneity problem, we, first, focus on sub-samples of firms for which we, ex-ante, expect better corporate governance to cause better performance. Second, we use Generalized Least Square (GLS) regressions for panel data. To control for potential measurement bias, we measure firm performance using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). The research is conducted in Canada over a five-year period from 2001 to 2005. Corporate governance is measured based on the ROB corporate governance index published by the Globe and Mail. Overall, the results show that better governed firms are more efficient. This study is in line with a growing number of recent studies that propose alternative measures of firm performance. By using DEA, this study brings together the corporate finance and productivity literature.
Frailty increases the long-term risk for fall and fracture-related hospitalizations and all-cause mortality in community-dwelling older women
Creators: name: Dent, Elsa
name: Dalla Via, Jack
name: Bozanich, Trent
name: Hoogendijk, Emiel O.
name: Gebre, Abadi K
name: Smith, Cassandra
name: Zhu, Kun
name: L. Prince, Richard
name: Lewis, Joshua R.
name: Sim, Marc
Publisher: name: Torrens University Australia
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 420301
subject: Aged health care

description: Frailty is associated with declines in physiological capacity across sensory, neurological, and musculoskeletal systems. An underlying assumption is that the frailer an individual, the more likely they are to experience falls and fractures. We examined whether grades of frailty can assess the long-term risk of hospitalized falls, fractures, and all-cause mortality in 1261 community-dwelling older women (mean age [SD] of 75.1 [2.7] yr) over 14.5 yr. Frailty was operationalized using a frailty index (FI) of cumulative deficits from 33 variables across multiple health domains (physical, mental, comorbidities) at baseline. The total score across these variables was summed and divided by 33 to obtain the FI. Participants were graded as fit (FI ≤ 0.12), mildly frail (FI > 0.12–0.24), moderately frail (FI > 0.24–0.36), or severely frail (FI > 0.36). Fall-related (n = 498), any fracture-related (n = 347), and hip fracture–related hospitalizations (n = 137) and deaths (n = 482) were obtained from linked health records. Associations between FI grades and clinical outcomes were analyzed using multivariable-adjusted Cox-proportional hazard models including age, treatment (calcium/placebo), BMI, smoking history, socioeconomic status, plasma vitamin D (25OHD) status plus season obtained, physical activity, self-reported prevalent falls in the last 3 mo, and self-reported fractures since the age of 50 yr. At baseline, 713 (56.5%), 350 (27.8%), 163 (12.9%), and 35 (2.8%) of women were classified as fit, mildly frail, moderately frail, and severely frail, respectively. Women with mild, moderate, and severe frailty had significantly higher hazards (all P < .05) for a fall-related (46%, 104%, 168%), any fracture-related (88% for moderate, 193% for severe frailty), hip fracture–related hospitalizations (93%, 127%, 129%), and all-cause mortality (47%, 126%, 242%). The FI identified community-dwelling older women at risk for the most serious falls and fractures and may be incorporated into risk assessment tools to identify individuals with poorer clinical prognosis.
Trinkwasseraufbereitung und Trinkwasserqualität
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Trinkwasseraufbereitung
subject: Trinkwasserqualität
subject: Wasser
subject: Water

description: Die Bibliographie enthält sämtliche Nachweise aus der Umweltforschungsdatenbank UFORDAT zum Thema Trinkwasseraufbereitung und Trinkwasserqualität.
Tunable atomically enhanced moiré Berry curvatures in twisted triple bilayer graphene
Creators: name: Davydov, Konstantin
name: Zhu, Ziyan
name: Friedman, Noah
name: Gramowski, Ethan
name: Li, Yaotian
name: Tavakley, Jack
name: Watanabe, Kenji
name: Taniguchi, Takashi
name: Luskin, Mitchell
name: Kaxiras, Efthimios
name: Wang, Ke
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report a twisted triple bilayer graphene platform consisting of three units of Bernal bilayer graphene consecutively twisted at 1.49° and 1.68°. We demonstrate the atomic reconstruction between the two competing moiré superlattices strongly enhances the Berry curvature of each moiré band insulator state, characterized by measured strong nonlocal valley Hall effect that sensitively depends on the inter-moiré competition strength, tunable by manipulating the out-of-plane carrier distribution. Our study sheds light on the microscopic mechanism of atomic and electronic reconstruction in twisted multilayer systems, by systematically investigating transport signatures of moiré Berry curvature and its enhancement from moiré-of-moiré lattice reconstruction. We show that the reconstructed electronic band can be versatilely tuned by electrostatics, providing an approach toward engineering the band structure and its topology for a quantum material platform with designer electrical and optical properties.
Power Spectrum Density Estimation Methods for Michelson Interferometer Wavemeters
Creators: name: Mulye, Apoorva
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: Spectral Analysis
Wavemeters
Michelson Interferometry
Power Spectrum Density Estimation

description: In Michelson interferometry, many algorithms are used to detect the number of active laser sources at any given time. Conventional FFT-based non-parametric methods are widely used for this purpose. However, non-parametric methods are not the only possible option to distinguish the peaks in a spectrum, as these methods are not the most suitable methods for short data records and for closely spaced wavelengths. This thesis aims to provide solutions to these problems. It puts forward the use of parametric methods such as autoregressive methods and harmonic methods, and proposes two new algorithms to detect the closely spaced peaks for different scenarios of optical signals in wavemeters. Various parametric algorithms are studied, and their performances are compared with non-parametric algorithms for different criteria, e.g. absolute levels, frequency resolution, and accuracy of peak positions. Simulations are performed on synthetic signals produced from specifications provided by our sponsor, i.e., a wavemeter manufacturing company.
Ternary superhydrides under pressure of Anderson's theorem: Near-record superconductivity in (La,Sc)H$_{12}$
Creators: name: Semenok, Dmitrii V.
name: Troyan, Ivan A.
name: Zhou, Di
name: Sadakov, Andrei V.
name: Pervakov, Kirill S.
name: Sobolevskiy, Oleg A.
name: Ivanova, Anna G.
name: Galasso, Michele
name: Alabarse, Frederico Gil
name: Chen, Wuhao
name: Xi, Chuanying
name: Helm, Toni
name: Luther, Sven
name: Pudalov, Vladimir M.
name: Struzhkin, Viktor V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Lanthanum-hydrogen system and its derivatives remain among the most promising for achieving room-temperature superconductivity. In this study, we examined the formation of ternary lanthanum-scandium superhydrides at pressures up to 220 GPa. The primary product of the LaSc alloy's reaction with hydrogen is newly discovered cubic (La,Sc)H$_{12}$, demonstrating clear superconducting transition in all six channels of the van der Pauw scheme below 244-248 K. In this compound with an unusually large unit cell volume, virtually no magnetoresistance was observed in fields up to 68 Tesla. Synthesized samples of (La,Sc)H$_{12}$ demonstrate pronounced superconducting diode and SQUID-like effects at a record high temperature of 233 K. Furthermore, our analysis revealed the formation of lower hexagonal polyhydrides (La,Sc)H$_{6-7}$, which could potentially account for the anomaly in electrical resistance observed near 274 K. This anomaly between 265-290 K also appears in the radio-frequency transmission measurements and may be of a superconducting nature.
description: In the new version we have added radio-frequency measurements (Figure 5), as well as a number of additional figures in the Supp. Info
Supplementary Material from Aggressive interactions influence cognitive performance in Western Australian magpies
Creators: name: Speechley, Elizabeth M
name: Ashton, Benjamin James
name: Thornton, Alex
name: King, Stephanie Laura
name: Simmons, Leigh William
name: Woodiss-Field, Sarah L.
name: Ridley, Amanda R
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 310499
subject: Evolutionary biology not elsewhere classified

description: Supplementary Material.docx
Interlacing triangles, Schubert puzzles, and graph colorings
Creators: name: Gaetz, Christian
name: Gao, Yibo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We show that interlacing triangular arrays, introduced by Aggarwal-Borodin-Wheeler to study certain probability measures, can be used to compute structure constants for multiplying Schubert classes in the $K$-theory of Grassmannians, in the cohomology of their cotangent bundles, and in the cohomology of partial flag varieties. Our results are achieved by establishing a splitting lemma, allowing for interlacing triangular arrays of high rank to be decomposed into arrays of lower rank, and by constructing a bijection between interlacing triangular arrays of rank 3 with certain proper vertex colorings of the triangular grid graph that factors through generalizations of Knutson-Tao puzzles. Along the way, we prove one enumerative conjecture of Aggarwal-Borodin-Wheeler and disprove another.
description: v2: final version, to appear in Communications in Mathematical Physics
Young Adult Fiction, Feminist Pedagogy, and Convergence Culture: “Fangirling” as a Feminist Act
Creators: name: Barton, Tina
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2017
Subjects: Pedagogy
Feminism
Young Adult Fiction

description: JK Rowling’s Harry Potter series, Suzanne Collins’s Hunger Games trilogy, and Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight saga are widely recognized as three of the most successful recent young adult franchises. Although it may not seem so at first, each of these series has a preoccupation with feminist learning; each series’ author, whether explicitly or implicitly, addresses the extent to which their protagonists and fans can learn feminist lessons within, or from, these texts. Each protagonist does seem to undergo some kind of learning experience, and by measuring these against what feminist education scholars such as bell hooks call a feminist pedagogical model, I show that the reality of what is expressed in these texts does not necessarily align with the ways Hermione, Katniss, and Bella have been discussed by critics and fans. Further, I argue that despite their divergence from the didactic nature of earlier feminist young adult fiction, such as that written by Judy Blume, by making connections between young adult fiction and what fan theorist Henry Jenkins calls “convergence culture”, young readers of Rowling’s, Collins’s, and Meyer’s texts, through their critical and creative engagement with online fan activities, are actually participating in a kind of feminist education that interestingly embodies the aims of feminist pedagogy.
Clinician-researcher’s perspectives on clinical research during the COVID19 pandemic
Creators: name: Silverberg, Sarah L.
name: Ritchie, Lisa M. Puchalski
name: Gobat, Nina
name: Nichol, Alistair
name: Murthy, Srinivas
Publisher: name: PLoS ONE
Year: 2021

description: Objectives The outcome of well-performed clinical research is essential for evidence-based patient management during pandemics. However, conducting clinical research amidst a pandemic requires researchers to balance clinical and research demands. We seek to understand the values, experiences, and beliefs of physicians working at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in order to inform clinical research planning. We aim to understand whether pandemic settings affect physician comfort with research practices, and how physician experiences shape their understanding of research in a pandemic setting. Methods A survey tool was adapted to evaluate familiarity and comfort with research during a pandemic. A cross-sectional, online questionnaire was distributed across Canadian research networks early in the COVID-19 outbreak. The survey was administered between March 11th and 17th, 2020, during a time of local transmission but prior to the surge of cases. We aimed to recruit into the survey physicians in infectious disease and critical care research networks across Canada. Results Of the 133 physician respondents, 131 (98%) considered it important to conduct clinical research during the COVID-19 pandemic. Respondents were more accepting of adaptations to the research process in during a pandemic compared to in a non-pandemic setting, including conducting research with deferred consent (χ2 = 8.941, 95% CI: -0.264, -0.085, p = 0.003), using non-identifiable observational data with a waiver of consent with a median score of 97 out of 100 (IQR: 79.25–100) vs median 87 out of 100 (IQR: 63–79) (95% CI: -12.43, 0.054, p = 0.052). The majority felt that research quality is not compromised during pandemics. Conclusions Physicians consider it important to conduct research during a pandemic, highlighting the need to expedite research activities in pandemic settings. Respondents were more accepting of adaptations to the research process for research conducted during a pandemic, compared to that conducted in its absence of a pandemic.
Search for the jet-induced diffusion wake in the quark-gluon plasma via measurements of jet-track correlations in photon-jet events in Pb+Pb collisions at $\sqrt{\mathrm{s}_{\mathrm{NN}}}$ = 5.02 TeV with the ATLAS detector
Creators: name: ATLAS Collaboration
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This paper presents a measurement of jet-track correlations in photon-jet events, using 1.72 nb$^{-1}$ of Pb+Pb data at $\sqrt{s_{\text{NN}}}$ = 5.02 TeV recorded with the ATLAS detector at the LHC. Events with energetic photon-jet pairs are selected, where the photon and jet are approximately back-to-back in azimuth. The angular correlation between jets and charged-particle tracks with transverse momentum ($p_\text{T}$) in the range 0.5-2.0 GeV in the hemisphere opposite to the jet, $|Δϕ\text{(jet,track)}|>π/2$, is measured as a function of their relative pseudorapidity difference, $|Δη\text{(jet,track)}|$. In central Pb+Pb collisions, these correlations are predicted to be sensitive to the diffusion wake in the quark-gluon plasma resulting from the lost energy of high-$p_\text{T}$ partons traversing the plasma, with a characteristic modification as a function of $|Δη\text{(jet,track)}|$. The correlations are examined with different selections on the jet-to-photon $p_\text{T}$ ratio to select events with different degrees of energy loss. No diffusion wake signal is observed within the current sensitivity and upper limits at 95% confidence level on the diffusion wake amplitude are reported.
description: 36 pages in total, author list starting page 19, 8 figures, 0 tables, published in Phys. Rev. C. All figures including auxiliary figures are available at https://atlas.web.cern.ch/Atlas/GROUPS/PHYSICS/PAPERS/HION-2024-01/
Influence of Porosity on the Flame Speed in Gasless Bimetallic Reactive Systems
Creators: name: Akbarnejad, Hesam
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2013
Subjects: SHS
bi-metallic mixtures
flame speed
thermal conductivity
porosity effect

description: Self-propagating High-temperature Synthesis (SHS) is the synthesis of solid materials by a reaction wave propagating into the initial reactants, typically two metals, which can alloy exothermically. Typically, experiments are performed with the reactants in powder form, with relatively low density. Recent experiments by Bacciochini et al. revealed much larger flame speeds in densified powders near TMD (theoritical maximum density), obtained by the cold spray process. The present thesis investigates why the flame speed increases dramatically with an increase in density of the powders. The investigation rests on the analytical model formulated by Makino by controlling how the variables are affected by changes in density. Flame speed measurements were performed in mixtures of nickel (Ni) and aluminum (Al) at different initial densities. The density was varied by controlling the cold-pressing of the samples inside metallic channels and tubes. Experiments were also performed in ball-milled powders, in order to permit comparison with the experiments performed by Bacciochini in these mixtures at nearly maximum densities. The measurements revealed that the flame speed increases with the initial density, with a discontinuous transition occurring at approximately 60% theoretical maximum density (TMD). This transition also corresponds to the point where the powders deform plastically during the compaction process, suggesting that the intimate contact between the particles is responsible for the flame speed increase. The flame speed dependence on powder density is attributed to the changes in the heat conductivity of the pressed powders. At high densities, where the powders have plastically deformed, the continuous structure yields conductivities close to the idealized solid matrix. At these high densities, the conductivity was modeled using the Effective Medium Theory (EMT). Analytical predictions of the flame speed, using available thermo-chemical data for the Al-Ni system were found in good agreement with the present experiments at high densities. At low densities, since Al-Ni is a mixture of loose powders, the EMT model is no longer applicable. Thus, the thermal conductivity was experimentally measured and then was fitted using the semi-empirical model suggested by Aivazov. Using this data, Makino's model predicts the correct flame speed dependence observed experimentally. The present thesis has thus established that the dependence of flame speed on density is due mainly to the changes in the structure and thermal conductivity of the powders.
Volatile MoS${_2}$ Memristors with Lateral Silver Ion Migration for Artificial Neuron Applications
Creators: name: Cruces, Sofia
name: Ganeriwala, Mohit D.
name: Lee, Jimin
name: Völkel, Lukas
name: Braun, Dennis
name: Grundmann, Annika
name: Ran, Ke
name: Marín, Enrique G.
name: Kalisch, Holger
name: Heuken, Michael
name: Vescan, Andrei
name: Mayer, Joachim
name: Godoy, Andrés
name: Daus, Alwin
name: Lemme, Max C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Applied Physics (physics.app-ph)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Layered two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors have shown enhanced ion migration capabilities along their van der Waals (vdW) gaps and on their surfaces. This effect can be employed for resistive switching (RS) in devices for emerging memories, selectors, and neuromorphic computing. To date, all lateral molybdenum disulfide (MoS${_2}$)-based volatile RS devices with silver (Ag) ion migration have been demonstrated using exfoliated, single-crystal MoS${_2}$ flakes requiring a forming step to enable RS. Here, we present volatile RS with multilayer MoS${_2}$ grown by metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) with repeatable forming-free operation. The devices show highly reproducible volatile RS with low operating voltages of approximately 2 V and fast switching times down to 130 ns considering their micrometer scale dimensions. We investigate the switching mechanism based on Ag ion surface migration through transmission electron microscopy, electronic transport modeling, and density functional theory. Finally, we develop a physics-based compact model and explore the implementation of our volatile memristors as artificial neurons in neuromorphic systems.
description: 43 pages
Fighting Fear with Fear: A Governmental Criminology of Peace Bonds
Creators: name: Doerksen, Mark D.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2013
Subjects: Peace bonds
governance
law
sociology of law
critical legal studies
biopolitics
risk
governmental criminology

description: Peace bonds are a legal tool of governance dating back to 13th c. England. In Canada, a significant change in the application of peace bonds took place in the mid-1990s, shifting their purpose from governing minor disputes between individuals to allowing for persons who have not been charged with a crime to be governed as if they had. Given the legal test for a peace bond has always been the determination of ‘reasonable fear’, the advent of these ‘specialized’ peace bonds suggests that the object of reasonable fear has changed. Despite their lengthy history, peace bonds have limited coverage in academic literature, a weakness compounded by a predominant doctrinal approach based in a liberal framework. The central inquiry of this thesis moves beyond this predominant perspective of ‘peace bonds as crime prevention’ by developing a governmental criminology, which deepens our understanding of the role of specialized peace bond law in contemporary society. Specifically, governmental criminology takes a Foucaultian critical legal studies approach, which acknowledges legal pluralism and sets out the historical context required for analysis. Ultimately, by unearthing underlying social, economic, and political power relations it is possible to critique the accompanying modes of calculation of fear and risk, thus challenging the regimes of practices that make specialized peace bonds possible. Specialized peace bonds merely manage the consequences of a criminal justice system limited by social, political, and economic circumstances, in a broader biopolitical project of integrating risky populations.
Cyana (Louisia) quentini Karisch 2003
Creators: name: Volynkin, Anton V.
name: László, Gyula M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Erebidae
Cyana
Cyana quentini

description: Cyana (Louisia) quentini Karisch, 2003
(Figs 5–7, 11, 12, 16, 18)
 Cyana quentini Karisch, 2003, Lambillionea 103: 120, figs. 1, 4a, 4b (Type locality: Dem. Rep. Congo (Zaire): Equateur: Kalamba).
 Material examined: 1 male, Rep. Congo (Zaire), 17 km N Kisangani, Masako Field Stat., 00°36’N 25°15’E, 388m, 2–8.II.2008, Gurkovich / Zolotuhin, slide MWM 35737 Volynkin (Coll. MWM / ZSM); 1 male, 1 female, Cameroon, 612m, Central Region, Nkoteng, On Sanaga River, Nkoteng Forest, 04°33’34.2’’N, 11°59’37.6’’E, 24–28.X.2018, LepiLED Light Trap, Safian, Sz., Simonics, G. Leg., ANHRT:2018.36 (ANHRT unique id numbers: ANHRTUK 00059860, 00060176), slides AV5077 ♂, AV5078 ♀ Volynkin (Coll. ANHRT).
 Remark. The specimens from DR Congo and Cameroon show slight differences in male genitalia (in width of uncus, length of juxta, width of distal saccular process, and size of subdiverticula of the distal diverticulum of vesica) (Figs 11, 12). To clarify the status of the different populations of C. quentini examination of more extensive material from different countries is necessary.
 Distribution. The species was found in Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, Congo and Democratic Republic of Congo (Karisch 2003; 2013). The record from Cameroon is new data for the species distribution.
description: Published as part of Volynkin, Anton V. & László, Gyula M., 2019, Cyana smithi, a new species from Liberia (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini), pp. 215-221 in Ecologica Montenegrina 20 (2019) on page 221, DOI: 10.37828/em.2019.20.18, http://zenodo.org/record/13359824
Exploring Progesterone Deficiency in First-Trimester Miscarriage and the Impact of Hormone Therapy on Foetal Development
Creators: name: Hanna, Fahad
name: Bataa, Munkhtuya
name: Abdelmessih, Erini
Publisher: name: Torrens University Australia
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 321502
subject: Obstetrics and gynaecology

description: Background and Objectives: Progesterone deficiency during pregnancy may lead to various complications, including first-trimester miscarriage, which is the most common pregnancy complication. However, progesterone therapy may play a role in pregnancy maintenance and foetal development. The aim of this scoping review is to present evidence on the link between progesterone deficiency and first-trimester miscarriage among pregnant women and assess the impact of progesterone therapy on foetal development. Methods: A comprehensive global systematic search of mainly primary research studies was conducted using several databases. Peer-reviewed studies published between 2010 and 2023 were included. The scoping review was conducted using the framework outlined by the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) and reported using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses—Extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR) statement. Results: Twenty-three articles (which included 35,862 participants) were included in the analysis. Most studies were conducted in mid- to high-income countries. All 23 articles reported a significant positive relationship between progesterone deficiency and first-trimester miscarriage. Furthermore, the majority of studies reported a higher risk of miscarriage when lower levels of progesterone are combined with other declined hormones. While most studies reported that progesterone therapy may reduce the rate of first-trimester miscarriage among pregnant women, no evidence of health-related harm to offspring development was reported. Conclusions: The findings from this systematic–scoping review indicate possible benefits of progesterone replacement therapy in maintaining a healthy pregnancy and foetal development. Rigorous studies that include large sample sizes and systematic reviews are required to confirm these findings further.
Supplementary Tables from Models from Social control is associated with increased reproductive skew in a wild mammal
Creators: name: Maldonado-Chaparro, Adriana A.
name: Philson, Conner S
name: Zhang, Xinping
name: Blumstein, Daniel
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 310901
subject: Animal behaviour

description: Tables for models fitting fewer variables to confirm model fit and statistical significance independent of other fixed effects
Exploring host-children's engagement in tourism: Transcending the dichotomy of universalism and cultural relativism
Creators: name: Khoo, Catheryn
name: Yang, Mona Ji Hyun
name: Yang, Elaine Chiao Ling
Publisher: name: Torrens University Australia
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 350801
subject: Impacts of tourism

description: Globally, considerable numbers of child workers are engaged in the tourism industry. Despite international efforts to eradicate all forms of child labour, the number of child labourers in the service industries has increased due to the ambiguity and challenges in defining child labourers in tourism, the dichotomic views on child labour, and the absence of children's voices in research. This paper explores host-children's perception of their engagement in tourism and proposes a transformative paradigm to transcend the dichotomy of universalism and cultural relativism. Employing photo-elicitation interviews with 82 Cambodian host-children, this paper identifies both favourable and unfavourable perceptions of host-children's engagement in tourism. Hence, it is argued that host-children's engagement in tourism should not be seen as black and white but as a complicated social phenomenon. Based on the findings and discussion, a conceptual framework is proposed to demonstrate how the transformative paradigm guides to address host-children's engagement in tourism.
Axion Dark Matter eXperiment around 3.3 μeV with Dine-Fischler-Srednicki-Zhitnitsky Discovery Ability
Creators: name: Goodman, C.
name: Guzzetti, M.
name: Hanretty, C.
name: Rosenberg, L. J.
name: Rybka, G.
name: Sinnis, J.
name: Zhang, D.
name: Clarke, John
name: Siddiqi, I.
name: Chou, A. S.
name: Hollister, M.
name: Knirck, S.
name: Sonnenschein, A.
name: Caligiure, T. J.
name: Gleason, J. R.
name: Hipp, A. T.
name: Sikivie, P.
name: Solano, M. E.
name: Sullivan, N. S.
name: Tanner, D. B.
name: Khatiwada, R.
name: Carosi, G.
name: Cisneros, C.
name: Du, N.
name: Robertson, N.
name: Woollett, N.
name: Duffy, L. D.
name: Boutan, C.
name: Braine, T.
name: Lentz, E.
name: Oblath, N. S.
name: Taubman, M. S.
name: Daw, E. J.
name: Mostyn, C.
name: Perry, M. G.
name: Bartram, C.
name: Dyson, T. A.
name: Ruppert, S.
name: Withers, M. O.
name: Kuo, C. L.
name: McAllister, B. T.
name: Buckley, J. H.
name: Gaikwad, C.
name: Hoffman, J.
name: Murch, K.
name: Goryachev, M.
name: Hartman, E.
name: Quiskamp, A.
name: Tobar, M. E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report the results of a QCD axion dark matter search with discovery ability for Dine Fischler Srednicki Zhitnitsky (DFSZ) axions using an axion haloscope. Sub-Kelvin noise temperatures are reached with an ultra low-noise Josephson parametric amplifier cooled by a dilution refrigerator. This work excludes (with a 90% confidence level) DFSZ axions with masses between 3.27 to 3.34 $μ$eV, assuming a standard halo model with a local energy density of 0.45 GeV/cm$^3$ made up 100% of axions.
Redshift evolution of the X-ray and UV luminosity relation of quasars: calibrated results from SNe Ia
Creators: name: Li, Xiaolei
name: Keeley, Ryan E.
name: Shafieloo, Arman
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Quasars could serve as standard candles if the relation between their ultraviolet and X-ray luminosities can be accurately calibrated. Previously, we developed a model-independent method to calibrate quasar standard candles using the distances-redshift relation reconstructed from Type Ia supernova at z<2 using Gaussian process regression. Interestingly, we found that the calibrated quasar standard candle dataset preferred a deviation from $Λ$CDM at redshifts above z>2. One interpretation of these findings is that the calibration parameters of the quasar UV-X-ray luminosity relationship evolves with redshift. In order to test the redshift dependence of the quasar calibration in a model-independent manner, we divided the quasar sample whose redshift overlap with the redshift coverage of Pantheon+ Type Ia supernova compilation into two sub-samples: a low-redshift quasar sub-sample and a high-redshift quasar sub-sample. Our present results show that there is about a 4$σ$ inconsistency between the quasar parameters inferred from the high-redshift quasar sub-sample and from the low-redshift sub-sample if no evolution of the quasar relation is considered. This inconsistency suggests the necessity of considering redshift evolution for the relationship between the quasars$'$ ultraviolet and X-ray luminosities. We then test an explicit parametrization of the redshift evolution of the quasar calibration parameters via $γ(z) = γ_0+γ_1(1+z)$ and $β(z)=β_0+β_1(1+z)$. Combining this redshift-dependent calibration relationship with the distance-redshift relationship reconstructed from Pantheon+ supernova compilation, we find the high-redshift sub-sample and low-redshift sub-sample become consistent at the 1$σ$ level, which means that the parameterized form of $γ(z)$ and $β(z)$ works well at describing the evolution of the quasar calibration parameters.
description: 12 pages, 7 figures
FRAM Next Generation at the Pierre Auger Observatory: cloud monitoring in the age of CMOS cameras
Creators: name: Ebr, Jan
name: Karpov, Sergey
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The visibility of stars is often used for cloud detection using all-sky cameras, which have however only a limited reach and resolution near the horizon due to the lack of detectable stars. At the Pierre Auger Observatory, it is also used by the current generation of FRAM robotic telescopes, but -- due to their limited field of view -- only for a small number of selected showers. Thanks to the recent development in astronomical CMOS cameras, we are able to propose a new type of device, specifically tailored to the field of view of the fluorescence detectors (FD) of the Pierre Auger Observatory. The sub-second readout times available with CMOS cameras allows the efficient use of short exposures, and so the field of view of one FD can be covered within half a minute with a resolution and reach sufficient to detect small clouds with a setup that is significantly smaller, simpler and cheaper than the current FRAMs. The FRAM Next Generation (framNG) device will be able not only to detect clouds, but also to assess their optical thickness, provide information on aerosol extinction, sky brightness and possibly even record atmospheric phenomena and astrophysical transients. The main challenge lies in the large data volume produced which necessitates reliable real-time data processing.
description: AAM published in Proceedings of AtmoHEAD 2024, CC-BY license
Mapping Contemporary Canadian English-Speaking Conservatism: An Examination of Axioms, Core Policies, Ideological Opponents and Intellectual/Emotional Appeals
Creators: name: Bridgman, Aengus B.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: Conservatism
Conservative
Ideology

description: Canadian political ideas are commonly accessed through traditional political culture or brokerage politics frames. This literature, while explaining certain political phenomenon in a robust way, fails to adequately appreciate the nuance in contemporary Canadian political ideas. A particularly fertile ground for an exploration of these ideas is in the study of contemporary Canadian conservatism. Through an examination of conservative scholars, pundits and political actors, four distinct strains of conservatism are identified and examined for axioms, core policy recommendations and affective appeals employed. Conservatism is demonstrated to be a multilayered and complex contemporary ideology displaying a remarkable diversity of ideas and understandings of the world. Despite these broad differences in core ideas and policy prescriptions and a number of key sites of disagreement, contemporary conservative ideologies remain bound by a core set of ideas and a common vernacular.
Supplementary Materials from Metabolic scaling of an invasive mussel depends on temperature and invasive predator cues
Creators: name: Gjoni, Vojsava
name: Marchessaux, Guillaume
name: Glazier, Douglas Stewart
name: Wesner, Jeff S
name: Bosch, Maria del Mar
name: Mancuso, Francesco
name: Tantillo, Mario
name: Marsiglia, Nicoletta
name: Sarà, Gianluca
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 310399
subject: Ecology not elsewhere classified

description: Gjoni_et_al_final.pdf
Quantum Natural Gradient with Geodesic Corrections for Small Shallow Quantum Circuits
Creators: name: Halla, Mourad
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Quantum Natural Gradient (QNG) method enhances optimization in variational quantum algorithms (VQAs) by incorporating geometric insights from the quantum state space through the Fubini-Study metric. In this work, we extend QNG by introducing higher-order integrators and geodesic corrections using the Riemannian Euler update rule and geodesic equations, deriving an updated rule for the Quantum Natural Gradient with Geodesic Correction (QNGGC). We also develop an efficient method for computing the Christoffel symbols necessary for these corrections, leveraging the parameter-shift rule to enable direct measurement from quantum circuits. Through theoretical analysis and practical examples, we demonstrate that QNGGC significantly improves convergence rates over standard QNG, highlighting the benefits of integrating geodesic corrections into quantum optimization processes. Our approach paves the way for more efficient quantum algorithms, leveraging the advantages of geometric methods.
Wing-tip Vortex Structure and Wandering
Creators: name: Pentelow, Steffen L.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: wing-tip vortex
trailing vortex
fluid dynamics
stereo particle image velocimetry
laser induced fluorescence
dye visualization
vortex wandering
vortex axis identification
vortex velocity profile
grid generated turbulence

description: An isolated wing-tip vortex from a square-tipped NACA 0012 wing at an angle of attack of 5 degrees was studied in a water tunnel at a chord based Reynolds number of approximately 24000. Measurements were taken using stereo particle image velocimetry at three measurement planes downstream of the wing under each of three freestream turbulence conditions. The amplitude of wandering of the vortex axis increased with increasing distance downstream of the wing and with increasing freestream turbulence intensity. The magnitude of the peak azimuthal velocity decreased with increasing distance from the wing as well as with increases in the freestream turbulence intensity. The streamwise velocity in the vortex core was less than the freestream velocity in all cases. Time resolved histories of the instantaneous waveform shape and location of the vortex axis were determined from sequences of images of fluorescent dye released from the wing.
The working disadvantaged: the role of age, job tenure and disability in precarious work
Creators: name: Jetha, Arif
name: Martin Ginis, Kathleen A. (Kathleen Anne), 1968-
name: Ibrahim, Selahadin
name: Gignac, Monique A. M.
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2020

description: Background: Precarious work is an increasingly common characteristic of industrialized labor markets that can widen health inequities, especially among disadvantaged workforce segments. Study objectives are to compare precarious employment in workers with and without disabilities, and to examine the modifying effect of disability in the relationships between age, job tenure and precarious work. Methods: Employed Canadians with (n = 901) and without disabilities (n = 901) were surveyed on exposure to precarious working conditions. Information on age and job tenure were collected from respondents along with sociodemographic, health and work context details. Multivariable logistic models examined the association between disability and precarious work. Also, multigroup probit models examined precarious work for young (18-35 yrs), middle-aged (36-50 yrs) and older adults (> 50 yrs) and job tenure and was stratified by participants with and without disabilities. Results: Almost equal proportions of young, middle-aged and older participants were recruited. Mean job tenure of participants was 9.5 years (SD = 9.0). Close to one-third of participants reported working precariously. At the multivariable level, a disability was not associated with working precariously. However, multigroup modelling indicated that disability was a significant effect-modifier. Older adults with a disability had a 1.88 times greater odds of reporting precarious work when compared to young adults (OR = 1.88, 95%CI 1.19, 2.98). When reporting a disability, longer job tenure was related to a 0.95 times lower odds of precarious work (OR = 0.95 95%CI 0.93, 0.98). The relationship between age and job tenure was not significant for those not reporting a disability. Discussion: Precarious work has the potential to affect workers with and without disabilities. For those with a disability, being an older adult and/or a new worker can contribute to a greater likelihood of being employed precariously. Policies and programs can be recommended to address precarious working conditions and related health inequities for people with disabilities based on life and career phase.
Metabolic scaling of an invasive mussel depends on temperature and chemical cues from an invasive predator
Creators: name: Gjoni, Vojsava
name: Marchessaux, Guillaume
name: Glazier, Douglas Stewart
name: Wesner, Jeff S
name: Bosch, Maria del Mar
name: Mancuso, Francesco
name: Tantillo, Mario
name: Marsiglia, Nicoletta
name: Sarà, Gianluca
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 310399
subject: Ecology not elsewhere classified

description: Figure S1. Prior sensitivity check showing model parameters estimated with informative priors (as described in the text) versus parameters estimated with weak priors. Similarity of the points indicates that the inference comes almost entirely from the data, not the priors.