cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Developing More Appropriate Culvert Blockage Factors for Use in Flood Modelling Studies on the Sunshine Coast
Creators: name: Manning-Dickfos, Brian
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2015

description: Culverts are often used to convey floodwaters under roadways and other obstacles during rainfall events. Vegetation and debris emanating from upstream urban catchment areas can become mobilised and transported downstream during rain events. This debris can often become trapped and cause blockages in the culvert, resulting in increased upstream water depths and flooding. Flood and hydrological modelling studies generally attempt to consider any impacts due to the implementation of culverts, and in particular, the extent of the flooding should the culvert become blocked. Current culvert design guidelines suggest that a blockage factor ranging from 10% to 50% blockage should be applied for typical storms with some guidelines recommending up to 100% blockage be applied for severe storms. This study in partnership with the Sunshine Coast Council investigated whether or not the current guidelines for the applied blockage factors used in hydrological models are appropriate for the Sunshine Coast region. This was achieved through the use of a Froude-scaled physical model of a real world site that was constructed on a specially design culvert testing rig at the University of the Sunshine Coast. A variety of flowrates and suitably scaled debris were tested.
Book review: 'Using games to enhance learning and teaching: a beginner's guide', edited by Nicola Whitton and Alex Moseley
Creators: name: Aayeshah, Wajeehah
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Review of the book 'Using games to enhance learning and teaching: a beginner's guide', edited by Nicola Whitton and Alex Moseley, published by Routledge, New York, 2012.
title: Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz, Bd. 38 Nr. 1 (1994): Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz
title: Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Mitteilungen Des Kunsthistorischen Institutes In Florenz
Publisher: name: Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz
Year: 2019

description: Band XXXVIII (1994), Heft 1
description: Documents for the pulpits of San Lorenzo...147-153
Storia d’una Fontana. Il Bacco del Giambologna in Borgo San Jacopo...130-146
Castiglione's portrait of Raphael...69-97
Luca della Robbia e Verrocchio. Un Nuovo Documento e una Nuova Interpretazione Iconografica del Tabernacolo di Peretola...48-68
Hochzeitsikonographie im Trecento...1-47
Abkürzungsschlüssel...XXXIII-XXXIX
Verzeichnisse...V-XXXII
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Titelei
Supplementary document for In vivo measurement of the lineal density of red blood cells in human retinal capillaries using high speed adaptive optics ophthalmoscopy - 5291452.pdf
Creators: name: Gu, Boyu
name: Sarraf, David
name: Ip, Michael
name: Sadda, Srinivas
name: Zhang, Yuhua
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biotechnology

description: Supplemental material
Modelling the Effects of Element Doping and Temperature Cycling on the Fracture Toughness of β-NiAl / α-Al2O3 Interfaces in Gas Turbine Engines
Creators: name: Tyler, Samson
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2013
Subjects: Fracture
Toughness
Interface
NiAl
NiPtAl
Modelling
Alumina
Buckling
Spallation
Turbine
Thermal Barrier Coating
Doping
Adhesion
Residual Stress

description: This document describes work performed related to the determination of how elemental additions affect the interfacial fracture toughness of thermal barrier coatings at the bond coat/thermally grown oxide interface in gas turbines. These turbines are exposed to cyclical thermal loading, therefore a simulation was designed to model this interface in a temperature cycle between 200 K and 1000 K that included oxide growth between 2 μm and 27 μm. The fracture toughness of this interface was then determined to elucidate the function of elemental additions. It was shown that minimal concentrations of atomic species, such as hafnium and yttrium cause notable increases in the toughness of the bond coat/thermally grown oxide interface, while other species, such as sulphur, can dramatically reduce the toughness. Furthermore, it was shown that, contrary to some empirical results, the addition of platinum has a negligible effect on the fracture toughness of this interface.
What are you doing outside? A case study of outdoor teaching
Creators: name: Yule Moses, Kylie
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2015
Subjects: case study
education for sustainability
environment as an integrating context
experience-based learning
interdisciplinary curriculum
school garden
school grounds
teaching outdoors

description: This case study investigated the process of teaching outdoors in a primary school. Data collection from 15 participants included a written survey and a follow-up interview providing examples of outdoor teaching practice. Thematic coding was used to categorise data concerning the school's setting and educators' practice in response to their physical and social context. The Environment is used as an Integrating Context (EIC), seamlessly integrating indoor learning with outdoor experiences to enhance student engagement and motivation. Educators report that outdoor teaching activities using experience-based learning strategies engage all students in learning across the curriculum, reduce misbehaviour and foster environmental learning and skills. Involvement in the kitchen garden project has prompted educators to regularly venture outdoors to teach across the curriculum. The Principal's enabling leadership has resulted in a supportive culture amongst educators, and the allocation of resources to continually improve the green school grounds and fund the kitchen garden project. Education for Sustainability principles and teaching strategies are evident in the regular outdoor learning activities conducted at this school. Teaching outdoors has considerable potential to facilitate primary school curriculum delivery, particularly EfS. The research findings provide practical support for the delivery of the Australian Curriculum's cross-curriculum priorities through EIC and outdoor teaching. Application of this research methodology to other school ground settings will contribute further to knowledge regarding the practical process of teaching outdoors and EfS.
The Politics of Torture, Human Rights, and Oversight: The Canadian Experience with the UN's Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture (OPCAT)
Creators: name: Holmes, Erin
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2013
Subjects: torture
human rights instruments
correctional oversight
OPCAT
Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture
policy analysis
policy cycle

description: Torture has long been denounced by the international community; the need to protect citizens from abuse at the hands of the state is a principle enshrined in international law. One area where abuse is common is within the correctional system and as a result, there is a need for oversight in places of detention. The Optional Protocol to the UN’s Convention Against Torture (OPCAT) is an international human rights instrument that acts as a preventive measure to monitor all places of detention through regular visits. Supportive of the OPCAT since its adoption, Canada has considered signature/ratification since 2002 but has yet to commit. The purpose of this study is to identify factors that have led to a delay in Canada becoming State Party to the OPCAT despite adherence to the principles that this instrument embodies. A policy analysis framework was utilized to conduct stakeholder interviews and review government documents. The concept of agenda-setting received special attention and content analysis of media reports and a review of government legislative activity were conducted to provide insight into the prevalence of the issue on the public and political agendas. The author argues that while there are real challenges that policymakers must overcome, the absence of political leadership has resulted in stagnation in the decision-making process. As a result, the issue has disappeared from both the public and political agenda. In order for progress to be made, political will must be created and the impetus to act (‘re-setting the agenda’) must come from civil society in the absence of government engagement on this issue.
Screening and assessment of the older adult in the emergency department
Creators: name: Taylor, Andrea
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2021
Subjects: older adult
emergency department
frailty
screening
assessment

description: Background: The number of frail older adults with complex health conditions presenting to emergency departments (EDs) globally is increasing. In turn, EDs and the broader health system are being tasked to meet this challenging demand. However, older adults are not a homogenous group. Screening older adults who present to the ED who are at risk for frailty, will help identify those at greatest risk of iatrogenic and unforeseen complications such as re-presentation to the ED and those who may benefit from further geriatric assessment. For clarity within this thesis, ‘frailty risk screening’ or ‘frailty screening’ will refer to screening for the adverse events associated with frailty, rather than to identify individuals who may be frail. There are several frailty risk screening tools available, but many are too involved for the fast-paced ED environment. Those developed for use in the ED lack rigorous evaluation of their sensitivity and specificity.
description: Following frailty risk screening, the assessment of a frail older adult, in ED, requires a unique and different approach, compared to that undertaken for a younger adult. In geriatric practice the gold standard for this assessment is the comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA). Again, this is a very detailed assessment and difficult to administer, in toto, in the busy, noisy ED environment. There has been little work undertaken to determine which aspects of such an assessment might be usefully undertaken in the ED; and may provide additional information to support complex decision-making. The frailty risk screening and assessment of the older adult is vital to efficient and effective care, yet is difficult to embed into the unique workflow of the ED. Given the time constraints placed on clinicians with decision-making responsibilities working in the ED, ED-specific screening and assessment processes are required to enhance ED clinical care and decision-making.
Distributed Algorithms for Networks Formation in a Scalable Internet of Things
Creators: name: Jedda, Ahmed
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: Internet of Things
Distributed Algorithms
Networks Formation
Bluetooth Scatternet Formation
RFID
Peer-To-Peer Computing
Object Name Systems
Distributed Hash Tables

description: The Internet of Things (IoT) is a vision that aims at inter-connecting every physical identifiable object (or, a thing) via a global networking infrastructure (e.g., the legacy Internet). Several architectures are proposed to realize this vision; many of which agree that the IoT shall be considered as a global network of networks. These networks are used to manage wireless sensors, Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) tags, RFID readers and other types of electronic devices and integrate them into the IoT. A major requirement of the IoT architectures is scalability, which is the capability of delivering high performance even if the input size (e.g., number of the IoT objects) is large. This thesis studies and proposes solutions to meet this requirement, and specifically focuses on the scalability issues found in the networks of the IoT. The thesis proposes several network formation algorithms to achieve these objectives, where a network formation algorithm is an algorithm that, if applied to a certain network, optimizes it to perform its tasks in a more efficient manner by virtually deleting some of its nodes and/or edges. The thesis focuses on three types of networks found in the IoT: 1) RFID readers coverage networks; whose main task is to cover (i.e., identify, monitor, track, sense) IoT objects located in a given area, 2) readers inter-communications networks; whose main task is to guarantee that their nodes are able to inter-communicate with each other and hence use their resources more efficiently (the thesis specifically considers inter-communication networks of readers using Bluetooth for communications), and 3) Object Name Systems (ONS) which are networks of several inter-connected database servers (i.e., distributed database) whose main task is to resolve an object identifier into an Internet address to enable inter-communication via the Internet. These networks are chosen for several reasons. For example, the technologies and concepts found in these networks are among the major enablers of the IoT. Furthermore, these networks solve tasks that are central to any IoT architecture. Particularly, the thesis a) studies the data and readers redundancy problem found in RFID readers coverage networks and introduces decentralized RFID coverage and readers collisions avoidance algorithms to solve it, b) contributes to the problem of forming multihop inter-communications networks of Bluetooth-equipped readers by proposing decentralized time-efficient Bluetooth Scatternet Formation algorithms, and c) introduces a geographic-aware ONS architecture based on Peer-To-Peer (P2P) computing to overcome weaknesses found in existing ONS architectures.
Studies towards advancing reproductive development in giant grouper (Epinephelus lanceolatus Bloch) using recombinant hormone manipulation
Creators: name: Palma, Peter
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2018
Subjects: giant grouper
aquaculture
sexual maturation
recombinant hormone
biotechnology

description: Groupers are an economically significant commodity owing to the major portion they occupy in the live reef fish trade (LRFT). The giant grouper E. lanceolatus is one of the most sought-after grouper species in the LRFT, and is also a favoured culture species due to its fast growth rate. Captive breeding of giant grouper, however, is challenging due to its large size at sexual maturation, where females mature at 20 kg while males can reach more than 100 kg body weight. Thus, handling is complicated and operational cost is more expensive due to larger facility and additional food and labour required. Giant grouper matures at a late age (~4 years) hence a long period of broodstock conditioning is required before spawning is achieved. In addition, being protogynous hermaphrodites, initially maturing as female and then changing into male, securing broodstock of both sexes is challenging. This thesis is aimed at inducing early sexual maturation in giant grouper using recombinant hormone manipulation so that captive breeding could be done with a younger and smaller broodstock.
Driver Drowsiness Monitoring Based on Yawning Detection
Creators: name: Abtahi, Shabnam
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: driver drowsiness
yawning detection
smart camera embedded system
viola-jones theory
back projection theory
active contour model

description: Driving while drowsy is a major cause behind road accidents, and exposes the driver to a much higher crash risk compared to driving while alert. Therefore, the use of assistive systems that monitor a driver’s level of vigilance and alert the fatigue driver can be significant in the prevention of accidents. This thesis introduces three different methods towards the detection of drivers’ drowsiness based on yawning measurement. All three approaches involve several steps, including the real time detection of the driver’s face, mouth and yawning. The last approach, which is the most accurate, is based on the Viola-Jones theory for face and mouth detection and the back projection theory for measuring both the rate and the amount of changes in the mouth for yawning detection. Test results demonstrate that the proposed system can efficiently measure the aforementioned parameters and detect the yawning state as a sign of a driver’s drowsiness.
title: Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz, Bd. 57 Nr. 1 (2015): Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz
title: Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Mitteilungen Des Kunsthistorischen Institutes In Florenz
Publisher: name: Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz
Year: 2019

description: Band LVII (2015), Heft 1
description: Palazzo Tornabuoni in 1498...43-63
The Carmelite Altarpiece (circa 1290–1550)...3-41
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Evaluation of Safety and Efficacy of Traditional Cree Medicinal Plants
Creators: name: Cieniak, Carolina
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014

description: This thesis evaluated traditional medicines used by the Cree First Nation of Eeyou Istchee (James Bay Region, Quebec, Canada) for safety and efficacy in the context of Type 2 diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease. Drug metabolism and absorption were evaluated using whole cell in vitro models: human liver microsomes and Caco-2 permeability assays, respectively. It was found that the 17 medicinal plant extracts had an effect on the cytochrome P450-mediated metabolism of one co-administered conventional antidiabetic therapy, repaglinide, while having no effect on another, gliclazide. Furthermore, 11 of the extracts were tested for absorption and had no effect on either conventional therapy. One promising botanical, Sarracenia purpurea L. (Sarraceniaceae), was studied in detail. The phytochemistry of the traditional water preparation was compared to the more widely used ethanol extract. The concentrations of the 10 phenolic compounds present, as well as an active principle, the iridoid glycoside morroniside, were very similar between the two extracts, with generally slightly higher concentrations of phenolics in the ethanol extract as expected. However, two triterpenes, betulinic acid and ursolic acid, were 107 and 93 times more concentrated, respectively, in the ethanol extract compared to the water. Further analysis of safety of S. purpurea and morroniside was examined using Caco-2 cells, a model for first-pass metabolism, using 19K microarrays. Following 4- hour and/or 24-hour exposure to 100 μg/mL S. purpurea or 8.8 μg/mL morroniside, no transcript changes related to metabolism or drug transport were significantly altered, thus further supporting its role as a generally safe botanical. However, when S. purpurea was examined in an in vivo model of Alzheimer’s disease, the TgCRND8 (Tg) mice, it increased the frenetic behaviour observed in the Tg mice and further impaired learning and memory as examined by the Morris Water Maze. This impairment was associated with an increased level of the PC(O-16:0/2:0) lipid second messenger. Taken together, these results suggest both potential safety and limitations of using Cree traditional medicines when co-administered with pharmaceuticals. While in vitro studies also suggested potential safety of S. purpurea, it impaired Tg mice in vivo. Furthermore, Cree elders clearly understand the limitations to their traditional therapy as they warned us not to use this plant medicine in a “weakened state”.
Supplementary document for T Grating on Nano-Cavity Array based Refractive Index Sensor - 5291492.pdf
Creators: name: Abed, Yasir
name: Bhuiyan, Md Asif
name: Choudhury, Sajid
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplement 1
Ontologies of Community in Postmodernist American Fiction
Creators: name: Sutton, Malcolm
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: community
American literature
American fiction
Robert Coover
Harry Mathews
Joseph McElroy
Toni Morrison
ontology
postmodernism
Gilbert Sorrentino

description: Using a number of structurally innovative novels from the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s as a basis for study, this dissertation examines the representation of communities in postmodernist American fiction. While novels have often been critically studied from the standpoint of the individual and society, here the often neglected category of community is put under scrutiny. Yet rather than considering it from a sociological point of view, which can potentially favour historical, economic or political grounds for community, this study focuses on the ontological binds formed between individual and community. On one level this study connects formal qualities of postmodernist novels to a representation of community – especially literary conventions from the past that are foregrounded in the present texts. On another level it interrogates the limits of the individual in relation to others – how we emerge from others, how we are discrete from others, how much we can actually share with others, at what cost we stay or break with the others who have most influenced us. The primary novels studied here, each of which is deeply invested in the community as a locus for ontological interrogation, are Robert Coover’s "Gerald’s Party" (1985) and "John’s Wife" (1996), Gilbert Sorrentino’s "Crystal Vision" (1981) and "Odd Number" (1985), Harry Mathews’s "Cigarettes" (1987), Joseph McElroy’s "Women and Men" (1987), and Toni Morrison’s "Paradise" (1997). Despite their varied representations of and attitudes toward the individual in community, these texts share a common spectre of American Romanticism that inflects how we read the possibility of community in the postmodernist period.
The Carmelite Altarpiece (circa 1290–1550)
Creators: name: Gardner Von Teuffel, Christa
Publisher: name: Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz
Year: 2019

description: Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz, 2015: Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz
Playing Property – designing serious games to enhance the learning experience for undergraduate property students in Australia
Creators: name: Boyd, Steven
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2015
Subjects: constructivism
constructive alignment
serious games
property education
higher education
intended learning outcomes

description: Whether Australian universities are in the midst of an education revolution or an early stage of transformation, the needs of the new student cohort are not going to be met by the current teaching model alone. This presents the opportunity to refine program offerings and look to innovative means to constructively align intended learning outcomes, functional learning activities, and formative assessment to support the changing student cohorts. Learning in university property programs may be enhanced through games. Games are, by their nature, fun problem-solving vehicles enabling students to gain skills and build knowledge. Similarly, gameplay presents the means for a student to develop abstract imaginative thinking and realise goals not yet achievable in real life. The problem lies with the lack of alignment between what is learnt through gameplay and the intended learning outcomes of university property programs.
Investigating the relationship between liana abundance and tropical forest recovery
Creators: name: Ngute, Alain Senghor K.
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: biomass
subject: carbon stocks
subject: climate
subject: competition
subject: disturbance
subject: forest succession
subject: restoration
subject: topography
subject: trees
subject: vines
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Climate change impacts and adaptation
subject: Ecological applications

description: Lianas, or woody vines, are integral components of tropical forests that have substantial impacts on the dynamics and functioning of these important ecosystems. There is growing evidence that liana competition with trees is threatening the global carbon sink by hindering the recovery of forests from disturbances. A recent hypothesis, built on local and regional evidence, suggests that their competitive success over trees (liana dominance) is facilitated by interactions between forest disturbance and climate. Despite their increasing competitiveness with trees at the global scale, robust measurements of liana aboveground biomass (AGB) have been limited. Moreover, it is unclear how forest disturbance interacts with liana–tree ratios (LTRs), climate, topography and soil properties to shape tree dynamics and the trajectories of succession in tropical forests. This thesis aims to improve understanding of the role lianas play in the recovery of tropical forests from disturbance, through the use of innovative sampling approaches to investigate forest dynamics and relationships with disturbance, liana–tree trade-offs and environmental factors.
Identification of Inverted Formin 1 (FHDC1)-Interacting Proteins by BioID Proximity-Dependent Labeling.
Creators: name: McRae, Andrea
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: BioID
Inverted-Formin 1 (FHDC1)

description: The actin and microtubule cytoskeleton play critical roles in Golgi and cilia assembly. Inverted-Formin 1 (INF1) is a novel, microtubule-associated protein that regulates both actin and microtubule dynamics and affects Golgi and cilia assembly. A non-biased discovery based approach was used to investigate the interactome of INF1 using BioID in combination with stable isotopic labeling in cell culture (SILAC). A number of INF1-interacting proteins were identified and validated in co-IP experiments. The INF1 interaction domains were mapped using an extensive set of INF1 deletion and point mutation derivatives. Functional characterization of these interactions suggests a mechanism for the effects of INF1 on ciliogenesis. The establishment and maintenance of cellular architecture requires the coordinated, dynamic regulation of actin and microtubule networks. Our data suggests that INF1 plays a crucial role in connecting these two cytoskeletal networks for the regulated assembly of the Golgi ribbon and the primary cilium.
Additional file 1 of Younger age of patients with myocardial infarction is associated with a higher number of relatives with a history of premature atherosclerosis
Creators: name: Ambroziak, Michał
name: Niewczas-Wieprzowska, Katarzyna
name: Maicka, Agnieszka
name: Budaj, Andrzej
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Additional file 1: Table 1. Differences in the age of the first episode MI among patients with 0, 1 and >=2 affected relatives with the history of premature MI and MI at any age.
Praxisleitfaden für Hersteller und Betreiber mobiler Trinkwasserversorgungsanlagen
Creators: name: Bartel, Hartmut
name: Krüger, Wolfgang
name: Mahnke, Rainer
Publisher: name: Beuth-Verlag GmbH
Year: 2020
Subjects: Trinkwasser
Trinkwasserversorgung
Leitfaden
Wasserversorgung

description: Der Praxisleitfaden für Hersteller und Betreiber von mobilen Trinkwasserversorgungsanlagen basiert auf der Norm DIN 2001-2:2018-01 zur Trinkwasserversorgung aus nicht ortsfesten Anlagen, die Bestandteil des DVGW-Regelwerks ist. Das Dokument (im Originaltext enthalten) enthält Leitsätze zu Planung, Bau, Betrieb und Instandhaltung solcher mobilen Anlagen. Die Autoren erläutern die Festlegungen mit Fokus auf die verschiedenen Anwendergruppen (Hersteller, Betreiber und Behörden), beantworten offene Fragen bezüglich der Interpretation und Umsetzung der Norm in Verbindung mit geltenden Rechtsvorschriften und bieten konkrete Hilfen für die betriebliche Umsetzung (z. B. Checklisten für die Eigenüberwachung). Quelle: Verlagsinformation
Supplementary document for T Grating on Nano-Cavity Array based Refractive Index Sensor - 5291492.pdf
Creators: name: Abed, Yasir
name: Bhuiyan, Md Asif
name: Choudhury, Sajid
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplement 1
Role of Microbiomes and Oral DNA Delivery in Finfish and Shellfish Aquaculture Development
Creators: name: Nguyen, Chan D H
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2020
Subjects: nuclear localization signals
DNA delivery
Australian red-claw crayfish
follicle-stimulating
glycoprotein hormone
Atlantic salmon
microbiota
flesh color
pigmentation
carotenoids

description: In order to fulfill the domestic demand as well as exploitation without breaking the wild-catch limitation, aquaculture productivity needs to be boosted by adopting state-of-art biotechnology solutions. At this stage, the Australian aquaculture industry has invested in scientific research to adopt advanced technologies to understand the obstacles at the scientific level. However, there are still demands for practical solutions that are simple and applicable in on a large scale. In this thesis, I investigated two perspectives to help boost productivity: delivery of DNA and peptides to support physiological functions that are inhibited in captivity, and explore the huge potential of gut microbiota and their relationship with the host phenotype of interest.
Thermodynamics and kinetics of transition metal borides formation in molten aluminium
Creators: name: Khaliq, Abdul
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Aluminium is widely used for overhead cables after the removal of vanadium (V), titanium (Ti), zirconium (Zr) and chromium (Cr) impurities that deteriorate its electrical conductivity. These impurities are removed in casthouse by the addition of Al-B (AlB12/AlB2) master alloys called boron treatment. In the current study, thermodynamics analysis of transition metal impurities removal from molten aluminium was investigated using FactSage and HSC chemistry. Kinetics analysis of VB2 formation in molten aluminium was also carried out. It was established that the kinetics of VB2 formation was controlled by the liquid phase mass transfer in the early stage of reaction. The second stage was controlled by the diffusion of [B]/ [V] through VB2 layer formed in the first stage. Finally, recommendations were given to industry based on the industrial trials and laboratory investigations that may help to improve current boron treatment of molten aluminium.
title: Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz, Bd. 57 Nr. 2 (2015): Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz. Beiheft
title: Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz. Beiheft
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Mitteilungen Des Kunsthistorischen Institutes In Florenz
Publisher: name: Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz
Year: 2019

description: Band LVII (2015), Heft 2


Jacopo Ligozzi 2015
description: Tre serpi, tre vedove e alcune piante...212-252
Pietosi affetti e arte grafica nei madrigali dipinti per le storie francescane di Ognissanti...176-189
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ExpansionHunter Denovo: a computational method for locating known and novel repeat expansions in short-read sequencing data
Creators: name: Dolzhenko, Egor
name: Bennett, Mark F.
name: Richmond, Phillip A.
name: Trost, Brett
name: Chen, Sai
name: Van Vugt, Joke J. F. A.
name: Nguyen, Charlotte
name: Narzisi, Giuseppe
name: Gainullin, Vladimir G.
name: Gross, Andrew M.
name: Lajoie, Bryan R.
name: Taft, Ryan J.
name: Wasserman, Wyeth W.
name: Scherer, Stephen W.
name: Veldink, Jan H.
name: Bentley, David R.
name: Yuen, Ryan K. C.
name: Bahlo, Melanie
name: Eberle, Michael A.
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2020

description: Repeat expansions are responsible for over 40 monogenic disorders, and undoubtedly more pathogenic repeat expansions remain to be discovered. Existing methods for detecting repeat expansions in short-read sequencing data require predefined repeat catalogs. Recent discoveries emphasize the need for methods that do not require pre-specified candidate repeats. To address this need, we introduce ExpansionHunter Denovo, an efficient catalog-free method for genome-wide repeat expansion detection. Analysis of real and simulated data shows that our method can identify large expansions of 41 out of 44 pathogenic repeats, including nine recently reported non-reference repeat expansions not discoverable via existing methods.
Alcune note sulla ricezione anglosassone di Jacques Derrida
Creators: name: Gianconi, Luca
Publisher: name: Rivista Italiana di Filosofia Analitica - Junior
Year: 2011

description: The paper investigates some aspects of the relations between Derrida’s thought and the XX century american mainstream of thought in philosophy. In order to do this, it deepens the relevant perspective of deconstruction through frequent comparisons with crucial standpoint in history of philosophy, such as Aristotle, Descartes, Hegel, Heidegger.
description: Rivista Italiana di Filosofia Analitica - Junior, Vol 2, N° 1 (2011): Metodo o contenuto? Note a margine della Filosofia Analitica
Fostering Resilience with Students with Learning Disabilities: An Ecological Approach
Creators: name: Piers, Lisa
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2015
Subjects: Learning Disabilities
Resilience

description: This qualitative study explored the educational journeys of five post-secondary students with learning disabilities from the perspectives of the students and their families. Guided by Ungar’s (2012) ecological conceptualization of resilience and Bronfenbrenner’s (2007) bio-ecological theory of development, this study sought to identify the challenges that these students faced and the capacities and resources within their environments that helped them along their journeys. Data collected through in-depth, semi-structured interviews with the students and their families and analyzed inductively revealed that while each student’s educational journey was unique, most of the participants followed a similar path. Common themes that emerged in the participants’ journeys included: early academic or socio-emotional challenges, early diagnosis and intervention, common family characteristics and parent support, development of self-awareness and self-advocacy in the students over time, goal setting and determination, the important yet complex role of peers, and the impact, both positive and negative, of teachers. The participants identified a number of interactions at both the microsystem and mesosystem levels that helped the students through their educational journeys. The ongoing interactions that occurred between the students and their parents, teachers, and peers at the microsystem level helped shape and develop the capacities they needed in order to negotiate for the supports and resources that sustained their well-being. These capacities included an awareness and understanding of their learning disabilities and themselves as learners, the self-advocacy skills they needed in order to seek out and negotiate for the supports and accommodations that would help them succeed, the ability to set lofty, yet attainable goals and the perseverance to work towards these goals in spite of setbacks and challenges, and the willingness to use the supports and resources that were available to them. The interactions that occurred among the students’ environments at the mesosystem were important as well, as they helped ensure that the resources they needed would be provided for them. The mesosystem level interactions included open and honest communication between the home and school environments as well as a solid link between the home and community environments so that the parents were able to seek out the appropriate supports in the community. These findings give voice to students with learning disabilities and their families and inform educators in how they can help other families navigate their way to the resources and supports within their environments that can sustain their wellbeing and support them through their educational journeys.
Pietosi affetti e arte grafica nei madrigali dipinti per le storie francescane di Ognissanti
Creators: name: Rossi, Massimiliano
Publisher: name: Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz
Year: 2019

description: Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz, 2015: Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz. Beiheft
Evaluation of Well Seal Integrity and Its Relative Importance in Assessing Groundwater Quality
Creators: name: St-Germain, Pascale L.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011
Subjects: Chelsea (Québec) groundwater
Well seals
Coliform bacteria contamination
Vulnerability assessment
Groundwater geochemistry
Preferential pathways

description: Unlike municipal water supplies, provincial regulations do not require systematic testing of domestic well water, which may adversely impact local residents should contamination occur. Private wells are typically shallow relative to municipal wells, and thus, are particularly vulnerable to sources of surficial contamination if preferential recharge pathways such as natural fractures or faulty seals are present. In order to determine the relative importance of well seal integrity as a preferential pathway, a practical detection method was developed based on infiltrometry. This method successfully detected faulty well seals in a wide range of geological settings across Canada, including: Hobbema, Alberta; Lindsay, Ontario; and Chelsea, Québec. It was most successful in areas of minimal heterogeneity and where the surficial geology is composed of fine-grained sediments. The community of Chelsea (Québec) was also the primary study site to examine a range of factors affecting water quality including physical characteristics, faulty well seals, other anthropogenic activities and seasonality. Water samples were collected over a period of 14 months and analyzed for bacteria and major-ion chemistry. The results show that the consideration of physical features alone is not enough to predict vulnerability in the study area. Seasonal fluctuations in ionic concentrations (e.g. ionic strength, NO3-N and Cl-) and coliform bacteria are observed and result from disperse and rapid recharge events. Multivariate analysis techniques (e.g. principal components analysis and hierarchical cluster analysis) demonstrate that preferential recharge pathways and anthropogenic activities, such as domestic effluents affect the groundwater quality. The data and findings of this study were used to assist in the design of a probabilistic risk assessment model based on the Poisson distribution. This study demonstrates the complexity and the challenges related to bacterial contamination in drilled wells. In spite of these challenges, this analysis was useful as a baseline to assess the impact of anthropogenic activities, and may be used in future studies to assist municipalities in the evaluation and protection of groundwater supplies.
Generate Explanations for Time-series classification by ChatGPT
Creators: name: Xue, Zhechang
name: Huang, Yiran
name: Ma, Hongnan
name: Beigl, Michael
Publisher: name: Springer
Year: 2024
Subjects: Time-series classification
ChatGPT
Explainability

description: With the development of machine learning, the concept of explainability has gained increasing significance. It plays a crucial role in instilling trust among clients regarding the results generated by AI systems. Traditionally, researchers have relied on feature importance to explain why AI produces certain outcomes. However, this method has limitations. Despite the existence of documents that introduce various samples and describe formulas, comprehending the implicit meaning of these features remains challenging. As a result, establishing a clear and understandable connection between features and data can be a daunting task. In this paper, we aim to introduce a novel method for explaining time-series classification, leveraging the capabilities of ChatGPT to enhance the interpretability of results and foster a deeper understanding of feature contributions within time-series data.
Il concetto di numero nella fondazione dell'aritmetica in Kant e Dedekind
Creators: name: Ruvidotti, Lucio
Publisher: name: Rivista Italiana di Filosofia Analitica - Junior
Year: 2011

description: In this article we compare Kant and Dedekind position about foundation of arithmetic and concept of number. This paper is not focused on an exhausting presentation of these concepts and not even on a historical review. We want to show that Dedekind’s approach towards the logical and mathematical foundation of arithmetics seems to be delegitimating if compared with the one of philosphical foundation as it’s been conceived by Kant. Nonetheless, the foundation of arithmetics expressed by Kant, is clearly connected to the entire system of critics and assume a specific meaning that is wider than Dedekind ones. A logical clarification of arithmetics foundations does not deal with the question like the role of mathematics in the knowledge system and his relationship with empirical science. Moreover, it seems rightful to treat the problem within the frame of a philosophical research. In conclusion, we conclude with the proposal of a new evaluation of trascendental logic, in a weaker sense than the one originally intended by Kant, meant to be a philosophical discipline that tries to research refine such questions and possibly find responses for them. We present some considerations about the ontological status of numbers within the theories of Kant and Dedekind.
description: Rivista Italiana di Filosofia Analitica - Junior, Vol 2, N° 1 (2011): Metodo o contenuto? Note a margine della Filosofia Analitica
Additional file 1 of T2 heterogeneity: a novel marker of microstructural integrity associated with cognitive decline in people with mild cognitive impairment
Creators: name: Wearn, Alfie R.
name: Nurdal, Volkan
name: Saunders-Jennings, Esther
name: Knight, Michael J.
name: Isotalus, Hanna K.
name: Dillon, Serena
name: Demitra Tsivos
name: Kauppinen, Risto A.
name: Coulthard, Elizabeth J.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Cell Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1: Supplementary information. Supplementary Table 1. Study 1 cohort information. Supplementary Table 2. Study 2 cohort information. Supplementary Table 3. Multivariate ANOVA results for testing between-study differences in raw volume and T2 data. Supplementary Table 4. Multivariate ANOVA results for testing between-study differences in volume and T2 data after being normalised to each study’s healthy control group. Supplementary Table 5. ANCOVA results for predicting brain structural measures correcting for age and gender.
Identifying the Isoforms of a Novel Muscle-enriched A-type Lamin-Interacting Protein
Creators: name: Shelley, Deeke
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011

description: A novel gene entitled Muscle-enriched A-type Lamin-Interacting Protein, or MLIP was identified through a yeast-two hybrid screen using Lamin A as bait, in an attempt to shed light on the intricate nature of laminopathies. The objective of this study was to identify MLIP’s isoforms. Immunoblotting experiments revealed that MLIP is expressed differentially in both mouse and human tissues. A cloning strategy was performed which demonstrated extensive tissue-dependant alternative splicing, however not all protein bands observed by immunoblotting could be accounted for by the splice variants identified. Hence 5’ and 3’ Rapid Amplification of Complementary DNA Ends was performed, however only a single 5’ and 3’ untranslated region was uncovered. MLIP contains five highly conserved regions of homology, one of which contains a consensus SUMOylation site. MLIP was investigated as a substrate for SUMO through in vitro and in vivo assays, however it was not modified by SUMO. It remains to be determined whether MLIP undergoes other post-translational modification. MLIP’s function has yet to be defined; however preliminary experiments in our laboratory and MLIP’s association with lamin suggest that it may play a role in tissue differentiation.
Formation, classification and identification of non-extractable residues of 14C-labelled ionic compounds in soil
Creators: name: Claßen, Daniela
name: Siedt, Martin
name: Nguyen, Kim Thu
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2019

description: The influence of an ionic functional group on the fate of chemicals in the environment, especially the formation of non-extractable residues (NER), has not been systematically investigated. Using 4-n-dodecylphenol[phenylring-14C(U)], 4-n-dodecylbenzenesulfonicacid[phenylring-14C(U)] sodiumsalt (14C-DS-) and 4-n-dodecylbenzyltrimethylammoniumchloride[phenylring-14C(U)] (14C-DA+) all with a high structural similarity, the formation, classification and identification of NER of negatively (14C-DS-), positively (14C-DA+) and uncharged (14C-DP) chemicals were investigated in a sterilized and non-sterilized soil. After 84 days of incubation in non-sterile soil, 40.6%, 21.7% and 33.5% of the applied radioactivity (AR) of 14C-DP, 14C-DS- and 14C-DA+, respectively, were converted to NER. In contrast, in sterile soil NER formation was markedly lower. The NER were further investigated with respect to sequestered, covalently bound and biogenic residues (i.e. NER types I, II, and III). Silylation of 14C-DP, 14C-DS- and 14C-DA+ derived NER released 3.0-23.2% AR, indicating that these were sequestered, whereas the residual NER (12.9-33.1% AR) was covalently bound to the soil. Analysis of extracts derived by silylation showed that 14C-DP, but neither 14C-DS- nor 14C-DA+, were released by silylation, suggesting that DP might be part of the sequestered NER. Acid hydrolysis of the NER containing soil and subsequent analysis of soil extracts for 14C-aminoacids indicated that 2.5-23.8% AR were biogenic residues. Most DP and DS- derived NER were biogenically or covalently bound, whereas DA+ predominantly forms sequestered NER in soil. From these results we propose that chemicals forming high amounts of NER should be investigated regarding types I-III NER because sequestered parent compounds should be considered in persistence assessments. © 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
International Conference of the Italian Society for Logic and Philosophy of Sciences
Creators: name: Lini, Giacomo
name: Sbardolini, Giorgio
name: Sorgon, Mattia
Publisher: name: Rivista Italiana di Filosofia Analitica - Junior
Year: 2011

description: Rivista Italiana di Filosofia Analitica - Junior, Vol 2, N° 1 (2011): Metodo o contenuto? Note a margine della Filosofia Analitica