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Ανάλυση Συναισθήματος σε δεδομένα Κοινωνικών Δικτύων με τον Αλγόριθμο Διάδοσης Ετικέτας
Creators: name: Μηλάκης, Δ. Εμμανουήλ
Publisher: name: Εθνικό Μετσόβιο Πολυτεχνείο
Year: 2016
Subjects: ανάλυση συναισθήματος
λεξικά συναισθήματος
διάδοση ετικέτας
αλγόριθμοι ημι-επιβλεπόμενης μάθησης
κατηγοριοποίηση πολικότητας
κοινωνικά δίκτυα

description: Το τεράστιο πλήθος των δεδομένων που προέρχονται από τα Κοινωνικά Δίκτυα θεωρείται μείζονος αξίας στο μάρκετινγκ και τα πλαίσια χάραξης πολιτικών και λήψης αποφάσεων. Ο κύριος στόχος τους είναι η επεξεργασία των πληροφοριών, καθώς και του κειμένου, που παρέχονται από άτομα και κοινότητες. Οι μηχανισμοί της Ανάλυσης Συναισθήματος επιτρέπουν τον εντοπισμό των θεμάτων, την ανάλυση των συναισθημάτων και την οπτικοποίηση των κοινωνικών μέσων μαζικής ενημέρωσης, έτσι ώστε να διερευνηθούν αλληλεπιδραστικά οι πτυχές των πληροφοριών.Σε αυτά τα πλαίσια, η παρούσα εργασία μελετά την τεχνική της Διάδοσης Ετικέτας, μίας ημι-επιβλεπόμενης μεθόδου ανάλυσης, που επικεντρώνεται στην ανάδειξη της λεκτικής πολικότητας, σε πολυγνωσιακά και πολύγλωσσα κειμενικά περιβάλλοντα. Παρουσιάζει τη χρηστικότητα της αξιοποίησης των Λεξικών Συναισθήματος και τη σχετική ερευνητική βιβλιογραφία του τομέα. Εξετάζει τις εφαρμογές του αλγόριθμου Διάδοσης Ετικέτας στη δόμησή λεξικών και τις τροποποιήσεις των παραμέτρων του, προτείνοντας τις καταλληλότερες εκδοχές του, στην ανάλυση των δεδομένων από κοινωνικά δίκτυα, όπως αυτές προκύπτουν από την συγκριτική απεικόνιση των χαρακτηριστικών τους.
LAB of Inclusive Urbanism as a Format to Educate Urban Designers
Creators: name: Mensing-De Jong, Angela
name: Racon-Leja, Kinga
name: Zdrahálová, Jana
Publisher: name: Research in Urbanism Series
Year: 2020

description: In this paper we discuss the didactic method known as the LAB, a short intensive programme in urban design developed in the years 2009-2019 by various Faculties of Architecture including the Technical University of Dresden, the Cracow University of Technology and the Czech Technical University in Prague. The main aim of this contribution is to introduce the LAB format in urban design education, stressing its innovative and inclusive aspects. The LAB includes the formulation of a spatial strategy based on the existing urban identity as well as socioeconomic and demographic conditions of a location; it brings a unique set of participants, collaborators and stakeholders to a site, which is indispensable for an inclusive approach. The LAB provides a valuable format in addition to standard studio projects in urban design education. The preparatory phase involves an analysis of the case study, conducted remotely using geo-data portals and with information provided by the local administration. To foster inclusiveness in this analytical phase, it is necessary to take account of pre-studies as well as particular on-site experience complemented by the knowledge and expertise of local government, NGOs and local residents. In the LAB, approx. 35 to 60 students consider complex historical, political, natural and cultural conditions, placing these in the context of the current spatial and social situation of the city. The added value is also the possibility of exchanging ideas, working methods and individual mapping skills by participants from various universities, countries and curricula (such as architecture, urban design, spatial planning and landscape architecture). Furthermore, the LAB serves as a useful platform for open discussion between local stakeholders and representatives of the administration. It supports objective debate, free of potentially conflicting political and financial considerations.
description: Research in Urbanism Series, Vol. 6 (2020): Inclusive Urbanism: Advances in research, education and practice
Image Tagging and Gearing Resources applied to students’ graphic materials
Creators: name: Carrasco Hortal, Jose
name: Lopez Baeza, Jesus
Publisher: name: Research in Urbanism Series
Year: 2020

description: Inclusiveness can be considered a requirement for contemporary statements in urban and landscape design referring to age, condition, gender or nature. But how is inclusiveness influenced by spatial design? Can this relation be measured or proven? And more precisely, which interactions are considered across different generations or between human and non-human agents? This paper describes student’s work evaluation procedures through a methodology consisting of selecting picture-based content from initial reference materials provided by teaching staff, as well as graphic material designed and produced by the students, to further analyze these through data visualization techniques and the production of info-graphics. In a latter step, a gearing game – which is a type of sociogram used to understand agents and matters of interest – is utilized to drive a discussion about design statements for further stages of development concerning students’ design projects. The first stages of the methodology are strongly influenced by how the students perceive elements from reference materials and represent these in their own design productions. A literature review further investigates the dichotomy between representation and perception, and the generation of subjective images. As a final consideration, this work aims to create combined methodologies by incorporating participatory observation methods (e.g. photovoice and flow charts) from the social sciences into urban and landscape design, as they are understood through an accurate design of the learning experience. Similarly, non-representational design and dataviz diagrams from urban and landscape design could potentially be implemented in the teaching of social sciences.
description: Research in Urbanism Series, Vol. 6 (2020): Inclusive Urbanism: Advances in research, education and practice
Beat-to-Beat Estimation of Blood Pressure by Artificial Neural Network
Creators: name: Dastmalchi, Azadeh
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2015
Subjects: Arterial pulse waveform
Blood pressure
Artificial neural network

description: High blood pressure is a major public health issue. However, there are many physical and non-physical factors that affect the measurement of blood pressure (BP) over very short time spans. Therefore, it is very difficult to write a mathematical equation which includes all relevant factors needed to estimate accurate BP values. As a result, a possible solution to overcome these limitations is the use of an artificial neural network (ANN). The aim of this research is to design and implement a new ANN approach, which correlates the arterial pulse waveform shape to BP values, for estimation of BP in a single heartbeat. To test the feasibility of this approach, a pilot study was performed on an arterial pulse waveform dataset obtained from 11 patients with normal BP and 11 patients with hypertension. It was found that the proposed method can accurately estimate BP in single heartbeats and satisfy the requirements of the ANSI/AAMI standard for non-invasive measurement of BP.
Landscape architectural perspectives as an agent for generous design
Creators: name: Bobbink, Inge
name: De Wit, Saskia
Publisher: name: Research in Urbanism Series
Year: 2020

description: Landscape architectonic compositions that draw on the underlying landscape structure can function as a carrier for changing programmes, cultures, processes, etc. Precisely such an explicitly spatial design is required to foster the inclusive city, one that is not only socially just but also sensitive to the environment while allowing for and evoking diverse social and natural processes. The objective of an ‘inclusive city’ is often related to social issues, which might easily lead to the exclusion of ecological values; the opposite approach may prove equally exclusive. Inclusivity also means creating room for the unexpected. From a design point of view, this requires two underlying attitudes: a willingness to see any design assignment from different perspectives as well as a readiness to create sustainable, flexible and open designs. These two attitudes are inherent to landscape architecture, which traditionally prioritizes the site over the programme, and—because of the long term, time-based condition of the landscape—is forced to think in open-ended designs. In this paper we discuss a selection of graduation projects of the landscape architecture track at the TU Delft in order to illustrate how inclusivity is inherent to a complete understanding of landscape architecture. Four essential perspectives on analysis and design—perception, palimpsest, process and scale continuum—are discussed in order to reveal their capacity to serve as a basis for designing inclusive urban landscapes.
description: Research in Urbanism Series, Vol. 6 (2020): Inclusive Urbanism: Advances in research, education and practice
Chemical messengers: how hormones help us sleep
Creators: name: Abbott, Jo-Anne
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: When it comes to motives for getting a good night's sleep we don't usually think about our body's hormones. But sleep allows many of our hormones to replenish so we have the optimal energy, immunity, appetite and coping ability to face the day's highs and lows. The activities we do during the day - from having a fight with a partner, using our iPhones at night, running in a race, to travelling overseas - also affect our hormone levels and, in turn, our quality of sleep. For both men and women, changes in our levels of sex hormones can affect how well we sleep. These differences also change with age. Understanding the connections between hormones and sleep may help improve your own sleep and well-being.
Molecular Phylogeny of Poa L. sensu lato (Poaceae) with a Focus on West Asian Species
Creators: name: Amiri, Neda
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: Molecular phylogeny
Genus Poa
Poaceae (Gramineae)
Maximum Parsimony Analysis
Incongruence Length Difference Test (ILD Test)
Genus Eremopoa (Genus Poa subgenus Pseudopoa)
Genus Oreopoa
West Asia
Plastid Marker rpoB_trnC
Plastid Marker matK
Plastid Markers trnTLF (trnT_trnL_trnF)
Nuclear Marker ITS
Nuclear Marker ETS
Subgenus Stenopoa
Subgenus Sylvesters
Subgenus Pseudopoa
Subgenus Ochlopoa
Supersection Poa
Subgenus Poa
Subgenus Pseudopod (Genus Eremopoa)
Subgenus Poa Supersection Hamalopoa

description: Poa L., is known as a highly diverse cosmopolitan genus with taxonomic difficulties that includes unknown species and species with uncertain affinities mainly in West Asia and North Africa. Poa also exhibits a close relationship with two West Asian genera, Eremopoa Roshev. and Oreopoa H. Scholz & Parolly. This study was conducted to: 1) fill the gap of information on the affinities between Poa species with an emphasis on West Asian Poa; 2) revise and evaluate the accuracy of traditional infrageneric classification of West Asian Poa; and 3) clarify the relationship between Poa and two allied genera of Poaceae Barnhart, Eremopoa and Oreopoa. DNA molecular evidence from present phylogenetic analyses of West Asian species of Poa, Eremopoa and Oreopoa, resulted in some great findings as follow: I) Poa caucasica Trin., which is currently assigned to subsection Nivicolae of section Poa from subgenus Poa resolved as a unique new distinct lineage within Poa. II), New treatments are suggested for Poa densa Troitsky, Poa masenderana Freyn & Sint., Poa cenisia All., Poa psychrophila Boiss. & Heldr. and Poa lipskyi. III) Three unclassified species of Poa pseudobulbosa, Poa diversifolia and Poa aitchisonii are assigned here to subgenus Poa and supersection Poa. IV), The present molecular evidence supports inclusion of Eremopoa in Poa and confirms reduction of Eremopoa to a level of subgenus of Poa. V) Present phylogenetic analyses also indicate that monotypic genus Oreopoa H. Scholz & Parolly is part of Poa. These findings require an urgent modification in subgeneric and sectional classification of the genus Poa.
Constructive Exceptionality
Creators: name: Al Nassir, Sara
Publisher: name: Research in Urbanism Series
Year: 2020

description: In the increasingly urbanized Zaatari refugee camp, one prominent market street, Al-Souq, stands out as contributing to the creation of a camp city, thereby challenging the view of camps as temporary settlements. While the spatial transformation of Zaatari is indisputable, there has been little investigation into how such a transformative process has taken place. This paper questions how the interplay between human agency and structure produces space in the camp, and, eventually, the city. To this end, Al-Souq, the main market street in Zaatari, has been chosen as a case study. Employing an explorative narrative approach, the main findings denote a constructive exceptionality that facilitates space creation as well as a consequential inclusion of refugees in the camp. Furthermore, the spatial construction of Al-Souq shows that refugees are in fact active agents. Therefore, the paper concludes by offering an alternative conceptualization of camps, i.e. that they are not necessarily temporary, as well as refugees, i.e. that they are not aid-dependent victims. These notions contradict traditional humanitarian perceptions.
description: Research in Urbanism Series, Vol. 6 (2020): Inclusive Urbanism: Advances in research, education and practice
Nonlinear XFEM Modeling of Mode II Delamination in PPS/Glass Unidirectional Composites with Uncertain Fracture Properties
Creators: name: Motamedi, Damoon
name: Takaffoli, Mahdi
name: S. Milani, Abbas
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2020

description: Initiation and propagation of cracks in composite materials can severely affect their global mechanical properties. Due to the lower strength of the interlaminar bonding compared to fibers and the matrix, delamination between plies is known to be one of the most common failure modes in these materials. It is therefore deemed necessary to gain more insight into this type of failure to guide the design of composite structures towards ensuring their robustness and reliability during service. In this work, delamination of interlaminar bonding in composite end-notched flexure (ENF) samples was modeled using a newly developed stochastic 3D extended finite element method (XFEM). The proposed numerical scheme, which also incorporates the cohesive zone model, was used to characterize the mode II delamination results obtained from ENF testing on polyphenylene sulfide (PPS)/glass unidirectional (UD) composites. The nonrepeatable material responses, often seen during fracture testing of UD composites, were well captured with the current numerical model, demonstrating its capacity to predict the stochastic fracture properties of composites under mode II loading conditions.
Green Infrastructure Planning in Germany and China
Creators: name: Hu, Tinghao
name: Chang, Jiang
name: Syrbe, Ralf-Uwe
Publisher: name: Research in Urbanism Series
Year: 2020

description: Green Infrastructure (GI) provides an important life-support system for regions and cities. Inspired by, supported by or copied from nature, GI is intended to deal with issues that traditional grey infrastructure can hardly accomplish. Initiated by the European Union’s (EU) Biodiversity Strategy, Germany was an early adopter and thus a role model for the GI approach. In particular, a systematic GI planning system composed of formal and informal planning instruments has been established and implemented from the national to the local level. In comparison, China has not yet officially issued guidance or laws for GI planning. Instead, GI implementations are mainly concentrated at the urban and local scale in the form of green municipal engineering. Scrutinizing the spatial planning system in China, however, we can identify a top-down “5+1” model as a GI planning framework. This includes five types of statutory and non-statutory planning together with the garden city movement. Germany may benefit from China’s diversified and inclusive GI development model and its efforts to promote regional transformation and enhance citizens’ sense of pride in their city. On the other hand, China can learn from Germany’s integrated GI planning system and top-level design. Due to the cross-cutting nature of the issues involved, China’s national spatial planning system must be reformed in order to improve GI planning in the country. The aim of this paper is to compare GI planning in Germany and China, two countries at different developmental stages and with contrasting social and governmental systems. In so doing, we hope to build a “bridge” for the exchange of experiences.
description: Research in Urbanism Series, Vol. 6 (2020): Inclusive Urbanism: Advances in research, education and practice
Modélisation de la formation de motifs périodiques dans un système eutectique binaire formant un corps igné
Creators: name: Ghaoui, Jade
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2015
Subjects: Intrusions litées
Granite orbiculaire
Auto-organisation
Motifs ignés

description: Les oscillations en composition et taille des grains peuvent parfois être générées dans les intrusions magmatiques, produisant des motifs caractéristiques à l’échelle du centimètre au mètre sous forme de couches cycliques. Il est essentiel de comprendre l’origine de ces motifs afin d’établir les circonstances géologiques de formation de ces corps. Nous travaillons avec l’hypothèse que ces motifs sont le résultat d’un processus d’auto- organisation non linéaire selon lequel l’interaction entre la dynamique de cristallisation et la diffusion cause la ségrégation des minéraux selon leur nature et leur taille. Ce mécanisme est semblable à celui à l’origine des bandes de Liesegang et mène à des caractéristiques comparables, telles qu’une progression géométrique de la position des bandes. Dans le but d’obtenir une description plus complète du processus de formation des motifs périodiques dans le contexte d’un système magmatique eutectique binaire en contact avec une roche- mère plus froide, nous présentons un modèle numérique en une dimension de nucléation et croissance qui généralise les modèles précédents. Notre modèle inclut une correction tenant compte de l’effet de la porosité sur la tortuosité, ainsi que le mûrissement d’Ostwald, facul- tativement. La solidification est contrôlée par des paramètres clés déterminant l’émergence du motif. De plus, en utilisant une géométrie sphériquement symétrique, notre modèle peut être appliqué à la formation de granites orbiculaires.
Supplementary document for Optical bunching of particles in a liquid flow - 5397599.pdf
Creators: name: awel, salah
name: Bohne, Sven
name: Ebrahimifard, Reza
name: Trieu, Hoc Khiem
name: Bajt, Saša
name: Chapman, Henry
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Calculation of the radiation energy transferred through trapped particles.
All Things Being Equal.
Creators: name: Bell, Jessica
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2015
Subjects: painting
abstraction
temporal
incidental
agency
light

description: Jessica Bell’s MFA thesis exhibition, All things being equal., presents the very idea of constructing a painting as a way of making sense of the world. Simple materials and formal devices make allusions to ordinary events and experiences. The works bear the marks of incidental studio occurrences, which conjure a conversation between the will of objects and the artist’s intention to activate them. Canvas and stretchers appear like characters, assuming the posture of active participants instead of subservient structure. The pieces engage with and resonate in one another, emphasizing the temporal relationship with the physical space. The forms are deliberately abstract and minimal, drawing our attention to subtle differences in the surfaces of material, gentle play with volume and light, and the quiet passage of time. All things being equal. was exhibited at the Ottawa Art Gallery’s Firestone Gallery in Ottawa from August 21 through September 13, 2015.
Mesh-based Dynamic Location Service In WSANs by a Team of Robots
Creators: name: Zhou, Yuanye
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2015

description: A team of robots (also called actors) in Wireless Sensor and Actor Networks (WSANs) may not be able to optimally cover an area. Hence, after an event is reported by a sensor, all robots may not be quickly reachable for possible action in time. Furthermore, sensors may not be able to immediately deliver a report to a nearby robot. In this research work, we focus on a dynamic location service to deal with a sequence of multiple events in WSANs. We propose a novel dynamic mesh-based protocol (DMesh) to boost real-time performance of the location service. We investigate new strategies for efficient event coverage, so that the robot team may appropriately partition, visit sensors periodically, and minimize the reporting delay while preserving the ability to respond, possibly with increasing number of robots as an event (such as a re) progresses and more robots arrive near the scene.
Towards a Landscape-based Regional Design Approach for Adaptive Transformation in Urbanizing Deltas
Creators: name: Nijhuis, Steffen
name: Xiong, Liang
name: Cannatella, Daniele
Publisher: name: Research in Urbanism Series
Year: 2020

description: Deltaic areas are among the most promising regions in the world. Their strategic location and superior quality of their soils are core factors supporting both human development and the rise of these regions as global economic hubs. At the same time, however, deltas are extremely vulnerable to multiple threats from both climate change and the rush to urbanization. These include an increased flood risk combined with the resulting loss of ecological and social-cultural values. The urbanization of deltas can be understood as a set of complex social-ecological systems (and subsystems), each with its own dynamics and speed of change. To ensure a more sustainable future for these areas, spatial strategies are needed to strengthen resilience, i.e. help the systems to cope with their vulnerabilities as well as enhance their capacity to overcome natural and artificial threats. In this article we elaborate a landscape-based regional design approach for the adaptive urban transformation of urbanizing deltas, taking the Pearl River Delta as a case study. Based on an assessment of the dynamics of change regarding the transformational cycles of natural and urban landscape elements, eco-dynamic regional design strategies are explored to reveal greater opportunities for the exploitation of natural and social-cultural factors within the processes of urban development. Furthermore, adaptive transformational perspectives are identified toensure reduced flood risk and inclusive socio-ecological design.
description: Research in Urbanism Series, Vol. 6 (2020): Inclusive Urbanism: Advances in research, education and practice
Triclosan: Source Attribution, Urinary Metabolite Levels and Temporal Variability in Exposure Among Pregnant Women in Canada
Creators: name: Weiss, Lorelle D.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2013
Subjects: triclosan
urine biomonitoring
temporal variability
pregnancy
personal care products
longitudinal data
antibacterial

description: OBJECTIVE: To measure urinary triclosan levels and their variability across pregnancy, and to identify sources of triclosan exposure among Canadian pregnant women. METHODS: Single spot and serial urine samples, as well as consumer product use information were collected across pregnancy and post-partum from 80 healthy pregnant women in Ottawa. Analyses included descriptives, linear mixed effects and parametric trend modeling, and surrogate category analysis. RESULTS: Triclosan was detected in 87% of maternal urine samples (LOD=3.0 µg/L). Triclosan concentrations varied by time of day of urine collection (p=0.0006), season of sampling (p=0.019), and parity (p=0.038). Triclosan was included in 4% of all personal care products used by participants; 89% of these triclosan products were varying brands of toothpaste and hand soaps. CONCLUSION: This study provided the first data on temporal variability urinary triclosan levels, and on source attribution data in Canadian pregnant women. Results will assist with population-specific exposure assessment strategies.
Experiences from a participation process in Göttingen Osterode
Creators: name: Bradtke, Alexandra
Publisher: name: Research in Urbanism Series
Year: 2020

description: Although young people are equal members of the community, they are generally excluded from municipal planning processes. This problem can be resolved by fostering participation, thereby making them more than mere spectators. Young people form a heterogeneous group of individuals who want to be taken seriously, explicitly addressed and motivated. However, it is not easy to reach and motivate youngsters to take part in participatory processes. They frequently have a busy schedule at school, time-consuming leisure activities and long travelling distances in rural areas with inadequate public transport. One approach to sparking the interest of young people, who are constantly online or on their smartphones, is to use the internet. However, methods other than digital participation are required to foster their involvement: We need a dedicated form of participation that takes account of young peoples’ wishes, requirements and ideas in an interesting and attractive way. In the district of Göttingen Osterode am Harz (a.H.), researchers and regional managers have considered various methods to encourage the participation of teenagers, identifying some concrete results that can be achieved in the target group. In particular, they tested the method of Design Thinking as a form of youth participation. In this paper we consider the background to youth participation and look at how this can be fostered, in particular by investigating the method of Design Thinking. This is found to be successful in motivating young people to get involved in urban design.
description: Research in Urbanism Series, Vol. 6 (2020): Inclusive Urbanism: Advances in research, education and practice
Conventional Sewer Systems Are Too Time-Consuming, Costly and Inflexible to Meet the Challenges of the 21st Century
Creators: name: Öberg, Gunilla
name: Metson, Geneviève S.
name: Kuwayama, Yusuke
name: Conrad, Steven A.
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2020

description: There is an urgent need for innovation in the sanitation sector because the conventional model (toilet-to-sewer-to-treatment) is too time-consuming and costly, and alternatives are lacking. We estimate the challenge ahead by developing scenarios for 60 of the fastest-growing urban conglomerates in the World. We find that the majority would need to build out their sewer systems at a rate that is ten to 50 times higher than the highest rate for any project in the World Bank’s database, which is unrealistic. We also carry out a case study of Lagos, Nigeria, which suggests that, in any given year, 14–37% of Lagos State’s budget would need to be invested to provide sanitation to the presently underserviced population while keeping up with population growth, which also is unrealistic. Our study provides clear evidence that the conventional model for sanitation is unworkable for rapidly growing urban areas. We conclude there is an urgent need to encourage and fund projects that promote innovations that can tackle the three core challenges: can be built sufficiently quickly, are flexible, and affordable. This is not likely to happen unless the future generation is systematically trained and educated to creatively support innovation in sustainable sanitation.
title: Research in Urbanism Series, Vol. 6 (2020): Inclusive Urbanism: Advances in research, education and practice
title: Inclusive Urbanism: Advances in research, education and practice
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Research In Urbanism Series
Publisher: name: Research in Urbanism Series
Year: 2020

description: Responding to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal No. 11 to ‘make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable’, Inclusive Urbanism reveals a wide variety of approaches to promoting social inclusion. Questions of architecture and urbanism are considered alongside those of landscape design, urban geography and city planning. As the title suggests, the content is divided into three parts: research, education and practice. A conceptual framework is offered in the opening part along with a theoretical embedding of the term ‘inclusiveness’. Here the discussion also encompasses the latest results of urban planning research. In the second part, the focus turns to university teaching. Do we need new teaching formats, and if so, how can these be designed to ease students into the topic of ‘inclusive urbanism’? The third part of the book offers diverse examples of spatial design, urban laboratories, planning and co-production processes, all presented with their respective possibilities for boosting inclusion. Consciously international in outlook, the book identifies practices in both the Global North and Global South. Inclusive Urbanism brings together selected contributions presented at an international conference on ‘Urban Studies’ held at the TU Dresden in November 2018. The conference was jointly organized by the TU Dresden, the TU Delft, the Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development in Dresden, the Czech Technical University of Prague and the Wroclaw University of Science and Technology.
description: Editorial...8-10 Green Infrastructure Planning in Germany and China...99-126 Participatory Workshops as a Tool for Building Inclusivity in New Towns in Africa...281-300 Landscape architectural perspectives as an agent for generous design...129-150 Collective City Making...301-320 LAB of Inclusive Urbanism as a Format to Educate Urban Designers...151-170 Incorporating spontaneity in urban disciplines...13-34 Image Tagging and Gearing Resources applied to students’ graphic materials...171-188 Stroll’n’Draw, All Inclusive...189-216 Experiences from a participation process in Göttingen Osterode...35-54 "More than fruits and vegetables "...219-242 Towards a Landscape-based Regional Design Approach for Adaptive Transformation in Urbanizing Deltas...55-80 Towards the co-production of urban space for increased inclusiveness...243-262 Constructive Exceptionality...81-98 Strasbourg’s inclusive policies for migrants and the IBA urban developmental paradigm...263-280
Supplementary document for Optical bunching of particles in a liquid flow - 5397599.pdf
Creators: name: awel, salah
name: Bohne, Sven
name: Ebrahimifard, Reza
name: Trieu, Hoc Khiem
name: Bajt, Saša
name: Chapman, Henry
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Calculation of the radiation energy transferred through trapped particles.
Integration of metal nanowire networks on silicon-based solar cells
Creators: name: Xie, Shouyi
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Dr. Xie's research focused on the use of metal nanowire networks as transparent electrodes on silicon-based solar cells. The research identified that due to the superior optical and electrical performances as well as the facile and scalable fabrication methods of the metal nanowire networks, they can be readily applied as promising substitutes for the conventional transparent electrodes on silicon-based solar cells. The outcomes can contribute to the development of photovoltaic industry by enhancing the device efficiency and decreasing the fabrication costs.
Modelación del peligro a deslizamientos en el Municipio Santiago de Cuba considerando el peso de las variables determinantes
Creators: name: Liber Galbán Rodriguez
name: Lacaba, Rafael Guardado
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 49999 Earth Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 50101 Ecological Impacts of Climate Change
subject: 50203 Environmental Education and Extension
subject: 50204 Environmental Impact Assessment
subject: 50205 Environmental Management
subject: 50206 Environmental Monitoring
subject: Environmental Science
subject: 50299 Environmental Science and Management not elsewhere classified
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 40402 Geodynamics
subject: Geology
subject: 40399 Geology not elsewhere classified
subject: 40601 Geomorphology and Regolith and Landscape Evolution

description: En la provincia Santiago de Cuba, y en particular en el municipio Santiago de Cuba, las zonas montañosas son susceptibles a la ocurrencia de los peligros y riesgos asociados a deslizamientos en sus taludes y laderas, esto se debe a las condiciones ingeniero geológicas existentes (relieve, geología y su tectónica, condiciones geotécnicas) y factores desencadenantes o disparadores (lluvias intensas, sismicidad, procesos erosivos, acción antrópica) que están presentes en el territorio. Por esto se considera al municipio Santiago de Cuba, como uno de los territorios con mayores potencialidades de manifestación de fenómenos de deslizamientos de tierra en Cuba. En este trabajo se pretende introducir una nueva metodología para la modelación regional de los deslizamientos de tierra en Santiago de Cuba, basada en los niveles de importancia de las variables que influyen en la manifestación del fenómeno y se propone su formulación matemática para su determinación con el uso de un Sistema de Información Geográfica (SIG).
'Scripting the Street': Exploring Geographies of Crime in Popular Films
Creators: name: Lynch, Erin E.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2013
Subjects: Cultural Criminology
Geography
Crime
Space
Film
Popular Representations
Urban
City
Insecurity
Gender
Gendered Space
Body
Rural

description: This study contends that the spaces where crime occurs in films are not neutral; they are layered with maps of meaning that we construct somewhere between the imagined and the lived. Given that popular cultural representations both shape and reflect our understandings of crime and space, a study examining where crime occurs in films was warranted but previously unrealized in the criminological literature. This study addresses this gap in the literature by considering how geographies of crime are characterized in a sample of ten recent popular crime films. Applying a qualitative content analysis approach, this study foregrounds the onscreen spaces where crimes occur in an attempt to expose and denaturalize the meanings around crime that are embedded in these backgrounds. Particular regard is given here to the twinning of crime and urbanity, the aesthetics of insecurity, and the gendering of geographies of crime.
Calibration of the air quality sensor - Flow 2 - 1st & 2nd Stage
Creators: name: Gawel, Hanna
Publisher: name: OSF
Year: 2020
Subjects: Air quality sensor
Flow 2
VOC
personal air quality monitor

description: Calibration of the air quality sensor - Flow 2 - section: Pomorska Street - Plac Inwalidów - Kraków - 04.10.2020 (test measurement no. 1). There are two stages (1st & 2nd) combined in dataset. Reason: Both 1st and 2nd stage were done in the same place (Kraków).
Primary School Principals’ Perceptions of their Role and Experiences within the Protracted Conflict Regions of Somalia
Creators: name: Hassan, Mohamed Sheikh Esak
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2013
Subjects: boundary spanning
challenges
lived experiences
Mogadishu
phenomenology
protracted conflict
roles
primary principals
Somalia

description: While the role of the school principal has received much attention in stable environments, little research exists on principals working in conflict-affected countries. The purpose of this phenomenological study is to uncover perceptions of Somali principals in Mogadishu regarding their roles and lived experiences, as well as the challenges they face as they lead their schools amid ongoing conflict. In order to understand the different dimensions of the principal’s role and how this role is experienced in such a context, a descriptive phenomenology has been employed. A purposeful sample of eight primary school principals in Mogadishu, which has been the epicentre of the ongoing conflict, was indentified and the principals were interviewed. Through the six-step approach to phenomenological data analysis, as suggested by Creswell (2013), 11 themes were identified. Findings revealed that principals perceived their role as supporting teachers personally and professionally, supervising instruction, facilitating teacher professional development when the security situation permits, having good relationships with governing bodies, and building community collaboration. Findings also showed that, besides security concerns, student mobility, poor facilities, shortage of trained teachers and student discipline were the major challenges to principals. Findings further indicated that principals acted as boundary spanners using a variety of buffering and bridging strategies in an attempt to minimize uncertainty and security risks, as well as to adapt the school to the volatile environment. Furthermore, commitment to keep schools open, despite the huge challenges, a sense of responsibility for student safety, and calm and courageous actions in the face of danger were perceived as critical factors in sustaining principals in their positions. Four conclusions were drawn from the study, including principals’ lack of unity in the perception of their roles, principals’ lack of pre-service training, the possibility and essentiality of providing education during armed conflicts, and the importance of creating strong bonds through principals’ supportive roles. Recommendations were offered for primary principals, local educational umbrellas, NGOs, and UN agencies, as well as for further research possibilities.
title: Checklists for surveying and assessing industrial plant handling materials and substances, which are hazardous to water
title: Installation-related water protection: Checklist 04:Joint storage
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Winkelmann-Oei, Gerhard
name: Platkowski, Jörg
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Gewässerschutz
subject: Risikomanagement
subject: Leitfaden
subject: water protection
subject: installation-related
subject: water pollution
subject: water pollutants
subject: risk management
subject: checklist
subject: guideline
subject: Chemikalien
subject: Chemicals

description: Based on recommendations by international river basin and water body commissions, a checklist concept was developed as a tool to efficiently evaluate the condition of installations handling substances and preparations hazardous to water. It comprises an overview of potential fields of action as well as specific checklists subdivided by functional units, sectors and risk areas.
Framing Women's Understandings and Experiences of Lymphoedema Following Breast Cancer Surgery
Creators: name: Chun, Karen
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011
Subjects: Lymphoedema
Breast cancer
Framing illness
Health messaging
Health communication
Exercise
Quality of life
Social supports

description: Lymphoedema is a chronic health condition characterized by the accumulation of lymphatic fluid in the subcutaneous tissues resulting in arm swelling and can significantly affect physical and psychological health and QOL. Although significant research on lymphoedema has developed over the past decade, the literature reveals that there are gaps in knowledge on framing the illness, communication, and effective practices to improve the QOL for individuals living with lymphoedema. This research contributes to this growing field of research through a qualitative investigation of twelve women's reported understandings, experiences, and perceptions of lymphoedema using Brown’s (1995) theory of framing disease and illness. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with women living with lymphoedema to determine the impact of health messaging, to explore the ways in which these women made sense of conflicting messages on exercise, and to better understand how barriers to the effective adoption and integration of good management practices can be overcome.
Recent Advances in Mechanically Loaded Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Bone Tissue Engineering
Creators: name: Yong, Kar Wey
name: Choi, Jane Ru
name: Choi, Jean Yu
name: Cowie, Alistair C.
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2020

description: Large bone defects are a major health concern worldwide. The conventional bone repair techniques (e.g., bone-grafting and Masquelet techniques) have numerous drawbacks, which negatively impact their therapeutic outcomes. Therefore, there is a demand to develop an alternative bone repair approach that can address the existing drawbacks. Bone tissue engineering involving the utilization of human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) has recently emerged as a key strategy for the regeneration of damaged bone tissues. However, the use of tissue-engineered bone graft for the clinical treatment of bone defects remains challenging. While the role of mechanical loading in creating a bone graft has been well explored, the effects of mechanical loading factors (e.g., loading types and regime) on clinical outcomes are poorly understood. This review summarizes the effects of mechanical loading on hMSCs for bone tissue engineering applications. First, we discuss the key assays for assessing the quality of tissue-engineered bone grafts, including specific staining, as well as gene and protein expression of osteogenic markers. Recent studies of the impact of mechanical loading on hMSCs, including compression, perfusion, vibration and stretching, along with the potential mechanotransduction signalling pathways, are subsequently reviewed. Lastly, we discuss the challenges and prospects of bone tissue engineering applications.
Development of high-resolution 3D nanotechnology tools: sensors focus
Creators: name: Seniutinas, Gediminas
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Science and technology are moving into smaller and smaller dimensions where variety of new phenomena and unusual material properties take place. Nanotechnology enables novel cancer treatments, clean energy, efficient devices and many more benefits; however, making structures that are well defined and thousand times smaller than a hair is challenging, especially in 3D. During this PhD project a high resolution 3D structuring has been developed and used for fabrication of various biosensing devices. These sensors showed high performance being able to detect trace amounts of various analytes and holds promise to be brought into real life applications.
Innovation and Firm Survival In Start-Ups
Creators: name: Floyd, Joseph
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: start-up
innovation
R&D

description: Using data from the Kauffman Firm Survey (KFS), this thesis explores the effects that innovation activities has on the survival of new firms. The KFS follows 4,928 American start-ups from 2004 to 2011. A probit model is used to examine the relationships that may exist between a number of different variables relating to innovation and survival. The results indicate that firms that invest in research and development (R&D) and machinery and equipment persistently are more likely to survive than those that do not, or those that only invest once in these types of innovative business activities. Also, with regards to intellectual property (copyrights, trademarks and patents), firms that hold these types of intellectual property have a better chance of survival than those that do not hold any intellectual property.
The Copper(I)-catalyzed Azide–Alkyne Cycloaddition: A Modular Approach to Synthesis and Single-Molecule Spectroscopy Investigation into Heterogeneous Catalysis
Creators: name: Decan, Matthew
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2015
Subjects: Click Chemistry
CuAAC
Single-Molecule Fluorescence
Heterogeneous Catalysis
Single-Molecule Localization Microscopy
Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence Microscopy
Copper
Nanomaterials
Metal Ion Sensing

description: Click chemistry is a molecular synthesis strategy based on reliable, highly selective reactions with thermodynamic driving forces typically in excess of 20 kcal mol-1. The 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of azides and alkynes developed by Rolf Huisgen saw dramatic rate acceleration using Cu(I) as a catalyst in 2002 reports by Barry Sharpless and Morten Meldal enabling its click chemistry eligibility. Since these seminal reports, the copper(I)-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) has become the quintessential click reaction finding diverse utility. The popularity of the CuAAC has naturally led to interest in new catalyst systems with improved efficiency, robustness, and reusability with particular focus on nanomaterial catalysts, a common trend across the field of catalysis. The high surface area of nanomaterials lends to their efficacy as colloidal and heterogeneous nanocatalysts, but the latter boasts the added benefit of easy separation and recyclability. With any heterogeneous catalyst, a common question arises as to whether the active catalyst species is truly heterogeneous or rather homogeneous through metal ion leaching. Differentiating these processes is critical, as the latter would result in reduced efficiency, higher cost, and inevitable environmental and heath side effects. This thesis explores the CuAAC from an interdisciplary approach. First as a synthetic tool, applying CuAAC-formed triazoles as functional, modular building blocks in the synthesis of optical cation sensors by combining azide and alkyne modified components to create a series of sensors selective for different metal cations. Next, single-molecule spectroscopy techniques are employed to observe the CuNP-catalyzed CuAAC in real time. Combining bench-top techniques with single-molecule microscopy to monitor single-catalytically generated products proves to be an effective method to establish catalysis occurs directly at the surface of copper nanoparticles, ruling out catalysis by ions leached into solution. This methodology is extended to mapping the catalytic activity of a commercial heterogeneous catalyst by applying super-localization analysis of single-catalytic events. The approach detailed herein is a general one that can be applied to any catalytic system through the development of appropriate probes. This thesis demonstrates single-molecule microscopy as an accessible, effective, and unparalleled tool for exploring the catalytic activity of nanomaterials by monitoring single-catalytic events as they occur.
It's the end of the world as we know it ... or is it? Looking beyond the new librarianship paradigm
Creators: name: Parker, Rebecca
name: McKay, Dana
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The new librarianship is here. Book cataloguing roles are morphing into repository metadata expertise, discovery layers and search engine optimisation. We have moved from buying our content through subscriptions to publishing open access content ourselves. Traditional curation skills are now applied to research data management. New librarianship skills have once again made academic librarians indispensable to their users. But will it last? We have spent a lot of time preparing for what we see as the new librarianship, but are we ready for the next librarianship? Are we ready to face the next 10 years? This chapter looks at how academic librarians' skills can be applied to areas outside libraries, where they are much in demand. These include corporate information management, knowledge management, intranets, search engine optimisation, business analysis, enterprise architecture, information policy, and learning space management.
Clonal evolution of mutation events in myeloproliferative neoplasms
Creators: name: Affolter, Markus
name: Schaub, Franz Xaver
name: Skoda, Radek C.
Year: 2010

description: Diss. Phil.-Nat. Univ. Basel, 2010. - Ref.: R. Skoda, M. Affolter