cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Étude de l'écoulement de plasma supersonique et du déséquilibre autour d'une sphère.
Creators: name: Sirois, Alexandra.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Mechanical.

description: This thesis studies the flow of supersonic argon plasma over a sphere for application in the thermal spray field. A numerical model was developed to include the non-equilibrium state. The mass, momentum, energy and species conservation equations are solved taking into account the possible non-equilibrium state of the plasma. The transport variables are calculated with Hirschfelder et al.'s method based on the plasma's kinetics. Details on the numerical method used by the solver are given. The numerical model is validated including the physics of the flow, the chemical kinetics and the properties on which is based the plasma model. Supersonic plasma flows over a sphere are analyzed for different pressures, temperatures and Mach numbers to identify the influential factors on the drag coefficient and the chemical state of the plasma.
Chi Subunit of Polymerase III Holoenzyme May Have Function in Addition to Facilitating DNA Replication
Creators: name: Harada, Taku
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2018
Subjects: Harada, Taku Master's Thesis, 2018, Chi subunit, DNA replication

description: The chi subunit, encoded by the holC gene, is known to have a significant role in the efficient replication of DNA. It is unknown whether chi has other functions in the cell and it was the goal of this study to elucidate interaction of chi with other proteins. I screened suppressor mutations for a ΔholC Escherichia coli strain to determine what genes may be linked to chi function. Suppression of ΔholC mutants was done by culturing the strain in unrestricted growth and replicative stress conditions by exposure to AZT. Colonies that were larger in size relative to others were identified as suppressors and measured for viability and sensitivity to AZT. A total of 79 suppressor colonies were isolated. Many suppressors had greater viability and resistance to AZT relative to ΔholC mutants. Furthermore, suppressors had morphological changes including elongation of the cell and development of a mucoid membrane. These observations were more pronounced in suppressors isolated from AZT exposure. Twenty of these suppressors were whole genome sequenced and mutations in dnaB, sspA, rpoA, and rpoC were found. These mutations indicated previously unknown interactions with holC. I propose that the chi subunit may have additional functions to its established role in DNA replication, particularly DNA transcription.
Wood blocks as a carrier for Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells used in the production of fructose and ethanol.
Creators: name: Guénette, Maryse.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1993
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Chemical.

description: Saccharmoyces cerevisiae ATCC 39859 was immobilized onto small cubes of wood in order to produce very enriched fructose syrup from synthetic glucose/fructose mixtures, through the selective fermentation of glucose. The kinetics of growth and ethanol production rates were measured. Several tests to assess the influence of substrate and product concentration on the production rates were carried out and appropriate rate equations were proposed as a design basis for continuous immobilized reactors. The growth and ethanol production rates were found to be inhibited linearly by both substrate and product concentrations. A maximum ethanol productivity of 21.9 g/Lh was attained from a feed containing 10% (w/v) glucose and 10% (w/v) fructose. The ethanol concentration was 29.6 g/L, the glucose conversion was 78% and a fructose yield of 99% was obtained. This resulted in a fructose/glucose ratio of 2.7. At lower ethanol productivity levels the fructose/glucose ratio increases, as does the ethanol concentration in the effluent. The addition of oleic acid, which is known as an anaerobic growth factor, increased the productivity by 13%. The effect of reactor temperature on production rate was studied. Ethanol productivity peaked at 32.6$\sp\circ$C and approached zero near 44$\sp\circ$C. Batch fermentations were carried out using the reactor effluent in an attempt to enhance the ethanol concentration in the effluent from the reactor. The productivity of these processes was not very high due to the low biomass concentration leaving the reactor. The addition of yeast extract or active biomass increased the productivity substantially. The immobilized cell bioreactor was also used to produce sorbitol continuously from fructose. Sorbitol is a polyol which is used as a sweetening agent for diabetics. It is also used in pharmaceutical, foods and chemical industry. A maximum productivity of 3.25 g/Lh was attained from a 133.8 g/L fructose feed, with a fructose conversion of 44%. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Elucidation of the signaling pathways regulating Naip expression
Creators: name: Stewart, Alexandra
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Chemistry, Biochemistry.

description: The Neuronal Apoptosis Inhibitory Protein (NAIP) is neuroprotective in several disease and trauma models. Therapy based on NAIP's upregulation might be possible with a detailed understanding of its expression in neurons. Sodium butyrate (NaB), a Naip upregulating compound, was used to investigate its transcriptional regulation. Preliminary studies suggested that Naip upregulation was a result of NaB's G protein coupled receptor (GPCR) mediated signaling pathway activation. Kinase and receptor inhibition experiments in the present study revealed no specific pathway responsible and confirmed that NaB mediated Naip induction is GPCR-independent. This is consistent with NaB's histone deacetylase inhibitor (HDACi) capacity underlying Naip induction, and supported by induction of Naip using another potent HDACi, Trichostatin A. We demonstrate that Naip induction following HDACi treatment is concomitant with G 1/G0 cell cycle arrest, p21 induction and E2f1 downregulation, suggesting a cell cycle associated regulation. Further examination revealed that p21 expression and cell cycle arrest are not required for HDACi mediated NAIP induction. Direct histone acetylation following HDACi treatment appears to be responsible for Naip induction.
Lexical selection in Mandarin-English bilingual speakers
Creators: name: Lee, Yun-Wei
Publisher: name: Lancaster University
Year: 2025

description: The ongoing debate in bilingualism research revolves the inhibition
 towards the non-target language and the required speed to switch to
 another language. This inhibition has been investigated through various
 switching-paradigm, whereby suggesting the importance of language
 proficiency and use. However, given the growing body of bilingual speakers
 from different background, it is crucial to tap into the magnitude of
 inhibition and its dynamic nature within different language contexts and
 exposure. In the current thesis, I examined how language context affects
 the need of inhibition and how flexibly can bilingual speakers adapt
 themselves to optimise their language switching efficiency.

 In Study 1, Mandarin Chinese-English bilinguals completed
 language-switching tasks in different language contexts: (1)
 “L1-predominant” (most trials named in L1), (2) “L2-predominant” (most
 trials named in L2) and (3) “Mixed” (trials named half in L1 and half in
 L2). Based on our findings, I confirmed that switch cost asymmetry does
 not necessarily emerge during switching, and that the pattern of switch
 cost can also be modulated by the type of production process. In the
 production process with pictures named in either language (i.e., top-down
 processing), the degree of inhibition is dynamic and dependent on the
 predominant language.

 In Study 2, I then tested whether this switch cost pattern (asymmetry in
 the L1-predominant not in L2-predominant) would also emerge in other
 production-based tasks (here, reading aloud) or whether it was constrained
 to picture naming. Mandarin Chinese-English bilinguals were asked to read
 aloud Chinese characters and English words. The procedure was otherwise
 identical, including the context manipulation, but pictures were replaced
 with words. In contrast to study 1, I did not observe the asymmetry in
 both contexts.

 Study 3 tested whether the switch cost patterns (asymmetry in the
 L1-predominant, not in L2-predominant) would also emerge when participants
 could prepare for the target language (here, 250ms). Mandarin-English
 bilinguals saw a cue 250ms before the onset of the target pictures. The
 context manipulation remained the same. Here, I found different that
 magnitude of asymmetry was absent in both contexts.

 Study 4 was set out to investigate the brain activity before speech onset.
 The results showed that switching to L2 requires greater cognitive demands
 than switching to L1. To this end, I provide direct evidence with dynamics
 of inhibition, and importantly the anticipatory ability of the bilingual
 brain. This suggests that future work should continue to explore the
 language production processes in bilingual speakers.

 In summary, the results presented in this thesis demonstrated the
 flexibility of bilingual speakers when they switch languages. Furthermore,
 the effect of language context plays a role in bilingual language
 switching.
Quantum dynamics of multi-electron systems in strong laser fields
Creators: name: McDonald, Chris
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Physics, Optics.

description: The multi-configuration time-dependent Hartree-Fock (MCDTHF) method is a promising new method that can solve the time-dependent Schrodinger equation (TDSE) for a correlated multielectron system. We have written a computer code to solve the MCTDHF equations of motion. This code is highly optimized for speed and makes efficient use of memory. As a first test of the code, we will investigate the ionization dynamics of N2 in a strong laser-electric field using two active electrons. By examining the final momenta, parallel to the field polarization direction, of the two ionized electrons we are able to determine: (i) which laser dressed excited state the second electron was in at the time of ionization and (ii) the birth times of the electrons in the field. The results of these calculations provide a means for characterizing the attosecond dynamics of atoms and molecules without using attosecond pulses.
Multimedia integration of variable bit rate sources over the FDDI network.
Creators: name: Dhillon, Abinder.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1994
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Electronics and Electrical.

description: Multimedia is the future of today's communication field. Multimedia communications involve the transmission of different sources, such as video, voice, data and graphics, on the same network. This thesis focuses on the performance study of the Fibre Distributed Data Interface (FDDI) network when multimedia sources are integrated. In the first part of the study, Variable Bit Rate (VBR) video and data traffic are studied on FDDI. The second part of the study is the integration of VBR video and voice sources. In order to improve the multiplexing gain, the bit dropping algorithm is used on voice sources. It is shown that due to the dynamic bandwidth transfer property of FDDI, multimedia sources can be integrated without affecting the quality of service required by various media. Performance measures such as delay, variance and efficiency are calculated for each component of multimedia. Also using the bit dropping algorithm on voice sources, the delay and the probability of loss of voice packets decreases while the quality of voice is much higher than required.
title: Elfenbein de Chalkolithikums und der frühen Bronzezeit auf der Iberischen Halbinsel und im Maghreb : Die Ergebnisse eines interdisziplinären Forschungsprojekts
Creators: name: Schuhmacher, Thomas X
Publisher: name: Deutsches Archäologisches Institut
Year: 2016
Subjects: Elfenbein
Chalkolithikum
Frühbronzezeit
Iberische Halbinsel
Ma­ghreb
Naturwissenschaftliche Anlaysen
Austausch
Prestigegüter
ivory
Chalcolithic
Early Bronze Age
Iberian Peninsula
Maghreb
sci­entific analysis
exchange
prestige-goods

description: Madrider Mitteilungen, 57 (2016)
description: Im Rahmen eines von der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft finanzierten (2005–2008) und zwischen dem Deutschen Archäologischen Institut und der Gruppe INCENTIVS der Universität Mainz durchgeführten Projekts wurde zum einen versucht, sämtliche Elfenbeinobjek
description: En el marco de un proyecto de investigación (2005–2008), financiado por la Fundación Alemana de Investigación Científica (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) y desarrolllado entre el Instituto Arqueológico Alemán y el grupo INCENTIVS de la Universidad de Mai
description: On behalf of an interdisciplinary research project (2005–2008) between the German Archaeological Institute (DAI) Madrid and the INCENTIVS group of the University of On behalf of an interdisciplinary research project (2005–2008) between the German Archaeol
title: Mending Fences
title: Kibei Poetry in Tule Lake
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Yee, Carter William
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2021
Subjects: Japanese American Incarceration
Kibei
Japanese American Studies
World War II
Asian American Poetry
Tessaku

description: This thesis examines the Japanese language poetry written by Kibei Nisei in Tessaku, a literary magazine published within the Tule Lake Relocation Center during the World War II Incarceration of Japanese Americans. By translating and studying this work, I hope to contribute a better understanding of the experiences of the Kibei, the generation of Japanese Americans born in the United States but educated partially in Japan.The Kibei-produced poetry in Tessaku is incredibly varied in its subject matter, but has a number of key themes which emerge, including home, nostalgia, identity, and politics among others. I analyze this poetry from both a historical and literary point of view, and attempt to draw connections between the writers’ positionality and their writing. My thesis is informed by the theses and dissertations of other scholars in the field of Japanese American studies, in addition to archives, newspapers, interviews, and War Relocation Authority records. My thesis challenges dominant narratives surrounding Japanese Americans incarcerated during World War II, and complicates ideas around resistance and what it means to be a “political” writer. The voices of Kibei Nisei, a marginalized group even within the context of the camps, have been silenced in the past, but are not only worthy, but deserving of further study. Now is the time for us to read their words.
Exploration and Synthesis of Novel Amination Reagents for the Iron-Catalyzed cis-Selective Glycosylation
Creators: name: Michaud, Drew
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Organic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: Novel amination reagents were synthesized and tested in the iron (II) catalyzed 1,2-cis-a-O­-amidoglycosylation. 2-hydroxyisobutyric acid and 2-aminoisobutyric acid-derived amination reagents were tested.
The Intersection of Genetic Counselors’ Personal Experience with Cancer and Clinical Practice
Creators: name: Allred, Amanda
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2019
Subjects: Genetic Counseling
Cancer
Critical Incident
Self-disclosure
Countertransference
Qualitative
Professional Development

description: Significant life events, or critical incidents, can catalyze lasting personal and professional change. Genetic counselors can find themselves experiencing a similar critical incident as a patient. Indeed, cancer is extremely prevalent, and genetic counselors and their family members are not invincible from its effects. A handful of published personal commentaries describe how a family member’s cancer diagnosis prompted professional growth; however, this topic has not been empirically explored. This study sought to characterize how genetic counselors’ personal lives impact their professional lives, and vice versa. Ten genetic counselors who were practicing as a clinical cancer genetic counselor at the time when a blood relative was diagnosed with cancer participated in semi-structured interviews. Inductive analysis, a qualitative research method, was utilized to discover emergent themes. Each interviewee recognized that they were professionally impacted in at least one way by their personal experience with cancer, such as enhanced understanding of the patient experience and patient connection. The majority of participants relayed at least one way this life event altered patient interactions. Moreover, each participant described an instance in which they experienced countertransference as a result of this life event, though only half of them identified it as such. Additionally, seven out of ten participants have self-disclosed about their family history to at least one patient. When discussing their own perceived cancer risk, only a minority of participants felt that their profession has heightened their fear of developing cancer. This study demonstrates that sometimes personal-professional boundaries are difficult to maintain. Genetic counselors should be cognizant of how a critical incident in their personal lives can impact patient care.
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title: Research and development of the housing design for the suspension of an optoelectronic unit
Creators: name: ÐÐ°Ð¹Ð¼Ð°ÑÐ¾Ð², ÐÐ»ÐµÐºÑÐ°Ð½Ð´Ñ
Publisher: name: Ð¡Ð°Ð½ÐºÑ-ÐÐµÑÐµÑÐ±ÑÑÐ³ÑÐºÐ¸Ð¹ Ð¿Ð¾Ð»Ð¸ÑÐµÑÐ½Ð¸ÑÐµÑÐºÐ¸Ð¹ ÑÐ½Ð¸Ð²ÐµÑÑÐ¸ÑÐµÑ ÐÐµÑÑÐ° ÐÐµÐ»Ð¸ÐºÐ¾Ð³Ð¾
Year: 2024
Subjects: Ð¾Ð¿ÑÐ¸ÐºÐ¾-ÑÐ»ÐµÐºÑÑÐ¾Ð½Ð½ÑÐ¹ Ð±Ð»Ð¾Ðº
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optoelectronic unit
finite element method

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description: The purpose of this study is to conduct an inâdepth analysis and develop an innovative housing design specially adapted to the harsh operating conditions in which the optoelectronic unit is located. The subject of the study is the housing itself, and the object is an optoelectronic unit, which requires reliable protection and stable operation in various conditions.
Les mains sacrilèges : les représentations sociales et pénales de l'infanticide et des mères-infanticides au Canada, 1883-1951.
Creators: name: Coucopoulos, Zoï.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1997
Subjects: subject: History, Canadian.

description: Dans certaines anciennes societes, l'infanticide etait une pratique courante et largement acceptee. En effet, tuer les enfants malades, anormaux ou illegitimes etait une pratique assez commune. Dans plusieurs de ces societes, les coutumes determinaient le nombre d'enfants par famille et ainsi, l'infanticide constituait un des moyens pour controler les naissances. Notre societe actuelle a subi des transformations. Parmi les faits divers portes a la connaissance du public, l'infanticide est l'un de ceux qui suscite le plus de malaise dans la population car chacun se sent partage entre des sentiments contraires; tout en etant bouleverse a l'idee du meurtre d'un nouveau-ne, on hesite a condamner sans remission la personne qui a pose ce geste, surtout lorsque c'est la propre mere de l'enfant. C'est ce que cette recherche a tente de verifier, pour ce faire nous avons analyse les proces des femmes canadiennes accusees du meurtre de leur enfant et condamnees a mort a la fin du XIXe et debut du XXe siecles. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Population characteristics and contaminant burdens of the white sucker (Catostomus commersoni) from the St. Lawrence River near Cornwall, Ontario and Massena, New York.
Creators: name: Ridgway, Lara Louise.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: Biology, Ecology.

description: The objective of this study was to measure and compare several physical and chemical characteristics of two white sucker (Catostomus commersoni) populations from the St. Lawrence River, near Cornwall, Ontario and Massena, New York, that could be used to address environmental quality issues in this area. Seven hundred and sixty-two white suckers from the St. Lawrence River were collected upstream and downstream of the Moses-Saunders power dam near Cornwall, Ontario and Massena, New York during 1994 and 1995. Upstream white suckers were shorter and weighed less at older ages, had a lower average fecundity, a greater mean egg diameter, lower condition factor at older ages, greater overall mean age, and a higher incidence of lip and body papillomas than the downstream fish. In addition, a total of 80 fish (40 fish upstream and 40 fish downstream) were analysed for organic chemical contaminants. The mean total concentration of 34 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon compounds (PAH), analysed in muscle tissue using GC-MS-SIM techniques, were significantly higher in white suckers caught upstream of the dam (75.2 $\pm$ 30.4 ng/g dry wt.) than in those caught downstream (53.6 $\pm$ 29.7 ng/g dry wt.). Concentrations of 132 polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) congeners and 31 organochlorine pesticides were also analysed in muscle tissue using GC electron-capture detectors (ECD). Detectable levels of PCB and organochlorine pesticides were found in nearly all fish sampled. However, there was no statistical difference between organochlorine contaminant concentrations of upstream and downstream fish, except for total aldrin (3.4 $\pm$ 4.0 ng/g dry wt. upstream, 1.9 $\pm$ 2.7 ng/g dry wt. downstream). Concentrations of most organochlorine compounds increased linearly with lipid content, but not relationship was found between contaminant concentration and age of the fish, except for DDT and mirex. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Utility-based data mining: An anthropometric case study
Creators: name: Pena, Isis
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Computer Science.

description: One of the most important challenges for the apparel industry is to produce garments that fit the population properly. In order to achieve this objective, it is crucial to understand the typical profile of consumer's bodies. In this work, we aim to identify the typical consumer from the virtual tailor's perspective. To this end, we perform clustering analysis on anthropometric and 3-D data to group the population into clothing sizes. Next, we perform multi-view relational classification to analyze the interplay of different body measurements within each size. In this study, we analyze three different populations as contained in the CAESAR(TM) database, namely, the American, the Italian and the Dutch populations. Throughout this study, we follow a utility-based data mining approach. The goal of utility-base data mining is to consider all utility aspects of the mining process and to thus maximize the utility of the entire process. In order to address this issue, we engage in dimension reduction techniques to find a smaller set of body measurement that reduces the cost and improves the performance of the mining process. We also apply objective interestingness measures in our analysis of demographic data, to improve the quality of the results and reduce the time and search space of the mining process. The analysis of demographic data allows us to better understand the demographic nature of potential customers, in order to target subgroups of potential customers better.
The presiding judge: Present legislation and future possibilities for marriage nullity cases.
Creators: name: Bourgon, Robert O.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1997
Subjects: subject: Religion, Clergy.

description: Any society, and the Church is no exception, needs an appropriate instrument for the resolution of disputes and authoritative declarations of facts concerning matters which are juridically doubtful. This has been accomplished over time by the use of various methods such as arbitration, mediation and court procedures in tribunals. In the course of the evolution of our present procedures, there arose a new understanding of the office and the role of the judge who was called to preside over particular cases. What is the role or function of this president in trials and in matrimonial trials in particular? What are the responsibilities of the presiding judge? What qualities and qualifications are necessary to be appointed as a judge and as a presiding judge? Who can be a presiding judge? How is this ministry changing and evolving even now? These questions formed the basis of investigation for this dissertation. Previous studies had examined tribunals, procedural law and the various responsibilities of judges, but nothing specific was done on the presiding judge who is perceived as representing in a visible manner the judicial role and ministry of the Church. Since the focus of the work was the presiding judge, several significant and related topics were not dealt with, such as: the substantive law concerning marriage, its indissolubility or sacramentality; the jurisprudence used in marriage trials, its development and evolution. However, although mention was made in passing of some non-formal procedures for dealing with questions of nullity and dissolution of marriage, the function of the presiding judge in such cases was not explored. Chapter I examined the development of the concept of presidency in the resolution of conflict within the Church. Chapter II examined the role and responsibilities of the presiding judge. Some of these are shared with all judges, while others are unique to the praeses. Chapter III examined the qualities and qualifications required of presiding judges. An examination of the changes that occur when the function of praeses is fulfilled by bishops, judicial vicars, other clerics and even the laity was explored. Chapter IV presented an evaluation of the present procedural law which binds judges, especially the presiding judge, in marriage nullity cases. The ministry of the presiding judge is one of trust, since he is the person these injured, angry and often times misinformed persons must trust to guide them through yet another painful experience.
Investigating the relationship between process use and use of evaluation findings in a government context
Creators: name: Amo, Courtney
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Education, Tests and Measurements.
subject: Political Science, General.

description: Despite support for the notion that evaluation utilization is facilitated by stakeholder engagement, evaluation practice in the Government of Canada may not be conducive to such engagement. This mixed-methods study explores the extent to which process use is manifest within government; the conditions, influences and factors that enhance process use; and the relationship between process use and findings use. The study supports the notion that process use and its consequences are important predictors of findings use in government. The level of stakeholder engagement present in this context appears to support the development of knowledge/skills, which may not be sufficient in enhancing findings use; changes in attitude/affect and in actions/behaviours may be of greater importance. This study highlights the importance of timely, higher-level engagement over frequent, surface-level engagement, as well as the importance of organizational learning capacity and conditions mediating evaluation use in setting the stage for process use to occur.
Étranger chez soi: Le cas de la diaspora russe en Lettonie
Creators: name: Charbonneau, Philippe-Antoine
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Sociology, Ethnic and Racial Studies.

description: Quand l'Union soviétique s'est dissoute en 1991, 25 millions de Russes se sont retrouvés dispersés dans les autres ex-republiques soviétiques. Cette minorité russe représente toujours une importante portion de la population des anciennes républiques soviétiques, notamment en Lettonie (28,5%). Après avoir fait partie de l'URSS contre son gré, la Lettonie a adopté une politique de citoyenneté restrictive et plusieurs résidants russes sont toujours considérés comme des non-citoyens. Comment vivent ces non-citoyens? Cette minorité russe est également qualifiée de diaspora. L'hypothèse de cette thèse est que les Russes en Lettonie ne considèrent pas la Russie comme leur chez-soi, même si celle-ci exerce des pressions sur la Lettonie. Leur chez-soi est plutôt la Lettonie, mais ils ne s'y sentent pas chez eux. Utiliser le terme 'diaspora' est-il juste si cette population n'est pas orientée vers l'extérieur? Comment protéger sa culture sans brimer les droits des minorités?
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title: Ð²ÑÐ¿ÑÑÐºÐ½Ð°Ñ ÐºÐ²Ð°Ð»Ð¸ÑÐ¸ÐºÐ°ÑÐ¸Ð¾Ð½Ð½Ð°Ñ ÑÐ°Ð±Ð¾ÑÐ° Ð¼Ð°Ð³Ð¸ÑÑÑÐ°
titleType: Subtitle
title: Bulk and surface thermoelastic waves in a thin film
Creators: name: ÐÑÑÐ°Ð¿Ð¾Ð², Ð¯ÑÐ¾ÑÐ»Ð°Ð²
Publisher: name: Ð¡Ð°Ð½ÐºÑ-ÐÐµÑÐµÑÐ±ÑÑÐ³ÑÐºÐ¸Ð¹ Ð¿Ð¾Ð»Ð¸ÑÐµÑÐ½Ð¸ÑÐµÑÐºÐ¸Ð¹ ÑÐ½Ð¸Ð²ÐµÑÑÐ¸ÑÐµÑ ÐÐµÑÑÐ° ÐÐµÐ»Ð¸ÐºÐ¾Ð³Ð¾
Year: 2024
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Lamb waves
Bernoulli-Eulerâs beam model
Timoshenkoâs beam model
thermoelastic waves
theory of continuation of solution of system of nonlinear equations

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description: In the paper a process of formulation of a mathematical model of elastic and thermoelastic bulk waves in a homogeneous isotropic thin film is presented. An analysis of an asymptotic correctness of beam models is conducted. Graphs of dispersion curves and phase velocity on wave number and thermomechanical parameter are presented. A quality factor definition on material parameters variation is carried out. A comparison of results of analytical and finite element models is held.
title:  The Designing of Virtual Learning Environments for Authentic Proficiency Enhancement in Arabic
Creators: name: Giolfo, Manuela E.B.
name: Salvaggio, Federico
Publisher: name: RomaTrE-Press
Year: 2018

description: Il Quadro Comune Europeo di Riferimento (QCER) concepisce la padronanza linguistica come l'abilità di confrontarsi con compiti linguistici autentici secondo modalità che riflettono in comportamento dei parlanti nativi. Nel caso dell'arabo lo svolgimento di tali compiti da parte del madrelingua può richiedere, a seconda dei casi, l'uso esclusivo della varietà standard, di quella colloquiale o un uso misto di entrambe. Il nostro contributo illustra come una così complessa situazione linguistica possa essere riprodotta nella classe di arabo attraverso la creazione di un ambiente di apprendimento virtuale che permetta lo sviluppo di una padronanza linguistica autentica in arabo (e la sua conseguente valutazione) e consenta l'applicazione reale dei principi del QCER alla didattica dell'arabo.
description: Didattica dell’arabo e certificazione linguistica: riflessioni e iniziative
"Butter-lider," an original composition for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion, and fixed media
Creators: name: Friedman, Max
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Music
Yiddish Language or Literature

description: Butter-lider is a musical setting of prerecorded samples of four Yiddish texts, recited by the writers themselves. I intend for these sounds to showcase the musicality of a language that has previously been stereotyped as a “jargon” and had its cultural products neglected and ridiculed even by its own members. I also wish for this project to investigate the role that recordings and preservationist ideologies have had in redefining Yiddish language and culture across today’s vibrant and ongoing resurgence of interest. In addition to archival research and original composition, this project has required me to analyze and translate the texts. The recordings, made between 1950 and 1965 at Montreal's Jewish Public Library, have been graciously provided by the Yiddish Book Center’s Digital Library of Archival Recordings; the music I have composed is meant to be performed live by a six-member ensemble alongside these recordings. This project will take the words of six modern Yiddish writers at face value to make something radically new. The voices of H. Leivick, Yankev Glatshteyn, Kadya Molodowsky, and Rokhl H. Korn, transmitted through and out of decades of technological time, loom large over the live music. My additions respond to the musicality of their vocal patterns, my interpretations of their texts, and technology’s idiosyncrasies. I hope to facilitate a dialogue, across artistic media, across time and space, between these writers’ unique perspectives, and my own, on what it means to make Yiddish art. I refuse to fall into the elitist and insulting narrative of “elevating” a folk tradition by bringing it to classical music spaces. Rather, I hope to platform and participate within this living culture so that it may reach new audiences and new generations, and to offer another medium, another language, through which to tell Yiddish narratives.
Groundwater recharge and contamination: Sensitivity analysis for carbonate aquifers in south-eastern Ontario. The Jock River Basin study.
Creators: name: Velderman, Berend-Jan.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1994
Subjects: subject: Geology.

description: The Jock River Basin was selected as a case study representative of carbonate aquifers in South-Eastern Ontario, where development is increasing demands for groundwater. Monthly hydrochemical and isotope data were used to define aquifer recharge and response to recharge events. Groundwater discharge is important in maintaining the river base flow and wetlands. Deep bedrock groundwater recharge (between 10 to 25 m below bedrock surface) occurs in areas of shallow discontinuous overburden. Groundwaters show a high degree of mixing, but despite mixing impact by anthropogenic activity as road salting and nitrate pollution has been documented. In areas of thick overburden ($>$2m) two artesian confined interconnected aquifers have been identified, (i) a highly permeable basal overburden - upper bedrock aquifer and (ii) a deeper fractured bedrock aquifer. Circulation rates can be in a matter of days in the shallow aquifer, implying sensitivity to drought and development. While shallow groundwaters are highly sensitive to seasonal recharge, deeper bedrock groundwaters show essentially no temporal variations in chemistry and isotopes despite their shallow depth ( 25m). Their homogeneity and their low tritium content suggest a mean circulation time on the order of several decades. Susceptibility to mining and long term contaminant loading is a concern for long circulation time bedrock groundwaters. Isotope measurements suggest reversals of hydraulic gradients during periods of high groundwater consumption from both aquifers. The measurements show that these gradient reversals allow for rapid transport of surface waters into the aquifers. Conditions may allow for rapid introduction of contaminants in the long circulation time bedrock groundwaters.
Urban-rural income disparity in the minority counties of Gansu, Western China
Creators: name: Feng, Jing
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Geography.
subject: Economics, General.

description: China has been experiencing considerable growth following the economic reforms and open doors policy of 1978. The whole country has not benefited from these changes, however. A significant socioeconomic gap has been created between the developed Eastern coast and the poor hinterlands of the Western regions. Although the Chinese Government has made the development of the Western provinces' social and economic conditions a national priority (China's Western Development Priority), since the year 2000, progress has been hindered due to the lack of understanding of the many factors that have created the disparity of Western China. This thesis applies a statistical and geographical approach to understanding the evolution and spatial distribution of urban-rural income disparity in the minority counties of Gansu, Western China over the last 15 years. The quantitative analysis between this disparity and the socioeconomic variables reveal that minority counties are significantly affected by less favourable socio-economic environments. Moreover, urban-rural income disparity resuits in reduced access to basic education for school-aged children, particularly girls, in minority counties. This thesis adds a new perspective---statistical and geographical---to previous studies of urban-rural income disparity in Western China's minority regions.
Public opinion and prison conditions in Canada: The relationship between attitudes and knowledge.
Creators: name: Gringler, Michelle.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Sociology, Criminology and Penology.

description: This thesis explores the relationship between attitudes and knowledge, and assesses the impact of factual information on attitudes on the topic of prison conditions in Canada. A questionnaire, distributed to a non-representative sample of volunteer first year criminology students, forms the basis of this research. The questionnaire incorporated an attitude scale, measuring respondent "punitiveness", and a knowledge scale, measuring the accuracy of factual information concerning prison conditions at the disposal of respondents. The questionnaire was comprised of both global and specific questions and included an experimental manipulation (i.e., case scenarios). Respondents were supportive of both punitive and progressive penal policies and practices. Study participants were familiar with the general facets of prison life, but lacked information on penal policies, prisoner health issues, prisoners' rights, and release from prison. The results of this research do not support a relationship between attitudes and knowledge. Respondents held particular attitudes concerning prison conditions regardless of the amount or accuracy of factual information at their disposal. Participant assessments of penal severity were positively associated with their perceptions of sentencing severity. However, this research indicates that this relationship is spurious. An underlying individual trait, "punitiveness", influenced both attitudes towards sentencing and attitudes towards prison conditions. Respondents favouring punitive penal practices were more likely to appraise prison conditions and sentencing practices as lax. This research also indicates that providing participants with factual information via case scenarios does not alter their opinions. Respondents receiving global questions and those receiving case scenarios expressed statistically similar perceptions of prison conditions. Further, manipulating offence severity within the case scenarios did not alter participant perceptions of prison conditions. However, factual information, in the form of case scenarios, strengthens the relationship between "punitiveness" and perceptions of criminal justice leniency.
L'eschatologie de la raison selon Jean Ladrière : pour une interprétation de l'historicité de la raison.
Creators: name: Perron, Louis.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Philosophy.

description: La thèse développe une interprétation critique de l'interprétation eschatologique de l'historicité de la raison proposée par Jean Ladrière. Selon cette théorie, l'historicité de la raison, en sa forme spécifique, est de type eschatologique et doit être rattachée à la structure eschatologique qui préside au devenir de la raison. Dans cette perspective, l'historicité est interprétée à partir du rapport constitutif que la raison entretient à l' eschaton . L'herméneutique eschatologique de la raison affirme que le déterminant du devenir de la raison est un événement ultime située hors de la concrétude historique mais qui détermine néanmoins de manière effective la marche historique de la raison. Cette approche permet de penser spéculativement l'historicité de la raison tout en évitant le piège de la totalisation effective lié aux approches rationalistes et idéalistes classiques. Par ce qu'elle postule une discontinuité radicale entre l'effectivité historique et l' eschaton , elle rend possible une thématisation hors totalisation de l'effectivité historique de la raison comme historicité ouverte; parce qu'elle affirme l'efficacité polarisante et attractive de l'eschaton sur la contemporanéité historique, elle permet de penser cette effectivité comme une événementialité créatrice ouverte sur l'avenir et le « pas encore » historique. La thèse montre la centralité de la notion d'eschatologie de la raison comme le fil d'Ariane de l'oeuvre entière. Après avoir, dans un premier temps, explicité la conception ladrièrienne du devenir de la raison comme autoconstitution de la raison, elle expose les sources philosophiques majeures qui sous-tendent la réflexion de Ladrière sur l'historicité de la raison (Kant, Blondel, Husserl). Un troisième chapitre précise la notion ladrièrienne d'historicité au sens d'un processus événementiel et créateur orienté vers l'avenir. Le quatrième chapitre montre comment la théorie eschatologique prolonge les intuitions de Kant et de Husserl tout en cherchant à les corriger et à les dépasser en remplaçant l'idée de téléologie par celle d'eschatologie. La partie d'exposition se double d'une conclusion critique dans laquelle est ébauchée, sous l'ange d'une critique de la surdétermination théologique présidant à l'élaboration philosophique du concept d' eschaton , une reprise critique de l'entreprise de Ladrière. Il y est suggéré que la thématisation ladrièrienne de l' eschaton ne parvient pas à rendre compte de manière suffisante de l'historicité événementielle affectant le devenir de la raison.
Aménager son temps en milieu carcéral: Récits de détenus en longue durée
Creators: name: Frénette, Marie-Josée
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Sociology, Criminology and Penology.

description: L'objet de cette recherche qualitative est de saisir, de lire, de penser le temps à travers le discours de ceux pour qui il pose problème, qui en prennent particulièrement conscience parce qu'il pose problème: les détenus purgeant de longues sentences dans le système correctionnel canadien. À travers une série d'entretiens semi-directifs dans des établissements fédéraux à securité moyenne et maximale, cette étude tente de (re)construire la perception et l'aménagement du temps chez ces détenus. Condamné à une peine privative de liberté, l'individu est aussi condamné au "temps cadre" des institutions carcérales: à une encapsulation du temps par rapport au temps des milieux libres, à une enregimentation de son temps par l'entremise de la routine monotone de l'institution, puis à une négation ou restriction de son libre aménagement du temps. L'analyse des entretiens démontre qu'en général, le temps semble très long pour les détenus. Certains moments semblent s'écouler particulièrement lentement: les périodes d'attente au début et à la fin de la sentence ainsi que les moments où les détenus sont confrontés aux activités de loisir du milieu libre. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Identifying potential neuropeptide receptors mediating cold tolerance responses in Drosophila
Creators: name: Huang, Yuhan
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2022

description: Drosophila melanogaster (common fruit flies) survives a wide range of natural environments and can grow adaptation to seasonal temperature drop (seasonal cold-hardening, SCH) and to imminent cold weather (rapid cold-hardening, RCH). While SCH is mediated mainly by transcriptional and physiological changes, the mechanisms behind RCH are unknown. During this short-term adaptation, neuronal signaling and neuromodulation is likely involved. In this project, we screened through 129 neuropeptides and GPCR genes mutant strains (chemoconnectome-attP) and found a few candidates, including 5-HT2A, Capa, Dop1R2, moody, CG4313 and other genes, that are potentially involved in RCH. Confirmation of the result were done using neuronal knock-out of these genes with CRISPR/Cas9 and the UAS/Gal4 system. An attempt to achieve RCH by thermogenetically activating Dop1R2- and 5-HT2A-positive neurons using dTrpA1 was also performed but no significant level of RCH was observed.
Dynamic models of suspension bridges and their stabilities.
Creators: name: Harbi, Hani.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1997
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Civil.

description: Suspension bridges have a history of large-scale oscillations caused by wind, earthquake or traffic forces which may lead to structural failure. As a result of these oscillations and the probable resonance effects, the cables start to loosen and tighten producing a nonlinear effect. This nonlinear effect is very complex to model and only limited research has been conducted in this area. Therefore, there is a need to give a clear mathematical argument as to why suspension bridges oscillate and find the effect of nonlinearity behaviour of their cables. In order to clarify the oscillations and nonlinearity effect behaviour, this thesis presents a four dynamic Partial Differential Equations (PDE) models of suspension bridges. These models are generalized cases of those proposed by Lazer and McKenna. Further, an analytical study of the stability properties of these models under different types of dynamic loading is performed. Furthermore, for each loading situation, the results are illustrated by numerical simulation with physical interpretation.