cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Evaluation of the nutrition component of an integrated health curriculum for grade four students.
Creators: name: Graham, Sandra J.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: Health Sciences, Nursing.

description: During the winter of 1994/95, a series of 'Healthy Eating' nutrition lessons were piloted in a grade four class in the Ottawa area. The objective of the current research study was to measure the impact of the program and identify the processes involved in the curriculum implementation. The Comprehensive School Health model and the PRECEDE-PROCEED framework were used to direct the study, which involved both quantitative and qualitative methods. The quantitative component of the study followed a quasi-experimental design. The health-related knowledge and attitudes of students who received the curriculum, were measured on three occasions: prior to curriculum implementation, immediately after, and two months post-instruction. The test scores were compared with the test scores from a cohort of students from a comparable classroom, which received no health instruction. A 2 x 2 x 3 mixed multivariate analysis of variance was performed on knowledge and attitude. The between variables were gender and intervention. The occasion of testing was a within subject factor. A preliminary MANCOVA was performed to consider age as a covariate, however age was not found to be a significant factor. The qualitative component of the study incorporated classroom observation, interviews with seven randomly selected students, a parent questionnaire and a teacher questionnaire. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Kitsap County 4-H Newsletter, September 2021
Creators: name: Washington State University Kitsap County Extension
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2021

description: Newsletter includes:
description: Important Dates
description: In the Spotlight
description: 4-H in Kitsap County
description: 4-H Fundraisers
description: State & National 4-H Opportunities
description: Scholarship Opportunities
description: Volunteer News
description: 4-H Office Contact Information
พลวัตการเสริมพลังอำนาจในเครือข่ายองค์กรการศึกษา
Creators: name: สุวัฒนพงษ์ ร่มศรี
Publisher: name: มหาวิทยาลัยนราธิวาสราชนครินทร์
Year: 2567
Subjects: การเสริมพลังอำนาจ
เครือข่าย
องค์กรการศึกษา
พลวัต

description: วารสารมหาวิทยาลัยนราธิวาสราชนครินทร์ สาขามนุษยศาสตร์และสังคมศาสตร์, 11, 2, 127-151
Neural network-based modelling and prediction for crack growth process in alloys
Creators: name: Zhi, Linxian
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The work in this thesis focuses on the development of advanced methodologies for the study of crack growth with artificial neural networks, to develop accurate prediction and diagnostic algorithms for crack growth under various loading environments. The developed models show better performance in comparison with typical existing crack growth models. It is particularly useful to replace some of the burdensome fatigue tests in practical engineering applications. The research results of this thesis may contribute to the intelligent prediction of crack growth in real-time prognosis and health management systems.
title: Le travail de la dialectique
Publisher: name: Centre Jean Pépin  UMR 8230 CNRS/ENS-PSL
Year: 2025

description: Nous avons vu au premier semestre que la gigantomakhia peri tês ousias  que met en scène le Sophiste entre les fils de la Terre et les amis des Formes constituait moins une antinomie qu’une dialectique où chacun des termes est appelé à régler son rapport à l’être et au non-être, à l’âme et au corps, à la part visible et invisible du monde en fonction des positions de l’autre terme. Cette dialectique est appelée à un grand avenir et traversera toute l’histoire de la philosophie jusqu’à nos jours, selon des modalités à chaque fois renouvelées, mais qui toutes renvoient aux questions initiées par les dialogues de Platon. C’est à ce travail de la dialectique, à sa richesse problématiques, à sa fécondité intellectuelle, mais aussi à ses apories, à ses tours de passe-passe, voire à ses mystifications que nous consacrerons nos travaux du second semestre au travers d’un certain nombres d’auteurs et d’opérations philosophiques qui viennent jalonner l’histoire de la pensée
The queer philosopher: Edmund White and the technologies of the self.
Creators: name: Georgekish-Watt, Jonathan.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: Literature, American.

description: My thesis provides a reading of the novels of Edmund White through a theoretical frame based largely on Michel Foucault's "Technologies of the Self" and Julia Kristeva's Strangers to Ourselves, but which also takes into account the "queer" theorizing of Michael Warner, in his introduction to Fear of a Queer Planet and the essay "What Does Queer Theory Teach Us about X?" (co-authored with Lauren Berlant). I argue that the "technologies" that Foucault describes, an invention of self through the "care of the self" (le souci de soi), are such that they reveal, at the center of subjectivity, a stranger; they reveal the fact that we are, as Kristeva argues, "strangers to ourselves." This is a motif that plays itself out in White's novels, both autobiographical and non-autobiographical; the turn inward and the "stringent self-analysis" implied by a "technology of the self," reveal a "self" that is indefinite, unknowable, "spectral."
Short-term recovery from a volume increase in the mouse zygote: Characteristics of regulatory volume decrease in vitro.
Creators: name: Séguin, Diane G.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: Biology, Cell.

description: Mouse zygotes have been shown to recover from an imposed increase in volume, a process known as a regulatory volume decrease or RVD, via separate but functionally coupled Cl- and K+ channels. The objectives of this thesis were to further determine some of the characteristics of these Cl- and K+ channels involved in RVD in the mouse zygote. It was proposed that the Cl - channel in mouse zygotes was a swelling-activated Cl -/organic osmolyte channel like that found in many other cells. A method developed by Passantes-Morales et al. (1993) was used, in which a large extracellular concentration of one of a number of organic osmolytes was added to the experimental media, and the ability of the zygote to perform RVD in the presence of each was determined. A number of organic compounds demonstrated an inhibition of RVD, and thus, identified a number of organic compounds which might function as organic osmolytes in embryos. To directly test whether swelling of zygotes increased their permeability to organic osmolytes; the permeability in swelled zygotes was compared to that in non-swelled zygotes, using 3H glycine. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Catalogue descriptif de trois épisodes du mythe amazonien sur la céramique attique des VIe et Ve siècle avant Jésus-Christ : Achille et Thésée.
Creators: name: Cordeau, Denise.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1990
Subjects: subject: Anthropology, Archaeology.

description: Abstract Not Available.
Lymphocyte-C-reactive protein ratio combined with albumin predicts coronary artery dilation and aneurysm formation in pediatric patients with kawasaki disease: a retrospective cohort study
Creators: name: Wang, Yajun
name: Lin, Yilu
name: Zhang, Lei
name: Wu, Di
name: Tang, Yujia
name: Meng, Huan
name: Liu, Huiying
name: Jiang, Xiaohui
name: Zhang, Guoli
name: Yang, Yang
name: Li, Fengmei
name: Shu, Yajun
name: Kang, Kai
name: Si, Ligang
name: Gao, Yang
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: We aimed to explore simple and effective clinical parameters or combinations to predict coronary artery dilation and aneurysm formation in pediatric patients with Kawasaki disease (KD).
Design and Methods: This retrospective cohort study included pediatric patients with KD from January, 2013 to December, 2022. Multiple demographic and clinical data were collected, collated, and calculated from the medical records. Then they were divided into the coronary artery dilation and aneurysm formation group or the non-coronary artery dilation and aneurysm formation group. Lymphocyte-C-reactive protein ratio (LCR) was transformed into its natural logarithm and expressed as lnLCR. A total of 64 pediatric patients with KD were enrolled in this cohort study after 1:3 propensity score matching (PSM). For each unit increase in lnLCR, the possibility of coronary artery dilation and aneurysm formation decreased to 0.419 times the original value. The areas under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves of lnLCR combined with albumin (ALB), ALB, and lnLCR to classify pediatric patients with KD into the coronary artery dilation and aneurysm formation group were 0.781, 0.692, and 0.743, respectively. Conclusion: LCR combined with ALB upon admission is a promising predictor of coronary artery dilation and aneurysm formation in pediatric patients with KD.
National security in Canada: A critical perspective of the state's talisman.
Creators: name: Russell, J. Stuart.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1990
Subjects: subject: Law.

description: The goal of this thesis is to critically examine the major constituent elements of the State Security system in Canada from a legal perspective. It is a historically-contingent notion essential not for the protection of the population as a whole, but for the preservation of State hegemony, which is directed almost exclusively against left-wing dissent and protest. As the ideological foundation of State Security in Canada, this notion constitutes the politico-legal framework for each of the arms of the State Security hydra, each of which is examined in some depth: (1) crimes against the State, (2) official State secrets, (3) the right of access to government and personal information, (4) the Crown privilege to refuse disclosure of National Security information, and (5) the centrepiece of State Security, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS). While all of the traditional constituents of National Security (subversion, terrorism and espionage) are examined, the overwhelming emphasis of this study is on subversion, protest and dissent. Some areas have been omitted, however, and most notably emergencies legislation, due to time constraints. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
The steady state and transient behaviour of two-dimensional braiding.
Creators: name: Mazzawi, Albert.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Mechanical.

description: Two-dimensional braiding of fibre-reinforced composite components is a promising process for automation. Control of the braiding equipment when the braid angle is changing (transient braiding) is currently achieved either by trial and error or by using simplistic theories. One major contribution of this work is the development of a device and associated mathematical model that allows measurement of the braid angle on-line. This work has also explained the discrepancy between desired and measured braid angles reported in the literature. Finally, a mathematical model to predict the structure of the braid during transient braiding was developed. The experimental data presented strengthen the validity of the analytical expressions developed.
SSRI use during acute COVID-19 and risk of long COVID among patients with depression
Creators: name: Shi J
name: Patel R.C
name: van der Laan M.J
name: Hubbard A.E.
name: Mertens A
name: Coyle J
name: Colford, Jr., J.M
name: Anzalone A.J
name: Butzin-Dozier Z
name: Ji Y
name: Deshpande S
name: Hurwitz E
Publisher: name: BioMed Central Ltd
Year: 2024

description: Background: Long COVID, also known as post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC), is a poorly understood condition with symptoms across a range of biological domains that often have debilitating consequences. Some have recently suggested that lingering SARS-CoV-2 virus particles in the gut may impede serotonin production and that low serotonin may drive many Long COVID symptoms across a range of biological systems. Therefore, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), which increase synaptic serotonin availability, may be used to prevent or treat Long COVID. SSRIs are commonly prescribed for depression, therefore restricting a study sample to only include patients with depression can reduce the concern of confounding by indication. Methods: In an observational sample of electronic health records from patients in the National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C) with a COVID-19 diagnosis between September 1, 2021, and December 1, 2022, and a comorbid depressive disorder, the leading indication for SSRI use, we evaluated the relationship between SSRI use during acute COVID-19 and subsequent 12-month risk of Long COVID (defined by ICD-10 code U09.9). We defined SSRI use as a prescription for SSRI medication beginning at least 30 days before acute COVID-19 and not ending before SARS-CoV-2 infection. To minimize bias, we estimated relationships using nonparametric targeted maximum likelihood estimation to aggressively adjust for high-dimensional covariates. Results: We analyzed a sample (n = 302,626) of patients with a diagnosis of a depressive condition before COVID-19 diagnosis, where 100,803 (33%) were using an SSRI. We found that SSRI users had a significantly lower risk of Long COVID compared to nonusers (adjusted causal relative risk 0.92, 95% CI (0.86, 0.99)) and we found a similar relationship comparing new SSRI users (first SSRI prescription 1 to 4 months before acute COVID-19 with no prior history of SSRI use) to nonusers (adjusted causal relative risk 0.89, 95% CI (0.80, 0.98)). Conclusions: These findings suggest that SSRI use during acute COVID-19 may be protective against Long COVID, supporting the hypothesis that serotonin may be a key mechanistic biomarker of Long COVID.
Group B Streptococcus and Respiratory Syncytial Virus immunization during pregnancy : a landscape analysis
Creators: name: Heath, Paul T.
name: Culley, Fiona J.
name: Jones, Christine E.
name: Kampmann, Beate
name: Le Doare, Kirsty
name: Nunes, Marta C.
name: Sadarangani, Manish
name: Chaudhry, Zain
name: Baker, Carol J.
name: Openshaw, Peter J.M.
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2018

description: Streptococcus agalactiae or group B Streptococcus (GBS) and Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) are leading causes of infant morbidity and mortality worldwide. There are currently no licensed vaccines for either disease, but vaccines for both are under development. Severe RSV disease can be prevented by passively administered antibody. The presence of maternal RSV-specific IgG antibody is associated with reduced prevalence and severity of RSV disease in the first few weeks of life, while maternal serotype-specific anti-capsular antibody is associated with protection against both early onset (EO) and late onset (LO) GBS disease. Vaccination in pregnancy offers an attractive method of protecting infants against both diseases. This structured review identifies what is known about immune protection against both diseases and identifies knowledge gaps in the immunobiology, with the aim of prioritizing research directions in maternal immunization.
Differentiation specific functions of the Bin1 SH3 domain.
Creators: name: Sandoz, Jacqueline S.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Biology, Molecular.

description: A significant percentage of breast and prostate tumours have a missing or aberrantly expressed Bin1 protein. However, preliminary work in skeletal muscle has shown that Bin1 may also be involved in regulating differentiation. Based on the variable roles attributed to Bin1, we proposed a hypothesis in which distinct domains of Bin1 regulate different functions of the protein. This study examines one particular domain of Bin1, the SH3 domain, through a dominant negative approach in a mouse model. Overexpression of the SH3 domain using a broadly expressed promoter resulted in a skeletal muscle phenotype that included large myofibre diameter in vivo and an inability to complete the differentiation process in vitro. Importantly, these deficits were not accompanied by disruptions in apoptosis, increased cell proliferation or tumorigenesis. These results suggest that Bin1 has distinct functions that are mediated by the modular SH3 domain and separate from its role in cell cycle regulation.
Prime–Fractal Dynamics in the Universal Model Framework
Creators: name: Gericke, Marco
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Mathematical cosmology
Universal Model Framework
UMF
Fractal physics
Fundamental constants
Number theory in physics

description: The Universal Model Framework (UMF) posits that prime-indexed fractals at the Planck scale encode spacetime, forces, and information. Here a consolidated synthesis of fifteen UMF modules is presented. Key outcomes include: (i) an information mass mbit = kBT ln 2/c2 consistent with Vopson’s mass–energy–information equivalence; (ii) a prime cross of form 6n±1 generating a Sierpi´nski lattice with fractal dimension Dq ≃ 1.63; (iii) an entropy–area law S = −κMA/ℏc predicting gravity as an entropic force; (iv) a prime-modulated Higgs excitation yielding test resonances at 541 and 809 GeV; (v) proton–neutron Monte Carlo on a 30 × 30 Planck lattice producing a robust 83:17 neutron excess under prime-resonant binding. Blind anti-confirmation tests demonstrate that prime alignment of CMB peaks (ℓ = 223, 541, 809) and of LIGO strain resonances at 541 Hz and 809 Hz is reproduced in randomised controls with probability p < 0.002. The study integrates SEAT quantum-gravity thermodynamics and Neukart’s GID prime search, framing all fundamental interactions as emergent expressions of an arithmetical Logos. Testable predictions for Euclid void radii, NV-centre coherence, and high-field LHC scans are outlined.

This project was developed by Marco Gericke, with structured assistance from a large language model. All scientific concepts and conclusions were generated, verified, and interpreted by the author.

Dedicated to Peter Plichta, who envisioned the code before it could be computed.
PERSONALITY AND POST-PURCHASE CONSUMER REGRET EXPERIENCED AFTER IMPULSE BUYING: A CROSS-THEORETICAL APPROACH WITH INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES MODERATOR
Creators: name: Khalid Mahmood, Muhammad Amir Rashid
Publisher: name: TuEngr Group
Year: 2019
Subjects: Five-factor model
Impulse buying
Personality traits
Neuroticism
Maximization consumer
Post-purchase regret
Consumer regret.

description: International Transaction Journal of Engineering, Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies, 10, 12, 10A12N: 1-17
Three-Dimensional Gradients of Cytokine Signaling between T Cells
Creators: name: Thurley, Kevin
name: Gerecht, Daniel
name: Friedmann, Elfriede
name: Höfer, Thomas
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie

description: Immune responses are regulated by diffusible mediators, the cytokines, which act at sub-nanomolar concentrations. The spatial range of cytokine communication is a crucial, yet poorly understood, functional property. Both containment of cytokine action in narrow junctions between immune cells (immunological synapses) and global signaling throughout entire lymph nodes have been proposed, but the conditions under which they might occur are not clear. Here we analyze spatially three-dimensional reaction-diffusion models for the dynamics of cytokine signaling at two successive scales: in immunological synapses and in dense multicellular environments. For realistic parameter values, we observe local spatial gradients, with the cytokine concentration around secreting cells decaying sharply across only a few cell diameters. Focusing on the well-characterized T-cell cytokine interleukin-2, we show how cytokine secretion and competitive uptake determine this signaling range. Uptake is shaped locally by the geometry of the immunological synapse. However, even for narrow synapses, which favor intrasynaptic cytokine consumption, escape fluxes into the extrasynaptic space are expected to be substantial (≥20% of secretion). Hence paracrine signaling will generally extend beyond the synapse but can be limited to cellular microenvironments through uptake by target cells or strong competitors, such as regulatory T cells. By contrast, long-range cytokine signaling requires a high density of cytokine producers or weak consumption (e.g., by sparsely distributed target cells). Thus in a physiological setting, cytokine gradients between cells, and not bulk-phase concentrations, are crucial for cell-to-cell communication, emphasizing the need for spatially resolved data on cytokine signaling.
REVITALISATION AN URBAN CENTRE: REVIVING KLANG BUS TERMINAL AS A CENTRIFUGAL FORCE IN CENTRAL KLANG
Creators: name: Bryan E.T. Yeoh, Robert Powell
Publisher: name: TuEngr Group
Year: 2019
Subjects: Public transport system
Bus terminal design
Transportation hub
Urban connectivity
Urban revitalization
Transit Oriented Design.

description: International Transaction Journal of Engineering, Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies, 10, 13, 10A13A: 1-13
The society and economy of a fishing community: Liverpool, Nova Scotia in the late 18th century.
Creators: name: Lane Jonah, Anne Marie.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: History, Canadian.

description: The staples theory has dominated the history of the fisheries in Atlantic Canada for the last century. Historians have discussed the economic and social history of the region largely in terms of the impact of international trade and war. These two factors are important; however, they alone do not explain the development of the region. The people who lived there came from diverse backgrounds, chose to settle there for different reasons, and approached the exploitation of the resources of the region based on their own experiences and aspirations. This thesis builds on studies of maritime communities from New England to Newfoundland to explain how people in a fishing-based community in Nova Scotia in the late 18th century lived and worked. It examines the economic strategies found in this Nova Scotian fishing community in comparison with other studies of economic pluralism in rural communities from New England, Quebec, and New Brunswick. Liverpool, Nova Scotia was settled by New England Planters in 1759, after the expulsion of the Acadians. The circumstances of the new settlers were affected by the political climate and the changing conditions of international trade. Thirty years after their arrival, the New England Planters had shaped their economy and society based their environment and on their own traditions and expectations. This study examines the work lives of fishermen and seafarers, the work of women, and the economic role of the family in order to understand the full world of work that shaped this community. It examines the activities of local merchants as well as the role of community institutions to understand how this society functioned. Much as other historians have concluded about rural agricultural communities, this study concludes that this fishing based community had, and depended on, a plurality of economic activities, both commercial and non-commercial in nature, and that this plurality was a source of strength.
ปัจจัยทำนายความภักดีของลูกค้าของธุรกิจคาร์แคร์ในจังหวัดปัตตานี
Creators: name: จิรัศมิ์ปุริม สุขประเสริฐ
Publisher: name: มหาวิทยาลัยนราธิวาสราชนครินทร์
Year: 2567
Subjects: กลยุทธ์ตลาดบริการ
คุณภาพการบริการ
การบริหารประสบการณ์ลูกค้า
ความภักดีของลูกค้า

description: วารสารมหาวิทยาลัยนราธิวาสราชนครินทร์ สาขามนุษยศาสตร์และสังคมศาสตร์, 11, 2, 152-173
Staff Retention and Recruitment at Jewish Overnight Camps
Creators: name: Kessler, Hailey Paige
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2023
Subjects: Camp Counselor
Jewish Camp
Staff Recruitment
Staff Retention
Staff Training
Human Resources

description: Jewish overnight camps would not be able to create the magical, and life-changing experiences that they do for hundreds of campers each summer without staff members. Being on staff at camp is special because just as staff are making an impact on campers lives, so too staff have transformative experiences and campers are making an impact on their lives. Camps need to hire properly trained, enthusiastic, and compassionate staff to foster the safe and supportive communities that so many camps aspire to have and build. Camp professionals are tasked with the job of hiring new staff each year, as well as recruiting and retaining former staff members. Through my research on the topic of staff retention and recruitment, I noticed that there is a lack of academic writing on this challenge as well as strategies and practices to lessen the burden of trying to recruit and retain staff. The purpose of this thesis is to take a deep dive into the state of the field when it comes to staff retention and recruitment as well as to understand the challenges and successes that camps experience regarding staff. To address this gap, I used a range of research methods, including a survey, interviews, and a review of existing literature. To better understand the challenges and successes that camps experience in relation to staff retention and recruitment, I interviewed nine full-time camp professionals from a range of camps with varying backgrounds and affiliations. My research identified that according to professionals in the field, the current generation of potential staff members are looking for well-rounded and flexible experiences that meet their various needs. Based on my findings, I developed recommendations for the industry to lessen the challenge of recruiting and retaining staff while improving overall staff retention and recruitment.
ปัจจัยความสำเร็จของการใช้ภาวะผู้นำในการบริหารจัดการทุนทางวัฒนธรรมของกลุ่มวิสาหกิจชุมชนผ้าทอนาหมื่นศรี จังหวัดตรัง
Creators: name: ไอริสา พรหมจรรย์
Publisher: name: มหาวิทยาลัยนราธิวาสราชนครินทร์
Year: 2567
Subjects: ปัจจัยความสำเร็จ
ภาวะผู้นำ
ทุนทางวัฒนธรรม
กลุ่มวิสาหกิจชุมชนผ้าทอนาหมื่นศรี

description: วารสารมหาวิทยาลัยนราธิวาสราชนครินทร์ สาขามนุษยศาสตร์และสังคมศาสตร์, 11, 2, 174-192
Federal/provincial disputes, natural resources and the Treaty no. 3 Ojibway, 1867-1924.
Creators: name: Cottam, S. Barry.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: History, Canadian.

description: This dissertation argues that the Ontario-Manitoba Boundary Dispute (1870-1889) and its aftermath limited the ability of the Ojibway of northwestern Ontario to maintain and develop their interests in the lands and resources to which they were entitled by the terms of Treaty #3, signed in 1873. In particular, their rights to the mineral and timber resources on their reserves were threatened. Furthermore, once the Boundary Dispute was resolved in favour of Ontario, their reserve lands were found to be in the province, which therefore gained the right to confirm the reserves. Continuing disputes between the province and the Dominion resulting from this retroactive decision delayed this confirmation until 1915. Once the reserves were confirmed, however, the nature of the Indian interest in them prior to 1915 was questioned by the province. In this and other ways, the fiduciary responsibilities of the federal government toward the Ojibway were encroached upon by the province of Ontario. The governments and individuals involved in the lawsuits generated by the Boundary Dispute overlooked the fate of an increasingly marginalized and politically inconsequential group in the pursuit of their own agendas and interests. The courts squeezed the concepts of Aboriginal title to the land and its resources into narrow nineteenth century perceptions that still limit the rights of First Nations peoples. Placing these cases, in particular the "Indian Titles" case, R. v. St. Catharines Milling & Lumber Co., and its 'corollary', Ontario Mining Company v. Seybold et al., into their historical context contributes to understanding the complex problems still faced by the Ojibway of Treaty #3. The dissertation concludes with an exploration of the continuing attempts made by the Ojibway to assert their rights in light of these events.
Combinatorics of signed exceptional sequences
Creators: name: Chen, Shujian
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2024

description: The goal of this thesis is to study the combinatorics of signed exceptional sequences. We will focus on two combinatorial aspects, reflection groups and graph theory. In Chapter 1, we discuss the motivation of studying signed exceptional sequences as well as the two combinatorial aspects. In Chapter 2, we give some preliminary definitions for them. In Chapter 3, we will describe the connection between signed exceptional sequences and reflection groups and give some representation theoretical results of similar ones obtained in reflection groups. In Chapter 4, we will generalize a bijection between exceptional sequences and trees given by Goulden and Yong to type B and type D and give some applications.
On Premises versus Software as a Service: Gegenüberstellung, Vor- und Nachteile sowie Migration
Creators: name: Hannappel, Arne
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Cloud Computing
subject: Cloud Computing/history
subject: Cloud
subject: Cloud Computing/trends

description: Diese Arbeit beschreibt die Unterschiede zwischen dem klassischen On-Premises-Modell und dem modernen Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)-Modell. Neben einer historischen Einordnung werden die Vor- und Nachteile für Anwender sowie Chancen und Risiken für Softwareanbieter analysiert. Ein Fokus liegt auf den Anforderungen an SaaS-Anwendungen und den Möglichkeiten zur Migration bestehender Systeme. Die Untersuchung zeigt, dass SaaS erhebliche Vorteile hinsichtlich Kosten, Skalierbarkeit und Standardisierung bietet, jedoch auch Herausforderungen wie die Datensicherheit mit sich bringt. Für Unternehmen ist ein geplanter Übergang von On-Premises zu SaaS entscheidend, um langfristig wettbewerbsfähig zu bleiben.
The relative impacts of antiretroviral therapy and harm reduction initiatives on HIV incidence in British Columbia, Canada, 1996-2013 : A modeling study
Creators: name: Nosyk, Bohdan
name: Zang, Xiao
name: Min, Jeong Eun
name: Krebs, Emanuel
name: Lima, Viviane Dias
name: Milloy, M-J
name: Shoveller, Jean
name: Barrios, Rolando
name: Harrigan, Paul Richard
name: Kerr, Thomas
name: Montaner, Julio
name: Wood, Evan
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2018

description: Background—Antiretroviral therapy (ART) and harm reduction services have been cited as key contributors to the control of the HIV epidemic, however the specific contribution of the latter has been questioned due to uncertainty in the true efficacy of ART on HIV transmission through needle sharing. Using provincial data on OAT uptake and needle distribution volumes, we aimed to isolate the independent effects of harm reduction services and ART on HIV transmission via needle sharing in British Columbia, from 1996–2013. Methods—Using comprehensive linked population-level data, we populated a dynamic, compartmental transmission model to simulate the HIV/AIDS epidemic in BC from 1996–2013. HIV incidence, mortality, and quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) were estimated. We estimated scenarios designed to isolate the independent effects of harm reduction services and ART (assuming 50% (10%–90%) efficacy) in reducing HIV incidence through needle sharing. Structural and parameter uncertainty was investigated. Findings—We estimated that 3204 (2402–4589) incident HIV cases were averted between 1996 and 2013 as a result of the combined effect of the expansion of harm reduction services and ART coverage on HIV transmission via needle sharing. In a hypothetical scenario assuming ART had zero effect on transmission through needle sharing, we estimated harm reduction services alone would have accounted for 77% (62%–95%) of averted HIV incidence. In a separate hypothetical scenario where harm reduction services remained at 1996 levels, we estimated ART alone would have accounted for 44% (10%–67%) of averted HIV incidence. Due to high distribution volumes, needle distribution predominantly accounted for incidence reductions attributable to harm reduction, however OAT provided substantially greater QALY gains. Interpretation—If the true efficacy of ART in preventing HIV transmission through needle sharing is closer to its efficacy in sexual transmission, ART’s impact on incident cases averted may be greater than that of harm reduction. Nonetheless, harm reduction services played a vital role in reducing HIV incidence in BC, and should be viewed as critical and cost-effective tools in combination implementation strategies to reduce the public health and economic burden of HIV/AIDS.
การศึกษาผลสัมฤทธิ์ทางการเรียนวิชาเคมี ด้วยวิธีการจัดการเรียนรู้โดยใช้เกมถอดรหัส สำหรับนักเรียนชั้นมัธยมศึกษาปีที่ 6
Creators: name: รอปีอะห์ หะยีอาแว
Publisher: name: มหาวิทยาลัยนราธิวาสราชนครินทร์
Year: 2567
Subjects: ผลสัมฤทธิ์ทางการเรียน
การจัดการเรียนรู้
เกมถอดรหัส

description: วารสารมหาวิทยาลัยนราธิวาสราชนครินทร์ สาขามนุษยศาสตร์และสังคมศาสตร์, 11, 2, 193-208
3D multilayer graphene oxide thin film platform for functional devices
Creators: name: Yang, Yunyi
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This thesis aims to provide novel solutions to the challenges that lie in the preparation of high-quality graphene-based film with accurate control and find out a practical way to manufacture ultrathin and large scale graphene-based platform for photonics applications. The optical properties can be dynamically tuned by laser-reduction that offers more potential for device design and fabrication. By conformally coating the graphene-based material onto Si nanostructures, hybrid photovoltaic and integrated photonic devices are demonstrated with unprecedented properties. Such platform opens up new avenues for biomedical imaging and sensing, all-optical photonic chips, photovoltaic, aerospace photonics, optical microelectromechanical systems, and lab-on-chip devices.
Regulation of Selenocysteine Content of Human Selenoprotein P by Dietary Selenium and Insertion of Cysteine in Place of Selenocysteine
Creators: name: Turanov, Anton A.
name: Everley, Robert A.
name: Hybsier, Sandra
name: Renko, Kostja
name: Schomburg, Lutz
name: Gygi, Steven P.
name: Hatfield, Dolph L.
name: Gladyshev, Vadim N.
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Selenoproteins are a unique group of proteins that contain selenium in the form of selenocysteine (Sec) co-translationally inserted in response to a UGA codon with the help of cis- and trans-acting factors. Mammalian selenoproteins contain single Sec residues, with the exception of selenoprotein P (SelP) that has 7–15 Sec residues depending on species. Assessing an individual’s selenium status is important under various pathological conditions, which requires a reliable selenium biomarker. Due to a key role in organismal selenium homeostasis, high Sec content, regulation by dietary selenium, and availability of robust assays in human plasma, SelP has emerged as a major biomarker of selenium status. Here, we found that Cys is present in various Sec positions in human SelP. Treatment of cells expressing SelP with thiophosphate, an analog of the selenium donor for Sec synthesis, led to a nearly complete replacement of Sec with Cys, whereas supplementation of cells with selenium supported Sec insertion. SelP isolated directly from human plasma had up to 8% Cys inserted in place of Sec, depending on the Sec position. These findings suggest that a change in selenium status may be reflected in both SelP concentration and its Sec content, and that availability of the SelP-derived selenium for selenoprotein synthesis may be overestimated under conditions of low selenium status due to replacement of Sec with Cys.
North Korean Codetalkers: A Linguistic Advantage in the Russo-Ukrainian Conflict?
Creators: name: Kubecka, Christina
name: Serrano Iova, Radu Antonio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: This article examines the potential strategic advantage Russia may gain by deploying North Korean troops in the Russo-Ukrainian conflict, leveraging the uniqueness of the North Korean language as a form of natural encryption. Drawing parallels with historical instances where language barriers were used tactically-such as the Navajo code talkers in World War II and the Ukrainian army's reported use of Hungarian-the piece explores how the significant linguistic divergences between North and South Korean dialects could serve to secure communications against enemy interception. The discussion delves into the phonetic, orthographic, and vocabulary differences inherent in the North Korean language, shaped by decades of isolation and deliberate language planning. It also considers the implications for signal and human intelligence operations, as well as the broader humanitarian and legal concerns surrounding the involvement of North Korean personnel in the conflict. The article underscores the importance of further research to understand how linguistic factors could impact modern warfare dynamics.
Regional economic development based on major resource exploitation: Capital equipment sourcing for Hibernia hydrocarbon production.
Creators: name: Kwamena, Felix A.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1989
Subjects: subject: Economics, General.

description: This thesis is concerned with the regional economic impacts of the Hibernia oil and gas development. With the intention of showing the linkage-leakage process of major resource development, I develop a conceptual framework which combines notions of interregional input-output, location quotient and capital availability ratio. The framework suggests how standard approaches to input-output analysis could be modified by concepts of capital constraints; and used as a basis to formulate policies on how to extract significant economic benefits from resource development. The study shows that the impact of resource development, particularly on Newfoundland, would be restricted to a few industrial sectors. Thus, extensive regional economic development could not be carried out based mainly on natural resource projects dictated by the operations of market forces. The main reason is that there are limited manufacturing establishments in Atlantic Canada. Also, a significant portion of the equipment would be sourced from outside Canada. The results of the empirical analysis also indicate that given the manufacturing linkages between the provinces regional economic development should not be viewed in isolation, but rather should be considered within a broader context of how the regions relate to the national economy. Therefore, there is a need to develop a sourcing policy based on the principle of government-industry cooperation if the high expectations regarding the industrial and employments benefits to be generated by the Hibernia oil and gas development are to be realized. The challenge facing policy makers in the coming years would be to nurture through their initiatives government-industry cooperation, as well as, develop operational policies that would balance regional interests with national objectives; while maintaining the "Single Window" concept through the Joint Offshore Management Boards (JOMB). Finally, I discuss the recently concluded Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement (FTA) which is expected to come into force on January 1, 1989. There are seven specific provisions of the Agreement which would have an impact on major oil and gas development projects and the federal regional economic development policies and programs. The implications of the FTA would present a challenge to decision makers and analysts in designing programs and policies to optimize oil and gas development related benefits.
Comprehension and grammaticality judgement in Persian-speaking agrammatics.
Creators: name: Raghibdoust, Shahla.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1999
Subjects: subject: Language, Linguistics.

description: This thesis examined the performance patterns of two Persian-speaking agrammatic patients and ten normal, Persian-speaking controls in two experiments, one syntactic and the other morphological. The goal of the Syntactic Experiment was to assess the patients I sensitivity to various simple and complicated sentence structures, as well as to agreement and word order violations in both Syntactic Comprehension and Syntactic Grammaticality Judgement Tasks. The Morphological Experiment focussed on the agrammatics' ability to process a certain set of morphological items, including clitic pronouns and null subject pronoun across three sub-experiments: a Morphological Comprehension Task, a Morphological Grammaticality Judgement Task and a Morphological Cloze Test. The design of the present study allowed us to investigate the extent to which aspects of morphology and syntax are differentially disrupted, and to see if agrammatics exhibit a predicted patterns of syntactic and morphological breakdown across language modalities. Moreover, it enabled us to examine the effects of language typology on the manifestation of agrammatism, as well as to obtain evidence that could distinguish between the adequacy of the two most divergent accounts of agrammatism, namely, representational and processing accounts. The combined results of the Syntactic and Morphological Experiments Provide strong evidence that our agrammatic subjects, despite presenting with impoverished output, retained a remarkably well-preserved tacit syntactic and morphological knowledge of Persian grammar. The patients' performance was inferior to that of the normal subjects. However, their high level of comprehension and grammaticality judgement performance and their remarkable sensitivity to grammatical violations indicate that they were able to recognize a wide variety of syntactic and morphological cues and to construct phrasal constituents which observe appropriate grammatical constraints in the various experimental tasks. The findings of the present study suggest that none of the representational accounts of agrammatism provides an adequate characterization of the performance patterns of our two agrammatic subjects. Instead, it is proposed that their agrammatic deficit may be attributed to a reduction or disruption in the efficiency of the language processing mechanism. We suggest that both complexity of the linguistic materials and slowness of the language processing mechanism have converged to diminish or reduce the linguistic performance of the two agrammatic patients.
Support in multi-criteria decision-making under uncertainty in a transport company
Creators: name: BANAŚ, Joanna
name: TOMASZEWSKA, Karina
Publisher: name: Wrocław University of Technology, Wrocław University of Economics, Polish Operational and Systems Research Society
Year: 2013
Subjects: transportation problem, fuzzy linear programming, L-R notation

description: OPERATIONS RESEARCH AND DECISIONS; ISSN 2081-8858
Higher Rate of Tuberculosis in Second Generation Migrants Compared to Native Residents in a Metropolitan Setting in Western Europe
Creators: name: Marx, Florian M.
name: Fiebig, Lena
name: Hauer, Barbara
name: Brodhun, Bonita
name: Glaser- Paschke, Gisela
name: Magdorf, Klaus
name: Haas, Walter
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Background In Western Europe, migrants constitute an important risk group for tuberculosis, but little is known about successive generations of migrants. We aimed to characterize migration among tuberculosis cases in Berlin and to estimate annual rates of tuberculosis in two subsequent migrant generations. We hypothesized that second generation migrants born in Germany are at higher risk of tuberculosis compared to native (non-migrant) residents. Methods A prospective cross-sectional study was conducted. All tuberculosis cases reported to health authorities in Berlin between 11/2010 and 10/2011 were eligible. Interviews were conducted using a structured questionnaire including demographic data, migration history of patients and their parents, and language use. Tuberculosis rates were estimated using 2011 census data. Results Of 314 tuberculosis cases reported, 154 (49.0%) participated. Of these, 81 (52.6%) were first-, 14 (9.1%) were second generation migrants, and 59 (38.3%) were native residents. The tuberculosis rate per 100,000 individuals was 28.3 (95CI: 24.0–32.6) in first-, 10.2 (95%CI: 6.1–16.6) in second generation migrants, and 4.6 (95%CI: 3.7–5.6) in native residents. When combining information from the standard notification variables country of birth and citizenship, the sensitivity to detect second generation migration was 28.6%. Conclusions There is a higher rate of tuberculosis among second generation migrants compared to native residents in Berlin. This may be explained by presumably frequent contact and transmission within migrant populations. Second generation migration is insufficiently captured by the surveillance variables country of birth and citizenship. Surveillance systems in Western Europe should allow for quantifying the tuberculosis burden in this important risk group.
The Use of a Digital Problem-Based Learning Module in Science Methods Courses
Creators: name: Rillero, Peter
name: Chen, Ying-Chih
Publisher: name: Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education
Year: 2019

description: Teacher education in Problem-Based Learning (PBL) is requisite for improving and increasing K-12 PBL implementations. A free, online PBL module entitled “Design a Problem-Based Learning Experience” was developed for preservice and inservice teachers. This article describes how the module is used in preserve teacher science methods courses, experiences before and after the module use, and the perceptions of sixty-two teacher candidates (TCs) after module completion. The results revealed that TCs generally had positive attitudes about the module. TCs in elementary level courses had significantly higher rating than secondary level courses. Graduate TCs also rated significantly higher than undergraduate students. Analysis of interview data revealed three features of the PBL module: (1) it is concise and organized, (2) it provides effective and practical examples, and (3) it provides interactive and rigorous videos to engage learners. Potential ways to improve the online PBL are discussed.
description: Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education, Vol. 7 No. 1 (2019)