cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Hot Off the Presses in the Cold War: Canadian Newspaper Editorial Coverage of the Korean War, 1950--1951
Creators: name: Quaiattini, Andrea
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: History, Canadian.
subject: Journalism.
subject: History, Modern.
subject: Mass Communications.

description: A consistent theme throughout the Canadian historiography on the Korean War is that it is Canada's forgotten war. However, as evidenced by the newspaper editorials published during the first year and a half of the war, this was simply not the case. Editorialists were keen to disseminate their opinions about the war to the Canadian public. The purpose of this thesis is to provide a detailed examination of Canadian newspaper editorials pertaining to the Korean War between 1950 and 1951. This time period was the most active of the entire war, both on the battlefield, and with governments and organizations, where issues pertaining to the war were consistently discussed. Taking into account location, language, and political orientation, seven newspapers were selected to achieve a pan-Canadian understanding of the war: the Vancouver Province, Winnipeg Free Press, Toronto Star, The Globe and Mail, Montreal Gazette, Le Devoir, and Halifax Chronicle- Herald . This thesis focuses on three major themes highlighted in the seven newspapers' editorials: the role Canada played in the war, the apparent threat of Communism, and attitudes regarding the United Nations. The English-language editorials generally argued that Canada should playa meaningful role in the Korean War, while editorials in Le Devoir raised some concerns. Furthermore, English-language newspapers were critical of the federal government's response to the war, and Canada's unprepared military, which were portrayed as leaving Canada vulnerable to Communist influence and attack. The threat of Communism was undeniable, though editorialists were unsure of its larger implications. The role the Soviet Union was playing in Korea, managing Communist China, and the influence of Communism in the United Nations were frequently debated in the newspaper editorials. In contrast to the standard historical argument that Canada has consistently been a strong supporter of the United Nations, some editorialists questioned how effective the UN could be in the Korean War. Others, however, believed the UN showed great promise. Opinion also varied as to whether the UN could dispel concerns that it was simply a renamed League of Nations, and, if it could move past this epithet, how would this be achieved. Finally, it was discussed whether the UN could even bring a lasting peace to the Korean peninsula.
Institutionalising a value enacted dominant organisational culture: an impetus for whistleblowing
Creators: name: Dorasamy, Nirmala
name: Pillay, Soma
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Whistle blowing on organisational wrongdoing is becoming increasingly prevalent. However, a renewal of existing literature reveals that every potential whistle blower is not always inclined to blow the whistle, despite protection being accorded to whistleblowers through legislation. The cost of blowing the whistle can be a deterrent to potential whistle blowers. It is quite plausible that an organisational culture which institutionalizes a dominant value based system can decrease whistle blowers expectations of retaliation. The purpose of this artide is to provide a conceptual framework for a dominant value enacted organisational culture which can serve as an impetus for whistle blowing in the public sector. It is important that organisations make their value systems 'lived' practices to motivate potential whistleblowers to report on wrongdoing. It can be argued that the institutionalisation of enacted values can lead to low perceptions of retaliation, which is often a deterrent in blowing the whistle.
The role and expression of PCKiota in breast cancer
Creators: name: Paget, Judith A
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Chemistry, Biochemistry.

description: The role of the atypical PKC iota (PKC&igr;) in breast cancer is unknown. In this study, the expression of PKC&igr; in breast cancer tissue was investigated using tissue microarrays. PKC&igr; was over-expressed in 70% of breast cancers. The expression and activation of PKC&igr; was also elevated in a subset of breast cancer cell lines. Two cell lines with the highest activation and expression of PKC&igr;, T47D and MCF7, have PIK3CA mutations E545K and HI047R respectively. To investigate the effects of PIK3CA mutations on PKC&igr;, stable MCF10A cells expressing E545K and H1047R mutations were generated using retroviral transduction. Western blot analysis showed that these mutations are sufficient to increase PKC&igr; expression and activation. To analyze the role of PKC&igr; in breast cancer pathogenesis, siRNA targeting PKC&igr; were used. MDAMB-231, T47D and MCF7 breast cancer cells treated with siRNA had decreased proliferation compared to control cells. MCF7 and T47D cells treated with siRNA to PKC&igr; had morphological changes associated with senescence, increased SA-beta-Gal activity and decreased BrdU incorporation. These results demonstrate that PKC&igr; is overexpressed in a subset of breast cancers and can promote the growth of breast cancer cells by repressing premature senescence.
Culture as a binder for bilingual acquisition
Creators: name: Kandhadai, Padmapriya
name: Danielson, Donald Kyle
name: Werker, Janet Feldman, 1951-
Publisher: name: Elsevier
Year: 2019

description: Babies growing up bilingual attune to the speech sounds, rhythm, and intonation of each of their native languages, establish word meanings, and acquire syntax. Given that language acquisition occurs within a broader cultural context, we propose that culture may provide a binder for language acquisition, particularly for the bilingual learner. Bilingual infants may be able to use cultural information outside of language to help keep their two languages distinct, while simultaneously acquiring both of these languages successfully. We review the extant literature that supports this hypothesis, and suggest three mechanisms by which cultural binding may occur: Acquired Distinctiveness, Structural Isomorphy, and Privileged Relations.
Acquisition of telicity in L2: A psycholinguistic study of Japanese learners of English
Creators: name: Kaku, Keiko
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Language, Linguistics.
subject: Education, English as a Second Language.

description: This dissertation investigates the acquisition of the semantics of telicity by Japanese learners of English with emphasis on a particular grammatical phenomenon, the neutral perfective reading of simple past predicates (Singh, 1991), which is available in Japanese but not in English. Three main points are of interest in this dissertation: First, we examine whether or not Japanese learners of English learn to derive the telicity of a simple past predicate despite lack of explicit classroom instruction. Second, we investigate potential factors that may assist L2 learners in discovering a target-like representation of the predicate telicity in English. Finally, we aim at revealing the L2 learners' developmental profile for the acquisition of the semantics of telicity. Two experimental tasks, a morphological task and a truth-value judgment task, were conducted which included three proficiency levels of L2 learners (beginner, intermediate and advanced), as well as native speakers of English and Japanese. Empirical data from the experimental tasks indicated that Japanese learners of English succeeded in progressing towards target-like representation of telicity. While the beginners directly transferred the L1 Japanese representation of the semantics of predicate telicity onto their target language, the intermediate and advanced levels dissociated the telicity of the English simple past predicates from that of the Japanese past predicates. That is, they learned to invalidate the neutral perfective reading of English predicates. We postulate that L2 learners' progress in the acquisition of the semantics of English predicate telicity can be accounted for by the acquisition of Det/Num morphology and by a Bayesian learning model: This learning model helps learners use L2 input to make form-meaning inferences on the predicate telicity and aids them to gradually acquire the most appropriate representation of English predicate telicity.
Para dar mas titulo a las mujeres: Le potentiel d'empowerment du commerce équitable de café pour les productrices costaricaines
Creators: name: Bergeron, Mélanie
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Sociology, Social Structure and Development.

description: Cette thèse observe que malgré des améliorations au niveau du discours en faveur de l'équité des genres au sein du commerce équitable, on peine à les voir se transformer en changements de facto (Heyck et Daly 2002), que ce soit au niveau des mentalités ou du contrôle des ressources (Cretney et Tafuna'i 2004).Cette thèse rend compte d'une étude de cas effectuée dans une coopérative de café costaricaine affiliée au commerce équitable, la Coopesanta Elena, sélectionnée pour son pourcentage de femmes membres élevé, où a été étudiée l'influence du commerce équitable sur les rapports sociaux de sexe et l'empowerment féminin. En explorant divers indicateurs d'empowerment, particulièrement des indicateurs socio-économiques et participatifs, nous pouvons constater que d'autres facteurs influencent davantage la capacité de ces femmes à effectuer des choix. Ce sont davantage l'éducation formelle ainsi que la participation au sein d'une coopérative de femmes artisanes (sans lien avec le commerce équitable) qui semblent avoir contribué de façon plus significative à l'empowerment féminin. Dans cette optique, nous poserons un regard critique sur le potentiel d'empowerment féminin du commerce équitable, qui demeure après tout un mode alternatif de commerce international dirigé par le Nord et se basant avant tout sur des denrées primaires.
Publishing the private: Romantic productions of literary confession
Creators: name: McDonald, Matthew
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Literature, English.

description: After Rousseau's famous Confessions, Britain witnessed a surge in the production of literary confession. This thesis examines five Romantic-era confessions to show how this autobiographical form was reshaped in the period, concentrating on the way in which their writers operated through engagement with editors, publishers, audiences, and print forms. It argues that Romantic confessors exploited not only the genre and its popularity but also conventions of publication to establish themselves as distinctive author-figures within Britain's increasingly competitive and commercialized print culture. Chapter One looks at the confessions of Thomas De Quincey and Charles Lamb, tracing their use of the literary magazine to develop reader-writer relationships. Chapter Two considers how William-Henry Ireland and William Hazlitt use the book format to construct their authorship, while Chapter Three turns to a fictional confession by James Hogg, whose structure mimics the process of publishing the private and raises questions about this act.
Why grain merchants will never be so naive to use minimum variance hedging in daily business: A critical discussion
Creators: name: Prehn, Sören
name: Prehn, Sören
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Agricultural Finance
subject: Risk and Uncertainty
subject: Hedging
subject: minimum variance hedging
subject: basis trading
subject: storage costs
subject: price paid for storage

description: Minimum variance hedging is probably one of the most popular concepts in the literature on agricultural futures markets. It has been applied many times in the literature, and all studies confirmed that minimum variance hedging has the potential to improve the effectiveness of hedging. However, despite this advantage, no grain merchant has ever used minimum variance hedging in daily business. In this paper we show that grain merchants have a good reason for this. Minimum variance hedging prevents them from trading the basis. If grain merchants do not trade the basis, they will not generate the profits that are necessary to cover the costs of grain storage and will go bankrupt sooner or later. In theory, risk avoidance may be a desirable goal, but in reality, it is not affordable. In fact, the only long-term sustainable strategy is basis trading.
Les institutions de Bretton-Woods: Étude de cas de l'IPPTE au Cameroun (la recontre d'une logique de l'information stratégique avec les dynamiques socio-culturelles)
Creators: name: Banyongen, Serge Elie
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Mass Communications.

description: Abstract not available.
The groundnuts Fairtrade arrangement and its spillover effects on agricultural commercialization and household welfare outcomes: Empirical evidence from central Malawi
Creators: name: Kaiyatsa, Stevier
name: Matita, Mirriam
name: Chirwa, Ephraim
name: Mazalale, Jacob
name: Kaiyatsa, Stevier
name: Matita, Mirriam
name: Chirwa, Ephraim
name: Mazalale, Jacob
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2020
Subjects: Agricultural and Food Policy
Farm Management
International Relations/Trade

description: We use a unique panel dataset of smallholder farmers that were collected in central rural Malawi in 2006/07 and 2017/18 agricultural seasons to test whether there are spillover effects of groundnut Fairtrade arrangement on small-scale agricultural commercialization and household welfare for smallholder farmers that did not participate in the arrangement. Our findings reveal that implementation of groundnuts the Fairtrade arrangement in Mchinji district has 29% spillover effect on commercialisation intensity for smallholder farmers that did not participate in the arrangement. However, the arrangement did not contribute to the improvement of agricultural income and asset value of non-participants. Based on our results, we recommend government’s support to smallholder farmers to allow them continue commercialising farming, and improve their welfare.
The development and application of a multi-objective optimization technique for chemical processes and controller design
Creators: name: Halsall-Whitney, Hayley
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Chemical.

description: In recent years, the development and application of multi-objective optimization techniques have received increasing attention in the literature. Recent innovations in the fields of systems science, artificial intelligence, and operations research have led to the development of rigorous multi-objective optimization techniques to address the problem of optimizing complex processes in the presence of multiple conflicting objectives. This thesis is a collection of three papers that focuses on the development and application of a multi-objective optimization strategy for selecting optimum operating conditions for the production of gluconic acid and for determining optimum tuning parameters for PID controllers. The optimization strategy developed is performed in two steps: the approximation of the set of feasible solutions called the Pareto domain using the Dual Population Evolutionary Algorithm and the classification of the domain using the Net Flow Method, which incorporates information on the process provided by an expert. This strategy has been proven to be robust in determining the optimal solution after studying twelve standard test cases, which have been used frequently in the literature, and two engineering problems. In addition, the Pareto domain per se provides very useful information on the quality of the optimal zone.
Concussion Awareness Training CATT for Health Practitioners : CATT Pilot Study & Evaluation
Creators: name: Turcotte, Kate
name: Karmali, Shazya
name: Babul, Shelina
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2021

description: To pilot, evaluate, and disseminate the on-line Concussion Awareness Training Toolkit (CATT) for Health Practitioners to health care providers in British Columbia and beyond in order to establish standardized practice for the recognition, diagnosis, treatment and management of concussions at the provincial level.
CurriculumDesignAtScale-Appendix.pdf
Creators: name: McKenney, Susan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 390102
subject: Curriculum and pedagogy theory and development

description: This document contains supplementary material which can be referenced follows:McKenney, S, van den Akker, J., Beer, A., Zijlstra, Y., Chao, E. (2024). Curriculum Design at Scale: How Developers Actually Work. Curriculum Matters 20, X-X.
Implementation of continuous glucose monitoring in a humanitarian setting
Creators: name: Masri, Sahar
name: Gutierrez, Mariana
name: Pieck, Alejandro Vargas
name: Botha, Idelette
name: Boulle, Philippa
Publisher: name: F1000 Research Limited
Year: 2020

description: Implementation of continuous glucose monitoring in a humanitarian setting presented at MSF Scientific Days International (London) Innovation Day, May 14, 2020 by Sahar Masri
title: Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982, and the Labour Market
title: Overeducation, gender, income and life satisfaction. Panel evidence from Korea
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Ahmed Lahsen, Amina
name: Piper, Alan T.
name: Thiele, Ida-Anna
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: overeducation
subject: gender
subject: gender inequality
subject: income
subject: life satisfaction
subject: Korea
subject: 300 Sozialwissenschaften::330 Wirtschaft::331 Arbeitsökonomie
subject: 300 Sozialwissenschaften::330 Wirtschaft::337 Weltwirtschaft

description: One reason often put forward for South Korea’s rapid economic growth has been the rising level of educational attainment of its workforce. Correspondingly, the proportion of Koreans who complete tertiary education has also rapidly increased (and is also considerably higher than the OECD average). Such increases raise the possibility of overeducation if the amount of jobs which require such education do not increase at a similar pace. Among the consequences of overeducation are reduced life satisfaction and underutilised human capital. Given that Korean females are better educated than males, and they also face more discrimination in the labour market, the consequences of overeducation are likely to differ by gender. Using Korean panel data and both a subjective and objective measure of overeducation, the results are consistent with females having lower aspirations despite their high levels of education, and indicate that a more female friendly labour market could address the country’s currently underutilised human capital, for the benefit of the females themselves, as well as males, and the Korean economy.
Changes in plant species richness distribution in Tibetan alpine grasslands under different precipitation scenarios
Creators: name: Li, Meng
name: Zhang, Xianzhou
name: Niu, Ben
name: He, Yongtao
name: Wang, Xiangtao
name: Wu, Jianshuang
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Climate change
subject: Drying and wetting
subject: Elevation gradient
subject: Random forest modelling
subject: Tibetan plateau
subject: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::550 Geowissenschaften, Geologie::550 Geowissenschaften

description: Species richness is the core of biodiversity-ecosystem functioning (BEF) research. Nevertheless, it is difficult to accurately predict changes in plant species richness under different climate scenarios, especially in alpine biomes. In this study, we surveyed plant species richness from 2009 to 2017 in 75 alpine meadows (AM), 199 alpine steppes (AS), and 71 desert steppes (DS) in the Tibetan Autonomous Region, China. Along with 20 environmental factors relevant to species settlement, development, and survival, we first simulated the spatial pattern of plant species richness under current climate conditions using random forest modelling. Our results showed that simulated species richness matched well with observed values in the field, showing an evident decrease from meadows to steppes and then to deserts. Summer precipitation, which ranked first among the 20 environmental factors, was further confirmed to be the most critical driver of species richness distribution. Next, we simulated and compared species richness patterns under four different precipitation scenarios, increasing and decreasing summer precipitation by 20% and 10%, relative to the current species richness pattern. Our findings showed that species richness in response to altered precipitation was grassland-type specific, with meadows being sensitive to decreasing precipitation, steppes being sensitive to increasing precipitation, and deserts remaining resistant. In addition, species richness at low elevations was more sensitive to decreasing precipitation than to increasing precipitation, implying that droughts might have stronger influences than wetting on species composition. In contrast, species richness at high elevations (also in deserts) changed slightly under different precipitation scenarios, likely due to harsh physical conditions and small species pools for plant recruitment and survival. Finally, we suggest that policymakers and herdsmen pay more attention to alpine grasslands in central Tibet and at low elevations where species richness is sensitive to precipitation changes.
Advances in formal Slavic linguistics 2017
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Slavic Linguistics
subject: Formal Description
subject: Slavic languages
subject: 400 Sprache::410 Linguistik::410 Linguistik

description: Advances in Formal Slavic Linguistics 2017 is a collection of fifteen articles that were prepared on the basis of talks given at the conference Formal Description of Slavic Languages 12.5, which was held on December 7–9, 2017, at the University of Nova Gorica. The volume covers a wide array of topics, such as control verbs, instrumental arguments, and perduratives in Russian, comparatives, negation, n-words, negative polarity items, and complementizer ellipsis in Czech, impersonal se-constructions and complementizer doubling in Slovenian, prosody and the morphology of multi-purpose suffixes in Serbo-Croatian, and indefinite numerals and the binding properties of dative arguments in Polish. Importantly, by exploring these phenomena in individual Slavic languages, the collection of articles in this volume makes a significant contribution to both Slavic linguistics and to linguistics in general.
title: Effects of Palatability of Food on the Conditioning of Hunger in Rats
Creators: name: Hill, Elizabeth Yates
Publisher: name: Old Dominion University
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04zjtrb98
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 1993

description: An experiment was conducted to study the association of foods of different levels of palatability and environmental events present during eating. Rats were exposed to different. foods in a start box and then allowed to run to a goal box containing food of a lesser or equal palatability. All animals showed a decrease in latency to eat in the start box and an increase in the amount of food consumed in the start box, with no significant differences in treatment groups at the end of conditioning. Although all groups, including the control group did run faster and eat more over days of conditioning, there were no significant differences in the motivation of the animals to run to food or the amount of food consumed in the goal box, as a function of the conditioning food. Apparently there were no lasting significant effects of the differences in palatability on the conditioning of hunger. These observations are discussed in terms of other literature showing an inconsistency of positive evidence for conditioned hunger.
The growth-arrest-specific protein gas7 potentiates neuronal differentiation
Creators: name: Lortie, Karine
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Biology, Molecular.

description: The growth-arrest-specific gas7 protein is involved in neuronal development. Its role in neuronal differentiation and its potential neuroprotective activity were investigated in PC 12 and NT2 cells. gas7 overexpression in PC12 cells promoted neurite outgrowth and potentiated nerve growth factor-induced expression of the neuronal markers betaIII-tubulin, synaptotagmin, alpha7 subunit of the acethylcholine receptor, and dihydropyrimidinase related protein-3. This effect was exerted independently of cellular proliferation, as gas7 did not affect cell cycle progression. Endogenous gas7 expression was induced during neuronal differentiation of NT2 cells with retinoic acid, suggesting a role for gas7 in neuronal development. Finally, gas7 overexpression in PC 12 cells did not protect against toxicity triggered by oxygen-glucose deprivation, the calcium ionophore A23187 or sodium nitroprusside. The ability of gas7 to potentiate neuritogenesis and neuronal differentiation makes it a potential therapeutic target to promote re-establishment of neuronal connections in the injured or diseased brain, such as following stroke.
Space compactor design for built-in self-testing of VLSI circuits from compact test sets using sequence characterization and failure probabilities.
Creators: name: Assaf, Mansour H.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Electronics and Electrical.

description: A new space compaction technique for built-in self-testing (BIST) of VLSI circuits using compact test sets with the primary objective of minimizing the storage required for the circuit under test (CUT) while maintaining fault coverage information is presented in this dissertation. The compaction technique utilizes the concepts of the Hamming distance and sequence weight, together with the use of failure probabilities of the errors in the selection of specific gates for merger of a pair of output streams from the CUT. The outputs coming out of the space compactor may eventually be fed into a time compactor (syndrome counter) to derive the signature for the circuit. The proposed technique guarantees a simple design with a very high fault coverage for simple stuck-line faults, with low CPU simulation time, and acceptable area overhead. Design algorithms are proposed and the simplicity and ease of implementation are demonstrated with numerous examples. Specifically, extensive simulation runs on ISCAS 85 combinational circuits with FSIM, ATALANTA, and COMPACTEST confirm the efficiency of the suggested approach under conditions of stochastic independence as well as dependence of single line and double line output errors. A performance comparison of the designed space compactor with a conventional linear parity tree compactor is also presented.
Dative constructions in Romance and beyond
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Dative constructions
subject: Romance
subject: Ditransitive constructions
subject: 400 Sprache::410 Linguistik::410 Linguistik

description: This book offers a comprehensive account of dative structures across languages –with an important, though not exclusive, focus on the Romance family. As is well-known, datives play a central role in a variety of structures, ranging from ditransitive constructions to cliticization of indirect objects and differentially marked direct objects, and including also psychological predicates, possessor or causative constructions, among many others. As interest in all these topics has increased significantly over the past three decades, this volume provides an overdue update on the state of the art. Accordingly, the chapters in this volume account for both widely discussed patterns of dative constructions as well as those that are relatively unknown.
The new French: A focus on the children of Algerian descent in the classroom
Creators: name: Boyd, Marisa
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Education, Multilingual.
subject: Sociology, Social Structure and Development.

description: The purpose of this thesis is to elucidate the connection between the institution of the French educational system and its effects on the new French population (predominately children of Algerian immigrants). This thesis makes the connection between the high school or lycee and the social barriers its "minority" students experience within the school system. By focusing on two broad dimensions of the French school system; its structure and values, this thesis argues that the system produces inequalities amongst its students primarily because of its failure to recognise the multiethnic classroom. By contextualising colonial France in Algeria, this thesis shows the connection between France's unique history and its educational institution as it relates to present day French culture. This thesis shows that the French educational system is so well established in its secular traditions that it no longer meets the needs of its students and consequently produces and reproduces exclusion and otherness.
South Asian Women's Perspectives about Pregnancy Needs and Utilization of Canadian Prenatal Health Services
Creators: name: Ladha, Rishma
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Health Sciences, Obstetrics and Gynecology.
subject: Health Sciences, Nursing.
subject: Health Sciences, Public Health.

description: Context: South Asians are the largest immigrant group in Ontario, Canada. They may express perceptions of pregnancy that differ from the dominant cultures influencing mainstream health care. Prenatal services are underutilized by immigrant women in part due to language barriers and issues of racism. Purpose: To explore and understand South Asian Canadian women's pregnancy needs and experiences in utilizing prenatal health services in Ottawa, Canada. Method: Ten women were recruited to participate in semi-structured interviews. Data were analyzed using content and thematic analysis following a descriptive exploratory qualitative approach. An anti-racist approach was used to gain insights about these women's perspectives on the use of prenatal health services. Results: All women expressed that their husbands provided support and nurturance. Female elders including mothers, South Asian neighbours, and friends played an important role in providing pregnancy information and support. Almost all participants were not aware of available community-based resources, including prenatal programs. Almost all women expressed that they were given different treatment, ignored by administrative staff and/or perceived that health care providers spent less time with them compared to other Canadians. Some health care providers did not understand and respect cultural and religious rituals. Conclusions: Providing information about the availability of community resources is a vital step. Exploring South Asian husband's perspectives, the potential use of internet resources and creating interpreter networks through Indo-Canadian organizations are recommended. The Canadian health care system needs to address barriers and racism encountered by South Asian women to provide culturally sensitive health care.
Methadone maintenance therapy decreases the rate of antiretroviral therapy discontinuation among HIV-positive illicit drug users
Creators: name: Reddon, Hudson
name: Milloy, M-J
name: Simo, Annick
name: Montaner, Julio
name: Wood, Evan
name: Kerr, Thomas
Publisher: name: Springer
Year: 2017

description: We sought to examine whether methadone maintenance therapy (MMT) decreased rates of antiretroviral therapy (ART) discontinuation and was associated with plasma HIV RNA responses among a cohort of illicit drug users. Cumulative ART discontinuation rates were estimated using Kaplan–Meier methods and factors independently associated with ART discontinuation were identified using Cox proportional hazards regression. Engagement in MMT was negatively and independently associated with ART discontinuation [Adjusted Relative Hazard = 0.67 (95 % CI 0.54–0.83); p < 0.001]. Among participants receiving ART and MMT, 81.6 % of plasma HIV-1 RNA assessments were <500 copies/mL, while 65.81 % of HIV-1 RNA assessments among those prescribed ART without MMT were <500 copies/mL (p < 0.001). These results demonstrate that engagement in MMT conferred a protective benefit against ART discontinuation and was associated with a significant increase in plasma HIV RNA suppression among HIV-infected opioid-dependent drug users.
Intersecting Identities: Exploring Urban Aboriginal Women's Experiences of Accessing Care
Creators: name: Van Herk, Kimberley A
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Health Sciences, Nursing.

description: The purpose of this master's thesis is to explore intersections within Aboriginal womens' descriptions of their experiences of accessing care in an urban context, and to explicate how service provider's perceptions of women's identity featured in their care encounters. This thesis is divided into three chapters. The first chapter provides a background on access to care for Aboriginal women living in urban contexts, outlines the methodology of the primary study, and explores the intersectionality paradigm used to complete the secondary analysis done for this study. The second chapter describes the results of the study. It begins by providing a general overview of the major themes and subthemes, followed by two manuscripts that have been written for submission for publication in scholarly journals. The third chapter discusses how this study has contributed to new knowledge for nursing, as well as the implications for nursing education, research and policy.
title: Semantic differences in translation
title: Exploring the field of inchoativity
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Vandevoorde, Lore
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: translation
subject: Semantic differences
subject: inchoativity
subject: 400 Sprache::410 Linguistik::410 Linguistik

description: Although the notion of meaning has always been at the core of translation, the invariance of meaning has, partly due to practical constraints, rarely been challenged in Corpus-based Translation Studies. In answer to this, the aim of this book is to question the invariance of meaning in translated texts: if translation scholars agree on the fact that translated language is different from non-translated language with respect to a number of grammatical and lexical aspects, would it be possible to identify differences between translated and non-translated language on the semantic level too? More specifically, this books tries to formulate an answer to the following three questions: (i) how can semantic differences in translated vs non-translated language be investigated in a corpus-based study?, (ii) are there any differences on the semantic level between translated and non-translated language? and (iii) if there are differences on the semantic level, can we ascribe them to any of the (universal) tendencies of translation? In this book, I establish a way to visually explore semantic similarity on the basis of representations of translated and non-translated semantic fields. A technique for the comparison of semantic fields of translated and non-translated language called SMM++ (based on Helge Dyvik’s Semantic Mirrors method) is developed, yielding statistics-based visualizations of semantic fields. The SMM++ is presented via the case of inchoativity in Dutch (beginnen [to begin]). By comparing the visualizations of the semantic fields on different levels (translated Dutch with French as a source language, with English as a source language and non-translated Dutch) I further explore whether the differences between translated and non-translated fields of inchoativity in Dutch can be linked to any of the well-known universals of translation. The main results of this study are explained on the basis of two cognitively inspired frameworks: Halverson’s Gravitational Pull Hypothesis and Paradis’ neurolinguistic theory of bilingualism.
Determinants of farmers’ off-farm work decisions: How important are domain specific risk and uncertainty attitudes?
Creators: name: Begho, Toritseju
name: Begho, Toritseju
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Farm Management
subject: Risk and Uncertainty
subject: Risk
subject: uncertainty
subject: cumulative prospect theory
subject: off-farm
subject: decision making

description: The paper examines the relationship between off-farm work decisions and risk and uncertainty attitudes. Data was obtained from controlled lab-in-field experiment on farmers’ choices over pairs of continuous prospects. The paper estimated parametric functional forms of the value and weighting functions based on cumulative prospect theory and examined the effect on important off-farm work decisions. The paper find evidence that farmers that participated in off-farm jobs were more averse to losses under conditions of risk but not so for uncertainty. However, these categories of farmers were more pessimistic about losses under both conditions (i.e. risk and uncertainty). The results also show that risk and uncertainty aversion significantly differ between farmers that participated in paid versus self-employed off-farm jobs. The result also shows that age, farm size, tenure, location, membership of association, location are significant determinants off-farm work decisions.
Public opinion and the politics of immigration
Creators: name: Betts, Katharine
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: You have already heard something about the pros and cons of population growth, and I’m sure will hear more over the course of this conference. Rather than talking about these, I’m going to focus on why it is that we are continue to have growth, despite the fact that as many as seven out of ten voters believe that Australia does not need more people. But even with this focus it’s not possible to dodge the topic of costs and benefits entirely. For example, if population growth were clearly in the national interest the question of why governments pursue it would have a ready answer. Leaders often have to follow policies that many people do not like, simply because these policies are right. For example, they might legislate for a GST, or to outlaw discrimination against homosexuals, or to ban smoking in public places, or to eliminate the death penalty. And the potential opposition among political and intellectual elites might support them, even though they knew that many voters were offside. This would be because the potential opposition knew enough about the pros and cons to agree that the legislators were right and that the unpopular move in question should get their support. While voters might not like it, they do not know enough to make an informed decision. But this does not explain Australian governments’ pursuit of substantial immigration-fuelled population growth. Even though many political and cultural elites may think it is in the national interest a sizable body of research shows that, overall, it is not. They are wrong and do not know enough to make an informed decision. Others may be swayed by less forgivable considerations. So whatever their motives, an answer to the question of why governments want to go on pushing the numbers out to 36 million and beyond is not self evident. Consequently this paper will not focus on the intrinsic question of the costs and benefits of growth but on two extrinsic questions: why do Australian politicians insisting on pursuing it when a majority of voters are not in favour, and what is it about the political climate that allows them to do this? Thus it is about the politics of population growth which, in Australia, largely means the politics of immigration.
A study of the excited states in oxygen-16 and calcium-40 using 14.1 MeV neutrons.
Creators: name: McDonald, W. John.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1964
Subjects: subject: Physics, Nuclear.

description: The (n,n'gamma) reaction at En = 14.1 MeV has been studied for O16 and Ca40. Differential cross sections were obtained for the scattering by the ground states and several excited states. The excitation of the lowest 3- states was quite strong fpr each nuclide. This is evidence that the collective octupole description is valid for these 3- states. The elastic cross sections were successfully fitted using the optical model. The optical parameters which resulted were employed in DWB calculations to predict scattering cross sections for the lowest 3- states. of O16 and Ca40. For these calculations, the 3- states were represented by collective octupole vibrations. The agreement with experiment was good in the case of Ca40 but poor in the case of O16. The latter result may be due to the inadenquacy of the DWB method for such a light nucleus. Energy, yield and angular distribution measurements were made for the deexcitation gamma rays. For O16 the results were used to deduce excitation cross sections which were in good agreement with the neutron data. It was observed that states higher than the first 3- levels in O16 and Ca40 seldom decay by direct ground state transitions but rather by cascade events which proceed throught the first 3- states. This result is in accord with the assumption of a collective vibrational nature for these states if it is assumed that some of the higher states are formed on top of the 3- level.
In vivo evaluation of (R)- and (S)-[carbon-11]rolipram for imaging cardiac phosphodiesterase-4 enzymes: Characterization and applications in rat models of heart failure
Creators: name: Kenk, Miran
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Biology, Molecular.

description: Heart failure is associated with alterations in noradrenergic 3',5'-cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP)-mediated phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE4) signaling. Comprehensive study of the intracellular mechanism involved in the progression of heart failure is hindered by the limitations of in vitro techniques. Intracellular cAMP levels regulate PDE4 expression and activity. Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging with the carbon-11 labeled PDE4-specific inhibitor ( R)-rolipram provides an in vivo index of PDE4 enzymes, and therefore an indirect index of cAMP signaling. The aim of this research was to characterize (R)-[IIC]rolipram for use in cardiac PET imaging and to evaluate post-receptor changes in animal models of adriamycin-induced cardiotoxicity and post-infarct heart failure. (R)-[ 11C]Rolipram exhibits PDE4-specific binding, selectivity for the PDE4 isozyme over other cardiac PDE enzymes, and responsiveness to treatments affecting cAMP levels, as established using biodistribution and autoradiography techniques in rats. Reduced PDE4 intracellular adrenergic response to acute increase in noradrenaline levels suggested a diminished post-receptor signal transduction in adriamycin-treated rats correlated with decreased retention of the beta-adrenergic antagonist [3H]CGP12I77. Small-animal cardiac PET imaging with (R)[11C]rolipram detected increased PDE4 in the non-infarcted left ventricle 8 weeks following myocardial infarction with decreased beta-adrenergic receptor expression and normal myocardial blood flow. (R)-[11C]Rolipram sensitivity to altered noradrenergic signaling in animal models of cardiac dysfunction suggests potential application for this radiotracer in non-invasive imaging of alterations in post-receptor cAMP-mediated PDE4 signal transduction in humans.
Variations and generalizations of preprojective algebras
Creators: name: Kaplan, Daniel
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2019

description: The preprojective algebra, defined by Gelfand and Ponomarev, is the algebraic precursor to the study of Nakajima quiver varieties, which are pervasive in geometric representation theory. Examples of such varieties include flag varieties (for the type A quivers) and the Hilbert schemes of points in the plane (for the Jordan quiver.) In this thesis, we take the algebra as the fundamental object of study. We produce interesting flat degenerations of the preprojective algebra, in the direction of Geiß, Leclerc, and Schröer following de Thanhoffer de Völcsey and Presotto. Additionally, we study a multiplicative analog of the preprojective algebra, and prove that a large class of such algebras are 2-Calabi-Yau.
Une armée européenne à définir
Creators: name: Beauchamp, Christine
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Sociology, General.

description: Le travail suivant propose d'examiner le problème posé par le concept de l'armée européenne. Toujours inachevé, ce projet apparaît encore pour plusieurs Européens comme la suite logique de leur Histoire. Pourtant, il n'avance pas. Ce travail, qui se veut sociologique dans son étude de la question, proposera que les racines de la non-réalisation du projet de l'armée européenne se logent plus dans des phénomènes sociaux que dans des difficultés politiques. En étalant le cours de l'histoire militaire européenne récente, il sera avancé que l'histoire et la politique européennes de la deuxième moitié du XXe siècle auront favorisé la création d'une armée commune. Dans une deuxième partie, des facteurs s'apparentant plutôt à la philosophie politique viendront renforcer le projet de l'armee commune. Ce travail conclura que ce sont surtout des facteurs sociaux liés à l'insécurité des citoyens qui sont à la base de l'attachement paradoxal des Européens à une défense nationale.
Willingness to Engage in Peer-Delivered HIV Voluntary Counselling and Testing Among People Who Inject Drugs in a Canadian Setting
Creators: name: Markwick, Nicole
name: Ti, Lianping
name: Callon, Cody
name: Feng, Cindy X.
name: Wood, Evan
name: Kerr, Thomas
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2017

description: Background People who inject drugs (IDU) face unique systemic, social and individual barriers to conventional HIV voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) programs. Peer-delivered approaches represent a possible alternative to improve rates of testing among this population. Methods Cross-sectional data from a prospective cohort of IDU in Vancouver, Canada were collected between December 2011 and May 2012. Bivariate statistics and multivariate logistic regression were used to identify the prevalence of and factors associated with willingness to receive peer-delivered VCT. Results Of 600 individuals, 51.5% indicated willingness to receive peer-delivered pretest counselling, 40.7% to receive peer-delivered rapid HIV testing, and 42.8% to receive peer-delivered post-test counselling. Multivariate analyses found significant positive associations between willingness for pre-test counselling and having used Vancouver’s supervised injection facility, Insite, or being a member of VANDU (a local drug user organization) (all p < 0.05). Daily crack smoking and having used Insite were positively associated with willingness to receive peer-delivered HIV testing (p < 0.05). Willingness to receive peer-delivered post-test counselling was positively associated with male gender, daily crack smoking, having used Insite, and being a member of VANDU (p<0.05). Conclusion While not universally acceptable, peer-delivered VCT approaches may improve access to HIV testing among IDU.