cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
“I didn’t have time to find the English words”: The Korean War’s Role in the Evolution of Bilingualism in the Canadian Armed Forces
Creators: name: Labrosse, Julien
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: Bilingualism
French
Language
Canadian History
Military History
Québec History
Royal 22e Régiment
Korean War
Canadian Army
Canadian Armed Forces
Department of National Defence
Canadian Military History
French-Canadian Military History
French Canada
Québec
Francophone
Anglophone
Bilinguisme
Français
Langue
Histoire Canadienne
Histoire Militaire
Histoire du Québec
Guerre de Corée
Armée Canadienne
Forces armées canadiennes
Ministère de la défense nationale
Histoire militaire canadienne
Histoire militaire du Canada français
Canada français
Simonds
Claxton
St. Laurent
Saint-Laurent
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
R22eR
Vandoo
Royal Canadian Regiment
Allard
Bernatchez

description: This thesis explores the impact of the Korean War on the evolution of the role of the French language in the Canadian military between 1946 and 1954. It explains how the Korean War acted as both a catalyst for a more accommodating stance towards the French language in the Canadian Armed Forces, and an immediate impediment to the implementation of such changes. Particularly, this thesis explores the conflict that emerged between various officials in the Department of National Defence concerning the place that should be made for the French language, and how best to recruit more French Canadians. It shows that there was serious disagreement between the Minister of National Defence, Brooke Claxton, who wanted more bilingualism in the Canadian military, and the Chief of General Staff, General Guy G. Simonds, who resisted further concessions to francophones. Moreover, this thesis reveals the extent to which there was goodwill within the Canadian Armed Forces on the part of both anglophones and francophones on the frontline in Korea. This constituted the basis on which the Department of National Defence was able to begin the process of implementing a more bilingual system. In this respect, this thesis shows the Canadian military to have been ahead of the federal Civil Service.
Ancien regime...incoming future (suggestions about civil law codification and regarding landscape and cultural heritage)
Creators: name: Visco, Valerio
Publisher: name: Dipartimento di Storie e Metodi per la Conservazione dei Beni Culturali (Di.S.Me.C.)
Year: 2006

description: The goal of this short communication is to analyse, through the vicissitudes experienced by our Civil Code during the last years because of the springing up of the regulations strictly connected to it, and of its relevant set of erudite and jurisdictional interpretations, and the risks that a codicillary compilation can run of, in case the lawmaker does not follow the guidelines got by the age-old jurisdictional science experience. The above-said analyse, besides underlining a general problem, aims at expressing a warning and a call for protection about the more sectorial field of the Landscape and Cultural Heritage legislation, according to the nomenclature adopted by the Civil Code issued through the Legislative Decree N. 42, dated on January 22nd, 2004.
Attitudes to gambling in Melbourne among adolescents of different ethnic backgrounds
Creators: name: Burnes, Colleen
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Three hundred and fifty Years 10, 11 and 12 students from six coeducational schools in metropolitan Melbourne were surveyed regarding their gambling behaviour with the use of a survey which included the Australian Gambling Scale (AGS) (Senn, 1996). The questionnaire also included a Gambling Activities Checklist, Superstition Scale and Leisure Activities Checklist. The first hypothesis, that being male would be a predictor of gambling fiequency and problem gambling, was not supported. However, the second hypothesis, that early age of onset of gambling, experience of a big win, family interest in gambling and superstitious beliefs would predict gambling frequency, and that gambling frequency along with the previously listed variables would predict problem gambling was partly supported. Having had an early big win, parental gambling, western superstition (but not eastern), gambling for excitement, gambling to win money and gambling with friends predicted gambling frequency. Gambling fiequency, gambling for excitement and gambling to win money predicted problem gambling. Ethnic differences were found in predictors of gambling frequency and problem gambling. Reliability analysis on the newly-developed AGS indicated high internal consistency (1 =.90). The scale needs to be validated by comparing it to a well-established problem gambling scale, such as the South Oaks Gambling Screen.
Catalyst-Free Synthesis of Polysubstituted 5-Acylamino-1,3-Thiazoles via Hantzsch Cyclization of α-Chloroglycinates
Creators: name: Tomassetti, Mara
name: Lupidi, Gabriele
name: Piermattei, Pamela
name: Rossi, Federico V.
name: Lillini, Samuele
name: Bianchini, Gianluca
name: Aramini, Andrea
name: Ciufolini, Marco A.
name: Marcantoni, Enrico
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2019

description: A catalyst-free heterocyclization reaction of α-chloroglycinates with thiobenzamides or thioureas leading to 2,4-disubstituted-5-acylamino-1,3-thiazoles has been developed. The methodology provides straightforward access to valuable building blocks for pharmaceutically relevant compounds.
A second chromatic timing event of interstellar origin toward PSR J1713+0747
Creators: name: Lam, M. T.
name: Ellis, J. A.
name: Grillo, G.
name: Jones, M. L.
name: Hazboun, J. S.
name: Brook, P. R.
name: Turner, J. E.
name: Chatterjee, S.
name: Cordes, J. M.
name: Lazio, T. J. W.
name: Decesar, M. E.
name: Arzoumanian, Z.
name: Blumer, H.
name: Cromartie, H. T.
name: Demorest, P. B.
name: Dolch, T.
name: Ferdman, R. D.
name: Ferrara, E. C.
name: Fonseca, E.
name: Garver-Daniels, N.
name: Gentile, P. A.
name: Gupta, V.
name: Lorimer, D. R.
name: Lynch, R. S.
name: Madison, D. R.
name: McLaughlin, M. A.
name: Ng, C.
name: Nice, D. J.
name: Pennucci, T. T.
name: Ransom, S. M.
name: Spiewak, R.
name: Stairs, I. H.
name: Stinebring, D. R.
name: Stovall, K.
name: Swiggum, J. K.
name: Vigeland, S. J.
name: Zhu, W. W.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The frequency dependence of radio pulse arrival times provides a probe of structures in the intervening media. Demorest et al. was the first to show a short-term (∼100-200 days) reduction in the electron content along the line of sight to PSR J1713+0747 in data from 2008 (approximately MJD 54750) based on an apparent dip in the dispersion measure of the pulsar. We report on a similar event in 2016 (approximately MJD 57510), with average residual pulse-arrival times ≈-3.0, -1.3, and -0.7 μs at 820, 1400, and 2300 MHz, respectively. Timing analyses indicate possible departures from the standard ν -2 dispersive-delay dependence. We discuss and rule out a wide variety of potential interpretations. We find the likeliest scenario to be lensing of the radio emission by some structure in the interstellar medium, which causes multiple frequency-dependent pulse arrival-time delays.
Modern and holocene pollen assemblages from Arctic ice caps.
Creators: name: Bourgeois, Jocelyne C.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: Palynology.

description: Records of pollen deposition on arctic ice caps are used to infer paleoenvironments of the Holocene and atmospheric circulation patterns in the Arctic. As part of this study, several snow samples were collected over a broad area, over the course of several years, to investigate modern pollen deposition patterns in the Arctic. Pollen assemblages recovered from arctic snow are diverse and consist of tundra and forest types. The results show that pollen percentages and concentrations are related to the density of the regional vegetation and to the distance of the source in more productive regions. In addition, the long-distance transport of tree and shrub pollen permits the identification of regional patterns that might be used to define air mass trajectories in the Arctic. In a more detailed analysis, the seasonal and annual variations in pollen deposition in snow layers were studied on four ice caps, including one in the Russian Arctic. It is shown that the pollen succession in the annual snow layers is related to the flowering periods of arctic and southern plants. The amount of pollen reaching the ice caps varies from year to year. Furthermore the variability in the number of tree and shrub pollen increases with decreasing distance to the treeline. The last section of this study is an interpretation of a Holocene record of pollen distribution in an ice core from the Agassiz Ice Cap, Ellesmere Island. Pollen concentrations, particularly those of tree pollen, were highest in the early Holocene, decreased in the mid-Holocene, and changed relatively rapidly after ca. 3500 years ago. In the early Holocene, the pollen profile parallels the delta 18O and ice-melt records from the same ice core, indicating that the warmest summer temperatures occurred very early in the Holocene. The high concentration of tree pollen in the early Holocene, when large parts of Canada were still ice-covered and forest zones more limited and generally farther away, implies that atmospheric circulation was stronger than at present. The data may be of significant value to comprehensive studies of atmospheric dynamics and vegetation changes.
Combined Application of X-Ray and Neutron Imaging Techniques to Wood Materials
Creators: name: Triolo, Roberto
name: Giambona, Graziella
name: Lo Celso, Fabrizio
name: Ruffo, Irene
name: Kardjilov, Nicolay
name: Hilger, André
name: Manke, Ingo
name: Paulke, Andreas
Publisher: name: Dipartimento di Storie e Metodi per la Conservazione dei Beni Culturali (Di.S.Me.C.)
Year: 2010
Subjects: X-ray; neutron imaging techniques; wood materials

description: Conservation of Cultural Heritage is extremely important not only from a cultural point of view, but also from a practical one. It is our duty to pass on to future generations the cultural heritage left tous by our ancestors. Wood is one of the most common materials used to generate works of art which are in a state of constant change and/or deterioration. In order to optimize the knowledge of artworks together with their conservation, it is necessary to use the most advanced scientific and technological tools. In the following paper, we will show the results which can be achieved by application of complementary techniques based on the combined use of X-rays and neutrons as structural probes.
Recovery of surfactant-induced friction reduction in a closed hot water system.
Creators: name: Bellamy, Joanna Kate.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Chemical.

description: In the 1980's the use of surfactants to decrease pumping energy requirements in district heating systems was explored in Europe. FRAs are particularly attractive for district energy systems because they have long pipe runs and the associated pumping costs can be a large component of total operating costs. In this research project, a series of obstructing devices were designed and tested for their ability to disrupt micelles and reverse the friction reducing effect in a 3/4 inch diameter stainless steel experimental test loop. Four simple obstructing geometries were investigated: a central obstruction blocking one quarter of the flow area, a central obstruction blocking half of the flow area and two obstructions which blocked the area close to the pipe wall, blocking one half and three quarters of the flow area, respectively. The experimental friction reducing additive was a combination of a quaternary ammonium surfactant, Ethoquad O/12, and a 3-hydroxy-2-naphthoate counterion, at concentrations of 1600 ppm and 800 ppm respectively. The obstructions were tested at three temperatures, 70, 50 and 40 Celsius and at flow rates of 3.7, 3.0 and 2.0 m./s. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Open Source Logic System With Trees
Creators: name: Gilbert, Dave
name: Mas, Kyle
name: MacKinlay, Tristan
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2019

description: Open scholarship, which encompasses open science, open access, open data, open education, and all other forms of openness in the scholarly and research environment, is transforming how knowledge is created and shared. The 3rd annual Open Scholarship in Practice (OSiP) day was held at UBC on October 25, 2019 to explore innovative areas in open scholarship, and included a full day of hands-on workshops for faculty, staff, and students to learn how to incorporate Open practices into their work.
The effect of the substrate membrane on the performance of sulfonated poly(2,6-dimethyl-1,4-phenylene oxide) - polyetherimide thin film composite membranes for low-pressure reverse osmosis.
Creators: name: Boucher-Sharma, Anuradha P.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Chemical.

description: Thin film composite (TFC) membranes were prepared by coating sulfonated poly(2,6-dimethyl-1,4-phenylene oxide) (SPPO) of ion-exchange capacity value of 1.8 meq/g on top of substrate polyetherimide (PEI) membranes with various mean pore sizes which were also laboratory prepared. Both substrate membranes and TFC membranes were characterized by the mean pore size and pore size distribution, which were determined by analyzing the reverse osmosis separation data for aqueous solutions of polyethylene glycols of different molecular weights. Low pressure reverse osmosis performance of the composite membranes was also investigated by using aqueous electrolyte solutions. A parameter, N/delta, representing the pore density divided by the total thickness of both the thin coated film of the TFC membrane and the skin of the porous substrate membrane, was calculated for both the substrate and the thin film composite membranes. Scanning electron microscopy was utilized to investigate the morphological structure of the substrate membranes. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Una inclinación americana: el siglo XVII. Barroco, experiencia y lengua
Una inclinación americana: el siglo XVII. Barroco, experiencia y lengua
Creators: name: Ruiz, Facundo; UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES-CONICET
Publisher: name: Dipartimento di Lingue e Letterature Straniere Moderne, Università di Bologna
Year: 2010

description: What's the spanish language for an american writer of the XVII century? The following essay aims to interrogate some of the relations stablished with the spanish language in estethics, and particularly the american baroque of the XVII century. It also pretends to interrogate how this relations create a tradition for the latinamerican writer, considering the form -not only estethic (baroque form), but also ethical (ars inveniendi) – which arise after these experiences.

Keywords: Latin-American baroque, Experience, Spanish language, rethorics, Sor Juana
description: What's the spanish language for an american writer of the XVII century? The following essay aims to interrogate some of the relations stablished with the spanish language in estethics, and particularly the american baroque of the XVII century. It also pretends to interrogate how this relations create a tradition for the latinamerican writer, considering the form -not only estethic (baroque form), but also ethical (ars inveniendi) – which arise after these experiences.

Keywords: Latin-American baroque, Experience, Spanish language, rethorics, Sor Juana.

¿Qué es la lengua española para un escritor americano del siglo XVII? El presente ensayo se propone indagar algunas de las relaciones que se han establecido con la lengua española en el espacio estético, y particularmente barroco, del siglo XVII americano; y cómo dichas relaciones inauguran cierta tradición para el escritor latinoamericano, puesto que surge, de esas experiencias, una forma no sólo estética (forma barroca) sino ética (ars inveniendi).-

Palabras clave: Barroco latinoamericano, experiencia, lengua española, retórica, Sor Juana.
Jorge Semprun : la créance du témoignage.
Creators: name: Sagarra Martin, Catalina.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Literature, Modern.

description: Dans cette analyse, nous nous sommes penchée sur l'oeuvre romanesque de Jorge Semprun, de son premier roman Le Grand Voyage à sa dernière publication en 1998, Adieu, vive clarté .... Parce que l'ensemble de cette oeuvre se présente comme une autofiction qui veut témoigner de l'Histoire que l'homme a traversée, nous nous sommes posée un certain nombre de questions quant au droit à l'énonciation dont se réclame le témoin de ces fictions et à la validité qu'il faut lui reconnaître compte tenu, précisément, du genre. Pour être à même de saisir les lieux énonciatifs qui traversent l'oeuvre, nous avons tout d'abord fait un survol des circonstances géopolitiques dans lesquelles J. Semprun s'est débattu. Cet homme est sorti de son adolescence par les durs chemins de l'exil. Il a dû faire face à une langue qu'il ne connaissait pas et surmonter cette première barrière communicationnelle à laquelle la dictature de Franco avait acculé tant de réfugiés espagnols. Mais la France n'était pas le refuge idéal, car quelques années plus tard, l'invasion allemande renversait la tranquille mais fragile démocratie française. Semprun, qui s'était alors parfaitement intégré linguistiquement parlant, s'engageait dans la résistance. Capturé par la Gestapo, il sera déporté à Buchenwald. À la libération, il comprend très vite que, dans son cas, il ne s'agissait pas d'être rapatrié, puisqu'il n'est pas Français; il recouvrait tout bonnement le statut de «réfugié politique espagnol» qui lui était échu à son premier exil. De retour à Paris, il se lance dans une seconde résistance, au sein du Parti Communiste Espagnol, pour combattre la dictature qui fait encore des ravages en Espagne. Semprun poursuit sa lutte clandestine jusqu'en 1964, année où, accusé de révisionniste avec Fernando Claudin, il est expulsé du parti. Quelques années avant cette scission, sans doute par instinct de survie prémonitoire, Semprun s'était mis à l'écriture de son premier roman, qui paraissait en 1963. Dans tous ses romans, le lecteur peut reconnaître les temps et les lieux que l'auteur a traversées au cours de sa vie, même si la narration fait aussi état des réflexions qu'ils a alimentées par son expérience. Cet aspect de l'oeuvre nous semble important pour comprendre la portée du témoignage. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Imaginarios de la migración/Migraciones del imaginario: “Ausencia” de Daniel Alarcón
Creators: name: Tala, Pamela
Publisher: name: Dipartimento di Lingue e Letterature Straniere Moderne, Università di Bologna
Year: 2011

description: This article explores the characteristics adopted by the discourse of the migrant subject in the story "Ausencia" (Absence) by the Peruvian writer Daniel Alarcón. Since the verification of a nomadic subject, it examines the re- articulation of the notions of territory, center / periphery and the confrontation with the "other." As a result of the analysis of these issues, we conclude that this narrative by Alarcón offers no relief to the subject from a dialectical synthesis of his identity; on the contrary, it leaves him suspended in an unfinished and amazed identification process.

Keywords: Latin-American Literature, Daniel Alarcón, identity, subject, migration.

Este artículo explora las características que adopta el discurso del sujeto migrante en el cuento “Ausencia” del escritor peruano Daniel Alarcón. A partir de la constatación de un sujeto nómade, se examina la re-articulación de las nociones de territorio, centro/periferia y el enfrentamiento con el “otro”. Como resultado del análisis de estos aspectos se concluye que esta narración de Alarcón no ofrece al sujeto el alivio de una síntesis dialéctica de su identidad, sino que, por el contrario, lo deja suspendido en un proceso de inacabada y asombrada identificación.
Palabras clave Literatura latinoamericana, Daniel Alarcón, identidad, sujeto, migración.
Supplementary document for Deterministic photonic quantum computation in a synthetic time dimension - 5130730.pdf
Creators: name: Bartlett, Ben
name: Dutt, Avik
name: Fan, Shanhui
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Photonics, Optoelectronics and Optical Communications
Quantum Information, Computation and Communication
Quantum Optics

description: Supplementary Information
Electrochemical regeneration of natural organic matter (NOM) loaded granular activated carbon
Creators: name: McEwen, Jeff
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Environmental.

description: Granular activated carbon (GAC) is used in municipal drinking water treatment plants for the removal of organic compounds (natural and synthetic), taste and odour compounds, as well as for the removal of disinfection by-products (DBPs). Many alternative technologies for GAC regeneration, such as bioregeneration, chemical regeneration, chemical desorption regeneration, and steam regeneration, have been tested in attempts to overcome the shortcomings of thermal regeneration. In this study, the suitability of electrochemical regeneration for municipal drinking water systems was investigated. Three different sample types were obtained; virgin, field spent and field-thermally reactivated GAC. The field spent samples were electrochemically regenerated at 10, 50, 100 and 200mA in a divided cell electrochemical reactor for 5 h. The virgin, the thermal and the electrochemical regenerated samples were analysed for aqueous NOM adsorption, iodine number, surface chemistry, pore size distribution and surface area to evaluate the regeneration efficiency and to characterize the regeneration. The electrochemical reactor was able to regenerate 8--15% of the adsorption capacity of the field spent GAC compared to approximately 100% regeneration efficiency for the thermally regenerated samples. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Single channel approach for filtering electroencephalographic signals strongly contaminated with facial electromyography
Creators: name: Queiroz, Carlos Magno Medeiros
name: Da Silva, Gustavo Moreira
name: Walter, Steffen
name: Peres, Luciano Brinck
name: Luiz, Luiza Maire David
name: Costa, Samila Carolina
name: De Faria, Kelly Christina
name: Pereira, Adriano Alves
name: Vieira, Marcus Fraga
name: Cabral, Ariana Moura
name: Andrade, Adriano De Oliveira
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: EEG
subject: EMG
subject: adaptive filtering
subject: signal decomposition
subject: facial electromyography
subject: DDC 610 / Medicine & health
subject: Electroencephalography
subject: Electromyography
subject: Adaptive filters
subject: Elektroencephalogramm
subject: Elektromyographie

description: Eliminating facial electromyographic (EMG) signal from the electroencephalogram (EEG) is crucial for the accuracy of applications such as brain computer interfaces (BCIs) and brain functionality measurement. Facial electromyography typically corrupts the electroencephalogram. Although it is possible to find in the literature a number of multi-channel approaches for filtering corrupted EEG, studies employing single-channel approaches are scarce. In this context, this study proposed a single-channel method for attenuating facial EMG noise from contaminated EEG. The architecture of the method allows for the evaluation and incorporation of multiple decomposition and adaptive filtering techniques. The decomposition method was responsible for generating EEG or EMG reference signals for the adaptive filtering stage. In this study, the decomposition techniques CiSSA, EMD, EEMD, EMD-PCA, SSA, and Wavelet were evaluated. The adaptive filtering methods RLS, Wiener, LMS, and NLMS were investigated. A time and frequency domain set of features were estimated from experimental signals to evaluate the performance of the single channel method. This set of characteristics permitted the characterization of the contamination of distinct facial muscles, namely Masseter, Frontalis, Zygomatic, Orbicularis Oris, and Orbicularis Oculi. Data were collected from ten healthy subjects executing an experimental protocol that introduced the necessary variability to evaluate the filtering performance. The largest level of contamination was produced by the Masseter muscle, as determined by statistical analysis of the set of features and visualization of topological maps. Regarding the decomposition method, the SSA method allowed for the generation of more suitable reference signals, whereas the RLS and NLMS methods were more suitable when the reference signal was derived from the EEG. In addition, the LMS and RLS methods were more appropriate when the reference signal was the EMG. This study has a number of practical implications, including the use of filtering techniques to reduce EEG contamination caused by the activation of facial muscles required by distinct types of studies. All the developed code, including examples, is available to facilitate a more accurate reproduction and improvement of the results of this study.
Off-Line Methods for Determining Air Quality in Museums
Creators: name: Franzitta, Vincenzo
name: Ferrante, Patrizia
name: La Gennusa, Maria
name: Rizzo, Gianfranco
name: Scaccianoce, Gianluca
Publisher: name: Dipartimento di Storie e Metodi per la Conservazione dei Beni Culturali (Di.S.Me.C.)
Year: 2010
Subjects: air quality; monitoring air quality; off-line sensors of air quality; air conditioned museum environments

description: This paper will examine three methodologies deployed in off-line research relating to air quality in museums. These methodologies made use of sensors based on the different chemical-physicalproperties of various materials (corrosiveness, hardness and absorption). Various field applications were applied to case studies, which were performed in two museums in Palermo, Italy: the Regional Gallery of Palazzo Abatellis and the Diocesan Museum. This review of methodologies and sensors examines which protocol should be put into practice in museums in monitoring the air quality of display spaces and the conservation of cultural artefacts.
First interim analysis of a randomised trial of whole brain radiotherapy in melanoma brain metastases confirms high data quality
Creators: name: Fogarty, Gerald B.
name: Hong, Angela
name: Dolven-Jacobsen, Kari
name: Reisse, Claudius H.
name: Burmeister, Bryan
name: Haydu, Lauren H.
name: Dhillon, Haryana
name: Steel, Victoria
name: Shivalingam, Brindha
name: Drummond, Kate
name: Vardy, Janette
name: Nowak, Anna
name: Hruby, George
name: Scolyer, Richard A.
name: Mandel, Catherine
name: Thompson, John F.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Background: Brain metastases are a common cause of death in patients with melanoma. The role of adjuvant whole brain radiotherapy (WBRT) following local treatment of intracranial melanoma metastases is controversial. The Australian and New Zealand Melanoma Trials Group (ANZMTG) and the Trans-Tasman Radiation Oncology Group (TROG) are leading the first ever single histology randomised trial investigating this question. The primary endpoint is distant intracranial failure on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) within twelve months of randomisation. The first planned interim analysis was performed twelve months after randomisation of the 100th patient. The analysis was an opportunity to review completeness of the trial data to date. Methods: All data received up to the end of twelve months after randomisation of the 100th patient was reviewed. Results: Review of pathology reports confirmed that all 100 patients had stage IV melanoma and were appropriately entered into the study. Of the 47 distant intracranial events, 34 occurred in isolation (i.e. only distant failure was identified), whilst 13 were accompanied by local failure. Data review showed compliance with the protocol mandated MRI schedule and accuracy of intracranial failure reporting was very high. The Quality of Life (QoL) component of the study achieved a 91% completion rate. For the neurocognitive function (NCF) assessments, a high completion rate was maintained throughout the 12 month period. Where assessments were not performed at expected time points, valid reasons were noted. Radiotherapy quality was high. Of 50 patients who received WBRT, 32 were reviewed as per protocol design and there was only one major variation out of 308 data points reviewed (0.3%). There were minimal trial related adverse events (AEs) and no serious adverse events (SAEs). Pre-specified protocol stopping rules were not met. Conclusions: The Data Safety Monitoring Committee (DSMC) recommended the trial continue recruitment after reviewing the unblinded data. The data provision and quality to date indicates that a reliable outcome will be obtained when the final analysis is performed. Accrual is ongoing with 156 out of 200 patients randomised to date (26th November 2014).
Amathinidae
Creators: name: Zvonareva, Sofya
name: Kantor, Yuri
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Amathinidae

description: Amathinidae gen. sp.
Figs 8 I–J
Pyramidellidae gen. sp.: Zvonareva et al. 2015: 9.
Material examined. Dam Bay, mangrove plantation, 2 specimens.
Abundance. Rare.
Measurements. Up to 8 mm.
Ecological notes. It was found on sediment surface in mid intertidal zone.
description: Published as part of Zvonareva, Sofya & Kantor, Yuri, 2016, Cheсklist of gastropod molluscs in mangroves of Khanh Hoa province, Vietnam, pp. 401-437 in Zootaxa 4162 (3) on page 427, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4162.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/254973
Open-scholarship for the History of Religion
Creators: name: Monroe, M. Willis
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2019

description: Open scholarship, which encompasses open science, open access, open data, open education, and all other forms of openness in the scholarly and research environment, is transforming how knowledge is created and shared. The 3rd annual Open Scholarship in Practice (OSiP) day was held at UBC on October 25, 2019 to explore innovative areas in open scholarship, and included a full day of hands-on workshops for faculty, staff, and students to learn how to incorporate Open practices into their work.
Work of art-culturalism and training on cultural heritage
Creators: name: Lorusso, Salvatore
name: Strinati, Claudio
Publisher: name: Dipartimento di Storie e Metodi per la Conservazione dei Beni Culturali (Di.S.Me.C.)
Year: 2006

description: It has been recently published a volume entitled "The Art historians and the plague" where a series of interviews is followed by the statement: "while the cultural heritage 'is moribund', the work of art-culturalism (i.e. overemphasis of cultural themes in a work of art) reigns supreme". With regard to this, some considerations are stated and some statements, listed on the volume, are discussed: the motivations are due to the experience gained in the field, and to the aim of giving real answers for the cultural heritage conservation and improvement.
Sobre algunos temas en Cucurto: inmigración e imaginación urbana
Creators: name: Deymonnaz, Santiago
Publisher: name: Dipartimento di Lingue e Letterature Straniere Moderne, Università di Bologna
Year: 2011

description: The aim of this paper is to outline – in the work of Washington Cucurto, pseudonym of Santiago Vega – the literary representations of a contemporary Buenos Aires marked by the experience of immigration. Even if the production of a new language and a new geographic and literary space for the city places Cucurto in the tradition of modern literature, the way his work restate that experience implies a innovative approach to the immigration phenomenon.

Keywords: Buenos Aires, immigration, literature, Washington Cucurto, Santiago Vega.

El objetivo de este artículo es delinear los modos en que la escritura de Santiago Vega, a través de la voz de su alter ego Washington Cucurto, introduce en la literatura argentina la experiencia de una ciudad de Buenos Aires marcada por la inmigración de los países limítrofes y del interior del país. Si la construcción de una lengua y de un nuevo espacio geográfico y literario para la ciudad colocan a Cucurto en la tradición moderna de la literatura, la forma cucurtiana de reelaborar dicha experiencia se presenta como una ruptura con los tratamientos habituales del fenómeno inmigratorio.
Palabras clave:: Buenos Aires, immigration, literature, Washington Cucurto, Santiago Vega.
Supplementary document for Investigating the probe-tip influence and on imaging using scanning near-field optical microscopy - 5131067.pdf
Creators: name: Achmari, Panji
name: Siddiquee, Arif
name: si, guangyuan
name: Lin, Jiao
name: Abbey, Brian
name: Kou, Shan
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Additional Simulation Results and Fitting Results
Microscopy and Molecular Biology Techniques for the Study of Biocenosis Diversity in Semi-Confined Environments
Creators: name: Palla, Franco
name: Billeci, Noemi
name: Mancuso, Francesco Paolo
name: Pellegrino, Lorella
name: Lorusso, Lucia Cecilia
Publisher: name: Dipartimento di Storie e Metodi per la Conservazione dei Beni Culturali (Di.S.Me.C.)
Year: 2010
Subjects: biocenosis; cave environment; CLS microscopy; molecular analyses

description: This study is part of a wider conservation project of artistic and anthropological finds located in the Grotto of the Saints (Licodia Eubea, Alia, Sicily), and represents an opportunity for  investigating the micro-and macro biological systems colonizing this particular environment. It is well-known that the  bio-receptivity of surfaces is strongly related to its constituent materials and environmental parameters, whose effects promote the establishment of specific biotic communities. This is particularly true for caves, hypogea and semi-confined environments and, in particular for the Grotto of the Saints, where besides the presence of different nutrient sources, there are also high humidity values, percolating water and an aerobiological exchange with the surrounding countryside. Moreover, the weathering of this structure is enhanced by the canyon effect of the wind and the day-night temperature range. The identification and characterization of the biocenosis present in this environment was performed combining microscopy (optical, fluorescent, CLSM) and molecular biology analysis (DNA sequences). The aim was to identify the biological systems able to trigger the degradation processes, in order to plan their growth control and to prevent the colonization of the entire environment.
Semi-Persistent Medium Access Control Protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks
Creators: name: Guennoun, Mouhcine
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: MAC
WSN

description: Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are dense clusters of sensor nodes, made up of small, intelligent, resource-constrained wireless devices that are deployed to monitor a specific phenomenon in a certain field. The sensor nodes can be constrained by limited power supply, memory capacity and/or processing capabilities, which means that the design of WSNs requires all algorithms and protocols to be lightweight and efficient, and use as little power as possible. The Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol in WSNs, defined by the IEEE 802.15.4 standard, employs the Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance (CSMA-CA) algorithm to control the nodes contending for access to the communication medium. Though the performance of this protocol has been studied extensively, and several improvements to its backoff counter, superframe format and contention-free period (CFP) features have been proposed, very few studies have addressed improving the Clear Channel Assessment (CCA) feature. In this thesis, we study the impact of increasing the value of the contention window beyond the standard value of 2, on the performance of the MAC protocol. We propose a semi-persistent MAC protocol that is a hybrid form of 802.11 and 802.15.4, to achieve a favorable performance that can serve a broad range of applications over the IEEE 802.15.4-based WSNs. We build an analytical model of the proposed protocol based on Markov chain modelling and derive the analytical expressions of the performance metrics, which we then validate against the simulation result sets generated by our in-house built simulation framework. We prove analytically that the probability of collision of the semi-persistent MAC is lower than that of the standard protocol. Based on our theoretical and simulated models, we show that incorporating the semi-persistent feature into existing MAC protocols leads to significant improvement of the performance metrics, including the probability of collision, throughput, energy consumption, transmission delay and reliability, particularly for networks with a large number of sensor nodes.
An architecture and the related mechanisms for web-based global cooperative teamwork support
Creators: name: Yang, Yun
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Given the exposure of the Internet and the Web, there is a significant impact on Web-based cooperative teamwork support which can be beneficial to many teamwork managers and normal team members who may be either computing or non-computing professionals. In this paper, we focus on our research into a more effective architecture for Web-based teamwork automation support and its corresponding innovative mechanisms for various perspectives including visual process modelling for teamwork managers and process enactment for team members in an asynchronous and synchronous manner. Our research prototype is implemented in Java and the data repository used can be an object-oriented or relational database.
UPSIDES : Erfahrungen in Deutschland aus der Sicht von Peer-Begleiter*innen und -Trainer*innen
Creators: name: Haun, Maria
name: Bilmayer, Stefan
name: Heuer, Imke Wiebke
name: Mahlke, Candelaria I.
name: Puschner, Bernd
name: Wagner, Maria
name: Nixdorf, Rebecca
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Peer Begleitung
subject: Peer Begleiter*in
subject: Recovery
subject: DDC 150 / Psychology
subject: Mental health services
subject: Peer group
subject: Krisenintervention
subject: Peer-Group

description: UPSIDES (»Using Peer Support In Developing Empowering Mental Health Services«) ist ein internationaler Zusammenschluss von acht Studienzentren mit dem Ziel, Peer-Begleitung weltweit zu stärken. In diesem Artikel berichten UPSIDES Mitarbeiter*innen ihre Erfahrungen mit der Peer-Begleitung an den deutschen Standorten Ulm/Günzburg und Hamburg. Das Besondere an UPSIDES ist die Niedrigschwelligkeit des Trainingsangebots sowie die kontinuierliche Unterstützung der Peer-Begleiter*innen in ihrer Arbeit durch Supervision und Intervision. Die enge Zusammenarbeit von Menschen mit verschiedenen Erfahrungshintergründen auf Augenhöhe ist für eine langfristige Implementierung von UPSIDES zentral.
Supplementary document for Investigating the probe-tip influence and on imaging using scanning near-field optical microscopy - 5131067.pdf
Creators: name: Achmari, Panji
name: Siddiquee, Arif
name: si, guangyuan
name: Lin, Jiao
name: Abbey, Brian
name: Kou, Shan
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Additional Simulation Results and Fitting Results
A cooling system using two-phase closed thermosyphon for telecommunication MCM: Experiment and simulation.
Creators: name: Rhi, Seok-Ho.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Electronics and Electrical.

description: The present study is concerned with a cooling system for multichip modules (MCM) in telecommunication systems. Due to the higher device operation speed and higher packaging density, the resulting heat flux is known to be 1 to 2 W/cm$\sp2$, which is one or two orders of magnitude higher than those of conventional systems, and beyond the capacity of high performance air cooling systems. A cooling system which can deal with a high heat flux of up to 4 W/cm$\sp2$ is the one that employs two-phase closed thermosyphons, (i.e., wickless heat pipes) and the present study presents the results of experimental and simulation study on a cooling system using two-phase closed thermosynphons for the cooling of MCM.
La bureaucratie supranationale de la BM et du FMI et le Maroc.
Creators: name: Benothmane, Ahmed.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1997
Subjects: subject: Political Science, International Law and Relations.

description: Cette these se veut une reflexion sur le phenomene bureaucratique. Le recours a l'analyse de Max Weber de la bureaucratie nous permet de comprendre quelques traits de ses caracteristiques afin de saisir le role du capital qui legitime sa dynamique. Pour ce faire nous nous referons aussi succinctement a ce que Karl Marx a elabore a ce sujet dans son oeuvre "Le Capital". Au niveau international, l'apport de la bureaucratie supranationale est considerable dans l'expansion du capitalisme monopoliste. Le capitalisme de cette fin du XXe siecle que vehicule la Triade (Amerique du Nord, Europe de l'Ouest et le Japon) est de nature extraterritoriale, pronant plus de liberalisme et de desintegration de l'Etat-nation. L'action de la Banque Mondiale (BM) et du Fonds Monetaire International (FMI) s'inscrit dans cette logique, en ce sens que leurs recommandations telles que stipulees dans leur Plan d'Ajustement Structurel (PAS) laissent entrevoir leur engagement dans la mainmise de l'economie sur la politique. Pour operationnaliser la domination de la bureaucratie supranationale dans une societe en voie de developpement nous avons investigue le cas concret du Maroc. Celui-ci nous habilite a comprendre que la mondialisation demeure un processus dont la legitimite du pouvoir decoule du capital mondialise. Notre reflexion ne dresse ni un constat pessimiste ni optimiste, mais plutot une elaboration susceptible d'aider a saisir ce processus qui s'appuie notamment sur la bureaucratie supranationale.
Enhancement of transverse trapping efficiency for a metallic particle using an obstructed laser beam
Creators: name: Gu, Min
name: Morrish, Dru
name: Ke, Pu Chun
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: We report that the transverse trapping efficiency for a metallic particle can be enhanced by use of a laser beam obstructed by a circular opaque disk. In the case of gold particles, the enhancement factor for a p- or s-polarized trapping beam is at least 1.7 or 2.5, respectively. The dependence of the transverse trapping efficiency for gold particles (diameter = 2 µm) on the size of the obstruction is measured and agrees with the theoretical prediction based on the ray-optics model.
“Yo quería cruzar la línea...” Migrazione, frontiera e identità. I latinos negli Stati Uniti
“Yo quería cruzar la línea...” Migrazione, frontiera e identità. I latinos negli Stati Uniti
Creators: name: Betti, Silvia
Publisher: name: Dipartimento di Lingue e Letterature Straniere Moderne, Università di Bologna
Year: 2011

description: Latinos in the United States are historically, culturally and socially different from other minority groups. This study deals with the life of Latinos in the United States, their difficult migration, border issues, their dual identity and their language.

Keywords: Migration, border, identity, Latinos, United States.
I latinos negli Stati Uniti sono una realtà storica, culturale e sociale diversa rispetto a quella di altre minoranze. In questo studio presentiamo alcune riflessioni sulla vita dei latinos negli Stati Uniti, sulla difficile migrazione verso il paese anglosassone, i problemi legati alla frontiera, all’identità duale di coloro che vivono a cavallo fra due mondi, alla lingua.

Parole chiave: Migrazione, frontiera, identità, latinos, Stati Uniti.
description: Latinos in the United States are historically, culturally and socially different from other minority groups. This study deals with the life of Latinos in the United States, their difficult migration, border issues, their dual identity and their language.

Keywords: Migration, border, identity, Latinos, United States.
I latinos negli Stati Uniti sono una realtà storica, culturale e sociale diversa rispetto a quella di altre minoranze. In questo studio presentiamo alcune riflessioni sulla vita dei latinos negli Stati Uniti, sulla difficile migrazione verso il paese anglosassone, i problemi legati alla frontiera, all’identità duale di coloro che vivono a cavallo fra due mondi, alla lingua.

Parole chiave: Migrazione, frontiera, identità, latinos, Stati Uniti.
Whole brain radiotherapy after local treatment of brain metastases in melanoma patients - a randomised phase III trial
Creators: name: Fogarty, Gerald
name: Morton, Rachael L.
name: Vardy, Janette
name: Nowak, Anna K.
name: Mandel, Catherine
name: Forder, Peta M.
name: Hong, Angela
name: Hruby, George
name: Burmeister, Bryan
name: Shivalingam, Brindha
name: Dhillon, Haryana
name: Thompson, John F.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Background: Cerebral metastases are a common cause of death in patients with melanoma. Systemic drug treatment of these metastases is rarely effective, and where possible surgical resection and/or stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) are the preferred treatment options. Treatment with adjuvant whole brain radiotherapy (WBRT) following neurosurgery and/or SRS is controversial. Proponents of WBRT report prolongation of intracranial control with reduced neurological events and better palliation. Opponents state melanoma is radioresistant; that WBRT yields no survival benefit and may impair neurocognitive function. These opinions are based largely on studies in other tumour types in which assessment of neurocognitive function has been incomplete.Methods/Design: This trial is an international, prospective multi-centre, open-label, phase III randomised controlled trial comparing WBRT to observation following local treatment of intracranial melanoma metastases with surgery and/or SRS. Patients aged 18 years or older with 1-3 brain metastases excised and/or stereotactically irradiated and an ECOG status of 0-2 are eligible. Patients with leptomeningeal disease, or who have had previous WBRT or localised treatment for brain metastases are ineligible. WBRT prescription is at least 30 Gy in 10 fractions commenced within 8 weeks of surgery and/or SRS. Randomisation is stratified by the number of cerebral metastases, presence or absence of extracranial disease, treatment centre, sex, radiotherapy dose and patient age. The primary endpoint is the proportion of patients with distant intracranial failure as determined by MRI assessment at 12 months. Secondary end points include: survival, quality of life, performance status and neurocognitive function.Discussion: Accrual to previous trials for patients with brain metastases has been difficult, mainly due to referral bias for or against WBRT. This trial should provide the evidence that is currently lacking in treatment decision-making for patients with melanoma brain metastases. The trial is conducted by the Australia and New Zealand Melanoma Trials Group (ANZMTG-study 01-07), and the Trans Tasman Radiation Oncology Group (TROG) but international participation is encouraged. Twelve sites are open to date with 43 patients randomised as of the 31st March 2011. The target accrual is 200 patients.Trial registration: Australia and New Zealand Clinical Trials Register (ANZCTR): ACTRN12607000512426.