cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Examining Meaningful Work and its Relationship with Leisure Amongst Professional Knowledge Workers in a Public Sector and Not-for-Profit Sector Organization
Creators: name: Sharaf, Amanda A.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2013
Subjects: work
leisure
postmodernity
work-leisure relationship

description: Modernist perspectives on work and leisure rooted within the post-war period have reflected a differentiated relationship between work and leisure (Parker, 1971; 1983; Wilensky, 1960). The impacts of globalization, de-regulation of the labour market and the rise of flexible accumulation of capital have altered traditional modernist notions of work and leisure (Rojek, 1995; 2001; 2005b; Schor, 1992). Recent literature demonstrates the manner in which leisure is re-appraised in the postmodern context (Blackshaw, 2010; Rojek, 1995; 2001; 2010b), providing new ways of understanding how leisure can engage with work (Bowers, 2011; Guerrier & Adib, 2009; Ravenscroft & Gilchrist, 2009). This dissertation examines meaningful work and its relationship to leisure amongst professional and knowledge workers in a not-for-profit and public sector organization. Three areas of investigation were pursued using qualitative approaches, consisting of in-depth semi-structured interviews. Article one comparatively examined experiences of meaningful work amongst workers from both organizations, and the extent to which experiences aligned to what is understood as a ‘liquid work’ organization (Clegg & Baumeler, 2010; Poder, 2007). Through an analysis of the factors that promote and hinder satisfaction, workplace satisfaction was primarily found within the not-for-profit sector organization, which more closely reflected a ‘liquid work’ organization. Article two examines leisure’s engagement with satisfying and productive forms of work through what is understood as a form of ‘civil labour’ (Rojek, 2001). Through an analysis of workers’ feelings towards work, different levels of engagement offer the potential for leisure to engage in productive and satisfying work. This was primarily evident amongst not-for-profit workers, whose engagement in work provided opportunities for developing social and cultural capital. Finally, article three examines the extent to which a de-differentiation of work and leisure (Rojek, 1993; 1995) is taking place amongst workers in the two settings. In comparatively examining workers’ perceptions of work and leisure, it is evident that a differentiation still exists. The discussion focuses on the relevance of workers’ experiences of work in producing different ways of understanding leisure in relation to work. The concluding chapter presents an integration of three articles, limitations, alternative methods and proposals for future research.
A conceptual framework to promote condom usage amongst male sex workers in Thailand
Creators: name: Jebarajakirthy, Charles
name: Thaichon, Paramaporn
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Social Marketing campaigns have been useful to effectively address many problem behaviours like smoking, binge drinking, unprotected sex and healthy dietary practices. The main purpose of this research study is to propose a conceptual model so as to promote safe sex practices amongst male sex workers in Thailand. Based on the theoretical underpinnings of the Theory of planned behaviour (TPB) and the Stages of change theory, a new conceptual model is developed to inculcate condom usage amongst male sex workers in Thailand. A methodology is suggested to implement this conceptual model. Additionally, based on these theoretical underpinnings, implications to theory and practice have been discussed.
Additional file 4 of Favourable long-term survival of patients with esophageal cancer treated with extended transhiatal esophagectomy combined with en bloc lymphadenectomy: results from a retrospective observational cohort study
Creators: name: Kröll, Dino
name: Borbély, Yves Michael
name: Dislich, Bastian
name: Haltmeier, Tobias
name: Malinka, Thomas
name: Biebl, Matthias
name: Langer, Rupert
name: Candinas, Daniel
name: Seiler, Christian
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: Medicine
Cancer
Science Policy

description: Additional file 4: Supp. Fig. S4. View of the tracheal bifurcation/aortopulmonal window.
Additional file 1 of Bullying victimization, physical inactivity and sedentary behavior among children and adolescents: a meta-analysis
Creators: name: García-Hermoso, Antonio
name: Hormazabal-Aguayo, Ignacio
name: Oriol-Granado, Xavier
name: Fernández-Vergara, Omar
name: Cruz, Borja Del Pozo
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1. Table. Items of Quality Assessment Tool for Observational Cohort and Cross-sectional studies. Figure. Funnel plot for physical activity on bullying victimization, with 95% confidence limits. Figure. Funnel plot for sedentary behavior on bullying victimization, with 95% confidence limits.
Additional file 1 of A case of Myhre syndrome mimicking juvenile scleroderma
Creators: name: Jensen, Barbara
name: James, Rebecca
name: Hong, Ying
name: Ebun Omoyinmi
name: Pilkington, Clarissa
name: Sebire, Neil J.
name: Howell, Kevin J.
name: Brogan, Paul A.
name: Eleftheriou, Despina
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 1 Supplemental Table 1. Features of juvenile localised scleroderma, juvenile systemic sclerosis and Myhre syndrome.
Additional file 2 of Favourable long-term survival of patients with esophageal cancer treated with extended transhiatal esophagectomy combined with en bloc lymphadenectomy: results from a retrospective observational cohort study
Creators: name: Kröll, Dino
name: Borbély, Yves Michael
name: Dislich, Bastian
name: Haltmeier, Tobias
name: Malinka, Thomas
name: Biebl, Matthias
name: Langer, Rupert
name: Candinas, Daniel
name: Seiler, Christian
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: Medicine
Cancer
Science Policy

description: Additional file 2: Supp. Fig. S2. En bloc resection of the esophagus and periesophageal tissue, including all tissue between the aorta and pericardium (and the pleura, bilaterally).
Silver lining
Creators: name: Hecq, Dominique
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Silver Lining looks at non-traditional research outputs, with specific focus on transference and the relational self. It follows parent Meredith through financial and emotional predicament and how she transfers emotional conflict to her son Lochie, climaxing in this incident in a slap. While Lochie does not exhibit the mode of transference where he in turn slaps his playmates, we see him mildly act up at the onset of the story when he answers Meredith back. True to basic motivations for attachment that encourage most children to love their parents (Berenson and Andersen 2006, p.1510), Lochie's affections toward his mother do not shift despite the slap. The story draws upon ethnographic research where, like Meredith, I—the author—share single parenthood to a young boy eager to discover the world. On rethinking ethnography, Conquergood says: ‘Ethnography's distinctive research method, participant-observation field-work, privileges the body as a site of knowing.' (1991) Approaching Silver Lining from the lens of a writer, I also found myself acting out roles as a performer and a researcher, a personal and impersonal embodiment. Drawing upon my own interaction with my child, it was easier to relay Lochie, to mentally experience the little boy and his relationship with his mother. This gave certain bias to the direction of the story, for example Meredith's remorse after the slap. This aftermath would be a natural occurrence to me had it happened in real life, a consequence that may not come natural to another writer without bold inherent ties as a carer. Such a writer may have chosen to explore a singular direction toward, maybe, escalation of child abuse. Writing Silver Lining brought along a cathartic effect, thanks to its ethnographic fashioning.
Additional file 3 of Favourable long-term survival of patients with esophageal cancer treated with extended transhiatal esophagectomy combined with en bloc lymphadenectomy: results from a retrospective observational cohort study
Creators: name: Kröll, Dino
name: Borbély, Yves Michael
name: Dislich, Bastian
name: Haltmeier, Tobias
name: Malinka, Thomas
name: Biebl, Matthias
name: Langer, Rupert
name: Candinas, Daniel
name: Seiler, Christian
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: Medicine
Cancer
Science Policy

description: Additional file 3: Supp. Fig. S3. View of pulmonal arteries completely cleared from periesophageal tissue by elevating the pulmonary hilus anteriorly to gain access to the hilar structures, esophagus, and left lung.
Euryproctus annulatus
Creators: name: Watanabe, Kyohei
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Euryproctus
Euryproctus annulatus

description: Euryproctus annulatus (Gravenhorst, 1829) (SJN: Higejiro-kuro-maru-himebachi)
(Figs. 8A, B)
 Mesoleptus annulatus Gravenhorst, 1829: 11. Mesoleptus annulator Stephens, 1835: 223.
 Description. See Sheng et al. (2020).
 Materials examined. JAPAN: KPM-NK 84818, F, Hokkaido, Horokanai Town, Uryu, 11–17. VII. 2012, K. Watanabe et al. leg. (MsT); KPM-NK 84819, M, Aomori Pref., Nishimeya Vil., Kawaratai, 28. IX. – 19. X. 2010, T. Nakamura leg. (MsT); KPM-NK 84820, F, Gunma Pref., Tsumagoi Vil., Takamine-kogen, 3. IX. 2015, K. Watanabe leg; KPM-NK 84821, M, Tochigi Pref., Kuroiso Town, Ohkawa F. R., 6. X. 2001, E. Katayama leg.; KPM-NK 84822, F, Kanagawa Pref., Atsugi City, Funako, 6. V. – 7. VI. 2016, Y. Kato & S. Koizumi leg. (MsT); KPM-NK 84823, F, Toyama Pref., Toyama City, Arimine, Jyurodani, 4–11. VIII. 2009, M. Watanabe et al. leg. (MsT); KPM-NK 84824, F, ditto, 16–25. VIII. 2009; KPM-NK 84825, F, ditto, 15–22. IX. 2009. GERMANY: MNHAH, F (det. Heinrich), Hohnheide b. Trittau Bez. Hamburg, IX. 1945, G. Heinrich leg.; ZSM, F (det. E. Bauer), Allgäu, Riezlern, 26. VIII. 1953, A. Peters leg.; ZSM, M (det. R. Bauer), Oberstdorf, 1. IX. 1969.
 Distribution. Japan (Hokkaido and Honshu); widely distributed in Palearctic region.
 Bionomics. Unknown in Japan. In Europe, three sawflies, Macrophya ribis (Schrank, 1781), Rhogogaster viridis (Linnaeus, 1758), and Siobla sturmii (Klug, 1817) (all Tenthredinidae), were recorded as hosts (Rudow, 1919; Hinz, 1961).
 Remarks. This is the first record of this species from Honshu.
description: Published as part of Watanabe, Kyohei, 2024, Taxonomic Study of Japanese Ctenopelmatinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae), with Descriptions of 22 New Species, pp. 39-102 in Bulletin of the Kanagawa Prefectural Museum (Natural Science) 53 on page 52, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13237363
CAHR: A Contextually Adaptive Rehabilitation Framework for In-Home Training
Creators: name: Karime, Ali
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: Virtual Rehabilitation
Tangible Training Interface
Task Adaptation
Multimedia Applications
Medical Measurements

description: Home-based rehabilitation has evolved in recent years as a cost-effective and convenient alternative to traditional clinical rehabilitation. Researchers have developed various types of sensors-based rehabilitation systems that incorporate Virtual Reality games aimed to offer the patient an entertaining and beneficial training experience from the comfort of home. This has consequently created the need to design reliable assessment and adaptation mechanisms that are able to measure and analyze the patient's performance and condition, and to accordingly make proper adjustments that conform to the abilities of the patient during the training. In this dissertation, we introduce our context-based adaptive home-based rehabilitation framework (CAHR) that offers the patients a rehabilitation environment that can adapt based on their physical, physiological, and psychological context, while taking into consideration the environmental conditions that may hinder their progress. CAHR is a generic framework that can be implemented to fit any of the upper or lower extremity rehabilitation. However, in this dissertation, we base our modeling and analysis mainly on the wrist. In CAHR, the physical condition of the patient is assessed by a fuzzy logic-based mechanism that uses the various kinematics captured during the training to provide a quantified value which reflects the Quality of Physical Performance of the patient. The rehabilitation task adaptation is achieved based on a special algorithm that defines how the physical training, psychophysiological responses, and environmental conditions must be manipulated in order to match the desired performance target parameters set by the therapist. The simulation results have shown that the proposed adaptation engine can properly adjust the rehabilitation environment based on different simulated performance behavior that might be produced by a patient. In addition, training with a special game that has been designed based on the developed framework has shown improvement in the physical capabilities of two patients suffering from upper extremity impairments.
Optimizing the Approach for Maintaining Single Muscle Fibers in Culture
Creators: name: Hind, Albadrani
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: Collagen and laminin
Matrigel
Muscle plasticity
Ca2+
Changing culture medium

description: The skeletal muscle is a dynamic tissue that has the ability to change and modify itself to fit the level of required activity; a phenomenon called muscle plasticity. Most studies of muscle plasticity are carried out in situ, a condition for which it is difficult to study and discern between the intrinsic properties of skeletal muscle, the myokines released by muscle fibers and the neurotrophic factors released by neurons innervating skeletal muscles that play various roles in the mechanisms of muscle plasticity. Another approach is to study the morphological and contractile properties of single adult muscle fibers under culture conditions for which one can fully control the level of activity and exogenous factors affecting muscle plasticity. However, the survival of single muscle fiber in culture is very low as most fibers degenerated or supercontracted within 5-7 days. The first objective of this study was to optimize fiber survival in culture. The application of chronic stimulation and beta-adrenergic agonists are two major factors that prevent muscle atrophy and loss of force in denervated muscles in situ. So, objective two was to determine if chronically stimulated single fibers in culture also improve fiber survival and contractile characteristic under culture conditions. The third objective was the same for salbutamol, a beta 2-adrenergic agonist. In regard to the optimization of fiber survival, the Minimum Essential Medium (MEM) was a better medium than Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle Medium (DMEM), changing 50% of the culture medium every two days also improved fiber survival compared to changing the medium every day. Interestingly, inhibiting the proliferation of satellite cells with AraC largely improved fiber survival when fibers were kept under resting conditions, but not when they were chronically stimulated. Finally, under conditions in which proliferation of satellite cells was inhibited, the use of a collagen/laminin mixture as adhering substrate to improve fiber adhesion to glass coverslip gave rise to a better fiber survival than Matrigel that contains not only collagen and laminin but several growth factors. The results suggest i) that when satellite cells (or fibroblasts) are allowed to proliferate they appear to contribute to the degeneration of fibers under resting conditions and ii) that the release of myokines by skeletal muscle fibers (or cytokines by other cells) likely play a role in fiber survival. Contrary to the situation in situ, neither the chronic stimulation nor salbutamol improved fiber survival and contractile characteristics of muscle fibers in culture suggesting that some important factors in culture are missing to allow chronic stimulation and salbutamol to reduce muscle atrophy and loss of force.
k-Nearest Neighbour Classification of Datasets with a Family of Distances
Creators: name: Hatko, Stan
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2015
Subjects: Machine Learning
k-Nearest Neighbour Classifier
Universal Consistency
Data Science

description: The k-nearest neighbour (k-NN) classifier is one of the oldest and most important supervised learning algorithms for classifying datasets. Traditionally the Euclidean norm is used as the distance for the k-NN classifier. In this thesis we investigate the use of alternative distances for the k-NN classifier. We start by introducing some background notions in statistical machine learning. We define the k-NN classifier and discuss Stone's theorem and the proof that k-NN is universally consistent on the normed space R^d. We then prove that k-NN is universally consistent if we take a sequence of random norms (that are independent of the sample and the query) from a family of norms that satisfies a particular boundedness condition. We extend this result by replacing norms with distances based on uniformly locally Lipschitz functions that satisfy certain conditions. We discuss the limitations of Stone's lemma and Stone's theorem, particularly with respect to quasinorms and adaptively choosing a distance for k-NN based on the labelled sample. We show the universal consistency of a two stage k-NN type classifier where we select the distance adaptively based on a split labelled sample and the query. We conclude by giving some examples of improvements of the accuracy of classifying various datasets using the above techniques.
Mesoleptidea Viereck 1912
Creators: name: Watanabe, Kyohei
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Mesoleptidea

description: Genus Mesoleptidea Viereck, 1912
 Mesoleptidea Viereck, 1912: 176. Type species: Mesoleptus cingulatus Gravenhorst, 1829. Original designation.
 Gnathonophorus Schmiedeknecht, 1912: 2519. Type species: Gnathonophorus moricei Schmiedeknecht, 1913. Included by Schmiedeknecht (1913).
 This is the first record of this genus from Japan. In this study, I describe three new species and record one species new to Japan, Mesolep. maculata Sheng, Sun & Li, 2020, below.
description: Published as part of Watanabe, Kyohei, 2024, Taxonomic Study of Japanese Ctenopelmatinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae), with Descriptions of 22 New Species, pp. 39-102 in Bulletin of the Kanagawa Prefectural Museum (Natural Science) 53 on page 56, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13237363
Sacred Trees, Sacred Deer, Sacred Duty to Protect: Exploring Relationships between Humans and Nonhumans in the Bishnoi Community
Creators: name: Reichert, Alexis
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Bishnoi
subject: Hinduism
subject: Religion and Ecology
subject: Animal Studies
subject: Anthropology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Rajasthan

description: This thesis explores relationships between humans and nonhumans in the Bishnoi community. The Bishnoi are a small Vaishnavite community most densely located in Rajasthan. They are well known in North-West India for defending and protecting the environment; sometimes even sacrificing their own lives to save trees or wild animals. This thesis is informed by the author’s short-term ethnographic study in the winter of 2013. The author combines symbolic and interpretive anthropology with multispecies ethnography in order to explore issues of relatedness, exchange and embodied experience between humans and nonhumans in the Bishnoi community. This research elaborates on central themes that emerged from the fieldwork, including themes of embeddedness, duty, dharma, sacrifice, nonviolence, purity, impurity, and contemporary challenges. This research attempts to treat nonhumans as agents and participants in Bishnoi life, active in their physical and perceptual engagement with the world, and details the centrality of the nonhuman in the constitution of Bishnoi communities and identities.
Techno-Economic Trade-Off between Battery Storage and Ice Thermal Energy Storage for Application in Renewable Mine Cooling System
Creators: name: Pokhrel, Sajjan
name: Kuyuk, Ali Fahrettin
name: Kalantari, Hosein
name: Ghoreishi-Madiseh, Seyed Ali
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2020

description: This paper performs a techno-economic assessment in deploying solar photovoltaics to provide energy to a refrigeration machine for a remote underground mine. As shallow deposits are rapidly depleting, underground mines are growing deeper to reach resources situated at greater depths. This creates an immense challenge in air-conditioning as the heat emissions to mine ambient increases substantially as mines reach to deeper levels. A system-level design analysis is performed to couple PV with a refrigeration plant capable of generating 200 tonne of ice per day to help to mitigate this issue. Generated ice can directly be used in cooling deep underground mines via different types of direct heat exchangers. State-of-the-art technology is used in developing the model which aims to decrease the size and cost of a conventional refrigeration system run on a diesel generator. Costs associated with deploying a solar system are computed as per the recent market value. Energy savings, carbon emissions reduction, and net annual savings in employing the system are quantified and compared to a diesel-only scenario. In addition, two different energy storage strategies: an ice storage system and a battery storage system, are compared. A detailed economic analysis is performed over the life of the project to obtain the net cash flow diagram, payback period, and cumulative savings for both systems. Moreover, a sensitivity analysis is proposed to highlight the effect of solar intensity on solar system size and the area required for installment. The study suggests that the use of solar PV in mine refrigeration applications is technically feasible and economically viable depending on the sun-peak hours of the mine location. Additionally, the economics of deploying an ice storage system compared to the battery storage system has a better payback period and more cumulative savings.
Additional file 1 of Removal of bovine digital dermatitis-associated treponemes from hoof knives after foot-trimming: a disinfection field study
Creators: name: Gillespie, A. V.
name: S. D. Carter
name: R. W. Blowey
name: G. J. Staton
name: N. J. Evans
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 60506 Virology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1: Table 1.. Detection of the Treponema genus (T) and three BDD treponeme phylogroups (1, 2, 3) on 133 hoof knives during foot-trimming, using direct PCR of swabs and PCR of gDNA extracted from swab samples cultured for 6 weeks under anaerobic conditions.
"Italian Regionalism and the Federal Challenge"
Creators: name: Arban, Erika
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2015
Subjects: Italy
Regionalism
Federalism
Solidarity
Subsidiarity

description: This thesis takes as its point of departure the debate on federalism that emerged in Italy in the years preceding the unification of 1861 and that resumed in the early 1990s, a debate mainly revolving around the profound socio-economic differences between the North and the South of the country. Torn between continuous centripetal and centrifugal forces, but not characterized by ethnic connotations, the Italian regional model implemented with the 1948 constitution and strengthened in 2001 elicits questions that intersect with topical debates engaging scholars across the globe, and displays features that have the potential to stimulate fruitful discussions both inside and outside Italian borders. While the present state of Italian regionalism remains ambiguous, the Italian regional model distils lessons coming from different theoretical experiences, including federalism, sub-state nationalism, and the European unification process. Therefore, it can be seen as an innovative experiment crafted by those who were looking for a compromise between unitary and federal schemes. Adopting a theoretical framework combining literature on federalism, regionalism and sub-state national theory, this thesis addresses a number of questions that help fill a gap in scholarship. The thesis discusses the relationship between federalism and regionalism, arguing that regionalism is an overarching term that incorporates diverse experiences; consequently, the regional state paradigm to which Italy is usually associated is just one of the many shapes that regionalism can take. The research also identifies the elements enabling us to differentiate between a federal and a regional model, as well as the advantages of opting for a regional scheme (as opposed to a federal one). The socio-economic tensions between the North and the South of Italy offer the ideal basis to discuss non-national differences, an expression used to indicate political and socio-economic communities located within a geographical territory displaying some de facto asymmetries compared to the state-wide community, seeking some form of acknowledgement of their specificity. The thesis argues that national differences (e.g. differences based on linguistic, religious or other cultural issues) are not the only ones requiring attention, and it identifies a number of legal and constitutional stratagems that could be used to address non-national difference. Also, the recognition of non-national difference may also help find a solution to issues regarding sub-state national recognition. Finally, the thesis tries to find a point of reconciliation between federalism and solidarity, particularly in the context of non-national difference. The Italian regional experience serves once again as the point of departure to discuss whether federalism and solidarity are conflicting ideas, and to open a discussion regarding the exact contours of solidarity, especially in its horizontal understanding.
Supplementary document for Tunable Electrochromic Au Nanorod-Based Metalenses for Visible Light - 5401881.pdf
Creators: name: Lin, Yu
name: Zhang, Xingliang
name: Xin, Qian
name: Zhao, Yongmin
name: Song, Aimin
name: Zeng, Zhongming
name: Yang, Fan
name: Jiang, Chunping
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplementary Materials
Additional file 1 of Light/heat effects on RNA editing in chloroplast NADH-plastoquinone oxidoreductase subunit 2 (ndhB) gene of Calotropis (Calotropis procera)
Creators: name: Ramadan, Ahmed M.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. NdhB C-to-U editing events using reads derived from total RNA-seq.
Reform und Harmonisierung der unternehmensbezogenen Ausnahmeregelungen im Energiebereich
Creators: name: Reuster, Lena
name: Fiedler, Swantje
name: Graichen, Verena
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Stromsteuer
subject: Energiesteuer
subject: EEG-Umlage
subject: Strompreise
subject: Energiepreise
subject: BesAR
subject: Energiepreisabgaben
subject: Klima | Energie
subject: Wirtschaft | Konsum

description: Unternehmen profitieren im Energiebereich von zahlreichen Ausnahmeregelungen – etwa bei der Energie- und Stromsteuer, den Netzentgelten, der EEG-Umlage oder dem Emissionshandel. Die aktuellen Regelungen sind allerdings unsystematisch und begünstigen zum Teil auch Unternehmen, die nicht im internationalen Wettbewerb stehen. Dies schwächt die Anreize für Investitionen in energieeffiziente Verfahren, verbilligt energieintensive Produkte und schadet dem ⁠Klimaschutz⁠. Außerdem verursacht das Dickicht der Sonderregelungen einen hohen Aufwand für Staat und Unternehmen. Die Studie macht daher Vorschläge, wie die Ausnahmeregelungen harmonisiert und im Sinne des Umwelt- und Klimaschutzes weiterentwickelt werden können.
An Energy-Efficient Target Tracking Protocol Using Wireless Sensor Networks
Creators: name: Mohammad Shafiei, Adel
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2015
Subjects: Target Tracking
Wireless Sensor Networks
Sensor Activation
Power Management

description: Target tracking using Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) has drawn lots of attentions after the recent advances of wireless technologies. Target tracking aims at locating one or several mobile objects and depicting their trajectories over time. The applications of Object Tracking Sensor Networks (OSTNs) include but not limited to environmental and wildlife monitoring, industrial sensing, intrusion detection, access control, traffic monitoring, patient monitoring in the health-related studies and location awareness in the battle eld. One of the most rewarding applications of target tracking is wildlife monitoring. Wildlife monitoring is used to protect the animals which are endangered to extinction. Road safety applications are another popular usage of wildlife monitoring using WSNs. In this thesis, the issues and challenges of energy-efficient wildlife monitoring and target tracking using WSNs are discussed. This study provides a survey of the proposed tracking algorithms and analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of these algorithms. Some of the tracking algorithms are proposed to increase the energy e ciency of the tracking algorithm and to prolong the network lifetime; while, other algorithms aim at improving the localization accuracy or decreasing the missing rate. Since improving the energy efficiency of the system provides more alive sensors over time to locate the target; it helps to decrease the missing rate as the network ages. Thus, this study proposes to adjust the sensing radius of the sensor nodes in real-time to decrease the sensing energy consumption and prolong the network lifetime. The proposed VAriable Radius Sensor Activation (VARSA) mechanism for target tracking using wireless sensor networks tackles the energy consumption issues due to resource constraints of the WSNs. VARSA reduces the radio covered area of each sensor node to only cover the Area of Interest (AoI) which is the location of the target in tracking applications. Thus, VARSA aims at decreasing the sensing energy consumption which leads to encreasing the network life time. In addition, VARSA decreases the missing rate over time as it provides more alive sensors to detect the target compared to previous activation algorithms as the network ages. VARSA is compared to PRediction-based Activation (PRA) and Periodic PRediction-based Activation (PPRA) algorithms which are two of the most promising algorithms proposed for sensor activation. The simulation results show that VARSA outperforms PRA and PPRA. VARSA prolongs the lifetime of the network and decreases the missing rate of the target over time.
Additional file 2 of Light/heat effects on RNA editing in chloroplast NADH-plastoquinone oxidoreductase subunit 2 (ndhB) gene of Calotropis (Calotropis procera)
Creators: name: Ramadan, Ahmed M.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 2:. Fig. S1 Multi-sequence alignment was enforced using the best hits of BLAST search.
Highly ordered colloidal assemblies and advanced surface modification for the control of biointerfacial interactions
Creators: name: Koegler, Peter
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Understanding and controlling cell-material interactions is of utmost importance to numerous biomedical applications. It is well known that surface chemistry and topography influence protein adsorption and cellular response. In the present work these surface properties were controlled through colloidal self-assembly in combination with chemical surface modification. Through this approach the influence of surface chemistry and topography on the cellular response can be studied combined and individually. This provides a valuable platform for the development of new in vivo and in vitro biomedical devices.
Student Motivation and Identity Construction in an Intensive U.S. French Immersion Program
Creators: name: Maltais, Alexis
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: Intensive Immersion
French as a foreign language
Motivation
Identity

description: This study explores how U.S. college students experience integrative and instrumental motivation and how their sociolinguistic identity is understood, represented and constructed through their multiple experiences learning French as a Foreign Language (FFL) in an intensive Summer French Language Immersion Programs (SFLIPs). The results of the study demonstrate that participants who exhibited the most characteristics in connection to integrative motivation were the ones who took full advantage of the opportunities of being immersed in an environment in which exposure and production of the target language were maximized. The study demonstrates how participants’ lived experiences affect the way they construct their identity, how integrative motivation plays a key role in this construction and addresses a gap in literature by specifically adressing the themes of motivation and identity in the context of intensive French immersion in the U.S.
Seis personajes en busca de un actor
Creators: name: Hrynyak, Anastasiya
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: Golden Age Theatre
characterization

description: The modern critics offer two different approaches regarding characterization in Golden Age Spanish theatre. The first approached, used by the majority of literary critics, consists in assuming that that the reader has to discover something that is hidden in the text. According to this approach, stage characters are creations of the author who, like a great architect, produces personalities that the reader has to discover. On the other hand, there are critics who claim that the characters have to be constructed by the reader. (José María Ruano de la Haza, Víctor Dixon). The main goal of my thesis is to elaborate a methodology for the constriction of dramatic characters and apply it to the six “prototypical” characters described in the classic study by Juana de José Prades.
Patient and Medical Oncologists’ Perspectives on Prescribed Lifestyle Intervention—Experiences of Women with Breast Cancer and Providers
Creators: name: Balneaves, Lynda G.
name: Truant, Tracy L. O.
name: Van Patten, Cheri
name: Kirkham, Amy A.
name: Waters, Erin
name: Campbell, Kristin
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2020

description: This study explored the perspectives and experiences of breast cancer patients and medical oncologists with regards to participation in a lifestyle intervention at a tertiary cancer treatment center. A thematic approach was used to understand the context within which a lifestyle intervention was recommended and experienced, to inform future lifestyle programming and promote uptake. Twelve women with breast cancer receiving adjuvant chemotherapy and eight medical oncologists completed interviews. Findings suggest receiving a prescription for a lifestyle intervention from a trusted health professional was influential to women with breast cancer. The intervention offered physical, psychological, emotional, social, and informational benefits to the women and oncologists perceived both physiological and relational benefit to prescribing the intervention. Challenges focused on program access and tailored interventions. Lifestyle prescriptions are perceived by women with breast cancer to have numerous benefits and may promote lifestyle interventions and build rapport between oncologists and women. Oncology healthcare professionals play a pivotal role in motivating women’s participation in lifestyle interventions during breast cancer treatment. Maintenance programs that transition patients into community settings and provide on-going information and follow-up are needed.
Additional file 1 of Maternal urinary concentrations of organophosphate ester metabolites: associations with gestational weight gain, early life anthropometry, and infant eating behaviors among mothers-infant pairs in Rhode Island
Creators: name: Crawford, Kathryn A.
name: Hawley, Nicola
name: Calafat, Antonia M.
name: Nayana K. Jayatilaka
name: Froehlich, Rosemary J.
name: Phinnara Has
name: Gallagher, Lisa G.
name: Savitz, David A.
name: Braun, Joseph M.
name: Werner, Erika F.
name: Romano, Megan E.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. Parent OPE, limits of detection and detection frequency of associated urinary metabolites. Table S2. Maternal urinary OPE metabolite concentration was weakly associated with increased GWG. Table S3. Associations between urinary OPE metabolite concentration and weekly change in infant anthropometric measurement between birth and six weeks postpartum. Table S4. Linear mixed effects models for repeated measurements of infant anthropometrics at birth and six weeks postpartum. Table S5. Baby Eating Behavior Questionnaire (BEBQ) assessment of infant feeding behavior.
La nouvelle prédominance du mode partenariat public-privé dans la production de tramways au Canada
Creators: name: Villeneuve, Dominic
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2013
Subjects: Transports collectifs
tramway
politiques publique
partenariat public-privé
PPP
système léger sur rail
SLR
train léger sur rail
TLR
transfert de politique
instrument de politique
gouvernance
LRT
policy transfer
policy instrument
public transit policy
3P
P3
public-private partnership
governance

description: Afin de comprendre pourquoi tous les nouveaux projets de tramways en cours de développement au Canada sont réalisés en mode partenariat public-privé (PPP) plutôt que grâce au mode traditionnel (gestion publique) utilisé par le passé, cette recherche porte sur trois projets de tramways présentement en cours de réalisation (Edmonton, Ottawa et Toronto). À l’aide de trois études de cas, nous explorons l’argumentaire entourant chacune des décisions menant au choix du mode de gouvernance PPP ainsi que la forme prise par ce PPP. Nous démontrons que dans tous les cas, il est possible d’observer les mécanismes du transfert de politique, tant volontaire que coercitif. Nous croyons que le transfert de politique peut donc fournir un élément de réponse à notre question. De plus, l’argumentaire utilisé par les acteurs locaux pour justifier le choix du mode PPP, bien que semblable sur plusieurs points, comporte tout de même une combinaison de justifications unique à chacun des cas, ce qui nous laisse croire que le PPP est un instrument de politique polyvalent. Ces constats démontrent l’intérêt de prendre en considération les transferts de politique au niveau municipal et non seulement les transferts qui prennent place entre les États nationaux. To understand why all new light rail projects under development in Canada are carried out in public-private partnership (P3) rather than through the traditional mode (public administration) that prevailed in the past, this research explores three light rail projects currently underway in Edmonton, Ottawa and Toronto. We study the arguments surrounding each decision leading to the choice of P3 governance. We show that in all cases, it is possible to observe the mechanisms of policy transfer, whether voluntary or coercive. Moreover, the argument used by local actors to justify the choice of P3, although similar in several respects, still forms a unique combination of justifications for each case, which leads us to believe that P3s are a versatile policy instrument. These findings demonstrate the importance of taking into account policy transfer at the municipal level and not only transfers that take place between national states.
Additional file 3 of Light/heat effects on RNA editing in chloroplast NADH-plastoquinone oxidoreductase subunit 2 (ndhB) gene of Calotropis (Calotropis procera)
Creators: name: Ramadan, Ahmed M.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 3: Fig S2. A comparison between ndhB sequences of the genomic DNA and 3 times cDNA revealed RNA editing sites.
Mesoleptidea maculata Sheng, Sun & Li 2020
Creators: name: Watanabe, Kyohei
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Mesoleptidea
Mesoleptidea maculata

description: Mesoleptidea maculata Sheng, Sun & Li, 2020
(New SJN: Shirosuji-hoso-maru-himebachi)
(Figs. 13A–E, 40H)
 Mesoleptidea maculata Sheng, Sun & Li, 2020: 129.
 Description. See Sheng et al. (2020).
 Materials examined. JAPAN: KPM-NK 84829, F, Fukui Pref., Ikeda Town, Mizuumi, Mt. Heko-san, 18. VI. 2016, S. Shimizu leg.; KPM-NK 84830, M, ditto, 10. VI. 2016.
 Distribution. Japan (Honshu) and China.
 Bionomics. Unknown.
 Remarks. This is the first record of this species from Japan.
description: Published as part of Watanabe, Kyohei, 2024, Taxonomic Study of Japanese Ctenopelmatinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae), with Descriptions of 22 New Species, pp. 39-102 in Bulletin of the Kanagawa Prefectural Museum (Natural Science) 53 on page 61, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13237363
Deploying Monitoring Trails for Fault Localization in All-optical Networks and Radio-over-Fiber Passive Optical Networks
Creators: name: Maamoun, Khaled M.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: Fault Localization
All-optical Networks
Monitoring Tail (m-trail)
Radio-over-Fiber (RoF)
Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM)
Passive Optical Networks (PON)
RoF-PON
Geographic Midpoint Technique

description: Fault localization is the process of realizing the true source of a failure from a set of collected failure notifications. Isolating failure recovery within the network optical domain is necessary to resolve alarm storm problems. The introduction of the monitoring trail (m-trail) has been proven to deliver better performance by employing monitoring resources in a form of optical trails - a monitoring framework that generalizes all the previously reported counterparts. In this dissertation, the m-trail design is explored and a focus is given to the analysis on using m-trails with established lightpaths to achieve fault localization. This process saves network resources by reducing the number of the m-trails required for fault localization and therefore the number of wavelengths used in the network. A novel approach based on Geographic Midpoint Technique, an adapted version of the Chinese Postman’s Problem (CPP) solution and an adapted version of the Traveling Salesman’s Problem (TSP) solution algorithms is introduced. The desirable features of network architectures and the enabling of innovative technologies for delivering future millimeter-waveband (mm-WB) Radio-over-Fiber (RoF) systems for wireless services integrated in a Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) is proposed in this dissertation. For the conceptual illustration, a DWDM RoF system with channel spacing of 12.5 GHz is considered. The mm-WB Radio Frequency (RF) signal is obtained at each Optical Network Unit (ONU) by simultaneously using optical heterodyning photo detection between two optical carriers. The generated RF modulated signal has a frequency of 12.5 GHz. This RoF system is easy, cost-effective, resistant to laser phase noise and also reduces maintenance needs, in principle. A revision of related RoF network proposals and experiments is also included. A number of models for Passive Optical Networks (PON)/ RoF-PON that combine both innovative and existing ideas along with a number of solutions for m-trail design problem of these models are proposed. The comparison between these models uses the expected survivability function which proved that these models are liable to be implemented in the new and existing PON/ RoF-PON systems. This dissertation is followed by recommendation of possible directions for future research in this area.
Taking Stock of EU Member States Democracy Action towards the Eastern Neighbourhood
Creators: name: Exadaktylos, Theofanis
name: Richter, Michael Martin
name: Aleksanyan, Arusyak
name: Aleksanyan, Ashot
name: Chappell, Laura
name: Denysenko, Danil
name: Gevorgyan, Valentina
name: Sherents, Vanatur
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: European Union
Democracy
Democracy Support
Eastern neighbourhood
Armenia
Georgia
Azerbaijan
Ukraine
Belarus
Moldova

description: This working paper sheds light on the democracy support actions of key EU Member States and reflects on the way they developed bilateral relations with the countries of the eastern neighbourhood. It offers a detailed overview and analysis of these actions, carefully selecting seven countries that have been heavily involved in the region in terms of democracy assistance: Germany, Poland, Sweden, Romania, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The paper finds that while the EU developed its common strategy towards the eastern neighbourhood, not all Member States nurtured deeper relations with the region. Instead, these key Member States prominently directed aid to support the emergence, development and sustainability of democracy. Nonetheless, their focus did not always cover the whole region but rather focused on specific countries depending on their prior context, existing strong bilateral relations due to proximity to the region, or ethnic, linguistic and historical ties. The paper highlights for each EU donor selected their overall strategy during 2010-2021, offering a comparative view. In the analysis, the paper concludes that while significant amounts of aid were channelled towards the eastern neighbours, the distribution is not even towards these countries or across priority projects, and topics, usually coupled with changing priorities over time in the EU donors and political developments in the beneficiary countries. Country data are pulled from EU Aid Explorer and each Member State is assessed on their policy and objectives regarding democracy promotion, human rights, economic development and poverty reduction, which may be perceived by the donor countries with varying degree as key drivers for kickstarting, sustaining or consolidating democratisation processes in the beneficiary countries. Each Member State case presents the geographical focus, aid spending structure and distribution patterns and discusses their strategic interests (including political, economic and security interests) for further nuance. Each case also assesses the focus of the Member States on specific democracy models (as developed in Freyburg et al 2024) linked to their democracy promotion actions and how these actions have been implemented (bilaterally or multilaterally) within the wider EU framework for democracy support and alongside local stakeholders. The seven Member States present a wide variety of approaches based on a customised strategy reflecting their relative strengths and comparative advantages, domestically and internationally, showcasing a fundamental difference between a one-size-fits-all EU strategy and their own perceptions of their role in the region and within the EU.