cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Gli2 Accelerates Cardiac Progenitor Gene Expression During Mouse Embryonic Stem Cell Differentiation
Creators: name: Fair, Joel Vincent
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: Hedgehog
GLI2
Mef2c
BRG1
Cardiomyogenesis
Differentiation
Transcription factors
Gene expression
Embryonic stem cell
Embryonal carcinoma

description: The Hedgehog (HH) signalling pathway and its primary transducer, GLI2, regulate cardiomyogenesis in vivo and in differentiating P19 embryonal carcinoma (EC) cells. To further assess the role of HH signalling during mouse embryonic stem (mES) cell differentiation, we studied the effects of GLI2 overexpression during mES cell differentiation. GLI2 overexpression resulted in temporal enhancement of cardiac progenitor genes, Mef2c and Nkx2-5, along with enhancement of Tbx5, Myhc6, and Myhc7 in day 6 differentiating mES cells. Mass spectrometric analysis of proteins that immunoprecipitate with GLI2 determined that GLI2 forms a complex with BRG1 during mES cell differentiation. Furthermore, modulation of HH signalling during P19 EC cell differentiation followed by chromatin immunoprecipitation with an anti-BRG1 antibody determined that HH signalling regulates BRG1 enrichment on Mef2c. Therefore, HH signalling accelerates cardiac progenitor gene expression during mES cell differentiation potentially by recruiting a chromatin remodelling factor to at least one cardiac progenitor gene.
Supplementary document for Deep imaging with 1.3 µm dual-axis optical coherence tomography and enhanced depth of focus - 5383846.pdf
Creators: name: Jelly, Evan
name: Zhao, Yang
name: Chu, Kengyeh
name: Price, Hillel
name: Crose, Michael
name: Steelman, Zachary
name: Wax, Adam
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Step mold optical phantom
Machinery and community: the Atherton Gardens community network experiment
Creators: name: Ewing, Scott
name: Hopkins, Liza
name: Meredyth, Denise
name: Thomas, Julian
name: Hayward, David
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This paper is concerned with the expectations associated with a current example of social partnerships oriented to ‘community-building’ though the social use of technology. Our central case study is provided by the Reach for the Clouds project being undertaken at Atherton Gardens, a high rise public housing estate in inner Melbourne by InfoXchange Australia, a not for profit enterprise, working in conjunction with Government departments, private companies and other third sector agencies. The paper explores some of the issues which are raised when a large, complex project with social justice aims is initiated as a social partnership, discussing some of the challenges and complexities of managing a project with numerous stakeholders across the public, private and not for profit sectors.
A Business Process Management Methodology for Care Process Monitoring
Creators: name: Mokahhal, Mohamed Anis
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: BPM,CPM,BP
Business Process , Business Process Management
Care Process Monitoring, Methodology
Business Process Methodology

description: Reporting patient states is considered an important part of care process monitoring in the hospital to efficiently monitor how well the health care system is performing. Monitoring care processes with enough fine-grained detail to precisely track wait states and service states in order to reduce wait times and improve their quality of care are challenging. Business Process Management (BPM) technology is used to bring care processes online, but there is no clear methodology on how to integrate performance management into BPM tools in a systematic matter that is effective, and minimizes complications and development costs. This thesis proposes a BPM methodology for care process monitoring that structures how to integrate performance monitoring into BPM. The major contribution of this thesis includes a generic methodology for care processes monitoring that describes how to structure and instrument a business process model for systematic care process monitoring which includes support for handoff points between organizations where many wait-time bottlenecks occur. It also includes a prototype implementation based on an existing case study based on a real cardiology care process from an Ontario hospital. Our results are evaluated using three different prototypes based on this same care process. The research methodology for the thesis is based on Design-Science research.
Short-Term Occupancy Prediction at the Ottawa Hospital Using Time-Series Data for Admissions and Longitudinal Patient Data for Discharge
Creators: name: Arbuckle, Lon Michel Luk
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: Ottawa Hospital
Hospital resource needs
emergency department admissions
discharge of patients
patient length of stay
occupancy rate prediction
Patient data

description: The Ottawa Hospital cancels hundreds of elective surgeries every year due to a lack of beds, and has an average weekday occupancy rate above 100%. Our approach to addressing these issues, by way of informing administrators of resource needs, was to model the flow of patients coming and going from the hospital. We used administrative data from the Ottawa Hospital to build a time-series model of emergency department admissions, and studied models that would predict next-day discharge of patients currently taking up hospital beds. In the latter, we considered population-averaged models for groups of patients based on their primary medical condition, as well as subject-specific models. We included the random effects from subject-specific variation to improve on predictive accuracy over the population- averaged approach. The result was a model that provided more realistic probabilities of discharge, and stable predictive accuracy over patient length of stay.
Time and knowledge in the information ecology
Creators: name: Hassan, Robert
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: What effect does time have upon the kinds of knowledge a given society produces? No effect? Some effect? Don’t know? Or does it depend? Depend upon what? The question is a difficult one and this article seeks primarily to forward some provisional answers through a synthesis of recent work in this area. The question, however, is increasingly pressing as globalisation and the information communications technology (ICT) revolution continue to impact our relationships with time and space in ways that are not fully comprehended. We may begin with some more questions: Is it better to “acquire” and “transmit” knowledge slowly or quickly? Do you “lose” something in the accelerated mode, something that is “captured” and “understood” better through the processes of what the German philosophers of the Enlightenment called bildung, that is to say, through a slower, unified and more cumulative production of knowledge? Or, again, it depends? In Tyranny of the Moment (2001: 152), Thomas Hylland Eriksen makes the ostensibly reasonable observation that “Whatever can be communicated fast, should be communicated fast.” Technically speaking, however, almost everything can be communicated fast, and is increasingly being required to be: but will it still be understood? What about those forms of knowledge that may require more time to develop and communicate effectively? How do these forms “compete” in a real-time information society that is contributing to what James Gleick (2000) calls “the acceleration of just about everything,” a world already deep in an ocean of data and information? To try to gain a useful perspective on these questions, we can begin with an analysis of how we experience and perceive time. [Introduction]
Knowledge Translation of Economic Evaluations and Network Meta-Analyses
Creators: name: Sullivan, Shannon
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2015
Subjects: Knowledge translation
Network meta-analysis
Economic evaluation
Health policy
Decision-making
Health technology assessment

description: Economic evaluations and network meta-analyses (NMAs) are complex methodologies. Increasing their transparency and accessibility could enhance confidence in the legitimacy of policy decisions informed by these analyses. Four systematic reviews were conducted to understand policymakers’ informational needs and to determine what guidance researchers have on how to present economic evaluations and NMAs. Qualitative interviews were conducted with Canadian policymakers, i.e., knowledge users, to understand barriers and facilitators to using and communicating economic evaluations and NMAs and with individuals in international health technology assessment organizations, i.e. knowledge producers, to explore current approaches to communicating economic evaluations and NMAs. A toolkit for NMAs and economic evaluations was proposed based on an integrated review of these findings and guided by the Knowledge-to-Action framework. Examples of tools were developed and applied to an economic evaluation and NMA of osteoporosis therapies. Systematic reviews and qualitative interviews found that communication approaches that provide robust content, identify contextual factors relevant to policy decisions and enhance clarity were valued. Twelve tools were proposed that enhance communication, education and access to resources for policymakers. Two of these tools were developed: Economic Guidance for Researchers and NMA Guidance for Researchers.
Impact of the COVID-19 virus outbreak on movement and play behaviours of Canadian children and youth: a national survey
Creators: name: Moore, Sarah A.
name: Faulkner, Guy E. J., 1970-
name: Rhodes, Ryan E.
name: Brussoni, Mariana
name: Chulak-Bozzer, Tala
name: Ferguson, Leah J.
name: Mitra, Raktim
name: O’Reilly, Norm
name: Spence, John C.
name: Vanderloo, Leigh M.
name: Tremblay, Mark S.
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2020

description: Background: Healthy childhood development is fostered through sufficient physical activity (PA; including time outdoors), limiting sedentary behaviours (SB), and adequate sleep; collectively known as movement behaviours. Though the COVID-19 virus outbreak has changed the daily lives of children and youth, it is unknown to what extent related restrictions may compromise the ability to play and meet movement behaviour recommendations. This secondary data analysis examined the immediate impacts of COVID-19 restrictions on movement and play behaviours in children and youth. Methods: A national sample of Canadian parents (n = 1472) of children (5–11 years) or youth (12–17 years) (54% girls) completed an online survey that assessed immediate changes in child movement and play behaviours during the COVID-19 outbreak. Behaviours included PA and play, SB, and sleep. Family demographics and parental factors that may influence movement behaviours were assessed. Correlations between behaviours and demographic and parental factors were determined. For open-ended questions, word frequency distributions were reported. Results: Only 4.8% (2.8% girls, 6.5% boys) of children and 0.6% (0.8% girls, 0.5% boys) of youth were meeting combined movement behaviour guidelines during COVID-19 restrictions. Children and youth had lower PA levels, less outside time, higher SB (including leisure screen time), and more sleep during the outbreak. Parental encouragement and support, parental engagement in PA, and family dog ownership were positively associated with healthy movement behaviours. Although families spent less time in PA and more time in SB, several parents reported adopting new hobbies or accessing new resources. Conclusions: This study provides evidence of immediate collateral consequences of the COVID-19 outbreak, demonstrating an adverse impact on the movement and play behaviours of Canadian children and youth. These findings can guide efforts to preserve and promote child health during the COVID-19 outbreak and crisis recovery period, and to inform strategies to mitigate potential harm during future pandemics.
Supplementary document for Fabrication of MoS2 Nanoparticle Dispersions Using Ultrasonic Methods: Synthesis Techniques and Optical Characterization - 6984930.pdf
Creators: name: LAI, CHUN-LIANG
name: Karmaka, Riya
name: TSAO, YU-MING
name: LU, SONG-CUN
name: Mukundan, Arvind
name: LIU, PING-HUNG
name: Wang, Hsiang-Chen
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2024
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Experimental instruments
Droit à l’instruction et liberté de religion (art. 2 du Protocole n° 1 et art. 9 CEDH): Conventionalité de la présence des crucifix dans les salles de classe d’écoles publiques. L’affaire Lautsi c. Italie
Creators: name: Hervieu, Nicolas
Publisher: name: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale
Year: 2011

description: Il contributo, apparso su Actualités Droits-Libertés del 20 marzo 2011 (CREDOF, http://credof.u-paris10.fr/ - http://www.droits-libertes.org/article.php3?id_article=147), è pubblicato per la cortese disponibilità del Centre de Recherches et d’Études sur les Droits Fondamentaux - Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense.SOMMAIRE: 1. Introduction – 2. Les contraintes de conventionalité et la liberté étatique dans l’organisation de l’environnement scolaire: une articulation délicate pour les symboles religieux – 2.1. La soumission de l’aménagement de l’environnement scolaire à un minimum de contraintes de conventionalité – 2.2. La diversité européenne, source d’une large marge d’appréciation au profit des États – 3. Le principe conventionnel de neutralité: entre acrobaties jurisprudentielles et affaiblissement substantiel – 3.1. La minoration contestable de l’impact des crucifix exposés dans les salles de classe – 3.2. Que reste-t-il du principe de neutralité religieuse en matière scolaire? – 4. La portée du revirement.Abstract:In a particularly sensitive context, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights has finally decided to reverse the solution adopted by the Chamber about the famous case Lautsi v. Italy (ECtHR, 2nd Sect. November 3, 2009, Lautsi v. Italy, Appl. No. 30814/06 – ADL’s November 3, 2009). By a majority of fifteen votes against two, the Grand Chamber refuses to condemn Italy for the presence of crucifixes in classrooms of its schools. Receptive to criticism of the solution in 2009, the Court decided to grant broad freedom to States regarding the presence of religious symbols in the school environment. But doing so, she carries out some acrobatics reasoning and reduces principle of neutrality.Lautsi v. Italy, Appl. No. 30814/06 – ADL’s November 3, 2009). By a majority of fifteen votes against two, the Grand Chamber refuses to condemn Italy for the presence of crucifixes in classrooms of its schools. Receptive to criticism of the solution in 2009, the Court decided to grant broad freedom to States regarding the presence of religious symbols in the school environment. But doing so, she carries out some acrobatics reasoning and reduces principle of neutrality.
description: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale, 2011: 28 marzo
A Geochemical Characterization of Streams Surrounding the Tom and Jason SEDEX Deposits of the MacMillan Pass, Yukon, Canada: Implications for Mineral Exploration and Toxicology
Creators: name: Bryson, Stuart Edwin
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2017
Subjects: Metals
Streams
Drainage
Acid
Mine
Yukon

description: This study presents a geochemical characterization of stream waters draining the sedimentary exhalative (SEDEX) Tom and Jason Pb-Zn deposits and surroundings in the MacMillan Pass, Yukon. Streams sampled have wide ranging pH values of 3 to 8.2. Dissolved metal concentrations vary widely with water source and pH. Of note, streams draining the Tom and Jason deposits are acidic and neutral respectively, which greatly affects metal solubility. The Tom Deposit drainage is extremely high in dissolved and fine sediment fraction lead, as well as dissolved zinc. Neutral streams draining the Jason deposit have less dramatic metal concentrations, but do show elevated dissolved zinc and fine sediment fraction lead concentrations. Modelling using the thermodynamic equilibrium program PHREEQC and XRD analysis indicate that ferricrete hardpans underlying acidic drainages are formed where drainage water is saturated with respect to schwertmannite. Ferrihydrite is formed where the rapid mixing of waters increases the pH rapidly. An aluminium oxy-hydroxide, likely gibbsite, precipitates where pH levels exceed 4.5, however it appears to dissolve with decreasing pH. This study looks at dissolved, suspended and fine fraction sediments to provide a more complete view of metal movement under various conditions which may be useful to both exploration and environmental fields.
Application of General Unified Threshold Models of Survival Models for Regulatory Aquatic Pesticide Risk Assessment Illustrated with an Example for the Insecticide Chlorpyrifos
Creators: name: Brock, Theo C.M.
name: Arena, Maria
name: Cedergreen, Nina
name: Duquesne, Sabine
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2021
Subjects: Chlorpyrifos

description: Mathematical models within the General Unified Threshold models of Survival (GUTS) framework translate time-variable chemical exposure information into expected survival of animals. The GUTS models are species and compound specific and explicitly describe the internal exposure dynamics in an organism (toxicokinetics) and the related damage and effect dynamics (toxicodynamics), thereby connecting the external exposure concentration dynamics with the simulated mortality or immobility over time. In a recent scientific opinion on toxicokinetic-toxicodynamic (TKTD) models published by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), the GUTS modeling framework was considered ready for use in the aquatic risk assessment for pesticides and aquatic fauna. The GUTS models are suggested for use in risk assessment, if they are sufficiently validated for a specific substance-species combination. This paper aims to illustrate how they can be used in the regulatory environmental risk assessment for pesticides for a specific type of refinement, that is, when risks are triggered by lower tiers in acute as well as in chronic risk assessment and mortality or immobility is the critical endpoint. This approach involves the evaluation of time-variable exposure regimes in a so-called "Tier-2C" assessment. The insecticide chlorpyrifos was selected as an example compound because a large data set was available. The GUTS models for 13 different freshwater arthropods and 8 different theoretical aquatic exposure profiles were used to calculate a series of GUTS-based risk estimates, including exposure profile-specific multiplication factors leading to 50% mortality or immobility at the end of the tested profile (LP50/EP50) as "margins of safety". To put the use of GUTS models within the tiered aquatic risk assessment into perspective, GUTS models for the 13 aquatic arthropods were also used to predict the environmental risks of a measured chlorpyrifos exposure profile from an experimental ditch study (Tier-3 approach), and the results are discussed in the context of calibration of the tiered approach. © 2020 The Authors.
Il ripensamento e la ridistribuzione suggeriti ai sistemi giuridici liberaldemocratici dalla naturale metamorfosi della domanda di libertà in materia religiosa
Creators: name: Domianello, Sara
Publisher: name: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale
Year: 2011

description: Testo, corredato delle note, dell’intervento al secondo Convegno nazionale di studio dell’A.D.E.C. “Libertà religiosa tra declino o superamento dello Stato nazionale” (Macerata, 28-30 ottobre 2010), destinato alla pubblicazione degli Atti.SOMMARIO: 1. La retromarcia da ingranare (ovvero: il ripensamento circa l’opportunità di trasferire interamente la tutela dei diritti di libertà fondamentali dall’attività parlamentare a quella giurisprudenziale in senso lato) – 2. La ristrutturazione da avviare (ovvero: la ridistribuzione delle competenze in materia di pubblico intervento a garanzia dei diritti di libertà in materia religiosa) – 3. Il dato da cui muovere (ovvero: la metamorfosi della domanda di libertà in materia religiosa nei sistemi liberaldemocratici).
description: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale, 2011: 4 aprile
Exploring the Effect of Sampling Strategy on Movement Generation with Generative Neural Networks
Creators: name: Wallace, Benedikte
name: Nymoen, Kristian
name: Martin, Charles P.
name: Toressen, Jim
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Mixture Density Networks
Movement Generation
Generative Networks
Creative Prediction

description: It is common to explore multiple sampling approaches when generating output from generative deep neural networks for creative applications.
 Choosing suitable sampling parameters can make or break the realism and perceived creative merit of the output. This is particularly important when attempting to simulate variations of expressive human movement. The process of selecting the correct sampling parameters is often task-specific and under-reported in many publications, which can make the reproducibility of the results challenging.
 We explore some of the most common sampling techniques in the context of generating human body movement, specifically dance movement, and attempt to shine a light on their advantages and limitations.
 This work presents a Mixture Density Recurrent Neural Network trained on a dataset of improvised dance motion capture data from which it is possible to generate novel movement sequences.
 Systematically examining the different sampling strategies allows us to further the understanding of how the sampling parameters affect motion generation, which provides evidence for utility in creative applications.
A Meta-analysis of Evolutionary Responses in Native Plants to Introduced Plant Species: Does Phylogenetic Distance Play a Role?
Creators: name: Forget, Gabrielle
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2017
Subjects: meta-analysis
invasive plants
evolutionary ecology
phylogenetic distance

description: While there is increasing interest in the evolutionary consequences of species invasions on native plant communities, the connection between the phylogenetic relatedness of invaders and natives, and its evolutionary consequences, has not yet received much attention. One way to examine the role of relatedness on the impact of species invasions is through the use of meta-analytical techniques combined with a phylogenetic framework. I apply this technique and expand on a prior meta-analysis by Oduor (2013), in order to compare how native plant species that either have prior experience coexisting with an invasive (‘experienced’) or do not (‘naïve'), differ in terms of their growth and reproduction in the presence of the invasive for evidence of a phylogenetic signal in their response to plan invasions. My results suggest that the effects of a species invasion on native growth and reproductive traits may be greater when the native and invasive species are distantly related, and/or when the invasive species is allelopathic, but only in the presence on the invader. I also found that the negative effect of competition with an invader on native growth traits tended to be greatest when the native and invasive species were closely related, suggesting that the strength of competition and the evolutionary response of native plants to invasive plants may not be as closely associated as it is often assumed. Overall, my analysis suggests that future studies may benefit from integrating phylogenetic relatedness when exploring native evolutionary responses to invasions, but that considerable work need sot be done to tease apart the roles of relatedness and competition.
Defamation of Religions: A Vague and Overbroad Theory that Threatens Basic Human Rights
Creators: name: Belnap, Allison G.
Publisher: name: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale
Year: 2011

description: Il contributo è pubblicato con il permesso della Brigham Young University Law Review - dove è apparso nel vol. n. 2 del 2010 (Tribute to Professor Michael Goldsmith), alle pp. 101-148) - e dell‖Autrice, che ringraziamo sentitamente.SUMMARY: 1. Introduction - 2. History of and Motivations for the OIC Defamation of Religions Resolutions - 2.a - The OIC Exerts a Concerted Effort to Protect Islam - 2.b - Terrorist Attacks and Danish Cartoons Raise the Stakes - 3. Defamation of Religions: A Permissible Restraint on Freedom of Speech and Expression? - 3.a - History, Basic Elements, and Contemporary Usage of Defamation - 3.b - Interaction Between Defamation of Religions and the Basic Human Rights Enumerated in Major International Instruments - 4. The Evolution of a Resolution - 4.a. 1999-2000: Beginnings - 4.b. 2001: A Pre-9/11 World - 4.c. 2002: Reactions to the Violent Backlash Against Muslims - 4.d. 2003-2004: Fluctuations in Support - 4.e. 2005: Intensification of a Campaign - 4.f. 2006-2007: The Move to the General Assembly - 4.g. 2008: Decreasing Margins of Support - 4.h. 2009: Current Resolution and Recommendations for Application - 5. Consequences of Accepting the Resolutions and Subsequent Enactment of Statutes Designed to Prevent Defamation of Religions - 5.a. Human Rights Committee - 5.b. The European Court of Human Rights - 5.c. Blasphemy, Incitement, and Hate Speech Laws and Their Enforcement - 5.d. Possible Future Statutes and Enforcement Under Defamation of Religions Theory - 6. Alternatives to Defamation of Religions in the U.N. Resolutions - 7. Conclusion.
description: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale, 2011: 4 aprile
Does Transgenerational Epigenetic Inheritance Play a Role in the Transmission of Psychiatric-Mental Health and Behavioral Disorders in Humans?
Creators: name: Janiczek, Robert
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2024

description: Introduction: Psychiatric-mental health disorders are high burden disorders which can be
transmitted across generations via genetic and environmental pathways. The purpose of this
review is to summarize the current state of the science on transgenerational epigenetic
inheritance (TEI) and psychiatric-mental health disorders in humans to present a body of
information to inform nursing science.
Methods: I conducted a narrative review on the impact of TEI in psychiatric-mental health
disorders in humans. A PubMed search using relevant terms identified sixty-three potentially
relevant articles that focused on humans. Twenty-four articles were included in the final review
based on inclusion criteria.
Results: The evidence for TEI in humans regarding psychiatric-mental health disorders was
sparse. Research primarily showcases correlational studies which have either not adequately
controlled for common environmental exposures across generations or presents evidence without
demonstrating plausible biological mechanisms.
Implications: Current understanding of biological explanations to suggest TEI of psychiatric-mental health disorders in humans is limited. However, epigenetics and environment play an
important role in these disorders presenting from one generation to the next, which can have
long-term implications when compounded over numerous generations. This review helps clarify
the presence of repeated environmental transmission and the subsequent opportunities to reduce
risk psychiatric mental health disorders in future generations.
Keywords: transgenerational, epigenetics, DNA methylation, histone modification, miRNA,
psychiatric-mental health
Implementing organisational foresight: a case study in learning from the future
Creators: name: Conway, Maree
name: Voros, Joseph
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Swinburne University of Technology established an internal foresight unit in 1999, with a brief to integrate foresight into existing University planning processes. At the same time, the Australian Foresight Institute, an academic unit with a focus on teaching, research and consultancy was established. The existence of both scholarly and practical foresight work in a single institution provides a unique environment in which the University can begin to learn from the future to strengthen its existing strategy development and strategic planning processes. Implementing foresight at Swinburne is about three years old. This paper is a case study of that implementation to date. It will discuss the intellectual framework being used to underpin foresight implementation, how we have gone about integrating scenario planning into the University since July 2001, and outcomes so far. Particular attention is paid to how foresight is being implemented in an organisational setting with entrenched planning processes and a sometimes unhealthy degree of scepticism, and how the outputs from scenario planning will be used to inform strategy development and decision making.
Filling the gap: Physical assessment of darker skin tones within in nursing education
Creators: name: wilkins, courtney
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2024

description: Background: Appropriate knowledge of the variance in presentation of diverse skin colors and underlying pathology is critically important because, without said knowledge, a healthcare provider may miss vital indicators of life-threatening conditions.  

Purpose: This study's purpose was to conduct an integrative literature review on the current literature regarding the integration of skin assessments focused on darker skin tones in nursing curriculum. The review informed the creation of a learning tool for skin assessment of diverse skin tones to be used within nursing curriculum.  

Methods: Five articles were extracted from a PubMed search. A comprehensive historical search was conducted using Google Scholar, yielding an additional six articles.  

Results: The absence of nursing education adequately reflecting diversity in patient populations creates a distinct disadvantage for patients of diverse skin tones. An educational gap exists concerning effective methods and tools for integrating diverse skin tone assessment in nursing education.  

Discussion: This is not a comprehensive reflection of all nursing programs, but an assertion that there is not enough educational research for these nursing programs to base their curriculum upon. To fill the existing gap, I created an evidence-based educational resource that can be used by faculty and students to inform skin assessments of darker skin tones. 

Conclusion: This project illuminates an educational deficit and attempts to begin to fill the gap in diverse skin tone assessment education.
Entwicklungspolitisch sensible Umweltpolitik
Creators: name: Richerzhagen, Carmen
name: Bauer, Steffen
name: Espinosa, Cristina
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Nachhaltige Entwicklung
subject: Entwicklungspolitik
subject: Umweltpolitik
subject: Ecuador
subject: Vietnam
subject: Kenia
subject: Agenda 2030
subject: Nachhaltigkeit | Strategien | Internationales

description: Industrieländer tragen maßgeblich die historische Verantwortung für globale Umweltprobleme, aber zunehmend tragen auch Schwellen- und Entwicklungsländern zu deren Verschärfung bei. Die übergreifende Fragestellung dieses Berichts ist, welche Diskurse und Strategien die Transformation hin zu nachhaltigen Entwicklungspfaden in Entwicklungs-, Schwellen- und Industrieländern adressieren und wie dabei bisher vernachlässigte, ungelöste oder neu auftretende Umweltprobleme angesprochen werden. In einem zweiten Schritt werden exemplarische Strategien nachhaltiger Entwicklung in Ecuador, Vietnam und Kenia hinsichtlich ihrer Genese, ihrer Operationalisierung und Umsetzungsvoraussetzungen analysiert. Dabei zeigt sich einerseits, dass der Nachhaltigkeitsbegriff unterschiedlichen Interpretationen unterliegt. Anderseits wird deutlich, dass die empirisch beobachtbaren Wohlfahrtsmodelle sehr ähnlich bleiben. Sie entsprechen in der Regel einem wachstumsorientierten, auf Ressourcenverbrauch basierenden Wirtschaftsmodell, wie es auch für die wohlhabenden Nationen des globalen Nordens prägend ist.
Microbial Arsenic Release from Historic Gold Mine Tailings, Nova Scotia, Canada
Creators: name: Beddoes, Paul
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011

description: The oxidation state of arsenic is an important consideration in the remediation planning for arsenic contaminated tailings, frequently associated with gold mines. As(III) is more toxic and mobile than As(V) and arsenate can be reduced by bacteria. This study focuses on the microbial arsenic release from two abandoned Nova Scotia tailings sites. DNA fragment analysis showed that the microbial ecology varied across the two compositionally diverse sites. Microbial diversity was related to the concentrations of arsenic and iron, which implies the presence of metal reducing bacteria. Known metal reducers belonging to the Geobacter and Schewanella families were identified through gene cloning. Anaerobic microcosms quantified the activity of these bacteria. High calcium tailings showed the most arsenic release, while hardpan areas showed dramatic iron reduction. The presence of reducing bacteria can therefore affect remediation planning, since the use of tailings covers or liming techniques could increase the activity and diversity of metal reducing bacteria.
Single Particle Strength Distributions: Heavy Tails and Extreme Values
Creators: name: Cook, Robert F.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Particle
Strength
Distribution
Extreme Value

description: Strength distributions of single particles tested in diametral compression are reviewed. The particles encompass a wide range of material types—glasses, single crystals, weakly bound agglomerates of smaller substituents, and strongly bound polycrystalline aggregates—and encompass a wide range of specimen sizes—from sub-micrometer to tens of millimeters. The particles are regarded as brittle and the strengths are thus regarded as reflecting fracture controlling flaws. Attention is focused on the effects of particle size on experimental strength distributions. Major elements of the review are an extensive survey of particle strength data dating back over 50 years, presentation of strength distribution data in a uniform, unbiassed format, and applications of recently developed analyses to interpret strength distributions in terms of underlying flaw populations. A major finding of the review is that most observed particle strength distributions are concave, not sigmoidal, reflecting flaw populations characterized by a “heavy tail.” The extreme value distributions generated by strength measurements on ensembles of differently sized particles are considered in some detail. In particular, the distinctions between deterministic size effects—in which different size particles systematically sample multiple flaw populations—and stochastic size effects—in which different size particles randomly sample a single flaw population—are made clear. Many of the physical phenomena described here have been obscured by the historical use of linearized coordinates reflecting a Weibull description.
Rompiendo Barreras: Addressing Fear and Mistrust in The Latinx Community with Diabetes
Creators: name: Montalban Petatan, Leslie
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2024

description: Diabetes presents significant health disparities within the Latinx community, especially in the United States where prevalence rates surpass those of non-Hispanic white individuals (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2022). Understanding and addressing these disparities are crucial for promoting health equity and improving outcomes in this population. This study aims to examine the intersecting challenges of diabetes within the Latinx community, shedding light on the broader health issues faced by Latinx individuals. Despite existing research on Latinx health disparities, limited studies have been conducted within the Triangle area of North Carolina. This qualitative study was conducted at health fairs hosted by El Centro Hispano utilizing a six-question open-ended questionnaire to gather personal accounts and perspectives from community members. 
Ten participants, comprising of four males and six females, completed the questionnaires. From the analysis, three overarching themes were identified: (1) Language barrier, (2) Self-management, (3) Access to healthcare. By enhancing our understanding of fear and mistrust within Latinx individuals who have type 2 diabetes in the Triangle area of North Carolina, this study aims to inform targeted interventions and improve healthcare services for this demographic. The findings will contribute to the development of more inclusive and effective healthcare strategies to reduce disparities and improve health outcomes for the Latinx community in the region.
Promoting Health in the Unhoused Community: Assessing the Screening Process for Social Determinants of Health for the Houseless
Creators: name: Williams, McKayla
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2024

description: Individuals facing homelessness are more likely to experience negative health outcomes. These poor outcomes are heavily influenced by the social determinants of health (SDOH) impacting this population. This study aims to address the SDOH needs of the unhoused (UH) community by assessing the screening tools of organizations dedicated to assisting this group.
An exploratory qualitative study was conducted and utilized focus groups to collect data. These groups were made up of staff members from organizations in the Research Triangle Area. There were three organizations, representing three counties in the area, and five participants in total. Each participant was asked the same questions regarding SDOH and their organization’s intake assessment process. A thematic analysis was performed.
This study shows that these organizations implement SDOH questions on their screening tools. Additionally, because of the organizations’ relationships with community partners, they can connect their clients to the appropriate resources. However, there needs to be more consistency in assessing children’s needs in the screening process. Furthermore, there is a lack of concrete awareness regarding the definition of SDOH and its impact on the health of clients. Ultimately, these organizations are assessing for SDOH needs in their screening process. Though there is a need for improved assessment of children, the organizations are connected to community partners that can help their clients. Additionally, having staff members receive education on the definition, significance, and implications of SDOH could further benefit the clients they serve.
L’attività socio-sanitaria della Onlus Colonia Hanseniana Ente Ecclesiastico Ospedale “Miulli”
Creators: name: Tavani, Angela Patrizia
Publisher: name: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale
Year: 2011

description: Il contributo è destinato alla pubblicazione nella rivista Il Diritto Ecclesiastico, fasc. 3-4 del 2010.SOMMARIO: 1. Premessa - 2. La vicenda storico-giuridica dell’Ente ecclesiastico Ospedale “Miulli” e l’attività svolta dal ramo Onlus Colonia Hanseniana – 3. Attuazione del principio di conformità confessionale e adeguamento alla prassi vigente in materia di Onlus.
description: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale, 2011: 11 aprile
La théorie de la dénonciation : émergence et institutionnalisation en droit criminel
Creators: name: Lachambre, Sébastien
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011
Subjects: théorie de la dénonciation
théorie de la peine
réforme du droit criminel
rationalité pénale moderne
James Fitzjames Stephen

description: L’objectif central de cette thèse est d’observer et de décrire le processus de naissance et d’institutionnalisation d’une nouvelle théorie de la peine : la théorie de la dénonciation. Cette théorie de la peine va naître à l’intérieur d’un système d’idées formé par d’autres théories de la peine déjà institutionnalisées. Ce système d’idées a été identifié et appelé par Alvaro Pires la « rationalité pénale moderne ». Notre contribution visera, elle, à observer d’une part le processus de naissance d’une autre théorie de la peine à l’intérieur de ce système d’idées et, d’autre part, la naissance et l’institutionnalisation de cette théorie dans divers discours : la philosophie et la doctrine juridique, les rapports des commissions de réforme du droit ou encore dans la jurisprudence (canadienne). Au cours de cette observation, nous aurons également la possibilité de voir comment une conception alternative de la dénonciation est apparue, mais sans réussir à prendre la forme stricte d’une « théorie de la peine » ni à s’institutionnaliser de façon stable et visible. Il s’agit de la dénonciation telle que l’a conçue la Commission de réforme du droit du Canada dans les années 1970. Cette manière de concevoir la dénonciation se situait à l’extérieur du système d’idées formé par la rationalité pénale moderne. Cette thèse fait plusieurs contributions à la fois, et de différents genres. Elle prétend contribuer entre autres à la description du processus de naissance et d’institutionnalisation d’une théorie (de la peine) du système de droit criminel en mettant en évidence comment cette théorie va s’opposer à une conception alternative portant le même nom et prédominer sur cette dernière. De plus, cette thèse va construire trois niveaux parallèles d’observation empirique. En effet, nous allons observer la naissance de cette théorie sur trois trames discursives distinctes et bien différenciées : (i) le discours de la philosophie, de la théorie du droit et de la sociologie (ou criminologie) ; (ii) le discours des commissions de réforme (« étatiques » et « non étatiques ») ; (iii) le discours de la jurisprudence.
Do You Read What I Read? A Case Study in the Translation of Dual-Readership Fiction
Creators: name: Becker, Eric
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: dual readership
translation
dual audience
child as reader
adult as reader

description: This thesis explores the components that are involved in the translation of a text that are interpretable by two distinct readerships. It examines: - theory that provides an understanding of dual-readership texts for children and adults; - examples of dual-readership texts, their translations, and analyses of these; - Bled by Daniel Danis and my English translation as a test case of a contemporary dual-readership source text and translation. The ultimate goal of this thesis is to shed light on what could be a new sub-domain of translation studies, namely, research on dual-readership translation. My translation of Bled provides insight into my own interpretation of dual-readership translation, namely, focusing on what is desirable and what is achievable in the translation of this type of text.
Gegenwart und Zukunft sozial-ökologischer Transformation
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: Nomos
Year: 2019
Subjects: Politik
Nachhaltigkeit
Konsum

description: Leser*innen erfahren in diesem multi- und transdisziplinären Sammelband, welche Barrieren eine erfolgreiche Transformation zur Nachhaltigkeit in den vier zentralen Bereichen Konsum, Partizipation, Wissenschaft und Zeit aktuell verhindern und wie sie überwunden werden können. Die Autor*innen nähern sich den genannten Themen dabei unter anderem aus politikwissenschaftlicher, philosophischer, theologischer und humangeographischer Perspektive. Sie verfolgen und hinterfragen in unterschiedlicher Weise die Annahme, dass bisherige Ansätze zur Förderung von Nachhaltigkeit unzureichend sind, da sie nicht-nachhaltige Strukturen unserer Gesellschaft, Wirtschaft, Kultur und Politik nicht verändern. Gleichzeitig skizzieren sie innovative Strategien, die - auch im Angesicht dieser schwierigen Ausgangslage - zur Verwirklichung einer umfassenden und tiefgreifenden sozial-ökologischen Transformation innerhalb der knappen verbleibenden Zeit beitragen sollen. Mit Beiträgen von Carolin Bohn, Doris Fuchs, Antonius Kerkhoff und Christian Müller; Ingolfur Blühdorn und Hauke Dannemann; Antonietta Di Giulio; Marianne Heimbach-Steins; Martin Held; Christa Liedkte und Bernd Draser; Samuel Mössner; Jürgen Rinderspacher; Georg Stoll Quelle: Verlagsinformation
La laicità dello Stato negli insegnamenti di Benedetto XVI
Creators: name: Feliciani, Giorgio
Publisher: name: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale
Year: 2011

description: Contributo destinato agli Studi in onore di Rinaldo Bertolino.SOMMARIO: 1. Da Giovanni Paolo II a Benedetto XVI – 2. Il principio di laicità – 3. Laicità e libertà - 4. Le degenerazioni del principio – 5. Laicità sana e laicità positiva – 6. Chiesa e Stato – 7. Riflessioni conclusive.
description: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale, 2011: 11 aprile
title: Диссертация Г. Ф. Миллера 1749 г.: методы работы с источниками
Creators: name: Лемешев, К. Н.
Publisher: name: Реноме
Year: 2018

description: В статье на основе анализа нескольких фрагментов из диссертации Г. Ф. Миллера «Происхождение народа и имени Российского» (1749) описываются разные приемы работы Г. Ф. Миллера с текстом своего источника — сочинением И. Х. Шеттгена “De originibus russicis dissertationes septem” («Семь диссертаций о происхождении русских»; 1729–1731).
Ключевые слова: Г. Ф. Миллер, И. Х. Шеттген, история России, Российская академия наук, XVIII в.
Science GLAM and Open Science
Creators: name: Mietchen, Daniel
Publisher: name: Forschungzentrum Jülich
Year: 2021

description: 4th International Conference on Documentation and Information, Jakarta, Indonesia; doi:10.5281/ZENODO.5535597
description: This repository contains a presentation given remotely on October 13, 2021 in Jakarta as part of the 4th International Conference on Documentation and Information. See  https://github.com/Daniel-Mietchen/ideas/issues/1461 for background.
Adapting roles for agent-oriented software engineering
Creators: name: Chan, Kevin
name: Sterling, Leon
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Roles have a limited use within object-oriented (OO) analysis and design. In extending OO concepts to agentoriented software engineering (AOSE), roles must be adapted to incorporate autonomy and other agent essentials. In this paper, we present our perspective on roles and how to specify them. We also introduce an extension to roles for design, namely agent classes. We describe how roles and agent classes can be used in practice during the requirements and architectural phases of AOSE.