cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Continuity theorems for the M/M/1/n queueing system
Creators: name: Abramov, Vyacheslav M.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: In this paper continuity theorems are established for the number of losses during a busy period of the M/M/1/n queue. We consider an M/GI/1/n queueing system where the service time probability distribution, slightly different in a certain sense from the exponential distribution, is approximated by that exponential distribution. Continuity theorems are obtained in the form of one or two-sided stochastic inequalities. The paper shows how the bounds of these inequalities are changed if further assumptions, associated with specific properties of the service time distribution (precisely described in the paper), are made. Specifically, some parametric families of service time distributions are discussed, and the paper establishes uniform estimates (given for all possible values of the parameter) and local estimates (where the parameter is fixed and takes only the given value). The analysis of the paper is based on the level crossing approach and some characterization properties of the exponential distribution.
title: Das Design-Prisma - Interdisziplinäre Lösung gesellschaftlicher Herausforderungen
Creators: name: Nestler, Simon
name: Quadflieg, Sven
name: Neuburg, Klaus
Publisher: name: Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. und German UPA e.V.
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Design Thinking
subject: Wissen
subject: User Research
subject: Kreativität
subject: Rationalität
subject: Multiperspektivität
subject: Menschzentriertes Design
subject: Double Diamond
subject: Designtheorie
subject: Mensch-Computer-Interaktion
subject: Wicked Problems

description: Im Rahmen dieses Papers beschäftigen wir uns mit dem Spannungsfeld zwischen einer rational-technischen Perspektive, die Design als Suchproblem in einem sehr großen Suchraum klassifiziert, und einer externen Betrachtung von Design, die Design als Strategie zum Umgang mit unvollständigen Informationsbeständen begreift. Diese multiperspektivische Auseinandersetzung mit dem Konstrukt „Design“ ist dabei der methodisch-didaktische Rahmen für das auf diesem Paper basierende Workshop-Konzept, welches wir als „Design-Prisma“ bezeichnen. Auf Grundlage dieser Ansätze befähigt das vorliegende, das Workshop flankierende, wissenschaftliche Paper die Teilnehmer*innen zu einem fundierten Diskurs zu folgenden Fragestellungen: „Wie kommt es, dass Designer*innen mit unvollständigen Informationen beginnen können, bevor alle relevanten Informationen verfügbar sind? Woher kommen Strukturen? Wie erscheinen zusätzliche Funktionen im Verlauf eines Entwurfs? Woher wissen Designer*innen, welche Verhaltensweisen sie analysieren müssen?“ Anhand von praktischen Anwendungsbeispielen werfen wir dabei vor dem Hintergrund einer verallgemeinerten und abstrahierten Schematisierung von Wissen einen neuen Blick auf die Rolle von Design - im Kontext von Design Thinking und Human-Centered Design.
Assisted Migration Field Tests in Canada and Mexico: Lessons, Limitations, and Challenges
Creators: name: Sáenz-Romero, Cuauhtémoc
name: O'Neill, Greg
name: Aitken, Sally N.
name: Lindig-Cisneros, Roberto
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2021

description: Assisted migration of forest tree populations through reforestation and restoration is a climate change adaptation strategy under consideration in many jurisdictions. Matching climates in which seed sources evolved with near future climates projected for plantation sites should help reduce maladaptation and increase plantation health and productivity. For threatened tree species, assisted migration outside of the species range could help avert extinction. Here, we examine lessons, limitations, and challenges of assisted migration through the lens of three assisted migration field trials of conifers in Canada and Mexico: Pinus albicaulis Engelm., an endangered subalpine tree species in the mountains of western North America; the Picea glauca (Moench) Voss × P. engelmannii Parry ex Engelm hybrid complex, of great economic and ecological importance in western Canada, and Abies religiosa (Kunth) Schltdl. & Cham., a tree species that provides overwintering sites for the monarch butterfly. We conclude that: (a) negative impacts of climate change on productivity of Picea glauca × P. engelmannii may be mitigated by planting seed sources from locations that are 3 °C mean coldest month temperature warmer than the plantation; (b) it is possible to establish Pinus albicaulis outside of its current natural distribution at sites that have climates that are within the species’ modelled historic climatic niche, although developing disease-resistant trees through selective breeding is a higher priority in the short term; (c) Abies religiosa performs well when moved 400 m upward in elevation and local shrubs (such as Baccharis conferta Kunth) are used as nurse plants; (d) new assisted migration field trials that contain populations from a wide range of climates tested in multiple disparate climates are needed, despite the costs; and (e) where naturalization of a migrated tree species in recipient ecosystem is viewed as undesirable, the invasive potential of the tree species should be assessed prior to large scale establishment, and stands should be monitored regularly following establishment.
The contribution of vocational skills development to Cambodia's economy
Creators: name: VEN, Seyhah
name: VEUNG, Naron
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: TVET
vocational skills
Cambodia
manufacturing
development

description: This working paper - "The contribution of vocational skills development to Cambodia’s economy" - is part of an ongoing series and based on research conducted within the „Skills for Industry“ project. Summary: In recognition of the importance of a well-trained workforce for socioeconomic development, the Rectangular Strategy Phase IV has put human resource development at the forefront of the Royal Government of Cambodia’s (RGC’s) development priorities (RGC 2018). The Industrial Development Policy (IDP) 2015-2025 was adopted as a guide to advance Cambodia’s manufacturing industry as a key economic sector for sustainable and inclusive high economic growth, and to overcome the skills gaps and shortages in skilled labour that are purportedly a bottleneck to socioeconomic development. Against this backdrop, theoretical and empirical studies have suggested increasing the pool of skilled workers by equipping young people and existing workers with labour market-relevant knowledge and skills as an ideal solution. However, the contribution of this promising skilled labour increment to Cambodia’s industrial sector and overall economy has rarely been investigated. Therefore, the main aim of this paper is to study the skills shortage and its effects, as well as the contribution of skills development at both the industrial and national level.
description: + repphzhbib2020F
Evolutions of in-medium baryon-baryon scattering cross sections and stiffness of dense nuclear matter from Bayesian analyses of FOPI proton flow excitation functions
Creators: name: Li, Bao-An
name: Xie, Wen-Jie
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Within a Bayesian statistical framework using a Gaussian Process (GP) emulator for an isospin-dependent Boltzmann-Uehling-Uhlenbeck (IBUU) transport model simulator of heavy-ion reactions with momentum-independent Skyrme interactions, we infer from the proton directed and elliptical flow in mid-central Au+Au reactions at beam energies from 150 to 1200 MeV/nucleon taken by the FOPI Collaboration the posterior Probability Distribution Functions (PDFs) of the in-medium baryon-baryon scattering cross section (BBSCS) modification factor $X$ (with respect to their free-space values) and the stiffness parameter $K$ of dense nuclear matter. We find that the most probable value of $X$ evolves from around 0.7 to 1.0 as the beam energy $E_{beam}/A$ increases. On the other hand, the posterior PDF($K$) may have dual peaks having roughly the same height or extended shoulders at high $K$ values. More quantitatively, the posterior PDF($K$) changes from having a major peak around 220 MeV characterizing a soft EOS in the reaction at $E_{beam}/A$=150 MeV to one that peaks around 320 MeV indicating a stiff EOS in the reactions at $E_{beam}/A$ higher than about 600 MeV. The transition from soft to stiff happens in mid-central Au+Au reactions at beam energies around 250 MeV/nucleon in which $K=220$ MeV and $K=320$ MeV are approximately equally probable. Altogether, the FOPI proton flow excitation function data indicate a gradual hardening of hot and dense nuclear matter as its density and temperature increase in reactions with higher beam energies.
description: Added more discussions. Phys. Rev. C in press
НАПРАВЛЕНИЯ СТРАТЕГИЧЕСКОГО РАЗВИТИЯ ПРОМЫШЛЕННЫХ ПРЕДПРИЯТИЙ РЕГИОНА
Creators: name: Миркина Ольга Наумовна
Publisher: name: Экономический журнал
Year: 2020
Subjects: Стратегия
потенциал предприятия
стратегическое развитие
промышленность
предприятие
Смоленская область

description: В настоящее время экономический потенциал России во многом зависит от степени развития промышленности, которая, в свою очередь, определяется успешностью разработки и реализации стратегии развития ее предприятий. Опираясь на труды ученых, в статье рассмотрены понятия «стратегия», «стратегическое управление», «стратегия развития предприятия», «потенциал предприятия». Рассмотрены методы разработки и оценки стратегии развития предприятия. На примере кабельной отрасли Смоленской области показана разработка направлений стратегического развития предприятий. Проанализированы и оценены финансовое состояние и стратегии развития предприятий кабельной отрасли. Выделены ключевые направления стратегических изменений для рассматриваемых предприятий.
Transitions from Composite Fermi Liquid to Moore-Read States in Weyl Semimetals
Creators: name: Wang, Jiong-Hao
name: Xu, Yong
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Weyl semimetals represent a significant class of topological gapless materials in three dimensions and have been shown to exhibit three-dimensional quantum Hall effect. However, existing research mainly focuses on scenarios without interactions. Recent studies suggest that the fractional quantum Hall effect can arise in a Weyl semimetal with a one-third filled Landau level under a magnetic field. However, it remains unclear whether more exotic states, such as composite Fermi liquid and MooreRead states, can appear at half filling. Here we surprisingly find the existence of composite Fermi liquid, Moore-Read states and charge density waves in the same Weyl-orbit-based Landau level of a Weyl semimetal and their transitions induced by varying the distance between Weyl points. We attribute these transitions to a significant change in the single-particle wave functions of the Landau level as the distance between Weyl points is varied. Finally, we demonstrate that a transition from composite Fermi liquid to Moore-Read states can be induced by tuning the direction of a magnetic field, a process that is more experimentally accessible.
description: 12 pages, 10 figures, including Appendix
АНТИКРИЗИСНОЕ УПРАВЛЕНИЕ: КАК УДЕРЖАТЬСЯ НА ПЛАВУ И ОБЕСПЕЧИТЬ УСТОЙЧИВОЕ РАЗВИТИЕ ПРЕДПРИЯТИЯ ТРАНСПОРТНОГО МАШИНОСТРОЕНИЯ
Creators: name: Алексеева Ксения Александровна
name: Новикова Татьяна Евгеньевна
Publisher: name: Экономический журнал
Year: 2020
Subjects: Антикризисное управление
кризис
рынок
конкурентоспособность
продукция
банкротство
платежеспособность
предприятие
транспортное машиностроение
кадровый потенциал
внедрение
производство
импортозамещение

description: В статье раскрывается сущность антикризисного управления и антикризисной программы, объясняется необходимость и значимость проводимых мероприятий по предотвращению и выходу из кризиса. В качестве примера рассмотрены мероприятия по антикризисному управлению предприятия транспортного машиностроения АО «Транспневматика». Проведенный анализ позволяет сделать вывод о том, какие пути решения целесообразно выбирать для устойчивого развития предприятий в рыночных условиях.
ТРАНСПОРТНАЯ СИСТЕМА РЕГИОНА: СОСТАВ И РОЛЬ В ПРОСТРАНСТВЕННОМ РАЗВИТИИ
Creators: name: Чернышева Наталья Викторовна
Publisher: name: Экономический журнал
Year: 2020
Subjects: Транспортная система
системы управления
стратегии
региональная политика
территории
ЕТСР (единая транспортная система региона)

description: В статье рассмотрены пространственные особенности развития транспортных систем, проанализированы основные понятия. На основе разработанных автором моделях транспортной системы («имперской» и модели «освоения») показаны роль и влияние транспортной отрасли на стратегии и задачи государства. Обозначены тенденции и проблемы регионального управления в транспортном секторе, в том числе и вопрос о создании ЕТСР. Рассмотренные процессы, в конечном счете, ставят вопрос о создании научных инструментов и технологий способных создавать и решать вопросы транспортной системы в целом по стране и по ее регионам.
Studying Transmembrane Helix Interactions in SDS micelles
Creators: name: Qureshi, Tabussom
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: M13
MCP
SDS
NMR
membrane proteins
p7
HCV
detergents
diffusion coefficient
micelle
major coat protein

description: The importance of interactions between transmembrane domains of integral membrane proteins has been well-established in a range of essential cellular functions. Most integral membrane proteins also possess regions that lie on the exterior of the membrane that may influence the ability of these transmembrane domains to interact. We sought to test this hypothesis by quantifying the energetics of transmembrane helix self-association in the absence and presence of an amphipathic helix that can bind to the membrane surface. The model chosen for this study was the major coat protein (MCP) of M13 bacteriophage, which has an N-terminal amphipathic helix linked to its single transmembrane segment via a flexible linker. Dimerization of both full-length MCP and a peptide containing only the transmembrane domain (MCPTM) was studied by solution NMR in SDS micelles. We found that there was an increase in the apparent dimerization affinity in the absence of the N-terminal helix. However, this increase in apparent affinity could be attributed to differences in detergent-binding properties of the two polypeptides in monomeric versus dimeric states when the empty micelle was considered to be a participant in the dimer dissociation. Preliminary results from the integral membrane protein, p7 of the hepatitis C virus are also presented in this thesis. It has been demonstrated that p7 enhances viral infectivity and accumulation, and that this function may require oligomerization in the membrane. While we encountered limitations due to challenges in the generation of sufficient quantities of pure p7 samples, we were able to perform circular dichroism spectroscopy under conditions that may favor different oligomeric states. These studies suggest that there is a change in the degree of helicity upon oligomerization, and suggest that SDS could be a suitable system to characterize the interactions of the p7 oligomer in the future.
Integrating Building Information Modelling (BIM), Cost Estimating and Scheduling for Buildings Construction at the Conceptual Design Stage
Creators: name: Li, Jinmin
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: building information modelling
construction management
cost estimation
schedule planning

description: Estimating the construction time and cost of a building project is an essential task of construction manager, which benefits owners, engineers and contractors. Construction duration and cost, in particular, have profound influence on the outcome of a project at the conceptual stage of its life. The conventional methods used to estimate the time and costs of construction projects are based on 2D models, which need much time and effort from engineers, estimators and schedulers who are involved in preparing them because all of this process is done manually, especially when the project has several design alternatives. Considering that, Building Information Modelling (BIM), which is a technology that enhances data transfer and ensures cooperation among designers, engineers, and contractors, can provide an efficient way for cost estimating and schedule planning. On the other hand, sustainability has drawn more and more attention by the construction industry, this is because a project’s construction process has crucial impacts on society, the environment, and the economy. Modular Construction has been proven to ensure sustainable construction by reducing the negative impacts on the environment, reducing construction time, and improving manpower productivity. This research aims at developing an integrated model that interrelates BIM with construction cost estimation, scheduling, and sustainability at the conceptual design stage of projects. The aim is to reduce the preparation time and increase the efficiency of making major decisions for both conventional construction and modular construction. The proposed model consists of five modules, including a data collection module, a cost estimation module, a scheduling module, a sustainability evaluation module, and a 5D integrated module. Plug-ins were developed in the model to link BIM tool (i.e., Autodesk Revit) with Microsoft Excel to ensure automatic data transfer among these modules all within a BIM platform so that owners and designers can quickly generate a reliable construction cost estimate, construction schedule, preliminary sustainability evaluation, as well as construction process simulation.
Performance of the Ottawa 3DY Scale as a Screening Tool for Altered Mental Status in Elderly Emergency Department Patients
Creators: name: Eagles, Debra
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2015
Subjects: geriatric
emergency department
Ottawa 3DY Scale
altered mental status

description: Altered mental status (AMS), a common and serious entity in elderly Emergency Department patients, is not well recognized by physicians. Our prospective cohort study evaluated the implementation, by nurses and physicians, of the Ottawa 3DY Scale, a cognitive screening tool. We enrolled 260 patients (60.0% female, mean age 83.7). Screening rates were: overall - 78.3%; physician - 51.8%; and nurse - 64.2%. Interrater reliability was 0.65. Physician and nurse sensitivity was 78.9, 84.6% and specificity was 39.4, 54.2%, respectively, compared with the Mini-Mental State Exam. Patient living situation, educational level, triage location, hospitalization, admission location and 30 day mortality were associated with AMS. Implementation of the Ottawa 3DY Scale increased screening for AMS in elderly Emergency Department patients. It was feasible, sensitive, specific and had good interrater reliability. Use will lead to increased identification of cognitive impairment and ultimately result in improved care and outcomes in this vulnerable patient population.
Real-time clamp force measurement in electromechanical brake calipers
Creators: name: Hoseinnezhad, Reza
name: Bab-Hadiashar, Alireza
name: Rocco, Tony
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: In brake-by-wire systems, central controllers require accurate information about the clamp force between the brake pad and the disc as a function of pad displacement, which is usually denoted as the characteristic curve of the caliper. Due to aging, temperature, and other environmental variations, caliper characteristic curves vary with time. Therefore, automatic caliper calibration in real-time is vital for high-performance braking action and vehicle safety. Due to memory and processing-power limitations, the calibration technique should be memory efficient and of low computational complexity. In a typical electromechanical-braking-system design, clamp force measurement variations with actuator displacement is hysteretic. This paper introduces a simple and memory-efficient real-time calibration technique in which a clamp-force model is fitted to the data samples around each hysteresis cycle. The model includes a Maxwell-slip model for the hysteresis caused by friction. Experimental results from the data recorded in various temperatures show that the proposed technique results in clamp force measurements with less than 0.7% error over the range of clamp-force variations. It is also shown that, by using these measurements, the characteristic curve can be accurately calibrated in real-time.
Integrating anatomy and electrophysiology in the healthy human heart: Insights from biventricular statistical shape analysis using universal coordinates
Creators: name: Van Santvliet, Lore
name: Zappon, Elena
name: Gsell, Matthias A. F.
name: Thaler, Franz
name: Blondeel, Maarten
name: Dymarkowski, Steven
name: Claessen, Guido
name: Willems, Rik
name: Urschler, Martin
name: Vandenberk, Bert
name: Plank, Gernot
name: De Vos, Maarten
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Tissues and Organs (q-bio.TO)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: A cardiac digital twin is a virtual replica of a patient-specific heart, mimicking its anatomy and physiology. A crucial step of building a cardiac digital twin is anatomical twinning, where the computational mesh of the digital twin is tailored to the patient-specific cardiac anatomy. In a number of studies, the effect of anatomical variation on clinically relevant functional measurements like electrocardiograms (ECGs) is investigated, using computational simulations. While such a simulation environment provides researchers with a carefully controlled ground truth, the impact of anatomical differences on functional measurements in real-world patients remains understudied. In this study, we develop a biventricular statistical shape model and use it to quantify the effect of biventricular anatomy on ECG-derived and demographic features, providing novel insights for the development of digital twins of cardiac electrophysiology. To this end, a dataset comprising high-resolution cardiac CT scans from 271 healthy individuals, including athletes, is utilized. Furthermore, a novel, universal, ventricular coordinate-based method is developed to establish lightweight shape correspondence. The performance of the shape model is rigorously established, focusing on its dimensionality reduction capabilities and the training data requirements. Additionally, a comprehensive synthetic cohort is made available, featuring ready-to-use biventricular meshes with fiber structures and anatomical region annotations. These meshes are well-suited for electrophysiological simulations.
description: 29 pages, 19 figures
Divergences et solidarité. Une étude sociopolitique des rapports entre le Québec et les francophones d'Amérique
Creators: name: Denault, Anne-Andrée
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2013
Subjects: Amérique
États généraux du Canada français
État québécois
francophonie
francophonie hors Québec
rupture
nationalisme
Parti libéral du Québec
Parti québécois

description: La question des relations entre le Québec et les collectivités francophones en Amérique n’est pas nouvelle, mais sa conceptualisation revêt aujourd’hui une forme particulière. Ancrées dans l’idée que le Québec a abandonné les francophones des autres provinces vers la fin des années 1960, ses relations avec ces derniers sont perçues comme des tentatives de réparation de la part d’un État québécois, peut-être repentant, mais distant. C’est en effet ce qui ressort de notre analyse des discours politiques des leaders québécois, des prises de parole des représentants des communautés francophones et des positions intellectuelles des auteurs s’étant penchés sur le sujet. Le but de cette recherche est de montrer par le moyen d’une étude sociopolitique et historique que les relations entre le Québec et la francophonie hors Québec peuvent aussi être caractérisées par des positions et des actions qui témoignent d’un fort sentiment de solidarité. Depuis les années 1990, cette solidarité a été renouvelée et repensée en lien avec de nouveaux discours comme celui sur la mondialisation. Cette thèse vise à mieux comprendre les transformations au sein des représentations et des pratiques du Québec à l’égard des collectivités francophones d’Amérique.
Dirac-Schwinger Quantization for Emergent Magnetic Monopoles?
Creators: name: Farhan, A.
name: Saccone, M.
name: Ward, B. F. L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In Refs.[1-4] Dirac and Schwinger showed the existence of a magnetic monopole required a charge quantization condition which we write following Dirac as $\frac{eg}{4π\hbar}=\frac{n}{2},\; n=0,\pm 1,\; \pm 2, \ldots$. Here, $g$ is the magnetic monopole charge and $e$ is the electric charge of the positron. Recently, in Refs. [5,6], it has been shown experimentally that frustrated spin-ice systems exhibit 'emergent' magnetic monopoles. We show that, within the experimental errors, the respective magnetic charges obey the Dirac-Schwinger quantization condition. Possible implications are discussed.
description: 4 pages, no figures; typo corrected, extended discussion, orcid links added, new department name added
СОВРЕМЕННЫЕ ПРОБЛЕМЫ РАЗВИТИЯ РЫНКА ИПОТЕЧНОГО ЖИЛИЩНОГО КРЕДИТОВАНИЯ В РФ
Creators: name: Волков Анатолий Анатольевич
Publisher: name: Экономический журнал
Year: 2020
Subjects: Ипотека
спрос
предложение
ипотечное кредитование
первичный рынок жилья
банковское дело
кредит
вторичный рынок жилья

description: В современной экономике государства ипотечное кредитование приобретает первоочередное значение, так как оказывает влияние на развитие экономики страны, а также определяет возможности решения главной проблемы обеспечения населения доступным жильем. По сравнению с другими западными странами, рынок ипотечного кредитования в России достаточно молодой, поэтому существует множество проблем, которые сдерживают развитие данного рынка. В данной статье проанализированы основные показатели рынка ипотечного кредитования, на основании которых мы выявили следующие проблемы: высокие цены на недвижимость; низкий уровень доходов населения. Цель данной статьи на основе анализа рынка ипотечного жилищного кредитования, выявить современные проблемы его развития.
Self-consistent Solutions of Evolving Nuclear Star Clusters with Two-Dimensional Monte-Carlo Dynamical Simulations
Creators: name: Zhang, Fupeng
name: Seoane, Pau Amaro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We recently developed a Monte-Carlo method (GNC) that can simulate the dynamical evolution of a nuclear stellar cluster (NSC) with a massive black hole (MBH), where the two-body relaxations can be solved by the Fokker-Planck equations in energy and angular momentum space. Here we make a major update of GNC~ by integrating stellar potential and adiabatic invariant theory, so that we can study the self-consistent dynamics of NSCs with increasing mass of the MBH. We perform tests of the self-adaptation of cluster density due to MBH mass growth and Plummer core collapse, both finding consistent results with previous studies, the latter having a core collapse time of $\sim 17t_{\rm rh}$ by GNC, where $t_{\rm rh}$ is the time of half-mass relaxation. We use GNC~ to study the cosmological evolution of the properties of NSC and the mass of MBH assuming that the mass growth of the MBH is due to loss-cone accretion of stars (e.g., tidal disruption of stars) and stellar black holes, and compare the simulation results with the observations of NSCs in Milky-Way or near-by galaxies. Such scenario is possible to produce MBHs with mass $10^5\sim 10^7\,M_\odot$ for NSCs with stellar mass of $10^6\sim 10^9\,M_\odot$. In Milky-Way's NSC, to grow MBH up to $4\times 10^6\,M_\odot$, its size needs to be $\sim 1.7$ times more compact in early universe than the current value. MBHs with current masses $>6\times 10^{7}\,M_\odot$ seem difficult to explain by loss-cone accretion alone, and thus may require other additional accretion channels, such as gas accretion.
description: 27 pages, 11 figures, ApJ, 2025, 980, 210, typos corrected
The Immediate Effects of Somatic Approach Workshops on the Body Usage and Musical Quality of Pianists
Creators: name: Wong, Grace
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2015
Subjects: Alexander Technique
Body Mapping
Feldenkrais Method
music workshops
pianists
body usage
musical quality

description: There is a growing popularity among musicians to turn to somatic approaches such as the Alexander Technique, Body Mapping and Feldenkrais Method to improve posture and movement at the instrument and to produce better tone quality. There is little scientific and objective data to support the changes that are apparently seen and heard after such training. This study examines if a single somatic session has an immediate, perceivable effect on pianists’ body usage and musical quality. In the first mode of evaluation, judges rated specific aspects of body usage and musical quality. In the second mode of evaluation, judges were asked to identify post-somatic performances. Results indicated that there are perceivable changes in body usage and musical quality although those differences are not as apparent or easily detectable as is often believed. The findings also suggest that it is easier to identify post-somatic performances through body usage than musical quality.
НАЛОГОВОЕ ИНВЕСТИРОВАНИЕ КАК СРЕДСТВО ПОДДЕРЖАНИЯ СУБЪЕКТОВ МАЛОГО И СРЕДНЕГО БИЗНЕСА В ПЕРИОД КРИЗИСА
Creators: name: Кирсанова Олеся Геннадьевна
Publisher: name: Экономический журнал
Year: 2020
Subjects: Российская Федерация
кризис
пандемия
экономика
угрозы
экономическое развитие
государственная поддержка
малый и средний бизнес
налоги
инвестирование
налоговое инвестирование

description: В статье анализируется особенности предоставления помощи субъектам малого и среднего бизнеса в рамках государственного регулирования экономики и реализации программ поддержки малого и среднего бизнеса. Основное внимание уделяется достаточности и эффективности предоставляемой помощи, а также разработке новых ее моделей и форм. Сделан вывод, что в условиях принудительного ограничения отдельных видов деятельности в условиях пандемии помощь, предоставленная со стороны государства, оказалась недостаточной и неэффективной. При этом методически недостаточно проработаны критерии определения хозяйствующих субъектов, нуждающихся в получении помощи со стороны государства, что обуславливает актуальность данной темы для дальнейшего исследования. В качестве новой и альтернативной меры поддержки находящихся в состоянии кризиса хозяйствующих субъектов предлагается модель налогового инвестирования, не имеющая в настоящее время нормативного закрепления, но нуждающаяся в нем. Предложенная модель налогового инвестирования позволит обеспечить сохранность хозяйствующего субъекта и сформировать предпосылки для ее восстановления и дальнейшего развития.
Poder y monstruosidad en "La fiesta del chivo" de Mario Vargas Llosa
Creators: name: Langer Pardo, Karem
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2013
Subjects: La fiesta del chivo
monstruosidad

description: “Poder y monstruosidad en La fiesta del chivo de Mario Vargas Llosa” explores two topics in the work of the Peruvian nobel laureate. On one hand, I study the exercise of power in his novel, and on the other, the representation of monstrosity. In my research, I propose a critical reading of both topics from a literary approach, analizing the novel as a fictional oeuvre. The research highlights the importance of the mechanisms of power and its exercise as one of the central subjects of the narrative. With respect to the monstrosity we emphasize its relation to the term "abnormality", considering this feature as definitive trait of the literary character of Rafael Trujillo. “Power” and “monstrosity” are, from our perspective, the two main aspects that structure the character of the dictator depicted in the novel of Mario Vargas Llosa.
УПРАВЛЕНИЕ ФИНАНСОВЫМИ РИСКАМИ МАЛЫХ ЛЕСОПРОМЫШЛЕННЫХ ПРЕДПРИЯТИЙ ВОЛОГОДСКОЙ ОБЛАСТИ
Creators: name: Малышев Михаил Константинович
Publisher: name: Экономический журнал
Year: 2020
Subjects: Финансовые риски
оценка рисков
управление рисками
малый бизнес региона
лесопромышленный комплекс
финансовые результаты предприятия

description: В статье проведен анализ финансовых рисков пяти малых лесопромышленных предприятий Вологодской области на основе анализа показателей ликвидности и финансовой устойчивости. Любой хозяйствующий субъект в ходе осуществления своей предпринимательской деятельности и в процессе взаимодействия с другими хозяйствующими субъектами несет на себе определенные риски, которые заключаются в возможной потере денежных средств, наступлении убытков, недополучении дополнительной прибыли. Одним из главных условий успешной работы предприятия является своевременное обнаружение возможных рисков, а также разработка мероприятий по их предотвращению. Сам по себе риск всегда является неотъемлемой частью предпринимательской деятельности. Особенно сильно испытывают на себе влияние рисков предприятия малого бизнеса. Как правило, их деятельность не обеспечена большим размером собственных средств, а сам владелец объединяет в себе и управляющего и собственника. В статье также предложены и экономически обоснованы мероприятия, направленные на совершенствование управления финансовыми рисками малых предприятий лесопромышленного комплекса региона.
The shifting work-life experiences and cultural habitus of motherhood: an Australian perspective
Creators: name: Cartwright, Sheree
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: There is now a burgeoning literature on the ways in which women's paid work, care and family life orientations have changed in recent decades, particularly in countries of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Despite the significant attention in recent years by some researchers, politicians as well as in popular discourse, on 'individual/personal choices' for explaining women's paid work and family orientations and outcomes, little of this detail figures in the experiences of the women who are the focus of this study. Rather, women's work-family arrangements are complex with constant adjusting, accommodating and juggling between the fixed and immutable factors. In this paper, I argue that there is an absence of 'individual/personal choice' as represented in the dominant rhetoric about 'free/genuine choice', in relation to women's paid work and care experiences and arrangements after childbirth. The main focus is on the Australian context, drawing on select case stories from a longitudinal, qualitative research project in progress with 27 women. I demonstrate that women's paid work, care and family arrangements after childbirth are located in an internalised cultural 'habitus' of motherhood, which constructs women's paid work and family realities more than notions of 'individual/personal choice'.
ВЛИЯНИЕ ЦИФРОВИЗАЦИИ НА МИРОВУЮ ЭКОНОМИКУ
Creators: name: Никитенкова Ольга Викторовна
Publisher: name: Экономический журнал
Year: 2020
Subjects: Цифровизация экономики
четвертая промышленная революция (Industrie 4.0)
цифровые платформы
кастомизация
бизнесмодели
цифровая экосистема
конкурентоспособность производства страны
мобильный интернет (mobile Internet)
облачные вычисления (cloud computing)
большие данные (Big Data) и Интернет вещей (internet of things
IoT).

description: На сегодняшний день цифровые технологии вышли на такой уровень развития, что их нельзя оставлять без внимания ни на уровне мира, ни на уровне отдельного индивида. Сегодня, и тем более в будущем, конкурировать исключительно за счет базовых технологий компаниям абсолютно не выгодно. Дело в том, что в будущем стать лидером на рынках можно будет исключительно за счет того, что в каждом выпускаемом продукте будет так или иначе реализована какая-либо интеллектуальная составляющая. И, самое главное, продукт должен будет стать персонифицированным, то есть удовлетворять исключительные требования каждого отдельного потребителя или группы потребителей, и при этом на его разработку должно будет затрачено минимум времени. Поэтому для обеспечения конкурентных преимуществ каждая страна мира уже не первый год реализует программы и планы, позволяющие им привести свою промышленность в соответствие уровню четвертой промышленно революции.
Grassroots Canadian Muslim Identity in the Prairie City of Winnipeg: A Case Study of 2nd and 1.5 Generation Canadian Muslims
Creators: name: Hameed, Qamer
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2015
Subjects: Muslim
Canadian
Muslims
Canadian Muslim
Muslims in Canada
Muslim Canadian
second generation
1.5 generation
minorities
minority
Canadian-Muslim
immigrant
immigrants
diversity
pluralism
multiculturalism
hybrid
identity
identities
social
society
mosque
community
locale
grassroots
prairie
Winnipeg
Manitoba
religion
culture
religious
discourse
generation
migrant
settlement
social movement
organization
citizenship
ethnicity
nationality
nation
woman
women
Muslim women
hijab
veil
2nd Generation
1st generation
first generation
third generation
Islamophobia
dicrimination
immigration
transnational
liberal
conservative
youth
spatial analysis
lived religion

description: What are grassroots “Canadian Muslims” and why not use the descriptor “Muslims in Canada”? This thesis examines the novel concept of locale specific grassroots Canadian Muslim identity of second and 1.5 generation Muslims in the prairie city of Winnipeg, Manitoba. The project focuses on a generation of Muslims that are settled, embedded, and active in a medium sized Canadian metropolis. Locale plays a powerful part in the way people navigate identities, form attachments, find belonging, and negotiate communities and society. In order to explore this unique identity a case study was conducted in Winnipeg. Interviews with 1.5 and second generation Muslims explored the experience of grassroots Canadian Muslim identity. The project does not focus on religious doxy or praxis but rather tries to understand a lived Canadian Muslim identity by exploring discourse and space as well as strategies, social perceptions and expectations. Participant observation, community resources and literature also aid in the understanding of the grassroots Canadian Muslim experience. This study found that the attachments, networks, and experiences in the locale give room for an embedded Canadian Muslim experience and more negotiable identities than most studies on Muslims in Canada describe. These individuals are not foreigners living in Canada. Their worldviews develop out of this particular and embedded grassroots experience. They navigate a new kind of hybrid Canadian Muslim identity that is unique and flexible. This is the Canadian Muslim experience of 2nd and 1.5 generation Winnipeg Muslims.
School Climate and Bullying: A Case Study of a Youth Conflict Resolution Module
Creators: name: Smith, Ashley Christine
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2013
Subjects: Bullying
School Climate
Conflict Resolution
Program adherence

description: The objective of this study was to explore the link between school climate and bullying behaviour through a case study of two high schools. Grade 10 students received the two day Cross-Cultural Conflict Resolution (XCCR) Module initiated by YOUCAN. Phase I of this study involved the development of an XCCR Logic Model, which aimed to clarify the objectives and key elements of the XCCR Module. Phase II involved the in depth analysis of the XCCR Module through an 84-item survey and qualitative semi-structured interviews with school and program staff. Data from this study did not indicate any changes in bullying behaviour or school climate between pre-and post-implementation. This study highlights a need to incorporate measures for program adherence and program fidelity in future studies. The results of this study provided two practical contributions, an XCCR Logic Model and information about bullying and school climate for the participating schools.
Sedimentology, Stratigraphy and Petrography of the Permian-Triassic Coal-bearing New Lenton Deposit, Bowen Basin, Australia
Creators: name: Coffin, Lindsay M.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2013
Subjects: Bowen Basin
Rangal Coal Measures
Fluvial deposits
Coal deposits
Coal petrography
Rewan Group

description: The Bowen Basin is one of the most intensely explored sedimentary basins in Australia and hosts one of the world’s largest coking coal deposits. This study focuses on the Lenton deposit in the north-central part of the Bowen Basin and targets the Rangal Coal Measures, which are the youngest (245 Ma), most areally extensive and least structurally deformed coal measures in the study area. Six lithofacies were identified from detailed bed-by-bed logging of two cores and stratigraphically-upward comprise peatmire deposits of the Permian Blackwater Group overlain unconformably by braided fluvial strata of the Triassic Rewan Group. Coal-bearing strata of the Blackwater Group form a large-scale drying up sequence showing a change from permanent to seasonal waterlogged conditions related to the onset of regional uplift. Sedimentation was then terminated and a regional erosion surface formed by uplift related to the Hunter Bowen Orogeny. This, then, was overlain by braided fluvial strata of the Triassic Rewan Group.
Scotoseesaw mechanism from a $Z_3$ symmetry of matter
Creators: name: Luong, Doan Minh
name: Van Dong, Phung
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show that the neutrino mass generation and the dark matter stability can be governed by the center of the QCD group, which is a $Z_3$ group. Three right-handed neutrinos $N_{1,2,3R}$ transform under $Z_3$ as $1,w,w^2$, where $w=e^{i2π/3}$ is the cube root of unity, and they couple to usual lepton doublets via the usual Higgs doublet $H$ and two new scalar doublets $η,χ$, which transform under $Z_3$ as $1,w^2,w$, respectively. This leads to a scotoseesaw mechanism in which the seesaw and scotogenic neutrino mass generations are induced by the Majorana $N_{1R}$ mass and the Dirac $N_{2,3R}$ mass, respectively. Although the lightest of the $Z_3$ fields is stabilized, responsible for dark matter, the model lacks an explanation for relic density and/or direct detection. The issue can be solved in a $U(1)_{B-L}$ gauge completion of the model, for which the center of the QCD group is isomorphic to $Z_3=\{1,T,T^2\}$ for $T=w^{3(B-L)}$.
description: 26 pages, 3 tables, 7 figures; matches published version in EPJC
Relationships Between Self-Regulated Learning, Deliberate Practice and the Consideration of Future Consequences for Developing Sport Experts
Creators: name: Bartulovic, Dora
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: self-regulated learning
expertise
SRL-SRS
self-monitoring
deliberate practice
CFC

description: This thesis explored relationships (1) between composite and constituent processes of self-regulated learning (SRL) and three sport performance groups, (2) between SRL and different practice variables, and (3) whether these associations depended on an athlete’s consideration of future consequences (CFC). Athletes (N = 272; 200 males; 18-35 yrs; M practice = 13.55 hours/week) completed survey measures for SRL, weekly training including deliberate practice (DP), performance level and CFC. Higher scores in composite SRL were associated with a greater chance of belonging to an elite group, compared to a less-elite and a recreationally competitive group. Self-monitoring predicted greater likelihood of membership in less-elite and elite groups compared to the recreationally competitive group. Self-monitoring predicted greater engagement in total DP hours, and DP in supervised and unsupervised settings. Effort, self-efficacy, and planning were notable in some results, but contributions were less significant. CFC had no moderating effect, however it was correlated with SRL.
Augmenting DSVL meta-tools with pattern specification, instantiation and reuse
Creators: name: Li, Karen
name: Hosking, John
name: Grundy, John
name: Ly, Tony
name: Webb, Brian
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This paper describes an approach for using patterns in domain-specific visual language (DSVL) meta-tools. Our approach facilitates DSVL development via high level design-for-reuse and design-by-reuse pattern modelling tools. It provides a simple visual pattern modelling language that is used in parallel with DSVL meta-model specifications for modelling and reusing DSVL structural and behavioural design patterns. It also provides tool support for instantiating and visualising structural patterns, as well as executing behavioural patterns on DSVL model instances.
Delivering Evidence-Based Online Concussion Education to Medical and Healthcare Professionals : The Concussion Awareness Training Tool (CATT)
Creators: name: Babul, Shelina
name: Turcotte, Kate
name: Lambert, Maude
name: Hadly, Gabrielle
name: Sadler, Karen
Publisher: name: Hindawi
Year: 2021

description: Medical and healthcare professionals report an important gap in their training and knowledge on concussion diagnosis and management. The Concussion Awareness Training Tool (CATT) for medical professionals provides evidenced-based training and resources, representing an important effort to fill this gap. The goal of the current article was to summarize and describe the general uptake of the 2018 relaunch of the CATT for medical professionals and to present results of a quality assurance/quality improvement (QA/QI) assessment including qualitative feedback from medical and healthcare professionals.