cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Investigating the Ubiquitin-proteasome System during Poxvirus Infection
Creators: Dong, Jianing
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

Ubiquitylation is a post-translated modification that is important for the host immune response to virus infection. Concurrently, it is also exploited by poxviruses for viral replication and evasion of the host immune response. Thus, this project focused on further elucidating how the ubiquitin (Ub) system is engaged during poxvirus infection.

p28, a poxvirus encoded E3 Ub-ligase, is a virulence factor of ectromelia virus (ECTV) in susceptible strain A mice. To further investigate p28 function, we completely deleted the p28 gene from ECTV (ECTV-Δp28). The ECTV-Δp28 virus exhibited severely impaired virus production and genome replication in a mouse strain, cell type, and multiplicity of infection-dependent manner. Moreover, a FLAG-tagged p28 protein with a fusion Ub moiety was expressed and developed as a tool to capture p28 potential substrate proteins. To determine the DNA binding properties of p28, I purified recombinant His-tagged p28 and examined the interaction between p28 and poxvirus hairpin DNA.

To get a more comprehensive understanding of how proteins are ubiquitylated early after vaccinia virus (VACV) infection, a proteomics approach was used to identify and quantify ubiquitylated peptides in cells with or without VACV infection. These included peptides associated with TRIM25, a cellular E3 Ub/ ISG15-ligase, whose ubiquitylation is induced by a gene(s) in either arm of the VACV genome. Taken together, this thesis has revealed novel information about how poxviruses manipulate ubiquitylation.
Supplemental Material, TableS1 - Anticoagulation and Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunting for Treatment of Portal Vein Thrombosis in Cirrhosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Creators: name: Davis, Jessica P. E.
name: Ogurick, Amy G.
name: Rothermel, Carrie E.
name: Min-Woong Sohn
name: Intagliata, Nicolas M.
name: Northup, Patrick G.
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Cardiology
subject: 111599 Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Supplemental Material, TableS1 for Anticoagulation and Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunting for Treatment of Portal Vein Thrombosis in Cirrhosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Jessica P. E. Davis, Amy G. Ogurick, Carrie E. Rothermel, Min-Woong Sohn, Nicolas M. Intagliata and Patrick G. Northup in Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis
Pathways to Net-Zero Electricity in Alberta Under Alternative Policy Scenarios
Creators: Van Os, Jessica D.
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

Canada has set a goal to reach net-zero electricity. For Alberta, this remains a significant challenge. Although Alberta has achieved considerable greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions by eliminating coal and expanding its renewable fleet, a unique electricity market and the dominance of natural gas-fired generation, which accounted for over 80% of generation in 2023, has created uncertainty surrounding transition timelines and feasibility. Policies including provincial carbon pricing and carbon credit generation, federal investment tax credits to reduce the cost of low GHG projects, and a draft federal standard to limit annual GHG emissions from fossil fuel plants, will impact future electricity supply. This work uses a long-term capacity expansion and dispatch model to assess how alternative policies could shape Alberta's pathway to net-zero electricity between 2023 and 2045 within its competitive market. Results show a 75% GHG reduction by 2030 as a result of existing GHG policies. Scenarios project that tripling Alberta's 2024 wind capacity, retrofitting 75% of existing combined-cycle gas units with carbon capture, and low-use dispatchable thermal generation could enable annual GHG emissions of less than 3 MtCO2e by 2035. Draft federal standards could enable further reductions to 1 MtCO2e of annual GHG emissions by 2045. With electricity GHG emissions down from 29 MtCO2e in 2020, the goal of net-zero could be within reach. The timing and capacity of new wind and carbon capture retrofits was dependent on the value of carbon credits, removing carbon credits entirely may increase cumulative GHG emissions by 142 MtCO2e. Overall, modelling suggests existing technology can be deployed at rates already seen in Alberta to approach net-zero, but GHG reductions depend on the policy framework over the coming decades.
Surrogate Models for Hysteresis Response Prediction of Steel Braces under Seismic Loading
Creators: Pessiyan, Sepehr
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

Numerical simulation is extensively used in advanced analysis of structures under seismic loading. Even though computational power and solution algorithms have advanced over the years, response evaluation of complex structures using numerical methods can still be challenging due to high computational cost, uncertainties associated with material properties, boundary conditions and numerical elements, access to advanced commercial software packages, and lack of scalability. The development of advanced techniques, including machine learning (ML) methods, along with abundant extensive laboratory test data linked to diverse structural elements, has opened new avenues for structural analysis. These methods offer potential solutions to the problems encountered in numerical simulation.

This M.Sc. thesis aims to develop data-driven surrogate models for the prediction of nonlinear hysteresis response of braces in steel concentrically braced frames and steel buckling-restrained braced frames under seismic loading using artificial neural networks powered by the long short-term memory (LSTM) algorithm. These surrogate models are intended to be used in nonlinear seismic analysis of steel braced frame structures. The data-driven models are designed using two approaches: 1) the first approach estimates the hysteresis response parameters of the brace using LSTM architecture trained on laboratory test data and synthetic numerical data of steel braces, namely tensile yielding force capacity, compressive buckling and post-buckling capacities are estimated using the surrogate models. 2) the second approach expands the application of the proposed LSTM model to predict the complete axial load time history of steel braces using transfer learning methodology leveraging the knowledge learned by the initially trained LSTM model. The surrogate models developed using these approaches are validated using laboratory and synthetic data. Particularly, static analysis of isolated braces and pseudo-dynamic hybrid simulation of a complete steel braced frame structure subjected to earthquake accelerations are performed.

The findings suggest that the proposed surrogate models offer a computationally efficient technique with sufficient accuracy to conduct both nonlinear static and nonlinear dynamic analyses of steel braced frame structures under seismic loading. Moreover, the application of transfer learning, as an innovative approach for nonlinear hysteresis prediction in steel structures, is demonstrated to bypass the complexity associated with constructing response prediction surrogate models.
Sex Differences of the Central Amygdala's Immune Response in EAE-Induced Chronic Pain
Creators: Wass, Adam C
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease that is characterized by demyelination of central nervous system axons. Symptoms of MS are highly heterogenous, although some, such as motor deficits and chronic pain, are very common in those with the disease. Defined by the International Association for the Study of Pain as pain that persists or recurs for longer than 3 months, chronic pain represents a source of significant reductions in quality of life. To date, however, the underlying mechanisms facilitating chronic pain in MS remain largely unknown. One contributor to chronic pain is the immune system, which, although shown to act differently in males and females, displays converging mechanisms of facilitation of chronic pain. To date, the majority of this work has been performed in the spinal cord, but comparatively little is known about the role of brain-resident immune cells roles in chronic pain or how these cells may influence activity within pain processing regions of the brain. This project aims to characterize the sex differences in the immune response within the central amygdala, a major hub for incoming and outgoing pain signalling. Using a murine model of MS with stereotyped pain behaviours, Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis (EAE), I demonstrate that within the amygdala, EAE induced robust cytokine dysregulation. Additionally, using the Four Core Genotype murine model, I show that the observed inflammatory dysregulation was significantly greater in animals with XX sex chromosome complement and/or ovaries. To assess if microglia were the primary drivers for this dysregulation, I assessed microglial morphology, density, and colocalization with cytokines showing sex differences, Cxcl1 and Cxcl10, and found minimal sex differences. However, astrocytes, another immunocompetent glial cell population within the brain, displayed significantly greater colocalization with tested cytokines. Furthermore, I observed a significant upregulation of Gfap+ astrocytes in the central amygdala of female EAE mice, but not males. Together, this study suggests that astrocytes may contribute to a greater extent than microglia to the sex differences in EAE-induced inflammation within the central amygdala.
Supplemental Material, pp-2017-0084-File003 - Staying active and focused? The effect of parliamentary performance on candidate renomination and promotion
Creators: name: Yildirim, Tevfik Murat
name: Kocapınar, Gülnur
name: Ecevit, Yüksel Alper
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 160607 International Relations
subject: FOS: Political science

description: Supplemental Material, pp-2017-0084-File003 for Staying active and focused? The effect of parliamentary performance on candidate renomination and promotion by Tevfik Murat Yildirim, Gülnur Kocapınar and Yüksel Alper Ecevit in Party Politics
Supplementary document for A Robust Shortcut for Controlling Bloch States in Optical Lattices - 6587608.pdf
Creators: name: Hu, Dong
name: Jin, Shengjie
name: yu, Zhongcheng
name: Shui, Hongmian
name: Wang, Yu
name: Zhou, Xiaoji
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Atomic Physics

description: Supplement 1
Simulation as a Decision-Support Tool in Construction Project Management
Creators: Rafid, Muhtasim Fuad
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

Simulation is a powerful tool, critical to effective construction project management.

They can provide decision support for different aspects of a construction project, but they have not been adopted widely in the construction industry as they are difficult to use.

This thesis has developed Simphony-as-a-Service, an advanced simulation tool

that bridges the gap between simulation software and real-world construction practices. The key contributions of this work are the following: Re-architecting Simphony, a powerful multi-functional legacy software, into a cloud-based software as a service on the micro-service architecture for easy adoption; Grounding the tool in a project-modeling language aligned with industry standards; Providing a browser accessible user interface, tailored to the needs of different stakeholders, i.e., project owners, project managers, and on-site personnel; Incorporating critical-path computation and comparisons to assist in identifying critical tasks and evaluating alternative schedules; Providing APIs for real-time project progress tracking, enhancing monitoring capabilities, and enabling model re-simulation from any point in time of a project for exploring what-if scenarios and facilitating informed decision-making.
Benchmarks and Analysis of QUIC Performance on Emulab
Creators: Muthuraj, Naveenraj
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

QUIC has been a fast-evolving protocol and, with its standardization as part of HTTP/3, it is an important part of the World Wide Web. Since its introduction in 2014, QUIC changed significantly from Google QUIC (gQUIC) to an IETF standard (2021). Understanding the performance of the current version of QUIC and how it compares to the older version is important, given its evolution and increased adoption.

We conduct a comprehensive performance evaluation of two versions of QUIC against TCP: Google QUIC version 37 from 2017 (gQUICv37) and IETF QUIC version 1 from 2021 (QUICv1). Following the parameters (e.g., latency, loss, and jitter) and methodology established by a notable QUIC paper from 2017, we validate the performance of gQUICv37 and extend our experiments to QUICv1. We leverage the Emulab testbed, which facilitates reproducible research.

We show that the performance advantages of QUIC over TCP, from core features like 0-RTT to reduce connection latency and multiple streams to avoid head-of-line (HOL) blocking, are consistent in gQUICv37 (2017) and QUICv1 (2021). There are also notable performance advantages due to the (1) new BBR congestion control algorithm and (2) updated loss detection strategy, that improve QUICv1 over gQUICv37 under packet reordering scenarios by (1) 60% to 80% and (2) 46% to 48% (using CUBIC), respectively, particularly for 10 MB objects. By utilizing Emulab and sharing our scripts and code, we enable other researchers to replicate and extend our study for future versions of QUIC.
Optimization of condition-based maintenance in wind energy systems using numerical approach
Creators: Zuo, Yunqiu
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

Effective maintenance strategies play a critical role in ensuring the operational integrity of wind farms while concurrently reducing costs. Among a variety of maintenance strategies, condition-based maintenance (CBM) stands out as an effective approach nowadays. This is an approach to maintenance that prioritizes actions based on the observed condition of an asset or equipment, rather than following fixed schedules or time-based intervals. It relies on continuous monitoring, data analysis, and predictive algorithms to identify potential issues or failures before they occur. Through optimization of CBM policies, operating and maintenance (O&M) costs can be minimized, while enhancing the reliability of wind turbines and components. This in turn brings significant benefits for the wind industry, fostering its sustainability and competitiveness.

In existing studies, simulation methods were commonly used for CBM policy cost evaluations. The simulation methods demonstrated flexibility in modeling diverse scenarios and factors. However, due to its reliance on sampling, variations occur in the evaluation of CBM costs, leading to non-smooth surfaces in the cost function. This sampling characteristic may lead to issues such as local minima and convergence, thereby complicating the optimization process. A numerical method was originally proposed in a previous study to evaluate the maintenance cost rate of wind farm systems, aiming to address limitations identified in the simulation methods mentioned above. However, it had issues in obtaining reasonable cost evaluation and optimization results.

This thesis develops a modified numerical method based on previous studies for more accurate wind farm CBM cost evaluation. The CBM policy used in this study is the same as those used in the referred studies in the literature. Compared to the existing numerical method, the proposed modified numerical method addresses the issues and achieves more accurate results mainly by introducing a new 4-dimensional structure for the component age combination probability matrix, and integrating a previously separate age combination probability transition matrix into the main cost evaluation loop. With the modified numerical method, we are able to find the optimal CBM policy, which were not possible before. The results are verified using multiple examples. The cost surface generated by of the numerical method exhibits greater smoothness and cost estimation outcomes are stable, which supporting the optimization process. Thus, the optimal CBM policy corresponding to the minimum maintenance cost rate can be estimated more accurately compared to the simulation method. Sensitivity analysis and comparative studies with the simulation method were conducted to emphasize the advantages of the numerical method. This thesis provides basis for further advancing numerical methods for wind farm CBM policy evaluation and optimization.
title: Safflower :
title: Guidelines for the Conduct of Tests for Distinctness, Uniformity and Stability.
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: International Union For The Protection Of New Varieties Of Plants..,
Publisher: name: International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants
Year: 0
Subjects: New Varieties of Plants
Safflower
Group identity

description: The purpose of these guidelines (“Test Guidelines”) is to elaborate the principles contained in the General Introduction (document TG/1/3), and its associated TGP documents, into detailed practical guidance for the harmonized examination of distinctness, uniformity and stability (DUS) and, in particular, to identify appropriate characteristics for the examination of DUS and production of harmonized variety descriptions.
Supplementary document for Doping-modulated high-performance self-powered synaptic devices - 6587672.pdf
Creators: name: Yang, Chengdong
name: Su, Linlin
name: Xia, Kaipeng
name: Li, Xinwei
name: Liu, Yilong
name: Li, Hui
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplement 1
ETN890137 Supplemental Material - Supplemental material for Exercising agency in a hostile environment: How do refused asylum seekers find work?
Creators: name: May, Paul
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Ethnic Studies
subject: 160607 International Relations
subject: FOS: Political science
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: Supplemental material, ETN890137 Supplemental Material for Exercising agency in a hostile environment: How do refused asylum seekers find work? by Paul May in Ethnicities
JMI_Manuscript_on_enacted_abusive_supervision_appendix_C – Supplemental material for Abusive Supervisory Behavior Aimed at Raising Work Group Performance
Creators: name: Farmanara, Parviz
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 150310 Organisation and Management Theory
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: Supplemental material, JMI_Manuscript_on_enacted_abusive_supervision_appendix_C for Abusive Supervisory Behavior Aimed at Raising Work Group Performance by Parviz Farmanara in Journal of Management Inquiry
Strain Gradient Continuum Model for the Mechanics of Fiber-Reinforced Composites
Creators: Siddiqui, Tahmid Rakin
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

The mechanics of a thin material reinforced with fiber subjected to different loading conditions (such as extension, bending) is derived which considers the fibers as a spatial Kirchhoff rod. The Euler equilibrium equation is derived by minimizing the total potential energy which is formulated based on strain gradient theory. The derivation is carried out in a curvilinear coordinate system that is originated from the concept of differential surface geometry and produces highly non-linear partial differential equations (PDE) which govern displacement in tangential (in-plane) as well as in normal (out-of-plane) direction. In order to reduce the computational cost and time for solving the non-linear PDEs, a linearization technique has been incorporated to formulate corresponding linear PDEs which can be solved analytically. The benefit of adopted linear theory in this work is that the in plane and out-of-plane displacements are decoupled and their analytical solutions are expressed by summation of an Eigen-function series. The obtained linear results show good agreement with the existing non-linear results in literature and further address deformation under normal and combined loads.
O'SMIR SHAXSIDA  KOMPYUTER O'YINLARI VA TELEFONGA TOBELIKNI BARTARAF QILISHNING IMKONIYATLARI
Creators: name: Kamolova, Shirinoy
name: Saydullayeva, Muhayyo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: Maqolada O‘smir shaxsida kompyuter o‘yinlari va telefonga tobelikni bartaraf qilishning imkoniyatlarini o ‘rganishga bag‘ishlangan bo‘lib, Tobelik ya’ni addiktiv xulq - bu shaxs xulqining biror narsaga hirs qo’yishdan iborat zararli jihatlari yoritilgan.
INE894800 Supplemental Material - Supplemental material for ADAPT technique in ischemic stroke treatment of M2 middle cerebral artery occlusions in comparison to M1 occlusions: Post hoc analysis of the PROMISE study
Creators: name: Navia, Pedro
name: Schramm, Peter
name: Fiehler, Jens
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 110904 Neurology and Neuromuscular Diseases
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Neuroscience

description: Supplemental material, INE894800 Supplemental Material for ADAPT technique in ischemic stroke treatment of M2 middle cerebral artery occlusions in comparison to M1 occlusions: Post hoc analysis of the PROMISE study by Pedro Navia, Peter Schramm, Jens Fiehler and on behalf of the PROMISE Study Investigators in Interventional Neuroradiology
Additional file 1 of The potential role of migratory birds in the transmission of pathogenic Campylobacter species to broiler chickens in broiler poultry farms and live bird markets
Creators: name: Tawakol, Maram M.
name: Nabil, Nehal M.
name: Samir, Abdelhafez
name: M., Hawash H.
name: Yonis, Ahlam E.
name: Shahein, Momtaz A.
name: Elsayed, Mona M.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Virology

description: Additional file 1: Table 1. oligonucleotide primers used for Campylobacter isolates characterization. Figure 1. Representative agarose gel electrophoresis of PCR products for Campylobacter isolates to detect 23S rRNA in genomic DNA. Lane L: DNA ladder, P: Positive control, N: Negative control and Lanes: 1 to 15 were positive samples. Figure 2. Representative agarose gel electrophoresis of PCR products for Campylobacter jejuni to detect mapA in genomic DNA. Lane L: DNA ladder, P: Positive control, N: Negative control and Lanes: 2, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 ,13 and 14 were positive samples and Lanes: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 15 were negative. Figure 3. Representative agarose gel electrophoresis of PCR products for ceuE detection in genomic DNA. Lane L: DNA ladder, P: Positive control, N: Negative control and Lanes: 2, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 were negative samples and Lanes: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 15 were positive. Figure 4. Representative agarose gel electrophoresis of PCR products VirB11 detection in genomic DNA. Lane L: DNA ladder, P: Positive control, N: Negative control and Lanes: 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 were negative samples and Lanes: 3, 4, and 10 were positive. Figure 5. Representative agarose gel electrophoresis of PCR products for ciaB detection in genomic DNA. Lane L: DNA ladder, P: Positive control, N: Negative control and Lanes: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 15 werenegative samples and Lanes: 6, 7, 12, 13 and 14 were positive. Figure 6. Representative agarose gel electrophoresis of PCR products for iam detection in genomic DNA. Lane L: DNA ladder, P: Positive control, N: Negative control and Lanes: 1 to 15 were positive. Figure 7. Representative agarose gel electrophoresis of PCR products to detect tetAin genomic DNA. Lane L: DNA ladder, P: Positive control, N: Negative control and Lanes: 1 to 15 were positive. Figure 8. Representative agarose gel electrophoresis of PCR products to detect BlaOXA-61 in genomic DNA. Lane L: DNA ladder, P: Positive control, N: Negative control and Lanes: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13 and 14 were positive and Lanes: 3, 12 and 15 were negative. Figure 9. Map of Damietta Governorate showing the location of the selected five broiler chicken farms (blue circles represents poultry farms) and the three live bird markets (orange circles represents poultry farms) for the study in relation to the rest of Damietta Governorate.
Supp_material_Bestion_et_al._review – Supplemental material for GNS561 acts as a potent anti-fibrotic and pro-fibrolytic agent in liver fibrosis through TGF-β1 inhibition
Creators: name: Eloïne Bestion
name: Jilkova, Zuzana Macek
name: Jean-Louis Mège
name: Novello, Marie
name: Keerthi Kurma
name: Seyedeh Tayebeh Ahmad Pour
name: Lalmanach, Gilles
name: Vanderlynden, Lise
name: Fizanne, Lionel
name: Bassissi, Firas
name: Madani Rachid
name: Tracz, Jennifer
name: Boursier, Jérôme
name: Courcambeck, Jérôme
name: Serdjebi, Cindy
name: Ansaldi, Christelle
name: Decaens, Thomas
name: Halfon, Philippe
name: Brun, Sonia
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Cardiology
subject: 110306 Endocrinology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 110308 Geriatrics and Gerontology
subject: 110904 Neurology and Neuromuscular Diseases
subject: 111702 Aged Health Care
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 111599 Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: 110319 Psychiatry (incl. Psychotherapy)
subject: 110203 Respiratory Diseases

description: Supplemental material, Supp_material_Bestion_et_al._review for GNS561 acts as a potent anti-fibrotic and pro-fibrolytic agent in liver fibrosis through TGF-β1 inhibition by Eloïne Bestion, Zuzana Macek Jilkova, Jean-Louis Mège, Marie Novello, Keerthi Kurma, Seyedeh Tayebeh Ahmad Pour, Gilles Lalmanach, Lise Vanderlynden, Lionel Fizanne, Firas Bassissi, Madani Rachid, Jennifer Tracz, Jérôme Boursier, Jérôme Courcambeck, Cindy Serdjebi, Christelle Ansaldi, Thomas Decaens, Philippe Halfon and Sonia Brun in Therapeutic Advances in Chronic Disease
Analytic correlation for the thermodynamic properties of water at low temperatures (200–300 K)  and high pressures (0.1–400 MPa) and its application in predictive thermodynamics for isochoric  (constant-volume) cryopreservation
Creators: Grenke, Julia H
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

Water is a unique molecule that is frequently studied. A lesser studied region of liquid water

properties is the low-temperature and high-pressure range. Equations that represent the properties

of  liquid water  in  this  region  are  applicable  to  oceans,  hydrospheres,  clouds/precipitation,  and

cryopreservation.  One major  application  of  this  region  of  liquid  water  properties  is  a  type  of

cryopreservation called isochoric (constant-volume) cryopreservation.  This thesis contains two

major parts. The first part is the development of a correlation that is able to analytically represent

thermodynamic properties of liquid water using only 17 adjustable parameters, as well as being

able to predict the melting curve between liquid water and ice Ih (the most common structure of

ice found on earth) with more accuracy than other analytic, low parameter correlations. The second

part  of  this  thesis  utilizes  the  developed  correlation  for  liquid water,  together  with  an  analytic

correlation for ice Ih from the literature, Gibbsian thermodynamics, and multicomponent solution

thermodynamics to predict the behavior of an isochoric cryopreservation system as it is cooled to

subfreezing temperatures. Predictions include the prediction of pressure, volume fraction of ice,

and solute concentration in the unfrozen fraction throughout the cooling process. The predictions

were  verified  by  comparing  predicted  pressure  increases  to  experimentally  measured  pressure

increases reported in  literature. This model can be used to aid  in the future design of isochoric

cryopreservation experiments and protocols.
Supplementary document for Silicon metaoptics for the compact generation of perfect vector beams in the telecom infrared - 6587910.pdf
Creators: name: Vogliardi, Andrea
name: Ruffato, Gianluca
name: Bonaldo, Daniele
name: Dal Zilio, Simone
name: Romanato, Filippo
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplementary Infomation File. S1: Polarization states and Hybrid Poincaré Spheres. S2: Broadband metaoptics performance. S3: Optical characterization setup.
Additional file 1 of Can global or national disability weights represent provincial level?
Creators: name: He, Qin
name: Zhou, Maigeng
name: Yin, Peng
name: Jiang, Bo
name: Qi, Jinlei
name: Liu, Yunning
name: Liu, Jiangmei
name: You, Jinling
name: Zhou, Yuchang
name: Long, Zheng
name: Xing, Xiuya
name: Cheng, Qianyao
name: Chen, Yeji
name: Wang, Huadong
name: Liu, Zhirong
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health

description: Additional file 1. Supplementary Material.
Appendix_A. - Systematic Review of the Patterns of Orofacial Injuries in Physically Abused Children and Adolescents
Creators: name: Sarkar, Reena
name: Ozanne-Smith, Joan
name: Bassed, Richard
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 160299 Criminology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Law

description: Appendix_A. for Systematic Review of the Patterns of Orofacial Injuries in Physically Abused Children and Adolescents by Reena Sarkar, Joan Ozanne-Smith, and Richard Bassed in Trauma, Violence, & Abuse
Additional file 1 of Rheolytic thrombectomy using an AngioJet ZelanteDVT catheter or a Solent Omni catheter for patients with proximal vein thrombosis
Creators: name: Gong, Maofeng
name: Fu, Guanqi
name: Liu, Zhengli
name: Zhou, Yangyi
name: Kong, Jie
name: Zhao, Boxiang
name: Lou, Wensheng
name: Gu, Jianping
name: He, Xu
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Hematology

description: Additional file 1: Supplementary Table. SIR Classification of Bleeding Complications.
title: Die kinderärztliche Praxis und Frühe Hilfen
title: Der NZFH-Forschungszyklus „Zusammen für Familien“ (ZuFa-Monitoring)
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Van Staa, Juliane
name: Renner, Ilona
Publisher: name: BZGA - Federal Centre for Health Education
Year: 2019

description: Kompakt
Supplemental Material, PITOW_Summary_Tables - Parenting in Times of War: A Meta-Analysis and Qualitative Synthesis of War Exposure, Parenting, and Child Adjustment
Creators: name: Hend Eltanamly
name: Leijten, Patty
name: Jak, Suzanne
name: Geertjan Overbeek
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 160299 Criminology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Law

description: Supplemental Material, PITOW_Summary_Tables for Parenting in Times of War: A Meta-Analysis and Qualitative Synthesis of War Exposure, Parenting, and Child Adjustment by Hend Eltanamly, Patty Leijten, Suzanne Jak, and Geertjan Overbeek in Trauma, Violence, & Abuse
Supplementary document for Supergrowth and sub-wavelength object imaging - 6587927.pdf
Creators: name: Karmakar, Tathagata
name: Chakraborty, Abhishek
name: Vamivakas, Nickolas
name: Jordan, Andrew
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Intensity calculations
Additional file 2 of Overall morbidity after total minimally invasive keyhole oesophagectomy versus hybrid oesophagectomy (the MICkey trial): study protocol for a multicentre randomized controlled trial
Creators: name: Klotz, Rosa
name: Diener, Markus K.
name: Schmidt, Thomas
name: Hackert, Thilo
name: Graf, Sandra
name: Fuchs, Hans F.
name: Grimminger, Peter
name: Egberts, Jan-Hendrick
name: Gockel, Ines
name: van der Sluis, Pieter C.
name: Doerr-Harim, Colette
name: Klose, Christina
name: Feißt, Manuel
name: Mihaljevic, Andre L.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Physiology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 2: Supplement 2. Common postoperative complications after esophagectomy and their respective definitions adapted according to the Esophagectomy Complications Consensus Group (ECCG). Grading according to Dindo-Clavien with clarifications for specific complications by the Japan Clinical Oncology Group.
title: Exploring for the Future program Showcase 2024 - Day 2 National Geoscience theme
Creators: name: U., Czarnota
name: A., Gorbatov
name: J., Duan
name: M., Hoggard
name: A., Ray
name: P., Main
name: A., Walker
name: G., Fraser
name: G., Sanchez
name: S., Wong
Publisher: name: Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: EFTF – Exploring for the Future
subject: Australia’s Resources Framework
subject: AusArray
subject: AusLAMP
subject: Lithospheric Mantle
subject: AusAEM
subject: Surface Geochemistry
subject: Heavy minerals
subject: Isotopic Atlas of Australia
subject: Layered geology
subject: Earth Sciences
subject: Published_External

description: The Exploring for the Future program Showcase 2024 was held on 13-16 August 2024. Day 2 - 14th August talks included: Session 1 - Architecture of the Australian Tectonic PlateAusArray: Australian lithosphere imaging from top to bottom - Dr Alexei GorbatovAusLAMP: Mapping lithospheric architecture and reducing exploration space in Australia - Jingming Duan Constraining the thermomechanical and geochemical architecture of the Australian mantle: Using combined analyses of xenolith inventories and seismic tomography - Dr Mark Hoggard Session 2 - Quantitative characterisation of Australia's surface and near surfaceAusAEM: The national coverage and sharpening near surface imaging - Dr Anandaroop Ray  Unlocking the surface geochemistry of Australia - Phil MainSpotlight on the Heavy Mineral Map of Australia - Dr Alex Walker 
Session 3 – Maps of Australian geology like never beforeAn Isotopic Atlas of Australia: Extra dimensions to national maps - Dr Geoff FraserFirst continental layered geological map of Australia - Dr Guillaume SanchezAn integrated 3D layered cover modelling approach: Towards open-source data and methodologies for national-scale cover modelling - Sebastian Wong 
The recordings will be made available in the coming days.
Transparent Capacitive Micromachined Ultrasound Transducer (CMUT) Arrays for Photoacoustic Applications
Creators: Ghavami Khabir, Seyed Mahyar
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

Photoacoustic imaging is a hybrid imaging modality that takes advantage of deep ultrasound penetration and optical contrast to provide both structural and functional information deep in the tissue. The opaque transducers used in the existing photoacoustic imaging systems impose limitations on efficient tissue illumination, leading to degraded signal-to-noise ratio. This thesis aims to overcome this issue by developing optically transparent ultrasound transducers with different form factors using capacitive micromachined ultrasound transducer (CMUT) technology. This includes introducing the first flexible transparent CMUT array with high bending reliability for photoacoustic tomography or applications requiring curved or shape-conformal arrays. In the next step towards improving the performance of these systems, a transparent CMUT array with dual-band operation is proposed for wide-band photoacoustic imaging, enhancing both resolution and imaging depth. Finally, this thesis pioneers the fabrication of a transparent row-column CMUT array for high-quality volumetric photoacoustic imaging. The introduced transparent CMUT arrays in this research allow through-illumination photoacoustic imaging, offering several benefits such as enhanced signal-to-noise ratio, elimination of blind spots, and system miniaturization. They also enable novel applications by combining photoacoustic imaging with other modalities, potentially enhancing the accuracy of imaging and diagnosis in various clinical settings. This work lays the foundation for transparent row-column CMUT arrays with large apertures, paving the way for next-generation multi-modal imaging systems with exceptional image quality and frame rate capabilities.
Supplementary document for Over 50 W all-fiber mid-infrared supercontinuum laser - 6588076.pdf
Creators: name: Jiao, Yadong
name: Jia, Zhixu
name: Zhang, Chengyun
name: Guo, Xiaohui
name: Meng, Fanchao
name: Guo, Qi
name: Yu, Yong-Sen
name: Ohishi, Yasutake
name: Qin, WP
name: Qin, Guanshi
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplemental Document
SupplementalFile7 – Supplemental material for Clinically Relevant Biomarker Discovery in High-Risk Recurrent Neuroblastoma
Creators: name: Utnes, Peter
name: Løkke, Cecilie
name: Flægstad, Trond
name: Einvik, Christer
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Supplemental material, SupplementalFile7 for Clinically Relevant Biomarker Discovery in High-Risk Recurrent Neuroblastoma by Peter Utnes, Cecilie Løkke, Trond Flægstad and Christer Einvik in Cancer Informatics
THE THEME OF LOVE AND ROMANCE IN UZBEK LITERATURE
Creators: name: Shokirova, Markhabo
name: Anvarova, Maftunakhan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: Love and romance have long been central themes in world literature, shaping narratives that reflect cultural and societal values. Uzbek literature, deeply rooted in historical and folkloric traditions, presents love in various forms—ranging from idealized and poetic to tragic and socially constrained. This paper explores the portrayal of love and romance in Uzbek literature, analyzing key works such as Layli va Majnun (Alisher Navoi), O'tkan Kunlar (Abdulla Qodiriy), Kecha va Kunduz (Cho'lpon), and Yulduzli Tunlar (Pirimqul Qodirov). Through a qualitative literary analysis, this study examines how the theme of love has evolved over time and how it reflects broader societal changes. By comparing classical and modern representations, we aim to highlight the dynamic nature of love and romance in Uzbek literary tradition.
Phonetic variability of the Spanish alveolar tap: spontaneous production and spoken word recognition
Creators: Perry, Scott J.
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

The present dissertation investigated the spontaneous production of the Spanish alveolar tap and how the variability typical of spontaneous speech impacts the process of spoken word recognition. Our corpus analyses found that intervocalic taps vary in duration and intensity due to speech rate and phonetic environment. The intensity drop during taps is also associated with changes in lexical frequency, with higher-frequency words containing taps that are more likely to be reduced. These findings indicate that properties at the word level are related to systematic variation in Spanish tap production, aligning with similar findings in other languages. In the corpus analyses, automated methods did not reliably measure duration, while the same force-aligned boundaries were acceptable for measuring intensity differences. After qualitatively and quantitatively documenting the substantial variability in tap production, we designed an auditory lexical decision experiment to investigate how the reduction of the tap impacts how L1 and L2 Spanish listeners recognize words. In our initial planned analyses, we found that L1 listeners could exploit the advantage of a canonical pronunciation to facilitate recognition accuracy but that no such effect was present for L2 listeners. When we changed our binary reduction variable to a tap-type coding based on previous literature, we saw an inhibitory effect associated with highly reduced perceptual taps. Our exploratory analyses outlined a potential confound between the expected production of the tap for specific words and our variable of interest - reduction. These findings indicate that L1 and L2 listeners recognize words faster when they contain taps that are more typical for that word and that after controlling for this experimentally or statistically, phonetic reduction is an inhibitory factor on spoken word recognition. Taken together, our production and perception data indicate that the variability of Spanish taps is due to lexical and phonetic variables and that word-specific patterns of variability in production shape the process of spoken word recognition regardless of language background.
Supplementary_material_tva - The Relevance of Cognitive Behavioral Models of Post-Traumatic Stress Following Child Maltreatment: A Systematic Review
Creators: name: Wiseman, Hannah
name: Hamilton-Giachritsis, Catherine
name: Hiller, Rachel M.
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 160299 Criminology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Law

description: Supplementary_material_tva for The Relevance of Cognitive Behavioral Models of Post-Traumatic Stress Following Child Maltreatment: A Systematic Review by Hannah Wiseman, Catherine Hamilton-Giachritsis, and Rachel M. Hiller in Trauma, Violence, & Abuse
Supplementary document for An optically-transparent meta-window for wireless communication - 6588134.pdf
Creators: name: Lai, Yun
name: Chu, Hongchen
name: Hou, Tianyu
name: Li, Xiangteng
name: Hao, Yufeng
name: luo, hao
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: This document includes the simulated and measured field-intensity distributions behind the meta-window at 2.4 GHz
title: Cártamo :
title: Directrices para la ejecución del examen de la distinción, la homogeneidad y la estabilidad.
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: International Union For The Protection Of New Varieties Of Plants..,
Publisher: name: International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants
Year: 0
Subjects: Safflower
Group identity
New Varieties of Plants

description: La finalidad de estas directrices (“directrices de examen”) es elaborar los principios que figuran en la Introducción General (documento TG/1/3) y sus documentos TGP conexos, con objeto de que sirvan de orientación práctica y detallada para el examen armonizado de la distinción, homogeneidad y estabilidad (DHE) y en particular, para identificar los caracteres apropiados para el examen DHE y producir descripciones armonizadas de variedades.
Supplemental_material - A Retrospective Analysis of Nonocclusive Mesenteric Ischemia in Medical and Surgical ICU Patients: Clinical Data on Demography, Clinical Signs, and Survival
Creators: name: Stahl, Klaus
name: Busch, Markus
name: Maschke, Sabine K.
name: Schneider, Andrea
name: Manns, Michael P.
name: Fuge, Jan
name: Wiesner, Olaf
name: Meyer, Bernhard C.
name: Hoeper, Marius M.
name: Hinrichs, Jan B.
name: David, Sascha
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 110305 Emergency Medicine
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 111702 Aged Health Care
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110203 Respiratory Diseases

description: Supplemental_material for A Retrospective Analysis of Nonocclusive Mesenteric Ischemia in Medical and Surgical ICU Patients: Clinical Data on Demography, Clinical Signs, and Survival by Klaus Stahl, Markus Busch, Sabine K. Maschke, Andrea Schneider, Michael P. Manns, Jan Fuge, Olaf Wiesner, Bernhard C. Meyer, Marius M. Hoeper, Jan B. Hinrichs, and Sascha David in Journal of Intensive Care Medicine
Transition to an Electronic Health Record in Stroke Rehabilitation:  Perspectives on Assessment and Workflow
Creators: Jhingan, Palak
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

This thesis explores the transition to an Electronic Health Record (EHR) system in an inpatient stroke rehabilitation setting at Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital (GRH), describing the perceptions and experiences of rehabilitation therapists and managers. The thesis begins with a scoping review, with the objective of examining the extent of existing literature on rehabilitation therapists’ perspectives on EHR transitions and identifying prevailing gaps in literature. This objective is achieved by systematically searching and analyzing relevant literature from electronic bibliographic databases such as Ovid MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, and SCOPUS. Due to the sparse availability of studies specifically targeting rehabilitation therapists, the review broadens its focus to include allied health professionals (AHPs). The scoping review classifies the findings as perceived facilitators and perceived barriers; and identifies the following gaps in the existing research- limited isolated studies specifically focusing on perceptions of rehabilitation professionals, a geographical concentration of research predominantly in Australia, and a gap in exploring perspectives around clinical practice. Rather, literature lays an emphasis on the usability and functionality perceptions of EHR systems.

The subsequent qualitative study seeks to fill the identified gap by exploring EHR transition perceptions on assessment and workflow, in an inpatient stroke rehabilitation setting. The study employs qualitative descriptive methods- focus groups and thematic analysis- to delve into the experiences of rehabilitation therapists and managers on transitioning to EHR. The thematic analysis is informed by the themes of E.M. Rogers’ Diffusion of Innovations (DoI) theory, and the findings are organized under DoI theory’s key technical themes—relative advantage, compatibility, complexity, trialability, and observability—and social themes—adopter categories, psychological factors, and team and organizational dynamics.

Under technical attributes, EHR offered a relative advantage and observable benefits over traditional systems in enhancing communication and information access, patient-centered goal setting and continuity of care. However, it introduced challenges like compatibility issues with existing workflows, increased documentation burdens and technical complexities. The study also illuminated the essential role of human and social factors in EHR adoption, with participant categorization into Rogers' adopter categories revealing varied staff readiness and acceptance. The transition's psychological effects, marked by resistance, anxiety, and adaptation levels, underscored the need for a supportive organizational culture with peer support and proactive leadership to facilitate EHR adoption.
Supplementary document for Observation of RIN reduction via spectral broadening in NPR-based stretched pulse fiber laser - 6588146.pdf
Creators: name: Xu, Zishuo
name: Huang, Qianqian
name: Tian, Haochen
name: Huang, Zinan
name: lilong, dai
name: yan, quan
name: Song, Youjian
name: Mou, Chengbo
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: additional experimental results
Supplemental Material, JSR-16-350.R3_web_appendix - Sharing Goods? Yuck, No! An Investigation of Consumers’ Contamination Concerns About Access-Based Services
Creators: name: Hazée, Simon
name: Vaerenbergh, Yves Van
name: Delcourt, Cécile
name: Warlop, Luk
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 150310 Organisation and Management Theory
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: 150402 Hospitality Management

description: Supplemental Material, JSR-16-350.R3_web_appendix for Sharing Goods? Yuck, No! An Investigation of Consumers’ Contamination Concerns About Access-Based Services by Simon Hazée, Yves Van Vaerenbergh, Cécile Delcourt, and Luk Warlop in Journal of Service Research