cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Maddening Queers: Psychiatric Discourses Around 2SLGBTQIA+ Identities in Twentieth Century Canada
Creators: Blockley, Aidan
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

Much has been written about the history of 2SLGBTQIA+ people and their treatment in psychiatric institutions in parts of the world such as the United Kingdom, the United States, and the Soviet Union. Despite the former two countries being Canada’s main psychiatric influences, little has been written (in academic literature) on the subject within the Canadian context. This thesis aims to help fill in this research gap, using a Foucauldian genealogical method applied to five archives, of which two represent professional psychiatric/psychological and sexological perspectives, and three represent the perspectives and stories of lesbian, gay, transsexual, and ex-mental patient activists. What was found was a sexual-sanist logic, which uses sexuality as a marker of mental illness, and vice versa. Sexual-sanism, specifically, highlights the sexual dimensions of sanism, which is a system of oppression and prejudice levied against psychiatrized people; this includes a host of myths and prejudices which posits the “insane” person as more sexually deviant, dangerous, etc., while also positing sexually deviant and/or “queer” people as more mentally unstable. In this logic, as it applies to the time period of 1962-1991 in Canada, the criteria of observed “inappropriate relating” and “inappropriate re/acting” are used as markers of mental illness. This logic was applied to three separate, but overlapping, threads of discourse, one of which split transgender people into normative “transsexual” and deviant “transvestite” categories; the second of which both criminalised queerness and generated a perverse category of heterosexuality, based on legal policy concerning dangerous sexual offences and psychiatric literature on sexually anomalous males; and the third of which focused on the testimonies of queer (and generally nonnormative) people in psychiatric wards. Suggestions are given for future research through oral history and specific foci in provincial archives and QTBIPOC activist history.
supplementay_file – Supplemental material for Survival benefit of first-generation epidermal growth factor receptor–tyrosine kinase inhibitors in female with advanced lung cancer
Creators: name: Kwon, Byoung Soo
name: Park, Ji Hyun
name: Seulgi Kim
name: Sojung Park
name: Wonjun Ji
name: Kim, Woo Sung
name: Lee, Jae Cheol
name: Park, Yu Rang
name: Choi, Chang-Min
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2019
Subjects: Medicine

description: Supplemental material, supplementay_file for Survival benefit of first-generation epidermal growth factor receptor–tyrosine kinase inhibitors in female with advanced lung cancer by Byoung Soo Kwon, Ji Hyun Park, Seulgi Kim, Sojung Park, Wonjun Ji, Woo Sung Kim, Jae Cheol Lee, Yu Rang Park and Chang-Min Choi in Tumori Journal
Cardioprotective Properties of a Synthetic, Structurally Mimetic 19,20- Epoxydocosapentaenoic Acid Analog: Implications of SIRT3  Potentiation on Ischemia Reperfusion Injury
Creators: Kranrod, Joshua W
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

Mounting evidence suggests that CYP epoxygenase-derived metabolites of docosahexaenoic acid, called epoxydocosapentaenoic acids (EDPs), limit mitochondrial damage following cardiac injury. In particular, the 19,20-EDP regioisomer has demonstrated potent cardioprotective action. Thus, we investigated our novel synthetic 19,20-EDP analog SA-22 for protection against cardiac IR injury. Isolated C57BL/6J mouse hearts were perfused via Langendorff apparatus for 20 minutes to obtain baseline function followed by 30 minutes of global ischemia.  Hearts were then treated with either vehicle, 19,20-EDP, SA-22, or SA-22 with the pan-sirtuin inhibitor nicotinamide (NAM), or the SIRT3-selective inhibitor 3-(1H-1,2,3-triazol-4-yl) pyridine (3-TYP) at the start of 40 minutes reperfusion (n = 5-8). We assessed IR injury-induced changes in recovery of myocardial function, using left ventricular developed pressure, systolic and diastolic pressure change. Tissues were assessed for electron transport chain (ETC) function, SIRT-1 and -3, optic atrophy type-1 (OPA1), and caspase-1. We also utilized H9c2 cells and neonatal rat cardiomyocytes (NRCMs) as in vitro models of hypoxia/reoxygenation injury. Perfusion with SA-22 significantly enhanced LVDP and dp/dt-max functional recovery (+50 percentage points) compared to vehicle alone, preserved ETC function, SIRT activity, and reduced activation of pyroptosis in response to IR and HR injury. Interestingly, while NAM co-treatment worsened functional outcomes, cell survival, and attenuated sirtuin activity, it failed to completely attenuate SA-22-induced protection against pyroptosis, possibly indicating EDPs exert cytoprotection through pleiotropic mechanisms. In short, these data demonstrate the potential of our novel synthetic 19,20-EDP analog SA-22 against IR/HR injury and justifies further development of therapeutic agents based upon 19,20-EDP.
Wildfire impacts on stream water quality in the Pacific Coastal Temperate Rainforest
Creators: Mahaux, Jeremie N
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

Forests generally provide the highest-quality water among all land cover types, but they are highly susceptible to disturbances like wildfire. Climate change is driving a trend toward hotter, drier conditions that have been intensifying fire regimes worldwide. The Pacific Coastal Temperate Rainforest (PCTR), where severe fire has previously been rare, is the biome projected to experience the greatest proportional increase in area burned relative to past levels. Wildfires can alter dissolved organic carbon (DOC) concentration, dissolved organic matter (DOM) composition and nutrient concentrations in streams, affecting in-stream ecosystem function and aspects of drinking water quality. The extent of these effects varies with landscape making it crucial to understand localized impacts, but research has been focused heavily on historically fire-prone regions. To evaluate how burn-affected catchments in the PCTR propagate their impacts to low order streams and how those impacts differ between baseflow and stormflow, I sampled streams and soils within nine recent (2015-2022) wildfire and paired reference sites. Samples were assessed for DOC concentration and composition, nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), suspended sediments, and a suite of cations and anions. At baseflow, I found lower concentrations of DOC (DOCref =2.5±0.2mg L-1, DOCburn = 1.8±0.2 mg L-1, p=0.085) and N (TDNref=187±30μg L-1, TDNburn=86±14μg L-1, p=0.002) in burned relative to reference sites, but greater concentrations of P (TDPref=3.7±0.3μg L-1, TDPburn=4.5±0.4μg L-1, p=0.024). Throughout storm events, constituents exhibited similar responses between burned and unburned catchments suggesting that the storms I sampled did not produce direct hydrologic connectivity between surficial soils and streams, perhaps due to high soil storage capacities enhanced by the historically dry sampling period. Finally, the effect of burn status was most pronounced in soil leachate samples, implying that the clear, direct impact of fire on terrestrial landscapes was poorly reflected in streams during my sampling period. The changes in nutrient concentrations I found may have implications for stream food web assemblages and drinking water treatability. Wildfire prevalence and severity is predicted to increase in this traditionally wet region; as a result, the results discussed here may be modest, compared to possible future effects.
Supplemental material for Successful conception in a 34-year-old lupus patient following spontaneous pregnancy after autotransplantation of cryopreserved ovarian tissue
Creators: name: G Chehab
name: J Krüssel
name: T Fehm
name: R Fischer-Betz
name: M Schneider
name: A Germeyer
name: M B Suerdieck
name: V Kreuzer
name: J Liebenthron
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 111702 Aged Health Care
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Supplemental Material for Successful conception in a 34-year-old lupus patient following spontaneous pregnancy after autotransplantation of cryopreserved ovarian tissue by G Chehab, J Krüssel, T Fehm, R Fischer-Betz, M Schneider, A Germeyer, MB Suerdieck, V Kreuzer and J Liebenthron in Lupus
Supplementary document for 3D structured illumination microscope using a spinning disk - 6585877.pdf
Creators: name: Zhang, Youchang
name: Asghari, Parisa
name: Scriven, David
name: Moore, Edwin
name: Chou, Keng
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Classical and Physical Optics

description: Supplemental Document
Optimizing Cost-Effective Healthcare through Social Determinants of Health and Robust Data Engineering : Strategies for Enhancing Community Members' Health
Creators: name: Hallur, Jayanna
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 420306
subject: Health care administration
classificationCode: 420308
subject: Health informatics and information systems
classificationCode: 420309
subject: Health management
classificationCode: 420311
subject: Health systems
classificationCode: 420305
subject: Health and community services

description: The rising healthcare costs requires innovative strategies to optimize cost-effectiveness while improving health outcomes. Among the core elements this article will be discussing are addressing social determinants of health and leveraging robust data engineering. This paper discusses how SDOH can be integrated into healthcare systems to enhance community health, using data-driven approaches with robust data engineering strategies that may improve health outcomes in a cost-effective manner. It helps health care systems to take advantage of advanced technological tools and integrated frameworks for tackling critical health disparities, improving population health, and reducing financial burdens. By synthesizing insights from already available literature, the paper presents innovative models that can enable the optimization of healthcare services.
Models of Selection Markets
Creators: Wu, Christopher
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

Selection markets describe markets in which people strategically ``select'' into certain options based on knowledge only they possess, and in doing so may communicate some of that knowledge. Examples include sick people buying more comprehensive health insurance contracts, talented students choosing more challenging programs, and high quality goods producers offering longer warranties. These markets tend to be inefficient—sometimes to the point of total collapse. The theory of selection markets can help to diagnose issues and offer policy solutions. This thesis analyzes three theoretical problems in the theory of selection markets. The first part is a technical contribution connecting the recent Azevedo-Gottlieb model to the older reactive equilibrium model. The second part studies insurance markets with a fixed cost of providing contracts, and gives a necessary and sufficient condition under which the market will collapse. The third provides a framework for simulating selection markets with choice frictions, and constructs a model within this framework to study the ambiguous effect of rational inattention on insurance market inefficiency.
Supplemental material for Pronator quadratus pedicled bone graft in the treatment of Kienböck disease: follow-up 2 to 12 years
Creators: name: Shin, Young Ho
name: Yoon, Jun O
name: Ryu, Jae Jung
name: Lee, Tae Kyoon
name: Choi, Shin Woo
name: Kim, Jae Kwang
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 110314 Orthopaedics
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 110604 Sports Medicine
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110323 Surgery

description: Supplemental Material for Pronator quadratus pedicled bone graft in the treatment of Kienböck disease: follow-up 2 to 12 years by Young Ho Shin, Jun O Yoon, Jae Jung Ryu, Tae Kyoon Lee, Shin Woo Choi and Jae Kwang Kim in Journal of Hand Surgery (European Volume)
Additional file 10 of Early detection of myocardial ischemia in resting ECG: analysis by HHT
Creators: name: Wang, Chun-Lin
name: Wei, Chiu-Chi
name: Tsai, Cheng-Ting
name: Lee, Ying-Hsiang
name: Liu, Lawrence Yu-Min
name: Chen, Kang-Ying
name: Lin, Yu-Jen
name: Lin, Po-Lin
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Mental Health

description: Additional file 10. Negative * 47.docx
Astrocyte Lipid Homeostasis is Regulated by Glutamate
Creators: Rubio Atonal, Luis Fernando
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

Astrocytes can store excess fatty acids in lipid droplets to avoid lipotoxicity. Fatty acids can be released from lipid droplets and catabolized to generate energy in the mitochondria. We previously found reduced astrocytic lipid droplets and increased transport of fatty acids into the mitochondria in response to glutamate, the major excitatory neurotransmitter in the brain. Whether glutamate affects fatty acid catabolism and how glutamate regulates lipid droplet homeostasis in astrocytes is unknown. Here, we show that astrocytes use glutamate directly as fuel for increased oxidative phosphorylation while decreasing their use of glycolysis for ATP production. Importantly, glutamate had no effect on fatty acid catabolism in mitochondria. Instead, increased fatty acid transport is likely used for mitochondrial maintenance as we found decreased reactive oxygen species with a concomitant increase in mitochondrial mass upon glutamate treatment. Consistent with healthier mitochondria, we observed that glutamate increased AMPK phosphorylation and supressed the induction of autophagy, which probably reduces the lipid flux into lipid droplets. Altogether, this study reveals how exogenous application of glutamate, a major excitatory neurotransmitter in the brain, regulates fatty acid homeostasis in astrocytes.
JOM_833445_online_supplement – Supplemental material for Mind Your Language: The Effects of Linguistic Ostracism on Interpersonal Work Behaviors
Creators: name: Fiset, John
name: Devasheesh P. Bhave
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 150310 Organisation and Management Theory
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: Supplemental material, JOM_833445_online_supplement for Mind Your Language: The Effects of Linguistic Ostracism on Interpersonal Work Behaviors by John Fiset and Devasheesh P. Bhave in Journal of Management
Supplemental Material1 - Supplemental material for Comparison of the biomechanics of radial head prostheses with dynamic loading in the radiocapitellar joint
Creators: name: Sun, Yucheng
name: Adikrishna, Arnold
name: Hong, Hanpyo
name: Tan, Jun
name: Jeon, In-Ho
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2019
Subjects: Orthopaedics
Sports Medicine
Surgery

description: Supplemental material, Supplemental Material1 for Comparison of the biomechanics of radial head prostheses with dynamic loading in the radiocapitellar joint by Yucheng Sun, Arnold Adikrishna, Hanpyo Hong, Jun Tan and In-Ho Jeon in Journal of Hand Surgery (European Volume)
Supplemental_Material – Supplemental material for Analysis of the Sarbanes-Oxley Ban on Non-Audit Services From an Auction Model Perspective
Creators: name: Elitzur, Ramy
name: Gavious, Arieh
name: Yizhaq Minchuk
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 150310 Organisation and Management Theory
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: Supplemental material, Supplemental_Material for Analysis of the Sarbanes-Oxley Ban on Non-Audit Services From an Auction Model Perspective by Ramy Elitzur, Arieh Gavious and Yizhaq Minchuk in Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance
Supplementary document for Self-pulsing and dual-mode lasing in a square microcavity semiconductor laser - 6585902.pdf
Creators: name: Li, Jian-Cheng
name: Huang, Yong-Tao
name: Ma, Chun-Guang
name: Zhang, Zhen-Ning
name: Xiao, Jin-Long
name: Yang, Yue-De
name: Huang, Yong-Zhen
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplemental Document 1
Additional file 3 of Estimation of source, path, and site factors of S waves recorded at the S-net sites in the Japan Trench area using the spectral inversion technique
Creators: name: Dhakal, Yadab P.
name: Kunugi, Takashi
name: Yamanaka, Hiroaki
name: Wakai, Atsushi
name: Aoi, Shin
name: Nishizawa, Azusa
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Geophysics
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences

description: Additional file 3: Plots of focal mechanisms and stress drops of earthquakes
title: Galileo's Brush with Artistry: The Intersection of Art and Science in Seicento Italy
Creators: name: Datz, Nina
Publisher: name: The University of Texas at Austin
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Galileo Galilei
subject: Art History
subject: History
subject: History of Science
subject: Seicento
subject: Italy
subject: Writing Flag Award

description: While most will recognize the great names and achievements of Italian art and science, few realize that these two definitive disciplines of Italian history have been deeply interconnected for centuries. Surprisingly, one of the strongest examples of this symbiosis is found in the life and work of the 17th-century Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei- famed primarily for his groundbreaking telescopic discoveries and dramatic trial by the Catholic Church. As an artist, friend of artists, art critic, supplier of instruments, and even a subject of art, the science giant's integral and multifaceted role in the Italian art world reflects the increasingly interdependent nature of the relationship between these fields. Through an examination of Galileo, this paper seeks to illuminate not only the existence of this connection but how it was forged by both disciplines' ceaseless pursuit of advancement.
title: Remembering Barbara Jordan: A Missed Opportunity
Creators: name: De Zwart, Norah D.
Publisher: name: The University of Texas at Austin
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Commemoration rhetoric
subject: statue rhetoric
subject: rhetoric of dis/ability
subject: Barbara Jordan
subject: UT campus
subject: memorial rhetoric
subject: Writing Flag Award

description: A critical analysis of how memorials ask viewers to remember their honoree(s) in a highly specific manner and how this can prove to be problematic. An interaction of other works on memorial rhetoric and an analysis of the Barbara Jordan statue at UT.
Application of a 3D Model to Simulate Water Quality in a Stormwater Pond
Creators: Mehdizadeh, Mahyar
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

The coupled three-dimensional hydrodynamic and water quality ELCOM-CAEDYM model was used to investigate the factors impacting the abundance of algae as a key indicator of water quality in a stormwater pond in the city of Edmonton, Canada. Field measurements collected from May to October of 2014 and 2015 were used to set up the model and to calibrate the model. The inflow time series, as an important boundary condition, was estimated using the reverse level pool routing method with low-pass filtering of the observed water level time series. Both analytical and Monte Carlo simulations showed that errors in the estimated inflows are directly related to the area of the pond and inversely related to the numerical time step.

ELCOM was calibrated and validated for water temperature. The model accurately simulated the thermal structure of the pond including mixing and stratification. Sensitivity analysis of ELCOM showed that the model is most sensitive to albedo. Sensitivity analysis showed that the most influential CAEDYM model parameters were, the maximum potential growth rate, algal respiration, mortality and excretion rate, minimal internal phosphorous concentration, and light half saturation constant for algae limitation. Total chlorophyll-a (TCHLA) was found to be the most sensitive model variable and as a result CAEDYM was calibrated and validated, primarily focusing on TCHLA, while also considering other state variables such as dissolved oxygen, total phosphorous, and total nitrogen.

Furthermore, the sensitivity of ELCOM-CAEDYM to the boundary conditions and depth was comprehensively assessed. For this, different scenarios were defined by altering flow rates, nutrient loads, air temperature, wind speed, and depth, and their corresponding impacts on different biogeochemical and hydrodynamic processes were evaluated. The trophic state of the pond under these scenarios was also assessed. Given that ELCOM-CAEDYM effectively simulated algae dynamics, as demonstrated through calibration and validation, and considering its responsiveness to changes in boundary conditions, it can be used as a tool to predict water quality under future climate and management plans.

KEYWORDS: ELCOM-CAEDYM, sensitivity, reverse level pool routing, water quality, stormwater pond.
Cursos Online para Horas Complementares
Creators: name: Souza, Marcos Alexandre de
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Faculdade FaSouza
Cursos Online
Enriqueça seu Currículo
Oportunidade Única
Habilidades para o Futuro

description: Melhores cursos online para horas complementares na Faculdade FaSouza: Invista no seu futuro acadêmico!

Se você é um estudante universitário em busca de formas de enriquecer o seu currículo acadêmico, os cursos online para horas complementares oferecidos pela Faculdade FaSouza são a solução perfeita para você! Preparados para fornecer conhecimentos atualizados e relevantes para a sua formação, esses cursos oferecem uma maneira fácil e conveniente de expandir suas habilidades e aprimorar suas perspectivas futuras.

Com mais de 5 anos de excelência acadêmica, a FaSouza é uma instituição de renome que entende a importância de complementar a formação acadêmica tradicional com experiências práticas e especializadas. Os cursos online para horas complementares oferecem uma ampla gama de opções.
SoDa-TAP v2: Social Data Analysis Made Simple
Creators: Ali, Hassnain
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

Social platforms are the mirror of our society’s values, beliefs, and activities and have become the subject of study of many disciplines; researchers often study the themes and sentiments of social-platform discussions and attempt to

understand how the various aspects of these discussions correlate with people’s influence and the spread of ideas. This type of research requires substantial software engineering work. We developed SoDa-TAPv2 (Social Data - Toolkit Analysis Platform, Version 2) to automate many useful tools and to make them available to scholars of all disciplines. SoDa-TAPv2 integrates (i) a data ingestion and analysis pipeline, and (ii) a visual query language through which to review data and evaluate hypotheses. The pipeline enhances datasets with lexical analyses, sentiment analysis, humor detection, and identification of personal values and Big Five personality traits from text and images. The visual query language features an intuitive drag-and-drop interface that enables users to filter and slice datasets to create distinct sample sets and save them for future use, perform aggregations, categorize data into buckets through classification, clustering, and natural breaks, and compare these buckets using statistical analyses and visualizations.
High Energy Particle Telescope Suite Design: Electron Microburst Detector and Read-out Electronics
Creators: Telikicherla Kandala, Anant Kumar
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

In-situ measurements of energetic particle precipitation in the near-Earth space environment are essential for understanding the governing physical processes responsible for this precipitation, as well as to elucidate the possible impacts of space radiation on the Earth’s atmosphere. This thesis describes the design elements of a High Energy Particle Telescope, which is being developed to fly onboard the RAdiation Impacts on Climate and Atmospheric Loss Satellite (RADICALS) mission. The particular focus of this thesis is the design and development of two components of the particle telescope: (a) a miniaturized radiation detector and (b) accompanying signal processing electronics. The designed detector is a novel multi-pixel photon counter (silicon photomultiplier) based scintillation detector, that is optimized to measure electron microbursts, which are bursty and short timescale (< 1 s) bursts of electron precipitation arising from the scattering of energetic (having energies ranging from a few keV to MeV) electrons from the Van Allen belts into the Earth's atmosphere. The detector can resolve sub-relativistic and relativistic microbursts with energies between 200 keV and 3 MeV at 10 ms cadence. The detector and electronics have been designed with a modular architecture enabling use on future cubesats, balloons, sounding rockets and small-satellite missions. A version of this detector has also been realized as a part of the Payload for Energetic Particle Precipitation Education and Research-eXperiment (PEPPER-X), which is slated to launch on the NASA RockSat-X student sounding rocket mission in August 2024. A successful launch on the sounding rocket platform would raise the Technology Readiness Level (TRL) of the detector and electronics, in advance of the RADICALS mission.
Review Essay
Creators: name: Accordino, John
name: Conte, Annie W.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Food access persists as a public policy concern in the United States. In the past 20 years, a variety of public and private organizations and activists have taken different approaches to address it, with varying levels of success. In the meantime, a newer actor—the dollar store—has come on the scene, proliferating widely in both urban and rural areas, alarming advocates for improved healthy food access and others. We used the business literature to describe these stores and their business models, and we reviewed scholarly literature from the public health and community development fields that is critical of them, as well as literature that views these stores as an opportunity for communities. We reviewed the efforts of localities to date to control and limit dollar stores, as well as efforts to work with them via partnerships. We offer recommendations for how planners can navigate the challenges of dollar stores to improve food access and maintain community vitality. The growth of dollar stores has added complexity to the task of improving food access in low-income communities, especially in rural and small-town settings. By staying grounded in their core competency of land use planning and regulation, and using both traditional and new tools, planners can navigate the challenges of dollar stores to achieve vibrant places with healthy, fresh food.
Water balance of a hybrid poplar phytocap on a reclaimed phosphogypsum stack
Creators: Kravchinsky, Gleb
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

Phosphogypsum (PG) is a by-product of phosphorus fertilizer production and is piled into large stacks that eventually require reclamation. The first step in the reclamation process is constructing a topsoil cap to facilitate revegetation. An alternative to traditional topsoil caps underlain with synthetic liners are phytocaps, which effectively reduce deep drainage through canopy interception of rainwater, temporary water storage in the root zone, and evapotranspiration. The objective of this study was to assess the risk of deep drainage below a phytocap of fast-growing poplar trees was established on a PG stack at a former phosphorus fertilizer plant in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, in 2015, by measuring and modelling its water balance.Components of the soil water balance – root zone soil water storage, precipitation, transpiration – were measured on-site with soil moisture sensors, meteorological station, soil moisture sensors and heat ratio sap flow sensor measurements scaled by leaf area. Runoff was assumed to be negligible, and surface/canopy evaporation was estimated by comparing measured changes in soil moisture storage following precipitation events during the growing season. Deep drainage below the root zone was then estimated as the value required balance with the water inputs and losses with measured changes in root zone soil water storage. Because transpiration was not measured over the entire growing season, empirical models were developed to fill in gaps in the transpiration using other meteorological variables. Average deep drainage estimates for the 2019 and 2020 growing seasons were 10 mm and -47 mm, respectively. Based on these results, the hybrid poplar phytocap apparently minimized or eliminated deep drainage during the growing season and even offset the positive deep drainage that occurred during snowmelt in the spring of 2020 when the trees were not actively transpiring. The clay liner at the base of the PG stack (up to 30 m below the surface) is likely key to retaining deep drainage from spring snowmelt within the stack that can be accessed by the poplars later in the growing season. Because the water balance of only two growing seasons was measured and only one spring snowmelt recharge event, it is suggested that deep drainage risks over the long term be further informed by further measurements and/or simulation models.
Towards Hardware Supported Domain Generalization in DNN-Based Edge Computing Devices for Health Monitoring
Creators: name: Loh, Johnson
name: Dudchenko, Lyubov
name: Viga, Justus
name: Gemmeke, Tobias
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Deep neural network (DNN) models have shown remarkable success in many real-world scenarios, such as object detection and classification. Unfortunately, these models are not yet widely adopted in health monitoring due to exceptionally high requirements for model robustness and deployment in highly resource-constrained devices. In particular, the acquisition of biosignals, such as electrocardiogram (ECG), is subject to large variations between training and deployment, necessitating domain generalization (DG) for robust classification quality across sensors and patients. The continuous monitoring of ECG also requires the execution of DNN models in convenient wearable devices, which is achieved by specialized ECG accelerators with small form factor and ultra-low power consumption. However, combining DG capabilities with ECG accelerators remains a challenge. This article provides a comprehensive overview of ECG accelerators and DG methods and discusses the implication of the combination of both domains, such that multi-domain ECG monitoring is enabled with emerging algorithm-hardware co-optimized systems. Within this context, an approach based on correction layers is proposed to deploy DG capabilities on the edge. Here, the DNN fine-tuning for unknown domains is limited to a single layer, while the remaining DNN model remains unmodified. Thus, computational complexity (CC) for DG is reduced with minimal memory overhead compared to conventional fine-tuning of the whole DNN model. The DNN model-dependent CC is reduced by more than 2.5x compared to DNN fine-tuning at an average increase of F1 score by more than 20% on the generalized target domain. In summary, this article provides a novel perspective on robust DNN classification on the edge for health monitoring applications.
Supplementary document for Tunable slow light device based on graphene metasurface - 6585999.pdf
Creators: name: Gong, Yumin
name: Quan, Baogang
name: HU, Fangrong
name: Jiang, Mingzhu
name: Longhui, Zhang
name: Zhang, Yongjie
name: Liu, Xingpeng
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplementary materials
Experimental investigation of surface chemistry on the performance of heat pipes
Creators: Kabir, Raihanul
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

Much research has been performed over the past few decades on heat pipe performance enhancement. A major thrust of investigation has been to examine factors impacting condensation. Measurements suggest that drop-wise condensation achieves a comparatively larger rate of condensate discharge on smooth and textured surfaces. To promote drop-wise condensation, surface chemical treatments can be used. In some cases (e.g. carbon nanotube coating), the chemical treatments in question increase the overall thermal conductivity. More typically, however, the effect of the chemical treatment is to increase the resistance to heat transfer by conduction. In such instances, there is a trade-off associated with the application of surface chemical treatments because they decrease conduction but facilitate enhanced convection. The current research focuses on the effect of surface energy on the condenser section of a representative flat plate heat pipe. Our experimental design includes a transparent top, and so allows for visual confirmation of the mode of condensation. Observations and measurements can, therefore, be compared against those collected in a small-scale condensation chamber that includes metal coupons having different surface chemical properties.

In this study small coupons of 25.4 mm * 25.4 mm * 3 mm (Length * Breadth * Thickness) are chemically treated to create hydrophobic and superhydrophobic surfaces and examined in terms of condensation behaviour inside a condensation chamber. Visual data has been analyzed with the help of Image Pro Premier software. In particular, we quantify the degree to which a superhydrophobic coating increases the degree of water droplet shedding. By extension, we quantify the degree to which applying a low surface energy coating in the condenser section of a heat pipe decreases overall thermal resistance and thereby increases heat pipe performance. Additionally, we also explore the effect of the angle of inclination on the performance of the heat pipe in terms of the temperature profile along the external wall of the heat pipe.
Exploring Heterogeneity in Wildfire Evacuation Choices for Holistic Evacuation Planning
Creators: Zehra, Syeda Narmeen
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

Wildfire incidents present significant challenges to communities, necessitating effective evacuation strategies. This research explores the heterogeneity in wildfire evacuation choices to inform more holistic evacuation planning strategies by using an extensive dataset collected from residents of Western Canada (Alberta and British Columbia) through a stated preference survey. Leveraging discrete choice modelling approaches (namely standard logit model, mixed logit model, latent class choice model), the study conducts a comprehensive quantitative analysis of stated evacuation behaviours in Western Canada.

Findings reveal consistent patterns and notable differences across evacuation choices, influenced by individual, demographic, and situational factors. While variables related to evacuation preparedness and risk perception consistently play a significant role, demographic factors such as age, gender, and household composition also emerge as influential factors. Mixed logit models demonstrate a marginally better fit for some choices when compared to the standard logit models, highlighting the importance of considering random parameters such as gender, household composition, and residence type in evacuation planning. The latent class choice model results show how various attributes in the membership model influence class composition, providing insights into the preferences and behaviours of different segments of the population.

Recommendations include investing in infrastructure for public shelters, improving major evacuation routes, implementing diverse communication strategies, and tailoring evacuation plans to household needs. Limitations identified in this research include potential biases in survey data and methodology constraints, highlighting the need for more comprehensive future studies. Rather than assuming a one-size-fits-all approach to evacuation planning, this research acknowledges and uncovers the diversity of responses among evacuees.
Mechanoreceptive A$β$ primary afferents discriminate naturalistic social touch inputs at a functionally relevant time scale
Creators: name: Xu, Shan
name: Hauser, Steven C.
name: Nagi, Saad S.
name: Jablonski, James A.
name: Rezaei, Merat
name: Jarocka, Ewa
name: Marshall, Andrew G.
name: Olausson, Håkan
name: McIntyre, Sarah
name: Gerling, Gregory J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Neurons and Cognition (q-bio.NC)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Interpersonal touch is an important channel of social emotional interaction. How these physical skin-to-skin touch expressions are processed in the peripheral nervous system is not well understood. From microneurography recordings in humans, we evaluated the capacity of six subtypes of cutaneous mechanoreceptive afferents to differentiate human-delivered social touch expressions. Leveraging statistical and classification analyses, we found that single units of multiple mechanoreceptive A$β$ subtypes, especially slowly adapting type II (SA-II) and fast adapting hair follicle afferents (HFA), can reliably differentiate social touch expressions at accuracies similar to human recognition. We then identified the most informative firing patterns of SA-II and HFA afferents, which indicate that average durations of 3-4 s of firing provide sufficient discriminative information. Those two subtypes also exhibit robust tolerance to spike-timing shifts of up to 10-20 ms, varying with touch expressions due to their specific firing properties. Greater shifts in spike-timing, however, can change a firing pattern's envelope to resemble that of another expression and drastically compromise an afferent's discrimination capacity. Altogether, the findings indicate that SA-II and HFA afferents differentiate the skin contact of social touch at time scales relevant for such interactions, which are 1-2 orders of magnitude longer than those for non-social touch.
description: 14 pages, 8 figures, includes supplemntary materials at the end of the document
Sites of antibody affinity modification in the gut of zebrafish (Danio rerio)
Creators: Alimo, Emmanuel T.
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

Affinity maturation enhances antibody binding for antigens, impacting vaccine efficacy, immunotherapies, and autoimmune diseases. In homeotherms, the process of affinity maturation and the subsequent selection of B cell-producing antibodies with higher affinity takes place in specialized germinal centers (GCs). These GCs are histologically defined areas primarily consisting of B cells, T follicular helper cells (Tfh), and follicular dendritic cells (FDCs). Within these centers, B cells specific to antigens undergo proliferation and acquire mutations in their VDJ exons mediated by activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID). Subsequently, these B cells compete for selection by binding to a limited amount of antigen on the surface of FDCs.

For a long time, poikilothermic vertebrates were thought to lack antibody affinity maturation. However, recent studies indicate that though lacking histologically distinct germinal centers, yet have a functional analogue of germinal centers displaying clonal expansion, somatic hypermutation, and antigen-driven selection in pigmented cell clusters called Melanomacrophage clusters (MMCs). Though not previously thought of as containing secondary lymphoid tissue, the whole intestine of zebrafish was observed to show signs of clonal expansion of B cells. We tested the hypothesis that MMCs are present in the intestines and are functionally analogous to germinal centers. The intestine was sectioned into three parts, and fluorescence microscopy was used to detect and isolate the MMCs that auto fluoresce due to high amounts of lipofuscin from the intestine. Transcripts of B cells expressing IgM and IgT isotypes prominent in the gut were targeted with specific primers and amplified with PCR, followed by high-throughput next-generational sequencing. We observed that most of the MMCs were found in the posterior portion of the intestine. VDJ repertoire analysis shows evidence of B cells within the MMCs undergoing clonal expansion while acquiring somatic hypermutations in the VDJ exons. These findings provide insights into the evolution of the affinity maturation process.
Discrete Stopping Times in Vector Lattices
Creators: Polavarapu, Achintya Raya
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

The interplay between order structure and probability theory has long been studied. In recent years this has led a generalization of many of the concepts from probability

theory to arbitrary vector lattices. In this thesis, we study the generalization of discrete stopping times in vector lattices. To do so, we first study the sup-completion of a vector lattice using the Maeda-Ogasawara representation of its universal completion. Using this, we show that the Daniell functional calculus for continuous functions is exactly the pointwise composition of functions in C(K), where K is the Stone space

of the vector lattice. These tools allow us to study unbounded stopping times and obtain a ”nice” representation of them in vector lattices.
Factors Influencing Verticillium Stripe in Canola: Blackleg Interaction, Host Resistance, and pH
Creators: Wang, Yixiao
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

Verticillium stripe, caused by Verticillium longisporum, is emerging as an important disease of canola (Brassica napus) in Canada. This thesis aimed to enhance understanding of potential interactions between Verticillium stripe and blackleg (Leptosphaeria maculans), assess the influence of pH on the growth of V. longisporum and the severity of Verticillium stripe, and identify sources of resistance to this disease. The impact of V. longisporum/L. maculans interactions on yield was evaluated under both field and greenhouse conditions. Co-inoculation resulted in increased blackleg severity and yield losses. In some cases, Verticillium stripe caused greater yield losses than blackleg. The influence of pH on the growth of V. longisporum was assessed by measuring colony diameter after 14 and 21 days of incubation on potato dextrose agar at varying pH levels (4.7, 5.5, 6.5, 7.4, and 8.6). Colonies of V. longisporum exhibited approximately 16% greater diameter at pH 7.4 and 8.6 compared to pH 5.5. The impact of pH on disease development at the seedling stage was examined using a semi-hydroponic system with half-strength Hoagland’s solution at different pH levels (4.4, 5.4, 6.3, 7.5, and 8.4). Disease severity was most pronounced at pH 7.5 and 8.4. In a follow-up experiment, canola seedlings previously inoculated with the fungus were transplanted into potting mix with pH levels of 5.6, 6.4, 7.2, and 7.8. Verticillium stripe was most severe at pH 7.8, indicating a substantial risk of increased disease and yield losses in neutral to slightly alkaline soils. Finally, 211 Brassica genotypes were screened for reactions to V. longisporum under greenhouse conditions and subjected to a genome-wide association study to identify single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers for resistance. Eleven non-commercial Brassica accessions and nine out of 35 commercial canola cultivars displayed a low normalized area under the disease progress curve, suggesting their potential as sources of resistance against V. longisporum. Additionally, 45 significant SNP markers were identified, with promising hotspots located on chromosomes A03 and A10. Collectively, the results highlight the need for proactive strategies to manage Verticillium stripe in canola.
The Blue Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (BlueMUSE) on the VLT: End-To-End simulator 'BlueSi'
Creators: name: Wendt, Martin
name: Castro, Norberto
name: Martens, Sven
name: Pharo, John
name: Weilbacher, Peter M.
name: Krajnović, Davor
name: Richard, Johan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: BlueMUSE is a blue, medium spectral resolution, panoramic integral-field spectrograph under development for the Very Large Telescope (VLT). We demonstrate and discuss an early End-To-End simulation software for final BlueMUSE datacube products. Early access to such simulations is key to a number of aspects already in the development stage of a new major instrument. We outline the software design choices, including lessons learned from the MUSE instrument in operation at the VLT since 2014. The current simulation software package is utilized to evaluate some of the technical specifications of BlueMUSE as well as giving assistance in the assessment of certain trade offs regarding instrument capabilities, e.g., spatial and spectral resolution and sampling. By providing simulations of the end-user product including realistic environmental conditions such as sky contamination and seeing, BlueSi can be used to devise and prepare the science of the instrument by individual research teams.
description: 20 pages, 13 figures
Discrete Element Modelling of Transitional Behaviour in Intermediate Soils
Creators: Hou, Min
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

Increasing evidence of soils with transitional behaviour challenges the well-known critical state soil mechanics. Contrary to the assumption of unique NCL and CSL in the CSSM framework, transitional behaviour is featured by non-unique NCLs and CSLs, which is greatly dependent on the specimen initial state (i.e., initial void ratio). This introduces complexities in geotechnical design, as the strength of transitional soils is state-dependent, posing problems of constitutive modelling such as the Cam-Clay or Nor-Sand model. Though plenty of laboratory experiments on transitional soils have been conducted, very few studies have revealed the transitional mechanism at the microscopic scale, and the current quantitative methods have limitations, especially when dealing with specimens with a narrow range of initial specific volumes.This study developed discrete element models to analyze the 1-D compression behaviour of loess, focusing on the transitional mechanism under ultra-high stress conditions (~58 MPa) with varying initial void ratios (0.80 – 1.09). The models were calibrated in light of laboratory data; the parametric study reveals seven factors impacting transitional behaviour: initial void ratio, contact model type, grading, particle breakage, particle shape, inter-particle friction coefficient, and average particle size. Besides the m factor by Ponzoni et al. (2014), this study proposed two quantitative indices (i.e., normalized bandwidth and ∆e ratio) and corroborated the validity of these parameters against published information. Moreover, a unified soil classification system was developed based on the relationship between these quantitative indices and constant volume friction angle. This work provides another direction in investigating the mechanism of transitional behaviour at the particle level.
Supplementary document for Broadband optical nonlinearity and all-optical switching features in low-defect GaN - 6586289.pdf
Creators: name: Shi, Fangyuan
name: Li, Zhongguo
name: Wu, Xingzhi
name: Yang, Junyi
name: Xiao, Zhengguo
name: Wu, Quanying
name: Song, Yinglin
name: fang, yu
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: One figure (Fig. S3) and one table (Table S5) have been added