cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Tumores uroteliales de vias altas:Valor del TCMD y ecografia con contraste
Creators: name: Vega eraso, Juan
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Neoplasia
subject: Ultrasound
subject: CT
subject: Kidney
subject: Abdomen

description: Objetivo docente
Revisión del tema
Conclusiones
description: Objetivo docente:
Ilustrar el espectro de hallazgos del URO-CT,
considerada la técnica gold-standard en el diagnóstico de los tumores de la vía excretora superior (uréter,pelvis renal y cálices). Mostrar la ayuda complementaria de la ecografía con contraste...
Изучение и преподавание медиевистики в вузах Ярославля
Creators: name: Данилов Евгений Сергеевич
Publisher: name: Vox medii aevi
Year: 2017
Subjects: медиевистика; Ярославский педагогический университет им. К. Д. Ушинского; Ярославский государственный университет им. П. Г. Демидова

description: Медиевистские изыскания в отдельных российских регионах давно обрели прочный фундамент в виде научно-образовательных структур различного уровня. Данная статья посвящена организационному становлению курсов истории европейского Средневековья в высших учебных заведениях города Ярославля. В качестве примера берется деятельность отдельных преподавателей ЯГПУ и ЯрГУ в XIX– XXI вв. Ярославский педагогический университет им. К. Д. Ушинского в течение большей части прошлого столетия был главной и единственной высшей школой региона. Преподавателями исторического факультета немало сделано для изучения международных отношений в Новое и Новейшее время. Медиевистическая составляющая их исследований представлена анализом европейской политической истории позднего Средневековья. Научная специализация студентов-медиевистов ЯГПУ ориентирована на историю христианства. Ярославский государственный университет им. П. Г. Демидова также внес значительный вклад в формирование интеллектуального облика края. Изначально сотрудников ЯрГУ интересовали политико-правовые аспекты. Сейчас внимание сконцентрировано на изучении проблем истории культуры. Подготовка бакалаврами выпускных аттестационных работ ведется, в первую очередь, по истории Византии и Западной Европы классического Средневековья. В работе обращается внимание на публикационную и конференционную активность ярославских медиевистов. Затрагивается процесс формирования кафедр всеобщей истории обоих университетов, перечисляются основные курсы лекционных и семинарских занятий.
title: Estenosis Hipertrófica de Píloro infantil: trucos y consejos para el radiólogo en formación.
Creators: name: del Riego Ferrari, Javier
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Paediatric
subject: Ultrasound
subject: Image compression
subject: Computer Applications-Detection, diagnosis
subject: Hyperplasia / Hypertrophy
subject: Motility
subject: Obstruction / Occlusion

description: Objetivo docente
Revisión del tema
Conclusiones
description: Objetivo docente:
El objetivo de esta presentación es mostrar e ilustrar de una forma rápida y práctica las diferentes características radiológicas de la estenosis hipertrófica del píloro (EHP),
aportando consejos dinámicos (¡¡lo que no esta en el libro!!)...
The effects of divalent cations on the dynamics of sulfogalactosylceramide and sulfogalactosylacylalkylglycerol multilayers: A study using the technique of high pressure Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy.
Creators: name: Tupper, Heather Suzanne.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: Biology, Cell.

description: Sulfogalactosylacylalkylglycerol (SGG) and sulfogalactosylceramide (SGC) are structurally related sulfatides that are found ubiquitously in the plasma membrane of male germ cells. Since Ca$\sp{2+}$ is a cation that plays important roles in many fertilization related events (Yanagimachi, 1988), we have been interested in determining whether Ca$\sp{2+}$ interacts with the negatively charged SGG/SGC and whether this interaction results in changes to the lipid dynamics. In this study, we used high pressure Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, a powerful technique that reveals information on different structural regions of the lipid molecule based on their specific infrared vibrational absorption modes. The study was performed using multilayer suspensions of the sulfatides. Our results showed that all three divalent cations electrostatically interacted with the sulfate moiety of hydrated SGG, although with varying degrees of strength. Similarly Ca$\sp{2+}$ bound to the sulfate moiety of solid SGC. It was found that hydrated SGG-Na$\sp+$ was interdigitated whereas hydrated SGC-Na$\sp+$ was not. The divalent cations presumably crosslinked the sulfate groups of neighbouring lipid molecules. In the case of SGG, this crosslinking removed the interdigitation. With SGC, the crosslinking by Ca$\sp{2+}$ weakened the hydrogen bonding of the interfacial region and the hydrocarbon chains became more disordered. Similar lipid dynamic effects of divalent cations were found in the SGG studies, with Mg$\sp{2+}$ inducing the greatest chain disorder followed by Ca$\sp{2+}$ then Sr$\sp{2+}$. An increase in chain disorder would increase the bilayer fluidity. Such a phenomenon may prove relevant to the changes of the sperm plasma membrane during fertilization-related event. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Efficient Photochemical Dihydrogen Generation Initiated by a Bimetallic Self-Quenching Mechanism
Creators: name: Pitman, Catherine L.
name: Kurtz, Daniel A.
name: Chambers, Matthew B.
name: Miller, Alexander J. M.
name: Brennaman, M. Kyle
Publisher: name: American Chemical Society (ACS)
Year: 2016

description: Artificial photosynthesis relies on coupling light absorption with chemical fuel generation. A mechanistic study of visible light-driven H2 production from [Cp*Ir(bpy)H]+ (1) has revealed a new, highly efficient pathway for integrating light absorption with bond formation. The net reaction of 1 with a proton source produces H2, but the rate of excited state quenching is surprisingly acid-independent and displays no observable deuterium kinetic isotopic effect. Time-resolved photoluminescence and labeling studies are consistent with diffusion-limited bimetallic self-quenching by electron transfer. Accordingly, the quantum yield of H2 release nearly reaches unity as the concentration of 1 increases. This unique pathway for photochemical H2 generation provides insight into transformations catalyzed by 1.
Auf dem Weg zu einer nachhaltigen Wirtschaft
Creators: name: Heyen, Dirk Arne
Publisher: name: Umweltbundesamt
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Grüne Wirtschaft
subject: ökologischer strukturwandel
subject: Green Economy
subject: sozial-ökologische Transformation
subject: Chemikalien
subject: Wirtschaft | Konsum
subject: Nachhaltigkeit | Strategien | Internationales
subject: Verkehr

description: Die Broschüre stellt Kernbotschaften und Handlungsempfehlungen für einen erfolgreichen Strukturwandel zur Green Economy anschaulich und allgemeinverständlich dar. Sie wurde im Rahmen des RFEOPLAN-Vorhabens "Ökologischer Strukturwandel" (FKZ 3716 14 101 0) erarbeitet. Die Broschüre richtet sich dabei vor allem an die Fachöffentlichkeit und interessierte Laien. Neben allgemeinen Ausführungen zum ökologischen Strukturwandel werden insbesondere Branchen Automobilwirtschaft und Basischemie untersucht. Quelle: www.umweltbundesamt.de
description: Die Broschüre stellt Kernbotschaften und Handlungsempfehlungen für einen erfolgreichen Strukturwandel zur Green Economy anschaulich und allgemeinverständlich dar. Sie wurde im Rahmen des RFEOPLAN-Vorhabens „Ökologischer Strukturwandel“ (FKZ 3716 14 101 0) erarbeitet. Die Broschüre richtet sich dabei vor allem an die Fachöffentlichkeit und interessierte Laien. Neben allgemeinen Ausführungen zum ökologischen Strukturwandel werden insbesondere Branchen Automobilwirtschaft und Basischemie untersucht.
title: Histiocitosis de células de Langerhans pulmonar. Hallazgos radiológicos.
Creators: name: Escobar Mallada, Beatriz
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: CT-High Resolution
subject: CT
subject: Thorax
subject: Lung

description: Objetivo docente
Revisión del tema
Conclusiones
description: Objetivo docente:
Revisión de los hallazgos radiológicos de la histiocitosis de células de Langerhans...
Perceptions of learning opportunities in youth women's ice hockey.
Creators: name: Boyd, Deanne.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: Education, Physical.

description: The purpose of this study was to examine how young female ice hockey players, their coaches, and their parents perceived the learning opportunities provided in women's ice hockey. Learning opportunities constitute one part of the overall participation and withdrawal motives cited by young athletes, and include factors related to optimal practice and playing time, as well as instruction and feedback from the coach. Focus group interviews were conducted with three groups of female competitive ice hockey players aged 12 to 15 years (n = 33), two groups of coaches (n = 7), and three groups of parents (n = 30). The focus group forum allowed participants to discuss what they felt the players liked and disliked about women's ice hockey using their own descriptions and perceptions.Comparisons were made to determine how accurately the perceptions of the parents and coaches coincided with what players reported they liked and disliked about ice hockey. Results indicated that the coaches' and parents' perceptions were very similar to the players' perceptions. The players, coaches, and parents of the present study all reported that factors related to learning opportunities were important to players. Participants cited that players enjoy improving and learning new skills, well organized practice, and instructive, corrective, and positive feedback from coaches. The findings in this study provide support for existing literature regarding the importance of numerous participation motives of female athletes. The current study contextualized many motives into factors players like and and dislike specifically about practice and competition. The present study also revealed additional participation motives specific to women's ice hockey, such as young female ice hockey players enjoying playing against boys' teams. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Development, Implementation, and Assessment of a Genetics Curriculum Across Institutions
Creators: name: Hocutt, Ginger
name: Vora, Neeta
name: Osborne, C Michael
name: Demmer, Laurie
name: Dotters-Katz, Sarah
name: Hardisty, Emily E.
Publisher: name: Thieme
Year: 2016

description: Objective Many residency programs offer limited exposure and minimal didactic time genetics, despite its frequent use in obstetrics and gynecology. The objective of this study was to develop, pilot, and assess a three-module women's health genetics curriculum for residents that was easily transferable between institutions. Methods An interactive three-module genetics curriculum covering basic principles, prenatal screening/diagnosis, and cancer genetics was developed. A pre- and posttests were used to assess improvement in knowledge. Subjective feedback was obtained to assess curricular satisfaction. The data were analyzed with descriptive statistics. Results The curriculum was administered at two institutions. Forty-eight residents attended ≥ 1 session. Twenty completed the pretest, and 23 completed the posttest. At the first institution, using audience response system, the percentage correct per question increased on 10/14 questions between pre- and posttests. All students felt the curriculum was useful and would strongly recommend to other residents. At the second institution, pre/posttests were distributed on paper. Mean scores significantly improved between pre- and posttests (p = 0.007). On the pretest, no residents scored > 70%. However, 8/13 scored > 70% on the posttest (p = 0.002). Instructors at both institutions described the curriculum as easy to use/implement. Conclusion This three-module workshop on women's health genetics was easily implemented across institutions and led to increased knowledge.
The association of serum copper and peripheral arterial occlusive disease in males: A case control study.
Creators: name: Farzad, Fatemeh (Ezzat).
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1994
Subjects: subject: Health Sciences, Pathology.

description: One hundred and two patients with cases of intermittent claudication (IC) from the vascular surgery clinics of the Ottawa General and Ottawa Civic Hospitals along with 99 control patients from different outpatient clinics of these Hospitals were recruited. For each subject information about the background, medical history, and lifestyle were collected by a face to face interview, using a questionnaire. A number of blood tests, and clinical examinations were also done to complete the information about the exposure, outcome, and the potential risk factors. Serum copper status was obtained through atomic absorption spectrophotometry and PAOD status was assessed by means of Doppler ultrasound. The variable smoking group was shown to be an effect modifier in this data and therefore, the odds ratios for different strata of smoking group were calculated. The association of serum copper and PAOD was statistically significant in ex-smokers with an odds ratio of 2.38 (95% CI: 1.10, 5.15) for a five unit increase of serum copper. In conclusion, smoking and systolic blood pressure were strongly associated with PAOD. The association of serum copper and PAOD, after adjusting for the variable smoking group, systolic blood pressure, and all other study confounders, was reduced to a non-significant level. However, after considering the variable smoking group as an effect modifier, a statistically significant association between serum copper and PAOD was demonstrated in ex-smokers. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
title: Aerosol pollution maps and trends over Germany with hourly data at four rural background stations from 2009 to 2018
title: Aerosol pollution maps and trends over Germany with hourly data at four rural background stations from 2009 to 2018
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Birmili, Wolfram
name: Heintzenberg, Jost
name: Hellack, Bryan
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2020

description: A total of 10 years of hourly aerosol and gas data at four rural German stations have been combined with hourly back trajectories to the stations and inventories of the European Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research (EDGAR), yielding pollution maps over Germany of PM10, particle number concentrations, and equivalent black carbon (eBC). The maps reflect aerosol emissions modified with atmospheric processes during transport between sources and receptor sites. Compared to emission maps, strong western European emission centers do not dominate the downwind concentrations because their emissions are reduced by atmospheric processes on the way to the receptor area. PM10, eBC, and to some extent also particle number concentrations are rather controlled by emissions from southeastern Europe from which pollution transport often occurs under drier conditions. Newly formed particles are found in air masses from a broad sector reaching from southern Germany to western Europe, which we explain with gaseous particle precursors coming with little wet scavenging from this region. Annual emissions for 2009 of PM10, BC, SO2, and NOx were accumulated along each trajectory and compared with the corresponding measured time series. The agreement of each pair of time series was optimized by varying monthly factors and annual factors on the 2009 emissions. This approach yielded broader summer emission minima than published values that were partly displaced from the midsummer positions. The validity of connecting the ambient concentration and emission of particulate pollution was tested by calculating temporal changes in eBC for subsets of back trajectories passing over two separate prominent emission regions, region A to the northwest and B to the southeast of the measuring stations. Consistent with reported emission data the calculated emission decreases over region A are significantly stronger than over region B. © Author(s) 2020.
Supplementary document for Tunable multilayer-graphene-based broadband metamaterial selective absorber - 4938477.pdf
Creators: name: Jiang, Xinpeng
name: Zhang, Zhaojian
name: chen, dingbo
name: Wen, Kui
name: Yang, Junbo
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Multi-interaction of the proposed absorber
«Поход трех Колл» (перевод и комментарии)
Creators: name: Борисова Ксения Михайловна
Publisher: name: Vox medii aevi
Year: 2017
Subjects: «Поход трех Колл»; Ирландия; Уи Нейллы; генеалогии; Айргиалла; Коллы

description: В данной статье предлагается перевод одного из ирландских генеалогических трактатов, сохранившихся в большинстве ирландских генеалогических сборников, наиболее ранний из которых датируется XII в. Текст рассказывает о возникновении королевства Айргиалла на севере Ирландии и объясняет его связи с крупнейшими ирландскими династиями. Составление генеалогий было широко распространено в средневековой Ирландии, и генеалогические трактаты, несмотря на свою легендарность, являются важнейшими источниками по интеллектуальной и политической истории средневековой Ирландии.
Use of Androgen Deprivation Therapy With Radiotherapy for Intermediate- and High-Risk Prostate Cancer Across the United States
Creators: name: Basak, Ramsankar
name: Falchook, Aaron D.
name: Chen, Ronald C.
name: Mohiuddin, Jahan J.
Publisher: name: American Medical Association (AMA)
Year: 2016

description: For aggressive, localized prostate cancer, the combination of
androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) with radiotherapy (RT)
is one of the best-studied treatments. Multiple randomized
clinical trials have consistently demonstrated that adding ADT
to RT improves survival. Despite this large amount of level
1 evidence, controversy remains regarding the role of ADT.
There are concerns that ADT may not benefit (or may even
harm) patients with comorbidities and that the survival benefit
from ADT may be replaced by dose-escalated RT, even
though the latter has never been shown to improve survival.
Therefore, we examined the adoption of ADT vs dose-escalated
RT across the United States.
Stratigraphic and structural framework of the Potsdam Group in eastern Ontario, western Quebec and northern New York State
Creators: name: Sanford, B. V
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Geology.

description: The presence of a major unconformity within the Potsdam Group is an important key to unlocking the geological history of this succession throughout its area of distribution in the Ottawa Embayment and Quebec Basin. The beds below the unconformity (Abbey Dawn and Covey Hill/Ausable formations) largely of continental origin up to 600 metres thick, is a complex assortment of red and grey quartzite cobble, quartz pebble and quartzarenite deposits of assumed Neoproterozoic to Early Cambrian age. The Covey Hill/Ausable formations have been further divided into four units of wide distribution beginning with the Jericho member of marginal marine origin, confined to the Quebec Basin bordering the Oka-Beauharnois Arch; succeeded and overlapped to the west by Hannawa Falls, Chippewa Bay and Edwardsville members of aeolian, fluvial and possible lacustrine origin. During and immediately following deposition of these members the beds were locally faulted, folded and subjected to a long period of subaerial erosion. This process was likely triggered by a plate tectonic event in progress during Neoproterozoic to early Early Cambrian time, when the continents were in a state of rifting and break-up, followed by the opening of the Iapetus Ocean. Above the unconformity are the white and grey Nepean and equivalent Cairnside and Keeseville formations up to 110 metres thick composed of quartzarenite and minor quartz pebble conglomerate of Late Cambrian to Early Ordovician age. These formations were deposited on the floor and margins of a seaway that entered the Ottawa Embayment from the east. The highland areas (arches) on all four sides of the embayment provided restricted marine depositional conditions that contributed to the precipitation of minor evaporates, a proliferation of stromatolites and a limited normal marine biota contained within the Nepean sandstone and its stratigraphic equivalents. Post-Potsdam deformation resulted in the rejuvenation of faults and local folding of Potsdam and younger Paleozoic strata throughout the Ottawa Embayment and Quebec Basin, the timing of which was likely associated with Taconian and Acadian orogenesis, and by the much later rifting of the North American continent that occurred with the break-up and separation of the continents in the Jurassic and Cretaceous.
title: Selection and application of trophic magnification factors for priority substances to normalize freshwater fish monitoring data under the European Water Framework Directive: a case study
title: Selection and application of trophic magnification factors for priority substances to normalize freshwater fish monitoring data under the European Water Framework Directive
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Duffek, Anja
name: Rüdel, Heinz
name: Kosfeld, Verena
name: Koschorreck, Jan
name: Fliedner, Annette
name: Rauert, Caren
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2020
Subjects: Süßwasser
EG-Wasserrahmenrichtlinie

description: Background The European Water Framework Directive (WFD) requires the monitoring of biota-preferably fish - to check the compliance of tissue concentrations of priority substances (PS) against substance-specific environmental quality standards (EQSs). In monitoring programs, different fish species are covered, which often are secondary consumers with a trophic level (TL) of about 3. For harmonization, a normalization of monitoring data to a common trophic level is proposed, i.e., TL 4 (predatory fish) in freshwaters, so that data would be sufficiently protective. For normalization, the biomagnification properties of the chemicals can be considered by applying substance-specific trophic magnification factors (TMFs). Alternatively, TL-corrected biomagnification factors (BMFTLs) may be applied. Since it is impractical to derive site-specific TMFs or BMFTLs, often data from literature will be used for normalization. However, available literature values for TMFs and BMFTLs are quite varying. In the present study, the use of literature-derived TMFs and BMFTLs in data normalization is studied more closely. Results An extensive literature evaluation was conducted to identify appropriate TMFs for the WFD PS polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE), hexachlorobenzene, perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS), dioxins and dioxin-like compounds (PCDD/F+dl-PCB), hexabromocyclododecane, and mercury. The TMFs eventually derived were applied to PS monitoring data sets of fish from different trophic levels (chub, bream, roach, and perch) from two German rivers. For comparison, PFOS and PBDE data were also normalized using literature-retrieved BMFTLs. Conclusions The evaluation illustrates that published TMFs and BMFTLs for WFD PS are quite variable and the selection of appropriate values for TL 4 normalization can be challenging. The normalized concentrations partly included large uncertainties when considering the range of selected TMFs, but indicated whether an EQS exceedance at TL 4 can be expected. Normalization of the fish monitoring data revealed that levels of substances accumulating in the food web (TMF or BMF>1) can be underestimated when relying on fish with TL<4 for EQS compliance assessment. The evaluation also revealed that TMF specifically derived for freshwater ecosystems in Europe would be advantageous. Field-derived BMFTLs seemed to be no appropriate alternative to TMFs, because they can vary even stronger than TMFs. © The Author(s) 2020
Southern seduction: Canadian and American snowbirds in Florida since 1945
Creators: name: Desrosiers-Lauzon, Godefroy
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: History, United States.
subject: Recreation.

description: Since the late 19th century, Florida's promoters and civic leaders have constructed the state as a tourist destination. The result was a Florida Dream that visitors and migrants could interpret according to their own expectations: as an hedonist escape from the routine of work and family; as a warm refuge from northern winters; as a rapidly expanding pool of economic opportunity. Florida's immense popularity as a tourist destination and migrant haven was then built on that Dream, as well as on abundant and escapist promotion, on transportation technology, on the development of its real estate industry and of its tourist accommodations, on rising disposable incomes since the 1940s. Florida's population grew rapidly, in great part because of its tourism. This thesis explains and analyzes the phenomenon of seasonal, long-term winter travel to Florida, travelers that South Floridians have called snowbirds. It demonstrates what pushed and pulled snowbirds to Florida, analyzes their journey south, their settlement patterns and housing choices, their tendency to congregate together, the forms of their sociability. It mostly defines snowbirds as migrants who, down South, build communities of kindred spirits. In the fragmented built landscape of 20th-century Florida, the congregation of snowbirds produced unique forms of socialization and, we argue, of community. These unique settlements have uniquely influenced Floridians' debates about their own community-building issues, while playing a part in Northerners' views about Florida, the South, the North, the United States and Canada. Snowbirds, from their standpoint on Florida and North America, were agents in the definition of peculiar yet deeply modern, North American forms of sociability and community, as well as agents in the ongoing collective conversation creating a (late) modern folklore of leisure, geography, mobility, topophilia and identity.
Три розы Райского сада. Сказание о святой Доротее
Creators: name: Кувшинская Ирина Владимировна
Publisher: name: Vox medii aevi
Year: 2017
Subjects: «Золотая Легенда»; Legenda Aurea; Иаков Ворагинский; святая Доротея.

description: Средневековое сказание о святой Доротее традиционно входило в приложение к основному корпусу глав «Золотой легенды» Иакова Ворагинского. Образ святой Доротеи, покровительницы садовников и флористов, представлен на многочисленных алтарях Северного Возрождения. Перевод легенды и краткий комментарий подготовлены для данного издания и публикуются впервые.
XA 333 - Researching Experience Architecture
Creators: name: Schopieray, Scott
Publisher: name: MSU Commons
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: End-user computing
subject: User interfaces (Computer systems)--Design and construction

description: This is a course in the Experience Architecture (https://xa.cal.msu.edu/) program at Michigan State University. The course covers researching for products, services, and processes as applied to user experience. Contextual inquiry, field studies, card sorting, participatory design, interviewing, focus groups, and usability testing are among the methods taught, in addition to basics of research, setting up research studies, ethics, data analysis and presenting findings.
Propagating Change: Using RE-FRAME to Scale and Sustain A Community-Based Childhood Obesity Prevention Initiative
Creators: name: Kennedy, Lynn
name: Pinkney, Susan
name: Suleman, Selina
name: Mâsse, Louise C.
name: Naylor, Patti-Jean
name: Amed, Shazhan
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2019

description: Sustainable Childhood Obesity Prevention through Community Engagement (SCOPE) has developed Live 5-2-1-0, a multi-sectoral, multi-component community-based childhood obesity prevention initiative grounded in systems thinking and participatory research principles. Building on previous work, this study continued implementation of an innovative knowledge exchange model, RE-FRAME, in two ‘new’ and two ‘existing’ Live 5-2-1-0 communities. This mixed-methods study examined follow-up data to determine the nature and extent of the model’s ability to build and sustain community capacity and facilitate the scale-up and sustainability of systems- and community-level change. Qualitative and quantitative data were collected using stakeholder interviews, and quantitative process tracking (PTT) and capacity building tools (CCBT), and were analyzed using thematic analysis and descriptive statistics, respectively. Results from three communities with baseline and follow-up CCBT data showed capacity domain scores increased (15/27; 56%) or remained constant (10/27; 37%) over the study period. PTT data showed over 50 multi-sectoral community partnerships formed in Community D (new) and 108 actions implemented. Stakeholder interviews identified having a common cause, co-ownership, champion networks and consistency of the Live 5-2-1-0 message as essential to sustainability of the initiative. RE-FRAME supports knowledge exchange and community capacity-building that is integral to initiating and sustaining a community-based childhood obesity prevention initiative.
The role and impact of commercialism in sport and the consequences of its transformation into the entertainment industry
Creators: name: Duncan, Sam
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This thesis is a study of the role and impact of commercialism on sport, taking AFL football as a case study. More specifically, it is concerned to assess the consequences of the transformation of sport from an item of folk culture into a multi-billion dollar business within the entertainment industry. This transformation is seen more broadly as the triumph of 'economic rationalism', the doctrine that to more rationally organize society all social forms and all social relations should be based on market principles and be subject to market imperatives. At the heart of this analysis is the notion of the community and its relationship with culture and indeed the role that culture plays in the interactions and bonds between citizens. A fundamental concern of this thesis is the consequences for the community as culture is transformed into nothing more than an item of entertainment. To understand the role of 'folk culture' and 'popular culture' within the community a number of theorists have been drawn upon, including members of the Frankfurt School, Antonio Gramsci, and Pierre Bourdieu. Their ideas are expounded in the first chapter, and deployed in the chapters following. In conducting this research the relationship between sport (as an item of popular culture) and the community became strongly evident, as did the consequences of commercialism's increased role in sport -- sport is now, more than ever dominated by economic criteria and as such the interests of the community surrounding these 'games' are now subordinated to commercial interests. As this thesis will show, the ultimate consequence of this is that genuine community has been undermined and made substantially weaker.
Supplementary document for Tunable multilayer-graphene-based broadband metamaterial selective absorber - 4938477.pdf
Creators: name: Jiang, Xinpeng
name: Zhang, Zhaojian
name: chen, dingbo
name: Wen, Kui
name: Yang, Junbo
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2020
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Multi-interaction of the proposed absorber
«Иерусалимская история» Бальдрика Дольского (пролог и начало первой книги)
Creators: name: Хвальков Евгений Александрович
Publisher: name: Vox medii aevi
Year: 2017
Subjects: Первый крестовый поход; Бальдрик Дольский; Урбан II; Клермонский собор.

description: Перевод включает в себя пролог и начало первой книги «Иерусалимской истории» Бальдрика Дольского с речью папы Урбана II на Клермонском соборе 1095 г. Перевод с латинского языка выполнен по критическому изданию С. Биддлкомба (Woodbridge, 2014). Труд Бальдрика был написан около 1105 г., в бытность его аббатом бургейским и до того, как он стал епископом Дольским. Первое критическое издание Historia Ierosolimitana вышло во второй половине девятнадцатого века (1879), однако это издание основывалось только на семи манускриптах. Издание Стивена Биддлкомба (2014), по которому выполнен данный перевод, было основано на двадцати из двадцати четырех известных рукописей. Historia Ierosolimitana состоит из пролога и четырех книг. По признанию самого Бальдрика, она была им написана, когда ему было около шестидесяти лет (умер автор в глубокой по меркам своего времени старости в возрасте восьмидесяти четырех лет). Издатель замечает две характерные черты данного исторического нарратива: во-первых, его название Historia (в отличие от Dei Gesta per Francos Гвиберта Ножанского или Gesta Francorum анонимного автора), во-вторых, тот факт, что прямая речь героев произведения, как христиан, так и мусульман, составляет около двадцати семи процентов всего текста, что резко выделяет Historia Ierosolimitana среди современных ей хроник. Historia Ierosolimitana содержит аллюзии на произведения Марка Аннея Лукана, Публия Вергилия Марона и Гая Саллюстия Криспа, обнаруживающие знакомство Бальдрика с древнеримской литературой. Стивен Биддлкомб отмечает, что Historia Ierosolimitana Бальдрика Дольского широко использовалась впоследствии такими средневековыми авторами, как Ордерик Виталий, Винсент из Бове и Гумберт Романский. В целом, данное произведение было в прошлом недооценено в научной литературе, и издание Биддлкомба в значительной степени призвано исправить положение дел. Значимостью Historia Ierosolimitana для изучения истории Первого крестового похода объясняется и актуальность настоящего перевода.
Iterative scatter correction for grid-less skeletal radiography allows improved image quality equal to an antiscatter grid in adjunct with dose reduction : a visual grading study of 20 body donors
Creators: name: Lisson, Christoph G.
name: Lisson, Catharina S.
name: Kleiner, Sebastian
name: Regier, Marc
name: Beer, Meinrad
name: Schmidt, Stefan A.
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Skeletal – appendicular
subject: skeletal – axial
subject: radiation safety
subject: digital radiography
subject: technology assessments
subject: DDC 610 / Medicine & health
subject: Radiography
subject: Patient safety
subject: Image processing, Computer-assisted
subject: Medizinische Radiologie
subject: Bildgebendes Verfahren
subject: Strahlendosis
subject: Patientensicherheit

description: Background Iterative scatter correction (ISC) is a new technique applicable to plain radiography; comparable to iterative reconstruction for computed tomography, it promises dose reduction and image quality improvement. ISC for bedside chest X-rays has been applied and evaluated for some time and has recently been commercially offered for plain skeletal radiography. Purpose To analyze the potential of ISC for plain skeletal radiography with regard to image quality improvement, dose reduction, and replacement for an antiscatter grid. Material and Methods A total of 385 radiographs with different imaging protocols of the pelvis and cervical spine were acquired from 20 body donors. Radiographs were rated by four radiologists. Ratings were analyzed with visual grading characteristics (VGC) analysis. The area under the VGC curve was used as a measure of difference in image quality. Results Without ISC, the grid-less images were rated significantly worse than their grid-based counterparts (0.389, P = 0.005); adding ISC made image quality equal (0.498; P = 0.963). In grid-less imaging, reduction of dose by 50% led to significant image quality impairment (0.415, P = 0.001); this was fully counterbalanced when ISC was added (0.512; P = 0.588). Conclusion ISC for plain skeletal radiography has the ability to replace the antiscatter grid without image quality impairment, to improve image quality in grid-less imaging, and to reduce patient radiation dose by 50% without substantial loss in image quality.
Health Literacy Mediates the Relationship Between Age and Health Outcomes in Patients With Heart Failure
Creators: name: Wu, Jia-Rong
name: DeWalt, Darren A
name: Dracup, Kathleen
name: Moser, Debra K
name: Rayens, Mary Kay
Publisher: name: Wolters Kluwer
Year: 2016

description: BACKGROUND: Previous studies have linked frequent rehospitalizations for heart failure (HF) and increased mortality with older age, higher severity of HF, lack of an evidence-based medication regimen, and inadequate health literacy. However, the pathway between age and health outcomes in patients with HF remains unknown. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to test whether the association between age and health outcomes can be explained by severity of HF, evidence-based medication use, and health literacy in patients with HF.
METHODS AND RESULTS: This was a longitudinal study of 575 rural patients with HF recruited from outpatient clinics and hospitals. Demographics, clinical data, and health literacy were collected at baseline. HF readmissions and cardiac mortality were followed for 2 years; 57% of patients were ≥ 65 years of age. Older patients with HF were more likely to have low health literacy and less likely to be prescribed angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors or β-blockers. Using Kaplan-Meier survival curves with log-rank tests, health outcomes were significantly worse in patients who were ≥ 65 years and in those with low health literacy. Separate Cox regressions revealed that age and health literacy predicted worse health outcomes (P = 0.006 and < 0.001, respectively). When health literacy was entered into the model, the hazard ratio for age changed from 1.49 to 1.29 (a 41% reduction); age was no longer a significant predictor of health outcomes, but health literacy remained significant (P < 0.001), demonstrating mediation.
CONCLUSIONS: Health literacy mediates the relationship between age and health outcomes in adults with HF.
CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION: URL: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov. Unique identifier: NCT00415545.
Supplementary document for Development of highly efficient strongly-coupled organic light-emitting diode based on intracavity pumping architecture - 4938807.pdf
Creators: name: Chang, Jui-Fen
name: Lin, Tong-Yu
name: Hsu, Chia-Fu
name: Chen, Szu-Yu
name: Hong, Shun-Yu
name: Ciou, Guo-Sian
name: Jaing, Cheng-Chung
name: Lee, Cheng-Chung
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: supplemental 1
Двор Карла Смелого в Швейцарской кампании: финансовые документы. Часть I. Счет за март 1476 года
Creators: name: Носова Екатерина Игоревна
Publisher: name: Vox medii aevi
Year: 2017
Subjects: Бургундское герцогство; Карл Смелый; Бургундские войны; битва при Грансоне.

description: Основной целью данной серии статей является публикация счетов из архива департамента Нор (B 3333, B 3377). В первой части мы описали корпус в целом и опубликовали первый счет (март 1476). Описание корпуса включает в себя характеристику контекста, без которого невозможно понять специфику публикуемых документов, а также кодикологический анализ и принципы подготовки транскрипции.
Nommer la guerre: La communauté internationale, l'ethnicité et la guerre en Bosnie-Herzegovine (1991--1995)
Creators: name: Roseberry, Philippe
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Political Science, General.

description: Notre étude part du constat que la qualification d'un conflit en tant que "guerre ethnique" n'est pas une simple question de nomenclature. Nous soutenons que l'étiquette de conflit ethnique accolée à la trajectoire politique de la Bosnie-Herzegovine (1991-95) par la communauté internationale se fonde sur une lecture essentialiste du champ identité-ethnicité-violence dans cette ex-république yougoslave. Nous proposons une analyse de contenu des représentations entretenues par la communauté internationale sur le conflit bosniaque, suivie d'un examen de l'impact de telles représentations sur les propositions de paix faites aux belligérants. Une derniere section de notre étude conteste les qualités analytiques des représentations analysées précédemment à travers la remise en question du méta-clivage ethnique sense diviser Serbes, Croates et Musulmans. En cela, nous plaidons pour une désagrégation des "parties en conflit" ainsi qu'une plus grande prise en compte des divisions politiques traversant chaque camp.
Игра на престоле: ритуалы власти в Средние века и современная культура
Creators: name: Ковалев Виктор Александрович
Publisher: name: Vox medii aevi
Year: 2018
Subjects: ритуалы власти; королевские ритуалы; историческая антропология; история Средних веков; история и массовая культура.

description: В статье рассматривается вопрос формирования образов Средневековья в современном общественном сознании и их влияния на масскультурную продукцию. Автор выдвигает тезис, согласно которому формирование образа эпохи, наполненной брутальным насилием и закулисными интригами, было предопределено непониманием сущности средневековой власти. Роль ритуала, формировавшего средневековую власть, выпадает из поля зрения современных авторов. При этом исследования в этой сфере происходят из вполне аутентичной рефлексии и могут быть условно разделены на несколько направлений. Наиболее перспективным из исследований представляется сформированное на основе религиозной и магической интерпретации ритуалов власти, в котором рецепция церковной традиции светской властью преломляется через ренессансное магическое видение мира. Это направление вполне согласуется на интуитивном уровне с восприятием Средневековья в духе фэнтези, как особой магической реальности.
Stepping outside the box: Traditional knowledge, folklore, indigenous textiles and cultural appropriation---Is there room for folklore protection under intellectual property law?
Creators: name: Asmah, Josephine
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Law.

description: The protection of folklore is contentious. This stems from differing perceptions of the meaning and value of folklore to different countries and ethnic groups. Folklore is unique because it is viewed not only as part of a community's culture but also as a commodity. By focusing on traditional textiles as a branch of folklore, this dissertation examines the importance of traditional textiles, the practice of culture appropriation and the right legal mechanism for the protection of traditional textiles. Specifically, this dissertation argues that not all works of folklore are a part of the public domain and that adopting a contrary view may contribute to the appropriation of traditional designs. Further, it might erode the value of the respective culture and may even result in the complete loss of culture. It argues further that the West should not be too ready to dismiss the importance of folklore to indigenous communities. Rather, cultural diversity should be acknowledged and respected. This thesis also argues that the philosophies justifying intellectual property protection do not necessarily exclude the protection of traditional textile designs. Rather, the tension in 'fitting' traditional textiles protection under the intellectual property umbrella arises from the manner in which intellectual property has been traditionally drafted under international law and national legislation. It challenges the view that protecting folklore will obstruct progress in the arts and stifle creativity. In conclusion, this thesis recommends a consideration of sui generis options for traditional textiles protection. It also proposes that there should be international cooperation to strengthen folklore protection. Last, it recommends that it is time for the perception of traditional designs as part of the public domain to be corrected.
Дары в дипломатической практике Теодориха Великого
Creators: name: Беспальчикова Яна Евгеньевна
Publisher: name: Vox medii aevi
Year: 2018
Subjects: Теодорих Великий; репрезентация власти; Кассиодор
«Variae»; дары; дипломатия.

description: Исследование посвящено анализу актов дарения в дипломатических взаимодействиях Теодориха Великого с другими германскими лидерами и известных по письмам корпуса «Variae» Кассиодора Сенатора, в связи с семантикой дипломатических даров, спецификой дипломатии эпохи поздней Античности и раннего Средневековья, а также репрезентацией власти правителя остготской Италии. Дипломатические письма из «Variae» содержат информацию о семи актах дарения: три из них — дары Теодориху, три — его дары, и один — прерванный акт дарения, во время которого Теодорих не принял даров от короля вандалов Трасамунда. Во всех случаях объекты, выступающие в качестве даров, напрямую связаны с ситуацией дарообмена и с римскими или германскими традициями. Тем не менее можно сделать вывод о намеренной оригинальности Теодориха Великого в сфере дипломатического дарения.
Canada and the United Nations in the post-Cold War: Failure or neglect?
Creators: name: McKinstry, Shawn Darric
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: History, Canadian.
subject: History, Modern.
subject: Political Science, International Law and Relations.

description: Peacekeeping has come to be recognised as an essential multilateral activity by which to maintain world peace. Canada, a leading nation in peacekeeping, established an enviable record during the Cold War participating on virtually every mission deployed by the UN. There is, however, a belief today that peacekeeping efforts in the post-Cold War era have failed. In turn, the Canadian government has been criticised for its continued willingness to participate in UN led operations as it seems to be occurring without a policy framework. As opposed to the Cold War where policy rationales could be made for Canadian peacekeeping efforts, modern efforts appear unproductive, dangerous, and contradicted by Canada's fiscal military expenditures. This thesis explores this shift by examining the history of the Military Staff Committee, the differences between an interstate and intrastate conflict, force composition and finally Canada's policy and approaches towards peacekeeping. Collectively, they demonstrate that the UN and Canada have not failed in the post-Cold War era; rather, the approaches that made peacekeeping successful for forty years have hindered it for the last ten.
Impact of WHO 2010 Guidelines on Antiretroviral Therapy Initiation among Patients with HIV-Associated Tuberculosis in Clinics with and without Onsite HIV Services in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Creators: name: Wenzi, Landry
name: Mangala, Richard
name: Basaki, Emmanuel
name: Tabala, Martine
name: Batumbula, Marie Louise
name: Yotebieng, Marcel
name: Behets, Frieda
name: Mungoyo, Eugenie
Publisher: name: Hindawi
Year: 2016

description: Background. We assessed the impact of WHO's 2010 guidelines that removed the requirement of CD4 count before ART, on timely initiation of ART among HIV/TB patients in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Methods. Data collected to monitor implementation of provider initiated HIV testing and counseling (PITC) and linkage to HIV care from 65 and 13 TB clinics in Kinshasa and Kisangani, respectively, between November 2010 and June 2013. Results. Prior to the WHO's 2010 guidelines, in Kinshasa, 79.1% (401/507) of HIV/TB patients referred for HIV services were initiated on ART in clinics with onsite ART services compared to 50.0% (63/123) in clinics without. Following the implementation of the new guidelines, 89.8% (714/795) and 93.0% (345/371) of HIV/TB patients referred for HIV services were initiated on ART, respectively, in clinics with onsite and without onsite ART services. Similarly, in Kisangani, 69.7% (53/120) and 36.4% (16/44) in clinics with and without onsite ART service, respectively, were initiated on ART prior to the 2010 guidelines and 88.8% (135/152) and 72.6% (106/146), respectively, after the new guidelines. Conclusion. Though implementation of the 2010 guidelines increased the proportion of HIV/TB patients initiated on ART substantially, it remained below the 100% target, particularly in clinics without onsite ART services.