cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Архив АН СССР и перевод Академии наук в Москву в 1934 г.
Creators: name: Тункина, И. В.
Publisher: name: Реноме
Year: 2018

description: Статья посвящена анализу архивных материалов Санкт-Петербургского филиала Архива РАН и официальных отчетов Академии наук СССР в связи с политическим решением властей о переводе академии в Москву. Растянувшийся до осени 1934 г. переезд академических учреждений потребовал значительных финансовых затрат государственного бюджета, что, видимо, отодвинуло вопрос о переезде многих учреждений на неопределенный срок. В Ленинграде остались большинство учреждений Отделения общественных наук и ряд институтов других отделений, а также учреждения при Президиуме АН СССР — Библиотека АН и Архив АН. К счастью для ленинградской-петербургской науки, они остались на месте своего основания. С переводом Архива АН СССР в Москву были бы нарушены основные принципы отечественого архивоведения — неделимость исторически сложившихся комплексов документов и преемственность (в том числе территориальная) комплектования архивными материалами.

Ключевые слова: Академия наук, перевод из Ленинграда в Москву, Архив АН СССР.
The Role of Atomic Structure in Imperfect Josephson Junctions
Creators: name: Bayros, Karen
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 510404
subject: Electronic and magnetic properties of condensed matter; superconductivity

description: Josephson junctions are key components of superconducting qubits, which are one of the most promising candidates to realise large-scale quantum computing. The performance of these qubits is limited by our understanding of the materials science of Josephson junctions. Imperfections in the materials of Josephson junction devices are a source of energy dissipation, decoherence, parameter drift, and uncertainty. We utilise an atomistic model of Al-AlOx-Al Josephson junctions as a method to study pinhole imperfections in the oxide tunnel barrier. With the non-equilibrium Green's function formalism we study quasiparticle transport through devices, and extend these methods to study the superconducting current-phase relationship using two different approaches. Additionally we study a recently developed alternating bias assisted annealing technique computationally to understand its effect on atomic movement within the barrier, and device parameters such as the normal resistance and critical current. This work aims to provide insights to inform and optimise the fabrication processes of Al-AlOx-Al Josephson junctions, supporting advancements in quantum computing technology.
Computational investigations of a model of neocortical electrorhythmogenesis
Creators: name: Dafilis, Mathew Paul
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This thesis explores the dynamics of a physiologically realistic mathematical model of a neural population, whose experimental analogue is the electroencephalogram. This spatially homogeneous model consists of two neural populations, one excitatory and one inhibitory, coupled together via synaptic dynamics. Detailed computational investigations of this model shows that it is capable of supporting physiologically plausible limit cycle and point attractor dynamics under a wide variety of parameterisations. Investigations also showed that for certain parameterisations the mathematical model exhibits chaotic dynamics and generalised multistability. Lyapunov exponents were determined using an implementation of the Christiansen-Rugh algorithm. Chaos in the model was found to exhibit special structure in parameter space called fat fractal scaling. Generalised multistability with two or three coexisting attractors was found to exist in the model, which included coexisting chaos and limit cycle activity. These findings have two implications: firstly, the prediction of chaos coupled with the noisy environment of real brains may lead to the generation of a dynamical melange which complicates the search for chaos in the electroencephalogram; and secondly, the presence of coexisting chaotic and limit cycle dynamics gives some support to Freeman's idea that perception represents a metastable dynamical phenomenon.
Eros e seus descontentes: da Reforma Protestante ao sexo virtual
Creators: name: Castro, Julio Cesar Lemes De
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: 200104 Media Studies
subject: FOS: Media and communications
subject: 160301 Family and Household Studies
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: This paper identifies two great trends at work during the course of Modernity, and explores the way they unfold in the sexual field: one is linked to the worlds of production and consumption (in economic terms), and the other to the registers of the Symbolic and the Imaginary (in Lacanian psychoanalytic terms). Resonating with Freud’s Civilization and its discontents – the title refers to the psychic burden imposed by the sexual paradigms dominant in Modernity and the contemporary, which associate discontent, respectively, to repression and to the exhaustion of sexuality. These characteristics of contemporary sexuality are illustrated by virtual sex, a current media phenomenon in which consumption and the Imaginary converge as the triumphant tendencies of our era. / Este artigo identifica, ao longo da modernidade, duas grandes tendências em ação ligadas aos mundos da produção e do consumo (em termos econômicos) e aos registros do simbólico e do imaginário (em termos da psicanálise lacaniana), e explora os desdobramentos dessas tendências no terreno sexual. O título – alusão, obviamente, a Civilization and its discontents, título que recebeu em inglês O mal-estar na civilização, de Freud (1974b) – remete ao ônus psíquico embutido nos paradigmas sexuais dominantes durante uma boa parte da modernidade e na contemporaneidade, em que o descontentamento está associado, respectivamente, à repressão e ao esvaziamento da sexualidade. As características da sexualidade contemporânea são ilustradas por um fenômeno midiático contemporâneo, o sexo virtual, para o qual confluem o consumo e o imaginário, aspectos que caracterizam a tendência triunfante de nossa época.
Supplementary document for Monolithic all-Silicon Flat lens for broadband LWIR Imaging - 5349159.pdf
Creators: name: Kigner, Orrin
name: Meem, Monjurul
name: Baker, Brian
name: Banerji, Sourangsu
name: Menon, Rajesh
name: hon, philip
name: Sensale-Rodriguez, Berardi
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Classical and Physical Optics

description: Supplementary information
L'Arsenal canadien : les politiques canadiennes et la fabrication de munitions au Canada durant la Deuxième Guerre mondiale
Creators: name: Labbé, Pierrick
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: Histoire politique canadienne
Histoire de la Deuxième Guerre mondiale

description: Cette thèse propose une analyse de la production de munitions au Canada durant la Deuxième Guerre mondiale dans le but d’exposer les politiques mises de l’avant par le gouvernement canadien pour répondre aux exigences matérielles de la guerre. Afin de combler les besoins du ministère de la Défense et de ses alliés, le ministère des Munitions et Approvisionnements réussit un tour de force en transformant une industrie munitionnaire insignifiante en un vaste programme qui employait plus de 103 000 personnes à son apogée. L’analyse des politiques à l’origine de cette production montre que le gouvernement fédéral géra autant que possible sa contribution matérielle de manière à fournir une aide considérable à ses alliés tout en poursuivant ses objectifs de relance économique à long terme. Le Comité de guerre du Cabinet tenta également de limiter l’impact négatif de ses décisions sur la vie des Canadiens. La participation matérielle du Canada prit forme graduellement, restreinte par la volonté de limiter les dépenses militaires. Les projectiles ne figuraient pas parmi les priorités avant la chute de la France. À partir de l’automne 1940, les principaux ministères se montrèrent plus ouverts à la mise en place et au financement d’un vaste programme. Ils consolidèrent leur collaboration avec les gouvernements britannique et américain afin d’obtenir le soutien technique et financier nécessaire pour surpasser les faiblesses industrielles du pays, de manière à permettre une collaboration qui ne nuirait pas à long terme aux finances publiques. Ensuite, l’interventionnisme sans précédent pour stimuler ce secteur non traditionnel s’effectua, malgré l’ampleur des investissements, dans un esprit d’économie et mené par une volonté de ne pas disloquer inutilement les structures de l’économie civile. Le gouvernement misa sur une collaboration avec les entreprises compétentes qui dominaient déjà le marché. Les entrepreneurs jouèrent un rôle clé dans la stratégie fédérale de gestion des ressources humaines. L’élaboration d’une solution à la pénurie de travailleurs s’effectua autant que possible sans l’imposition de mesures coercitives, de manière à ne pas nuire à la relance de l’économie dans l’après-guerre et à ne pas saper le moral des citoyens. Le ministère des Munitions et Approvisionnements opta plutôt pour la mise en place d’un État-providence de guerre et d’un paternalisme industriel. Le secteur privé, appuyé par diverses initiatives du gouvernement fédéral, se devait d’imposer un encadrement strict du milieu de travail afin de maximiser la productivité, de diminuer l’absentéisme et de lutter contre les interruptions de production.
title: Элиминация микроорганизмов в процессе реставрации бумажных документов
Creators: name: Дмитриева, М. Б.
Publisher: name: Реноме
Year: 2018

description: При реставрации зараженных бумажных документов нередко встает вопрос об актуальности специальной обработки для уничтожения микроорганизмов. В настоящей работе показано, что в результате последовательного промывания и высушивания, при механическом удалении загрязнений и тем более химической обработке бумаги с признаками плесневого повреждения происходит удаление и уничтожение клеток микроорганизмов без специальной антимикробной обработки.

Ключевые слова: реставрация архивных документов, биоцидная обработка, микроорганизмы, плесневые грибы.
Supplementary document for Quasi-bound states in the continuum in metal complementary periodic cross-shaped resonators in terahertz frequencies - 5349333.pdf
Creators: name: Liu, Dejun
name: FENG, WU
name: yang, rui
name: Chen, Lin
name: He, Xiaoyong
name: Liu, Feng
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The effects of the metal thickness on the quasi-BIC are investigated and we also note that the quasi-BIC can also be induced by tilting the incident light (see Supplementary Materials).
A randomized, open-label, Phase III study of obinutuzumab or rituximab plus CHOP in patients with previously untreated diffuse large B-Cell lymphoma: final analysis of GOYA
Creators: name: Sehn, Laurie H
name: Martelli, Maurizio
name: Trněný, Marek
name: Liu, Wenxin
name: Bolen, Christopher R
name: Knapp, Andrea
name: Sahin, Deniz
name: Sellam, Gila
name: Vitolo, Umberto
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2020

description: Background: Rituximab (R) plus cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisone (CHOP) is the current standard therapy for diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL). Obinutuzumab (G), a glycoengineered, type II anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody, has shown activity and an acceptable safety profile when combined with CHOP (G-CHOP) in patients with advanced DLBCL. We present the final analysis results of the Phase III GOYA study (NCT01287741), which compared the efficacy and safety of G-CHOP versus R-CHOP in patients with previously untreated DLBCL. Methods: Patients aged ≥ 18 years with previously untreated advanced DLBCL were randomly assigned to receive eight 21-day cycles of R or G, plus six or eight cycles of CHOP. The primary endpoint was investigator-assessed progression-free survival (PFS). Secondary endpoints included overall survival, other time-to-event endpoints, and safety; investigator-assessed PFS by cell of origin subgroup was an exploratory endpoint. Results: A total of 1418 patients were randomized, with 1414 included in this final analysis (G-CHOP, N = 704; R-CHOP, N = 710). Five-year PFS rates were 63.8% and 62.6% for G-CHOP and R-CHOP, respectively (stratified hazard ratio 0.94, 95% CI 0.78–1.12; p = 0.48). The results of the secondary efficacy endpoints did not show a benefit of G-CHOP over R-CHOP. In the exploratory analysis, a trend towards benefit with G-CHOP over R-CHOP was apparent in the patients with germinal center B cell DLBCL. The safety profile of G-CHOP was as expected, and no new safety signals were observed. More grade 3–5 (75.1% vs 65.8%), serious (44.4% vs 38.4%), and fatal (6.1% vs 4.4%) adverse events (AEs) were observed in the G-CHOP arm compared with the R-CHOP arm, respectively, with the most common fatal AEs being infections. A higher incidence of late-onset neutropenia occurred in the G-CHOP arm (8.7%) versus the R-CHOP arm (4.9%). Conclusions: The final analysis, similar to the primary analysis, did not show a PFS benefit of G-CHOP over R-CHOP in previously untreated patients with DLBCL. The results of the secondary endpoints were consistent with the primary endpoint. Further exploratory analyses and investigation of biomarkers are ongoing.
Development of a Control and Monitoring Platform Based on Fuzzy Logic for Wind Turbine Gearboxes
Creators: name: Chen, Wei
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: fuzzy logic
wind turbine
bearing faults

description: It is preferable that control and bearing condition monitoring are integrated, as the condition of the system should influence control actions. As wind turbines mainly work in remote areas, it becomes necessary to develop a wireless platform for the control system. A fuzzy system with self-tuning mechanism was developed. The input speed error and speed change were selected to control the shaft speed, while the kurtosis and peak-to-peak values were used as another set of inputs to monitor the bearing conditions. To enhance effectiveness, wait-and-see (WAS) logic was used as the pre-processing step for the raw vibration signal. The system was implemented on the LabVIEW platform. Experiments have shown that the system can effectively adjust motor rotating speed in response to bearing conditions. For future studies, more advanced fault detection methods can be integrated with proper tuning mechanisms to enrich the performance and function of the controller.
Assessing the Social and Mental Health Services Provided to Middle-Eastern Newcomers in the Resettlement Process in the National Capital Region
Creators: name: Jennifer, Gedeon
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2015
Subjects: Newcomers
Middle-East
Social services
Mental health
Mental health services
National Capital Region
Counselor
Community leader
Religion
Stigma
Physician
Obstacle
Resettlement

description: This is a qualitative case study based on a literature review, an analysis of the websites of two social service organizations, and interviews with 16 social service providers (counselors, physicians, community leaders) who work with newcomers from conflict affected countries in the Middle East. This study explores the social and mental health services provided to newcomers in the National Capital Region, and identifies the internal and external obstacles associated with the resettlement process and reception of mental health treatment options. Social environments, gender roles, pre-migration experiences and cultural implications play a role in the resettlement process and the ability to live in the host country. The mental health services offered acknowledge the cultural differences between the immigrant population and the host country’s population; there is evidence that mental health services in Canada are incorporating the cultural differences into the therapy methods. While this has begun, there are still many difficulties associated to stigma, language barriers, misunderstandings of social norms and institutions, and structural issues linked to that fact that the federal government funds many of these mental health services.
Infirmières issues de minorités visibles : barrières socio-culturelles à la mobilité verticale en milieu hospitalier
Creators: name: Bouabdillah, Naima
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: plafond de verre
altérité
avancement hiérarchique
Ségrégation verticale
relation de pouvoir
racisme et discrimination

description: Canada has experienced a significant change in its ethnic and cultural composition in recent decades. The sustained immigration from non-European countries has given rise to new generations of immigrants whose mother tongue is neither English nor French and whose religion is not Christian. This new trend is clearly reflected in hospital environment where workforce from visible minority nurses (VMN) continues to increase. However, it was noted we that in the nursing sector, the number of these VMN is particularly low in management positions. This qualitative study adopting the method of critical ethnography and postcolonial approach focuses on the difficult career paths of VMN in a Canadian hospital. We explored the VMN experience in regard of vertical mobility, and sought to understand the perception of this population on the factors impeding or facilitating such mobility. Twelve nurses and managers participated in a series of semi-structured interviews to gather relevant information about the representativeness of the VMN in advanced positions in the hierarchy of their institution. In addition to these interviews, two interviews were held with human resources individuals. Canales’ (2000) theoretical account regarding “othering” was used for this research. The results of this study show that the VMN faced obstacles, often invisible, that contribute to keeping them at a lower level of the institutional hierarchy, including the hiring and promotion process that they describe as unfair, arbitrary and discriminatory. They suffer from a lack of support from their institution for training and mentoring as well as poor social relationships in the workplace. The VMN feel instrumentalized and perceive that systemic discrimination and segregation have a great effect on their career development, for their institutions are not proactive to reduce inequalities. This project has the potential to generate new knowledge that will be used to produce practical and creative tools for hospital and institutions to implement changes that will promote the representation of diversity in managerial positions.
Aspect parasitologique du traitement des eaux usées urbaines par voie naturelle (M’Diq, Nord-ouest du Maroc)
Creators: name: Ezzahri, Jamila
name: Hoummad El Fatni
name: Ennabili, Abdeslam
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: Parasitology

description: L'objectif de travail consiste en une caractérisation qualitative de la charge parasitaire du rejet urbain principal de M'Diq d'une part et une première évaluation de son élimination par des systèmes naturels d'épuration, expérimentés au Centre expérimental MHEA@de M'Diq.
Crossing the Boundaries: Overlaps of Intellectual Property Rights
Creators: name: Tomkowicz, Robert Jacek
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011
Subjects: intellectual property
patents
copyrights
trade-marks
overlaps

description: Overlaps of intellectual property rights are a phenomenon that is not yet fully understood and analyzed; yet it is an increasingly important issue due to development of new hybrid technologies that defy the established structure of the system. Despite the potential adverse effects this phenomenon can have on the integrity of the system, the problem of overlaps has been neglected in judicial and scholarly analyses. This research presents the thesis that all uses of intellectual property rights should be viewed in light of their purposes. In other words, the phenomenon of overlapping intellectual property rights is not a problem per se; instead, it is the use of the rights for incompatible purposes that may be considered objectionable. The analyses use the concept of balance of rights as the measuring rod for assessment of the consequences resulting from use of the overlapping rights. Thus, the dissertation investigates how use of intellectual property rights associated with one segment of the system can affect carefully crafted balance of rights of various stakeholders in an overlapping segment and whether effectiveness of this segment to advance its purposes will be impeded by such use. The analyses are also done with the aim to formulate a uniform answer to identified and potentially objectionable uses of overlapping rights in an attempt to provide the judiciary and law practitioners with analytical framework for resolving disputes involving overlaps in the intellectual property system. An adequate response to the challenge posed by improper use of overlapping intellectual property rights can be found in a properly construed doctrine of misuse of intellectual property rights. Because overlaps in the intellectual property system are a phenomenon that probably cannot be legislated in practical terms, this dissertation advocates adoption of a judicially created doctrine of misuse based on purposive analysis of intellectual property rights.
Electrochemical Promotion of Gold Nanoparticles Supported on Yttria-Stabilized Zirconia
Creators: name: Kim, Jong Min
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011
Subjects: c2h4 oxidation
electrochemical promotion
epoc
ethylene oxidation
wireless
nemca
nanocatalyst
gold nanoparticle
ysz
yttria stabilized zirconia

description: The feasibility of highly dispersed gold nanocatalyst supported on yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) for the model reactions of C2H4 and CO oxidation is demonstrated for the first time. Gold nanoparticles are synthesized on YSZ powder by chemical reduction of the precursor salt in the mixture of ethanol, water and polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP). Resulting metal loading of the catalysts are 1 wt.% with average particle sizes ranging from 6 to 9 nm. Results of CO and C2H4 oxidation display catalytic activity at 65 0C and 25 0C for CO and C2H4 oxidation, respectively. The catalytic properties of the catalysts are different due to their average particle size. Electrochemical Promotion of Catalysis (EPOC) of C2H4 oxidation is demonstrated. Application of constant potential difference between two electrodes in the bipolar electrochemical cell led to increase in C2H4 conversion. A proposed mechanism explains the bipolar EPOC phenomenon through formation of O2- flux across the electrochemical cell, resulting in the change of Work Function of gold nanoparticles placed in between the electrodes and is electronically isolated.
Supplementary document for Biomimetic Hierarchical Structure for Enhancing Concentrated Solar Energy Converting and Utilizing Efficiency - 5349805.pdf
Creators: name: Zhang, Xinping
name: Shi, Xuhang
name: Li, Yang
name: Wang, Fuqiang
name: Lin, Bo
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: additional information
A Class of Contractivity Preserving Hermite-Birkhoff-Taylor High Order Time Discretization Methods
Creators: name: Karouma, Abdulrahman
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2015
Subjects: Contractivity preserving
Hermite-Birkhoff-Taylor method
Time discretization
Long-term integration
Propagation of discretization errors

description: In this thesis, we study the contractivity preserving, high order, time discretization methods for solving non-stiff ordinary differential equations. We construct a class of one-step, explicit, contractivity preserving, multi-stage, multi-derivative, Hermite-Birkhoff-Taylor methods of order p=5,6, ..., 15, that we denote by CPHBT, with nonnegative coefficients by casting s-stage Runge-Kutta methods of order 4 and 5 with Taylor methods of order p-3 and p-4, respectively. The constructed CPHBT methods are implemented using an efficient variable step algorithm and are compared to other well-known methods on a variety of initial value problems. The results show that CPHBT methods have larger regions of absolute stability, require less function evaluations and hence they require less CPU time to achieve the same accuracy requirements as other methods in the literature. Also, we show that the contractivity preserving property of CPHBT is very efficient in suppressing the effect of the propagation of discretization errors when a long-term integration of a standard N-body problem is considered. The formulae of 49 CPHBT methods of various orders are provided in Butcher form.
Die Umweltauswirkungen der Landnutzung, Landnutzungsänderungen und Forstwirtschaft (LULUCF) in einem zukünftigen Klimaschutzabkommen
Creators: name: Hargita, Yvonne
name: Gerber, Kristin
name: Oehmichen, Katja
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2016

description: Um die Umweltintegrität des Pariser Abkommens zu sichern, ist die Ausarbeitung von vernünftigen Anrechnungsregeln notwendig, insbesondere für die Landnutzung, die sowohl Treibhausgase emittiert als auch Kohlenstoff bindet. Basierend auf den Emissionsentwicklungen in den bedeutendsten Waldländer der Welt sowie die Erfahrung des Kyoto Protokolls hat das Thünen-Institut die Wirkung von unterschiedlichen Anrechnungsmethoden für den Waldsektor analysiert. Weiterhin analysiert diese Studie die Daten- und Kapazitätslücken in den großen Waldländern unter den Entwicklungsländern. Damit dient sie als Hilfsmittel bei der Konkretisierung der Anrechnungsregeln des Pariser Abkommens und gibt wichtige Hinweise für die damit zusammenhängende Kapazitätsentwicklung. Quelle: Umweltbundesamt
The chameleon and the pearl of the Orient
Creators: name: Huppatz, Daniel
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Hong Kong's design culture has traditionally been discussed in terms of 'East meets West,' a cliche which served to neutralize the impact of colonization in its various forms. This idea of Hong Kong culture as the meeting place between two monolithic cultures is a common stereotype that continues to be used in contemporary criticism, journalism, and tourism promotion. This paper analyzes the work of Henry Steiner, a key figure in the development of modern graphic design in Hong Kong. Over the past thirty years, Steiner's designs have provided a public image for some of Hong Kong's most powerful corporations, and his 'cross-cultural' design theories have provided a model for many other designers. His crosscultural designs carefully maintain the difference between 'Eastern' and 'Western' culture, subtly reinforcing the hierarchies of Hong Kong's colonial situation. The design work and theories of Steiner analyzed in this paper reflect a popular representation of the Colony that lasted from the 1960s until at least the 1990s, and continues to endure in contemporary tourism promotion.
Developing a decolonisation practice for settler colonisers: a case study from Aotearoa New Zealand
Creators: name: Huygens, Ingrid
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Lorenzo Veracini suggests that the coloniser does not yet know 'how settler decolonisation should appear'. I offer in response an account of how settler decolonisation has appeared in Aotearoa New Zealand and developed over the past three decades, particularly within the field of what I call 'education work'. This article reports a case study of how Pakeha and other non-indigenous groups began to contribute their own stream of decolonisation work to the efforts of indigenous Maori. Pakeha decolonisation practice has developed through continual adjustments in theorising the local situation in response to Maori analysis, and through undertaking interventions co-intentionally with Maori. Specific features of a Pakeha decolonisation practice, as I have experienced it, include (i) revisiting history, (ii) responding emotionally, (iii) undertaking collective cultural work, and (iv) working toward mutually agreed relationships with Maori. Framing each of these as types of decolonisation 'work'---ideological, emotional, cultural and constitutional work---I suggest how a decolonisation practice for settler colonisers could appear.
Supplementary document for Closed aperture CW Z-scan of L-tryptophan for determination of optical nonlinearity in the thermal regime - 5350082.pdf
Creators: name: Tarek, Sarfuddin
name: Faruque, Syed
name: Sharafuddin, Sharif
name: Hasan, Khan
name: Hossain, A K M
name: Ara, Hosne
name: Biswas, Manash
name: Haque, Yasmeen
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Nonlinear Optics and Spectroscopy

description: Percentage of fitting of tryptophan and water Z-scan data
Withdrawal of Life Support Therapy: Processes and Patterns of Death In the Intensive Care Unit
Creators: name: Van Beinum, Amanda
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: clinical epidemiology
end-of-life care
life support therapy
donation after cardiac death

description: Withdrawal of life support therapy involves controlled removal of life support modalities including artificial respiration and circulation with intent to provide a comfortable death. Withdrawal of life support therapy is necessary prior to procedures such as organ donation after cardio-circulatory death, but remains poorly explored in current literature. To enhance the current evidence, we conducted a thorough structured review, an observational study, and a qualitative comparison of components comprising withdrawal of life support therapy in both donor and non-donor patient groups. At all stages, we considered how results impacted donation after cardio-circulatory death. Withdrawal of life support therapy processes vary between countries, hospitals, practitioners, and patients. Variability in practice impacts care and outcomes for both donor and non-donor patients. Improved definitions and consensus about the process of withdrawal of life support therapy may improve patient care, success of organ donation after cardio-circulatory death, and uptake of donation protocols.
Investigating sustainable behavioural intentions using a modified version of the theory of planned behaviour
Creators: name: Rex, Judy
name: Lobo, Tony
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: As the awareness and adoption of sustainable behaviours has grown, the extant literature has increasingly focussed on examining behavioural intentions for sustainable behaviours such as recycling and building a new dam. This study uses an extended version of The Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) to examine sustainable behavioural intention in the daily lives of Australian consumers. Quantitative data was collected using an online panel and the final sample size was 511 Australian consumers. Structural equation modelling revealed that consumers' attitudes, perceived behavioural control, subjective norm, personal normative motives, normative beliefs, and moral intensity were not significant predictors of Australian consumers' likely behavioural intention (LBI). However, LBI was largely influenced by their internal ethics. This demonstrates that managers who intend to incorporate sustainability into their business strategies need to emphasise that the community has an ethical obligation to live sustainably, by adopting sustainable, ethical and green practices.
Irritation als fruchtbarer Moment in mathematischen Bildungsprozessen. Eine Überlegung auf Grundlage des transformatorischen Bildungsbegriffs
Creators: name: Elza, Cosovic
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Irritation
subject: Transformatorische Bildung
subject: mathematische Bildungsprozesse
subject: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::500 Naturwissenschaften::502 Verschiedenes

description: Etwas, das uns irritiert, uns verunsichert oder uns aus dem Konzept bringt, weil es uns fremd oder neu ist, kann uns täglich begegnen und das Bild von uns Selbst oder der Welt erschüttern. Weil uns aber Irritationen persönlich angehen, uns verändern, unseren Blick erweitern, ihn vielleicht auch fokussieren, stellt sich die Frage, ob Irritation im Schulkontext eine Möglichkeit zur Entstehung von Bildungsmomenten oder gar Bildungsprozessen bieten. Hinzu kommt die Frage, ob sich Irritationsmomente beabsichtigt gestalten lassen, sodass Bildungsprozesse angestoßen werden und inwieweit können diese überhaupt als solche erkannt werden.
Le laicità e le democrazie: la laicità della “Repubblica democratica” secondo la Costituzione italiana
Creators: name: Casuscelli, Giuseppe
Publisher: name: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale
Year: 2011

description: Testo, ampliato e corredato delle note, del contributo alle Giornate  Italo-Spagnole di studi “Costituzionalismo e democrazia” (Milano, 22-23  giugno 2006), per la Tavola rotonda su “Laicità e democrazia” tenutasi  in occasione del conferimento della laurea ad honorem al Prof. Elías  Díaz, destinato alla pubblicazione negli Atti. SOMMARIO: 1. Premessa – 2. Laicità e democrazia nell’Unione europea  (nella giurisprudenza della Corte europea dei Diritti dell’Uomo) - 3. La  laicità della Repubblica italiana e le sue specificità (nella  giurisprudenza della Corte costituzionale) - 4. Gli interventi per la  promozione della libertà religiosa - 5. La distinzione degli ordini - 6.  La laicità nella Costituzione tra “bilancio” e “progetto” - 7. Tra  passato e presente: ratione peccati … - 8. Il “pieno rispetto”  dell’indipendenza di Stato e Chiesa, ciascuno nel proprio ordine - 9. La  “reciproca collaborazione” - 10. Il divieto di ingerenza e lo Stato -  11. Il divieto di ingerenza e la Chiesa cattolica.- 12. L’esecuzione  dell’Accordo del 1984 - 13. L’Unione Europea ed il timore di ingerenze -  14. La tutela della coscienza ed il “relativismo etico” - 15.  Conclusioni. Pubblicato in Quaderni di diritto e politica ecclesiastica, 1/ 2007, p. 169 ss.,  casa editrice il Mulino.
description: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale, 2007: 28 febbraio
Accelerating oxygen depletion in hermetic storage using hand warmers to improve pest control
Creators: name: Li, Wenbo
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 309999
subject: Other agricultural, veterinary and food sciences not elsewhere classified

description: This study explores the use of hand warmers to enhance hermetic storage. Hand warmers work similarly to conventional oxygen scavengers by consuming oxygen through oxidation. This research aimed to determine how effective hand warmers are in accelerating oxygen reduction and insect mortality in hermetic storage, hence preserving grain quality. The experiments conducted in hermetic containers showed that hand warmers rapidly reduce oxygen levels, achieving insect-lethal conditions much faster than conventional oxygen absorbers like Oxy-Sorb. Our results show that hand warmers brought oxygen levels down to below 5% within 24-48 h and kept them low for an extended period up to 240 h. This quick oxygen depletion led to high insect mortality, reduced oviposition, and inhibited progeny development. Additionally, hand warmers did not negatively impact seed moisture content or germination rates, demonstrating their effectiveness in maintaining grain quality during storage.
The social correlates of type A behavior in children.
Creators: name: Chappus, Francine T.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1992
Subjects: subject: Psychology, Clinical.

description: The purpose of the present study was to investigate whether children classified as Type A and Type B differed on a number of measures of social functioning. A total of 176 children from grades 4 and 6 participated in the study. The entire sample of children was asked to fill out the Hunter-Wolf A/B Rating Scale, a self-report measure of Type A behavior, and the Children's Social Support Scale, a self-report measure of the availability of social support from significant others and of the quality of available support. The Pupil Evaluation Inventory, which provides peer nominations of Aggression, Withdrawal, and Likeability, was also administered. A subsample of 50 children were observed during free play at recess. Results indicated that children classified as Type A were evaluated by their peers as higher on aggression than their Type B counterparts. There was no significant difference between the two groups on peer-rated likeability or withdrawal. Type A children also indicated that the quality of their available social support was significantly poorer than that reported by Type B children. While Type A children's social support did not differ as a function of grade level, Type B children in grade 6 reported significantly more social support than Type B children in grade 4 or Type A children in grade 6. Females reported significantly more social support available to them than did males, and males received higher scores on aggression. While Type A children in grades 4 and 6 did not differ in the amount of low-involvement watching behavior engaged in, Type B children in grade 4 displayed significantly more watching behavior than Type As at the same grade level or than Type B children in grade 6. Implications of the results were discussed with reference to the social consequences of Type A behavior and suggestions for future research were noted.
Per un diritto di libertà di religione costituzionalmente orientato
Creators: name: Colaianni, Nicola
Publisher: name: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale
Year: 2011

description: Testo presentato in occasione dell’audizione presso la Commissione affari
costituzionali della Camera dei Deputati l’11 gennaio 2007, leggermente integrato con le precisazioni ivi fatte oralmente.SOMMARIO: 1. Premessa: legge e intese - 2. Insufficienze della p.d.l. – 3.
L’obiettivo da perseguire - 4. La libertà di religione e i suoi limiti – 5. La laicità – 6. La libertà di religione negativa: ateismo e agnosticismo – 7. Le organizzazioni filosofiche e non confessionali – 8. Norme finanziarie (deduzioni offerte ed otto per mille) – 9. Confessioni con intesa e senza intesa: illegittimità della distinzione – 10. La personalità giuridica – 11. Il matrimonio - 12. Le classi religiosamente omogenee - 13. Simboli religiosi - 14. L’architettura della p.d.l.- 15. Conclusione
description: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale, 2007: 28 febbraio
From Pan-African transpression to Cadomian transtension at the West African margin: New U-Pb zircon ages from the Eastern Saghro inlier (Anti-Atlas, Morocco)
Creators: name: Ezzoura Errami
name: Linnemann, Ulf
name: Hofmann, Mandy
name: Gärtner, Andreas
name: Zieger, Johannes
name: Gätner, Jessica
name: Mende, Katja
name: Kabouri, Jamal El
name: Gasquet, Dominique
name: Zieger, Nasser
Publisher: name: Geological Society of London
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Geology
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences

description: Supplementary data table 1:U-Pb ages of detrital and magmatic zircon
title: Description of a Species for International Education: Zoos A Literature Review
Creators: name: Coon, Thomas A.
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Zoos
subject: International Education
subject: Species
subject: Comparative Education
subject: Learning
subject: Industry
subject: International and Comparative Education
subject: Other Education
subject: FOS: Educational sciences

description: Zoos are an international phenomenon and are behaving strongly as complex multifaceted educational institutions. With hundreds of institutions around the world and hundreds of millions of annual visitors zoos, as a community, have a tremendous international and educational reach. However, despite these characteristics, zoos consistently remain off the radar of the comparative and international education field. The strongest reason for this, perhaps, is that literature, research and discussion about zoos, education and learning has largely remained confined to literature published by and for zoo professionals and within zoo industry journals. With regards to the international education field this is unfortunate and in light of the research contained within the zoo industry literature, this can be a critical issue especially when one considers that the majority of zoos and zoo visitors in around the world are not in the 'West'. This literature review, therefore brings literature on zoos and education out of its traditional confines and into the awareness of the international education field to answer a critical question: What is known about zoos and education and how can this be important to the international and comparative education field? The review of the literature finds striking answers to this query, with the zoo literature stating clear and broadly shared education aims but largely lacking in critical research on the success of zoos in meeting these goals. Furthermore, the little extant research suggests that zoos are failing in these aims as regards results, focuses almost entirely on the informal learning context, largely ignores research on children's learning and is fundamentally dominated by researchers and institutions located in the 'West' (read, the United States, Europe and Australia). In fact, literature on zoos and education offers more questions than it does answers. But, while apparently discouraging, this literature demonstrates a clear and present opportunity for the engagement of the international education field in opening up research in multiple under or un-researched areas as well as the opportunity for practitioners to engage with educational programs and opportunities already being offered by zoo institutions. The message is clear, zoos are important educational institutions in the world and they are tremendously compelling as a new species of interest for the international and comparative education field.
title: Accidental Bowel Leakage Evaluation (ABLE): A New Patient-Centered Validated Measure of Accidental Bowel Leakage Symptoms
Creators: name: Rogers, RG
name: Bann, C
name: Sung, VW
name: Lukacz, ES
name: Arya, LA
name: Barber, MD
name: Markland, AD
name: Fairchild, PS
name: Siddiqui, NY
Publisher: name: Wolters Kluwer
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Adult
subject: Aged
subject: Aged, 80 and over
subject: Cohort Studies
subject: Fecal Incontinence
subject: Female
subject: Humans
subject: Middle Aged
subject: Predictive Value of Tests
subject: Psychometrics
subject: Reproducibility of Results
subject: Sex Factors
subject: Surveys and Questionnaires
subject: Symptom Assessment

description: Background: Questionnaires assessing accidental bowel leakage lack important patient-centered symptoms. Objective: We aimed to create a valid measure of accidental bowel leakage symptoms. Design: We previously created a conceptual framework capturing patient-centered accidental bowel leakage symptoms. The framework included bowel leakage type, severity and bother, and ancillary bowel symptoms, including predictability, awareness, leakage control, emptying disorders, and discomfort. SETTINGS: The study was conducted in outpatient clinics. Patients: Women with at least monthly accidental bowel leakage were included. INTERVENTIONS: Participants completed the Accidental Bowel Leakage Evaluation at baseline and 12 and 24 weeks, as well as bowel diaries and other validated pelvic floor questionnaires. A subset completed items twice before treatment. Final item selection was based on psychometric properties and clinical importance. Main Outcome Measures: Psychometric analyses included Cronbach α, confirmatory factor, and item response theory analyses. Construct validity was based on correlations with measures of similar constructs. Results: A total of 296 women completed baseline items, and 70 provided test-retest data. The cohort was predominately white (79%) and middle aged (64 ± 11 y). Confirmatory factor analyses supported the conceptual framework. The final 18-item scale demonstrated good internal consistency (Cronbach α = 0.77-0.90) and test-retest reliability (intraclass correlation = 0.80). Construct validity was demonstrated with baseline and 12- and 24-week scale scores, which correlated with the Vaizey (r = 0.52, 0.68, and 0.69), Colorectal Anal Distress Inventory (r = 0.54, 0.65, 0.71), Colorectal Anal Impact Questionnaire (r = 0.48, 0.53, 0.53), and hygiene (r = 0.39, 0.43, 0.49) and avoidance subscales scores of the adaptive index (r = 0.45, 0.44, 0.43) and average number of pad changes per day on bowel diaries (r = 0.35, 0.38, 0.31; all p < 0.001). Limitations: The study was limited by nature of involving validation in a care-seeking population. Conclusions: The Accidental Bowel Leakage Evaluation instrument is a reliable, patient-centered measure with good validity properties. This instrument improves on currently available measures by adding patient-important domains of predictability, awareness, control, emptying, and discomfort.
Supplementary document for Closed aperture CW Z-scan of L-tryptophan for determination of optical nonlinearity in the thermal regime - 5350082.pdf
Creators: name: Tarek, Sarfuddin
name: Faruque, Syed
name: Sharafuddin, Sharif
name: Hasan, Khan
name: Hossain, A K M
name: Ara, Hosne
name: Biswas, Manash
name: Haque, Yasmeen
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Nonlinear Optics and Spectroscopy

description: Percentage of fitting of tryptophan and water Z-scan data
The Making of Our Home and Native Land: Textbooks, Racialized Deictic Nationalism and the Creation of the National We
Creators: name: Smith, Bryan
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2015
Subjects: Textbooks
Nationalism
Racialization

description: This thesis project explores the ways that we/us/our, they/them, you/your and other grammars/pronouns position readers in relation to a nationalizing we. Building on the work of Michael Billig and his articulation of a theory of banal nationalism, I argue that curricular materials, authorized grade eight Ontario textbooks specifically, reflect and represent a national we that gets racialized—essentialized, arbitrarily defined and divided and continually reproduced—through the use of a grammar that permeates the representations of geography, language arts, science and mathematics discussions in curricular textbooks. Using a theory of racialized deictic nationalism, one that points to the representation of a racialized us that reproduces and reflects seemingly natural nationalized populations, I argue that the texts both actively operate to contain the imagined spaces of the nation and describe it as our space exclusive of a them through the subtlety of grammar. As a means of contesting the ease with which a racialized deictic nationalizing grammar is used, I analyze a Wikipedia article as an exploration of a potential space for re/writing notions of the racialized deictic national we. While the analysis of the Wikipedia article and the “behind the scenes” discussion highlights the difficulties of escaping the trappings of a racialized deictic national us, the analysis serves to show that individuals do hold differential conceptions about who we are and how seemingly static notions of us don’t accurately reflect us. I conclude with a discussion of the pedagogical implications of this project.